Selling and marketing expenses were approximately $9.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2004, compared to approximately $11.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2003. The majority of sales and marketing expenses were incurred by our distribution subsidiaries, NUR Europe (43% of the aggregate amount, or $4.1 million), NUR America (30% of the aggregate amount, or $2.9 million) and NUR Asia Pacific (17% of the aggregate amount, or $1.7 million). The balance of sales and marketing expenses of 10% (or $0.8 million) were incurred by our corporate marketing department. The decrease in expenses is mostly attributable to organizational changes implemented during 2003, including the appointment of a local senior management in our subsidiaries in North America and Asia Pacific and a more focused marketing activities.
General and administrative expenses were approximately $17.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2004, compared to approximately $19.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2003. The general and administrative expenses in 2004 include amortization of other intangible assets in the amount of $0.8 million and other one-time expenses primarily related to a write-off of bad debts of $6.3 million. The general and administrative expenses in 2003 include amortization of other intangible assets of $0.1 million and restructuring charges of $2.0 million and other one-time expenses related mostly to a write-off of bad debts of $6.7 million. Excluding such charges, the general and administrative expenses were approximately $10.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2004, compared to approximately $11.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2003. NUR made its determination to write-off the bad debts in 2003 and 2004 primarily because of the decrease of NUR's operations in the Chinese market, deterioration in financial state of many of NUR's customers and prolonged commercial disputes or legal proceedings. The write-off of bad debts in 2003 and 2004 followed NUR’s efforts to collect these bad debts, which were primarily incurred in prior years, by commencing legal action through local legal counsel in the relevant jurisdictions. During the preparation of its 2003 and 2004 annual reports, NUR reassessed the collectibility of these bad debts and determined that there was a low probability of success in collecting these bad debts. The restatement of accounting for the $3.5 million convertible loan commitment of July 2003 reduced the general and administrative expenses recorded for the year ended December 31, 2003 by approximately $0.07 million as detailed in the table below.
NUR expects that selling and marketing expenses and general and administrative expenses during 2005 will be significantly lower than those reported for 2004 if NUR does not succeed in raising additional funds during the third calendar quarter of 2005, as NUR will implement its above mentioned plan to reduce expenses. If additional funds will be available during that period, the selling and marketing expenses as well as the general and administrative expenses during the second half of 2005 are expected to increase compared to prior periods.
Financial expenses increased to $2.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2004, compared to $1.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2003. This increase was mainly due to increases in interest rates paid by NUR in respect of bank loans taken to finance the cash portion of the Salsa Digital acquisition in 2000 and foreign exchange gains. The restatement of accounting for the $3.5 million convertible loan commitment of July 2003 reduced the financial expenses recorded for the year ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 by approximately $0.5 and $0.7 million, respectively, as detailed in the table below.
We restated our financial statements for 2003 to reflect a revised accounting treatment of deferred tax valuation in 2003.
We determined, based on our review, that we should have recorded a full valuation allowance in respect of the remaining deferred tax asset. Our decision was based on our history of losses in the past three years and our belief that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will not be realized in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2003 have been restated from amounts previously reported.
We do not expect to pay taxes on our income during 2005.
Effects of Restatement. The financial statements for the years 2002 and 2003 have been restated to reflect revised accounting treatment of revenue recognition accounting policies to revenues consummated in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and a deferred tax valuation and revised accounting for the $3.5 million convertible loan commitment of July 2003 from several investors, including NUR’s former chairman and then largest shareholder, Dan Purjes, for 2003. The following table summarizes the effect of the restatement on operations data for 2003:
| Year ended December 31, 2003
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| As previously reported
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| As restated
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Sales of products and services | | | | 65,574 | | | 3,140 | | | 68,714 | |
Cost of revenues-products | | | | 27,412 | | | 1,672 | | | 29,084 | |
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Total cost of revenues | | | | 52,819 | | | 1,672 | | | 54,491 | |
Gross profit | | | | 12,755 | | | 1,468 | | | 14,223 | |
General and administrative expenses | | | | 11,121 | | | (70 | ) | | 11,051 | |
Operating loss | | | | (25,046 | ) | | 1,538 | | | (23,508 | ) |
Financial expenses | | | | 2,157 | | | 751 | | | 1,406 | |
Taxes on income | | | | 202 | | | 989 | | | 1,191 | |
Net loss | | | | (27,191 | ) | | 1,300 | | | (26,370 | ) |
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Basic and diluted net loss per share | | | | (1.57 | ) | | 0.08 | | | (1.52 | ) |
The financial statements for the year 2004 have been restated to reflect revised accounting for the $3.5 million convertible loan commitment of July 2003 from several investors, including NUR’s former chairman and then largest shareholder, Dan Purjes. The following table summarizes the effect of the restatement on operations data for 2004:
| Year ended December 31, 2004
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Financial expenses, net | | | | (3,187 | ) | | 548 | | | (2,639 | ) |
Net loss | | | | (22,515 | ) | | 548 | | | (21,967 | ) |
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Basic and diluted net loss per share | | | | (0.93 | ) | | 0.02 | | | (0.91 | ) |
Year Ended December 31, 2003 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2002
Revenues. Revenues were approximately $68.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to approximately $84.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2002.
Revenues-products. Revenues from products were approximately $59.0 million (or 85.8%) in the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to approximately $75.1 million (or 88.5%) in the year ended December 31, 2002.
This decrease was primarily attributable to our decision to cease the sales of substrates as of the second quarter, a weakened macroeconomic environment, a slowdown in capital equipment investments by customers, reduced demand for printing consumables, heightened competition in our market and price reductions of our products.
Revenues-services. Revenues from services were approximately $9.7 million (or 14.2%) in the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to approximately $9.7 million (or 11.5%) in the year ended December 31, 2002.
Cost of Revenues. Total cost of revenues was approximately $54.5 million (or 79.3%) in the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to $58.3 million (or 68.7%) in the year ended December 31, 2002.
Cost of Revenues-products. Total cost of revenues-products was approximately $42.2 million (or 62.5%) in the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to $48.1 million (or 56.7%) in the year ended December 31, 2002. Both figures reflect inventory charges of $13.2 million (or 19.1%) and $1.0 million (or 1.1%), respectively.
The restatement of the 2002 financial statements reduced approximately $0.01 million as detailed in the table below.
Cost of Revenues-services. Cost of revenues-services was approximately $21.3 million (or 17.8%) in the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to $10.2 million (or 12.0%) in the year ended December 31, 2002.
Gross Profit. Gross profit was approximately $14.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $26.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2002. Excluding inventory charges of $13.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively, the gross profit was approximately $27.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to $27.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2002. The decrease in gross profit in 2003 was primarily due to an inventory charge and a decline in our sales. Excluding the inventory charges, the gross profit as a percentage of revenue has increased from 33% in the year ended December 31, 2002 to 39.8% in the year ended December 31, 2003. This increase is mainly attributed to our decision to cease the sales of substrates as of the second quarter of 2003, which had a negative to no effect on the gross profit. It is also attributed to the organizational changes implemented during 2003, including consolidating all manufacturing activities in Israel.
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Expenses. Research and development costs, net of government grants, were approximately $6.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to $7.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2002. NUR expects to continue to invest significant resources in research and development programs for new products and enhancements of existing products.
Selling and marketing expenses were approximately $11.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to approximately $12.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2002. The majority of sales and marketing expenses were incurred by our distribution subsidiaries, NUR Europe, NUR America, NUR Shanghai and NUR Asia Pacific. The decrease of expenses is mostly attributed to organizational changes implemented during 2003, including the appointment of local senior management in North America and Asia and more focused marketing activities. As of December 31, 2002, NUR had received $1.27 million from the Marketing Fund for selling and marketing expenses. NUR is no longer eligible, however, for support from the Marketing Fund due to its reaching the maximum allowed export revenues.
General and administrative expenses were approximately $19.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to approximately $29.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2002. The figures for 2003 include amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets of $0.1 million and restructuring and other one-time expenses of $8.7 million. The figures for 2002 include amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets of $12.9 million and restructuring and other one-time expenses of $4.2 million during 2002. Without such charges, general and administrative expenses were approximately $11.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to approximately $11.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2002. The restructuring efforts in 2003 consisted of a series of strategic initiatives intended to further reduce costs and increase efficiency and they include reduction in work force and relocating the US headquarters from San Antonio, Texas to New Jersey and the Asia Pacific headquarters from China to Hong-Kong.
Financial expenses were $1.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to $1.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2002. The change was mainly due to increase in interest rates paid by NUR in respect of bank loans taken to finance the cash portion of the Salsa Digital acquisition in 2000 and foreign exchange gains.
Taxes. Taxes on income were $1.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2003, as compared to taxes on income of $0.03 million in the year ended December 31, 2002.
Effects of Restatement. The financial statements for the years 2002 and 2003 have been restated to reflect revised accounting treatment of revenue recognition accounting policies to revenues consummated in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and a deferred tax valuation for 2003. The following table summarizes the effect of the restatement on operations data for 2002:
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| Year ended December 31, 2002
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Sales of products and services | | | | 85,255 | | | (369 | ) | | 84,886 | |
Cost of revenues-products | | | | 47,150 | | | (11 | ) | | 47,139 | |
Total cost of revenues | | | | 58,335 | | | (11 | ) | | 58,324 | |
Gross profit | | | | 26,920 | | | (358 | ) | | 26,562 | |
Operating loss | | | | (22,585 | ) | | (358 | ) | | (22,943 | ) |
Net loss | | | | (24,065 | ) | | (358 | ) | | (24,423 | ) |
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Basic and diluted net loss per share | | | | (1.42 | ) | | (0.02 | ) | | (1.44 | ) |
Impact of Inflation, Devaluation and Fluctuation of Currencies
Most of NUR’s sales are in U.S. dollars and in the Euro. In addition, a substantial portion of costs are incurred outside Israel in U.S. dollars or paid in U.S. dollars or in NIS linked to the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar. Costs not effectively denominated in U.S. dollars are translated to U.S. dollars, when recorded, at prevailing exchange rates for the purposes of NUR’s consolidated financial statements, and will increase if the rate of inflation in Israel exceeds the devaluation of the Israeli currency against the U.S. dollar or if the timing of such devaluations were to lag considerably behind inflation. Consequently, NUR is and will be affected by changes in the prevailing NIS/U.S. dollar exchange rate.
NUR may also be affected by the U.S. dollar exchange rate to the Euro. Our sales of products and service in Europe, as well as and purchases of raw materials, are dominated by the Euro. The existence of a balance of Euro based assets which are mostly derived from sale of products and service over Euro based liabilities which are mostly related to purchase of raw materials, exposes us to financial losses deriving from a potential devaluation of the U.S. dollar against the Euro. In order to reduce such exposure to the Euro we offset balances of Euro based assets by taking loans in Euro.
The annual rate of inflation in Israel was 6.7% in the year ended December 31, 2002, decreased to (1.88)% in the year ended December 31, 2003 and increased to 1.2% in the year ended December 31, 2004. The NIS was devalued against the U.S. dollar by approximately 7.3% in 2002, by approximately 7.6% in 2003 and by approximately 1.2% in 2004. NUR cannot predict whether the rate of devaluation of the NIS against the U.S. dollar will continue to exceed the rate of inflation in the future and whether these conditions will have a material adverse effect on NUR.
The representative dollar exchange rate for converting the NIS to dollars, as reported by the Bank of Israel, was NIS 4.308 for one-dollar U.S. on December 31, 2004. The representative dollar exchange rate was NIS 4.379 on December 31, 2003 and NIS 4.737 on December 31, 2002.
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NUR’s transactions and balances denominated in U.S. dollars are presented at their original amounts. Non-dollar transactions and balances have been measured into U.S. dollars in accordance with Statement 52 of the FASB. All transaction gains and losses from remeasurement of monetary balance sheet items denominated in non-dollar currencies are reflected in the statement of operations as financial income or expenses, as appropriate. The average exchange rates during the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were NIS 4.738, 4.548 and 4.482 for one-dollar U.S., respectively. The exchange rate as of July 1, 2005 was NIS 4.582 for one dollar.
B. | Liquidity and Capital Resources |
NUR has incurred operating losses during the last three years. NUR may need additional funds if it seeks to expand its operations or if it does not meet its expected revenues in future quarters. If NUR is unable to raise funds through public or private financing of debt or equity, it will be unable to fund expenditures on research and development or the production and marketing of its products that could ultimately improve its financial results. We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all. We currently have no commitments for additional financing and are exploring the possibility of raising additional capital. In their report regarding our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, our independent registered public accounting firm, Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, indicates that our operating losses, working capital deficiency and prior non-compliance with certain covenants of loan agreements with our lender banks, raise substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern.
NUR’s capital requirements and level of expenses depend upon numerous factors, including the scope and success of our marketing and customer service efforts, and of our research and development activities, as well as the demand for NUR’s products and services.
We have historically funded our operations primarily through the private sale of our equity securities, commercial bank loans and through cash generated from operations. We invest our excess cash in cash and cash equivalents that are highly liquid. At December 31, 2004 we had approximately $8.7 million of cash and cash equivalents compared with $10.3 million at December 31, 2003 and $10.5 million at December 31, 2002.
As of December 31, 2004, NUR does not have material commitments for capital expenditures.
Operating activities
In the year ended December 31, 2004, NUR had a net loss of $(21.9) million. Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $0.7 million. The main changes in NUR’s working capital were: (i) a decrease of approximately $3.6 million in trade accounts receivable and long-term trade accounts receivables; (ii) an increase of approximately $8.6 million in trade payables; and (iii) an increase of approximately $8.4 million in inventories.
In the year ended December 31, 2003, NUR had a net loss of $(26.3) million. Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $7.9 million. The main changes in NUR’s working capital were: (i) a decrease of approximately $9.0 million in trade accounts receivable and long-term trade accounts receivables; and (ii) a decrease of approximately $6.7 million in trade payables.
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In the year ended December 31, 2002, NUR had a net loss of $(24.4) million. Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $4.2 million. The main changes in NUR’s working capital were: (i) a decrease of approximately $8.1 million in trade accounts receivable; and (ii) a decrease of approximately $5.1 million in trade payables.
Investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $1.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2004, consisting mainly of $2.1 million were attributed to the purchase of property and equipment. Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $1.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2003, consisting mainly of purchase, net of property and equipment. Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $2.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2002, consisting mainly of purchase, net of property and equipment for our production site and our research and development laboratories.
Financing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities in the year ended December 31, 2004 was approximately $1.5 million, deriving primarily from the issuance of shares and warrants in the aggregate amount of $4.2 million.
On July 30, 2003, NUR secured a convertible loan commitment from several investors pursuant to which the investors undertook to provide NUR with a convertible loan in the aggregate amount of $3.5 million. NUR’s former chairman and the largest shareholder, Dan Purjes, provided $1.2 million of the loan. Under the terms of the loan agreement, the loan was convertible into ordinary shares of NUR at a conversion rate of $0.62 per share. In consideration for the loan undertaking, NUR paid a cash commitment fee and issued to the investors warrants to purchase ordinary shares of NUR equal to 15% of the loan at an exercise price of $0.52 per share exercisable over a five-year period. On December 31, 2003, the investors elected to convert $2 million of the loan into 3,225,805 ordinary shares of NUR at the conversion price of $0.62 per ordinary share. On March 31, 2004, the investors elected to convert the remaining $1.5 million of the loan into 2,419,355 ordinary shares at the conversion price of $0.62 per share. NUR’s former chairman, former director and the largest shareholder, Dan Purjes, received an aggregate of 1,854,839 ordinary shares and warrants to purchase up to 331,731 ordinary shares. Dan Purjes is also a chairman of one of the other investors, Y Securities Management, Ltd., which provided $50,000 of the loan and received an aggregate of 80,645 ordinary shares and warrants to purchase up to 14,423 ordinary shares, and the chairman of X Securities Ltd., which received placement agent warrants to purchase 111,799 ordinary shares. David Amir, NUR’s president and chief executive office, provided $50,000 of the loan and received an aggregate of 80,645 ordinary shares and warrants to purchase up to 14,423 ordinary shares.
In April 2004, we closed a private placement of approximately $2.99 million through the issuance of 2,586,140 of our ordinary shares to several investors at a price of $1.16 per share. The investors also received warrants to purchase additional 646,542 ordinary shares at an exercise price of $1.54 per warrant share, exercisable until March 2009. We also issued warrants to the placement agent to purchase an aggregate of up to 129,310 ordinary shares at an exercise price of $1.16 per share, exercisable until March 2009 and paid the placement agent, Duncan Capital Group, LLC, a cash fee of $142,798. Dan Purjes is the chairman of one of the investors, X Securities Ltd. that purchased 81,897 ordinary shares for $95,000 and received warrants to purchase 20,474 ordinary shares.
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NUR maintained long and short-term credit facilities in an aggregate amount of approximately $44.04 million at December 31, 2004. As of December 31, 2004 NUR has an unutilized short-term credit in the amount of $1.86 million. NUR maintained long and short-term credit facilities in an aggregate amount of approximately $45.1 million at December 31, 2003. During 2004, NUR refunded approximately $0.75 million on its long-term loans and $0.3 million on its short-term loans. During 2003, NUR refunded approximately $1.23 million on its long-term loans. During 2004 NUR’s long-term loans were linked to the U.S. dollar and the Euro bearing interest at a rate ranging between 4.5% and 5%.
The following table shows the outstanding amounts owed to Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi and Discount Bank as of March 31, 2005:
Outstanding Debt
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
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Bank Hapoalim | | | $ | 8,000 | | $ | 15,025 | | $ | 23,025 | |
Bank Leumi | | | $ | 2,650 | | $ | 13,100 | | $ | 15,750 | |
Discount Bank | | | $ | 4,430 | | | - | | $ | 4,430 | |
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Total | | | $ | 15,080 | | $ | 28,125 | | $ | 43,205 | |
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(1) | The short-term loans from Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi and Bank Discount bear interest rates ranging between LIBOR plus 2.50% and LIBOR plus 2.75%. |
(2) | The long-term loans from Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi bear interest rates ranging between LIBOR plus 2.25% and LIBOR plus 2.50%. |
In June 2005, we amended the financial covenants governing the loan agreements with our lender banks for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2005. In addition, the banks agreed in writing to waive the non-performance by NUR of certain financial covenants for prior periods ended on March 31, 2005.
Under the terms of the new agreements with the lender banks NUR agreed to maintain with respect to the second, third and fourth quarters of 2005:
— | total revenue of not less than $16 million; |
— | operating loss not greater than $2 million and the operating income shall be greater than zero; |
— | inventory levels of not less than $14 million; and |
— | accounts receivable of not less than $7 million. |
The lender banks also agreed that, unless NUR breaches its obligations under the loan agreements, it shall not be obligated to repay to the lender banks any amounts on account of principal that are due and payable under the loan agreements until January 1, 2006.
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NUR’s loans are secured by a floating lien on all assets of NUR, a negative pledge of the assets of its subsidiaries, NUR America, NUR Europe, NUR Media Solutions, NUR Asia Pacific and NUR Shanghai and unlimited guarantees by those subsidiaries. The long-term and short-term loans also contain customary events of default, including the failure to pay interest or principal, breach of any obligation, representation or warranty made under the loan agreements, bankruptcy, or a change in control event relating to NUR. The loans are governed by the laws of the State of Israel.
We believe that the amendment of the financial covenants that took place in June 2005 will allow a better alignment between the financial covenants and NUR’s current business plan. Our failure to observe covenants when due or satisfy conditions under the loan agreements may result in the banks accelerating our obligations, which would obligate us to immediately repay all loans made by the banks plus penalties, and the banks would be entitled to exercise the remedies available to them under the credit facility, including enforcement of their lien against all our assets, which may result in a material adverse effect on our business and financial results. The loans are repayable in January 2006. NUR intends to negotiate with the lender banks, new payment terms for the year 2006 and thereafter. There can be no assurance that such agreement can be concluded and in light of the uncertainties, long-term bank loans are presented in our consolidated financial statements as short-term bank loans.
As of December 31, 2004, total current assets of NUR amounted to approximately $45.2 million, out of which $8.7 million was in cash and cash equivalents, compared with total current liabilities of approximately $72.9 million. The decrease in current assets is attributable primarily to the decrease in trade receivables and cash.
As of December 31, 2003, total current assets of NUR amounted to approximately $50.2 million, out of which $10.3 million was in cash and cash equivalents, compared with total current liabilities of approximately $35.6 million. The decrease in current assets is attributable primarily to the decrease in trade accounts receivable and inventories.
Net cash provided by financing activities in the year ended December 31, 2003 was approximately $9.9 million derived mainly from cash generated from short-term loans.
We have granted several security interests in our assets to various banks and leasing companies to secure bank credit lines and lease facilities.
During 2002, NUR entered into non-hedging forward and options contracts. On June 26, 2003 the transactions resulted in a loss of approximately $0.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2003, which is included in the statements of operations as financial expenses.
C. | Research and Development, Patents and Licenses |
NUR’s research and development efforts, which currently engage approximately 50 employees, are focused on developing new products and technologies, enhancing the quality and performance relative to price of our existing products, reducing manufacturing costs, upgrading and expanding our product line through the development of additional features, and improving functionality in response to market demand.
There is one research and development facility at our headquarters in Lod, Israel.
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Total research and development expenses, before royalty bearing grants, were approximately $9.2 million, $7.2 million and $8.0 million, in the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. Research and development expenditures are composed principally of salaries for employees, the hiring of subcontractors, depreciation of capital investment in infrastructure for software and electronic designs, and prototype material costs. See “Item 4.B: Research and Development.” Royalty bearing grants amounted to $1.4 million in 2002, $0.7 million in 2003 and $0 million in 2004.
Losses
Operating losses during the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were $22.9, $23.5 and $19.0 million, respectively. Most of our operating losses during the last three years are attributed to charges and write offs of assets which were purchased during prior years.
Printers Sales
Revenues from sales of the NUR printers, which comprised 58.3% of NUR’s total revenues in 2004, increased by $5.7 million in 2004 compared to 2003. This increase was due to improved operations in North and Latin America and in the Asia Pacific regions. We have witnessed the expansion of the wide format market to new arenas, such as the UV curable flatbed and roll-to-roll printers. During 2004, for example, we released several models of the NUR Tempo flatbed digital printer and the NUR Expedio printer.
We can offer no assurance that NUR will be able to increase its market share in the wide and super wide format market or increase its revenues from sales of its printers.
Consumables Sales
During the past few years, NUR has focused on a recurring revenues strategy for consumables. The consumable business is composed of two families of products – specialized inks and specialized substrates. Revenues from consumables increased by 0.8% in 2004 compared to 2003, due to a continued increase in the competitiveness of the consumables market during 2004. NUR is constantly working on development of new products intended to maintain a differentiation between our consumable products and those of our competitors. In July 2003 we announced our decision to cease the sale of substrates. As the digital wide format printers have become more widespread, substrates have become a low margin commodity that is no longer profitable for NUR to resell. We believe that ceasing the sale of substrates allowed us to more strongly focus on our proprietary specialty inks.
There can be no assurance that NUR will succeed in maintaining its market share in the consumables market or increase its revenues from sales of its consumables.
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Gross Margins
The increase in gross margins in 2004 was mainly due the increase in revenues which was mainly attributable to the introduction of the NUR Tempo flatbed printer during the fourth quarter of 2003 and the introduction of the NUR Expedio in 2004. The gross margin in 2004 was also influenced by the inventory charge of $9.6 million and the decline in the average selling prices of our products which resulted from competitive pressures.
Industry
With the cost of digital printing expected to decrease and the ability of digital technology expected to produce shorter runs more economically, we believe that the use of wide format and super wide format printing, such as that produced by the NUR printers, should grow over time, and that the portion of the market serviced by digital printing should continue to increase. The ability to produce wide format and super wide format images digitally has also opened new media opportunities for advertisers, such as mural printing, carpet printing, new forms of fleet graphics printing. The growth in demand for wide format digital printers is fueled both by the replacement of conventional print methods and the development of new printing applications.
Although we expect the above trends to continue worldwide, the digital printing penetration rate to new markets may differ geographically.
During the second half of 2004 we experienced a decline in our printers’ average selling prices by approximately 15%. The decline in selling prices was fueled by a price pressure introduced by our competitors. We expect that the price pressure will continue to characterize the wide and super wide format digital printing market. We are devoting substantial efforts to increase production efficiency and reduce cost of revenues in order to maintain and improve our gross margins. Our ability to successfully compete in those markets depends on our capability to increase our production efficiency.
E. | Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements |
We are not a party to any material off-balance sheet arrangements. In addition we have no unconsolidated special purpose financing or partnership entities that are likely to create material contingent obligations.
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F. | Contractual obligations |
Payments due by period (in thousands of U.S. dollars)
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Long-Term Rent Obligations(1) | | | $ | 4,424 | | $ | 1,734 | | $ | 1,671 | | $ | 1,019 | | | - | |
Capital (Finance) Lease obligations(2) | | | | 1,311 | | | 182 | | | 546 | | | 546 | | | - | |
Operating Lease Obligations | | | | 4,791 | | | 2,573 | | | 1,649 | | | 569 | | | - | |
Purchase Obligations | | | | 2,346 | | | 2,346 | | | - | | | - | | | - | |
Accrued severance pay(3) | | | | 442 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 442 | |
Long term loans | | | | 28,782 | | | 835 | | | 4,200 | | | 7,200 | | | 16,547 | |
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Total | | | $ | 42,059 | | $ | 7,670 | | $ | 8,066 | | $ | 9,334 | | $ | 16,989 | |
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(1) | We operate from leased premises in Lod, Rosh Ha’Ayin and Ashkelon in Israel. We also lease premises for our subsidiaries’ activities in the United States, Hong Kong and Japan. |
(2) | NUR Europe conducts its activities in Belgium from premises leased by it. Upon completion of payments, NUR Europe will own the premises. |
(3) | The accrued severance pay is considered to be a contractual obligation of NUR for more than 5 years, as we do not anticipate at present the dismissal of our employees. |
ITEM 6: Directors, Senior Management and Employees
A. | Directors and Senior Management |
The executive officers and directors of NUR are as follows:
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Robert F. Hussey (1) | 56 | Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Oded Akselrod (1)(2)(3) | 59 | Director |
Lauri A. Hanover (1)(4)(5) | 45 | Director |
Koby Shtaierman (4)(5) | 50 | Director |
Tamar Peller(4) | 38 | Director |
David Amir | 47 | President and Chief Executive Officer |
David Seligman | 46 | Chief Financial Officer |
(1) | Member of NUR’s Stock Option and Compensation Committee. |
(2) | Member of the NUR’s Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan Committee. |
(3) | Elected to serve on the Board of Directors pursuant to a voting arrangement between Dan Purjes and the Investment Corp. of United Mizrahi Bank Ltd. |
(4) | Member of NUR’s Audit Committee. |
The senior managers of NUR are as follows:
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Kobi Markovitz | 52 | Chief Technology Officer |
Nachum Korman | 43 | President, NUR America, Inc. |
Marco Baio | 42 | Managing Director, NUR Europe S.A. |
Amir Kleinstern | 44 | Managing Director, NUR Asia Pacific Limited |
Roni Zomber | 49 | Vice President of Operations |
The address of each of our executive officers, senior managers and directors is c/o NUR Macroprinters Ltd., 12 Abba Hillel Silver Street, P.O. Box 1281, Lod 71111, Israel.
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Robert F. Hussey has served as acting chairman of the Board of Directors since December 2004 and as a director of the company since September 1997. Mr. Hussey was the chairman of the Audit Committee until his appointment as acting chairman of the Board. Mr. Hussey is presently the chief operating officer of HC Wainwright and Company, Inc. From June 1991 to April 1997, Mr. Hussey served as the president and chief executive officer of Metrovision of North America. Prior thereto, from 1984 to 1991, Mr. Hussey served as the president, chief executive officer and director of POP Radio Corp., a company which he helped form. From 1979 to 1984, Mr. Hussey served as the vice president/management supervisor for Grey Advertising, Inc. Mr. Hussey is also a director of Digital Lightwave, Inc., Distributed Power Corp., i2Telecom.Com. and Axcess International Inc., which are all publicly held companies. Mr. Hussey holds a B.S. degree in Finance from Georgetown University and an MBA degree in International Finance from George Washington University.
Oded Akselrodhas served as a director of NUR since February 2002. Mr. Akselrod was the general manager of the Investment Corp. of United Mizrahi Bank Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of United Mizrahi Bank Ltd. that was merged into United Mizrahi Bank Ltd. on October 2004. Prior to joining the Investment Corp. of United Mizrahi Bank, from 1994 to 1997, Mr. Akselrod held the position of general manager of Apex-Leumi Partners Ltd. as well as Investment Advisor of Israel Growth Fund. Prior thereto, from 1991 to 1994, Mr. Akselrod served as general manager of Leumi & Co. Investment Bankers Ltd. Mr. Akselrod began his career in various managerial positions in the Bank Leumi Group including member of the management team of Bank Leumi, deputy head of the international division, head of the commercial lending department of the banking division, member of all credit committees at the Bank, assistant to Bank Leumi’s CEO and head of international lending division of Bank Leumi Trust Company of New York. Mr. Akselrod holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Economics from Hebrew University, Jerusalem and an M.B.A. degree from Tel Aviv University. Mr. Akselrod is also a director of Moffet Technology Fund Israel Ltd. which is a publicly held company.
Lauri A. Hanoverhas served as an external director of NUR since November 2003. Ms. Hanover is the chief financial officer of Lumenis Ltd. since August 2004. Prior to that she served as the corporate vice president and chief financial officer of NICE Systems Ltd. from 2000 to 2004. She previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sapiens International Corporation N.V., from 1997 to 2000. From 1984 to 1997, Ms. Hanover served in a variety of financial management positions, including corporate controller at Scitex Corporation Ltd. and from 1981 to 1984 as financial analyst at Philip Morris Inc. (Altria). Ms. Hanover holds a Bachelor’s degree in finance from the Wharton School of Business and a Bachelor-of-Arts degree from the College of Arts and Sciences, both of the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Hanover also holds a Master’s degree in business administration from New York University. Ms. Hanover has served on the Board of Directors of Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. since 2000. Ms. Hanover qualifies as an external director according to the Companies Law, 1999.
Koby Shtaiermanhas served as an external director of NUR since November 2003. Mr. Shtaierman currently serves as vice president marketing and sales of Advanced Vision Technology Ltd. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Shtaierman served as vice president of corporate marketing for Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. From 1985 to 1995, Mr. Shtaierman served as marketing director of the input system division of Scitex Corporation. Prior thereto Mr. Shtaierman held various positions at Israel Aircraft Industries. Mr. Shtaierman holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electronics and Computer Engineering from the Technion, Haifa. Mr. Shtaierman qualifies as an external director according to the Companies Law, 1999.
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Tamar Pellerhas served as a director of NUR since December 2004. Ms. Peller is the co-founder and CFO of Rubidium Ltd., a high-tech company specializing in digital voice processing chips and applications. Ms. Peller holds this position since 1997. Prior to this, Ms. Peller was with the high-tech audit group of the accounting firm of Almagor & Co. Ms. Peller holds a B.A. in Accounting and Finance from the College of Management in Tel-Aviv, Israel and she is a certified public accountant. Ms. Peller is a Board Member and the chairman of the Hi-Tech Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Israel – Tel-Aviv District. Ms. Peller is an external director and chairman of the audit committee at “Lehava”, a study fund managed by Bank Hapoalim.
David Amir has been serving as NUR’s president and chief executive officer since April 2003. Mr. Amir has also been serving as director of NUR Europe, NUR America, Salsa Digital Printers, NUR Media Solutions, NUR Asia Pacific and NUR Pro Engineering since April 2003. Prior to joining NUR, from 1999 to 2002, Mr. Amir served as president and chief executive officer of Paspartoo Ltd., a high-tech company specializing in “virtual to print” technology. Mr. Amir was also the founder of Paspartoo Ltd. Prior thereto, from 1984 to 1999, Mr. Amir served in various research and development, marketing, customer support and senior management positions with Scitex Corporation. Mr. Amir’s last position with Scitex Corporation was corporate vice president of business development. Mr. Amir holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion in Haifa.
David Seligman has served as chief financial officer of NUR since October 2003. Mr. Seligman has also served as a director of NUR Europe, NUR Media Solutions, NUR America, NUR Asia Pacific, NUR Japan and Encre Consumables B.V. since October 2003. Prior to joining NUR, Mr. Seligman served as chief financial officer of RADVISION Ltd. (Nasdaq: RVSN). Previously, he was chief financial officer for LanOptics Ltd. (Nasdaq: LNOP), a senior financial analyst for Fidelity Investment Systems in Boston, Massachusetts, and served as a controller and financial analyst for several hi-tech companies. Mr. Seligman holds a B.A. degree in political science and geography, and a M.B.A. degree in accounting and finance, both from Tel-Aviv University.
Kobi Markovitzserved as chief technology officer since June 2004. Prior to this Mr. Markovitz served as NUR’s vice president of technologies since September 1998. Prior to joining NUR, Mr. Markowitz was founder and CEO of Meital, a private start-up company specializing in characterizing printing technologies that developed, designed, and manufactured wide-format, drop-on-demand based digital printers. Meital’s assets were purchased by NUR in 1998 and its technology was integrated into NUR. From 1994 Mr. Markowitz and Meital’s research and development team were strategic partners in designing the world’s first wide format, drop-on-demand based digital printer at Idanit.
Nachum Kormanhas served as president of NUR America, Inc. since June 2003. Mr. Korman joined NUR in 1999 heading up its NUR Middle East & Africa division, and became vice president of NUR Europe S.A. in July 2000. Mr. Korman was president of NUR Europe from January 2001 and until June 2003. Prior to joining NUR Mr. Korman served as operations director and sales director for the Middle East and Africa at Scitex Corporation. Previously, Mr. Korman held a sales logistics management role at Scitex Europe S.A. following his earlier career at Elbit and Optrotec Belgium.
Marco Baiohas served as managing director of NUR Europe since July 2003. Prior to this Mr. Baio served as president of Objet Geometries Europe, a company specializing in the development and marketing of rapid prototyping systems. Previously, Mr. Baio spent 9 years at Scitex Corporation where he served, at different periods, as managing director of Scitex Italy and Scitex Germany.
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Amir Kleinsternhas served as managing director of NUR Asia Pacific since July 2003. Previously, Mr. Kleinstern had provided consulting services to NUR. Prior to this, Mr. Kleinstern held the position of vice president of research and development at Paspartoo Ltd., a company specializing in “virtual-to-print” technology. Previously, Mr. Kleinstern spent 12 years with Scitex Corporation, both in Israel and in the U.S., in a variety of management, marketing and technical positions. Mr. Kleinstern holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Sciences from the Ben Gurion University.
Roni Zomberhas served as vice president of operations since December 2003. Prior to this Mr. Zomber served as a VP of operations and a member of the management of M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. (Nasdaq: FLSH). Previously, Mr. Zomber spent 8 years as an executive VP and a member of the management of Nice Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE) and prior to this Mr. Zomber spent 9 years at Scitex as a planning and control manager. Mr. Zomber holds a practical engineer diploma and a B.A. in Business administration from New England College, Henniker, New Hampshire.
B. | Compensation of Officers and Directors |
The following table sets forth information concerning the total compensation paid with respect to all of our executive directors and our executive officers as a group in fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
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All executive officers and directors as a | | | | | | | | |
group (nine persons, including 2 | | |
directors who left the Board during 2004) | | | $ | 823 | | $ | 24 | |
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The executive officers of NUR received part of the compensation set forth above under NUR’s Management by Objectives (MBO) Compensation Plan. The MBO sets annual individual goals to be achieved by the executive officers throughout the year. The percentage of individual achievement determines the percent of the MBO bonus paid to each executive officer. The MBO plan for the benefit of NUR’s chief executive officer is administered by the Stock Option and Compensation Committee. The MBO plan for the benefit of the other executive and senior officers is administered by the Chief Executive Officer. A portion of the bonus amounts are paid in cash in the year for which they are awarded and the balance is paid in cash in the year following the financial year for which they are awarded.
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In addition, a total of 346,667 options were granted in 2004 to executive officers and directors to purchase ordinary shares. The 346,667 options granted had a weighted average exercise price of approximately $0.88 and have expiration dates in 2014. As of June 30, 2005, directors and executive officers of NUR hold options and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,054,424 ordinary shares issuable pursuant to exercise of such securities. The option and warrants were provided pursuant to the plans and arrangements described under “Item 6.E: Share Ownership.”
We pay our non-employee directors remuneration for their services as directors. This remuneration includes (other than Robert F. Hussey) an annual payment of $8,000 and additional payments of approximately $500 per meeting and $250 per committee meeting. The chairman of the Board and chairman of any committee are also entitled to receive an additional annual fee of $5,000. Each non-employee director also receives an annual grant of options to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares under the conditions set forth in NUR’s 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan. The directors do not receive any additional remuneration upon termination of their services as directors.
In 1998, NUR adopted the 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan to provide for grants of options to purchase ordinary shares to non-employee directors of NUR. The 1998 Plan, as amended, is administered by the Non-Employee Director Share Option Committee subject to Board approval. An aggregate amount of not more than 250,000 ordinary shares is reserved for grants under the 1998 Plan. The 1998 Plan will expire on December 8, 2008 (10 years after adoption), unless earlier terminated by the Board.
Under the 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan, each non-employee director that served on the 1998 “Grant Date”, as defined below, automatically received an option to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares on such Grant Date and will receive an option to purchase an additional 10,000 ordinary shares on each subsequent Grant Date thereafter, provided that he or she is a non-employee director on the Grant Date and has served as such for the entire period since the last Grant Date. The “Grant Date” means, with respect to 1998, October 26, 1998, and with respect to each subsequent year, August 1. Directors first elected or appointed after the 1998 Grant Date, will automatically receive on such director’s first day as a director an option to purchase up to 10,000 ordinary shares prorated based on the number of full months of service between the prior Grant Date and the next Grant Date. Each such non-employee director would also automatically receive, as of each subsequent Grant Date, an option to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares provided he or she is a non-employee director on the Grant Date and has served for the entire period since the last Grant Date.
The exercise price of the option shares under the 1998 Plan is 100% of the fair market of such ordinary shares at the date of grant of such options. The fair market value means, as of any date, the average closing bid and sale prices of the ordinary shares for the date in question as furnished by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. through Nasdaq or any similar organization if Nasdaq is no longer reporting such information, or such other market on which the ordinary shares are then traded, or if not then traded, as determined in good faith (using customary valuation methods) by resolution of the members of the Board of Directors of NUR, based on the best information available to it. The exercise price is required to be paid in cash.
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The term of each option granted under the 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan is ten (10) years from the applicable date of grant. All options granted vest immediately upon the date of grant.
The options granted would be subject to restrictions on transfer, sale or hypothecation. All options and ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options granted to the non-employee directors of NUR could be withheld until the payment of taxes due with respect to the grant and exercise (if any) of such options.
NUR’s shareholders approved at the Special Shareholders meeting held on April 17, 2005 remuneration to Mr. Robert F. Hussey, the Acting Chairman of the Board. In his capacity as Acting Chairman of the Board, Mr. Hussey is to receive during his chairmanship a quarterly cash fee of $10,000 or a prorate portion for services rendered during part of a calendar quarter. The foregoing cash fee will replace any other cash compensation or meeting allowances otherwise due to a Director under NUR’s policies. In addition, Mr. Hussey is also entitled during his chairmanship to a quarterly grant of options to purchase 2,500 ordinary shares, or a prorate portion for services rendered during part of a calendar quarter. The quarterly grants will be made on the first business day following the last month of each calendar quarter. The options will be fully vested and exercisable immediately upon their grant and the exercise price per ordinary share shall be the closing price of the ordinary shares known on the last trading day of the calendar quarter for which the options are being granted. The grants described in this paragraph are in addition to any grants under the 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
NUR’s shareholders approved at the Annual Shareholders meeting held on February 12, 2002 a Terms of Service Agreement with Dan Purjes effective as of January 1, 2002. In his capacity as chairman of the Board, Dan Purjes received an annual fee of $125,000 which was paid in ordinary shares to Rockwood Group LLC, a company wholly owned by Dan Purjes or to Dan Purjes. The fee was paid quarterly, at the end of each quarter, by way of issuing ordinary shares valued at $31,250. Such annual fee was in lieu of any and all payments, which were due to Dan Purjes in his capacity as a director, chairman of the Board, and a member of any committees of the Board, including the right to receive options to purchase ordinary shares in accordance with NUR’s 1998 Share Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. On December 21, 2004 Dan Purjes resigned from the Board of Directors and the Terms of Services Agreement was automatically terminated.
Terms of Directors
The Board currently consists of five members, including two external directors. Unless otherwise prescribed by resolution, the Board shall consist of not less than four (4) nor more than twelve (12) directors. The members of the Board are elected annually at NUR’s annual shareholders’ meeting and remain in office until the next annual shareholders’ meeting, unless the director has previously resigned, vacated his office, or was removed in accordance with NUR’s Amended and Restated Articles of Association. The previous Annual Meeting was held on October 27, 2004. In addition, the Board may elect additional members to the Board. The members of the Board do not receive any additional remuneration upon termination of their services as directors.
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External Directors
We are subject to the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law, 1999 which requires that we have at least two external directors. Under a recent amendment to the Companies Law, at least one of the external directors is required to have “Financial Expertise” and the other external directors are required to have “Professional Expertise.” These requirements are subject to regulations to be promulgated in which the terms “Financial Expertise” and “Professional Expertise” would be defined. This recent amendment does not apply to external directors who were appointed before March 17, 2005 (such as our external directors).
Under the Companies Law, a person may not be appointed as an external director if he or his relative, partner, employer or any entity under his control has or had during the two years preceding the date of appointment any affiliation with the company, any entity controlling the company or any entity controlled by the company or by this controlling entity. The term affiliation includes: an employment relationship, a business or professional relationship maintained on a regular basis, control, and service as an office holder. No person can serve as an external director if the person’s position or other business creates, or may create, conflicts of interest with the person’s responsibilities as an external director. Until the lapse of two years from termination of office, a company may not engage an external director to serve as an office holder and cannot employ or receive services from that person, either directly or indirectly, including through a corporation controlled by that person.
Under the Companies Law, external directors must be elected by a majority vote at a shareholders’ meeting, provided that either: (1) the majority of shares voted at the meeting, including at least one-third of the shares of non-controlling shareholders voted at the meeting, vote in favor of the election; or (2) the total number of shares voted against the election of the external director does not exceed one percent of the aggregate voting rights in the company. The initial term of an external director is three years, which term may be extended for an additional three years. Each committee of a company’s board of directors must include at least one external director, and all external directors must serve on the audit committee. NUR’s external directors are currently Lauri A. Hanover and Koby Shtaierman.
Alternate Directors
The Amended and Restated Articles of Association provide that, subject to the Board’s approval, a director may appoint an individual, by written notice to NUR, to serve as an alternate director. The following persons may not be appointed nor serve as an alternate director: (i) a person not qualified to be appointed as a director, (ii) an actual director, or (iii) another alternate director. Any alternate director shall have all of the rights and obligations of the director appointing him or her, except the power to appoint an alternate (unless the instrument appointing him or her expressly provides otherwise). The alternate director may not act at any meeting at which the director appointing him or her is present. Unless the appointing director limits the time period or scope of any such appointment, such appointment is effective for all purposes and for an indefinite time, but will expire upon the expiration of the appointing director’s term. There are currently no alternate directors.
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Approval of Certain Transactions Under the Israeli Companies Law
The Israeli Companies Law, 1999 codifies the duty of care and fiduciary duties which an Office Holder has to NUR. An “Office Holder” is defined under the Israeli Companies Law as a director, general manager, chief business manager, vice general manager, other manager directly subordinate to the general manager and any other person assuming the responsibilities of any of the foregoing positions without regard to such person’s title. The duty of care requires an office holder to act at a level of care that a reasonable office holder in the same position would employ under the same circumstances. This includes the duty to utilize reasonable means to obtain (i) information regarding the appropriateness of a given action brought for his or her approval or performed by the Office Holder by virtue of his or her position and (ii) all other information of importance pertaining to the foregoing actions. The duty of loyalty includes avoiding any conflict of interest between the Office Holder’s position in the company and his or her personal affairs, avoiding any competition with the company, avoiding exploiting any business opportunity of the company in order to receive personal gain for the Office Holder or others, and disclosing to the company any information or documents relating to the company’s affairs which the Office Holder has received due to his or her position as such. Each person identified as a director or executive officer in the first table in the section is an Office Holder.
The Israeli Companies Law requires that an Office Holder promptly disclose any personal interest that he or she may have and all related material information known to him or her, in connection with any existing or proposed transaction by us. In addition, if the transaction is an extraordinary transaction, that is, a transaction other than in the ordinary course of business, other than on market terms, or likely to have a material impact on the company’s profitability, assets or liabilities, the Office Holder must also disclose any personal interest held by the Office Holder’s spouse, siblings, parents, grandparents, descendants, spouse’s descendants and the spouses of any of the foregoing, or by any corporation in which the Office Holder or a relative is a 5% or greater shareholder, director or general manager or in which he or she has the right to appoint at least one director or the general manager. Some transactions, actions and arrangements involving an Office Holder (or a third party in which an Office Holder has an interest) must be approved by the board of directors or as otherwise provided for in a company’s articles of association, as not being adverse to the company’s interest. In some cases, such a transaction must be approved by the audit committee and by the board of directors itself (with further shareholder approval required in the case of extraordinary transactions). An Office Holder who has a personal interest in a matter, which is considered at a meeting of the board of directors or the audit committee, may not be present during the board of directors or audit committee discussions and may not vote on this matter, unless the majority of the members of the board or the audit committee have a personal interest, as the case may be, in which case such transaction will also require the approval of shareholders.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee must be composed of members of the Board who are not employees of NUR and the external directors. In addition, the majority of members of the Audit Committee may not be holders, directly or indirectly, through family members, of more than five percent of the ordinary shares.
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NUR’s Audit Committee, acting pursuant to a written charter, currently consists of Lauri A. Hanover, Koby Shtaierman and Tamar Peller. Approval by the Audit Committee and the Board is required for (i) proposed transactions to which NUR intends to be a party in which an Office Holder has a direct or indirect personal interest, (ii) actions or arrangements which may otherwise be deemed to constitute a breach of fiduciary duty or of the duty of care of an Office Holder to NUR, (iii) arrangements with directors as to the terms of office or compensation, (iv) indemnification of Office Holders, and (v) compensation and scope of work of the independent auditor. Arrangements with directors as to the terms of their service or compensation also require shareholder approval. All arrangements as to compensation of Office Holders who are not directors require approval of the Board. In certain circumstances, the matters referred to in (i), (ii), and (iv) may also require shareholder approval.
Office Holders (including directors) who have a personal interest in a matter which is considered at a meeting of the Board or the Audit Committee may not be present at such meeting, may not participate in the discussion, and may not vote on any such matter.
The Audit Committee provides assistance to the Board of Directors in fulfilling its legal and fiduciary obligations in matters involving our accounting, auditing, financial reporting, internal control and legal compliance functions by approving the services performed by our independent accountants and reviewing their reports regarding our accounting practices and systems of internal accounting controls. The Audit Committee also oversees the audit efforts of our independent accountants and takes those actions as it deems necessary to satisfy itself that the accountants are independent of management. Under the Companies Law, the Audit Committee also is required to monitor deficiencies in the administration of a company, including by consulting with the internal auditor, and to review and approve related party transactions.
The requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. provide that the Audit Committee reports, among other things, that it has reviewed and discussed the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 with the management of NUR.
The Audit Committee has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters covered by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as well as their independence, and was satisfied as to the independent registered public accounting firm’s compliance with said standards.
Stock Option and Compensation Committee
In March 1998, NUR established a Stock Option and Compensation Committee to administer NUR’s stock option plans, other than the 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan. The Stock Option and Compensation Committee is charged with administering and overseeing the allocation and distribution of stock options under the approved stock option plans of NUR and approval of the NUR’s executive officers’ annual compensation. The Companies Law, 1999 provides that the Board is entitled to delegate to Board committees its power, among other things, to allocate shares or securities convertible into shares of NUR relating to employees incentive plans, and employment or salary agreements between NUR and its employees, provided, that any such grant is subject to a detailed plan approved by the Board. The Board is also entitled to delegate to the general manager or person recommended by the general manager the Board’s authority to issue ordinary shares issuable upon exercise or conversion of NUR’s securities. The Stock Option and Compensation Committee is presently composed of three members: Oded Akselrod, Lauri A. Hanover and Robert F. Hussey.
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Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan Committee
In February 1999, NUR established a committee to administer the NUR’s 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan (the “NEDSOP Committee”). The NEDSOP Committee is charged with administering and overseeing the allocation and distribution of stock options under the 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan. The Israeli Companies Law, 1999 provides that the Board is not entitled to delegate to Board committees its power, among other things, to allocate shares or securities convertible into shares of NUR, except for allocation of shares or securities convertible into shares of NUR relating to employees incentive plans, and employment or salary agreements between NUR and its employees. Accordingly, the NEDSOP Committee recommendations are subject to the Board’s approval.
Indemnification and Exculpation of Executive Officers and Directors
At the Annual Shareholders meeting held on February 12, 2002, NUR’s shareholders authorized it to enter into indemnification agreements with each of its current and future directors. The shareholders of NUR further authorized certain amendments to the indemnification agreements at the Annual Shareholders meeting held on November 18, 2003. According to the terms of the indemnification agreements, as amended, NUR shall, subject to the provisions of the indemnification agreement, indemnify each director for the following:
— | monetary liabilities imposed on the director for the benefit of another person pursuant to a final judgment by a competent court relating to acts performed by the director in his/her capacity as a director or officer of NUR or its subsidiaries; and |
— | reasonable litigation expenses. |
The indemnification undertaking shall be limited to certain categories of events and to the maximum amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the net equity of NUR or to one time annual revenue of NUR in the year prior to the date of the claim (the higher amount of the two) with regard to judgment liability, and $3.0 million with regard to litigation expenses. In addition, a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance is maintained by us that insures our directors and officers and those of our subsidiaries against liability incurred by, arising from or against them for certain of their acts, errors or omissions.
At the Annual Shareholders meeting held on October 27, 2004, NUR’s shareholders authorized the Company to exculpate our office holders in advance from liability to NUR, in whole or in part, for a breach of the duty of care.
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As of December 31, 2004, we had 328 employees and independent contractors compared to 322 employees and independent contractors as of December 31, 2003 and 355 as of December 31, 2002. Out of NUR’s 328 employees and independent contractors, as of December 31, 2004, 49 were in sales and marketing, 52 were in research and development, 169 were in customer support, operations and production, and 58 were in management finance and administration. As of December 31, 2004, we had 195 employees located in Israel, 56 employees located in Belgium, 44 employees located in the U.S., 3 employees located in Central and Latin America and 30 employees located in Asia Pacific.
We intend to eliminate approximately 40 positions during the third quarter of 2005 in order to lower our operating expenses.
All of NUR’s employees who have access to confidential information are required to sign a non-disclosure agreement covering all of our confidential information that they might possess or to which they might have access.
We believe our relations with employees are satisfactory. We have never experienced a strike or work stoppage. We believe our future success will depend, in part, on our ability to continue to attract, retain, motivate and develop highly qualified technical, marketing and sales as well as management personnel.
Israeli law generally requires the payment of severance pay equal to one month’s salary for each year of employment upon the termination of employment by NUR.
NUR’s liability for future severance pay obligations is fully provided for by payments equal to 8.33% of an employee’s salary each month made to various managers’ insurance policies or similar financial instruments and by accrual. The employees of NUR are usually provided with an additional contribution toward their retirement that amounts to 10% of wages, of which the employee and the employer each contributes half. Furthermore, Israeli employees and employers are required to pay predetermined sums to the National Insurance Institute, which is similar to the United States Social Security Administration, and additional sums towards compulsory health insurance.
Beneficial Ownership of Executive Officers and Directors
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of NUR’s ordinary shares as of June 30, 2005, of (i) each director of NUR and (ii) each executive officer of NUR. All of the information with respect to beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares is given to the best of NUR’s knowledge and has been furnished in part by the respective directors and executive officers.
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Name of Beneficial Owner
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Robert F. Hussey | * | * |
Lauri A. Hanover | * | * |
Koby Shtaierman | * | * |
Oded Akselrod | * | * |
Tamar Peller | * | * |
David Amir | 420,070 | 1.58% |
David Seligman | * | * |
Dan Purjes(2)(3) | 10,872,437 | 36.54% |
* Less than one percent of the outstanding ordinary shares.
(1) | As used in this table, “beneficial ownership” means the sole or shared power to vote or direct the voting or to dispose or direct the disposition of any security. For purposes of this table, a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of securities that can be acquired within 60 days from June 30, 2005 through the exercise of any option or warrant. Ordinary shares subject to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days are deemed outstanding for computing the ownership percentage of the person holding such options or warrants, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the ownership percentage of any other person. The amounts and percentages are based upon 26,205,681 ordinary shares outstanding as of June 30, 2005. |
(2) | Resigned from the board in December 2004. |
(3) | According to a Voting Agreement between NUR and Dan Purjes dated January 23, 2005, Dan Purjes and certain of his affiliates granted to our Board or a nominee appointed by it voting control over the ordinary shares beneficially owned by them, coupled with an irrevocable proxy, and the Board or the nominee appointed by it will vote the shares in any meeting or actions of the shareholders and with respect to any matter submitted to shareholder with the majority of votes of the other shareholders of NUR. For additional information regarding the Voting Agreement see “Item 10.C: Material Contracts.” |
The directors and executive officers of NUR hold, in the aggregate, options and warrants exercisable into 1,054,424 ordinary shares. The 1,054,424 options have a weighted average exercise price of approximately $1.96 and have expiration dates until 2014. Under the 1998 Share Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “1998 Plan”), Robert F. Hussey, who is the acting chairman of the Board, was granted on October 26, 1998, August 1, 1999, August 1, 2000, August 1, 2001, August 1, 2002, August 1, 2003 and August 1, 2004 options to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares, respectively. Oded Akselrod, director of NUR, was granted options to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares on December 30, 2004. Tamar Peller, director of NUR, was granted options to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares on December 30, 2004. Lauri A. Hanover and Kobi Shtaierman, both external directors of NUR as of November 18, 2003 were each granted 6,667 options on November 18, 2003 and each was also granted options to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares on December 30, 2004. The exercise price for the underlying shares of such options is the “Fair Market Value” (as defined in the 1998 Plan) of the ordinary shares of NUR at the date of grant.
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Outstanding Options and Warrants
As of June 30, 2005, NUR had outstanding options under NUR’s stock option plans to purchase a total of 3,533,884 of its ordinary shares. Of such options, 48,300 have been issued under the 1995 Israel Stock Plan, 330,200 have been issued under the 1997 Stock Option Plan, 136,667 have been issued under the 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan and 3,018,717 have been issued under the 2000 Stock Option Plan. The options granted under the 1995 Plan, the 1997 and the 2000 Plan are subject to various vesting requirements and have been issued at exercise prices ranging from $0.37 to $7.50per share with various expiration dates. The options granted under the 1998 Plan are not subject to vesting requirements and have an exercise price ranging from $0.37 to $13.50 per share, with various expiration dates. See Note 15 to NUR’s consolidated financial statements included as a part of this annual report on Form 20-F for more details.
As of June 30, 2005, NUR had outstanding warrants exercisable into a total of 6,958,896 ordinary shares. Of such warrants (i) 50,000 were issued to Josephthal & Co., Inc. as placement agent in connection with NUR’s private placement between September and December 1997 and subsequently transferred by Josephthal to David Fuchs, (ii) 37,411 were issued to Investec Clali Trust Company Ltd. as placement agent in connection with NUR’s private placement in September 2000, (iii) 612,500 were issued to the Investment Corp. of United Mizrahi Bank Ltd. as part of the private placement in January 2002 and subsequently transferred to United Mizrahi Bank Ltd., (iv) 70,000 were issued to Bank Hapoalim as part of the rescheduling of NUR’s long-term debt, (v) 50,000 were issued to Bank Leumi as part of the rescheduling of NUR’s long-term debt (vi) 140,000 were issued to Bank Hapoalim as part of the amendments of the covenants governing the rescheduling of NUR’s long-term debt, (vii) 100,000 were issued to Bank Leumi as part of the amendments of the covenants governing the rescheduling of NUR’s long-term debt, (viii) 11,000 were issued to Poalim Capital Markets as part of an out-of-court settlement, (ix) 505,000 were issued to Bank Hapoalim as part of the amendments of the covenants governing NUR’s debt, (x) 350,000 were issued to Bank Leumi as part of the amendments of the covenants governing NUR’s debt, (xi) 27,000 were issued to Bank Discount as part of the amendments of the covenants governing NUR’s debt, (xii) 98,000 were granted to Bank Discount as part of the agreement regarding the covenants governing NUR’s debt, (xiii) 951,922 were granted to the investors participating in NUR’s convertible loan in October 2003, (xiv) 67,308 were granted to the placement agent in connection with NUR’s convertible loan in October 2003, (xv) 112,903 were granted to the placement agent in connection with NUR’s convertible loan in October 2003, (xvi) 646,542 were granted to the investors participating in NUR’s private placement in March 2004, (xvii) 129,310 were issued to Duncan Capital Group, LLC as placement agent in connection with NUR’s private placement of March 2004, and (xviii) 3,000,000 were granted to Dan Purjes in connection with a voting trust agreement discussed in “Item 10.C: Material Contracts”. The Fuchs warrants are exercisable at $1.00. NUR extended the exercise period for the Fuchs warrants to December 2005 in consideration for certain services provided by Fuchs. The Investec Clali warrants are exercisable at $13.365 no later than September 2005. The Mizrahi warrants are exercisable at $4.50 no later than January 2006. The Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi warrants are exercisable at $5.00 no later than February 2006. The additional Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi warrants are exercisable at $0.34 no later than March 2007. The Poalim Capital Markets warrants are exercisable at $0.784 no later than November 2006. The first Bank Discount warrant is exercisable at $0.72 no later than June 2007. The second Bank Discount warrant, the third Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi warrants are exercisable at $0.62 no later than August 2007. The convertible loan investment warrants and the first convertible loan placement agent warrants are exercisable at $0.52 no later than October 2008. The second convertible loan placement agent warrants are exercisable at $0.62 no later than March 2009. The private placement warrants are exercisable at $1.54 no later than March 2009. The Duncan Capital warrants are exercisable at $1.16 no later than March 2009. The Dan Purjes warrants are exercisable at $0.75 no later than April 2010.
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1995 Israel Stock Option Plan
In 1995, NUR adopted the 1995 Israel Stock Option Plan, which provides for grants of stock options to employees and consultants of NUR. Options to purchase an aggregate of 500,000 ordinary shares were originally available for grant under the 1995 Israel Stock Option Plan, as amended, including service options for future services, options for performance, and options to consultants for service or performance.
NUR’s shareholders approved at the Annual Shareholders meeting held on November 18, 2003 the Board’s resolution to terminate the 1995 Plan and to increase the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under NUR’s 2000 Plan (as amended) in the aggregate amount that was outstanding for grant under the 1995 Plan as of July 15, 2003, thereby increasing the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under NUR’s 2000 Stock Option Plan by 33,261.
1997 Stock Option Plan
In 1997, NUR adopted the 1997 Stock Option Plan, which provides for grants of stock options to employees, directors of NUR and consultants to NUR. Options to purchase an aggregate of 2,200,000 ordinary shares were originally available for grant under the 1997 Stock Option Plan, as amended.
NUR’s shareholders approved, at the Annual Shareholders meeting held on November 18, 2003, the Board’s resolution to terminate the 1997 Plan and to increase the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under NUR’s 2000 Plan in the aggregate amount that was outstanding for grant under the 1997 Plan as of July 15, 2003, thereby increasing the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under NUR’s 2000 Stock Option Plan by 464,329.
1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan
For discussion of the 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan see "Item 6.B: Compensation of Officers and Directors."
2000 Stock Option Plan
In 2000, NUR adopted the 2000 Stock Option Plan to provide for grants of service and non-employee options to purchase ordinary shares to officers, employees, directors and consultants of NUR. The 2000 Stock Option Plan provides that it may be administered by the Board, or by a committee appointed by the Board, and is currently administered by the Stock Option and Compensation Committee subject to the Board approval.
NUR’s shareholders approved, at the Annual Shareholders meeting held on November 18, 2003, the termination of the 1995 Plan and the 1997 Plan and the increase of the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under the 2000 Stock Option Plan (as amended) in the aggregate amount that was outstanding for grant under the 1995 Plan and the 1997 Plan as of July 15, 2003, thereby increasing the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under the 2000 Stock Option Plan (as amended) by 497,590, from 2,000,000 to 2,497,590. NUR’s shareholders further approved, at the Annual Shareholders meeting held on October 27, 2004, the increase of the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under the 2000 Stock Option Plan (as amended) by 500,000, from 2,497,590 to 2,997,590. The 2000 Stock Option Plan will expire on August 31, 2008, unless previously terminated or extended by the Board.
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The Board has broad discretion to determine the persons entitled to receive options under the 2000 Stock Option Plan, the terms and conditions on which options are granted, and the number of ordinary shares subject thereto. The Board delegated to NUR's management its authority to issue ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of options under the 2000 Stock Option Plan. The exercise price of the option shares under the 2000 Stock Option Plan is determined by the Stock Option and Compensation Committee, provided, however, that the exercise price of any option granted shall not be less than eighty percent (80%) of the stock value at the date of grant of such options. The stock value at any time is equal to the then current fair market value of NUR's ordinary shares. For purposes of the 2000 Stock Option Plan (as amended), the fair market value means, as of any date, the last reported sale price, on such date, of the ordinary shares on such principal securities exchange of the most recent prior date on which a sale of the ordinary shares took place.
The Board determines the term of each option granted under the 2000 Stock Option Plan; provided, however, that the term of an option shall not be for more than ten (10) years. Upon termination of employment, all unvested options lapse. The Board determines the vesting period of each option grant under the 2000 Stock Option Plan.
The options granted are subject to restrictions on transfer, sale or hypothecation. Options and ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options granted to Israeli employees of NUR are held in a trust until the payment of all taxes due with respect to the grant and exercise (if any) of such options.
ITEM 7: Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of NUR’s ordinary shares as of June 30, 2005, by each person known by NUR to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares. Each of our shareholders has identical voting rights with respect to its shares. All of the information with respect to beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares is given to the best of NUR’s knowledge and has been furnished in part by the beneficial owner.
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| Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned(1)
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Dan Purjes(2) | 10,872,437 | 36.54% |
United Mizrahi Bank Ltd. (3) | 2,945,833 | 10.98% |
Myles Wittenstein | 1,656,311 | 6.25% |
(1) | As used in this table, “beneficial ownership” means the sole or shared power to vote or direct the voting or to dispose or direct the disposition of any security. For purposes of this table, a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of securities that can be acquired within 60 days from June 30, 2005 through the exercise of any option or warrant. Ordinary shares subject to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days are deemed outstanding for computing the ownership percentage of the person holding such options or warrants, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the ownership percentage of any other person. The amounts and percentages are based on a total of 26,205,681 ordinary shares outstanding as of June 30, 2005. |
(2) | According to a Voting Agreement between NUR and Dan Purjes dated January 23, 2005, Dan Purjes and certain of his affiliates granted to our Board or a nominee appointed by it voting control over the ordinary shares beneficially owned by them, coupled with an irrevocable proxy, and the Board or the nominee appointed by it will vote the shares in any meeting or actions of the shareholders and with respect to any matter submitted to shareholder with the majority of votes of the other shareholders of NUR. For additional information regarding the Voting Agreement see “Item 10.C: Material Contracts.” |
(3) | The Investment Corp. of United Mizrahi Bank Ltd. that previously held the securities detailed at the table above notified NUR that effective as of October 20, 2004 it was merged into United Mizrahi Bank Ltd., an Israeli public company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: Mizrahi). |
Significant Changes in the Ownership of Major Shareholders
As of December 31, 2004 Dan Purjes was the beneficial owner of 7,836,138, or 30%, of our ordinary shares. The Purjes’ ownership interest increased to 36.54% in April 2005. The Investment Corp. of United Mizrahi Bank Ltd. notified NUR that effective as of October 20, 2004 it was merged into United Mizrahi Bank. As of December 31, 2004 United Mizrahi Bank was the beneficial owner of 2,945,833, or 11.25%, of our ordinary shares. The Mizrahi’s interest in our company decreased to 10.98% in April 2005. On May 19, 2004 Myles Wittenstein filed a Schedule 13G with the Securities and Exchange Commission reflecting ownership of 1,994,491 of our ordinary shares which reflected as of December 31, 2004 7.53%, of our ordinary shares. The Wittenstein’s interest in our company decreased to 6.25% in April 2005.
Record Holders
Based on a review of the information provided to us by our transfer agent, as of June 30, 2005, there were 79* record holders of ordinary shares, of which 43 represented United States* record holders holding approximately 54.43% of the outstanding ordinary shares of NUR.
* | Including the Depository Trust Company. |
B. | Related Party Transactions |
On July 30, 2003 NUR secured a convertible loan commitment from several investors according to which the investors have undertaken to provide NUR with a convertible loan in the aggregate amount of $3.50 million. NUR’s former chairman and the largest shareholder, Dan Purjes, provided $1.2 million of the loan and David Amir, NUR’s president and chief executive officer, provided $50,000 of the loan. Our shareholders approved the participation of Mr. Purjes in this transaction in November 2003. Our audit committee and board of directors approved the participation of Mr. Amir in this transaction in September 2003. On December 31, 2003, the investors elected to convert $2 million of the loan into ordinary shares of NUR at the conversion rate of $0.62 per ordinary share. On March 31, 2004, the investors elected to convert the remaining $1.5 million of the loan into 2,419,355 ordinary shares at the conversion price of $0.62 per share. Following this conversion, Dan Purjes received, directly and indirectly, an aggregate of 1,935,484 ordinary shares and warrants to purchase up to 457,953 ordinary shares. David Amir received an aggregate of 80,645 ordinary shares and warrants to purchase up to 14,423 ordinary shares.
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In October 2003, NUR entered into an engagement agreement with the law offices of Avi Omer & Co. (formerly, Omer, Zohari & Co.), a law firm owned by Avi Omer and certain other partners. Avi Omer is the brother of David Amir, our president and chief executive officer. Under the engagement agreement, Avi Omer & Co. represents us in litigations against third parties and provides us with legal services as needed in Israel and in Belgium. The cost of these services is intended to at least equal the cost of these services if performed by unrelated parties. The aggregate consideration for the services that Avi Omer & Co. provided to us and to the subsidiaries was $0.12 million in 2004. On March 2004, our Audit Committee and Board of Directors reviewed, ratified and approved the terms of the engagement with Avi Omer & Co.
In April 2004, we closed a private placement of approximately $2.99 million through the issuance of 2,586,140 of our ordinary shares to several investors at a price of $1.16 per share. The investors also received warrants to purchase an additional 646,542 ordinary shares at an exercise price of $1.54 per warrant share, exercisable until March 31, 2009. Dan Purjes, our former chairman, former director and the largest shareholder, is the chairman of one of the investors, X Securities Ltd. that purchased 81,897 ordinary shares for $95,000 and received warrants to purchase 20,474 ordinary shares. X Securities’ participation in the private placement was ratified and approved by our Audit Committee and the Board.
At the Special Shareholders meeting held on April 17, 2005, NUR’s shareholders approved the grant to Dan Purjes, a former director and former chairman of the Board, and the owner of approximately 36% of NUR’s ordinary shares, of a five-year warrant to purchase 3,000,000 ordinary shares at $0.75 per share. The warrant was granted to Dan Purjes in consideration for his agreement to enter into the Voting Agreement dated as of January 23, 2005, coupled with an irrevocable proxy, and the Voting Trust Agreement dated as of March 7, 2005 under which voting control of all shares owned by Dan Purjes and his family and affiliates was controlled by an independent trustee. As a result of the delisting of our ordinary shares from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Voting Trust Agreement was automatically terminated and converted into the Voting Agreement.
At the Special Shareholders meeting held on April 17, 2005, NUR’s shareholders approved to pay to Robert F. Hussey, acting chairman of the Board, during his chairmanship, a quarterly cash fee of $10,000 or a prorate portion for services rendered during part of a calendar quarter. The foregoing cash fee will replace any other cash compensation or meeting allowances otherwise due to a director under NUR’s policies. In addition, the shareholders approved a quarterly grant to Robert F. Hussey of options to purchase 2,500 ordinary shares, or a prorate portion for services rendered during part of a calendar quarter. The quarterly grants will be made on the first business day following the last month of each calendar quarter. The options will be fully vested and exercisable immediately upon their grant and the exercise price per ordinary share shall be the closing price of the ordinary shares known on the last trading day of the calendar quarter for which the options are being granted. The grants described in this paragraph are in addition to any grants under the 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
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For a further discussion of the March 2004 private placement, October 2003 convertible loan and the Dan Purjes voting agreement, as well as transactions and balances with related parties see “Item 10.C: Material Contracts” and Note 14 to NUR’s consolidated financial statements, which are included as a part of this annual report.
C. | Interests of experts and counsel |
ITEM 8: Financial Information
A. | Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information. |
Consolidated Statements
For our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, please see pages F-[2] to F-[53] of this report. In their report regarding our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, our independent registered public accounting firm, Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, indicates that there is a substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Export Sales
See “Item 5: Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” under the caption “Geographic Breakdown of Revenues” for certain details of export sales for the last three fiscal years.
Legal Proceedings
We are a party to various legal proceedings incident to our business. Except as noted below, there are no material legal proceedings pending or, to our knowledge, threatened against us or our subsidiaries, and we are not involved in any legal proceedings that our management believes, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.
In August 2001, Printable B.V., a client of NUR Europe, filed a suit against NUR Europe in the Commercial Court of Brussels. The client claims that the contract between Printable and NUR Europe for the sale of two machines is null and void, and it further seeks for damages amounting to approximately €0.92 million (or $1.10 million). NUR Europe filed a counter claim for the collection of outstanding amounts. In April 2004 the Commercial Court of Brussels denied Printable’s claims and ordered Printable to pay NUR Europe an amount of approximately €0.15 million (or $0.19 million). Printable appealed that judgment. We believe that the client’s appeal is without merit and NUR Europe is defending itself vigorously against the claim.
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In October 2001, Distrade SL, a client of NUR Europe, filed a suit against NUR Europe in the Commercial Court of Brussels, alleging technical defaults in a machine purchased by it. Distrade is seeking reimbursement of the purchase price it paid amounting to approximately $0.23 million, as well as damages of approximately €0.25 million (or $0.30 million). The Commercial Court of Brussels appointed an expert in order to hear the parties’ claims, to examine the machine and provide an opinion regarding the damages suffered by Distrade from the machine’s use. NUR Europe is defending itself vigorously against the claim.
In August 2002, Jiaxing Dapeng Advertising Limited Company, an end-user of NUR’s equipment, filed a suit against NUR Shanghai in the Jiaxing Intermediate Court in the People Republic of China, alleging that the equipment purchased by it was of bad quality. The Jiaxing Intermediate Court ruled that NUR Shanghai should reimburse Dapeng with the purchase price of approximately $0.184 million and pay a compensation of approximately $0.02 million. Following an appeal filed by NUR Shanghai, the Zhejiang Higher Court ruled in September 2003 that NUR Shanghai is to pay Dapeng approximately $0.184 million.
In November 2002, Guangzhou Junhao Printing Limited Company, a client of NUR Asia Pacific, filed a suit against NUR Asia Pacific in the Guangzhou Intermediated Court situated in the Peoples Republic of China, alleging that the equipment purchased by it from NUR Asia Pacific was of bad quality. Junhao was seeking reimbursement of the purchase price it paid in approximately the amount of $0.24 million, as well as compensation of approximately $0.16 million. In July 2005 the Guangzhou Intermediate Court ruled that NUR Asia Pacific should reimburse Junhao with the purchase price of $0.24 million and pay a compensation of approximately $0.04 million.
In November 2002 Julius Hewinkel GmbH, a former supplier and manufacturer of NUR Media Solutions filed a suit against NUR Media Solutions in the Court of Osnabrück, Germany. Hewinkel claims that NUR Media Solutions is in breach of an OEM agreement signed between Hewinkel and NUR Media Solutions by failing to purchase minimum quantities prescribed under such agreement. Hewinkel seeks damages in approximately the amount of €0.94 million (or $1.12 million). NUR Media Solutions is defending itself vigorously against the claim.
In August 2003, as a result of our intention to consolidate the manufacturing operation in San Antonio, Texas we notified Ram Global Ltd., the landlord under the five-year lease agreement signed between Ram Global and Salsa Digital Printers in July 2001, that we intend to terminate the lease agreement prior to its predetermined termination date in July 2006. Ram Global filed suit in the 288th Judicial District, Bexar County, Texas claiming for the rent owed under the lease agreement until its expiration in July 2006 and other damages. In September 2003, the parties reached an out-of-court settlement whereby the Salsa Digital Printers undertook to pay Ram Global $0.18 million (reflecting six months rent) for the complete and final settlement of this matter.
In September 2003, NUR filed a suit in the Magistrate Court of Tel Aviv, Israel against R.R. Graphics Ltd., a former distributor of NUR in Israel, for the collection of unpaid invoices in approximately the amount of $0.42 million. In February 2004, Graphics filed a statement of defense denying NUR’s claims and it also filed a counter-claim for alleged damages caused to it by NUR in approximately the amount of $0.18 million. We believe that the counter-claim that was filed by Graphics is without merit and NUR is both pursuing its own suit and defending itself vigorously against the counter-claim.
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In December 2003 Imagens Digitais Ltda., a client of NUR DO Brazil Ltda., filed a suit against NUR DO Brazil Ltda. and NUR America in Brazil, alleging that a machine purchased by it failed to perform. Imagens is seeking reimbursement of the purchase price paid by it in the amount of approximately $0.12 million. We believe that the claim is without merit and both NUR DO Brazil and NUR America are defending themselves vigorously against the claim.
In November 2004 Citicorp Vendor Finance, Inc. (“CVF”), a corporation that extended equipment lease financing to a client, filed a complaint against NUR America in the Superior Court of New Jersey alleging that NUR America is in default under remarketing agreement related to the sale of equipment to Print Systems, Inc. (“PSI”) in 2001. CVF is seeking damages in the amount of $0.29 million. NUR has filed a counterclaim against CVF and a cross-claim against PSI for goods sold and delivered to PSI. NUR America is defending itself vigorously against CVF’s claim.
In February 2005 the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist (“OCS”) initiated administrative proceedings for the confiscation of certain assets of NUR to secure NUR’s alleged liability to the OCS of approximately $0.8 million in unpaid royalties related to the sale of equipment. On February 21, 2005 NUR filed a suit with the District Court in Jerusalem against the OCS requesting a declaratory judgment denying the OCS claim for royalties and for the recovery of approximately $0.27 million that was previously paid to the OCS. NUR also filed a motion requesting the court to direct the OCS to cease and cancel the confiscations procedures. The parties reached a procedural agreement whereby the confiscation procedures were terminated and NUR deposited with the court a bank guarantee in the amount of approximately $0.45 million securing the disputed amount and undertook to place by October 2005 an additional bank guarantee of approximately $0.35 million.
We may from time to time become a party to various legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our business.
Dividends
NUR does not anticipate that it will pay any cash dividend on its ordinary shares in the foreseeable future. Dividends, if any, will be paid in NIS. Dividends paid to shareholders outside Israel will be converted to U.S. dollars, on the basis of the exchange rate prevailing at the date of payment. NUR has determined that it will not distribute dividends out of tax-exempt profits.
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Except as otherwise disclosed in this annual report, no significant change has occurred since December 31, 2004.
ITEM 9: The Offer and Listing
| Not Applicable, except for Items 9.A.4 and Item 9.C, which are detailed below. |
Stock Price History
The prices set forth below are high and low closing market prices for the ordinary shares of NUR as reported by Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or the Pink Sheets, as applicable, for the fiscal year ended December 31 of each year indicated below, as of the end of each fiscal quarter indicated below, and for each month for the six-month period ending June 2005. Such quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail markup, markdown, or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions. Our ordinary shares were delisted from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market in May 2005 and are currently quoted in the over-the-counter market in the “Pink Sheets” under the symbol “NURM.PK.”
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2000 | | | $ | 21.00 | | $ | 7.31 | |
2001 | | | | 9.75 | | | 2.29 | |
2002 | | | | 3.61 | | | 0.50 | |
2003 | | | | 2.44 | | | 0.25 | |
2004 | | | | 2.14 | | | 0.66 | |
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2003 | | |
First Quarter | | | $ | 0.60 | | $ | 0.25 | |
Second Quarter | | | | 0.75 | | | 0.21 | |
Third Quarter | | | | 1.02 | | | 0.50 | |
Fourth Quarter | | | | 2.44 | | | 0.83 | |
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2004 | | |
First Quarter | | | $ | 2.14 | | $ | 1.50 | |
Second Quarter | | | | 1.62 | | | 0.93 | |
Third Quarter | | | | 1.15 | | | 0.71 | |
Fourth Quarter | | | | 1.20 | | | 0.66 | |
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First Quarter | | | $ | 0.83 | | $ | 0.50 | |
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June 2005 | | | $ | 0.49 | | $ | 0.18 | |
May 2005 | | | | 0.78 | | | 0.38 | |
April 2005 | | | | 0.75 | | | 0.60 | |
March 2005 | | | | 0.69 | | | 0.55 | |
February 2005 | | | | 0.68 | | | 0.50 | |
January 2005 | | | | 0.83 | | | 0.62 | |
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Markets
Our ordinary shares are currently quoted in the over-the-counter market in the “Pink Sheets” under the symbol “NURM.PK.”
Our ordinary shares were traded on the Nasdaq National Market between October 1995 and July 2003. During 2002, our ordinary shares closed for a period of 30 consecutive trading days below the minimum bid price of $1.00 per share as required for continued listing on the Nasdaq National Market. Accordingly, in July 2003, we transferred our securities to the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, whereby we were granted an extension of 180 days to meet the minimum requirement of $1.00 per share. NUR regained compliance with this requirement in October 2003. Our ordinary shares were traded on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market between July 2003 and May 2005. On March 24, 2004, we received a compliance notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., stating that we are not in compliance with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. In previous years we complied with the listing requirement since we had stockholders’ equity of more than $2.5 million. However, as of December 31, 2003, we had negative stockholders’ equity of $1.5 million. NUR provided Nasdaq with a plan to achieve and sustain compliance with the continued listing requirements and regained compliance during the second quarter of 2004.
On December 21, 2004 we received a notice from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications indicating that our securities will be delisted from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market at the opening of business on December 31, 2004 due to failure to comply with the minimum $2.5 million stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing set forth in Marketplace Rule 4320(e)(2)(B). NUR requested a hearing to appeal that determination before a Nasdaq Listing Qualification Panel (the “Panel”). NUR presented to the Panel its plan to improve its financial stability and regain compliance with the Nasdaq listing standards. On April 5, 2005 we received a notice from Nasdaq Listing Qualifications indicating that pursuant to the hearing before the Panel, the Panel has determined to postpone the delisting of NUR’s ordinary shares from trade on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, and maintain NUR’s listing, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions. However, as a result of our failure to meet the conditions set by the Panel, our ordinary shares were delisted on May 19, 2005 from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market and are currently quoted in the over-the-counter market in the “Pink Sheets” under the symbol “NURM.PK.”
ITEM 10: Additional Information
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B. | Memorandum of Association and Amended and Restated Articles of Association |
Set forth below is a brief description of certain provisions contained in the Memorandum of Association, the Amended and Restated Articles of Association (“Articles”) as well as certain statutory provisions of Israeli law. The Memorandum of Association and the Articles have been filed as exhibits to this annual report or incorporated by reference herein. The description of certain provisions does not purport to be a complete summary of these provisions and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.
Authorized Share Capital
The authorized share capital of NUR is one hundred twenty million (120,000,000) New Israeli Shekel, divided into one hundred and twenty million ordinary shares.
Purpose and Objective
We are a public company registered under the Israel Companies Law, 1999 as NUR Macroprinters Ltd., registration number 52-003986-8. Pursuant to Section 3.1 of NUR’s Articles, our objective is to undertake any lawful activity, including any objective set forth in our Memorandum of Association. Pursuant to Section 3.2 of our Articles, our purpose is to operate in accordance with commercial considerations with the intentions of generating profits.
Board of Directors
Under the Israeli Companies Law, 1999, the Board is authorized to set NUR’s strategy and supervise the performance of the duties and actions of NUR’s chief executive officer. The Board may not delegate to a committee of the Board or the chief executive officer the right to decide on certain of the authorities vested with it, including determination of NUR’s strategy, distributions, certain issuances of securities and approval of financial reports. The powers conferred upon the Board are vested in the Board as a collective body and not in each one or more of the directors individually. Unless otherwise set forth in a resolution of the shareholders, the Board shall consist of not less than four (4) nor more than twelve (12) directors (including any external directors whose appointment is mandated under the Companies Law).
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The directors are elected annually at a general meeting of shareholders and remain in office until the next annual meeting at which time they shall retire, unless their office is previously vacated as provided in the Articles. A retiring director may be reelected. If no directors are elected at the annual meeting, all of the retiring directors remain in office pending their replacement at a general meeting. Holders of the ordinary shares do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. Consequently, the holders of ordinary shares in the aggregate conferring more than 50% of the voting power represented in person or by proxy will have the power to elect all the directors. Pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law, publicly traded companies must appoint two external directors to serve on their Board of Directors and Audit Committee. The external directors are appointed for a 3-year term. Under a recent amendment to the Companies Law, at least one of the external directors is required to have “Financial Expertise” and the other external directors are required to have “Professional Expertise.” These requirements are subject to regulations to be promulgated in which the terms “Financial Expertise” and “Professional Expertise” would be defined. This recent amendment does not apply to external directors who were appointed before March 17, 2005 (such as our external directors). The election of external directors requires the vote of the majority of the voting power represented at the meeting, provided that either (i) such a majority includes at least one third of the shareholders present who do not qualify as controlling shareholders (as such term is defined in the Israeli Companies Law) or (ii) the aggregate number of shares held by non-controlling shareholders voting at the meeting against such election does not exceed one percent of the outstanding voting rights of the company.
Subject to the provisions of Israeli Companies Law, the Board may approve each of the following transactions that are not detrimental to the best interest of NUR: (i) a transaction to which NUR is a party to, and in which an officer of NUR has an interest; (ii) a transaction between NUR and an officer of NUR; (iii) a private offer of NUR’s securities to a holder of five percent (5%) or more of NUR’s shares; or (iv) such other transactions that require special approval pursuant to the Companies Law. In the event of an extraordinary transaction or the approval of the terms of service or employment (including any waiver, insurance or indemnification) of an officer of NUR, such transaction shall require additional approvals of the Audit Committee, or of the Audit Committee and of a meeting of shareholders, by regular or special majority, all as stipulated by the Companies Law. Any officer who has an interest in a transaction shall not participate in the meeting of the Board or Audit Committee in which such transaction is considered and shall not vote in such meeting, provided that if the majority of the members of the Board or the Audit Committee have an interest in the transaction, they may attend and vote at the meeting and then the transaction must also be approved by a general meeting of the shareholders. For a further discussion of the Board practices see “Item 6.C: Board Practices.”
No person shall be disqualified to serve as a director by reason of his not holding shares in NUR. Additionally, there is no age limit for the retirement of directors.
Rights of Shareholders
No preemptive rights are granted to holders of ordinary shares under the Articles or the Israeli Companies Law. Each ordinary share is entitled to one vote on all matters to be voted on by shareholders, including the election of directors. Non-residents of Israel may freely hold and trade the ordinary shares pursuant to general and specific permits issued under Israel’s Currency Control Law, 1978. Neither the Memorandum of Association nor the Articles make any distinction between residents and non-residents of Israel with respect to the ownership of ordinary shares. The Memorandum of Association, the Articles and Israeli law do not make any distinction between residents and non-residents of Israel with respect to the voting rights related thereto.
An annual meeting of shareholders must be held once in every calendar year at such time (within a period of not more than fifteen months after the last preceding annual meeting) and at such place as may be determined by the Board. The Board may, at any time, convene general meetings of shareholders, and shall be obligated to do so upon receipt of a requisition in writing in accordance with Israeli law. Prior to any general meeting a written notice thereof shall be delivered to all registered holders and to all other persons entitled to attend, and shall be otherwise made public as required by Israeli law.
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Two or more members present in person or by proxy and holding shares conferring in the aggregate more than 33 1/3% of the total voting power attached to our shares shall constitute a quorum at general meetings. If a meeting is adjourned due to the lack of a quorum, one or more shareholders, holding not less than 33 1/3% of all the outstanding voting power attached to the ordinary shares, present in person or by proxy at the subsequent adjourned meeting, will constitute a quorum. Unless provided otherwise by the terms of issue of the shares, no member shall be entitled to be present or vote at a general meeting (or to be counted as part of the quorum) unless all amounts due as of the date designated for same general meeting with respect to his shares were paid. A resolution shall be deemed adopted if the requisite quorum is present and the resolution is supported by members present, in person or by proxy, vested with more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power attached to the shares whose holders were present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and voted thereon, or such other percentage required by law.
Changing Rights Attached to Shares
According to our Articles, in order to change the rights attached to any class of shares, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the class, such change must be adopted by a general meeting of the shareholders and by a separate general meeting of the holders of the affected class with a majority of the voting power participating in such meeting.
Dividends and Profits
The Board may from time to time, subject to the provisions of Israeli Companies Law, declare and order the payment of a dividend from NUR’s accrued profits at the rate it may deem, provided that there is no reasonable concern that payment of such dividend may prevent NUR from meeting its current and expected liabilities when they become due. Subject, if any, to special or restricted rights conferred upon the holders of shares as to dividends, the dividends shall be distributed in accordance with the paid-up capital of NUR attributable to the shares for which the dividend has been declared. Our obligation to pay dividends or any other amount in respect of shares may be set-off against any indebtedness, however arising, liquidated or non-liquidated, of the person entitled to receive the dividend. Any dividend unclaimed within the period of seven years from the date stipulated for their payment, shall be forfeited and returned to us, unless otherwise directed by the Board. In the event of the winding up of NUR, then, subject to provisions of any applicable law and to any special or restricted rights attached to a share, our assets in excess of our liabilities will be distributed among the stockholders in proportion to the paid-up capital attributable to the shares in respect of which the distribution is being made.
Certain Transactions with Controlling Persons
The Israeli Companies Law also provides that some transactions between a public company and a controlling shareholder, or transactions in which a controlling shareholder of the company has a personal interest but which are between a public company and another entity, require the approval of the board of directors and of the shareholders. The Companies Law defines a controlling shareholder as a person who holds 25% or more of the voting rights at the company’s general meeting, provided there is no other person that holds more than 50% of the voting rights in the company; for purposes of holding, two or more persons who hold voting rights in the company and each of whom has a personal interest in the approval of the same transaction up for approval by the company shall be deemed one holder. Moreover, an extraordinary transaction with a controlling shareholder or the terms of compensation of a controlling shareholder, or an extraordinary transaction with another person in whom the controlling shareholder has a personal interest must be approved by the audit committee, the board of directors and shareholders. The shareholder approval for an extraordinary transaction must include at least one-third of the shareholders who have no personal interest in the transaction who voted on the matter. The transaction can be approved by shareholders without this one-third approval, if the total shareholdings of those shareholders who have no personal interest and voted against the transaction do not represent more than one percent of the voting rights in the company.
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Anti-takeover Provisions; Mergers and Acquisitions under Israeli Law
The Companies Law permits merger transactions with the approval of each party’s board of directors and generally requires shareholder approval, as well. Under a recent amendment to the Companies Law, a merger with a wholly owned subsidiary does not require approval of the surviving company’s shareholders. A merger does not require approval of the surviving company’s shareholders if (i) the merger does not require amending the surviving company’s memorandum of association or articles of association and (ii) the surviving company does not issue more than 25% of its voting power in connection with the merger and pursuant to the issuance no shareholder would become a controlling shareholder. Shareholder approval of the surviving company would nevertheless be required if the other party to the merger, or a person holding more than 25% of the outstanding voting shares or means of appointing the board of directors of the other party to the merger, holds any shares of the surviving company. In accordance with the Companies Law, our Articles provide that a merger may be approved at a shareholders meeting by a majority of the voting power represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and voting on that resolution. The Companies Law provides that in determining whether the required majority has approved the merger, shares held by the other party to the merger, any person holding at least 25% of the outstanding voting shares or means of appointing the board of directors of the other party to the merger, or the relatives or companies controlled by these persons, are excluded from the vote.
Under the Companies Law, a merging company must inform its creditors of the proposed merger. Any creditor of a party to the merger may seek a court order blocking the merger, if there is a reasonable concern that the surviving company will not be able to satisfy all of the obligations of the parties to the merger. Moreover, a merger may not be completed until at least 50 days have passed from the time that a merger proposal was filed with the Israeli Registrar of Companies and 30 days have passed from the shareholder approval of the merger in each merging company.
The Israeli Companies Law provides that an acquisition of shares in a public company must be made by means of a tender offer if as a result of the acquisition the purchaser would become a 25% or greater shareholder of the company. This rule does not apply if there is already another 25% or greater shareholder of the company. Similarly, the Israeli Companies Law provides that an acquisition of shares in a public company must be made by means of a tender offer if as a result of the acquisition the purchaser would hold greater than a 45% interest in the company, unless there is another shareholder holding more than a 45% interest in the company. These requirements do not apply if, in general, the acquisition (1) was made in a private placement that received shareholder approval, (2) was from a 25% or greater shareholder of the company which resulted in the acquiror becoming a 25% or greater shareholder of the company, or (3) was from a shareholder holding more than a 45% interest in the company which resulted in the acquiror becoming a holder of more than a 45% interest in the company.
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If, as a result of an acquisition of shares, the acquirer will hold more than 90% of a company’s outstanding shares, the acquisition must be made by means of a tender offer for all of the outstanding shares. If less than 5% of the outstanding shares are not tendered in the tender offer, all the shares that the acquirer offered to purchase will be transferred to the acquirer. The Israeli Companies Law provides for appraisal rights if any shareholder files a request in court within three months following the consummation of a full tender offer. If more than 5% of the outstanding shares are not tendered in the tender offer, then the acquiror may not acquire shares in the tender offer that will cause his shareholding to exceed 90% of the outstanding shares.
Regulations under the Israeli Companies Law provide that the Israeli Companies Law’s tender offer rules do not apply to a company whose shares are publicly traded outside of Israel, if pursuant to the applicable foreign securities laws and stock exchange rules there is a restriction on the acquisition of any level of control of the company, or if the acquisition of any level of control of the company requires the purchaser to make a tender offer to the public shareholders.
Duties of Shareholders
Under the Companies Law, a shareholder has a duty to act in good faith towards the company and other shareholders and to refrain from abusing his or her power in the company including, among other things, when voting in a general meeting of shareholders or in a class meeting on the following matters:
— | any amendment to the articles of association; |
— | an increase in the company's authorized share capital; |
— | approval of related party transactions that require shareholder approval. |
A shareholder has a general duty to refrain from depriving any other shareholder of their rights as a shareholder. In addition, any controlling shareholder, any shareholder who knows that it possesses the power to determine the outcome of a shareholder vote and any shareholder who has the power to appoint or prevent the appointment of an office holder in the company is under a duty to act with fairness towards the company. The Companies Law does not describe the substance of this duty of loyalty.
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Inspire Private Placement and Debt Restructuring Agreement
On December 29, 2004 we reached an agreement with Inspire Investments Ltd. for the investment by Inspire of $10 million in NUR. The consummation of the Inspire investment was conditioned, among other things, upon Inspire’s completion of its due diligence review. As a pre-condition to entering into the agreement Inspire required, among others, that NUR will enter into a debt restructuring agreement with its Israeli lender banks and that a substantial part of the holdings of Dan Purjes, a former director and former chairman of the Board and the largest shareholder, will be voted under an irrevocable proxy. On March 21, 2005 NUR reached a debt restructuring agreement with its three lender banks, Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi and Bank Discount, providing for the conversion of $15 million of NUR’s outstanding debt into equity and for the rescheduling of NUR’s remaining $28 million of outstanding debt and the replacement of the financial ratios governing NUR’s loan agreements with the lender banks. In June 2005, Inspire notified us that it had terminated the investment agreement. As a result, the restructuring agreement with its lender banks was terminated.
Loan Agreements and Recent Amendments
In July 2000, NUR entered into long-term loan agreements with Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi, as subsequently amended. The loan agreements provided for a three-year long-term credit line of up to $20.0million and $15.0 million from Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi, respectively.
In July 2003 and February 2004 we amended the loan agreement. Such amendments provided for a twelve-month grace period regarding the quarterly payments of the principal and a balloon payment of the remainder of the long-term loans in the first quarter of 2006. In addition, NUR undertook to maintain certain financial rations.
During 2004 NUR failed to meet certain of the financial covenants governing its long-term and short-term loans.
The following table shows the outstanding amounts owed to Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi and Discount Bank as of March 31, 2005:
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Bank Hapoalim | | | $ | 8,000 | | $ | 15,025 | | $ | 23,025 | |
Bank Leumi | | | $ | 2,650 | | $ | 13,100 | | $ | 15,750 | |
Discount Bank | | | $ | 4,430 | | | - | | $ | 4,430 | |
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Total | | | $ | 15,080 | | $ | 28,125 | | $ | 43,205 | |
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(1) | The short-term loans from Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi and Bank Discount bear interest rates ranging between LIBOR plus 2.50% and LIBOR plus 2.75%. |
(2) | The long-term loans from Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi bear interest rates ranging between LIBOR plus 2.25% and LIBOR plus 2.50%. |
In June 2005, we amended the financial covenants governing the loan agreements with our lender banks for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2005. In addition, the banks agreed in writing to waive the non-performance by NUR of certain financial covenants for prior periods ended on March 31, 2005.
Under the terms of the new agreements with the lender banks NUR agreed to maintain with respect to the second, third and fourth quarters of 2005:
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— | total revenue of not less than $16 million; |
— | operating loss not greater than $2 million and the operating income shall be greater than zero; |
— | inventory levels of not less than $14 million; and |
— | accounts receivable of not less than $7 million. |
The lender banks also agreed that, unless NUR breaches its obligations under the loan agreements, it shall not be obligated to repay to the lender banks any amounts on account of principal that are due and payable under the loan agreements until January 1, 2006.
NUR’s loans are secured by a floating lien on all assets of NUR, a negative pledge of the assets of its subsidiaries, NUR America, NUR Europe, NUR Media Solutions, NUR Asia Pacific and NUR Shanghai and unlimited guarantees by those subsidiaries. The long-term and short-term loans also contain customary events of default, including the failure to pay interest or principal, breach of any obligation, representation or warranty made under the loan agreements, bankruptcy, or a change in control event relating to NUR. The loans are governed by the laws of the State of Israel.
We believe that the amendment of the financial covenants that took place in June 2005 will allow a better alignment between the financial covenants and NUR’s current business plan. Our failure to observe covenants when due or satisfy conditions under the loan agreements may result in the banks accelerating our obligations, which would obligate us to immediately repay all loans made by the banks plus penalties, and the banks would be entitled to exercise the remedies available to them under the credit facility, including enforcement of their lien against all our assets, which may result in a material adverse effect on our business and financial results. The loans are repayable in January 2006. NUR intends to negotiate with the lender banks, new payment terms for the year 2006 and thereafter. There can be no assurance that such agreement can be concluded and in light of the uncertainties, long-term bank loans are presented in our consolidated financial statements as short-term bank loans.
Dan Purjes Voting Agreement and Voting Trust Agreement
As a pre-condition to entering into investment, Inspire required that a substantial part of the holdings of Dan Purjes, a former director and former chairman of the Board and the largest shareholder, will be voted with Inspire under an irrevocable proxy. Inspire agreed to transfer to Mr. Purjes 3,000,000 warrants out of the warrants to be granted to it at the closing of the Inspire investment.
Mr. Purjes and Inspire did not reach an agreement regarding the future management of NUR. In order to enable the Inspire investment, NUR negotiated a voting agreement, with Mr. Purjes.
On January 23, 2005, NUR entered into a Voting Agreement coupled with an irrevocable proxy, with Dan Purjes. Key features of the Voting Agreement are as follows:
— | Mr. Purjes granted to our Board or a nominee appointed by it voting control over 7,706,683 ordinary shares beneficially owned by him, coupled with an irrevocable proxy (the “Proxy”), and the Board or the nominee appointed by it will vote the shares in any meeting or actions of the shareholders and with respect to any matter submitted to shareholder with the majority of votes of the other shareholders of NUR. |
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— | The Proxy became effective on January 23, 2005, the date of the Voting Agreement, and will terminate when Mr. Purjes is no longer the record holder or beneficial owner of ordinary shares or securities exercisable for or convertible into ordinary shares (the “Term”). |
— | During the Term Mr. Purjes may not dispose of any of the ordinary shares and securities exercisable for or convertible into ordinary shares which are subject to the Proxy, other than: |
| n | any number of shares in the open market through a stock broker or dealer for the sole purpose of effecting an immediate sale of such shares; |
| n | to a person or entity that is not affiliated, directly or indirectly, with Mr. Purjes through a private transaction. During the period ending on the earlier of January 23, 2006 or immediately following NUR’s general meeting of shareholders which would be convened for electing directors appointed or recommended by a new investor to NUR’s board of directors (the “Restricted Period”), the transferee will grant to NUR’s Board or a nominee appointed by it a proxy with respect to the transferred shares, which proxy will be effective until the end of the Restricted Period; |
| n | to a certain unaffiliated third party through a private transaction; |
| n | pledging, hypothecating, creating a security interest in or lien on, or commit to do any of the foregoing with respect to the subject securities, provided, that such securities will continue to be subject to the Proxy; and |
| n | transfers of securities covered by the Proxy to Mr. Purjes’ family and affiliates. The transferee will be bound by the terms of the Voting Agreement and the securities so transferred will continue to be subject to the Proxy. |
— | NUR agreed to indemnify Mr. Purjes for claims, demands and actions, and liabilities, damages, or expenses resulting therefrom, resulting from the Proxy given to NUR or its representative or NUR or its representative voting such shares. |
In accordance with conversations between representatives of NUR and Nasdaq, NUR and Mr. Purjes entered into a Voting Trust Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2005 (the “Voting Trust Agreement”), that amended, superseded and suspended the Voting Agreement.
Under the Voting Trust Agreement with Dan Purjes and an independent trustee, New York Private Bank & Trust (the “Trustee”), Mr. Purjes agreed to place all the ordinary shares and securities exercisable for or convertible into ordinary shares of NUR owned by him and by his family and affiliates (hereinafter referred as the “subject securities”) into a voting trust. As a result, voting control of all subject securities are controlled by the Trustee who was to vote those securities proportionally according to the votes cast by NUR’s other shareholders on any matter submitted to a shareholder vote. However, as a result of the delisting of our ordinary shares from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Voting Trust Agreement was automatically terminated and converted into the Voting Agreement.
In exchange for the voting control of Mr. Purjes, NUR granted to Mr. Purjes a five-year warrant to purchase 3,000,000 ordinary shares at a purchase price per share of $0.75 (the “Purjes Warrant”).
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NUR agreed to include in any registration statement filed by NUR all or part of the Purjes Warrant and the ordinary shares underlying the Purjes Warrant, as well as other securities held by Mr. Purjes only to the extent they are not registered for public sale under the applicable securities laws.
Our Audit Committee, Board of Directors and shareholders have approved the Voting Agreement.
NUR Pro Engineering Acquisition
During 2004, NUR consummated the purchase of the remaining 50% shares of NUR Pro Engineering, its subcontractor for the assembly and manufacturing of its printers, from Ogen Dialogix Ltd., for $0.85 million. Upon completion of the transaction, NUR Pro Engineering became a wholly owned subsidiary of NUR. During the third quarter of 2003, we completed a consolidation process of our global machinery manufacturing operations into a single large manufacturing facility in Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel. During the transition period between the signing of the agreement and the transfer of the ownership of the shares we completed the transfer of all NUR Pro Engineering’s operations to NUR.
March 2004 Private Placement
On March 31 and April 1, 2004, we raised approximately $2.99 million through the private placement of 2,586,140 of our ordinary shares to several investors at a price of $1.16 per share. The investors also received warrants to purchase an additional 646,542 ordinary shares at an exercise price of $1.54 per warrant share, exercisable until March 2009. We also issued warrants to the placement agent to purchase an aggregate of up to 129,310 ordinary shares at an exercise price of $1.16 per share, exercisable until March 2009 and paid the placement agent, Duncan Capital Group, LLC, a cash fee of $142,798. Dan Purjes is the chairman of one of the investors, X Securities Ltd. that purchased 81,897 ordinary shares for $95,000 and received warrants to purchase 20,474 ordinary shares.
Convertible Loan
On July 30, 2003 NUR secured a convertible loan commitment from several investors according to which the investors have undertaken to provide NUR with a convertible loan in the aggregate amount of $3.50 million. NUR’s former chairman and the largest shareholder, Dan Purjes, provided $1.2 million of the loan. Under the terms of the loan agreement, the loan is convertible at any time into ordinary shares of NUR at a conversion rate of $0.62 per share. In consideration for the loan undertaking, NUR agreed to pay a cash commitment fee and issue to the investors warrants to purchase ordinary shares of NUR equal to 15% of the loan at an exercise price of $0.52 per share exercisable over a five-year period. On December 31, 2003, the investors elected to convert $2 million of the loan into ordinary shares of NUR at the conversion rate of $0.62 per ordinary share. On March 31, 2004, the investors elected to convert the remaining $1.5 million of the loan into 2,419,355 ordinary shares at the conversion price of $0.62 per share. NUR’s former chairman, former director and the largest shareholder, Dan Purjes, received an aggregate of 1,854,839 ordinary shares and warrants to purchase up to 331,731 ordinary shares. Mr. Purjes is also a chairman of one of the other investors, Y Securities Management, Ltd., which provided $50,000 of the loan and received an aggregate of 80,645 ordinary shares and warrants to purchase up to 14,423 ordinary shares. Mr. Purjes is also the chairman of X Securities Ltd., which received placement agent warrants to purchase 111,799 ordinary shares. David Amir, NUR’s president and chief executive office, provided $50,000 of the loan and received an aggregate of 80,645 ordinary shares and warrants to purchase up to 14,423 ordinary shares.
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Israeli law places limitations on foreign currency transactions and transactions between Israeli and non-Israeli residents, including payment of dividends. The Controller of Foreign Exchange at the Bank of Israel, through permits, may regulate or waive these limitations. As of May 1998, foreign currency transactions are generally permitted, although certain restrictions still apply. Restricted transactions include foreign currency transactions by institutional investors, including futures contracts by foreign residents for periods of more than one month, and investments outside of Israel by pension funds and insurers. Under the permit, all foreign currency transactions must be reported to the Bank of Israel.
Israeli Taxation, Foreign Exchange Regulation and Investment Programs
The following is a summary of the material Israeli tax consequences, Israeli foreign exchange regulations and certain Israeli government programs as they relate to NUR and its shareholders. To the extent that the discussion is based on new tax or other legislation that has not been subject to judicial or administrative interpretation, there can be no assurance that the views expressed in the discussion will be accepted by the tax or other authorities in question. The discussion is not intended, and should not be construed, as legal or professional tax advice and is not exhaustive of all possible tax considerations.
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, state or local taxes.
The 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, following its enactment by the Israeli Parliament on July 24, 2002. On December 17, 2002, the Israeli Parliament approved a number of amendments to the tax reform, which came into effect on January 1, 2003.
The tax reform, aimed at broadening the categories of taxable income and reducing the tax rates imposed on employment income, introduced the following, among other things:
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 Israeli tax on all income of Israeli residents, individuals and corporations, regardless of the territorial source of income, including income derived from passive sources such as interest, dividends and royalties;
Introduction of controlled foreign corporation (CFC) rules into the Israeli tax structure. Generally, under such rules, an Israeli resident who holds, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the rights in a foreign corporation whose shares are not publicly traded, in which more than 50% of the rights are held directly or indirectly by Israeli residents, and a majority of whose income in a tax year is considered passive income, will be liable for tax on the portion of such income attributed to his holdings in such corporation, as if such income were distributed to him as a dividend;
Imposition of capital gains tax on capital gains realized by individuals as of January 1, 2003, from the sale of shares of publicly traded companies (such gain was previously exempt from capital gains tax in Israel). For information with respect to the applicability of Israeli capital gains taxes on the sale of ordinary shares, see “– Capital Gains Tax on Sales of Our Ordinary Shares” below; and
Introduction of a new regime for the taxation of shares and options issued to employees and officers (including directors).
General Corporate Tax Structure
Generally, Israeli companies are subject to “Company Tax” at the rate of 35% of taxable income (34%, 32%, 30% commencing 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively) and are subject to Capital Gains Tax at a rate of 25% for capital gains derived after January 1, 2003. However, the effective tax rate payable by a company which derives income from an approved enterprise (as further discussed below) may be considerably less.
Stamp Duty
The Israeli Stamp Duty on Documents Law, 1961, or the Stamp Duty Law, provides that any document (or part thereof) that is signed in Israel or that is signed outside of Israel and refers to an asset or other thing in Israel or to an action that is executed or will be executed in Israel, is subject to a stamp duty, generally at a rate of between 0.4% and 1% of the value of the subject matter of such document. De facto, it has been common practice in Israel not to pay such stamp duty unless a document is filed with a governmental authority. An amendment to the Stamp Duty Law, that came into effect on June 1, 2003, determines the party liable for payment of stamp duty with respect to each type of document subject to such law. Following such amendment, Section 15(5) of the Stamp Duty Law generally provides that stamp duty on most agreements shall be paid by the parties that signed such agreement, jointly or severally, or by the party that undertook under such agreement to pay the stamp duty.
As a result of the aforementioned amendment to the Stamp Duty Law, the Israeli tax authorities have approached many companies in Israel, and required disclosure of all agreements signed by such companies since June 1, 2003, with the aim of collecting stamp duty with respect to such agreements. The legitimacy of the aforementioned amendment to the Stamp Duty Law and of said actions by the Israeli tax authorities are currently under review by the Israeli High Court of Justice.
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In January 2005, an order was signed in accordance with which the said requirement to pay stamp duty is cancelled with effect from January 1, 2008. Furthermore, pursuant to such order, as of January 1, 2005, stamp duty is no longer chargeable on, among others, loan agreements.
Tax Benefits Under the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959
The Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959, as amended (the “Investment Law”), provides that a proposed capital investment in eligible facilities may, upon application to the Investment Center of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the State of Israel, be designated as an approved enterprise. The Investment Center approves applications based upon the criteria set forth in the Investment Law and regulations, the then prevailing policy of the Investment Center, and the specific objectives and financial criteria of the applicant. Each certificate of approval for an approved enterprise relates to a specific investment program delineated both by its financial scope, including its capital sources, and by its physical characteristics, e.g., the equipment to be purchased and utilized pursuant to the program.
The Investment Law provides that an approved enterprise is eligible for tax benefits on taxable income derived from its approved enterprise programs. Under an amendment to the Investment Law that was made within the framework of the tax reform, it was clarified that tax benefits under the Investment 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, provided that such income is generated within the “Approved Enterprise’s”, as defined by the Investment Law, ordinary course of business. If a company has more than one approval or only a portion of its capital investments are approved, its effective tax rate is the result of a weighted average of the applicable rates. The tax benefits under the Investment Law are not available with respect to income derived from products manufactured outside of Israel. In addition, the tax benefits available to an approved enterprise are contingent upon the fulfillment of conditions stipulated in the Investment Law and regulations and the criteria set forth in the specific certificate of approval, as described above. In the event that a company does not meet these conditions, it would be required to refund the amount of tax benefits, plus a consumer price index linkage adjustment and interest.
The Investment Law also provides that an approved enterprise is entitled to accelerated depreciation on its property and equipment that are included in an approved enterprise program.
Taxable income of a company derived from an approved enterprise is subject to company tax at the maximum rate of 25%, rather than 34%, for the benefit period. This period is ordinarily 7 years commencing with the year in which the approved enterprise first generates taxable income, and is limited to twelve years from commencement of production or 14 years from the date of approval, whichever is earlier.
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 in which more than 25% of its share capital and combined share and loan capital is owned by non-Israeli residents. A company that qualifies as a foreign investors’ company and has an approved enterprise program is eligible for tax benefits for a ten-year benefit period. As specified below, depending on the geographic location of the approved enterprise within Israel, income derived from the approved enterprise program may be exempt from tax on its undistributed income for a period of between two to four years, and will be subject to a reduced tax rate for the remainder of the benefits period. The tax rate for the remainder of the benefits period will be 25%, unless the level of foreign investment exceeds 49%, in which case the tax rate will be 20% if the foreign investment is more than 49% and less than 74%; 15% if more than 74% and less than 90%; and 10% if 90% or more.
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A company that has elected the alternative package of benefits, such as us, that subsequently pays a dividend out of income derived from the approved enterprise during the tax exemption period, will be subject to tax in respect of the amount distributed, including any taxes thereon, at the rate which would have been applicable had it not elected the alternative package of benefits, generally 10%-25%, depending on the percentage of the company’s ordinary shares held by foreign shareholders. The dividend recipient is taxed at the reduced rate of 15%; such rate is applicable to dividends from approved enterprises if the dividend is distributed during the tax exemption period or within twelve years thereafter. The company must withhold this tax at source, regardless of whether the dividend is converted into foreign currency.
Subject to applicable provisions concerning income under the alternative package of benefits, dividends paid by a company are considered to be attributable to income received from the entire company and the company’s effective tax rate is the result of a weighted average of the various applicable tax rates, excluding any tax exempt income. Under the Investment Law, a company that has elected the alternative package of benefits is not obliged to distribute retained profits, and may generally decide from which year’s profits to declare dividends. We currently intend to reinvest any income derived from our approved enterprise program and not to distribute such income as a dividend.
On April 1, 2005, an amendment to the Investments Law came into force. Pursuant to the amendment, a company’s facility will be granted the status of “Approved Enterprise” only if it is proven to be an industrial facility (as defined in the Investments Law) that contributes to the economic independence of the Israeli economy and is a competitive facility that contributes to the Israeli gross domestic product. The amendment provides that the Israeli Tax Authority and not the Investment Center will be responsible for an Approved Enterprise under the alternative package of benefits, referred to as a Benefiting Facility. A company wishing to receive the tax benefits afforded to a Benefiting Facility is required to select the tax year from which the period of benefits under the Investment Law are to commence by notifying the Israeli Tax Authority within 12 months of the end of that year. In order to be recognized as owning a Benefiting Facility, a company is required to meet a number of conditions set forth in the amendment, including making a minimal investment in manufacturing assets for the Benefiting Facility and having completed a cooling-off period of no less than three to four years from the company’s previous year of commencement of benefits under the Investments Law.
Pursuant to the amendment, a company with a Benefiting Facility is entitled, in each tax year, to accelerated depreciation for the manufacturing assets used by the Benefiting Facility and to certain tax benefits, provided that no more than 12 years have passed since the beginning of the year of commencement of benefits under the Investments Law. The tax benefits granted to a Benefiting Factory are determined according one of the following new tax routes:
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— | Similar to the currently available alternative route, exemption from corporate tax on undistributed income for a period of two to ten years, depending on the geographic location of the Benefiting Facility within Israel, and a reduced corporate tax rate of 10 to 25% for the remainder of the benefits period, depending on the level of foreign investment in each year. Benefits may be granted for a term of from seven to ten years, depending on the level of foreign investment in the company. If the company pays a dividend out of income derived from the Benefiting Facility during the tax exemption period, such income will be subject to corporate tax at the applicable rate (10%-25%). The company is required to withhold tax at the source at a rate of 15% from any dividends distributed from income derived from the Benefiting Facility. |
— | A special tax route enabling companies owning facilities in favorite geographical locations in Israel to pay corporate tax at the rate of 11.5% on income of the Benefiting Facility. The benefits period is ten years. Upon payment of dividends, the company is required to withhold tax at source at a rate of 15% for Israeli residents and at a rate of 4% for foreign residents. |
The amendment changes the definition of “foreign investment” in the Investments Law so that instead of an investment of foreign currency in the company, the definition now requires a minimal investment of NIS 5 million by foreign investors. Furthermore, such definition now also includes the purchase of shares of a company from another shareholder, provided that the company’s outstanding and paid-up share capital exceeds NIS 5 million. Such changes to the aforementioned definition will take effect retroactively from 2003.
The amendment will apply to Approved Enterprise programs in which the year of commencement of benefits under the Investments Law is 2004 or later, unless such programs received approval from the Investment Center on or prior to December 31, 2004 in which case the provisions of the amendment will not apply. This amendment does not affect our existing Approved Enterprise programs.
Part of NUR’s production facilities have been granted the status of an “Approved Enterprise” under the Investment Law, under three separate investment plans. The implementation of the investments under the first plan was completed in 1993. The implementation of the second plan was finalized in 1999. NUR’s application for a third plan was approved in 2000.
According to the provisions of the Investment Law, NUR chose to enjoy “alternative benefits”–waiver of grants in return for tax benefits. Accordingly, NUR’s income from the Approved Enterprise will be tax-exempt for a period of two years for the first and the third plans and for a period of four years for the second plan, commencing with the year it first earns taxable income, and subject to corporate tax at the rate of 15% based on the percentage of foreign ownership of the company, for additional periods of five, three and five years, for the first, second and third plans, respectively.
The period of tax benefits, detailed above, is subject to limits of twelve years from the commencement of production, or fourteen years from receiving the approval, whichever is earlier. Given the above-mentioned conditions, the period of benefits for the first plan commenced in the year 1994 and terminated in the year 2000, and the period of benefits for the second plan commenced in the year 1998 and will terminate in the year 2004. The period of benefits for the third plan has not yet been determined.
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If dividends are distributed out of profits derived from an “Approved Enterprise”, NUR will be liable for corporate tax at the rate, which would have been applied if it had not chosen the alternative tax benefits (currently 15% based on the percentage of foreign ownership of NUR for an “Approved Enterprise”). Therefore, income derived from NUR’s “Approved Enterprise” tax-exempt profits, is not available for distribution to shareholders as a dividend. See Note 16(a) to NUR’s consolidated financial statements, which are included as a part of this annual report on Form 20-F.
The dividend recipient is taxed at the reduced rate applicable to dividends from “Approved Enterprises” (i.e., 25%), if the dividend is distributed during the tax benefits period or within a twelve years period thereafter, or for an unlimited period in the case of a “Foreign Investors’ Company”–a company over 25% foreign-owned with an approved enterprise. This tax must be withheld by the company at source, regardless of whether the dividend is converted into foreign currency. See below “– Capital Gains Tax on Sales of Our Ordinary Shares.”
Grants and certain other incentives received by a company in accordance with the Investment Law remain subject to final ratification by the Israel Investment Center, such ratification being conditional upon fulfillment of all terms of the approved program. Failure to comply with all such terms may require the return of such grants and incentives (inclusive of interest as of the date of the grant).
NUR’s existing “Approved Enterprise” status and any new programs, if and when approved, are subject to various conditions. The tax benefits derived from NUR’s “Approved Enterprise” status are conditioned upon fulfillment of the conditions stipulated by the Investment Law, the regulations promulgated thereunder and the criteria set forth in the certificate of approval issued pursuant to the Investment Law. In the event of a failure by NUR to comply with these conditions and criteria, the tax benefits could be canceled, in whole or in part, and NUR would be required to refund the amount of the canceled benefits, adjusted for inflation, interest and penalties. Management believes that NUR has operated and will continue to operate in compliance with all the “Approved Enterprise” conditions and other criteria applicable to us from the Office of Chief Scientist, the Marketing Fund and our “Approved Enterprise” status, although there can be no assurance of this. Management further believes that the likelihood is remote that NUR will be required to refund tax benefits that we derive from the Office of Chief Scientist, the Marketing Fund and under our “Approved Enterprise” status. There can be no assurance, however, that the funding and tax benefits will continue. See “Item 4.B: Research and Development” and “Item 3.D: Risk Factors.”
The Israeli government may reduce or eliminate tax benefits available to approved enterprise programs in the future. We cannot assure you that our approved program and the benefits thereunder shall continue in the future at its current level or at any level – see “Item 3.D: Risks” relating to location in Israel).
Tax Benefits Under the Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 1969
Under the Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 1969 (the “Industry Encouragement Law”), Industrial Companies are entitled to the following preferred corporate tax benefits:
— | deduction of purchases of know-how and patents over an eight-year period for tax purposes; |
— | accelerated depreciation rates on equipment and buildings. |
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Eligibility for benefits under the Industry Encouragement Law is not subject to receipt of prior approval from any governmental authority. Under the Industry Encouragement Law, an “Industrial Company” is defined as a company resident in Israel, at least 90% of the income of which, in any tax year, determined in Israeli currency, 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.
We believe that we currently qualify as an Industrial Company within the definition of the Industry Encouragement Law. No assurance can be given that we will continue to qualify as an Industrial Company or that the benefits described above will be available in the future.
Taxation Under Inflationary Conditions
The Income Tax Law (Adjustment for Inflation), 1985 (the “Adjustment for Inflation Law”) attempts to overcome some of the problems experienced in a traditional tax system by an economy experiencing rapid inflation, which was the case in Israel at the time the Adjustment for Inflation Law was enacted. Generally, the Adjustment for Inflation Law was designed to neutralize for Israeli tax purposes the erosion of capital investments in businesses and to prevent unintended tax benefits resulting from the deduction of inflationary financing expenses. The Adjustment for Inflation Law applies a supplementary set of inflationary adjustments to taxable profit computed according to regular historical cost principles.
The Adjustment for Inflation Law introduced a special tax adjustment for the preservation of equity based on changes in the Israeli CPI whereby certain corporate assets are classified broadly into fixed (inflation resistant) assets and non-fixed assets. Where shareholders’ equity, as defined in the Adjustment for Inflation Law, exceeds the depreciated cost of fixed assets, a corporate tax deduction which takes into account the effect of inflationary change on such excess is allowed (up to a ceiling of 70% of taxable income for companies in any single tax year, with the unused portion permitted to be carried forward on a linked basis with no ceiling). If the depreciated cost of fixed assets exceeds shareholders’ equity, then such excess multiplied by the annual rate of inflation is added to taxable income.
In addition, subject to certain limitations, depreciation on fixed assets and losses carried forward are adjusted for inflation based on changes in the Israeli CPI. The net effect of the Adjustment for Inflation Law on NUR might be that NUR’s taxable income, as determined for Israeli corporate tax purposes, will be different than NUR’s U.S. dollar income, as reflected in our consolidated financial statements, due to the difference between the annual changes in the CPI and in the NIS exchange rate with respect to the U.S. Dollar, causing changes in the effective tax rate.
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Capital Gains Tax on Sales of Our Ordinary Shares
Israeli law generally imposes a capital gains tax on the sale of capital assets located in Israel, including shares in Israeli companies, by both residents and non-residents of Israel. Unless a specific exemption is available or unless a tax treaty between Israel and the shareholder’s country of residence provides otherwise. The law distinguishes between real gain and inflationary surplus. The inflationary surplus is a portion of the total capital gain, which is equivalent to the increase of the relevant asset’s purchase price which is attributable to the increase in the Israeli consumer price index 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.
Prior to the tax reform, sales of our ordinary shares by individuals were generally exempt from Israeli capital gains tax for so long as they were quoted on Nasdaq.
Pursuant to the tax reform, generally, capital gains tax is imposed at a rate of 15% on real gains derived on or after January 1, 2003, from the sale of shares in companies (i) publicly traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (“TASE”) or; (ii) (subject to a necessary determination by the Israeli Minister of Finance) Israeli companies publicly traded on a recognized stock exchange outside of Israel (such as NUR). This tax rate does not apply to: (i) dealers in securities; (ii) shareholders that report in accordance with the Inflationary Adjustment Law; or (iii) 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.
Non-Israeli residents are exempt from Israeli capital gains tax on any gains derived from the sale of shares publicly traded on the TASE, 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 provided further that such shareholders did not acquire their shares prior to an initial public offering. However, non-Israeli corporations will not be entitled to such exemption if an Israeli resident (i) has a controlling interest of 25% or more in such non-Israeli corporation, or (ii) is the beneficiary or is entitled to 25% or more of the revenues or profits of such non-Israeli corporation, whether directly or indirectly.
In any event, the provisions of the tax reform shall not affect the exemption from capital gains tax for gains accrued before January 1, 2003, as described above.
In some instances where NUR shareholders may be liable to Israeli tax on the sale of their ordinary shares, the payment of the consideration may be subject to the withholding of Israeli tax at the source. Pursuant to the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Israel with Respect to Taxes on Income, as amended (the “U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty”) the sale, exchange or disposition of ordinary shares by a person who (i) holds the ordinary shares as a capital asset, (ii) qualifies as a resident of the United States within the meaning of the U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty and (iii) is entitled to claim the benefits afforded to such person by the U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty generally will not be subject to the Israeli capital gains tax unless such Treaty U.S. Resident holds, directly or indirectly, shares representing 10% or more of our voting power during any part of the 12-month period preceding such sale, exchange or disposition, subject to certain conditions. In this case, the sale, exchange or disposition of ordinary shares would be subject to Israeli tax, to the extent applicable; however, under the U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty, such Treaty U.S. Resident would be permitted to claim a credit for such taxes against the U.S. federal income tax imposed with respect to such sale, exchange or disposition, subject to the limitations in U.S. laws applicable to foreign tax credits. The U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty does not relate to U.S. state or local taxes.
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Taxation of Non-Resident Holders of Shares
Non-residents of Israel are subject to income tax on income accrued or derived from sources in Israel. Such sources of income include passive income such as dividends, royalties and interest, as well as non-passive income from services rendered in Israel. On distributions of dividends other than bonus shares, or stock dividends, income tax at the rate of up to 25% is withheld at source, unless a different rate is provided in a treaty between Israel and the shareholder’s country of residence. Under the U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty, the maximum tax on dividends paid to a holder of ordinary shares who is a Treaty U.S. Resident is 25%. However, under the Investment Law, dividends generated by an Approved Enterprise are taxed at the rate of 15%. Furthermore, dividends not generated by an Approved Enterprise paid to a U.S. company holding 10% or more of our ordinary shares are taxed at a rate of 12.5%.
Under an amendment to the Inflationary Adjustments Law, non-Israeli corporations might be subject to Israeli taxes on the sale of traded securities in an Israeli company, subject to the provisions of any applicable double 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 above “– Capital Gains Tax on Sales of Our Ordinary Shares.”
U.S. Tax Considerations Regarding Ordinary Shares
The following is a general summary of the material United States federal income tax consequences relating to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares by an investor that holds those shares as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The summary is based on the tax laws of the United States, and existing final, temporary and proposed Treasury Regulations, Revenue Rulings and judicial decisions, as in effect on the date hereof, all of which are subject to prospective and retroactive changes, and to differing interpretations. The summary does not purport to address all federal income tax consequences that may be relevant to particular investors, and does not take into account the specific circumstances of any particular investors, some of which (such as tax-exempt entities, banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, broker-dealers, traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings, investors liable for alternative minimum tax, investors that own or are treated as owning 10% or more of our voting stock, investors that hold ordinary shares as part of a straddle, hedge, conversion transaction or other integrated transaction and investors whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar) may be subject to special tax rules. ACCORDINGLY, PERSONS CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS, AS WELL AS THE LAWS OF ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAXING JURISDICTION, TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS.
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For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Holder” is any beneficial owner of shares of our ordinary shares that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is:
| (1) | an individual citizen or resident of the United States, |
| (2) | a corporation or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, |
| (3) | an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax without regard to its source, or |
| (4) | a trust, if such trust validly elects to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or if (a) a court within the U.S. can exercise primary supervision over its administration and (b) one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all of the substantial decisions of such trust. |
If a partnership (including for this purpose any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of shares of our ordinary shares, the U.S. tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A holder of shares of our ordinary shares that is a partnership and partners in such partnership should consult their individual tax advisors about the U.S. federal income tax consequences of holding and disposing of shares of our ordinary shares.
A “Non-U.S. Holder” is any beneficial owner of shares of our ordinary shares that is not a U.S. Holder.
Taxation of U.S. Holders
Distributions on Ordinary Shares. Subject to the discussion in “Passive Foreign Investment Companies” below, distributions made by us with respect to ordinary shares generally will constitute dividends for federal income tax purposes and will be taxable to a U.S. Holder as dividend income to the extent of our undistributed current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for United States federal income tax purposes). Distributions in excess of our current or accumulated earnings and profits will be treated first as a nontaxable return of capital reducing the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the ordinary shares, thus increasing the amount of any gain (or reducing the amount of any loss) which might be realized by such Holder upon the sale or exchange of such ordinary shares. Any such distributions in excess of the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the ordinary shares will be treated as capital gain to the U.S. Holder and will be either long term or short term capital gain depending upon the U.S. Holder’s federal income tax holding period for the ordinary shares. Dividends paid by us generally will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction available to certain United States corporate shareholders under Code Sections 243 and 245. If you are a noncorporate U.S. Holder, dividends paid to you in taxable years beginning before January 1, 2009, that constitute qualified dividend income will be taxable to you at a maximum rate of 15% provided that you hold ordinary shares for more than 60 days during the 120-day period beginning 60 days before the ex-dividend date and meet other holding period requirements.
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A dividend paid in Israeli NIS will be included in gross income in a U.S. dollar amount based on the Israeli NIS/U.S. dollar exchange rate in effect on the date the dividend is included in the income of the U.S. Holder, regardless of whether the payment, in fact, is converted into U.S. dollars. Generally, any gain or loss resulting from currency exchange fluctuations during the period from the date the dividend payment is included in the gross income of a U.S. Holder through the date that payment is converted into U.S. dollars (or otherwise disposed of) will be treated as U.S. source ordinary income or loss and will not be eligible for the special tax rate applicable to qualified dividend income.
Subject to certain conditions and limitations, any Israeli withholding tax imposed upon distributions which constitute dividends under United States income tax law will be eligible for credit against a U.S. Holder’s federal income tax liability. Alternatively, a U.S. Holder may claim a deduction for such amount, but only for a year in which a U.S. Holder elects to do so with respect to all foreign income taxes. The overall limitation on foreign taxes eligible for credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income. For this purpose, dividends distributed with respect to our ordinary shares will generally constitute “passive income.”
Sale or Exchange of Ordinary Shares. Subject to the discussion in “Passive Foreign Investment Companies” below, a U.S. Holder of ordinary shares generally will recognize capital gain or loss upon the sale or exchange of the ordinary shares measured by the difference between the amount realized and the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the ordinary shares. Gain or loss will be computed separately for each block of shares sold (shares acquired separately at different times and prices). The deductibility of capital losses is restricted and generally may only be used to reduce capital gains to the extent thereof. However, individual taxpayers generally may deduct annually $3,000 of capital losses in excess of their capital gains.
Passive Foreign Investment Company. A foreign corporation generally will be treated as a “passive foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) if, after applying certain “look-through” rules, either (i) 75% or more of its gross income is passive income or (ii) 50% or more of the average value of its assets is attributable to assets that produce or are held to produce passive income. Passive income for this purpose generally includes dividends, interest, rents, royalties and gains from securities and commodities transactions. The look-through rules require a foreign corporation that owns at least 25%, by value, of the stock of another corporation to treat a proportionate amount of assets and income as held or received directly by the foreign corporation. We must make a separate determination each year as to whether we are a PFIC. As a result, our PFIC status may change. The determination of whether or not we are a PFIC depends on the composition of our income and assets, including goodwill, from time to time.
Based on our current operations, we do not believe that we currently are a PFIC and we do not anticipate that we will be a PFIC in the future. However, there can be no assurance that we are not and will not be treated as a PFIC in the future. If we are classified as a PFIC, U.S. Holders who own our ordinary shares during the taxable year in which we become a PFIC generally will be subject to increased U.S. tax liabilities and reporting requirements for that taxable year and all succeeding years, regardless of whether we continue to meet the income or asset test for PFIC status, although shareholder elections may apply in certain circumstances. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding our status as a PFIC and the consequences of investment in a PFIC.
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If we are a PFIC for any taxable year during which you hold ordinary shares, you will be subject to special tax rules with respect to any “excess distribution” that you receive and any gain you realize from a sale or other disposition (including a pledge) of the ordinary shares, unless you make a “mark-to-market” election as discussed below. Distributions you receive in a taxable year that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions you received during the shorter of the three preceding taxable years or your holding period for the ordinary shares will be treated as an excess distribution. Under these special tax rules:
| (1) | the excess distribution or gain will be allocated ratably over your holding period for the ordinary shares, |
| (2) | the amount allocated to the current taxable year, and any taxable year prior to the first taxable year in which we were a PFIC, will be treated as ordinary income, and |
| (3) | the amount allocated to each other year will be subject to tax at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the resulting tax attributable to each such year. |
The tax liability for amounts allocated to years prior to the year of disposition or “excess distribution” cannot be offset by any net operating losses, and gains (but not losses) realized on the sale of the ordinary shares cannot be treated as capital, even if you hold the ordinary shares as capital assets.
If we are a PFIC, you may avoid taxation under the rules described above by making a “qualified electing fund” election to include your share of our income on a current basis, or a “deemed sale” election once we no longer qualify as a PFIC. However, you may make a qualified electing fund election only if we agree to furnish you annually with certain tax information, and we do not presently intend to prepare or provide such information.
Alternatively, a U.S. Holder of “marketable stock” in a PFIC may make a mark-to-market election for stock of a PFIC to elect out of the tax treatment discussed three paragraphs above. If you make a mark-to-market election for the ordinary shares, you will include in income each year an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the ordinary shares as of the close of your taxable year over your adjusted basis in such ordinary shares. You are allowed a deduction for the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of the ordinary shares over their fair market value as of the close of the taxable year. However, deductions are allowable only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains on the stock included in your income for prior taxable years. Amounts included in your income under a mark-to-market election, as well as gain on the actual sale or other disposition of the ordinary shares, are treated as ordinary income. Ordinary loss treatment also applies to the deductible portion of any mark-to-market loss on the ordinary shares, as well as to any loss realized on the actual sale or disposition of the ordinary shares, to the extent that the amount of such loss does not exceed the net mark-to-market gains previously included for such ordinary shares. Your basis in the ordinary shares will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts. The tax rules that apply to distributions by corporations which are not passive foreign investment companies would apply to distributions by us.
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The mark-to-market election is available only for stock which is regularly traded on a national securities exchange that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or on Nasdaq, or an exchange or market that the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury determines has rules sufficient to ensure that the market price represents a legitimate and sound fair market value. The ordinary shares currently are listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. However, if the ordinary shares are delisted from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (see “Risk Factors-We may not comply with the Nasdaq SmallCap Market standards”), the mark-to-market election may not be available to you if we were to become a PFIC.
Dividends paid by a PFIC are not “qualified dividend income” for purposes of the preferential tax rate on qualified dividends discussed above.
If you hold ordinary shares in any year in which we are a PFIC, you would be required to file Internal Revenue Service Form 8621 regarding distributions received on the ordinary shares and any gain realized on the disposition of the ordinary shares.
Taxation of Non-U.S. Holders
Distributions on Ordinary Shares. Distributions made with respect to our ordinary shares to non-U.S. Holders who are not engaged in the conduct of a trade or business within the United States will be subject to United States federal income tax only if 25% or more of our gross income (from all sources for the three-year period ending with the close of the taxable year preceding the declaration of the distribution) was effectively connected with our conduct of a trade or business in the United States. We do not anticipate engaging in the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, except through subsidiaries. However, if the 25% threshold for such period is exceeded, a portion of any distribution paid by us to a non-U.S. Holder could be subject to federal income tax withholding at the rate of 30%; the portion of the distribution that could be subject to withholding would correspond to the portion of our gross income for the period that is effectively connected to its conduct of a trade or business within the United States.
Sale or Exchange of Ordinary Shares. A non-U.S. Holder will not be subject to United States federal income tax on any gain realized upon the sale or exchange of ordinary shares unless (i) the gain is effectively connected with a trade or business in the United States of the non-U.S. Holder, or (ii) the non-U.S. Holder is an individual who was present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the disposition and other conditions exist.
United States Business. Dividends and gains that are effectively connected with a Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States generally will be subject to tax in the same manner as they would be for U.S. Holder. Effectively connected dividends and gains received by a corporate Non-U.S. Holder may also be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or a lower tax treaty rate.
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Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
In general, information reporting requirements will apply to dividends in respect of our ordinary shares or the proceeds received on the sale, exchange or redemption of our ordinary shares paid within the United States (and in certain cases, outside the United States) to U.S. Holders other than certain exempt recipients, such as corporations, and a 30% backup withholding tax may apply to such amounts if the U.S. Holder fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number or to report interest and dividends required to be shown on its U.S. federal income tax returns. The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a U.S. Holder will be allowed as credit against the U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided that the appropriate returns are filed.
A Non-U.S. Holder generally may eliminate the requirement for information reporting and backup withholding by providing certification of its foreign status to the payor, under penalties of perjury, on IRS Form W-8BEN.
F. | Dividends and paying agents |
Any statement in this annual report about any of our contracts or other documents is not necessarily complete. If the contract or document is filed as an exhibit to a registration statement, the contract or document is deemed to modify the description contained in this annual report. You must review the exhibits themselves for a complete description of the contract or document.
You may review a copy of our filings with the SEC, including exhibits and schedules, and obtain copies of such materials at the SEC’s public reference room at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain copies of such materials from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, Room 1580, 100 Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at proscribed rates. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. The SEC maintains a web site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC.
These SEC filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval services.
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ITEM 11: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market risks relating to NUR’s operations result primarily from weak economic conditions in the markets in which NUR sells its products and from changes in exchange rates or in interest rates.
Inflation, Deflation and Fluctuation of Currencies
| See “Item 5.A: Impact of Inflation, Deflation and Fluctuation of Currencies.” |
Interest Rate
NUR’s exposure to market risk due to changes in interest rates relates primarily to NUR’s long-term loans interest rate variation. As of December 31, 2004 we had a balance of $28.87 million of long term loans carrying annual interest rates ranging between LIBOR + 2.25% and LIBOR + 2.5%. Changes in the LIBOR interest rate might affect our financial expenses. As of March 31, 2005 $28.12 million were outstanding in the aggregate under the long-term loans.
NUR does not otherwise believe the disclosure required by Item 11 of this annual report to be material to NUR.
ITEM 12: Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities
PART II
ITEM 13: Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies
During 2004 NUR failed to meet certain of the financial covenants governing its long-term and short-term loans. However, under the terms of with our lender banks dated June 29, 2005, the banks agreed to waive these defaults for all periods prior to March 31, 2005. We believe that the new financial covenants set forth in our recent agreements with our lender banks for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2005 will allow a better alignment between the financial covenants and NUR’s business plan for 2005. For more information see “Item 10.C: Material Contracts.”
ITEM 14: Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
There are no material modifications to, or qualifications of, the rights of security holders that are required to be disclosed.
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ITEM 15: Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We performed an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(c) and 15d-15(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report and each has concluded that (1) such disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date to ensure that information required to be disclosed in NUR’s reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and (2) our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that NUR files or submits under the Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Internal control over Financial Reporting
Except as stated below, there were no changes in NUR’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2004 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, NUR’s internal control over financial reporting. In addition, except as stated below, we have not identified any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls.
NUR has restated its previously issued financial results for the years 2002 through 2004. This restatement was primarily the result of the implementation of a new revenue recognition policy, deferred tax valuation with respect to 2003 and revised accounting for the $3.5 million convertible loan commitment of July 2003 from several investors, including NUR’s former chairman and then largest shareholder, Dan Purjes, with respect to 2003 and 2004. Senior management concluded in 2004 that the previous revenue recognition policy did not suit the business environment of NUR and did not provide appropriate control over financial reporting regarding revenue recognition. In recognition of this material weakness, senior management, with the assistance of the Audit Committee, adopted a revised revenue recognition policy.
Examination of the previous policy regarding revenue recognition revealed that certain sales of machines which were recorded by NUR as revenue were not actually installed. Therefore, the previous policy constituted a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.
The new policy of revenue recognition that was adopted by NUR is designed to address that weakness by recognizing revenues only upon installation of a machine. The changes to internal control over financial reporting described above were implemented as of the fourth quarter of 2004.
All internal control systems no matter how well designed have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective may not prevent or detect misstatements and can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statements preparation and presentation. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
ITEM 16: Reserved
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ITEM 16A: Audit Committee Financial Expert
In March 2004, the Board determined that it has at least one Audit Committee financial expert, as defined in Item 16A of Form 20-F, serving on the Audit Committee. Lauri A. Hanover has been designated as the Audit Committee financial expert. For additional information regarding Lauri A. Hanover’s financial experience, see “Item 6: Directors and Senior Management.”
ITEM 16B: Code of Ethics
NUR’s Audit Committee and Board have adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 16B of Form 20-F, that applies to NUR’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer, vice president of finance, controller and any other person bearing the title of vice president or higher in the Finance Department. A copy of the code of ethics has been filed as an exhibit to our annual report of 2003 on Form 20-F.
There are no material modifications to, or waivers from, the provisions of the code of ethics that are required to be disclosed.
ITEM 16C: Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Fees paid to the Auditors
Audit Fees
In the years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for the audit of our annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years amounted to approximately $0.36 million and $0.4 million, respectively.
Audit-Related Fees
In the years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services by our independent registered public accounting firm that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of NUR’s financial statements and are not under audit fees mentioned above amounted to approximately $0.12 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The audit related services included mainly audit services of the subsidiaries related to the annual financial statements performed by external auditors.
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Tax Fees
In the years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning amounted to approximately $0.12 million and $0.1 million, respectively. The nature of services was mainly focused international tax consultancy services.
All Other Fees
In the years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, the aggregate fees billed for products and services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm other than the above reported services amounted to approximately $0.04 million and $0.02 million, respectively. The nature of the other services was mainly focused advisory services pertaining to approved enterprise issues, transfer prices, etc.
Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures
Our Audit Committee nominates and engages our independent auditors to audit our financial statements. See also the description under the heading in “Item 6.C: Board Practices.” In July 2003, our Audit Committee also adopted a policy requiring management to obtain the Audit Committee’s approval before engaging our independent auditors worldwide to provide any other audit or permitted non-audit services to us. Pursuant to this policy, which is designed to assure that such engagements do not impair the independence of our auditors, the Audit Committee pre-approves annually a catalog of specific audit and non-audit services in the categories audit service, audit-related service and tax services that may be performed by our auditors.
ITEM 16D: Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees
ITEM 16E: Purchase of Equity Securities by the Company and Affiliated Purchasers
PART III
ITEM 17: Financial Statements
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ITEM 18: Financial Statements
| See Financial Statements included at the end of this report. |
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ITEM 19: Exhibits
1.1 | | Memorandum of Association of the Registrant, in Hebrew with a translation to English(1) |
1.2 | | Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant (†) |
1.3 | | Certificate of Name Change(2) |
2.1 | | Specimen Certificate for ordinary shares(1) |
2.2 | | Forms of Placement Agent's Warrant Agreement and Certificate(3) |
2.3 | | Forms of Qualified Independent Underwriter's Warrant Agreement and Certificate(3) |
2.4 | | Form of Share and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated January 17, 2002 between the Registrant and The Investment Corp. of United Mizrahi Bank Ltd.(4) |
2.5 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated January 17, 2002 between the Registrant and The Investment Corp. of United Mizrahi Bank Ltd.(4) |
2.6 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 17, 2002 between the Registrant and The Investment Corp. of United Mizrahi Bank Ltd.(4) |
2.7 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated February 12, 2002 between the Registrant and Bank Hapoalim B.M.(4) |
2.8 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 12, 2002 between Registrant and Bank Hapoalim B.M.(4) |
2.9 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated February 12, 2002 between the Registrant and Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd.(4) |
2.10 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 12, 2002 between Registrant and Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd.(4) |
2.11 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated November 21, 2002 between the Registrant and Poalim Capital Markets & Investments Ltd.(5) |
2.12 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 7, 2002 between the Registrant and Poalim Capital Markets & Investments Ltd.(5) |
2.13 | | Form of Warrant Agreement dated, March 11, 2003 between the Registrant and Bank Hapoalim B.M.(5) |
2.14 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 11, 2003 between Registrant and Bank Hapoalim B.M.(5) |
2.15 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated March 11, 2003 between the Registrant and Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd.(5) |
2.16 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 11, 2003 between Registrant and Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd.(5) |
2.17 | | Form of Convertible Loan and Warrant Agreement, dated July 2003 between Registrant and certain investors(6) |
2.18 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated October 15, 2003 between the Registrant and certain investors(6) |
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2.19 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated July, 2003 between the Registrant and certain investors(6) |
2.20 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated October 15, 2003 between the Registrant and the Placement Agent (X Securities Ltd.)(6) |
2.21 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated October 15, 2003 between the Registrant and the Placement Agent (Matthew Norton)(6) |
2.22 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated October 15, 2003 between the Registrant and the Placement Agent (David Fuchs)(6) |
2.23 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated August 1, 2003 between the Registrant and Bank Hapoalim B.M.(6) |
2.24 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 1, 2003 between the Registrant and Bank Hapoalim B.M.(6) |
2.25 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated August 1, 2003 between the Registrant and Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd.(6) |
2.26 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 1, 2003 between the Registrant and Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd.(6) |
2.27 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated June 27, 2003 between the Registrant and Israel Discount Bank Ltd.(6) |
2.28 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 27, 2003 between the Registrant and Israel Discount Bank Ltd.(6) |
2.29 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated August 1, 2003 between the Registrant and Israel Discount Bank Ltd.(6) |
2.30 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 1, 2003 between the Registrant and Israel Discount Bank Ltd.(6) |
2.31 | | Form of Warrant Agreement, dated April 17, 2005 between the Registrant and Dan Purjes (†) |
2.32 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 7, 2005 between the Registrant and Dan Purjes (†) |
3.1 | | Voting Agreement, dated January 23, 2005 between the Registrant and Dan Purjes (7) |
3.2 | | Voting Trust Agreement, dated March 7, 2005 between the Registrant, Dan Purjes and New York Private Bank & Trust Company (8) |
4.1 | | 1995 Israel Stock Option Plan (previously referred to in Company filings as the 1995 Flexible Stock Incentive Plan or the 1995 Stock Option / Stock Purchase Plan)(1) |
4.2 | | Amendment to the 1995 Israel Stock Option Plan(3) |
4.3 | | 1997 Stock Option Plan(9) |
4.4 | | 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan(10) |
4.5 | | Amendment to the 1998 Non-Employee Director Share Option Plan(8) |
4.6 | | 2000 Stock Option Plan(11) |
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4.7 | | Lease Agreement for office space in Brussels, Belgium between Nivellease, S.A. and the Registrant dated November 26, 1996(3) |
4.8 | | Lease Agreement for office space in Newton Center, Massachusetts between WHTR Real Estate Limited Partnership and the Registrant dated July 10, 1998(3) |
4.9 | | Distribution Agreement between Imaje S.A. and the Registrant dated June 26, 1995(1) |
4.10 | | Bank Hapoalim Loan Agreements(4) |
4.11 | | Bank Hapoalim Rescheduling Loan Agreement dated February 10, 2002(4) |
4.12 | | Bank Leumi le-Israel Loan Agreements(4) |
4.13 | | Bank Leumi le-Israel Rescheduling Loan Agreement dated February 11, 2003(5) |
4.14 | | Bank Hapoalim Amendment to the Rescheduling Loan Agreement dated March 11, 2003(5) |
4.15 | | Bank Leumi le-Israel Amendment to the Rescheduling Loan Agreement dated March 12, 2003(5) |
4.16 | | Bank Hapoalim Amendment to the Rescheduling Loan Agreement dated August 7, 2003(6) |
4.17 | | Bank Leumi le-Israel Amendment to the Rescheduling Loan Agreement dated July 30, 2003(6) |
4.18 | | Israel Discount Bank Amendment to the Rescheduling Loan Agreement dated July 30, 2003(6) |
4.19 | | Bank Hapoalim Amendment to the Covenants dated February 18, 2004(6) |
4.20 | | Bank Leumi le-Israel Amendment to the Covenants dated February 18, 2004(6) |
4.21 | | Israel Discount Bank Amendment to the Covenants dated February 22, 2004(6) |
4.22 | | Bank Hapoalim Waiver and Amendment to the Covenants dated June 29, 2005 (†) |
4.23 | | Bank Leumi le-Israel Waiver and Amendment to the Covenants dated June 29, 2005 (†) |
4.24 | | Israel Discount Bank Waiver and Amendment to the Covenants dated June 29, 2005 (†) |
4.25 | | Lod Lease Agreement dated January 11, 2000 between A. Barzilai Investments and Assets Ltd. and Kamim Investments and Assets Ltd. and the Registrant(12) |
4.26 | | Amendment to Lod Lease Agreement, dated September 20, 2004 between A. Barzilai Investments and Assets Ltd. and Kamim Investments and Assets Ltd. and the Registrant (†) |
4.27 | | Form of Agreement dated May 11, 2003 between the Registrant and Ogen Dialogix Ltd., Gera Eiron and NUR Pro Engineering Ltd.(6) |
8 | | List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant (†) |
12.1 | | Certification of Principal Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) (Section 302 Certifications) |
12.2 | | Certification of Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) (Section 302 Certifications) |
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13 | | Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) and Rule 15d-14(b) (Section 906 Certifications) |
14.1 | | Consent of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer |
14.2 | | Consent of BDO McCabe Lo & Company |
14.3 | | Consent of Grant Thornton Hong Kong |
† | Previously filed with NUR’s Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004 and incorporated by reference herein. |
(1) | Previously filed with NUR’s F-1 (File No. 33-93160) and incorporated by reference herein. |
(2) | Previously filed with NUR’s Form 6-K dated January 7, 1998 and incorporated by reference herein. |
(3) | Previously filed with NUR’s Form F-1 (File No. 333-66103) and incorporated by reference herein. |
(4) | Previously filed with NUR’s Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2001 and incorporated by reference herein. |
(5) | Previously filed with NUR’s Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated by reference herein. |
(6) | Previously filed with NUR’s Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein. |
(7) | Previously filed with NUR’s Form 6-K dated February 6, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein. |
(8) | Previously filed with NUR’s Form 6-K dated April 18, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein. |
(9) | Previously filed with NUR’s Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 1997 and incorporated by reference herein. |
(10) | Previously filed with NUR’s Form 6-K dated November 13, 1998 and incorporated by reference herein. |
(11) | Previously filed with NUR’s Schedule TO-I (File No. 5-56015) on May 16, 2002 and incorporated by reference herein. |
(12) | Previously filed with NUR’s Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2000 and incorporated by reference herein. |
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SIGNATURES
The registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| | NUR Macroprinters Ltd.
BY: /S/ David Reis —————————————— David Reis President and Chief Executive Officer |
Dated: March 13, 2006
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NUR MACROPRINTERS LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004
IN U. S. DOLLARS
INDEX
 | n | Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer | n | Phone: 972-3-6232525 |
| | 3 Aminadav St. Tel-Aviv 67067, Israel | | Fax: 972-3-5622555 |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of
NUR MACROPRINTERS LTD.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of NUR Macroprinters Ltd. ("the Company") and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders' equity (deficiency) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004. 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 did not audit the financial statements of certain consolidated subsidiaries, whose assets constitute 2% in 2003 and 4% in 2004 of total consolidated assets and whose revenues constitute 6% in 2003 and 8% in 2004 of total consolidated revenues. Those financial statements were audited by other auditors, whose reports have been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to amounts included for these subsidiaries, is based solely on the reports of the other auditors.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits and the reports of the other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, based on our audits and the reports of the other 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 2004 and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
As described in Note 1g to the consolidated financial statements, the accompanying 2002 and 2003 financial statements, have been restated to correct amounts previously reported in connection with revenue transactions and deferred tax valuation, and the accompanying 2003 and 2004 financial statements, have been restated to correct amounts previously reported in connection with a credit line and warrant agreement.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1b to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred recurring operating losses and, has a working capital deficiency. In addition, the Company has not complied with certain covenants of loan agreements with banks. These conditions raise substantial doubt as to 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 recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Tel-Aviv, Israel June 6, 2005 except as to Notes 1b, 10 and 11e which are dated July 10, 2005 and except as to Notes 1g, 2v, 7b, 16d, 16h and 18 which are dated January 31, 2006. | | /s/ KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER —————————————— KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER A Member of Ernst & Young Global |
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands |
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ASSETS | | | | | | | | |
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CURRENT ASSETS: | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | | $ | 10,301 | | $ | 8,745 | |
Short-term restricted cash | | | | 772 | | | 682 | |
Trade receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $ 4,963 and | | |
$ 11,010 as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively) | | | | 13,118 | | | 10,974 | |
Other accounts receivable and prepaid expenses (Note 3) | | | | 5,800 | | | 3,396 | |
Inventories (Note 4) | | | | 20,213 | | | 21,358 | |
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Total current assets | | | | 50,204 | | | 45,155 | |
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LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS: | | |
Long-term trade receivables (Note 5) | | | | 758 | | | 233 | |
Investments in an affiliated company (Note 6) | | | | 1,048 | | | – | |
Deferred Expenses (Note 7b) | | | | 1,713 | | | - | |
Restricted long-term bank deposits (Note 7a) | | | | 44 | | | 65 | |
Severance pay fund | | | | 810 | | | 938 | |
Long-term prepaid expenses | | | | 84 | | | 68 | |
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Total long-term investments | | | | 4,457 | | | 1,304 | |
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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Note 8) | | | | 6,084 | | | 4,749 | |
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TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET (Note 9) | | | | 736 | | | 378 | |
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Total assets | | | $ | 61,481 | | $ | 51,586 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY | | | | | | | | |
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CURRENT LIABILITIES: | | |
Short-term bank credit and loans (Note 10) | | | $ | 15,104 | | $ | 42,435 | |
Current maturities of long-term loans (Note 11) | | | | 862 | | | 117 | |
Trade payables | | | | 6,623 | | | 16,122 | |
Trade payables to affiliated company (Note 6) | | | | 2,101 | | | – | |
Other accounts payable and accrued expenses (Note 12) | | | | 10,878 | | | 14,225 | |
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Total current liabilities | | | | 35,568 | | | 72,899 | |
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LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: | | |
Long-term loans, net of current maturities (Note 11) | | | | 29,981 | | | 1,064 | |
Accrued severance pay | | | | 945 | | | 1,265 | |
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Total long-term liabilities | | | | 30,926 | | | 2,329 | |
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Note 13) | | |
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SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY (Note 15): | | |
Share capital | | |
Ordinary shares of NIS 1 par value: | | |
Authorized: 50,000,000 shares as of December 31, 2003 and 2004; Issued and | | |
outstanding: 17,414,281 and 26,165,215 shares as of December 31, 2003 and | | |
2004, respectively | | | | 4,261 | | | 6,198 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | | 47,521 | | | 50,433 | |
Receipts on account of shares | | | | 1,867 | | | – | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | | (1,137 | ) | | (781 | ) |
Accumulated deficit | | | | (57,525 | ) | | (79,492 | ) |
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Total shareholders' deficiency | | | | (5,013 | ) | | (23,642 | ) |
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Total liabilities and shareholders' deficiency | | | $ | 61,481 | | $ | 51,586 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
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Revenues (Note 17): | | | | | | | | | | | |
Products | | | $ | 75,138 | | $ | 58,988 | | $ | 64,882 | |
Services | | | $ | 9,748 | | $ | 9,726 | | $ | 11,841 | |
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Total revenues | | | $ | 84,886 | | $ | 68,714 | | $ | 76,723 | |
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Cost of revenues: | | |
Products | | | | 47,139 | | | 29,084 | | | 39,097 | |
Inventory write-off | | | | 975 | | | 13,154 | | | 9,658 | |
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Services | | | $ | 10,210 | | $ | 12,253 | | $ | 11,793 | |
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Total cost of revenues | | | | 58,324 | | | 54,491 | | | 60,548 | |
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Gross profit | | | | 26,562 | | | 14,223 | | | 16,175 | |
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Operating expenses: | | |
Research and development, net (Note 18a) | | | | 7,742 | | | 6,546 | | | 8,008 | |
Selling and marketing | | | | 12,744 | | | 11,321 | | | 9,529 | |
General and administrative | | | | 11,953 | | | 11,051 | | | 10,518 | |
Doubtful accounts expenses | | | | 2,881 | | | 6,694 | | | 6,266 | |
Impairment of goodwill (Note 2k) | | | | 3,836 | | | – | | | – | |
Amortization and impairment of technology and other | | |
intangible assets (Note 2k) | | | | 9,049 | | | 118 | | | 862 | |
Restructuring charges (Note 1f) | | | | 1,300 | | | 2,001 | | | – | |
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Total operating expenses | | | | 49,505 | | | 37,731 | | | 35,183 | |
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Operating loss | | | | (22,943 | ) | | (23,508 | ) | | (19,008 | ) |
Financial expenses, net (Note 18b) | | | | (1,322 | ) | | (1,406 | ) | | (2,639 | ) |
Other expenses, net | | | | (124 | ) | | (265 | ) | | (301 | ) |
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Loss before taxes on income | | | | (24,389 | ) | | (25,179 | ) | | (21,948 | ) |
Taxes on income (Note 16d) | | | | 34 | | | 1,191 | | | 19 | |
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Net loss | | | $ | (24,423 | ) | $ | (26,370 | ) | $ | (21,967 | ) |
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Basic and diluted net loss per share | | | $ | (1.44 | ) | $ | (1.52 | ) | $ | (0.91 | ) |
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Weighted average number of shares used for computing basic and | | |
diluted net loss per share | | | | 17,005,606 | | | 17,272,089 | | | 24,235,406 | |
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(a) | Cost of sales includes purchases from related parties for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 in the amounts of $ 9,026, $ 8,273 and $ 801, respectively. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NUR MACROPRINTERS LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES |
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY) |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share data) |
| Number of Ordinary shares outstanding
| Share capital
| Additional paid-in capital
| Receipts on account of shares
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss
| Accumulated deficit
| Total comprehensive loss
| Total shareholders' equity (deficiency)
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Balance as of January 1, 2002 | | | | 14,751,753 | | $ | 3,674 | | $ | 39,493 | | $ | – | | $ | (782 | ) | $ | (6,732 | ) | | | | $ | 35,653 | |
Comprehensive loss: | | |
Net loss | | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | (24,423 | ) | $ | (24,423 | ) | | (24,423 | ) |
Other comprehensive loss: | | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | (504 | ) | | – | | | (504 | ) | | (504 | ) |
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Total comprehensive loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (24,927 | ) | | | |
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Issuance of shares, net | | | | 2,404,106 | | | 528 | | | 6,204 | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | | | | 6,732 | |
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Balance as of December 31, 2002 | | | | 17,155,859 | | | 4,202 | | | 45,697 | | | – | | | (1,286 | ) | | (31,155 | ) | | | | | 17,458 | |
Comprehensive loss: | | |
Net loss | | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | (26,370 | ) | $ | (26,370 | ) | | (26,370 | ) |
Other comprehensive loss: | | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | 149 | | | – | | | 149 | | | 149 | |
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Total comprehensive loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (26,221 | ) | | | |
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Issuance of shares to the chairman of the board of directors for services rendered, net | | | | 184,754 | | | 42 | | | 52 | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | | | | 94 | |
Exercise of employee stock options | | | | 73,668 | | | 17 | | | 37 | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | | | | 54 | |
Receipts on account of shares, net | | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | 1,867 | | | – | | | – | | | | | | 1,867 | |
Fair value of warrants granted in connection | | |
with a credit line agreement | | | | – | | | – | | | 1,643 | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | | | | 1,643 | |
Amortization of fair value of warrants | | |
granted in connection with warrants | | |
granted to banks | | | | – | | | – | | | 92 | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | | | | 92 | |
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Balance as of December 31, 2003 | | | | 17,414,281 | | | 4,261 | | | 47,521 | | | 1,867 | | | (1,137 | ) | | (57,525 | ) | | | | | (5,013 | ) |
Comprehensive loss: | | |
Net loss | | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | (21,967 | ) | $ | (21,967 | ) | | (21,967 | ) |
Other comprehensive loss: | | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | 356 | | | – | | | 356 | | | 356 | |
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Total comprehensive loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (21,611 | ) | | | |
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Issuance of shares (private placement) | | | | 2,586,140 | | | 573 | | | 2,215 | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | | | | 2,788 | |
Issuance of shares related to a convertible loan and warrants agreements | | | | 5,645,160 | | | 1,250 | | | 2,074 | | | (1,867 | ) | | – | | | – | | | | | | 1,457 | |
Exercise of warrants | | | | 43,460 | | | 10 | | | 5 | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | | | | 15 | |
Issuance of shares to the chairman of the | | |
board of directors for services rendered, net | | | | 131,290 | | | 29 | | | 158 | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | | | | 187 | |
Amortization of fair value of warrants | | |
granted in connection to a convertible loan and warrants agreements | | | | – | | | – | | | (1,713 | ) | | – | | | – | | | – | | | | | | (1,713 | ) |
Exercise of employee stock options | | | | 344,884 | | | 75 | | | 173 | | | – | | | – | | | – | | | | | | 248 | |
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Balance as of December 31, 2004 | | | | 26,165,215 | | $ | 6,198 | | $ | 50,433 | | $ | – | | $ | (781 | ) | $ | (79,492 | ) | | | | $ | (23,642 | ) |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands |
| Year ended December 31,
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| 2002
| 2003
| 2004
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Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net loss | | | $ | (24,423 | ) | $ | (26,370 | ) | $ | (21,967 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in | | |
operating activities: | | |
Depreciation, amortization and impairment of goodwill, | | |
technology and other intangible assets | | | | 15,424 | | | 3,570 | | | 2,751 | |
Write-off of property and equipment | | | | 321 | | | 1,021 | | | – | |
Issuance of shares to the chairman of the board of | | |
directors for services rendered, net | | | | – | | | 94 | | | 187 | |
Amortization of fair value of warrants granted to banks | | | | – | | | 92 | | | – | |
Loss on sale of property and equipment | | | | 124 | | | 83 | | | 301 | |
Deferred income taxes, net | | | | (43 | ) | | 1,589 | | | – | |
Accrued severance pay, net | | | | (51 | ) | | (71 | ) | | 155 | |
Decrease in trade receivables | | | | 7,582 | | | 7,994 | | | 3,663 | |
Decrease (increase) in other accounts receivable and | | |
prepaid expenses | | | | (733 | ) | | (187 | ) | | 2,680 | |
Increase in inventories | | | | (219 | ) | | (556 | ) | | (8,438 | ) |
Write-off of inventories | | | | 975 | | | 13,154 | | | 9,658 | |
Decrease in long-term trade receivables | | | | 511 | | | 1,028 | | | 534 | |
Decrease in long-term related parties' accounts | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | 242 | |
Increase in deferred expenses | | | | - | | | (70 | ) | | - | |
Decrease in long-term prepaid expenses | | | | 32 | | | 68 | | | 16 | |
Increase (decrease) in trade payables | | | | (5,106 | ) | | (6,715 | ) | | 8,621 | |
Increase (decrease) in trade payables from related parties | | | | 1,925 | | | (757 | ) | | (2,362 | ) |
Increase (decrease) in other accounts payable and accrued | | |
expenses | | | | (565 | ) | | (1,860 | ) | | 3,202 | |
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Net cash used in operating activities | | | | (4,244 | ) | | (7,891 | ) | | (757 | ) |
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Cash flows from investing activities: | | |
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Proceeds from (investment in) short-term restricted cash | | | | (709 | ) | | 391 | | | 90 | |
Proceeds from restricted long-term bank deposit and | | |
restricted cash | | | | (50 | ) | | 141 | | | (21 | ) |
Purchase of property and equipment | | | | (3,179 | ) | | (1,198 | ) | | (2,123 | ) |
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | | | | 1,197 | | | 3 | | | 293 | |
Payment for the purchase of "NUR Pro-Engineering Ltd." (*) | | | | – | | | (460 | ) | | (230 | ) |
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Net cash used in investing activities | | | | (2,741 | ) | | (1,123 | ) | | (1,991 | ) |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands |
| Year ended December 31,
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| 2002
| 2003
| 2004
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Cash flows from financing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Proceeds from issuance of shares and warrants, net | | | | 6,732 | | | | | | 4,260 | |
Proceeds from exercise of options, net | | | | – | | | 54 | | | 248 | |
Proceeds from a loan commitment, net | | | | – | | | 1,867 | | | – | |
Short-term bank credit and short-term loans, net | | | | 783 | | | 9,260 | | | (2,242 | ) |
Principal payment of long-term loans | | | | (1,706 | ) | | (1,228 | ) | | (750 | ) |
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Net cash provided by financing activities | | | | 5,809 | | | 9,953 | | | 1,516 | |
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | | | | (714 | ) | | (1,143 | ) | | (324 | ) |
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Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | | | | (1,890 | ) | | (204 | ) | | (1,556 | ) |
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Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year | | | | 12,395 | | | 10,505 | | | 10,301 | |
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Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year | | | $ | 10,505 | | $ | 10,301 | | $ | 8,745 | |
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Non-cash activities: | | |
(1) Supplemental disclosure of cash flows activities: | | |
Cash paid during the year for: | | |
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Interest | | | $ | 1,685 | | $ | 1,483 | | $ | 1,888 | |
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Income taxes | | | $ | 625 | | $ | – | | $ | – | |
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(2) Supplemental disclosure of non-cash operating financing | | |
activities: | | |
Fair value of warrants granted in connection to a loan commitment | | | $ | – | | $ | 1,643 | | $ | (1,713 | ) |
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Transfer of equipment from property, plant and | | |
equipment to inventory | | | $ | – | | $ | 2,131 | | $ | 975 | |
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(*)Payment for purchase of Nur Pro-Engineering Lt. (see | | |
Note 1c) | | |
Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at | | |
the date of acquisition: | | |
Working capital, net (excluding cash and cash | | |
equivalents in the amount of $ 160) | | | | | | | | | $ | 186 | |
Production Agreement | | | | | | | | | | 504 | |
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| (*) | During 2003, the Company paid an advance of $ 460 from the total purchase price. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NUR MACROPRINTERS LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 1:- GENERAL
| a. | NUR Macroprinters Ltd. (“the Company”), an Israeli corporation, and its subsidiaries (collectively, “the Group”) develop, manufacture, sell and provide services of digital printing systems for on-demand, short-run, wide format and super-wide format printing as well as related consumable products. |
| The Company operates through wholly-owned subsidiaries for sales, support services and marketing of the Company’s products in their country or region of domicile. Such entities include NUR Europe S.A. (“NUR Europe”) in Belgium, NUR America, Inc. (“NUR America”) in the U.S., NUR Asia Pacific Limited (“NUR Asia Pacific”) in Hong Kong and NUR Japan Ltd. (“NUR Japan”). |
| The Company manufactures all its printers in a single plant located in Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel. The Company manufactures ink in a manufacturing plant located in Ashkelon, Israel. |
| As to principal markets and customers, see Note 17. |
| b. | The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. In 2004, 2003, and 2002, the Company had net losses of $ 21,967, $ 26,370, and $ 24,423, respectively. As of December 31, 2004, the Company's shareholders' deficiency amounted to $23,642 and its total cash and cash equivalents amounted to $ 8,745. Net cash used in operating activities in 2004, 2003, and 2002 was $ (757), $ (7,891), and $ (4,244), respectively. In light of the current condition of the Company and the amount of its liquid assets, as described above, if the Company continues to incur losses and is unable to secure additional financing sources to fund its operations, there is a substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and therefore the Company may be required to take certain actions in order to meet its obligations. |
| In 2005, the Company’s management has taken initiatives to lower operating expenses in order to focus on preserving the current level of operations and to slow down growth efforts. Cost reduction initiatives include reducing the current staff head count, lowering R&D and marketing activities that were aimed at growth, and further monitoring cost and expenditure controls. Furthermore, on June 30, 2005 Bank Hapoalim B.M., Bank Leumi Israel B.M. and Israel Discount Bank Ltd. (“the Lender Banks”) gave waivers of default and the outstanding bank debt is currently not subject to acceleration. The Lender Banks waived their contractual rights related to the Company’s non compliance with certain agreed upon financial covenants for all previous periods ended March 31, 2005. The Lender Banks waived these defaults and agreed that the Company shall not be obligated to make principal repayments until January 1, 2006. The Lender Banks have also agreed to new financial covenants which will govern the Company’s credit lines (see also Notes 10 and 11(e)). The Company also reported that it is continuing discussions with several parties and its Lender Banks regarding a financial transaction that contemplates an investment in, or strategic partnership with, the Company, and the restructuring of the Company’s outstanding debt. There can be no assurance that any of these discussions will result in a completed transaction or transactions. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 1:- GENERAL (Cont.)
| These financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. |
| c. | Acquisition of NUR Pro Engineering Ltd.: |
| NUR Pro Engineering Ltd. (“NUR Pro Engineering”), a 50% joint venture, was engaged in the assembly of the Company’s printers. On May 11, 2003, the Company and the other shareholder of NUR Pro Engineering signed a share purchase agreement (“the Agreement”) since the Company decided to terminate the cooperation through the joint venture and transfer the assembly of the printers to its full control. According to the Agreement, the Company purchased the remaining shares held by the other shareholder (i.e., 50%), in consideration for $ 850, which were paid in monthly installments until March 31, 2004. The Company completed the acquisition of NUR Pro Engineering during 2004. |
| The operations of NUR Pro Engineering are included in the consolidated statements from April 1, 2004. |
| The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, in accordance with SFAS No. 141, and accordingly, the purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair value at the date of acquisition. |
| The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition: |
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| | | Current assets, net | | | $ | 346 | | |
| | | Production Agreement (*) | | | | 504 | | |
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| | | Net assets acquired | | | $ | 850 | | |
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| (*) | Amortized on a straight line basis over the useful life of the production agreement (3 years). |
| Pro-forma results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003 assuming that the acquisition had been consummated as of January 1, 2002 and 2003 was not presented due to immateriality. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 1:- GENERAL (Cont.)
| d. | The Company purchases some of the ink and all of the ink-jet printer-heads used in its printers from a single supplier for each series of printers. The Company’s customers rely on the ink and ink-jet printerheads to operate their printers. Because the Company’s business depends on these items for sale and maintenance of its printers, a failure in supply or a change in credit terms could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial position. |
| e. | The Company employs a limited number of unaffiliated subcontractors to manufacture components for its printers. |
| Because the Company relies on a limited number of subcontractors, if the Company fails to maintain its relationships with its subcontractors or fails to develop alternative sources for its printer components, it could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial position. |
| During the second and fourth quarters of 2002 and the second quarter of 2003 the Company decided to perform a series of strategic initiatives intending to further reduce costs and increase efficiency. As a result, approximately 72 and 58 positions were eliminated by the Group in 2002 and 2003, respectively. |
| The restructuring charges consisted of the following: |
| a) | Downsizing the number of employees due to the reduction in sales levels. |
| b) | Relocating operations in Asia Pacific from China to Hong Kong. |
| a) | Consolidating the operations of NUR Media Solutions S.A. (“NUR Media Solutions”) and NUR Europe. |
| b) | Relocating Salsa Digital Printers Ltd. (“NUR Salsa”) operations to Israel. |
| c) | Relocating the operations of NUR Macroprinters (Shanghai) Ltd. (“NUR Shanghai”) to NUR Asia Pacific. |
| In connection with SFAS No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated With An Exit Or Disposal Activity” (“SFAS 146”), the Group recorded during 2002 and 2003 restructuring charges of $ 1,300 and $ 2,001, respectively. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 1:- GENERAL (Cont.)
| | Year ended December 31,
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| 2003
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| Restructuring charges: | | | | | | | | |
| Employee termination and severance costs | | | $ | 860 | | $ | 1,067 | |
| Other exit costs | | | | 440 | | | 934 | |
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| | | | $ | 1,300 | | $ | 2,001 | |
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| g. | Restatement of financial statements: |
| The Company has restated its financial statements for 2002, and 2003 to reflect revised accounting treatment of revenue recognition accounting policies to revenues consummated in 2001, 2002 and 2003, deferred tax valuation in 2003 and has also restated its 2003 and 2004 financial statements for the revised accounting treatment in connection with a 2003 convertible loan and warrant agreement. |
| Historically, the Company recognized revenue on its printers at time of shipment under the criteria that evidence of an arrangement existed, the price was fixed, delivery had occurred and collectibility was assured. Based upon the Company’s review, it was determined that the actual business practice in recent years had shown that the decline in market conditions caused that in the customers’ point of view acceptance of the risk and title of the printers occurred only after installation and not at shipment. Consequently, the Company concluded that delivery had not in fact occurred upon shipment, and that revenue had been prematurely recognized in those cases. The restatement adjustments for revenue recognition resulted in adjustments to revenue, cost of sales, accounts receivable and deferred revenues. |
| In addition, the Company determined, based on its review, that, as of December 31, 2003, it should have recorded a full valuation allowance in respect of the remaining deferred tax asset. The Company’s decision was based on its history of losses in the past three years and its belief that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will not be realized in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2003 have been restated from amounts previously reported. |
| The adjustments relating to the revised accounting treatment of revenue recognition accounting policies to revenues consummated in 2001, 2002 and 2003, and the deferred tax valuation in 2003 were reflected in the Company’s financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004 filed with the SEC in July 2005. These adjustments are referred to below as the “The First Restatement” . |
| During 2003 the Company signed a convertible loan and warrant agreement with several investors and a then controlling shareholder. Subsequent to July 2005, the Company reviewed the reported accounting treatment and decided that because no monies were drawn under the credit line, the agreement signed with the investors should have been treated as an agreement to provide a credit line rather than as the issuance of a convertible loan with detachable warrants. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004 have been restated from amounts previously reported (“The Second Restatement”). |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 1:- GENERAL (Cont.)
| The impacts of these restatements of the financial statements are summarized below: |
| Consolidated statement of operations data: |
| | Year ended December 31, 2004
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| | As previously reported
| Adjustment of First Restatement
| Reported after First Restatement
| Adjustment of Second Restatement
| As restated
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| Financial expenses, net | | | | (3,187 | ) | | - | | | (3,187 | ) | | 548 | | | (2,639 | ) |
| Net loss | | | | (22,515 | ) | | - | | | (22,515 | ) | | 548 | | | (21,967 | ) |
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| Basic and diluted net loss | | |
| per share | | | | (0.93 | ) | | - | | | (0.93 | ) | | 0.02 | | | (0.91 | ) |
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| Consolidated statement of cash flows data: | | |
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| | Year ended December 31, 2004
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| | As previously reported
| Adjustment of First Restatement
| Reported after First Restatement
| Adjustment of Second Restatement
| As restated
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| Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Net loss | | | | (22,515 | ) | | - | | | (22,515 | ) | | 548 | | | (21,967 | ) |
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| Amortization of fair value of warrants | | | | 548 | | | - | | | 548 | | | (548 | ) | | - | |
| Net cash used in operating activities | | | | (757 | ) | | - | | | (757 | ) | | - | | | (757 | ) |
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| Non- Cash activities: | | |
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| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash operating financing activities: |
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| Fair value of warrants granted in connection to a loan commitment | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (1,713 | ) | | (1,713 | ) |
| Consolidated balance sheet: |
| | December 31, 2004
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| | As previously reported
| Adjustment of First Restatement
| Reported after First Restatement
| Adjustment of Second Restatement
| As restated
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| Additional paid-in capital | | | | 51,802 | | | - | | | 51,802 | | | (1,369 | ) | | 50,433 | |
| Accumulated deficit | | | | (80,861 | ) | | - | | | (80,861 | ) | | 1,369 | | | (79,492 | ) |
| Total shareholders' deficiency | | | | (23,642 | ) | | - | | | (23,642 | ) | | - | | | (23,642 | ) |
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NUR MACROPRINTERS LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 1:- GENERAL (Cont.)
| Consolidated statement of operations data: |
| | Year ended December 31, 2003
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| | As previously reported
| Adjustment of First Restatement
| Reported after First Restatement
| Adjustment of Second Restatement
| As restated
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| Sales of printers, related products and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| services | | | | 65,574 | | | 3,140 | | | 68,714 | | | - | | | 68,714 | |
| Cost of revenues - products | | | | 27,412 | | | 1,672 | | | 29,084 | | | - | | | 29,084 | |
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| Total cost of revenues | | | | 52,819 | | | 1,672 | | | 54,491 | | | - | | | 54,491 | |
| Gross profit | | | | 12,755 | | | 1,468 | | | 14,223 | | | - | | | 14,223 | |
| General and administrative | | | | 11,121 | | | - | | | 11,121 | | | (70 | ) | | 11,051 | |
| Operating loss | | | | (25,046 | ) | | 1,468 | | | (23,578 | ) | | 70 | | | (23,508 | ) |
| Financial expenses | | | | (2,157 | ) | | - | | | (2,157 | ) | | 751 | | | (1,406 | ) |
| Taxes on income | | | | 202 | | | 989 | | | 1,191 | | | - | | | 1,191 | |
| Net loss | | | | (27,670 | ) | | 479 | | | (27,191 | ) | | 821 | | | (26,370 | ) |
| | | |
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | | | | (1.60 | ) | | 0.03 | | | (1.57 | ) | | 0.05 | | | (1.52 | ) |
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| Consolidated statement of cash flows data: | | |
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| | Year ended December 31, 2003
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| | As previously reported
| Adjustment of First Restatement
| Reported after First Restatement
| Adjustment of Second Restatement
| As restated
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| Cash flows from operating | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| activities: | | |
| | | |
| Net loss | | | | (27,670 | ) | | 479 | | | (27,191 | ) | | 821 | | | (26,370 | ) |
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| Decrease in trade receivables | | | | 10,638 | | | (2,644 | ) | | 7,994 | | | - | | | 7,994 | |
| Increase in inventories | | | | (2,308 | ) | | 1,748 | | | (560 | ) | | - | | | (560 | ) |
| Increase in deferred expenses | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (70 | ) | | (70 | ) |
| Beneficial conversion related to | | |
| loan commitment | | | | 676 | | | - | | | 676 | | | (676 | ) | | - | |
| Amortization of fair value of | | |
| warrants | | | | 167 | | | - | | | 167 | | | (75 | ) | | 92 | |
| Deferred income taxes | | | | 600 | | | 989 | | | 1,589 | | | - | | | 1,589 | |
| Decrease in other accounts payable | | | | (1,288 | ) | | (572 | ) | | (1,860 | ) | | - | | | (1,860 | ) |
| Net cash used in operating | | |
| activities | | | | (7,891 | ) | | | | | (7,891 | ) | | - | | | (7,891 | ) |
| | | |
| Non- Cash activities: |
| | | |
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash operating financing activities: |
| | | |
| Fair value of warrants granted in | | |
| connection to a loan commitment | | | | 1,401 | | | - | | | 1,401 | | | 242 | | | 1,643 | |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 1:- GENERAL (Cont.)
| Consolidated balance sheet: |
| | December 31, 2003
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| | As previously reported
| Adjustment of First Restatement
| Reported after First Restatement
| Adjustment of Second Restatement
| As restated
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| Trade receivables | | | | 18,571 | | | (5,453 | ) | | 13,118 | | | - | | | 13,118 | |
| Inventories | | | | 15,947 | | | 4,266 | | | 20,213 | | | - | | | 20,213 | |
| Total current assets | | | | 51,391 | | | (1,187 | ) | | 50,204 | | | - | | | 50,204 | |
| Deferred income taxes | | | | 989 | | | (989 | ) | | - | | | - | | | - | |
| Deferred Expenses | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 1,713 | | | 1,713 | |
| Total assets | | | | 61,944 | | | (2,176 | ) | | 59,768 | | | 1,713 | | | 61,481 | |
| Other accounts payable | | | | (7,831 | ) | | (3,047 | ) | | (10,878 | ) | | - | | | (10,878 | ) |
| Total current liabilities | | | | (32,521 | ) | | (3,047 | ) | | (35,568 | ) | | - | | | (35,568 | ) |
| Additional paid in capital | | | | 47,095 | | | - | | | 47,095 | | | 426 | | | 47,521 | |
| Receipts on account of shares | | | | 1,401 | | | - | | | 1,401 | | | 466 | | | 1,867 | |
| Accumulated deficit | | | | (53,123 | ) | | (5,223 | ) | | (58,346 | ) | | 821 | | | (57,525 | ) |
| Total shareholders' deficiency | | | | (1,503 | ) | | (5,223 | ) | | (6,726 | ) | | 1,713 | | | (5,013 | ) |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 1:- GENERAL (Cont.)
| Consolidated statement of operations data: |
| | Year ended December 31, 2002
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| | As previously reported
| Adjustment of First Restatement
| Reported after First Restatement
| Adjustment of Second Restatement
| As restated
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| Sales of printers, related products and services | | | | 85,255 | | | (369 | ) | | 84,886 | | | - | | | 84,886 | |
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| Cost of revenues - products | | | | 47,150 | | | (11 | ) | | 47,139 | | | - | | | 47,139 | |
| Total cost of revenues | | | | 58,335 | | | (11 | ) | | 58,324 | | | - | | | 58,324 | |
| Gross profit | | | | 26,920 | | | (358 | ) | | 26,562 | | | - | | | 26,562 | |
| Operating loss | | | | (22,585 | ) | | (358 | ) | | (22,943 | ) | | - | | | (22,943 | ) |
| Net loss | | | | (24,065 | ) | | (358 | ) | | (24,423 | ) | | - | | | (24,423 | ) |
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| Basic and diluted net loss per share | | | | (1.42 | ) | | (0.02 | ) | | (1.44 | ) | | - | | | (1.44 | ) |
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| Consolidated statement of cash flows data: | | |
| | | |
| | Year ended December 31, 2002
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| | As previously reported
| Adjustment of First Restatement
| Reported after First Restatement
| Adjustment of Second Restatement
| As restated
|
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| Cash flows from operating activities: | | |
| Net loss | | | | (24,065 | ) | | (358 | ) | | (24,423 | ) | | - | | | (24,423 | ) |
| Decrease in trade receivables | | | | 7,972 | | | (390 | ) | | 7,582 | | | - | | | 7,582 | |
| Decrease in inventories | | | | (221 | ) | | 2 | | | (219 | ) | | - | | | (219 | ) |
| Decrease in other accounts payable | | | | (1,311 | ) | | 746 | | | (565 | ) | | - | | | (565 | ) |
| Net cash used in operating activities | | | | (4,244 | ) | | - | | | (4,244 | ) | | - | | | (4,244 | ) |
| Consolidated balance sheet data: |
| | December 31, 2002
|
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| | As previously reported
| Adjustment of First Restatement
| Reported after First Restatement
| Adjustment of Second Restatement
| As restated
|
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| Trade receivables | | | | 28,777 | | | (7,972 | ) | | 20,805 | | | - | | | 20,805 | |
| Inventories | | | | 24,297 | | | 5,937 | | | 30,234 | | | - | | | 30,234 | |
| Total current assets | | | | 70,273 | | | (2,035 | ) | | 68,238 | | | - | | | 68,238 | |
| Total assets | | | | 87,895 | | | (2,035 | ) | | 85,860 | | | - | | | 85,860 | |
| Other accounts payable | | | | (9,254 | ) | | (3,667 | ) | | (12,921 | ) | | - | | | (12,921 | ) |
| Total current liabilities | | | | (33,562 | ) | | (3,667 | ) | | (37,229 | ) | | - | | | (37,229 | ) |
| Accumulated deficit | | | | (25,453 | ) | | (5,702 | ) | | (31,155 | ) | | - | | | (31,155 | ) |
| Total shareholders' equity | | | | 23,160 | | | (5,702 | ) | | 17,458 | | | - | | | 17,458 | |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
| The consolidated financial statements have been prepared according to United States generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”), applied on a consistent basis, as follows: |
| The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. |
| b. | Financial statements in U.S. dollars: |
| The Company’s management believes that the currency of the primary economic environment in which the operations of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries are conducted is the U.S. dollar (“dollar”). Thus, the dollar is the reporting and functional currency of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries. |
| The Company’s and certain subsidiaries’ transactions and balances denominated in dollars are presented at their original amounts. Non-dollar transactions and balances have been remeasured to dollars in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 52, “Foreign Currency Translation”. All transaction gains and losses from remeasurement of monetary balance sheet items denominated in non-dollar currencies are reflected in the statements of operations as financial income or expenses, as appropriate. |
| For those subsidiaries whose functional currency has been determined to be their local currency, assets and liabilities are translated at year-end exchange rates and statement of operations items are translated at average exchange rates prevailing during the year. Such translation adjustments are recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in shareholders’ equity (deficiency). |
| c. | Principles of consolidation: |
| The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly- owned subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions and balances including profit from intercompany sales not yet realized outside the Group, have been eliminated upon consolidation. |
| Cash equivalents are short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to cash with original maturities of three months or less at the date acquired. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
| e. | Short-term restricted cash |
| Short-term restricted cash is primarily invested in highly liquid deposits, which are used as security for certain of the Company’s liabilities and obligations. |
| Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. The Company reviewed its inventory quantities based primarily on its estimated forecast of product demand, production requirements and servicing commitments and as a result, inventory write-offs were provided to cover risks arising from slow-moving items, technological obsolescence, excess inventories, discontinued products and for market prices lower than cost. The Company recorded inventory write-offs in the amount of $ 975, $ 13,154 and $ 9,658 in 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. |
| Cost is determined as follows: |
| Raw materials – using the average cost method. |
| Work-in-progress and finished products – using the average cost method on the basis of direct manufacturing costs with the addition of allocable indirect manufacturing costs. |
| g. | Long-term trade receivables: |
| Long-term receivables from extended payment agreements are recorded at estimated present values determined based on prevailing rates of interest at the date of transaction and reported at the net amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Imputed interest is recognized, using the effective interest method as a component of interest income in the accompanying statements. |
| h. | Investments in an affiliated company: |
| Affiliated companies are companies held to the extent of 20% or more (which are not subsidiaries), or companies less than 20% held, which the Company can exercise significant influence over operating and financial policy of the affiliate. |
| The Company’s investment in an affiliated company is accounted for by the equity method. Profits from intercompany sales, not realized outside the Group, were eliminated. |
| The Company’s investments in an affiliated company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an investment may not be recoverable. |
| Investment in an affiliated company represents investments in ordinary shares. The Company applies EITF 99-10, “Percentage Used to Determine the Amount of Equity Method Losses”(“EITF No. 99-10”). Accordingly, losses of the investee are recognized based on the ownership level of the particular investee security held by the investor. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
| As of December 31, 2004, the Company has completed the acquisition of the affiliated company, and as a result its financial statements are fully consolidated with the financial statements of the Group (see Note 1b). |
| i. | Property, plant and equipment, net: |
| Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets at the following annual rates: |
| | %
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| | | Machinery and equipment | | | 10 - 33 | | |
| | | Motor vehicles | | | 15 | | |
| | | Office furniture and equipment | | | 6 - 10 | | |
| | | Buildings | | | 3 | | |
| | | | | | Over the less of the term of | | |
| | | Leasehold improvements | | | the lease or the useful life | | |
| j. | Impairment of long-lived assets: |
| The Group’s long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles are reviewed for impairment in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS No. 144”), whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. As of December 31, 2002 and 2003, impairment losses in the amount of approximately $ 321 and $ 1,021 have been identified, respectively. |
| During 2004, no impairment losses were identified. |
| k. | Goodwill, technology and other intangible assets: |
| Intangible assets acquired are amortized over their useful lives using a method of amortization that reflects the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible assets are consumed or otherwise used up, in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”, (“SFAS No. 142”). |
| Acquired technology is amortized over 5 years, customer list is amortized over 7 years and production agreement is amortized over 3 years. The Company recorded amortization expenses during 2002, 2003 and 2004, in the amount of $ 2,054, $ 118 and $ 126, respectively. The Company performed an impairment test during the fourth quarter of 2002, 2003 and 2004 and accordingly recognized an impairment loss of $ 6,995, $ 0 and $ 736, respectively. |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
| Goodwill represents excess of the costs over the net assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill arising from acquisitions prior to July 1, 2001, was amortized until December 31, 2001, on a straight-line basis over 10 years. As from January 1, 2002, pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”(“SFAS No. 142”) tested for impairment on adoption and at least annually thereafter or between annual tests in certain circumstances, and written down when impaired, rather than being amortized as previous accounting standards required. Goodwill attributable to each of the reporting unit is tested for impairment by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit with its carrying value. Fair value is determined using discounted cash flows, market multiples and market capitalization. Significant estimates used in the methodologies include estimates of future cash flows, future short-term and long-term growth rates, weighted average cost of capital and estimates of market multiples for the reportable unit. The Company performed the impairment test during the fourth quarter of 2002 and, accordingly, recognized an impairment loss of $ 3,836. |
| The Company generates revenues from the sale of its printers, inks and consumable products and from services to its products. The Company generates revenues from its products directly to end-users and indirectly through independent distributors (which are considered as end-users). |
| Revenues from printer sales are recognized in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements” (“SAB. No 104”) upon installation, provided that the collection of the resulting receivable is probable, there is a persuasive evidence of an arrangement, no significant obligations in respect of installation remain and the price is fixed or determinable. The Company does not grant a right of return. |
| Revenues from ink and other consumable products are generally recognized upon shipment assuming all other criteria have been met. |
| Revenues from services are comprised of maintenance and support arrangements. Revenues from maintenance and support arrangements are deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the arrangement. |
| Value of trade-in transactions of the Company's printers are recorded at fair value as a discount from revenues in accordance with APB 29, "Accounting for Non-monetary Transactions", and EITF 01-2, "Interpretations of APB Opinion No. 29", when the cash consideration involved with such transactions is material. |
| Deferred revenue includes amounts received from customers for which revenue has not yet been recognized. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
| The Group generally provides a warranty period of six months, at no extra charge. The Group estimates the costs that may be incurred under its basic limited warranty and records a liability in the amount of such costs at the time product revenue is recognized. Factors that affect the Group’s warranty liability include the number of installed units, historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims, and cost per claim. The Group periodically assesses the adequacy of its recorded warranty liabilities and adjusts the amounts as necessary. |
| Changes in the Group’s liability during the year are as follows: |
| | December 31,
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| 2004
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| | | Balance at the beginning of the year | | | $ | 1,327 | | $ | 1,272 | |
| | | Utilization of warranties | | | | (966 | ) | | (863 | ) |
| | | Changes in liability for warranty during the year | | | | 911 | | | 694 | |
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| | | Balance at the end of the year | | | $ | 1,272 | | $ | 1,103 | |
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| n. | Research and development costs: |
| Research and development costs net of grants received are charged to the statement of operations as incurred. |
| Royalty-bearing grants from the Government of Israel for funding approved research and development projects are recognized at the time the Company is entitled to such grants, on the basis of the costs incurred and included as a reduction in research and development costs. Research and development grants amounted to $ 1,449, $ 687 and $ 0 in 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. Total royalties expenses accrued or paid amounted to $ 180, $ 67 and $ 785 in 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively and were recorded as part of the cost of revenues. |
| The Company is also entitled to non-royalty-bearing grants for its participation in the “MAGNET” project financed by the Government of Israel. These grants are recognized at the time the Company is entitled to such grants, on the basis of the costs incurred and are recorded as a reduction in research and development expenses. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
| The Group accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“SFAS No. 109”). This statement prescribes the use of the liability method whereby deferred tax asset and liability account balances are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Group provides a valuation allowance, if necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to their estimated realizable value. |
| Changes in the Group’s valuation allowance are as follows: |
| | Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets
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| | | Balance as of December 31, 2001 | | | | 9,025 | |
| | | Provision | | | | 501 | |
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| | | Balance as of December 31, 2002 | | | | 9,526 | |
| | | Provision | | | | 15,982 | |
| | | Write-off | | | | 1,191 | |
| |
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| | | Balance as of December 31, 2003 | | | | 26,699 | |
| | | Provision | | | | (621 | ) |
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| | | Balance as of December 31, 2004 | | | | 26,048 | |
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| q. | Concentrations of credit risk: |
| Financial instruments that potentially subject the Group to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, short-term restricted cash, trade receivables, long-term trade receivables and restricted long-term bank deposits. |
| The majority of the Group’s cash and cash equivalents and short-term restricted cash are invested in dollar and Euro instruments with major banks in Israel, the U.S., Asia and Belgium. Management believes that the financial institutions that hold the Group’s investments are financially sound and accordingly, minimal credit risk exists with respect to these investments. Such deposits in the United States may be in excess of insured limits and are not insured in other jurisdictions. However, management believes that such financial institutions are financially sound, and accordingly, minimal credit risk exists with respect to these investments. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
| The trade receivables and the long-term trade receivables of the Group are derived mainly from sales to customers located primarily in the U.S. and Europe. Management believes that credit risks are moderated by the diversity of its end-customers and geographic sales areas. The Group performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition. The Group does not require collateral from its customers. An allowance for doubtful accounts is determined with respect to specific debts that the Group has determined to be doubtful of collection and a general reserve. The allowance was determined principally on the basis of past collection experience applied to ongoing evaluations of the receivables and evaluations of the default risks of repayment. |
| Changes in the Group’s allowance for doubtful accounts are as follows: |
| | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
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| | | Balance as of December 31, 2001 | | | | 3,922 | |
| | | Provision | | | | 2,881 | |
| | | Write-off, disposal, costs and other | | | | (1,035 | ) |
| |
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| | | Balance as of December 31, 2002 | | | | 5,768 | |
| | | Provision | | | | 6,694 | |
| | | Write-off, disposal, costs and other | | | | (7,499 | ) |
| |
| |
| | | Balance as of December 31, 2003 | | | | 4,963 | |
| | | Provision | | | | 6,266 | |
| | | Write-off, disposal, costs and other | | | | (219 | ) |
| |
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| | | Balance as of December 31, 2004 | | | | 11,010 | |
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| The Group has no significant off-balance-sheet concentration of credit risk such as foreign exchange contracts, option contracts or other foreign hedging arrangements. |
| The Company’s liability for severance pay is calculated pursuant to Israel’s Severance Pay Law based on the most recent salary of the 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 employees, is fully provided by monthly deposits with severance pay funds, insurance policies and by an accrual. The value of these policies is recorded as an asset in the Company’s consolidated 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 Israel’s Severance Pay Law or labor agreements. The value of the deposited funds is based on the cash surrendered value of these policies, and includes immaterial profits. |
| Severance expenses for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 amounted to $ 716, $ 1,388 and $ 652, respectively. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
| s. | Fair value of financial instruments: |
| The following methods and assumptions were used by the Group in estimating their fair value disclosures for financial instruments: |
| The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, short-term restricted cash, trade receivables, other accounts receivable and prepaid expenses, short-term bank credit, current maturities of long-term loans, trade payables, trade payables to related parties, customer advances and other accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair value, due to the short-term maturity of such instruments. |
| The carrying amounts of the Group’s long-term trade receivables, long-term loans to an affiliate and restricted long-term bank deposits, approximate their fair value. The fair value was estimated using discounted cash flow analyses, based on the Group’s investment rates currently available for similar type of investment arrangements. |
| The carrying amount of the Group’s long-term loans approximates their fair value. The fair value was estimated using discounted cash flow analyses, based on the Group’s incremental borrowing rates for similar type of borrowing arrangements. |
| Advertising expenses are charged to the statement of operations, as incurred. Advertising expenses for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 amounted to $ 261, $ 291 and $ 368, respectively. |
| u. | Basic and diluted net loss per share: |
| Basic net loss per share is computed based on the weighted average number of Ordinary shares outstanding during each year. Diluted net loss per share is computed based on the weighted average number of Ordinary shares outstanding during the period plus dilutive potential Ordinary shares considered outstanding during the year, in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 128, “Earnings Per Share” (“SFAS No. 128”). |
| Outstanding stock options and warrants have been excluded from the calculation of the diluted net loss per Ordinary share when such securities are anti-dilutive for all periods presented. The total weighted average number of shares related to the outstanding options and warrants excluded from the calculations of diluted net loss per share was 1,194,630, 1,446,455 and 2,177,587 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
| v. | Accounting for stock-based compensation: |
| The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB No. 25”) and FASB Interpretation No. 44 “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation” (“FIN No. 44”) in accounting for its employee stock option plans. Under APB No. 25, when the exercise price of the Company’s stock options is less than the market price of the underlying shares on the date of grant, compensation expense is recognized. |
| The Company adopted the disclosure provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure” (“SFAS No. 148”), which amended certain provisions of SFAS 123 to provide alternative methods of transition for an entity that voluntarily changes to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation, effective as of the beginning of the fiscal year. The Company continues to apply the provisions of APB No. 25, in accounting for stock-based compensation. |
| Pro forma information regarding net income and net earnings per share is required under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (“SFAS No. 123”) and has been determined as if the Company had accounted for its employee stock options under the fair value method of SFAS No. 123. The fair value for these options is amortized over their vesting period and estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes Option Valuation Model with the following weighted-average assumptions for 2002, 2003 and 2004: risk-free interest rates of 2.0%, 3.2% and 3.25%, respectively; dividend yields of 0% for each year; volatility factors of the expected market price of the Company’s Ordinary shares of 0.78, 0.76 and 0.86, respectively; and an expected average life of the option of 2 years for each year. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
| The following table illustrates the effect on net loss and loss per share, assuming that the Company had applied the fair value recognition provision of SFAS 123 on its stock-based employee compensation: |
| | Year ended December 31,
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| | 2002
| 2003
| 2004
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| | (as restated)
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| | | Net loss as reported | | | $ | (24,423 | ) | $ | (26,370 | ) | $ | (21,967 | ) |
| | |
| | | Add: Stock-based compensation expense | | |
| | | determined under fair value method for all | | |
| | | awards | | | | (614 | ) | | (327 | ) | | (673 | ) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | |
| | | Pro forma net loss | | | $ | (25,037 | ) | $ | (26,697 | ) | $ | (22,640 | ) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | |
| | | Earnings per share: | | |
| | | Basic and diluted net loss per share, as | | |
| | | reported | | | $ | (1.44 | ) | $ | (1.52 | ) | $ | (0.91 | ) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | |
| | | Basic and diluted pro forma net loss per share | | | $ | (1.43 | ) | $ | (1.54 | ) | $ | (0.93 | ) |
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| |
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| The Company applies SFAS No. 123 and EITF 96-18 “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services” (“EITF 96-18”) with respect to options issued to non-employees. SFAS No. 123 requires use of an option valuation model to measure the fair value of the options at the grant date. |
| The Company accounts for derivatives based on Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS No. 133”). SFAS No. 133 requires companies to recognize all of its derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the statement of financial position at fair value. |
| For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss is recognized in financial expenses in current earnings during the period of change. |
| On June 28, 2002, the Company entered into call/put option agreement in the amount of approximately $ 10,000, to be executed on June 26, 2003. The gain (loss) that resulted was included in the statements of operations during 2002 and 2003, and was $ 221 and$ (5), respectively. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
| Certain amounts from prior years have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. The reclassification had no effect on previously reported net loss, shareholders’ equity and cash flows. |
| y. | Impact of recently issued accounting standards: |
| In November 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 151, “Inventory Costs, an Amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4.”. SFAS No. 151 amends Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 43, Chapter 4, to clarify that abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight handling costs and wasted materials (spoilage) should be recognized as current-period charges. In addition, SFAS 151 requires that the allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. SAFS No. 151 is effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company does not expect that the adoption of SFAS No. 151 will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations. |
| On December 16, 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment, which is a revision of FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Statement 123(R) supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and amends FASB Statement No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows. Generally, the approach in Statement 123(R) is similar to the approach described in Statement 123. However, Statement 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative. Early adoption will be permitted in periods in which financial statements have not yet been issued. The new standard will be effective for the Company in the first interim period beginning after January 1, 2006. |
| As permitted by Statement 123, the company currently accounts for share-based payments to employees using Opinion 25‘s intrinsic value method and, as such, generally recognizes no compensation cost for employee stock options. In addition, non-compensatory plans under APB 25 will be considered compensatory for FAS 123(R) purposes. Accordingly, the adoption of Statement 123(R)‘s fair value method will have a significant impact on the Company result of operations, although it will have no impact on the Company overall financial position. The impact of adoption of Statement 123(R) cannot be predicted at this time because it will depend on levels of share-based payments granted in the future. However, had the Company adopted Statement 123(R) in prior periods, the impact of that standard would have approximated the impact of Statement 123 as described in the disclosure of pro forma net income and earnings per share in Note 2v to the consolidated financial statements. |
| In March 2005, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (SAB 107) to give guidance on implementation of SFAS 123R, which the Company plans to consider in implementing SFAS 123R. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 3:- OTHER ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND PREPAID EXPENSES
| | December 31,
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| | 2003
| 2004
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| | | Government authorities | | | $ | 1,657 | | $ | 1,977 | |
| | | Participations and grants receivable | | | | 1,177 | | | 331 | |
| | | Employees | | | | 97 | | | 69 | |
| | | Advances to suppliers | | | | 273 | | | 253 | |
| | | Prepaid expenses | | | | 623 | | | 411 | |
| | | Other | | | | 1,973 | | | 355 | |
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| | |
| | | | | | $ | 5,800 | | $ | 3,396 | |
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NOTE 4:- INVENTORIES
| | December 31,
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| | 2003
| 2004
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| | (as restated)
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| | | Raw materials | | | $ | 11,917 | | $ | 5,974 | |
| | | Work in-progress | | | | 172 | | | 3,579 | |
| | | Finished products | | | | 8,124 | | | 11,805 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | |
| | | | | | $ | 20,213 | | $ | 21,358 | |
| |
| |
| |
NOTE 5:- LONG-TERM TRADE RECEIVABLES
| The aggregate annual maturities of long-term trade receivables from the sale of products are as follows: |
| | December 31,
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| | 2003
| 2004
|
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| | | |
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| | | |
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| | | |
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| | | First year (current maturities) | | | $ | 956 | | $ | 124 | |
| | | Second year | | | | 654 | | | 233 | |
| | | Third year | | | | 104 | | | – | |
| |
| |
| |
| | |
| | | | | | | 1,714 | | | 357 | |
| | | Less - current maturities | | | | 956 | | | 124 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | |
| | | | | | $ | 758 | | $ | 233 | |
| |
| |
| |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 6:- INVESTMENTS IN AN AFFILIATED COMPANY
| Investment in NUR Pro Engineering: |
| | December 31,
|
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| | 2003
| 2004
|
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| | | |
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| | | |
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| | | |
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| Equity, net (1) | | | $ | 768 | | $ | – | |
| Long-term loans (2) | | | | 280 | | | – | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| Total investments in NUR Pro Engineering | | | $ | 1,048 | | $ | – | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| (1) Net equity as follows: | | |
| Net equity as of purchase date | | | $ | *) – | | $ | – | |
| Accumulated net earnings | | | | 308 | | | – | |
| Additional investment | | | | 460 | | | – | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | | | $ | 768 | | $ | – | |
| |
| |
| |
| *) | Represents an amount lower than $ 1. |
| (2) | The Company granted NUR Pro Engineering loans as follows: |
| A loan in the amount of $ 175 linked to the U.S. dollar bearing annual interest at the rate of 3%. A maturity date has not yet been determined. |
| A loan in the amount of $ 100 denominated in NIS bearing no interest and to be repaid in 20 years. |
| As per the acquisition of the remaining 50% of NUR Pro Engineering’s shares by the Company refer to Note 1c. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 7:- LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
| a. | Restricted long-term bank deposits are maintained to secure rent and leasing obligations. |
| b. | Convertible loan and warrants agreement: |
| On July 30, 2003 the Company signed a convertible loan and warrant agreement (the “Agreement”) with several investors and the then controlling shareholder (the “Investors”) according to which the Investors undertook to lend to the Company up to $ 3,500 (the “Credit Line”) in consideration for (i) the issuance by the Company to the Investors of an aggregate of 1,009,615 warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares (the “Warrants”) (equal to 15% of the Credit Line divided by $0.52) exercisable at $0.52 per share for a period of five years from the closing (as defined in the Agreement) and (ii) an aggregate cash commitment fee of $70 (the “Fee”) equal to 2% of the Credit Line. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 7:- LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cont.)
| The Company was entitled to draw funds under the Credit Line at any time within one year from the date of the Agreement (the “Availability Period”) which monies, when drawn, would be evidenced by a convertible loan note. Any convertible notes issued would (1) be due 42 months after issuance, (2) be convertible at $0.62 per share and (3) bear interest at a rate of 12%. During the Availability Period the Company was entitled, subject to ten days prior notice and assuming no monies had been drawn under the Credit Line, to cancel the Credit Line in which case the Investors would have been entitled to retain the Warrants and the Fee. Under the terms of the Agreement, the Investors were entitled to replace any undrawn portion of the Credit Line at any time during the Availability Period in exchange for the purchase of up to 5,645,161 Ordinary Shares at a purchase price of $ 0.62 per share. |
| According to the terms of the Agreement, the placement agents were granted warrants equal to the following: (a) 1% of the Credit Line divided by $0.52 on the closing of the Agreement and, upon issuance of Ordinary Shares (the “Placement Warrants”) and (b) 2% of the aggregate amount received by the Company for the issued Ordinary Shares divided by $0.62 (the “Conversion Warrants” and together with the Placement Warrants, the “Agent Warrants”). These warrants are exercisable at a price of $0.52 and $0.62 per share, respectively, for a period of five years from the date of grant. |
| In October 2003 the Company issued the Warrants and paid the Fee to the Investors. These Fees were recorded as general and administrative expenses. |
| On December 22, 2003 the Investors exercised their right to replace $2,000 of the undrawn Credit Line by purchasing 3,225,806 Ordinary Shares for $2,000. Issuance expenses associated with this purchase totaled $133. These Ordinary Shares were issued to the Investors in January 2004. |
| On March 31, 2004 the Investors exercised their right to replace the remaining $ 1,500 available under the Credit Line through the purchase of 2,419,355 Ordinary Shares for $1,500. Issuance expenses associated with this purchase totaled $43. These Ordinary Shares, along with the Agent Warrants, were issued on March 31, 2004. |
| The Credit Line was in essence a loan commitment given by the Investors to the Company in consideration for: (a) 1,009,615 Warrants issued to the Investors, (b) a cash commitment fee of $70, and (c) a call option for the issuance of approximately 5,645,000 Ordinary Shares that was “embedded” in the Agreement. The embedded call option resulted from the fact that the Investors had the right to convert the undrawn amount available under Credit Line through the purchase of Ordinary Shares at a fixed price per share. |
| The full consideration paid to the Investors (which includes the fair value of the Investors’ Warrants, the fair value of the embedded call option, and the Fee) is recorded, according to FAS 91, as deferred expenses on account of receiving a loan commitment. The fair value of the Warrants and embedded call option is recorded against a corresponding increase to Additional Paid-In-Capital. Upon issuance of the Ordinary Shares to the Investors, the deferred expenses will be reclassified to equity. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 7:- LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cont.)
| Upon exercise of the Investors’ right to replace the outstanding Credit Line through the purchase of Ordinary Shares, this transaction is treated as issuance of shares through the exercise of the call option under the Agreement. Therefore, the consideration received by the Company, net of the balance of the deferred expenses (which was comprised of the Fee, the fair value of the Warrants issued to the Investors, the fair value of the embedded call option and the Placement Warrants), is classified to shareholders’ equity. |
| The Conversion Warrants are recorded as additional issuance expenses and deducted from the proceeds of the issuance of Ordinary Shares to the Investors. |
| The Company has measured at fair value the following instruments: |
| 1. | The Warrants granted to the Investors in connection with the establishment of the Credit Line. The fair value calculations resulted in a fair value of $ 811. |
| 2. | Warrants granted to the placement agents. The fair value calculations resulted in a fair value of $ 29. |
| 3. | The embedded call option granted to the Investors. The fair value calculations resulted in a fair value of $ 3,086. |
| The Warrants and embedded call option were measured based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the embedded call option was adjusted to reflect the fact that it was cancelable by the Company at any time on a 10 days notice. |
| Because certain of the Investors were considered to be “Controlling Shareholders”, the participation of such Investors under the Israeli Companies Law, 1999, as amended (the “Companies Law”), required that in addition to the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares voted at the shareholders meeting, that either (a) the votes in favor include at least one third of the votes of participating shareholders, not counting abstaining votes, who do not have a “personal interest�� (as such term is defined in the Companies Law) approval of the resolution to permit such participation or (b) the aggregate votes of the opposing shareholders who do not have such “personal interest,” represent less than 1% of the Company’s outstanding share capital. Such approval was obtained on November 18, 2003. Therefore, the Warrants and the portion of the embedded call option relating to those shareholders were measured on November 18, 2003 rather than on July 30, 2003 (the date the Agreement was executed). |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 8:- PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
| a. | Composition of property and equipment is as follows: |
| | December 31,
|
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| | 2003
| 2004
|
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| | | |
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| | | |
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| | | |
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| Cost: | | | | | | | | |
| Machinery and equipment | | | $ | 3,760 | | $ | 1,767 | |
| Motor vehicles | | | | 2 | | | 26 | |
| Office furniture and equipment | | | | 7,051 | | | 7,543 | |
| Buildings (c) | | | | 1,392 | | | 1,493 | |
| Leasehold improvements | | | | 3,903 | | | 4,609 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | | | | 16,108 | | | 15,438 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| Accumulated depreciation | | | | 10,024 | | | 10,689 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| Depreciated cost | | | $ | 6,084 | | $ | 4,749 | |
| |
| |
| |
| b. | Depreciation expenses for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, amounted to $ 2,860, $ 3,452 and $ 1,889 respectively. (As for impairment, see Note 2j). |
| As for floating lien, see Note 13c. |
| c. | Capital lease obligations |
| NUR Europe leases certain buildings under lease agreements which are recorded as capital leases. The related facilities are included in property, plant and equipment and depreciated accordingly. |
| The facilities cost and accumulated depreciation for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004 were $ 1,392, $ 1,493 and $ 81, $ 72, respectively. |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 9:- TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
| Composition of technology and other intangible assets: |
| | December 31,
|
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| | 2003
| 2004
|
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| | | |
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| | | |
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| | | |
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| Original amounts: | | | | | | | | |
| Technology (1) | | | $ | 700 | | $ | 700 | |
| Customer list (2) | | | | 272 | | | 272 | |
| Production Agreement (3) | | | | – | | | 504 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | | | | 972 | | | 1,476 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| Accumulated amortization and impairment: | | |
| Technology | | | | 182 | | | 700 | |
| Customer list (2) | | | | 54 | | | 272 | |
| Production Agreement (3) | | | | – | | | 126 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | | | | 236 | | | 1,098 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| Amortized cost | | | $ | 736 | | $ | 378 | |
| |
| |
| |
| (1) | Resulting from the acquisition of Stillachem technology in 2001. The Stillachem technology was used until the second quarter of 2004 for ink production. From the second quarter of 2004, the Company uses a new technology for the production of ink and therefore the Company’s management has recorded an impairment on all of the outstanding balance. |
| (2) | Resulting from the acquisition of Nur Salsa in 2000. During 2004, the Company lowered its sales of the Salsa product significantly; therefore management has recorded an impairment on all of the outstanding balance. |
| (3) | Resulting from the acquisition of the remaining 50% of Nur Pro Engineering in 2004. This reflects the value of the production agreement of the Company’s printers. See Note 1c. |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 10:- CREDIT AND LOANS
| | Linkage terms
| Interest rate
| December 31.
|
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| | 2003
| 2004
| 2003
| 2004
|
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| | | % | | |
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| | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | LIBOR + | | | | | | | | |
| Short-term bank loans and | | | | | | LIBOR + | | | 2.25 - | | |
| credits (1) | | | U.S. dollar | | | 2.75 | | | 2.75 | | | $ | 14,223 | | $ | 33,304 | |
| | | | | | | | | | LIBOR + | | |
| Short-term bank credit | | | Euro | | | 4.50 | | | 2.5 - 2.75 | | | | 881 | | | 9,131 | |
| | | | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 15,104 | | $ | 42,435 | |
| | | | |
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| |
| (1) | On June 30, 2005, the Lender Banks agreed to waive principal payments until January 1, 2006. As discussed in Note 1b, in light of the uncertainties, long-term bank loans in the amount of $ 28,912 (as of December 31, 2004) are presented as short-term bank loans (see also Note 11(e)). |
| The weighted average interest rate as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 was 3.77% and 4.9%, respectively. |
| As of December 31, 2004, the total authorized credit line of the Company is $ 15,165, of which an amount of $ 12,557 was utilized by way of short term loan and credit and $ 735 in guarantees. |
| As of December 31, 2004, the total authorized credit line of NUR Europe is € 2,035 thousand ($ 2,768), of which an amount of € 710 thousand ($ 966) was utilized. |
| As for guarantees and liens of certain subsidiaries refer to Note 14(e). |
NOTE 11:- LONG-TERM LOANS
| | Linkage terms
| Interest rate
| December 31.
|
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| | 2003
| 2004
| 2003
| 2004
|
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| | |
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| | | | | | | LIBOR + | | | | | | | | | | | |
| From banks | | | U.S. dollar | | | 2.25 - 2.5 | | | – | | | $ | 30,197 | | $ | – | |
| From leasing companies | | | Euro | | | 4.95 | | | 4.95 | | | | 646 | | | 1,181 | |
| | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30,843 | | | 1,181 | |
| Less - current maturities | | | | | | | | | | | | | 862 | | | 117 | |
| | | | |
| |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 29,981 | | $ | 1,064 | |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 11:- LONG-TERM LOANS (Cont.)
| b. | The aggregate annual maturities of long-term loans are as follows: |
| | December 31,
|
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| | 2003
| 2004(*)
|
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| | | |
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| | | |
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| First year (current maturities) | | | $ | 862 | | $ | 117 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| Second year | | | | 6,106 | | | 130 | |
| Third year | | | | 23,875 | | | 130 | |
| Fourth year | | | | – | | | 130 | |
| Fifth year | | | | – | | | 130 | |
| Sixth year and thereafter | | | | – | | | 544 | |
| |
| |
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| | | |
| | | | | 29,981 | | | 1,064 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | | | $ | 30,843 | | $ | 1,181 | |
| |
| |
| |
| (*) | As to the classification of long-term loans to short term loans see Notes 10 and 11(e). |
| c. | Rescheduling and Warrants agreement with Banks: |
| During 2003, the Company entered into agreements with certain banks according to which the banks agreed to reschedule the repayment dates of the Company’s long-term loans and bank credit. |
| In connection with the loan rescheduling, the Company issued to the banks warrants to purchase an aggregate amount of 1,220,000 Ordinary shares of the Company, at an exercise price of $ 0.34 through $ 0.72 per share. The warrants expire on various dates during 2007. |
| The Company recorded compensation of approximately $ 494, which is being amortized from March 2003 and is included in financial expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, the Company recorded $ 92 and $ 198, respectively, in financial expenses. This transaction was accounted for in accordance with APB No.14, “Accounting for Convertible Debt and Debt Issued with Stock Purchase Warrants” (“APB 14”). |
| The fair value of the warrants was estimated at the grant date using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 3.2%, dividend yield of 0%, volatility factors of the expected market price of the Company’s Ordinary shares of 0.76 and a contractual life of four years. |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 11:- LONG-TERM LOANS (Cont.)
| During 2003, the Company did not comply with certain terms of the covenants set under their loan agreements with the banks. The Company received from the banks written waivers, under which the banks agreed, not to act upon their contractual rights on the Company’s abovementioned default. |
| In February 2004, the Company signed new agreements with the banks, according to which new covenants were determined. The new covenants are as follows: |
| 1. | To maintain an equity of no less than $ 500, $ 700, $ 1,000 and $ 1,300 during the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2004, respectively, to maintain an equity of no less than $ 15,500 or less than 16% of the Company’s tangible assets in 2005. |
| 2. | To maintain at the end of each quarter a cash balance of at least $ 6,000. |
| 3. | To refrain from merging, consolidating, amalgamating or entering into any other form of business combination with a third party, or liquidating or dissolving. |
| 4. | To maintain certain financial ratios relating to the Company’s earnings before income tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and the Company’s overall long-term debt to financial institutions. |
| 5. | To further secure the Company’s outstanding credit by a guarantee in favor of the banks issued by the Company’s subsidiaries. |
| During 2004, the Company did not comply with certain terms of the covenants. On June 30, 2005 the Company reached a new agreement (“the New Agreement”) with its Lender Banks to give waivers of default and the outstanding bank debt is currently not subject to acceleration. Following the New Agreement new covenants were determined. The new covenants are as follows: |
| 1. | The Lender Banks shall waive the non-performance by the Company of the financial covenants of prior facility agreements (“the Facility Agreement”), for all of previous periods ending March 31, 2005 (including the repayment provisions resulting from the non-performance by the Company of such financial covenants prior to March 31, 2005). |
| 2. | The total revenue of the Company for each of the quarters ending June 30, 2005, September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2005, as reported in each of the respective quarterly consolidated financial statements of the Company, shall not be less than $ 16,000. |
| 3. | The operating loss of the Company for each of the quarters ending on June 30, September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2005, as reported in the consolidated financial statements of the Company for each respective quarter, shall not be greater than $ 2,000. |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 11:- LONG-TERM LOANS (Cont.)
| 4. | For each of the quarters ending on June 30, 2005, September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2005, the inventory balance of the Company, as reported in the respective consolidated financial statements of the Company, shall not be less than $ 14,000. |
| 5. | For each of the quarters ending on June 30, 2005, September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2005, the accounts receivable balance of the Company, as reported in the respective quarterly consolidated financial statements of the Company, shall not be less than $ 7,000. |
| Unless in a case of a breach by the Company of any of its obligations hereunder, the Company shall not be obligated to repay to the Lender Banks any amounts on account of principal that are due and payable under the Facility Agreement until January 1, 2006. The Loans are repayable in January 2006. The Company intends to negotiate with the Lender Banks, new payment terms for the year 2006 and thereafter. There can be no assurance that such agreement can be concluded. In such event the Lender Banks shall have the right to call for the entire debts. |
| A breach by the Company of any of its obligations abovementioned, shall entitle the Lender Banks to immediately, at its sole discretion, declare the New Agreement, or any of the provisions stipulated by it as immediately being null and void and to exercise all or any of its rights and remedies under the Facility Agreement and/or under any law. |
| In any case of a breach by the Company, including non-achievement by the Company of any of the new financial covenants (i) the Company shall repay all amounts then owing under any or all documentation between the Company and the Lender Banks, to the Lender Banks and (ii) the Lender Banks shall be entitled to exercise any and all rights set forth in any or all documentation between the Lender Banks and the Company. |
| As discussed in Note 1b, in light of the uncertainties, long-term bank loans in the amount of $ 28,912 (as of December 31, 2004) are presented as short-term bank loans. |
NOTE 12:- OTHER ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
| | December 31,
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| | 2003
| 2004
|
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| | (as restated)
| |
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| | | |
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| | | |
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| Employees and payroll accruals | | | $ | 3,391 | | $ | 3,074 | |
| Government Authorities | | | | 766 | | | 371 | |
| Royalties payable | | | | 1,322 | | | 1,922 | |
| Deferred income | | | | 2,509 | | | 4,330 | |
| Warranty | | | | 1,272 | | | 1,103 | |
| Accrued expenses | | | | 1,618 | | | 3,425 | |
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| |
| |
| | | |
| | | | $ | 10,878 | | $ | 14,225 | |
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|
U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 13:- COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
| a. | Operating lease commitments: |
| The Company and most of its subsidiaries rent their facilities under various operating lease agreements, which expire on various dates, the latest of which is in 2011. The minimum rental payments under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows: |
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| 2005 | | | $ | 4,106 | | |
| 2006 | | | | 2,003 | | |
| 2007 | | | | 971 | | |
| 2008 | | | | 379 | | |
| 2009 | | | | 374 | | |
| 2010 and thereafter | | | | 643 | | |
| |
| | |
| | | |
| | | | $ | 8,476 | | |
| |
| | |
| Total lease expenses for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, were $ 1,570, $ 1,654 and $ 1,835, respectively. |
| 1. | The Company entered into several project plans with the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (“OCS”). The Company has an obligation to pay royalties at the rate of 2%-3% of the sales derived from the applicable products developed within the framework of such research and development projects, up to an amount equal to 100% – 150% of the grant received, linked to the U.S. dollar and for grants received after January 1, 1999, accrued for interest at the rate of LIBOR. The Company has no obligation to repay this amount if sales are not sufficient to satisfy the royalty obligations. The Company disputes the OCS’ claim for payment of certain royalties, see Note 13d. |
| In addition, NUR Media Solutions has an obligation to pay royalties at rates of 3%-6% on the sales of products developed with funds provided by the Government of Belgium, up to an amount equal to the research and development grants received in connection with such products, linked to the Euro. |
| Total royalties paid amounted to $ 67, $ 675 and $ 489 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. |
| As of December 31, 2004, the Company and NUR Media Solutions have no contingent obligation to pay royalties. |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 13:- COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Cont.)
| 2. | The Company is required to pay royalties to the Fund for the Encouragement of Marketing Activity at the rate of 3%-4% of the increases in export sales of products for which the Company received participations for its marketing activities, up to an amount equal to 100%-150% of the grant received, linked to the U.S. dollar. |
| The grant is repayable only in respect of sales of the related products, as a percentage of the growth in export sales. If there is no increase in export sales, or if the Company ceases producing the relevant products, the grant would not be repaid. |
| As of December 31, 2004, the Company has an obligation to pay royalties in the amount of $ 937. |
| c. | Charges and guarantees: |
| 1. | As collateral for its liabilities to the banks, the Company recorded fixed charges on its share capital, as well as a floating lien on all of its assets. |
| 1. | In August 2001, a client of NUR Europe filed a lawsuit against NUR Europe in the amount of € 920. NUR Europe filed a counter claim. In April 2004 the court denied the client’s claims and the client appealed that judgment. Based on management’s estimate and the opinion of its legal counsel, the Company did not record any provision in respect of this claim. |
| 2. | During 2002, the Company filed three lawsuits against customers of NUR Shanghai. As a result, the customers filed lawsuits against NUR Shanghai, in the amount of $ 392. Based on the opinion of its legal counsel and management’s opinion, management did not record any provision with respect to these claims. |
| 3. | During 2003, a former supplier filed a lawsuit against NUR Media Solutions, in the amount of € 943 in connection with a disputed supply agreement. Based on the opinion of its legal counsel and management’s opinion, management recorded in 2004 a provision in the amount of $ 600 with respect to this claim. As for subsequent events also see Note 19. |
| 4. | In February 2004, the Company received a demand letter from the OCS claiming that the Company’s outstanding liability for royalties to the OCS in connection with the sale of NUR Fresco printers aggregates to $ 750. The Company responded to the demand letter by denying the OCS’ claims. On February 2005 the Company filed a lawsuit against the OCS in an amount of $ 250 and requested the court to determine that it is not under an obligation to the royalties demanded by the OCS. The Company and the OCS reached a procedural agreement whereby NUR deposited with the court a bank guarantee in the amount of approximately $ 450 securing the disputed amount and undertook to place by October 2005 an additional bank guarantee of approximately $ 350. Based on management’s estimate and the opinion of its legal counsel, the Company recorded in 2004 a provision in an amount of $ 785 in respect of this dispute. As for subsequent events also see Note 19. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 14:- TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES WITH RELATED PARTIES
| a. | A company wholly-owned by the Company’s former CEO rendered services to certain subsidiaries. The Group’s expenses during the years 2003 and 2004 in respect of such services amounted to $ 70 and $ 12, respectively. |
| b. | As for loans to an affiliated company, see Note 6. |
| c. | In February 2002, the Company signed a service agreement with the former Chairman of the Board of Directors for an annual fee of $ 125, which is payable by the issuance of Ordinary shares of the Company. In 2002, 2003 and 2004, in respect of this agreement, 70,773, 184,754 and 131,290 Ordinary shares were issued, respectively. The number of Ordinary shares that were issued was calculated by dividing $ 31 which represents its quarterly fee, by the average closing price of the Ordinary shares in the last five trading days of the relevant calendar quarter. |
| d. | In October 2003, the Company entered into an engagement agreement with a certain law firm, that is owned, among others, by the brother of the Company’s CEO. Under the engagement agreement, the law firm represented the Company in litigations against third parties and provided legal services as needed in Israel and in Belgium. The aggregate consideration for the services provided to the Company and its subsidiaries by the law firm amounted to approximately $ 220 and $ 120 in 2003 and 2004, respectively. During 2004 the Company’s audit committee and Board of Directors reviewed, ratified and approved the terms of the engagement agreement. |
NOTE 15:- SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
| a. | The Ordinary shares of the Company are currently traded on the over-the-counter market in the so called “pink sheets as from May 2005, as a result of the Company’s non compliance with Nasdaq minimum stockholders’ equity listing requirements. |
| Ordinary shares confer upon their holders voting rights, the right to receive dividends and the right to share in excess assets upon liquidation of the Company. |
| c. | On March 31, 2004, the Company effected a private offering of its securities in which the Company issued 2,586,140 Ordinary shares of NIS 1 par value each in consideration of $ 3,000 (excluding issuance expenses). |
| In addition, as part of the share purchase agreement, the Company issued to the investors warrants exercisable into an aggregate of 646,542 Ordinary shares. The warrants are exercisable at a price per Ordinary share of $ 1.54, at any time until March 2009. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 15:- SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY (Cont.)
| The Company granted to the placement agent of the private placement warrants exercisable into 129,310 Ordinary shares. Those warrants will be exercisable until March 2009 at $ 1.16 per Ordinary share. |
| 1. | In October 1995, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted a Flexible Stock Incentive Plan (“1995 Plan”). The Stock Incentive Plan provides for grants of stock options to the Company’s employees and outside consultants. An aggregate amount of not more than 500,000 stock options are available for grant under the Stock Incentive Plan. Of such amount, (i) not more than 414,768 options are available for grant as stock options on the basis of future services (“service options”), (ii) not more than 18,232 options may be granted as stock options on the basis of performance (“performance options” – as of December 31, 2004 there are no outstanding performance options) and (iii) not more than 67,000 options may be granted as stock options to consultants on the basis of service or performance in respect of the public offering (“consultant options”). |
| The service options usually vest over a four-year period with an exercise price of not less than 80% of the fair market value of the Ordinary shares at the date of grant (as defined in the stock incentive plan). |
| Consultant options usually vest immediately based on past services rendered as the board determines. The options expire usually after 10 years from the date of grant. |
| In October 1997, the Company adopted an additional stock option plan. According to that option plan, 1,200,000 options will be granted to the Company and its subsidiaries’employees, directors and consultants. In October 1998 and August 1999, the Company and its subsidiaries’ shareholders approved the increase in the number of options available for grant by 500,000, and 500,000 options, respectively. The options usually vest over a three-year period with an exercise price of not less than 80% of the fair market value of the Ordinary shares at the date of grant (as defined in the stock option plan). Each option usually expires after 10 years from the date of grant. |
| In December 1998, the Company’s shareholders approved the non-employee director stock option plan (“1998 plan”) according to which 250,000 options are available for grant with an exercise price of the average of the closing bid and sale price at the issuance date. Each option is vested immediately and will expire after 10 years. |
| In August 2000, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the 2000 Stock Option Plan (“2000 plan”). According to that option plan, 1,000,000 options may be granted to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Options usually vest over a three-year period. The exercise price of the options under the 2000 plan is determined to be not less than 80% of the fair market value of the Company’s Ordinary shares at the time of grant, and they usually expire after 10 years from the date of grant. The 2000 plan expires on August 31, 2008, unless previously terminated or extended by the Board of Directors. |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 15:- SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY (Cont.)
| In November 2003, the Company decided to terminate the 1995 and 1997 plans and to increase the number of Ordinary shares authorized to be issued under the 2000 plan by 497,590 options which reflects the aggregate amount that was outstanding under these plans. |
| In October 2004, the Company’s shareholders approved the increase in the number of options available for grant under the 2000 plan by 500,000. |
| During 2002, 2003 and 2004, the Company granted to directors (including the Chairman of the Board of Directors) 10,000, 27,501 and 46,667 options, respectively. |
| Under the Company’s 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000 plans, the Company reserved for issuance 466,739, 1,735,671, 250,000 and 2,997,590 Ordinary shares, respectively. As ofDecember 31, 2004, 0, 0, 45,832, and 489,139 options, respectively, are still available for future grants under these plans. Any options, which are cancelled or forfeited before expiration, become available for future grant. |
| 2. | A summary of the Company’s share option activity through December 31, 2004 for the Plans is as follows: |
| | Options outstanding
|
---|
| | Number of options
| Weighted average exercise price
|
---|
| | | |
---|
| | | |
---|
| | | |
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| Balance as of January 1, 2002 | | | | 2,112,167 | | $ | 5.41 | |
| | | |
| Options granted | | | | 1,591,800 | | $ | 1.12 | |
| Options forfeited or cancelled | | | | (1,701,115 | ) | $ | 5.94 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| Balance as of December 31, 2002 | | | | 2,002,852 | | $ | 1.55 | |
| | | |
| Options granted | | | | 1,363,001 | | $ | 1.06 | |
| Options exercised | | | | (73,668 | ) | $ | 0.73 | |
| Options forfeited or cancelled | | | | (630,475 | ) | $ | 1.72 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| Balance as of December 31, 2003 | | | | 2,661,710 | | $ | 1.22 | |
| | | |
| Options granted | | | | 1,246,367 | | $ | 0.98 | |
| Options exercised | | | | (344,884 | ) | $ | 0.72 | |
| Options forfeited or cancelled | | | | (326,159 | ) | $ | 1.70 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| Balance as of December 31, 2004 | | | | 3,237,034 | | $ | 1.11 | |
| |
| |
| |
| The number of options exercisable as of December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was 1,388,501, 1,244,878 and 1,370,022, respectively. |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 15:- SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY (Cont.)
| The weighted average exercise price of options exercisable as of December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 is $ 1.66, $ 7.52 and $ 1.33, respectively. |
| 3. | The options outstanding as of December 31, 2004 have been separated into ranges of exercise price, as follows: |
| Range of exercise price
| Options outstanding as of December 31, 2004
| Weighted average remaining contractual life
| Weighted average exercise price
| Options exercisable as of December 31, 2004
| Weighted average exercise price of exercisable options
|
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| $
| | Years
| | | |
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| | | | | | |
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| | | | | | |
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| 0.37-0.69 | | 705,834 | | | 8.29 | | $ | 0.44 | | | 327,806 | | $ | 0.43 | |
| 0.72-0.80 | | 390,317 | | | 7.82 | | $ | 0.72 | | | 370,151 | | $ | 0.72 | |
| 0.85-1.40 | | 1,639,549 | | | 6.34 | | $ | 0.98 | | | 420,062 | | $ | 1.06 | |
| 1.63-1.88 | | 372,334 | | | 8.97 | | $ | 1.66 | | | 123,503 | | $ | 1.65 | |
| 1.94-2.75 | | 43,000 | | | 3.05 | | $ | 2.23 | | | 43,000 | | $ | 2.23 | |
| 3.20-4.67 | | 21,500 | | | 6.62 | | $ | 4.57 | | | 21,000 | | $ | 4.60 | |
| 5.00-7.00 | | 26,100 | | | 4.51 | | $ | 6.65 | | | 26,100 | | $ | 6.65 | |
| 7.50-13.5 | | 38,400 | | | 5.78 | | $ | 10.63 | | | 38,400 | | $ | 10.63 | |
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| | | |
| |
| | | 3,237,034 | | | | | $ | 1.11 | | | 1,370,022 | | $ | 1.33 | |
| |
| | | |
| |
| |
| |
| 4. | Weighted-average fair values and exercise price of options on dates of grant are as follows: |
| | For exercise prices on the date of grant that
|
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| | Equal market price
| Exceed market price
| Are less than market price
|
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| | 2003
| 2004
| 2003
| 2004
| 2003
| 2004
|
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| Weighted average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| exercise prices | | | $ | 0.61 | | $ | 0.98 | | $ | 1.62 | | $ | – | | $ | 0.06 | | $ | – | |
| |
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| |
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| |
| Weighted average | | |
| fair value on | | |
| grant date | | | $ | 0.48 | | $ | 0.48 | | $ | 1.27 | | $ | – | | $ | 0.08 | | $ | – | |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 15:- SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY (Cont.)
| e. | The Company’s outstanding warrants as of December 31, 2004, are as follows: |
| Issuance date
| Number of warrants issued
| Exercise price per share
| Warrants exercisable
| Expiration date
|
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| | | $
| | |
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| December 1997 | | | | 50,000 | | | 1.00 | | | 50,000 | | December 2005 | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| September 2000 | | | | 37,411 | | | 13.36 | | | 37,411 | | September 2005 | | |
| January 2002 | | | | 612,500 | | | 4.50 | | | 612,500 | | January 2006 | | |
| February 2002 | | | | 120,000 | | | 5.00 | | | 120,000 | | February 2006 | | |
| November 2002 | | | | 11,000 | | | 0.78 | | | 11,000 | | November 2006 | | |
| March 2003 | | | | 240,000 | | | 0.34 | | | 240,000 | | March 2007 | | |
| June 2003 | | | | 27,000 | | | 0.72 | | | 27,000 | | June 2007 | | |
| August 2003 | | | | 953,000 | | | 0.62 | | | 953,000 | | August 2007 | | |
| October 2003 | | | | 1,019,230 | | | 0.52 | | | 1,019,230 | | October 2008 | | |
| March 2004 | | | | 646,542 | | | 1.54 | | | 646,542 | | March 2009 | | |
| March 2004 | | | | 112,903 | | | 0.62 | | | 112,903 | | March 2009 | | |
| March 2004 | | | | 129,310 | | | 1.16 | | | 129,310 | | March 2009 | | |
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| | | | | 3,958,896 | | | | | | 3,958,896 | | | | |
| |
| | |
| | | |
| In the event that cash dividends are declared in the future, such dividends will be paid in NIS. |
| A dividend paid to shareholders outside Israel will be converted into dollars, on the basis of the exchange rate prevailing at the date of payment. The Company does not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. |
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U.S. dollars in thousands |
NOTE 16:- TAXES ON INCOME
| a. | Tax benefits under the Israeli Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 (the “law”): |
| Certain of the Company’s production facilities have been granted the status of “Approved Enterprise” under the law, for three separate investment plans. |
| According to the provisions of this law, the Company elected to enjoy “alternative benefits” which provide tax benefits in exchange for waiver of grants. Accordingly, the Company’s income from the “Approved Enterprise” will be tax-exempt for a period of 2, 4 and 4 years, for the first, second and third plan, respectively, commencing with the year it first earns taxable income. Based on the percentage of foreign ownership of the Company, income derived during the remaining periods of five, three and three years, respectively of benefits is taxable at the rate of 15%. |
| The period of tax benefits detailed above is subject to limits of 12 years from the commencement of production, or 14 years from receiving the approval, whichever is earlier. Given the abovementioned conditions, the period of benefits for the first and second plans commenced in 1994 and 1999, respectively. The first plan was terminated in 2001 and the second plan was terminated in 2004. The period of benefits for the third plan has not yet commenced. |
| The entitlement to the above benefits is conditional upon the Company fulfilling the conditions stipulated by the above law, regulations published thereunder and the letters of approval for the specific investments in “Approved Enterprises”. In the event of failure to comply with these conditions, the benefits may be canceled and the Company may be required to refund the amount of the benefits, in whole or in part, including interest. As of the balance sheet date, the Company complies with all these conditions. |
| The tax-exempt profits earned by the Company’s “Approved Enterprise” can be distributed to shareholders, without imposing a tax liability on the Company, only upon the complete liquidation of the Company. If these retained tax-exempt profits are distributed in a manner other than upon the complete liquidation of the Company, they would be taxed at the corporate tax rate applicable to such profits as if the Company had not elected the alternative tax benefits (currently – 15%-20% for an “Approved Enterprise” based on the percentage of foreign ownership of the Company). |
| The Company has decided to permanently reinvest the tax exempt profits resulting from the “Approved Enterprise” status and not to distribute such profits as dividends. Accordingly, no deferred income taxes have been provided in respect of said tax exempt profits. |
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U.S. dollars in thousands |
NOTE 16:- TAXES ON INCOME (Cont.)
| The law also entitles the Company to claim accelerated rates of depreciation on equipment used by the “Approved Enterprise” during five tax years. |
| Income from sources other than the “Approved Enterprise” during the benefit period will be subject to tax at the regular corporate tax rate of 35%. The regular corporate tax rate is to be gradually reduced to 30% by 2007 (34% in 2005, 32% in 2006 and 30% in 2007). |
| b. | Measurement of results for tax purposes under the Income Tax Law (Inflationary Adjustments), 1985: |
| Results for tax purposes are measured in terms of earnings in NIS after certain adjustments for increases in Israel’s Consumer Price Index (“CPI”). As explained in Note 2b, the financial statements are measured in U.S. dollars. The difference between the annual change in Israel’s CPI and in the NIS/dollar exchange rate causes a difference between taxable income and the income before taxes shown in the financial statements. In accordance with paragraph 9(f) of SFAS No. 109, the Company has not provided deferred income taxes in respect of the difference between the reporting currency and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. |
| c. | Tax benefits under the Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxation), 1969: |
| The Company is an “industrial company”, as defined by this law and, as such, is entitled to certain tax benefits, including accelerated rates of depreciation, in accordance with regulations published under the inflationary adjustments law. The Company is also entitled to claim public issuance expenses and patent amortization costs from its taxable income in three and eight equal annual installments, respectively. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands |
NOTE 16:- TAXES ON INCOME (Cont.)
| d. | Theoretical tax expense: |
| A reconciliation of the theoretical tax expense, assuming all income is taxed at the statutory rate applied to corporations in Israel and the actual tax expense, is as follows: |
| | | Year ended December 31,
|
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| | | 2002
| 2003
| 2004
|
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| | |
| (as restated)
|
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| | | | | |
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| | | | | |
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| | Loss before taxes on income | | | $ | (24,389 | ) | $ | (25,179 | ) | $ | (21,948 | ) |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | | |
| | Statutory tax rate | | | | 36 | % | | 36 | % | | 35 | % |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | | |
| | Theoretical taxes on income (tax benefit) | | | $ | (8,780 | ) | $ | (9,064 | ) | $ | (7,682 | ) |
| | Increase (decrease) in taxes: | | |
| | Approved enterprise | | | | 1,179 | | | 57 | | | 2,897 | |
| | Reduced statutory tax rate of a subsidiary | | | | 402 | | | (506 | ) | | 201 | |
| | Non-deductible and other expenses | | | | 248 | | | 82 | | | 1,390 | |
| | Carryforward loss, generated during the year | | |
| | for which a valuation allowance was | | |
| | provided | | | | 6,985 | | | 10,622 | | | 3,213 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | | |
| | Actual tax expense | | | $ | 34 | | $ | 1,191 | | $ | 19 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| e. | Taxes on income (benefit) included in the | | |
| | statements of operations: | | |
| | | | |
| | Current: | | |
| | Domestic | | | $ | – | | $ | (450 | ) | $ | 19 | |
| | Foreign | | | | 77 | | | 52 | | | – | |
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| |
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| | | | | | 77 | | | (398 | ) | | 19 | |
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| |
| | Deferred: | | |
| | Domestic | | | | (43 | ) | | 1,589 | | | – | |
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| | | | | $ | 34 | | $ | 1,191 | | $ | 19 | |
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U.S. dollars in thousands |
NOTE 16:- TAXES ON INCOME (Cont.)
| Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Groups’ deferred tax assets are as follows: |
| | December 31,
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| | 2003
| 2004
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| | (as restated)
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| Deferred tax asset: | | | | | | | | |
| Net operating losses and deductions carryforward | | | $ | 26,614 | | $ | 25,960 | |
| Others | | | | 85 | | | 88 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance | | | | 26,699 | | | 26,048 | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| Valuation allowance (1) | | | | (26,699 | ) | | (26,048 | ) |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| Net deferred tax assets | | | $ | – | | $ | – | |
| |
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| |
| (1) | The Group has provided valuation allowances in respect of deferred tax assets resulting from tax losses carryforward and other temporary differences. Management currently believes that since the Company has a history of losses it is more likely than not that the deferred tax regarding all loss carryforwards will not be utilized in the foreseeable future. |
| g. | Carryforward tax losses and deductions: |
| As of December 31, 2004, the Company had available carryforward tax losses and deductions aggregating to approximately $ 20,000. |
| Additional carryforward losses of NUR America and NUR Salsa, in the amount of approximately $ 30,053, which is located in the U.S., will expire in 2021. Utilization of U.S. net operating losses may be subject to substantial annual limitation due to the “change in ownership provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986” and similar state provisions. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of net operating losses before utilization. |
| NUR Asia Pacific and NUR Shanghai had available carryforward losses as of December 31, 2004 aggregating to approximately $ 15,881, which have no expiration date. |
| NUR Japan had available carryforward losses as of December 31, 2004 aggregating to approximately $ 213, which expire in 2007. |
| NUR Europe and NUR Media Solutions had available carryforward losses as of December 31, 2004 aggregating to approximately $ 18,564, which have no expiration date. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands |
NOTE 16:- TAXES ON INCOME (Cont.)
| h. | Loss before income taxes consists of the following: |
| | Year ended December 31,
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| | 2002
| 2003
| 2004
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| (as restated)
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| Domestic | | | $ | (3,834 | ) | $ | (249 | ) | $ | (8,178 | ) |
| Foreign | | | | (20,555 | ) | | (25,428 | ) | | (13,770 | ) |
| |
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| | | |
| | | | $ | (24,389 | ) | $ | (25,179 | ) | $ | (21,948 | ) |
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NOTE 17:- MAJOR CUSTOMERS AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
| a. | Summary information about geographic areas: |
| The Company manages its business on the basis of one reportable segment. See Note 1a for a brief description of the Company’s business. The following data is presented in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 131 (“SFAS No 131”), “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”. Total revenues are attributed to geographical areas based on location of end customers. |
| The following table presents total revenues and long lived assets for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and as of December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively: |
| | 2002
| 2003
| 2004
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| | Total revenues
| Long- lived assets
| Total revenues
| Long- lived assets
| Total revenues
| Long- lived assets
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| | (As restated)
| (As restated)
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| Israel | | | $ | 355 | | $ | 4,175 | | $ | 925 | | $ | 4,169 | | $ | 31 | | $ | 3,383 | |
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| Asia | | | | 16,139 | | | 728 | | | 10,709 | | | 143 | | | 11,451 | | | 90 | |
| | | |
| China | | | | 4,436 | | | 493 | | | 51 | | | – | | | – | | | – | |
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| America | | | | 27,324 | | | 3,974 | | | 17,268 | | | 361 | | | 25,809 | | | 207 | |
| | | |
| Europe | | | | 33,451 | | | 3,060 | | | 38,460 | | | 2,147 | | | 38,398 | | | 1,447 | |
| | | |
| Other | | | | 3,181 | | | – | | | 1,301 | | | – | | | 1,034 | | | – | |
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| | | | $ | 84,886 | | $ | 12,430 | | $ | 68,714 | | $ | 6,820 | | $ | 76,723 | | $ | 5,127 | |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands |
NOTE 17:- MAJOR CUSTOMERS AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Cont.)
| Total revenues from external customers distributed on the basis of the Company’s product lines are as follows: |
| | Year ended December 31,
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| | 2002
| 2003
| 2004
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| | (as restated)
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| Printers | | | $ | 42,816 | | $ | 39,030 | | $ | 44,754 | |
| Ink | | | | 21,904 | | | 17,637 | | | 18,379 | |
| Substrates | | | | 10,418 | | | 2,321 | | | 1,749 | |
| Others | | | | 9,748 | | | 9,726 | | | 11,841 | |
| |
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| | | |
| | | | $ | 84,886 | | $ | 68,714 | | $ | 76,723 | |
| |
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| c. | Major customer data as a percentage of total revenues: |
| The Group does not have any major customer that represents 10% or more of the consolidated revenues for 2002, 2003 and 2004. |
NOTE 18:- SELECTED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA
| a. | Research and development expenses, net: |
| | | Year ended December 31,
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| | | 2002
| 2003
| 2004
|
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| | | | (as restated)
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| | Research and development expenses | | | $ | 9,191 | | $ | 7,233 | | $ | 8,008 | |
| | Less - participation of the Israeli and Belgian | | |
| | governments in research and development projects | | | | 1,449 | | | 687 | | | – | |
| | |
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| | | | | $ | 7,742 | | $ | 6,546 | | $ | 8,008 | |
| | |
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| b. | Financial expenses: | | |
| | | | |
| | Expenses: | | |
| | Interest on short-term bank credit and charges | | | $ | (2,710 | ) | $ | (2,021 | ) | $ | (1,436 | ) |
| | Interest on long-term loans | | | | (54 | ) | | – | | | (1,195 | ) |
| | Foreign currency translation differences (1) | | | | (683 | ) | | (2,673 | ) | | (3,912 | ) |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | | |
| | | | | | (3,447 | ) | | (4,694 | ) | | (6,543 | ) |
| | |
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| | Income: | | |
| | Interest on bank deposits and other | | | | 167 | | | 490 | | | – | |
| | Foreign currency translation differences (1) | | | | 1,958 | | | 2,798 | | | 3,904 | |
| | |
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| | | | | | 2,125 | | | 3,288 | | | 3,904 | |
| | |
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| | | | | $ | (1,322 | ) | $ | (1,406 | ) | $ | (2,639 | ) |
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| (1) | Include losses from non-hedging forward and option contracts (See Note 2w). |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 19:- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (UNAUDITED)
| On December 29, 2004 the Company reached an agreement with Inspire Investments Ltd. (“Inspire”) regarding an investment by Inspire of $10 million in the Company (“the Investment Agreement”). The consummation of the Investment Agreement was conditioned, among other things, upon Inspire’s completion of its due diligence review. |
| As a pre-condition to entering into the agreement Inspire required, among others, that the Company enter into a debt restructuring agreement with the Lender Banks. |
| On January 23, 2005, the Company entered into a voting agreement (“the Voting Agreement”) coupled with an irrevocable proxy, with Dan Purjes. Further to conversations between representatives of the Company and NASDAQ, the Company and Dan Purjes entered into a voting trust agreement (“the Voting Trust Agreement”) as of March 7, 2005 that amended, superseded and suspended the Voting Agreement. The Company granted Dan Purjes a five year warrant to purchase 3,000,000 Ordinary shares at an exercise price of $ 0.75 per share. On May 16, 2005, the Company’s shares were delisted from the NASDAQ SmallCap Market because the Company had failed to maintain the minimum listing requirements and as a result the Voting Trust Agreement was automatically terminated and converted into the Voting Agreement. |
| On March 21, 2005 the Company has also reached a debt restructuring agreement with the Lender Banks (“the Restructuring Agreement”), providing for the conversion of $ 15,000 of the Company's outstanding debt into equity, the rescheduling of the Company's remaining $ 28,000 outstanding debt and the revision of the financial ratios governing the debt agreements with the Lender Banks. The Restructuring Agreement was conditioned upon the closing of the Investment Agreement. |
| On June 16, 2005, the Company was notified by Inspire that it had terminated the Investment Agreement , indicating that it was not satisfied with the results of its due diligence review. As a result of Inspire terminating the Investment Agreement, the Restructuring Agreement with the Lender Banks was terminated. Following the termination of the Investment Agreement and the Restructuring Agreement, the Company and the Lender Banks signed on June 30, 2005 the New Agreement (see Note 1b and 11e). |
| On August 21, 2005 the Company reached an agreement with Fortissimo Capital Fund (“Fortissimo”) regarding an investment by a group of investors led by Fortissimo of $ 12,000 in the Company (the “Fortissimo Investment Agreement”). As a condition to closing the investment Fortissimo required, among things, that the Company will enter into a debt restructuring agreement with the Lender Banks. |
| On September 12, 2005 the Company reached an agreement with the Lender Banks, providing for the conversion of $ 14,000 of the Company’s outstanding debt into equity, the conversion of $ 5,000 of the Company’s outstanding debt into a 3-year subordinated note, and the repayment of $ 2,000 of the outstanding debt within 1 year. The debt restructuring agreement further provided for the replacement of the remaining $ 22,000 of the outstanding debt with new credit facilities. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data) |
NOTE 19:- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (UNAUDITED) (Cont.)
| The Company also agreed to extend the exercise period of 1,340,000 outstanding warrants previously granted to the Lender Banks by 18 months. |
| The Fortissimo Investment Agreement was closed on October 31, 2005. |
| In October 2005 Dan Purjes, the former Chairman and then largest shareholder, filed a complaint against the Company seeking the reinstatement of his voting rights, the control of which had been granted to the Company pursuant to the Voting Agreement. The Company has filed a motion to dismiss this complaint. |
| In February 2006 the court has approved a settlement between the Company and the OCS. As result of the dispute with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Employment the Company withheld payments owed to the Fund for the Encouragement of Marketing Activities of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Employment (the “Marketing Fund”). Under the terms of the approved settlement, the Company will make aggregate payments of approximately $ 800 to the OCS and approximately $ 1,000 to the Marketing Fund, each over a three year period. |
| In February 2006 the court has rendered an unfavorable judgment to NUR Media Solutions regarding a lawsuit filed by a former supplier. NUR Media Solutions was ordered to pay penalties and accrued interest in approximately the amount of € 1,200. |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors of
NUR Asia Pacific Limited
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of NUR Asia Pacific Limited (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2004 and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2004. Those financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatements. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial report. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test, basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe mat our audit provides 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, 2004, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally n the United States of America.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a net capital, deficiency that raises substantial doubt about its ability lo continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainly.
/s/ BDO McCabe Lo & Company BDO McCabe Lo & Company
Hong Kong, 2 Jun 2005 |

Auditors’ report
Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors
NUR Japan Ltd.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of NUR Japan Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of NUR Macroprinter) as of December 31, 2003, and the related statements of income, cash flow and changes in stockholders’ equity for the year then ended. The 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 auditing standards generally accepted in Japan and in the United States of America. 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 management, as well as, evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, die financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, in US dollars, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2003, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ ASG Audit Corporation —————————————— Member of Grant Thornton |
Tokyo, Japan
January 26, 2004