FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For January 31, 2006
BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(Translation of Registrant's Name into English)
8 MASKIT STREET, HERZLIA 46120, ISRAEL
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [X] Form 40-F [_]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes [_] No [X]
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-.....................
This report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-116044) as amended, filed by
BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd. under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent not
superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed by BluePhoenix Solutions
Ltd. under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Attached to the Registrant's Form 6-K for January 31, 2006 and incorporated
by reference herein is the Registrant's immediate report dated January 31, 2006.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(Registrant)
By: /S/ Yael Peretz
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Yael Peretz
Legal Advisor
Dated: January 31, 2006
BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 INTERIM REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
Consolidated Unaudited Interim Financial Statements:
Consolidated Unaudited Interim Balance Sheets 1
Consolidated Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations 2
Consolidated Unaudited Interim Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity 3
Consolidated Unaudited Interim Statements of Cash Flows 4
Note to the Condensed Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 5-11
Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 12
BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
SEPTEMBER DECEMBER
30, 31,
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2005 2004
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UNAUDITED AUDITED
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(IN THOUSANDS)
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ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 8,319 $ 9,363
Marketable securities - 177
Trade accounts receivable 17,895 15,814
Other current assets 2,431 2,567
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Total current assets 28,645 27,921
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INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES AND OTHER COMPANIES (NOTE 2) 400 -
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FIXED ASSETS:
Cost 11,320 10,614
Less - accumulated depreciation 9,103 7,921
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2,217 2,693
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GOODWILL (NOTE 3) 37,617 37,090
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CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND OTHER (NOTE 4) 27,232 23,178
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TOTAL ASSETS $ 96,111 $ 90,882
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Short-term bank credit (Note 5) $ 13,233 $ 7,214
Accounts payable and accruals:
Trade 2,736 4,382
Deferred revenue 4,209 2,583
Other 7,261 7,385
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Total current liabilities 27,439 21,564
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LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
Convertible debentures 4,269 5,149
Accrued severance pay, net 1,294 1,160
Provision for losses in formerly-consolidated subsidiary 1,971 1,971
Loans from banks and others (Note 6) 5,280 7,537
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Total long-term liabilities 12,814 15,817
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MINORITY INTERESTS 4,910 4,870
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 7)
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Share capital 31 31
Capital surplus 56,173 54,953
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (1,514) (1,631)
Retained earnings 10,966 9,986
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65,656 63,339
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Cost of Company shares held by subsidiaries (Note 9) (14,708) (14,708)
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Total shareholders' equity 50,948 48,631
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 96,111 $ 90,882
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THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
NINE MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31,
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2005 2004 2004
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UNAUDITED AUDITED
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE
AMOUNTS)
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Revenues (Note 8) $43,504 $ 42,643 $ 57,186
Cost of revenues 18,947 18,046 24,253
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Gross profit 24,557 24,597 32,933
Software development costs, net 5,916 6,073 8,055
Selling, general and administrative expenses 16,237 15,844 21,388
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Operating income 2,404 2,680 3,490
Financial expenses, net 1,521 928 882
Gain on realization of shareholdings - 112 112
Other income, net 97 975 975
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Income before taxes on income 980 2,839 3,695
Taxes on income 3 5 260
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977 2,834 3,435
Equity in losses of affiliated companies, net - 424 516
Minority interests 3 (196) (73)
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Net income $ 980 $ 2,214 $ 2,846
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EARNINGS PER SHARE:
Basic $ 0.07 $ 0.16 $ 0.21
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Diluted $ 0.07 $ 0.16 $ 0.21
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic 13,568 13,519 13,523
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Diluted 14,951 14,713 14,679
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THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
SHARE CAPITAL
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COST OF
ACCUMULATED COMPANY
OTHER SHARES
NUMBER OF CAPITAL COMPREHENSIVE RETAINED HELD BY
SHARES AMOUNT SURPLUS INCOME EARNINGS SUBSIDIARIES TOTAL
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARES)
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2004 $ 13,484,276 $ 30 $ 54,412 $(1,476) $ 7,140 $ (14,708) $ 45,398
CHANGES DURING 2004:
Components of comprehensive income:
Net income - - - - 2,846 - 2,846
Currency translation adjustments - - - (155) - - (155)
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Total comprehensive income 2,691
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Issuance of shares 31,496 1 199 - - - 200
Issuance of options - - 48 - - - 48
Beneficial conversion features - - 173 - - - 173
Exercise of employee share options 33,767 - 121 - - - 121
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BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2004 13,549,539 $ 31 $ 54,953 $(1,631) $ 9,986 $ (14,708) $ 48,631
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CHANGES DURING 2005:
Components of comprehensive income:
Net income - - - - 980 - 980
Currency translation adjustments - - - 117 - - 117
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Total comprehensive income 1,097
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Classification of warrants to equity - - 871 - - - 871
Beneficial conversion features - - 325 - - - 325
Exercise of employee share options 7,999 - 24 - - - 24
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BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 13,557,538 $ 31 $ 56,173 $(1,514) $10,966 $ (14,708) $ 50,948
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THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
NINE MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31,
2005 2004 2004
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UNAUDITED AUDITED
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(IN THOUSANDS)
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income $ 980 $ 2,214 $ 2,846
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Minority interest in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries (3) 196 73
Equity in losses of affiliated companies, net - 424 516
Depreciation and amortization 4,826 3,347 4,430
Decrease in accrued severance pay, net (240) (176) (362)
Loss (gain) from sale of fixed assets (26) 6 14
Gain on realization of shareholdings and expiration of options - 59 (112)
Change in value of long term-loans and liabilities 355 119 275
Deferred taxes (55) 34 (104)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Decrease in marketable securities 177 261 600
Increase in trade receivables (931) (4,113) (2,011)
Decrease (increase) in other current assets 713 (1,019) (335)
Increase (decrease) in trade payables (2,290) (201) 437
Decrease in other accounts payable (70) (2,479) (5,138)
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Net cash provided (used) by operating activities 3,436 (1,328) 1,129
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of fixed assets (544) (820) (1,118)
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets 280 182 203
Investment in and loans to affiliated and other companies (400) (97) (97)
Repayment of loan - 68 68
Proceeds from sale of investments - 2,777 2,777
Capitalization of software development and other costs (6,054) (5,103) (7,117)
Purchase of minority interest in subsidiaries (180) - -
Investment in newly-consolidated subsidiaries (1,343) (128) (95)
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Net cash used in investing activities (8,241) (3,121) (5,379)
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Short-term bank credit, net 138 (2,885) (2,350)
Repayment of long-term loans (382) (304) (2,063)
Receipt of long-term loans 3,934 1,585 2,443
Issuance of convertible debentures and warrants - 5,000 5,000
Debentures issuance expense - (450) (643)
Exercise of employee share options 21 42 121
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Net cash provided by financing activities 3,711 2,988 2,508
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EFFECT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH 50 49 -
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (1,044) (1,412) (1,742)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 9,363 11,105 11,105
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR $ 8,319 $ 9,693 $ 9,363
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THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -
UNAUDITED
NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
A. GENERAL:
BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd. ("BluePhoenix") (together with its
subsidiaries "the Company") is an Israeli corporation, which operates
in one business segment enterprise IT modernization solutions. The
Company develops and markets software tools and provides consulting
services for efficient modernization of legacy systems and
cross-platform migration. The Company manages its business in various
international markets through several entities, including its
wholly-owned subsidiaries located in: USA, UK, Denmark, Germany,
Italy, Netherlands, Cyprus, Romania and Israel. The Company operates
in one reportable operating segment.
B. The significant accounting policies applied in the annual financial
statements of the Company as of December 31, 2004 are applied
consistently in these financial statements.
C. RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS:
In December 2004, the FASB issued FAS No. 123(R), "Share Based
Payment." SFAS No. 123(R) requires that compensation costs related to
share based payment transactions to be recognized in the financial
statements. In most cases the amount of compensation cost will be
measured based on the grant date fair value of the equity or liability
issued. SFAS No. 123(R) requires all share-based payments to
employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be
recognized in the financial statements based on their fair values.
Awards classified, as liabilities will be remeasured to fair value
each reporting period. The compensation cost will be recognized over
the period that the employee provides service in exchange for the
award. SFAS No. 123(R) replaces SFAS No. 123, Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation and supersedes APB 25, Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees. SFAS No. 123(R) is effective for public entities
as of the beginning of the first interim or annual reporting period
that begins after June 15, 2005.
In April 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the
adoption of a new rule which amends the effective date for Statement
No. 123(R). The new rule does not change any of the accounting
provisions. As a result, the Company will adopt the accounting
provisions of Statement No. 123(R) as of January 1, 2006.
In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, "Accounting Changes and
Error Corrections". SFAS 154 is a replacement of Accounting Principles
Board Opinion ("APB") No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3. SFAS 154
provides guidance on the accounting for and reporting of an accounting
changes and error corrections. It established retrospective
application as the required method for reporting a change in
accounting principle. SFAS No. 154 also requires that a change in
depreciation, amortization, or depletion method for long-lived,
nonfinancial assets be accounted for as a change in accounting
estimate affected by a change in accounting principle. The statement
carries forward the guidance contained in APB No. 20 for reporting the
correction of an error in previously issued financial statements and a
change in accounting estimate.
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(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -
UNAUDITED
NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONT.):
C. RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (CONT.):
SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of
errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The
Company does not expect this standard to have a material effect on the
Company's financial statements or results of operations.
D. UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States for interim financial information.
Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes
required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of
management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals)
considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.
Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the
year ended December 31, 2005. The interim financial statements should
be read in connection with the financial statements in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004.
NOTE 2 - INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES AND OTHER COMPANIES:
ZULU. In February 2005, we entered into an agreement to purchase up to 20%
of the outstanding share capital of Zulu Software, Inc., or Zulu, on a
fully diluted basis. Under the purchase agreement, the purchase price was
divided into four installments, each to be paid subject to fulfillment of a
certain milestone. We paid the first installment of $350,000 in February
2005 against the issuance to us of 8% of Zulu's outstanding share capital.
We have not made additional payments on account of the purchase price
pursuant to the purchase agreement since the agreed milestones have not
been met. In January 2006, we purchased from the other shareholders of Zulu
additional shares of Zulu increasing our holdings in Zulu to 72% of Zulu's
outstanding share capital. The aggregate consideration we paid for this
additional purchase was $2.4 million. In addition, in February 2005, we
entered into an alliance agreement with Zulu for cooperation in marketing
and selling Zulu's and our software tools and services.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -
UNAUDITED
NOTE 3 - GOODWILL:
SEPTEMBER DECEMBER
30, 31,
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2005 2004
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UNAUDITED AUDITED
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(IN THOUSANDS)
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Carrying amounts at beginning of year $37,090 $36,807
Acquired 527 283
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Carrying amount at end of year $37,617 $37,090
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -
UNAUDITED
NOTE 4 - CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND OTHER:
A. COMPOSITION:
SEPTEMBER DECEMBER
30, 31,
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2005 2004
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UNAUDITED AUDITED
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(IN THOUSANDS)
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Capitalized software development costs (2) $25,229 $21,729
Customer related intangible asset (3) 1,235 372
Deferred issuance expenses, net 369 516
Rent deposit 118 176
Deferred tax asset 150 110
Loans to others - 85
Secured promissory note to other Company - 97
Others 131 93
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$27,232 $23,178
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(2) Original amount 37,219 30,143
Less - accumulated amortization 11,990 8,414
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$25,229 $21,729
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(3) Original amount 1,475 425
Less-accumulated amortization 240 53
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$ 1,235 $ 372
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4. Ttransactions during 2005:
I-TER. In the second quarter of 2005, we entered into an agreement to
purchase the entire outstanding share capital of I-Ter/Informatica &
Territorio S.p.A., or I-Ter, in two installments. At the first
closing, held in June 2005, we purchased 51% of I-Ter's share capital,
in consideration of $1.3 million. Under the terms of the transaction,
we agreed to pay the selling shareholders of I-Ter an additional
consideration of up to $725,000 calculated based on I-Ter's cumulative
earnings before interest and taxes, referred to as EBIT, as follows:
if the EBIT in any calander year during the three-year period
commencing on January 1, 2005, is equal to or greater than $6,000, we
will pay the selling shareholders $240,000 with respect to each such
years.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -
UNAUDITED
NOTE 4 - CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COST AND OTHER (CONT.):
A. 4. (CONT.)
In addition, we agreed to pay to the selling shareholders, at the end of
the three-year period mentioned above, an additional amount equal to five
times of the yearly average EBIT in the three-year period commencing on
January 1, 2005, less the amounts already paid to the selling shareholders
for the purchased shares.
In accordance with the purchase agreement, we undertook to purchase the
remaining 49% of I-Ter's share capital, at such date which is 15 business
days following the date on which the EBIT report for the year ended on
December 31, 2007 is final. The consideration to be paid to the selling
shareholders at the second closing shall be equal to seven times of the
yearly average EBIT in the three-year period commencing on January 1, 2005,
less the amounts already paid to the selling shareholders for the 51%
interest. In addition, in the event that the yearly average EBIT in the
three-year period commencing on January 1, 2005 is greater than $600,000,
we shall pay the selling shareholders an amount equal to nine times of the
difference between the yearly average EBIT in the three-year period
commencing on January 1, 2005 and $600,000.
I-Ter is a developer and marketer of software solutions for migration from
DL1 to DB2, and from IMS/DC to CICS, porting of applications from mainframe
and Unix Sun Solaris. In the second quarter of 2005, we entered into an
alliance agreement with I-Ter for cooperation in marketing and selling
I-Ter's and our software tools and services.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -
UNAUDITED
NOTE 5 - SHORT-TERM BANK CREDIT:
COMPOSITION:
AVERAGE INTEREST
RATE
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SEPTEMBER 30, SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31,
2005 LINKAGE 2005 2004
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UNAUDITED AUDITED
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% BASIS (IN THOUSANDS)
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Short-term bank loan 5.86 NIS $ 1,926 $1,532
Short-term bank loan 5.68 CPI 18 -
Short-term bank loan 5.43 Dollar 5,781 5,000
Short-term loan 5.00 Dollar 4,416 -
Short-term bank loan 3.70 Euro 1,092 682
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$13,233 $7,214
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NOTE 6 - LOANS FROM BANKS AND OTHERS:
A. COMPOSITION:
AVERAGE TOTAL LONG-TERM TOTAL LONG-TERM
INTEREST RATE LONG-TERM CURRENT LIABILITIES NET OF LIABILITIES NET OF
------ LIABILITIES MATURITIES CURRENT MATURITIES CURRENT MATURITIES
SEPTEMBER 30, ------ ------ ------ ------
2005 SEPTEMBER 30 , 2005 DECEMBER 31, 2004
------ LINKAGE ---------------------------------------- ------
% BASIS (IN THOUSANDS) (IN THOUSANDS)
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5.99 Dollar $2,669 $ - $2,669 $6,090
8 NIS 1,402 - 1,402 1,416
5.68 CPI 25 18 7 31
4.17 Euro 1,202 - 1,202 -
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$5,298 $ 18 $5,280 $7,537
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -
UNAUDITED
NOTE 6 - LOANS FROM BANKS AND OTHERS (CONT.):
B. MATURITY DATES:
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31,
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2005 2004
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UNAUDITED AUDITED
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(IN THOUSANDS)
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First year (current maturities) $ 18 $ 104
Second year 2,774 7,482
Third year 2,506 30
Fourth year - 25
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TOTAL $5,298 $7,641
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NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:
A. COMMITMENTS:
1. The Company is obligated to pay management fees to Formula in an
annual amount equal to 3% of revenues, but not more than the Israeli
currency equivalent of $180 thousand.
2. Liraz has a fixed charge in favor of a bank, on certain of its assets,
as well as a floating charge on its entire assets, securing the
Company's bank credit line. This credit facility also covers
guarantees of $2 million in the aggregate that the Company extended to
banks relating to the credit line of a formerly-consolidated
subsidiary.
3. In connection with the credit line extended to the Company by Discount
Le'Israel Ltd, Bank Hapoalim Ltd, Bank Leumi Le'Israel Ltd., Bank,
First International Bank and., the Company committed to certain
covenants related to its operation such as:
a) maintaining a minimum level of shareholders' equity of no less
than 40% of the Company's total assets and no less than $40
million;
b) maintaining a level of annual operating income before
depreciation and amortization of no less than $5 million; and
c) maintaining the ratio of the Company bank liabilities to current
assets, excluding other current assets, of no more than 55%.
As of September 30, 2005, the company met all such financial covenants.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -
UNAUDITED
NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONT.):
B. CONTINGENCIES:
In July 2003, a former Liraz's shareholder filed an application with the
Tel-Aviv-Jaffa District Court to approve a claim filed by him against the
Company, as a class action. The claim relates to the acquisition of Liraz
shares which the Company completed in March 2003. The shareholder alleges
that the share price that the Company paid to Liraz's shareholders in the
tender offer and in a subsequent mandatory purchase was lower than the fair
price of Liraz shares. The maximum amount of the claim is approximately
$5.8 million in the aggregate. Under Israeli law, the court's approval is
required for the plaintiff to represent all of the shareholders of Liraz
who sold their shareholdings to the Company pursuant to the tender offer
and the mandatory acquisition. The plaintiff has applied for such approval
in the lawsuit. No hearing has been scheduled for this lawsuit. The Company
believes that the allegations against the Company in this proceed are
without merit.
NOTE 8 - GEOGRAPHIC AREAS INFORMATION:
SALES - CLASSIFIED BY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS:
NINE MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31,
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2005 2004 2004
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UNAUDITED AUDITED
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(IN THOUSANDS)
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USA $12,380 $15,514 $20,438
Europe (other than Denmark) 13,757 12,214 15,860
Denmark 9,695 6,752 10,122
Israel 5,824 6,235 8,353
Other 1,848 1,928 2,413
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$43,504 $42,643 $57,186
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Sales by geographic areas are determined based on the customer's location.
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NOTE 9 - COST OF COMPANY SHARES HELD BY SUBSIDIARIES:
During the years 1998 through 2002, two subsidiaries of the Company purchased a
total of 1,870,565 the Company's shares for a total consideration of $14.7
million. In January 2006, we sold an aggregate of 136,000 of the shares held by
one of our subsidiaries to Israeli institutional investors in Israel, for
aggregate consideration of approximately $560,000. All of the Company's ordinary
shares have equal voting rights. However, under applicable Israeli law, so long
as the shares are held by the subsidiaries, they have no voting rights but
confer upon their holders' participation rights upon distribution.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
BACKGROUND
We develop and market unique enterprise IT modernization, or EIM, solutions
that enable companies to automate the process of modernizing and upgrading their
mainframe and distributed IT infrastructure and to effectively compete in
today's environment. The combination of our comprehensive set of products and
tools with our expert services methodology provides an efficient and
cost-effective process for extending the return on investment of existing
enterprise IT assets. Our solutions, which include technology for UNDERSTANDING,
MIGRATION, REMEDIATION, and REDEVELOPMENT, allow companies to fully leverage
their current systems and applications, speed up and reduce the cost of the
renewal process, and effectively update their systems in order to adapt to new
business demands.
Our quarterly and annual revenues, gross profit, and results of operations
have fluctuated significantly in the past and we expect them to continue to
fluctuate significantly in the future, as a result of numerous factors,
including the changes in the suite of modernization tools we have been offering
to our customers, the limited experience we have had in the markets for these
newly introduced tools, and the difficulties we have encountered in introducing
our tools to their respective markets. Therefore, we believe that
period-to-period comparisons of our financial results are not necessarily
meaningful and you should not rely on them as an indication for future
performance.
The following discussion of our critical accounting policies and our
financial condition and operating results should be read in conjunction with our
unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes, prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States,
referred to as U.S. GAAP for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004,
and with any other selected financial data included elsewhere in this report.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
OVERVIEW
GENERAL
In recent years, we have been affected by the global economic changes, in
particular trends in capital spending in the information technology sector.
During 2001 through 2003, uncertainties in the North American and European
markets influenced the purchasing patterns of leading software developers who
delayed their planned orders and caused developers to reduce the amount of their
planned commitment. These changes in purchasing patterns in the IT industry
directly affected our operating results. Our revenues decreased from $49.2
million in 2000 to $38.4 million in 2001 and to $36.7 million in 2002. In 2003
and 2004, as a result of a slight recovery of the market, and the impact of a
strategic acquisition we completed, this trend changed, and our revenues
increased to $54.3 million and $57.2 million, respectively. In the nine months
ended September 30, 2005 our revenues were $43.5 million. As part of this
change, our average backlog has increased from approximately $12 million in late
2002 to approximately $22 million and $25 million at the end of 2003 and 2004
and $38 million as of September 30, 2005. This increase improves management's
ability to engage in near-term planning. We typically fill current backlog
within one year.
In providing our solutions, we work closely with our customers or system
integrators, and can therefore be impacted by holiday seasons of the customers
and system integrators. As a result, we may sometimes experience a decline in
our third quarter revenues due to the summer holiday season in Europe and
Israel.
In order to enhance our solutions and services portfolio, we have been
pursuing a strategy of adding new technologies to our suite of automated
modernization tools. We implement this strategy via internal development of new
software tools and through acquisitions and investments. Accordingly, we devote
significant resources to the development and marketing of new software
modernization tools. In addition, we invest in businesses that develop software
tools that are complementary to our existing portfolio and have a skilled and
specialized workforce.
LIRAZ ACQUISITION
In November 2002, we completed the acquisition of a majority of the
outstanding share capital of Liraz, an Israeli company then publicly traded on
the TASE. In March 2003, we completed the acquisition of all the remaining
outstanding share capital of Liraz. Liraz's development environment, the
AppBuilder, acts as a virtual application warehouse for large legacy mainframe
installations. Most of BluePhoenix's tools are based on generic technologies
that were initially developed to be used in the mainframe environment. By
combining with Liraz, we increased sales of our solutions by leveraging Liraz's
well-developed marketing infrastructure and expertise in the mainframe
environment. In addition, the combination of our respective technical personnel
enhances our product development capabilities. We currently offer a broad suite
of enhanced enterprise IT modernization solutions, from legacy reuse to platform
rehosting, which we believe will assist us in achieving our goal of being a
market leader in the IT modernization market. Since the beginning of the
integration process, our management analyzes the combined business as one
business unit.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
VISUAL MAINWIN
Our revenues relating to the Visual MainWin product depend on the
availability of Windows' source code, which is provided by Microsoft under its
agreement with our subsidiary, Mainsoft. We believe that the Windows' source
code leak in February 2004 has not interfered with our customer relationships.
In order to diversify Mainsoft's product offering, we have been developing an
innovative product that converts applications developed on .NET to J2EE
platform, without the need to rely on Microsoft's source code. While the
recently introduced product has gained favorable interest in the technological
community, its sales grow slower than initially expected.
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Our principal opportunity is to enhance our revenues by leveraging the
marketing resources and skilled specialized workforce to market the suite of
tools and solutions that we offer. In addition, we have identified a market
demand for complementary application development services. Following the
delivery of the converted code to the customer, a need to maintain the new code
arises. We intend to leverage our knowledge of our customers' converted
applications, in order to assist them to further develop and integrate them in
the mixed information systems environment they maintain. Accordingly, we
anticipate to increase the revenues generated from our customers, by offering
them `post conversion' application maintenance and development services.
The principal challenge we face is to accomplish our growth objectives
while also enhancing profitability. In order to expand our revenue base, we will
continue to invest in our sales and marketing operations. Since our margins are
dependent on the degree of automation of our tools, we plan to continue devoting
substantial resources to research and development both internally and through
acquisitions. There is no assurance that these investments will lead to revenue
growth. If they do not lead to such growth, our profitability will be adversely
affected. For example, we expended significant resources to develop, and in
2004, we introduced, a new porting tool, Visual MainWin for J2EE, through our
subsidiary, Mainsoft. We consider this tool's cross platform bridging
capabilities a technological breakthrough. However, we cannot assure you that
this new tool will gain market acceptance to the extent anticipated, and
generate the expected growth of revenues.
In order to improve our profitability, we have been enhancing our off-shore
delivery centers in Romania and Cyprus since 2003. These off-shore centers allow
us to reduce the prices paid by our customers for our solutions while at the
same time improve our operating profit.
CONSOLIDATION OF THE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF OUR SUBSIDIARIES
Following is information regarding the consolidation of the results of
operations of certain of our subsidiaries, for the periods indicated. We began
to consolidate the results of operations of each of these subsidiaries when we
acquired control in them.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
NAME OF SUBSIDIARY BEGINNING CONSOLIDATION
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SCH - Software Conversion House Ltd. Second quarter of 1998
Mainsoft Corporation Fourth quarter of 1999
M.S.I. MultiConn Solutions International
(1995) Ltd. (1) Third quarter of 1999
IntraComp Group Inc. Second quarter of 2000
Liraz Systems Ltd. Fourth quarter of 2002
Advanced Systems Europe B.V. Fourth quarter of 2002
BluePhoenix Solutions B.V. Fourth quarter of 2002
Alexandria Migration Technologies Ltd. First quarter of 2003
CePost Ltd. First quarter of 2004
Outlook & BluePhoenix Ltd. First quarter of 2004
Intercomp Ltd. Second quarter of 2004
MultiConn Technologies Ltd. First quarter of 2005
I-Ter/ Informatica & Territorio S.p.A Second quarter of 2005
Zulu Software Inc. First quarter of 2006
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(1) We did not consolidate the results of operations of M.S.I. MultiConn in
2003, since the other shareholders undertook the daily management and control.
Following the acquisition of the remaining shareholdings of M.S.I. MultiConn
Solutions from the other shareholders, effective as of the first quarter of
2004, M.S.I. MultiConn's results are consolidated with ours.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
We prepare the consolidated financial statements of BluePhoenix in
conformity with U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, we are required to make certain
estimates, judgments and assumptions that we believe are reasonable based upon
the information available. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented. The
significant accounting policies which we believe are the most critical to aid in
fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results include the
following:
o REVENUE RECOGNITION. Our revenue recognition policy is significant because
our revenue is a key component of our results of operations. In addition,
our revenue recognition determines the timing of certain expenses, such as
commissions and royalties. We follow very specific and detailed guidelines
in measuring revenue; however, certain judgments affect the application of
our revenue policy. Revenue results are difficult to predict and any
shortfall in revenue or delay in recognizing revenue could cause our
operating results to vary significantly from quarter to quarter and could
result in future operating losses. Should changes in conditions cause
management to determine that these guidelines are not met for certain
future transactions, revenue recognized for any reporting period could be
adversely affected.
We recognize revenues from direct software license agreements in
accordance with statement of position (SOP) 97-2 "Software Revenue
Recognition" (as amended by SOP 98-4 and SOP 98-9) upon delivery of the
software when collection is probable, the license fee is otherwise fixed or
determinable, and persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
When a project involves significant production, modification or
customization of software, and with respect to fixed fee contracts, revenue
is generally recognized according to the percentage of completion method in
accordance with the provisions of SOP 81-1 "Accounting for performance of
Construction-Type Contracts." Under this method, estimated revenue is
generally accrued based on costs incurred to date as a percentage of total
updated estimated costs. If we do not accurately estimate the resources
required or the scope of work to be performed, or do not manage our
projects properly within the planned periods of time or satisfy our
obligations under the contracts, then future margins may be significantly
and negatively affected or losses on existing contracts may need to be
recognized. Any such resulting reductions in margins or contract losses
could be material to our results of operations. We recognize contract
losses, if any, in the period in which they first become evident.
Under some of our agreements, the customer may have the right to
receive unspecified upgrades on a when-and-if available basis. These
upgrades are considered post-contract customer support, referred to as PCS,
and the fair value allocated to this right, is recognized ratably over the
term of the PCS.
There are no rights of return, price protection or similar
contingencies in our contracts. Accordingly, we do not establish a
provision due to the lack of warranties claims in the past. Some of our
contracts include client acceptance clauses. In determining whether revenue
can be recognized, when an acceptance clause exists, we consider our
history with similar arrangements, the customer's involvement in the
progress, the existence of other service providers and the payments terms.
Our revenue recognition policy does not permit any revenue recognition
when the payment term exceeds 12 months or when there is an uncertainty
related to the relationship with the customer.
Deferred revenue includes unearned amounts received under maintenance
contracts and amounts received from customers but not yet recognized as
revenues. Payments for maintenance fees are generally made in advance and
are non-refundable.
o CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS. Development costs of
software that is intended for sale that were incurred after the
establishment of technological feasibility of the relevant product, are
capitalized. Technological feasibility is determined when detailed program
design is completed and verified in accordance with the provisions of the
FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 86 ("SFAS 86").
Software development costs incurred before technological feasibility is
established are charged to the statement of operations as incurred net of
participation of the office of the Chief Scientist, (the "OCS"). Our policy
on capitalized software costs determines the timing of our recognition of
certain development costs. In addition, this policy determines whether the
cost is classified as development expense or capitalized costs. Management
is required to use professional judgment in determining whether development
costs meet the criteria for immediate expense or capitalization. Our
failure to accurately predict the life of capitalized software could cause
a one-time amortization, which could adversely affect our operating
results.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
o IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS. Our business acquisitions
resulted in goodwill and other intangible assets. We periodically evaluate
our goodwill, intangible assets, and investments in affiliates for
potential impairment indicators. Our judgments regarding the existence of
impairment indicators are based on legal factors, market conditions and
operational performance of our acquired businesses and investments.
In accordance with FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 142 "Goodwill and Other intangible Assets" ("SFAS 142"), effective
January 1, 2002, indefinite life intangible assets and goodwill are not
amortized but rather subject to annual impairment testing.
The annual impairment testing required by SFAS 142 also requires us to
use our judgment as to the value of these intangible assets. If we are
incorrect in these judgments, we may be required to write down the carrying
value of our goodwill and other intangible assets in future periods. These
write downs, if any, may have an adverse affect on our operating results.
Future events could cause us to conclude that impairment indicators exist
and that additional intangible assets associated with our acquired
businesses are impaired. Any resulting impairment loss could have a
material adverse impact on our financial condition and result of
operations.
o INCOME TAXES. Our income tax policy records the estimated future tax
effects of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and
liabilities and amounts reported in the accompanying consolidated balance
sheets, as well as operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. We follow
very specific and detailed guidelines regarding the recoverability of any
tax assets recorded on the balance sheet and provide any necessary
allowances as required in accordance with the provisions of FASB Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109 "Accounting for Income Taxes." If
we fail to accurately predict our estimated tax and if we are required to
pay higher taxes than we anticipated, our results of operations could be
seriously harmed.
o PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION. The consolidated financial statements include
the accounts of BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd. and its subsidiaries in which it
has a controlling interest. Effective December 31, 2004 we adopted FASB
Interpretation No. 46(R) (FIN 46R), "Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities". As a result of the adoption of FIN 46R, we identified our
investment in MultiConn Technologies as a variable interest entity with
BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd. as the primary beneficiary. We consolidate
MultiConn Technologies in our consolidated financial statements as of
December 31, 2004.
o ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. We maintain a conservative method to assure the
collection of our accounts receivable. Under this methodology, we
periodically estimate the outstanding amounts and deduct an allowance for
receivables with a low collection certainty. When there is a major
deterioration of a customer's credit worthiness, we make allowances for
doubtful accounts upon specific review of all outstanding invoices of such
customer. If we fail to estimate accurately the recoverability of amounts
due to us, our results of operations could be adversely affected.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
OUR REPORTING CURRENCY
Most of our revenues and a substantial portion of our costs are denominated
in United States dollars, or dollars. The dollar is the primary currency of the
economic environment in which BluePhoenix operates. Thus the dollar is our
functional and reporting currency. Accordingly, monetary accounts maintained in
currencies other than the dollar are remeasured into dollars under the
principles described in FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 52.
Assets and liabilities have been translated at period-end exchange rates. For
non-dollar transactions reflected in the statements of operations, the exchange
rates at transaction dates are used. For consolidated companies whose functional
currency is other than the dollar, results of operations have been translated at
average exchange rates. The exchange gains and losses arising from these
translations are included in the statement of income (loss).
Following is a summary of the most relevant monetary indicators for the
reported periods:
FOR THE NINE MONTHS INFLATION RATE DEVALUATION OF DEVALUATION OF EURO
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, IN ISRAEL NIS AGAINST THE US$ AGAINST THE US$
% % %
2004 1.2 2.3 2.5
2005 1.9 6.7 1.1
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
OPERATING RESULTS
The following table presents the percentage relationships of certain items
from our consolidated statement of operations, as a percentage of total revenues
for the periods indicated:
NINE MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31,
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2005 2004 2004
----- ----- -----
% % %
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA
AS A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUES:
Revenues 100.0 100.0 100.0
Cost of revenues 43.6 42.3 42.4
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Gross profit 56.4 57.7 57.6
Software development costs 13.6 14.2 14.1
Selling, general, and administrative
expenses 37.3 37.1 37.4
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Operating income (loss) 5.5 6.3 6.1
Financial income (expenses), net (3.5) (2.2) (1.5)
Gain on realization of shareholdings - 0.3 0.2
Other income (expenses), net 0.2 2.2 1.7
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Income (loss) before taxes on income 2.3 6.7 6.5
Income tax expense - - 0.5
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2.2 6.6 6.0
Minority interest - (0.5) (0.1)
Equity in losses of affiliated
companies, net - (1.0) (0.9)
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Net income (loss) 2.3 5.2 5.0
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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AND 2004
REVENUES. Revenues increased 2% from $42.6 million in the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 to $43.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005.
This increase was mainly in the third quarter of 2005 and it reflects an
increase in orders received from customers during the second half of 2005. The
prices of our products and services have not changed significantly during the
recent three years, and price fluctuations had no material impact on our
revenues.
The table below presents the breakdown of our revenues based on the
location of our customers for the periods indicated:
NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------
2005 2004
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% %
United States 29 35
Europe (other than Denmark) 32 29
Denmark 22 16
Israel 13 15
Other 4 5
--- ---
Total 100 100
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
The increase in ales in Europe is attributed to our marketing efforts
during 2005, which resulted in a 25% increase in revenues in Europe (including
Denmark) in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the nine months
ended September 30, 2004. In the United States there was a decrease of 20% in
the revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the nine
months ended September 30, 2004. This decrease is mainly attributable to a
temporary delay in new orders from the North American market during the first
half of 2005.
COST OF REVENUES. Cost of revenues consists of salaries, travel costs
relating to products and services rendered, amortization of capitalized software
costs and consulting fees paid to independent contractors. Cost of revenues
increased by 5% from $18.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2004
to $18.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Cost of revenues
as a percentage of revenues increased to 44% in the nine months ended September
30, 2005 compared to 42% in the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The
increase in cost of revenues was caused by the increased amount of amortization
of intangible assets which reached technical feasibility during 2005.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS. Software development costs, gross, consist of
salaries and consulting fees that we pay to professionals engaged in the
development of new software tools and related methodologies. Software
development costs, net, consist of software development costs, gross, less
development grants and capitalized software costs.
Software development costs, net, decreased by 3% from $6.1 million in the
nine months ended September 30, 2004 to $5.9 million in the nine months ended
September 30, 2005. As a percentage of revenues, software development costs, net
remained at the same level of 14% in the nine months ended September 30,2004 and
the nine months ended September 30, 2005.
In the past few years, our development costs were attributed to the
development of our unique modernization suite of tools. Software development
costs are charged to operations as incurred, unless capitalized according to
FASB No. 86. In the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we capitalized
software development costs in an aggregate amount of $6.1 million compared to
$5.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2004. This increase was
primarily due to the implementation of our strategy to expand our tool offerings
in order to provide our customers with comprehensive solutions while increasing
the degree of automation. These factors are important in order to maintain our
leadership position in the market and perform profitable projects.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. Selling, general and
administrative expenses consist primarily of wages and related expenses, travel
expenses, third party commissions, selling expenses, marketing and advertising
expenses, rent, insurance, utilities, professional fees, and depreciation.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 25% from $15.8 million in
the nine months ended September 30, 2004 to $16.2 million in the nine months
ended September 30, 2005. The increase in selling, general and administrative
expenses is mainly attributable to the marketing and sales efforts during the
first nine months of 2005. As a percentage of revenues, selling, general and
administrative expenses remained 37% during those periods.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES), NET. Financial expense in the nine months
ended September 30, 2005 was $1.5 million compared to $0.9 million in the nine
months ended September 30, 2004. A portion of the increase in financial expenses
relates to the issuance of convertible debentures in March 2004, which was
partially included in financial expenses in the nine months ended September 30,
2004 and fully accounted for in the nine months ended September 30, 2005. In
addition, the increase in financial expenses is attributable to the increase of
the company's overall borrowings from banks.
GAIN ON REALIZATION OF SHAREHOLDINGS. Gain on realization of shareholdings
in the nine months ended September 30, 2004 was $112,000. This gain results from
a sale of ordinary shares of Level 8. The gain realized from the sale of these
shares was $171,000. This gain was partially offset by a loss of $59,000
resulted from the sale of our shareholdings in Tesnet. The sale of Tesnet's
shares was for cash consideration of $2.8 million, and the $59,000 loss is
mainly attributable to transaction related costs.
OTHER INCOME, NET. Other income, net in the nine months ended September 30,
2005 was $97,000 compared to $975,000 in the nine months ended September 30,
2004. Other income in the nine months ended September 30, 2004 consists
primarily of a $703,000 dividend received from Steps Ventures.
INCOME TAX EXPENSE. In the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we had an
income tax expense of $3,000 compared to $5,000 in the nine months ended
September 30, 2004. Due to tax losses carried forward in Israel and in several
other subsidiaries, out total tax expense is composed of the net aggregate
expense of local taxes paid worldwide by our international subsidiaries.
EQUITY IN LOSSES OF AFFILIATED COMPANIES, NET. In the nine months ended
September 30, 2004, equity in losses of affiliated companies, net, was $424,000.
Equity in losses of affiliated companies in the nine months ended September 30,
2004 is comprised of $69,000 representing our share in the losses of Intercomp,
and $363,000 representing our share in the losses of MultiConn Technologies. In
the nine months ended September 30, 2005, these two affiliates were consolidated
in our result of operations, and therefore no equity in losses of affiliated
companies was recorded.
MINORITY INTEREST. Minority interest in the nine months ended September 30,
2005 includes $42,000 representing our minority share in the profits of I-Ter,
and $47,000 representing our minority share in the losses of Mainsoft.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
HOW WE HAVE FINANCED OUR BUSINESS
In 1997, we consummated two public offerings, and received net proceeds of
$33.9 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and
offering expenses.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
On March 30, 2004, we completed a $5 million private placement to
institutional investors. The terms of this transaction were amended on February
18, 2005. Under the terms of this transaction as amended we issued to the
institutional investors convertible debentures, bearing interest at a rate of
LIBOR calculated on a semi-annual basis. In addition, the institutional
investors were granted warrants to purchase up to 285,714 of BluePhoenix's
ordinary shares at an exercise price of $6.50 per share, subject to (i)
adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalization and other similar
events and (ii) anti-dilution adjustment. The warrants are exercisable during a
period of five years commencing on September 2004. Under certain circumstances,
the institutional investors may increase their investment by an additional $3
million of debentures convertible into BluePhoenix's ordinary shares at a price
of $4.50 per share, and receive warrants on the same terms as the initial
warrants, exercisable into such number of BluePhoenix's ordinary shares equal to
30% of the ordinary shares into which the debentures are convertible.
We have entered into credit facilities with Bank Discount Le'Israel Ltd.,
Bank Ha'poalim Ltd., Bank Leumi Le'Israel Ltd. and the First International Bank,
of up to $18.4 million as of September 30, 2005 and $21.3 million as of January
27, 2006. The aggregate amount outstanding under these credit facilities is
$14.6 million as of September 30, 2005 and $16.8 million as of January 27, 2006.
We may use these credit facilities from time to time for interim financing, in
accordance with our cash requirements. These credit facilities provide for
loans, are in various currencies and bear various interest rates. In connection
with these credit facilities extended to us by these banks, we are committed to
certain covenants related to our operations, such as:
o maintaining a minimum level of shareholders' equity of no less
than 40% of our total assets and no less than $40 million;
o maintaining a level of annual operating income before
depreciation and amortization of no less than $5 million; and
o maintaining a ratio of our bank liabilities to current assets,
excluding other current assets, of no more than 55%.
To date, we have met all such covenants.
As of January 27, 2006, we are committed to purchase from FIMI promissory
notes issued to FIMI by our subsidiary, Intercomp, in an aggregate of $4.4
million including interest accrued thereon.
On September 30, 2005, we had cash and cash equivalents (including
marketable securities) of $8.3 million and working capital of $1.2 million. On
December 31, 2004, we had cash and cash equivalents (including marketable
securities) of $9.5 million and working capital of $6.4 million.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $3.4 million in the nine
months ended September 30, 2005 compared to net cash used by operating
activities of $1.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Cash
provided by operating activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was
primarily the result of add-backs from depreciation and amortization. This was
partially offset by a decrease in trade payables. Cash used by operating
activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2004 was primarily the result
of add-backs due to depreciation and amortization. This was partially offset by
an increase in receivables and a decrease in payables.
Liraz has a fixed charge in favor of a bank on certain of its assets, as
well as a floating charge on its entire assets, securing ourbank credit line.
This credit facility also covers a guarantee of $2 million in the aggregate that
we extended to banks relating to the credit line of Level 8.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
In connection with the purchase of Outlook Systems Ltd.'s software
development services activity, in 2004, we extended a guarantee to a bank with
respect to loans in an aggregate amount of $720,000 plus interest accrued, to be
repaid by us by February 15, 2007. As a result of negotiations currently held
between the parties, we may be required to pay this amount during 2006.
Typical modernization projects, which deploy our solutions, are long-term
projects, and therefore, payment for these projects or a substantial portion of
our fees may be delayed until the successful completion of specified milestones
and customer acceptance for the completed work. During 2004, we mutually agreed
with a customer, to terminate a contract. The contract was accounted for under
the percentage of completion method. As a result, we recorded a loss of $400,000
in the first quarter of 2004. The payment of our fees is generally dependent
upon customer acceptance of the completed work, and our ability to collect the
fees. Further, although the timing of receipt of our fees varies, we incur the
majority of our expenses on a current basis. As a result, a delay in the
collection of our fees could result in cash flow shortages.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
Our capital expenditures were $544,000 in the nine months ended September
30, 2005 and $820,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Our capital
expenditures in those periods related primarily to purchases of computers and
related equipment required to support our software development activities. In
the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, we invested $400,000 and
$97,000 in other companies.
In 2002, we purchased a 90% controlling interest in Liraz through a share
exchange transaction that was followed by a cash tender offer. We paid for the
tendered shares aggregate consideration of $1.1 million. During 2003, we
completed an additional tender offer and purchased the remaining outstanding
share capital of Liraz for an aggregate of $1.5 million.
During 2005 and 2004, we did not repurchase any shares under our buy-back
programs. As of September 30, 2005, we repurchased 1,870,565 of our ordinary
shares, through two of our wholly owned subsidiaries, under our buy-back
programs, for an aggregate of approximately $14.7 million. In January 2006, we
sold an aggregate of 136,000 of the shares held by one of our subsidiaries to
Israeli institutional investors in Israel, for aggregate consideration of
approximately $560,000. Under our buy-back programs, we may purchase our shares
from time to time, subject to market conditions and other relevant factors
affecting us. Under the Companies Law, the repurchased shares do not confer upon
our subsidiaries any voting rights (although entitle their holders to
participation rights upon distribution). The first buy-back program adopted in
May 1998, enables us to purchase our shares, through a subsidiary, utilizing up
to $5.0 million. Under the second buy-back program adopted in September 1998,
and amended in May 1999, we may purchase, through a subsidiary as a trustee, up
to an additional 1,400,000 ordinary shares. Under the two plans we may acquire
an additional 1,242,907 shares at the current stock price. The closing price of
our ordinary shares as quoted on the NASDAQ National Market on January 26, 2006
was $4.25. Under the agreement we entered into in connection with the private
placement in March 2004, we are restricted to use only up to $200,000 for the
repurchase of our shares, as long as 20% or more of the debentures are
outstanding.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
We believe that cash generated from operations together with existing
sources of liquidity and cash flow, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated
cash needs for at least the next 18 months.
CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS AND GUARANTEES
In December 2003, Mainsoft entered into an Independent Contractor Agreement
with Microsoft. As a result of this agreement, Microsoft agrees to apply the
value of Mainsoft's services performed under the Independent Contractor
Agreement to accrued royalties up to $1,605,000. During the nine months ended
September 30, 2005, Mainsoft accrued royalties due to Microsoft of $231,000, and
recognized credits of $600 related to waivers (reduction of cost of revenues)
and credits of $51,000, related to services performed (increase in revenues).
During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, Mainsoft accrued royalties due
to Microsoft of $188,000, and recognized credits of $113,000 related to waivers
(reduction of cost of revenues) and credits of $499,000 related to services
performed (increase in revenues). The excess credits over the royalties amount
is related to previous year's royalties.
Under funding agreements three of our subsidiaries have entered into with
the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS), these subsidiaries are obliged to pay
royalties to the OCS at a rate of 3% on sales of the funded products, up to 100%
of the dollar-linked grant received in respect of these products from the OCS.
As of September 30, 2005, the aggregate amount of grants received by our
subsidiaries from the OCS was $2.3 million.
In the first quarter of 2004, the Singapore-Israel Industrial Research and
Development Foundation agreed to provide one of our wholly owned subsidiaries
together with a company incorporated in Singapore, financing for the development
of a JAVA report generator software tool. Accordingly, the foundation agreed to
award our subsidiary up to $100,000 payable according to an agreed upon
schedule. As of January 27, 2006, we received $30,000 of the grant. The grant is
required to be repaid in installments based on sales of the funded software up
to the amount of the grant.
We are obligated to pay to Formula management fees in an annual amount
equal to 3% of our revenues, but no more than the NIS equivalent of $180,000.
Under agreements between us and certain of our customers, we undertook to
provide such customers bank guarantees for the assurance of performance of our
obligations under our agreements with such customers. As of January 27, 2006,
there are outstanding bank guarantees on our behalf for our customers in the
aggregate amount of $108,000.
We have contractual commitments under operating leases for rental of office
facilities, vehicles and other equipment.
During 2000, Liraz provided a bank guarantee to secure a loan to Level 8.
Liraz recorded a provision of the maximum potential amount of future payment
because the realization of the guarantee was reasonably foreseeable. The
guarantee is outstanding until November 2006. In the event that the guarantee is
exercised, the bank is obligated to grant us a three years loan in an amount of
up to the amount of the guarantee. As of September 30, 2005, this guarantee
amounted to approximately $2.0 million.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
In connection with the purchase of Outlook Systems Ltd.'s software
development services activity, in 2004, we extended a guarantee to banks with
respect to loans in an aggregate amount of $720,000 plus interest accrued, to be
repaid by us by February 15, 2007. As a result of negotiations currently held
between the parties, we may be required to pay this amount during 2006.
In January 2001, we granted FIMI, a creditor of Intercomp, a put option to
sell to us promissory notes issued by Intercomp in an aggregate principal amount
of $3.5 million plus interest accrued since January 2001 at an annual rate of
5%, which could be paid, subject to FIMI's approval, in BluePhoenix's ordinary
shares. The total outstanding amount of principal and interest accrued as of
September 30, 2005 was $4.3 million and as of January 27, 2006 $4.4 million. The
number of ordinary shares subject to the option will be calculated based on the
average market price of the shares during the 14 trading days prior to the
exercise of the option. In August 2003, the terms of FIMI's option were amended,
allowing FIMI to exercise its option in three installments during June 2004,
June 2005 and June 2006. At our option, we may pay FIMI the consideration in
BluePhoenix's ordinary shares. However, within 7 business days following our
notice to FIMI of our election to pay the consideration in BluePhoenix's
ordinary shares, FIMI may notify us that it refuses to receive the shares and
seeks instead a payment in cash. In such an event, we shall have to pay FIMI the
corresponding cash amount, but shall be entitled to defer such payment until
September 30, 2006. FIMI submitted a notice to exercise the June 2004
installment for cash, thus postponing the payment of the respective portion of
the consideration to September 30, 2006. After accounting for this payment,
there remains $2.33 million of the principal amount of the promissory notes plus
interest accrued that may be paid, subject to FIMI's approval as described
above, in BluePhoenix's ordinary shares. In addition, as part of the
consideration, we are obliged to issue to FIMI warrants to purchase up to
336,000 of our ordinary shares exercisable until June 30, 2007, at an exercise
price of $4.00 per share.
In April 2004, a shareholder of Intercomp comprised of several funds acting
through their general partner, Israel Infinity Venture Capital Partners Ltd.,
referred to as Infinity, granted us a call option to purchase its entire
holdings in Intercomp, exercisable until April 1, 2006. If we do not exercise
such option, Infinity will have a put option to cause us to purchase Infinity's
entire holdings in Intercomp, exercisable during a period of six months
commencing in April 2006. If either of the options is exercised, we shall be
obliged to issue to Infinity, as consideration for Intercomp's shares, 100,000
BluePhoenix's ordinary shares and an additional amount of shares to be
calculated based on revenues generated from the sale of licenses to use
Intercomp's products during a 3-year period commencing on April 1, 2003. The
shares will be subject to a lock-up period until April 1, 2006. We may, at our
option, pay to Infinity the cash equivalent of such shares which will be
calculated according to the average closing price of BluePhoenix's shares during
the 20 trading days prior to the exercise of any of the options.
In February 2003, the Israeli Income Tax Authorities issued to BluePhoenix
an income tax assessment for the tax year ended December 31, 1997 in the amount
of approximately $1.5 million. Following an appeal we filed on this assessment,
we received a revised tax assessment for the tax years ended December 31, 1997
through 2001 of approximately $1.2 million. As agreed with the tax authorities,
although the revised assessment is not yet final, we paid a down payment of
approximately $900,000. Based on consultation with our tax counsel, we believe
that while the outcome of any controversy cannot be predicted with complete
certainty, the final settlement of this dispute with the Israeli income tax
authorities will not exceed $900,000. This tax expense is fully offset against
previously existing tax reserves and will not have a material adverse effect on
our financial statements as a whole.
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BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
We entered into an undertaking to indemnify our office holders in specified
limited categories of events and in specified amounts, subject to certain
limitations.
EFFECTIVE CORPORATE TAX RATES
In 1996, 1997 and 1998, certain of our operations were granted "approved
enterprise" status under the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments
1969, known as the Investments Law. If we comply with all requirements, we shall
be eligible for certain tax benefits with respect to these operations, for the
first seven years in which they generate taxable income. Income derived from our
approved enterprise programs will be tax exempt for a period of two years after
we have taxable income, and will be subject to a 25% company tax rate for the
following five years. We completed the tax exemption period of some of our
qualified "approved enterprise" operations and, therefore, these operations are
subject to a 25% income tax commencing 1999. If the percentage of our share
capital held by foreign shareholders exceeds 25%, future approved enterprises
would qualify for reduced tax rates for an additional three years, after the
seven years mentioned above. However, we cannot assure you that we will obtain
additional "approved enterprise" status for our operations, or that the
provisions of the Investments Law will not change, or that the above-mentioned
shareholding portion will be reached or maintained for each subsequent year.
On January 1, 2003, Israel's tax laws underwent a significant tax reform
(Amendment 132 to the Income Tax Ordinance (New Version) - 1961). The
legislation broadened the categories of taxable income, and reduced the tax
rates imposed on employment income. Among the key provisions of this legislation
were (i) changes which may result in the imposition of taxes on dividends
received by an Israeli company from its foreign subsidiaries; and (ii) the
introduction of the controlled foreign corporation concept according to which an
Israeli company may become subject to Israeli taxes on certain income of a
non-Israeli subsidiary if the subsidiary's primary source of income is passive
income (such as interest, dividends, royalties, rental income or capital gains).
An Israeli company that is subject to Israeli taxes on the income of its
non-Israeli subsidiaries will receive a credit for income taxes paid by the
subsidiary in its country of residence.
Our international operations are taxed at the local effective corporate tax
rate in the countries of our subsidiaries' residence. We believe that in the
future we will derive an increasing percentage of our income from operations
outside of Israel and that, accordingly, our effective tax rate may increase.
However, we expect that this increase will be offset by carried forward
accumulated losses of consolidated companies. As a result, we anticipate that
our net effective tax rate in the foreseeable future shall be lower than 25%.
TREND INFORMATION
We experienced the same trends affecting our operating results in the nine
months ended September 30, 2005 as we experienced during the year ended December
31, 2004.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
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