EX-99.1 2 exhibit_99-1.htm NOTICE OF AND PROXY STATEMENT FOR MER TELEMANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LTD. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD DECEMBER 29, 2010. exhibit_99-1.htm


Exhibit 99.1
 
MER TELEMANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LTD.
14 Hatidhar Street
Ra’anana 43665, Israel
_____________________
 
NOTICE OF 2010 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
 
Dear Shareholders:
 
We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2010 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. (Israel time) at our offices at 14 Hatidhar Street, Ra’anana, Israel, for the following purposes:
 
 
1.
To reelect six directors for terms expiring at our 2011 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders;
 
 
2.
To reelect Mr. Eytan Barak as an outside director (as such term is defined in the Israeli Companies Law) for a second three-year term;
 
 
3.
To approve the compensation to be paid to Mr. Eytan Barak during his service as an outside director (if reelected as an outside director at the meeting);
 
 
4.
To approve the assumption of certain costs to defend AnchorPoint, Inc. (now known as The Info Group Inc.) in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by Asentinel LLC;
 
 
5.
To ratify and approve the reappointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, registered public accountants, a member of Ernst & Young Global, as our independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2010, and to authorize our Board of Directors to delegate to the Audit Committee the authority to fix such independent registered public accountants’ compensation in accordance with the volume and nature of their services;
 
 
6.
To review and discuss our, auditor’s report and consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009; and
 
 
7.
To transact such other business that may properly come before the annual general meeting or any adjournment thereof.
 
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote in favor of all of the items, which are described in the attached Proxy Statement.
 
Shareholders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2010 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. You can vote either by mailing in your proxy or in person by attending the meeting.  If voting by mail, the proxy must be received by our transfer agent or at our registered office in Israel at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the appointed time of the meeting to be validly included in the tally of ordinary shares voted at the annual general meeting.  If you attend the meeting, you may vote in person and your proxy will not be used.  Detailed proxy voting instructions are provided both in the Proxy Statement and on the enclosed proxy card.
 
  Sincerely,
 
Chaim Mer
Chairman of the Board of Directors
 
November 19, 2010
 
 
 

 
 
MER TELEMANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LTD.
14 Hatidhar Street
Ra’anana 43665, Israel
_____________________
 
PROXY STATEMENT
 
2010 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
 
This Proxy Statement is being furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors of Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. to be voted at the 2010 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, or the Meeting, and at any adjournment thereof, pursuant to the accompanying Notice of 2010 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.  The Meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. (Israel time) on Wednesday, December 29, 2010, at our offices at 14 Hatidhar Street, Ra’anana, Israel.
 
This Proxy Statement, the attached Notice of 2010 Annual General Meeting and the enclosed proxy card, as well as our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, are being mailed to shareholders on or about November 24, 2010.
 
Purpose of the Annual General Meeting
 
At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to consider and vote upon the following matters: (i) reelection of six directors for terms expiring at our 2011 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders; (ii) reelection of Mr. Eytan Barak as an outside director (as such term is defined in the Israeli Companies Law) for a second three-year term; (iii) approval of the compensation to be paid to Mr. Eytan Barak during his service as an outside director (if reelected as an outside director at the Meeting); (iv) approval of the assumption of certain costs to defend AnchorPoint, Inc. (now known as The Info Group Inc.) in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by Asentinel LLC; and (v) ratification and approval of the reappointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, registered public accountants, a member of Ernst & Young Global, as our independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2010, and to authorize our Board of Directors to delegate to the Audit Committee the authority to fix such independent registered public accountants’ compensation in accordance with the volume and nature of their services  In addition, our auditor’s report and consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 will be reviewed and discussed at the Meeting.
 
We are not aware of any other matters that will come before the Meeting.  If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, the persons designated as proxies intend to vote on such matters in accordance with the judgment of the Board of Directors.
 
Recommendation of the Board of Directors
 
Our Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR each of the nominees for director and outside director listed in this Proxy Statement and FOR the other proposals set forth in this Proxy Statement.
 
Proxy Procedure
 
Only holders of record of our ordinary shares, par value of NIS 0.01 per share, as of the close of business on November 19, 2010, are entitled to notice of, and to vote in person or by proxy at, the Meeting.  As of November 19, 2010, the record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Meeting, there were 4,459,057 outstanding ordinary shares.
 
 
Voting in Person.  If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent (i.e. you are a “registered shareholder”), you may attend and vote in person at the Meeting.  If you are a beneficial owner of shares registered in the name of your broker, bank, trustee or nominee (i.e. your shares are held in “street name”), you are also invited to attend the Meeting; however, to vote in person at the Meeting as a beneficial owner, you must first obtain a “legal proxy” from your broker, bank, trustee or nominee authorizing you to do so.
 
 
Voting by Mail.  You may submit your proxy by mail by completing, signing and mailing the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed, postage-paid envelope, or, for shares held in street name, by following the voting instructions provided by your broker, bank trustee or nominee.  If directions are not given or directions are not in accordance with the options listed on a proxy card, such shares will be voted FOR the nominees for director and outside director and each proposal for which the Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR.
 
 
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Change or Revocation of Proxy
 
If you are a registered shareholder, you may change your vote at any time prior to the exercise of authority granted in the proxy by delivering a written notice of revocation to our Corporate Secretary, by granting a new proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.  Attendance at the Meeting will not cause your previously granted proxy to be revoked unless you specifically so request.
 
If your shares are held in street name, you may change your vote by submitting new voting instructions to your broker, bank, trustee or nominee or, if you have obtained a legal proxy from your broker, bank, trustee or nominee giving you the right to vote your shares, by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
 
Quorum
 
A quorum of shareholders is necessary to transact business at the Meeting.  The presence of two shareholders, holding at least one third (1/3) of our issued share capital voting rights, represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting, will constitute a quorum.  A meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum generally is adjourned to the same day in the following week at the same time and place or any time and place as the directors designate in a notice to the shareholders.  At the reconvened meeting, the required quorum consists of any two members present in person or by proxy.  An affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the ordinary shares represented at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, entitled to vote and voting thereon, is required to approve each of the proposals, except as otherwise stated in the proposal.
 
Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted towards the quorum.  Broker non-votes occur when brokers that hold their customers’ shares in street name sign and submit proxies for such shares and vote such shares on some matters but not on others.  This occurs when brokers have not received any instructions from their customers, in which case the brokers, as the holders of record, are permitted to vote on “routine” matters, which include the ratification of the appointment of an independent registered public accounting firm, but not on non-routine matters, such as the election of directors.
 
Unsigned or unreturned proxies, including those not returned by banks, brokers, or other record holders, will not be counted for quorum or voting purposes.
 
Majority Vote Standard
 
Each ordinary share entitles the holder to one vote.  An affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the ordinary shares represented at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, entitled to vote and voting thereon, is required to approve each of the proposals, except as otherwise stated in Proposal 2.
 
In tabulating the voting result for any particular proposal, shares that constitute broker non-votes and abstentions are not considered votes cast on that proposal.  Unsigned or unreturned proxies, including those not returned by banks, brokers, or other record holders, will not be counted for voting purposes.
 
We have received indications from five of our principal shareholders, Mr. Chaim Mer, Mrs. Dora Mer, Mr. Roger Challen, Mr. Lior Salansky and Mr. Isaac Ben-Bassat, who together hold approximately 68.5% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, that they presently intend to vote for all of the nominees for director and outside director and in favor of the other Items to be acted upon at the Meeting.
 
Cost of Soliciting Votes for the Annual Meeting
 
We will bear the cost of soliciting proxies from our shareholders.  Proxies will be solicited by mail and may also be solicited in person, by telephone or electronic communication, by our directors, officers and employees.  We will reimburse brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their expenses in accordance with the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, concerning the sending of proxies and proxy material to the beneficial owners of our stock.
 
 
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I.  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
(Item 1 on the Proxy Card)
 
Our Articles of Association provide for a board of directors consisting of up to ten members or such other number as may be determined from time to time at a general meeting of shareholders.  Our Board of Directors currently consists of eight directors, including two outside directors appointed in accordance with the Israeli Companies Law.  Our directors, other than our outside directors, are elected at each annual general meeting of shareholders.  Our Board of Directors, may, at any time from time to time, appoint any other person as a director, whether to fill a casual vacancy or to add to their number.  All the members of our Board of Directors may be reelected upon completion of their term of office (except the outside directors, whose reelection is governed by the Israeli Companies Law and regulations promulgated under the Israeli Companies Law, see Item 2).
 
At the Meeting, shareholders are being asked to reelect each of our current directors who is not an outside director, Messrs. Chaim Mer, Lior Salansky, Isaac Ben-Bassat, Roger Challen, Steven J. Glusband and Yaacov Goldman, to hold office until our 2011 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.  All of the directors standing for reelection at the Meeting were elected to serve in such capacity by our shareholders at our 2010 annual general meeting of shareholders.
 
We do not follow the NASDAQ Listing Rules with respect to the requirement to maintain a majority of independent directors, within the meaning of the NASDAQ Listing Rules, and instead, we follow Israeli law and practice, in accordance with which we are required to appoint at least two outside directors, within the meaning of the Israeli Companies Law, to our Board of Directors.  In addition, in accordance with the rules of the SEC and NASDAQ, we have the mandated three independent directors, as defined by the rules of the SEC and NASDAQ, on our audit committee.
 
We also do not follow the requirements of the NASDAQ Listing Rules with regard to the nomination process of directors, and instead, we follow Israeli law and practice, in accordance with which our directors are recommended by our Board of Directors for election by our shareholders.  Should any of the director nominees be unavailable for election, the proxies will be voted for a substitute nominee designated by our Board of Directors.  None of the nominees are expected to be unavailable.
 
Under the Israeli Companies Law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the ordinary shares represented at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, entitled to vote and voting on the matter, is required to elect as directors each of the nominees named above.
 
Set forth below is information about each nominee, including age, position(s) held with the company, principal occupation, business history and other directorships held.
 
Nominees For Election As Director For Terms Expiring In 2011
 
Chaim Mer (62) has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors and a director since our inception in December 1995.  Mr. Mer has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of C. Mer Industries Ltd., or C. Mer, a publicly traded company, since 1988 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1988 until January 2005.  Mr. Mer holds a B.Sc. degree in Computer Sciences and Mathematics from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
 
Lior Salanksy (45) has served as our President since February 2008 and as a director since April 2, 2008.  In 1991, Mr. Salansky founded MIND C.T.I. Ltd., a global provider of real-time, product-based mediation, billing and customer care solutions for voice, data, video and content services, where he served until February 2000 in a number of positions, including Co-Chief Executive Officer, Vice President of Business Development and Research and Development Manager and also served as a director from its inception until 2004.  Mr. Salansky holds a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and an MBA degree from Tel Aviv University.
 
 
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Isaac Ben-Bassat (56) has served as a director since our inception in December 1995.  Mr. Ben-Bassat has been Executive Vice President and a director of C. Mer since 1988.  Mr. Ben-Bassat holds a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
 
Roger Challen (64) has served as a director since April 1, 2009.  Mr. Challen co-founded The Info Group, Inc. (formerly AnchorPoint, Inc.), a company that developed and provided licensed software and managed services of telecommunications expense management solutions.  Mr. Challen is an accomplished entrepreneur with a proven track record of founding, managing and developing companies in the software, telecommunications and information services fields.  Mr. Challen has founded or co-founded and been an active executive of several privately held companies in the software and IT services market.  Mr. Challen is currently a director of Image Data, Inc and Data Distributors, Inc.  From 1981 to 1983, Mr. Challen served as Vice President of M&SD Corp., of Lyndhurst, New Jersey.  Mr. Challen began his career with IBM Corporation, in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he served as a systems engineer and then as a marketing representative.  During his tenure with IBM, Mr. Challen won several awards for outstanding technical and sales achievements.  Mr. Challen holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University.
 
Steven J. Glusband (63) has served as a director since August 1, 1996.  Mr. Glusband has been a partner with Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, our U.S. counsel, since March 1987.  Mr. Glusband holds a B.B.A. degree from the City College of the City University of New York, a J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law and an L.L.M. degree from the New York University School of Law.
 
Yaacov Goldman (55) has served as a director since May 2004 and is a member of our audit committee.  Mr. Goldman provides consulting services to companies in strategic-financial areas, through his wholly owned company, Maanit-Goldman Management & Investments (2002) Ltd.  Mr. Goldman also serves as a director of Bank Leumi Le’Israel B.M. (TASE: LEUMI), Golden House Ltd., Tagor Capital Ltd., Isrotel Ltd., Negev Ceramics Ltd., I.T.G.I Medical Ltd. (as Chairman) and Renewable Resources Ltd. and its affiliated companies.  Mr. Goldman served as the Professional Secretary of the Peer Review Institute of the Certified Public Accountants Institute in Israel from October 2004 until September 2008.  Commencing in 1981, Mr. Goldman worked for Kesselman & Kesselman (Israeli member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers) for 19 years, and from 1991 until 2000, as a partner and then senior partner of such firm.  From September 2000 until November 2001, Mr. Goldman served as managing director of Argoquest Holdings, LLC.  From March 2002 until October 2002, Mr. Goldman acted as a consultant to a private equity initiative with Poalim Capital Markets & Investments Ltd.  Mr. Goldman holds a B.A. degree in Economics and Accounting from Tel Aviv University and is a certified public accountant (Israel).
 
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the election of each nominee for director named above.
 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES
 
Election of Directors
 
Our Articles of Association provide for a Board of Directors consisting of up to ten members or such other number as may be determined from time to time at a general meeting of shareholders.  Our Board of Directors is currently composed of seven directors.
 
Pursuant to our articles of association, all of our directors (except the outside directors) are elected at our annual general meeting of shareholders by a vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power represented and voting at such meeting and hold office until the next annual general meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected.  The Board of Directors, may, at any time from time to time, appoint any other person as a director, whether to fill a casual vacancy or to add to their number.  All the members of our Board of Directors (except the outside directors) may be reelected upon completion of their term of office.
 
We do not follow the requirements of the NASDAQ Listing Rules with regard to the nomination process of directors, and instead, we follow Israeli law and practice, in accordance with which our directors are recommended by our board of directors for election by our shareholders.
 
 
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Outside and Independent Directors
 
Outside Directors. Under the Israeli Companies Law, companies incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel whose shares have been offered to the public are required to appoint at least two outside directors.  The Israeli Companies Law provides that a person may not be appointed as an outside director if the person, or the person’s relative, partner, employer or an entity under that person’s control, has or had during the two years preceding the date of appointment any affiliation with the company, or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the company.  The term “relative” means a spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent, child or child of spouse or spouse of any of the above.  The term affiliation includes: an employment relationship; a business or professional relationship maintained on a regular basis; control; and service as an officer holder (excluding service as an outside director of a company that is offering its shares to the public for the first time).
 
In addition, no person may serve as an outside director if the person’s position or other activities create, or may create, a conflict of interest with the person’s responsibilities as director or may otherwise interfere with the person’s ability to serve as director.  If, at the time an outside director is appointed all members of the board of directors are of the same gender, then that outside director must be of the other gender.  A director of one company may not be appointed as an outside director of another company if a director of the other company is acting as an outside director of the first company at such time.
 
At least one of the outside directors elected must have “accounting and financial expertise” and any other outside director must have “accounting and financial expertise” or “professional qualification,” as such terms are defined by regulations promulgated under the Israeli Companies Law.
 
Outside directors are elected by shareholders.  The shareholders voting in favor of their election must include at least one-third of the shares of the non-controlling shareholders of the company who voted on the matter.  This minority approval requirement need not be met if the total shareholdings of those non-controlling shareholders who vote against their election represent 1% or less of all of the voting rights in the company.
 
In general, outside directors serve for a three-year term, which may be renewed for only one additional three-year term.  Outside directors can be removed from office only by the same special percentage of shareholders as can elect them, or by a court, and then only if the outside directors cease to meet the statutory qualifications with respect to their appointment or if they violate their duty of loyalty to the company.
 
Any committee of the board of directors must include at least one outside director and the audit committee must include all of the outside directors.  An outside director is entitled to compensation as provided in regulations adopted under the Israeli Companies Law and is otherwise prohibited from receiving any other compensation, directly or indirectly, in connection with such service.
 
Independent Directors.  In general, NASDAQ Listing Rules require that the board of directors of a NASDAQ-listed company have a majority of independent directors, within the meaning of the NASDAQ Listing Rules, and our audit committee must have at least three members and be comprised only of independent directors, each of whom satisfies the respective “independence” requirements of the SEC and NASDAQ.  However, foreign private issuers, such as our company, may follow certain home country corporate governance practices instead of certain requirements of the NASDAQ Listing Rules.  A foreign private issuer that elects to follow a home country practice instead of such requirements must submit to NASDAQ in advance a written statement from an independent counsel in such issuer’s home country certifying that the issuer’s practices are not prohibited by the home country’s laws.  On March, 31, 2009, we provided NASDAQ with a notice of non-compliance with respect to the requirement to maintain a majority of independent directors, within the meaning of the NASDAQ Listing Rules.  Instead, under Israeli law and practice, we are required to appoint at least two outside directors, within the meaning of the Israeli Companies Law, to our Board of Directors.  In addition, in accordance with the rules of the SEC and NASDAQ, we have the mandated three independent directors, as defined by the rules of the SEC and NASDAQ, on our audit committee.
 
 
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Pursuant to a recent amendment to the Israeli Companies Law, an Israeli company whose shares are publicly traded may elect to adopt a provision in its articles of association pursuant to which a majority of its board of directors will constitute individuals complying with certain independence criteria prescribed by the Israeli Companies Law.  We have not included such a provision in our articles of association.
 
Our Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Varda Trivaks qualifies as an independent director under the rules of the SEC and NASDAQ and as an outside director under the requirements of the Israeli Companies Law.  Our Board of Directors has also determined that if reelected as an outside director at the Meeting (see Item 3), that Mr. Eytan Barak will qualify as an independent director under the rules of the SEC and NASDAQ and as an outside director under the requirements of the Israeli Companies Law.  Our Board of Directors has further determined that each of Messrs. Steven Glusband and Yaacov Goldman qualifies as an independent director under the requirements of the SEC and NASDAQ.
 
Audit Committee
 
Under the Israeli Companies Law, the board of directors of a public company must establish an audit committee.  The audit committee must consist of at least three directors and must include all of the outside directors.  The audit committee may not include the chairman of the board of directors, any director employed by the company or providing services to the company on an ongoing basis, or a controlling shareholder or any of the controlling shareholder’s relatives.
 
In addition, the NASDAQ Listing Rules require us to establish an audit committee comprised of at least three members, all of whom must be independent directors, each of whom is financially literate and satisfies the respective “independence” requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission and NASDAQ and one of whom has accounting or related financial management expertise at senior levels within a company.
 
Our audit committee assists our Board of Directors in overseeing the accounting and financial reporting processes of our company and audits of our financial statements, including the integrity of our financial statements, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, our independent registered public accountants’ qualifications and independence, the performance of our internal audit function and independent registered public accountants, finding any defects in the business management of our company and proposing to our Board of Directors ways to correct such defects, approving related-party transactions as required by Israeli law, and such other duties as may be directed by our Board of Directors.
 
Our audit committee consists solely of members of our Board of Directors who satisfy the respective “independence” requirements of the SEC and NASDAQ for audit committee members.  Subject to and upon his election as an outside director at the Meeting (see Item 3), Mr. Eytan Barak will become a member of our audit committee, together with Ms. Varda Trivaks and Mr. Yaacov Goldman.  Each of such directors satisfies the requirements of the SEC, NASDAQ and Israeli law to serve as audit committee members.  Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Goldman qualifies as an audit committee financial expert.  The audit committee meets at least once each quarter.
 
Compensation of Directors
 
During the year ended December 31, 2009, we paid to our directors (including our outside directors under Israeli law) an annual fee of approximately $8,400 and a per meeting attendance fee of $300, other than to Mr. Chaim Mer, the Chairman of our Board of Directors and Mr. Yaacov Goldman, an independent director and our audit committee financial expert.  During the year ended December 31, 2009, we paid Mr. Goldman an annual fee of approximately $16,800 and a per meeting attendance fee of $400.  Mr. Chaim Mer devotes approximately 20% of his time to the management of our company in consideration of which we pay him a monthly salary of $7,000 per month.  Mr. Mer voluntarily and temporarily reduced his monthly salary by 15% starting December 1, 2008.
 
 
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Shareholder Communications with the Board of Directors
 
Our shareholders may communicate with the members of our Board of Directors by writing directly to the Board of Directors or specified individual directors to:
 
Corporate Secretary
Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd.
14 Hatidhar Street
Ra΄anana 43665, Israel
 
Our Corporate Secretary will deliver any shareholder communications to the specified individual director, if so addressed, or to one of our directors who can address the matter.
 
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
 
The following table sets forth certain information as of November 19, 2010 regarding the beneficial ownership by (i) all shareholders known to us to own beneficially more than 10% of our ordinary shares, (ii) each director and (iii) all directors and executive officers as a group:
 
   
Number of
   
Percentage of
 
   
Ordinary Shares
   
Outstanding
 
Name
 
Beneficially Owned (1)
   
Ordinary Shares (2)
 
             
Roger Challen
    1,087,308 (3)     24.4 %
                 
Chaim Mer and Dora Mer
    1,057,852 (4)     23.7 %
                 
Roni Ben David and Aliza Ben David
    702,675 (5)     15.8 %
                 
Lior Salansky
    564,928 (6)     12.7 %
                 
Isaac Ben-Bassat
    344,607 (7)     7.7 %
                 
Steven J. Glusband
    500       *  
                 
Yaacov Goldman
           
                 
Varda Trivaks
          %
                 
All directors and executive officers as a
group (10 persons)
    3,146,873 (8)     69.9 %
 

* Less than 1%.
 
(1)
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities.  Ordinary shares relating to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the date of this table are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such securities but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.  Except as indicated by footnote, and subject to community property laws where applicable, the persons named in the table above have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by them.
 
(2)
The percentages shown are based on 4,459,057 ordinary shares (excluding 5,400 ordinary shares held as treasury stock) issued and outstanding as of November 19, 2010.
 
(3)
The ordinary shares are held of record by the Info Group, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation controlled by Mr. Roger Challen.  Accordingly, Mr. Roger Challen may be deemed to have the sole voting and dispositive power as to the ordinary shares held of record by The Info Group, Inc.
 
 
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(4)
Based upon a Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on May 26, 2009.  Mr. Chaim Mer and his wife, Mrs. Dora Mer, are the record holders of 179,808 ordinary shares and the beneficial owners of 872,226 ordinary shares through their controlling interest in Mer Ofekim Ltd., 5,770 ordinary shares through their controlling interest in Mer Services Ltd. and 48 ordinary shares through their controlling interest in Mer & Co. (1982) Ltd.
 
(5)
Based solely upon, and qualified in its entirety with reference to, a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2010.  Based on the Schedule 13G/A, the ordinary shares are owned of record by Dana Optimum Investments Ltd., an Israeli company jointly owned by Mr. Roni Ben-David and his wife Mrs. Aliza Ben-David.  Accordingly, Mr. Roni Ben-David and Mrs. Aliza Ben-David may be deemed to have the shared voting and dispositive power as to the ordinary shares of the Issuer held of record by Dana Optimum Investments Ltd.
 
(6)
Based upon a Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on October 7, 2008 and other information available to the company.
 
(7)
Based upon a Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on October 30, 2008 and other information available to the company.  Includes 29,584 ordinary shares owned of record by Mr. Ben-Bassat and 315,023 ordinary shares owned of record by Ron Dan Investments Ltd., a company controlled by Mr. Ben-Bassat.
 
(8)
Includes 43,125 ordinary shares subject to currently exercisable stock options and warrants.
 
Stock Option Plans
 
2003 Israeli Share Option Plan
 
Under our 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan, or the 2003 Plan, options to purchase up to an aggregate 446,958 post- reverse split ordinary shares may be granted to directors, employees, consultants, advisors, service providers, controlling shareholders and other persons not employed by us or by our affiliates.  Any options which are canceled or forfeited within the option period will become available for future grants.  The 2003 Plan will terminate in 2013, unless earlier terminated by the Board of Directors.
 
Options to Israeli employees, directors and officers, other than controlling shareholders (as such term is defined in the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance), under the 2003 Plan may only be granted under Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax  Ordinance [New Version] - 1961, or Section 102, as amended as of January 1, 2003.  Section 102 as amended affords certain tax advantages with respect to option grants to employees and directors. Under amended Section 102, options granted pursuant to Section 102 may be designated as “Approved 102 Options” or “Unapproved 102 Options.”  An Approved 102 Option may either be classified as a capital gains option or an ordinary income option.  We elected to initially grant our options pursuant to Section 102 as capitals gain options.  Such election is effective as of the first date of grant of such capital gains options under the 2003 Plan and shall remain in effect at least until the lapse of one year following the end of the tax year during which we first granted capital gains options.  All Approved 102 Options (or the ordinary shares issued upon exercise thereof) must be held in trust by a trustee for the requisite holding period under Section 102 in order to benefit from the certain tax advantages.  We may also grant Unapproved 102 Options, which do not have any tax benefit and are not held by a trustee.  Options granted under Section 102 are taxed on the date of sale of the exercised ordinary shares and/or the date of the release of the options or such exercised ordinary shares from the trust.
 
The 2003 Plan is administered by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors, if appointed, which has the authority, subject to applicable law, to determine, the persons to whom options will be granted, the terms and conditions of the respective options, including the time and the extent to which the options may be exercised, may designate the type of options, make an election as to the type of Approved 102 Option.  The exercise price of options granted under the 2003 Plan will be based on the fair market value of our ordinary shares and is determined by the Board of Directors or the committee at the time of the grant.
 
 
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Options granted under the 2003 Plan are not assignable or transferable by an optionee, other than by will or by laws of descent and distribution, and during the lifetime of an optionee may be exercised only by the optionee or by the optionee’s legal representative.  Such options may be exercised as long as the optionee is employed by, or providing services to us or any of our affiliates, to the extent the options have vested.
 
During 2009, options to purchase an aggregate of 80,000 post-reverse split ordinary shares were granted under the 2003 Plan at an average exercise price of $1.94 per share, and no options were exercised.  At December 31, 2009, options to purchase 304,000 post-reverse split ordinary shares were outstanding under the 2003 Plan, exercisable at an average exercise price of $2.97 per share.
 
2006 Stock Option Plan
 
In June 2006, we adopted our 2006 Stock Option Plan, or the 2006 Plan, under which up to 200,000 post-reverse split ordinary shares may be issued (subject to standard adjustments) to employees, officers and non-employee directors of ours and our affiliates.  Ordinary shares as to which an option granted under the 2006 Plan has not been exercised at the time of its expiration, cancellation or forfeiture may again be subject to new awards under the 2006 Plan.  The total number of ordinary shares with respect to which options may be granted to any eligible employee during any period of 12 consecutive months may not exceed 50,000 post-reverse split ordinary shares (subject to adjustment as provided in the 2006 Plan).
 
The 2006 Plan is administered by our Board of Directors or to the extent permitted by Israeli law, a Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors, if established by our Board of Directors at its discretion.  All references below to the “Committee” refers to the Board of Directors or compensation committee established by our Board of Directors, as applicable.  The Committee has the authority, in its discretion, to establish from time to time guidelines or regulations for the administration of the 2006 Plan, to interpret the 2006 Plan, and to make all determinations it considers necessary or advisable for the administration of the 2006 Plan, in addition to the other responsibilities and powers assigned to the Committee in the 2006 Plan.  All decisions, actions or interpretations of the Committee under the 2006 Plan will be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties.
 
Each option granted under the 2006 Plan will be either an option intended to be treated as an “incentive stock option,” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, or an option that will be treated as a “non-qualified stock option.”  No incentive stock may be granted to any individual who is not an eligible employee of our company or a “subsidiary” within the meaning of the Code.  No incentive stock option may be granted to an employee if, as of the date of grant of such option, such employee owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of our company or any affiliated company, a “10% Holder,” unless (a) the exercise price per share under such option is at least 110% of the fair market value of an ordinary share determined as of the date of grant of such option, and (b) such option is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date of grant of such option.  No incentive stock option may be granted under the 2006 Plan after the ten year anniversary of its adoption.
 
In no event may the term of any option exceed ten years from the date of grant of the option.  However, in no event may the term of any option granted to a 10% Holder exceed five years from the date of grant of the option.  No option may be exercised after its expiration.
 
Each option granted under the 2006 Plan will become exercisable, in whole or in part, at such time or times during its term as the instrument evidencing the grant of such option may specify.
 
The price at which ordinary shares may be purchased upon any exercise of an option granted under the 2006 Plan will be the price per share determined by the Committee, and specified in the instrument evidencing the grant of such option, but in no event may the exercise price per share be less than (i) the fair market value of an ordinary share determined as of the date of grant of the option, or (ii), if greater, the par value of an ordinary share.  However, with respect to an option granted to a 10% Holder, in no event may the exercise price per share be less than 110% of the fair market value of our ordinary shares determined as of the date of grant of such option.
 
 
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Options granted under the 2006 Plan are nontransferable, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and may be exercised during the grantee’s lifetime only by the grantee.  However, if the instrument evidencing the grant of an option other than an incentive stock option so provides, the grantee may transfer his or her rights with respect to such option or any portion thereof, without consideration, to any “family member,” as such term is defined in the 2006 Plan.
 
The terms and conditions of an option grant may not be waived or amended without the consent of the grantee if it would adversely affect, to any material extent, any of the rights or obligations of the grantee with respect to such grant, or in the case of any option that was intended to constitute an incentive stock option, if such waiver or amendment would cause such option to fail to be treated as an incentive stock option.
 
Our Board of Directors may, with prospective or retroactive effect, amend, suspend or terminate the 2006 Plan or any portion of the 2006 Plan at any time.  However, no amendment, suspension or termination of the 2006 Plan may adversely affect the rights of any grantee with respect to any options previously granted to the grantee without his or her written consent.  Also, no amendment which constitutes a “material revision” of the 2006 Plan, within the meaning of such term under NASDAQ rules, may be effective unless approved by our shareholders in the manner required by such rules and by applicable law.
 
During 2009, options to purchase 165,000 post-reverse split ordinary shares were granted under the 2006 Plan at an average exercise price of $1.94 per share, and no options were exercised.  At December 31, 2009, options to purchase 188,500 post-reverse split ordinary shares were outstanding under the 2006 Plan, exercisable at an average exercise price of $2.34 per share.
 
As of December 31, 2009, our directors and executive officers as a group, consisting of ten persons, held options to purchase an aggregate 237,500 post-reverse split ordinary shares, having exercise prices ranging from $1.94 to $7.74.  The options vest over a two to four-year period.  Of such options, options to purchase 10,000 post-reverse split ordinary shares will expire in September 2010, options to purchase 15,000 post-reverse split ordinary shares will expire in September 2012, options to purchase 107,500 post-reverse split ordinary shares will expire in February 2013 and options to purchase 105,000 post-reverse split ordinary shares will expire in May 2014.  Such options were granted under our 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan and 2006 Stock Option Plan.
 
Certain Transactions
 
Prior to May 2008, Mrs. Dora Mer, the wife of Chaim Mer, provided legal services to us, and we paid her a monthly retainer of $5,000 for such services.  The conditions of retaining the services of Mrs. Mer were approved by our Audit Committee and Board of Directors.  In May 2008, Mrs. Mer joined the Israeli law firm of M. Firon & Co., Advocates and Notaries, and provides legal services to us through that firm since such date for a monthly retainer of $5,000, to be paid in NIS.  We may cancel the agreement with M. Firon & Co. upon thirty (30) days’ prior notice.  The conditions of retaining the services of M. Firon & Co. were approved by our Audit Committee and Board of Directors on April 2, 2008.   Mrs. Dora Mer voluntarily and temporarily reduced her monthly retainer to $2,500 starting March 1, 2010.
 
Our subsidiaries, MTS Asia Ltd. and MTS IntegraTRAK, entered into an agreement with C. Mer, pursuant to which they distribute and support certain of C. Mer’s products and provide certain services on behalf of C. Mer.  Generally, C. Mer compensates MTS Asia Ltd. for these activities at cost plus 10% and compensates MTS IntegraTRAK at cost plus 5%. There were no transactions under this agreement during 2007, 2008 and 2009.  C. Mer is a publicly traded company controlled by Mr. Chaim Mer, and Mr. Mer has been the Chairman of its Board of Directors since 1988 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1988 until January 2005.  Presently, the only service provided to us by C. Mer is our participation in its umbrella liability insurance coverage.  We believe that the terms under which C. Mer provides such participation to us is on a basis no less favorable than could be obtained from an unaffiliated third party.
 
On February 11, 2008, we issued in a private placement 375,000 post-reverse split ordinary shares to Mr. Lior Salanksy, our President and a director, for a total consideration of $750,000.
 
 
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On September 29, 2008, we completed a private placement of 109,745 of our post-reverse split ordinary shares for aggregate proceeds of $250,000, with Mr. Lior Salansky, our President, who is also a director and a principal shareholder, Mr. Isaac Ben-Bassat, a director, and Mr. Eytan Bar, our chief executive officer.
 
Since January 1, 2009 and as part of the acquisition of certain assets and liabilities of AnchorPoint’s TEM solutions, we have received certain services from Data Distributors, Inc., a company controlled by Mr. Roger Challen, a director and major shareholder of our company.  These services include reimbursement for shared expenses, as well as rental costs and related fees.  In addition, we rent from Mr. Roger Challen an office in Powder Springs, Georgia, where we occupy approximately 4,800 square feet of space for a monthly rental fee of approximately $4,700, under a month-to-month lease.  We also rent from the Challen Family Trust, of which Mr. Roger Challen is the beneficiary, an office in Framingham, Massachusetts, where we occupy approximately 3,334 square feet, under a month-to-month lease, for a monthly rental fee of approximately $4,100.
 
On March 25, 2009, our Audit Committee and Board of Directors approved a transaction with Mer & Co. (1982) Ltd., or Mer & Co.  According to the terms of the transaction, we will sell our products to Mer & Co, which has an Israel Defense Forces approved supplier number, and it will represent us and sell our products to the Israel Defense Forces.  For its services, Mer & Co. will be entitled to 5% of the amounts to be received from the Israel Defense Forces for our software products.  We may cease the arrangement by giving ten days’ prior notice, and the arrangement will terminate upon our company receiving an Israel Defense Forces approved supplier number.  Mer & Co. is a subsidiary of C. Mer Industries Ltd., an Israeli publicly traded company controlled by Mr. Chaim Mer.  Mr. Chaim Mer has served as the Chairman of its Board of Directors since 1988.  Mr. Chaim Mer is a major shareholder of our company and has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors and a director since our inception in December 1995.
 
II.  ELECTION OF OUTSIDE DIRECTOR
(Item 2 on the Proxy Card)
 
Under the Israeli Companies Law, public companies incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel are required to appoint at least two outside directors.  No person may be appointed as an outside director if the person, or the person’s relative, partner, employer or an entity under that person’s control, has or had during the two years preceding the date of appointment any affiliation with the company, its controlling shareholder or any entity controlled by the company or its controlling shareholder.  The term “relative” means a spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent, child or child of spouse or spouse of any of the above.  In general, the term “affiliation” includes an employment relationship, a business or professional relationship maintained on a regular basis, control and service as an office holder.  Under the Israeli Companies Law, the term “office holder” includes a director, general manager, chief business manager, deputy general manager, vice general manager, or any person filling any of these positions in a company even if he or she holds a different title, and also includes any other manager directly subordinate to the general manager.  In addition, no person may serve as an outside director if the person’s position or other activities create, or may create, a conflict of interest with the person’s position as director or may otherwise interfere with the person’s ability to serve as director.  If, at the time an outside director is appointed all members of the board of directors are of the same gender, then that outside director must be of the other gender.
 
A person is qualified to serve as an outside director only if he or she has “accounting and financial expertise” or “professional qualifications,” as such terms are defined under regulations promulgated under the Companies Law.  At least one of the outside directors elected must have “accounting and financial expertise” and any other outside director must have ‘‘accounting and financial expertise’’ or “professional qualification,” as such terms are defined by regulations promulgated under the Israeli Companies Law.
 
Each committee of the board of directors that is authorized to exercise powers vested in the board of directors must include at least one outside director, and the audit committee must include all the outside directors.  An outside director is entitled to compensation as provided in regulations adopted under the Israeli Companies Law and is otherwise prohibited from receiving any other compensation, directly or indirectly, in connection with such service.
 
 
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Outside directors are elected by the shareholders.  In general, outside directors serve for a three-year term and may be reelected to one additional three-year term.  Outside directors can be removed from office only by the same special percentage of shareholders as can elect them, or by a court, and then only if an outside director ceases to meet the statutory qualifications with respect to his or her appointment or if the outside director violates his or her duty of loyalty to the company.
 
At our annual general meeting of shareholders held in August 2007, Mr. Etan Barak was elected to serve as an outside director for an initial three-year term.  At our annual general meeting of shareholders held in August 2008, Ms. Varda Trivaks was elected to serve as an outside director for an initial three-year term.  Accordingly, at the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to reelect Mr. Barak as an outside director for a second three-year term, effective as of the date of the Meeting.
 
Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Barak qualifies as an outside director, after receiving from him a declaration confirming his qualifications under the Israeli Companies Law to be elected as an outside director.  Such declaration is available for review at our registered office.  In addition, our Board of Directors has determined that each of Mr. Barak and Ms. Trivaks has “accounting and financial expertise.”
 
Set forth below is a brief biography of the nominee for outside director, based upon our records and information furnished to us.
 
Eytan Barak (65) served as an outside director of our company from August 2007  and was a member of our audit committee .  Mr. Barak is joint owner and chief executive officer of Dovrat - Barak, Investments in Advanced Technologies Ltd., a company which provides financial resources and management assistance to start-up companies.  Mr Barak also serves as a member of the board of directors, audit committee and investment committee of various Israeli companies, including ICTS International N.V. traded on the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB: ICTS).  From 1973 to 1997, Mr. Barak was with the Israel Corporation Ltd., initially serving as its corporate controller and thereafter as its chief financial officer, and also served as chairman or member of the board of directors of some of its subsidiaries.  From 1967 until 1973, Mr. Barak was associated with Kesselman & Kesselman, the Israeli member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited.  Mr. Barak holds a B.A. degree in accounting from Tel Aviv University has been a certified public accountant (Israel) since 1971.
 
We are not aware of any reason why the nominee, if elected, would be unable or unwilling to serve as an outside director.
 
Under the Israeli Companies Law, the election of the nominee for outside director requires the affirmative vote of a majority of ordinary shares represented at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, entitled to vote and voting on the matter, provided that either (i) the shares voting in favor of such election include at least one-third of the shares of non-controlling shareholders who vote on the election (excluding the vote of abstaining shareholders), or (ii) the total shareholdings of the non-controlling shareholders who vote against such election do not represent more than 1% of the voting rights in our company.
 
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the election of the nominee for outside director named above.
 
Outside Director Continuing in Officer
 
Biographical information concerning the outside director continuing in office follows for informational purposes only.
 
Varda Trivaks (53) has served as an outside director since August 2008 and is a member of our audit committee.  Ms. Trivaks serves as the Managing Director and is one of the two founding partners of Mimtar Business Consulting, established in 2001.  In that position, Ms. Trivaks acts as an advisor to companies on investments, mergers, spin-offs, valuation, control, budgeting, with a special focus on advising global companies and management of companies during times of restructuring and recovery. Ms. Trivaks serves as a member of the audit committee, board of directors and/or financial committee of Ginegar Plastic Products Ltd. and E. Schnapp & Co. Works Ltd.  From 1998 to 2004, Ms. Trivaks was a member of the Israel Accounting Institute’s communications committee for Capital Markets and Insurance.  Between 1998 to 2001, Ms. Trivaks was a partner with the accounting and consulting firm, Shlomo Ziv and Co. - BDO, and served as the managing director of one of its subsidiaries.  Ms. Trivaks holds a B.A. degree in Economics and Accounting from Tel Aviv University and a M.Sc. degree in Management from Boston University and has been a certified public accountant (Israel) since 1987.
 
 
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III.  APPROVAL OF COMPENSATION TO BE PAID TO THE OUTSIDE DIRECTOR
(Item 3 on the Proxy Card)
 
The compensation of outside directors of an Israeli company is regulated by the Israeli Companies Regulations (Rules Regarding Compensation and Expenses to Outside Directors), 2000, as amended, or the Regulations.  Under the Israeli Companies Law and pursuant to the Regulations, a company is generally required to pay its outside directors a minimum cash compensation in the form of an annual fee and a per meeting attendance fee (including for attendance at board of directors committee meetings) in the manner set forth in the Regulations.  A nominee for outside director must be informed of the compensation to be paid by a company prior to the nominee’s consent to serve in such capacity, and such compensation generally may not be modified during any three-year term of service.  Also, the compensation paid to each of a company’s outside directors must be the same, regardless of the form of compensation (except that “expert outside directors” may receive higher compensation than non-experts).
 
Subject to the election of Mr. Eytan Barak as an outside director for a second three-year term (see Item II), we propose to pay to Mr. Barak, effective as of his election as outside director and for the duration of his service in such capacity, compensation in the form of an annual fee, payable quarterly, of NIS 30,500 (currently equivalent to approximately $8,400) and a per meeting attendance fee of NIS 1,090 (currently equivalent to approximately $300).  Under the Israeli Companies Law, the payment of such compensation to an outside director requires shareholder approval.
 
It is therefore proposed that at the Meeting the following resolution be adopted:
 
“RESOLVED, subject to the election of Mr. Eytan Barak as an outside director for a second three year term, to pay to Mr. Barak, effective as of his election as an outside director and for the duration of his service in such capacity, compensation in the form of an annual fee, payable quarterly, of NIS 30,500 and a per meeting attendance fee of NIS 1,090.”
 
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the ordinary shares represented at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, entitled to vote and voting on the matter, is required to approve the foregoing resolution.
 
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the foregoing resolution.
 
IV.  APPROVAL OF ASSUMPTION OF COSTS TO DEFEND ANCHORPOINT, INC. (NOW
KNOWN AS THE INFO GROUP INC.) IN A PATENT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT
(Item 4 on the Proxy Card)
 
On December 30, 2008, we completed the acquisition of certain assets and liabilities of AnchorPoint, Inc., or AnchorPoint, a Massachusetts corporation, a provider of telecommunications expense management, or TEM, solutions.  The aggregate consideration paid for the acquisition was the issuance of 24.4% of our outstanding shares on a post-transaction basis.  In connection with the acquisition, Mr. Roger Challen, the founder and controlling shareholder of AnchorPoint, was appointed by our board of directors to serve as a director of our company effective as of April 1, 2009 and he has served as a member of our board of directors since such time.  Following the acquisition, AnchorPoint changed its name to The Info Group, Inc., or The Info Group.  The Info Group currently holds of record 1,087,308, or 24.4%, of our ordinary shares, which are deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Challen.
 
On September 28, 2010, Asentinel LLC, a competitor of our company, filed a patent infringement complaint against AnchorPoint and two other defendants, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.  The complaint seeks damages and injunctive relief for the alleged infringement of Asentinel’s TEM patents.
 
 
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Our Audit Committee and Board of Directors believe that it would be in our company’s best interest to represent The Info Group in the lawsuit as the technology in question is integral to our business.  We believe that the complaint is without merit and intend to vigorously defend against the claim.  Accordingly, our Audit Committee and Board of Directors have approved, subject to shareholder approval, our company’s assumption of certain costs to defend the claim, in such amounts as determined by our Audit Committee and Board of Directors from time to time.
 
Under the Israeli Companies Law, extraordinary transactions of a public company with its controlling shareholder or in which its controlling shareholder has a personal interest, generally require the approval of the company’s audit committee, board of directors and shareholders (by a special majority), in that order.  Since The Info Group and Mr. Challen currently beneficially own 24.4% of our ordinary shares and may each be deemed to be a “controlling shareholder” (as such term is defined under of the Israeli Companies Law), the assumption of The Info Group’s legal costs may be deemed to constitute an extraordinary transaction with our controlling shareholder or an extraordinary transaction in which our controlling shareholder has a personal interest.
 
It is therefore proposed that at the Meeting the following resolution be adopted:
 
“RESOLVED, that the assumption of certain costs to defend AnchorPoint, Inc. (now known as The Info Group Inc.) in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by Asentinel LLC, in such amounts as determined by the Audit Committee and Board of Directors from time to time, be, and it hereby is, approved.”
 
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the ordinary shares represented at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, entitled to vote and voting on the matter, is required to approve the foregoing resolution, provided that either (i) such majority includes at least one-third of the votes of disinterested shareholders voting on the matter (not including abstentions) or (ii) the total number of votes of disinterested shareholders voted against the matter does not exceed 1% of our voting power.  Mr. Challen is deemed to have a personal interest in this resolution.
 
The Israeli Companies Law requires that each shareholder voting on this proposal indicate whether or not the shareholder has a personal interest in the proposal.  Otherwise, the shareholder is not eligible to vote on this proposal.  Under the Israeli Companies Law, a “personal interest” of a shareholder in an act or transaction of a company (i) includes a personal interest of any members of the shareholder’s family (or their spouses) or a personal interest of a company with respect to which the shareholder (or such family member) serves as a director or the chief executive officer, owns at least 5.0% of the shares or has the right to appoint a director or the chief executive officer and (ii) excludes an interest arising solely from the ownership of shares.
 
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the foregoing resolution.
 
V.  RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
(Item 5 on the Proxy Card)
 
Our Board of Directors first appointed Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, registered public accountants, a Member of Ernst & Young Global, as our independent public accountants in 1996 and has reappointed the firm as our independent public accountants since such time.
 
At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to ratify and approve the re-appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer as our independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2010, pursuant to the recommendation of our Audit Committee and Board of Directors.  As a result of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer’s familiarity with our operations and reputation in the auditing field, our Audit Committee and Board of Directors believe that the firm has the necessary personnel, professional qualifications and independence to act as our independent registered public accountants.
 
At the Meeting, shareholders will also be asked to authorize our Board of Directors to delegate to our Audit Committee the authority to determine the compensation of our independent registered public accountants in accordance with the volume and nature of their services.  With respect to fiscal year 2009, we paid Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer $104,000 for audit services.
 
 
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It is therefore proposed that at the Meeting the following resolution be adopted:
 
“RESOLVED, that the appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, as the independent registered public accountants of Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. to conduct the annual audit of its financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2010, be and hereby is ratified and approved, and that the Board of Directors be, and it hereby is, authorized to delegate to the Audit Committee the authority to fix the remuneration of such independent registered public accountants in accordance with the volume and nature of their services.”
 
If the appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer is not approved by our shareholders, or if Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer ceases to act as our independent registered public accountants, or if the Audit Committee removes Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer as our independent registered public accountants, the Audit Committee will recommend another independent registered public accounting firm.
 
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the ordinary shares represented at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, entitled to vote and voting on the matter, is required to approve the foregoing resolution.
 
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the foregoing resolution.
 
VI.  REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF AUDITOR’S REPORT AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
At the Meeting, our auditor’s report and the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 will be presented.  We will hold a discussion with respect to the financial statements at the Meeting.  This Item will not involve a vote of the shareholders.
 
Our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009, including the auditor’s report and consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, which was filed with the SEC on March 26, 2010, is available on our website at www.mtsint.com or through the EDGAR website of the SEC at www.sec.gov.  None of the auditor’s report, consolidated financial statements, the Form 20-F or the contents of our website form part of the proxy solicitation material.

VII.  OTHER MATTERS
 
The Board of Directors does not intend to bring any matters before the Meeting other than those specifically set forth in the Notice of the Meeting and knows of no matters to be brought before the Meeting by others.  If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying proxy to vote such proxy in accordance with the judgment of the Board of Directors.
 
  By Order of the Board of Directors,
 
Alon Mualem
Corporate Secretary
 
Dated: November 19, 2010
 
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