Blueprint
IDB
Development Corporation Ltd.
Periodic Report for
2015
Table of Contents: Page
Consolidated
Statements of Financial Position
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3-4
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Consolidated
Statements of Income
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5
|
Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Income
|
6
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Statements of
Changes in Equity
|
7-9
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
|
10-11
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Notes
to the Financial Statements
|
|
Note
1-General
|
12-21
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Note 2-
Significant Accounting Policies
|
22-48
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Note 3-
Investments
|
49-83
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Note 4-
Other investments, including derivatives
|
84
|
Note 5-
Loans, deposits, charged and restricted deposits and debit
balances
|
85
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Note 6-
Fixed Assets
|
86-88
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Note 7-
Investment Property
|
89-93
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Note 8-
Trade Receivables
|
94
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Note 9-
Inventory
|
94
|
Note
10- Intangible Assets
|
95-98
|
Note
11- Accounts Receivable and Debit Balances
|
98
|
Note
12- Inventory of buildings for sale
|
99
|
Note
13- Assets and liabilities of realization groups and other assets
and liabilities classified as held-for-sale
|
99
|
Note
14- Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
99
|
Note
15- Equity and Reserves
|
100-113
|
Note
16- Bank Loans and other
Financial Liabilities at Amortized Cost
|
114-173
|
Note
17- Provisions
|
174
|
Note
18- Employee benefits
|
175-176
|
Note
19- Accounts Payable and Credit Balances
|
176
|
Note
20- Trade Payables
|
177
|
Note
21- Financial Instruments
|
178-199
|
Note
22- Liens and Guarantees
|
200-201
|
Note
23- Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
|
202-224
|
Note
24- Sales and services
|
225
|
Note
25- The Group's share of the profits (losses) of investee companies
that are treated under the equity method of accounting,
net
|
225
|
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-1
Note
26- Profit (loss) on disposal and the writing down of investments
and assets, and dividends
|
226
|
Note
27- Changes in the fair value of investment property
|
227
|
Note
28- Financing income and expenses
|
228
|
Note
29- Cost of sales and services
|
229
|
Note
30- Selling and marketing expenses
|
229
|
Note
31- Administrative and general expenses
|
230
|
Note
32- Taxes on income
|
230-234
|
Note
33- Related and Interested Parties
|
235-256
|
Note
34- Segments
|
257-267
|
Note
35- Events after the date of the statement of financial
position
|
268
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Appendix to the
Financial Statements
|
269-271
|
Attached documents:
1.
Financial work as
of December 31, 2015, in connection with a mixed financial
instrument in respect of the non-recourse loan that Koor Industries
Ltd. (“Koor”) received within the scope of a merger
between Adama Agricultural solutions Ltd. (“Adama”) and
ChemChina, including an appendix to the said financial work in
connection with a value of the investment in Adama as of December
31,2015 is included by way of a referral to said work, which is
attached to the financial statements of the Discount Investment
Company Ltd. (“Discount Investments”) as of December
31, 2015 that were submitted by it to the Securities Authority and
published on March 23, 2016 (reference No.
2016-01-013530).
2.
Financial work
regarding a review of impairment of goodwill attributed to Cellcom
from June 30 2015 is included by way of reference to said work,
which is attached to the financial statements of Discount
Investments as of June 30, 2015 that were submitted by it to the
Securities Authority and published on August 27, 2015 (reference
No. 2015-01-107427).
3.
A valuation as at
September 30, 2015 of a commerce and offices project, Great Wash
Park, LLC in Las Vegas, which is partly held by the Company and
Property & Building Corporation, Ltd. ("Property &
Building"), is included in these financial statements by way of
reference to the said valuation which is attached with the
financial statements of Property & Building as at 30 September,
2015, that was submitted by it to the Securities Authority and
published on November 18, 2015 (ref. no:
2015-01-157506).
4.
Data regarding the
Company’s liabilities are attached to these financial
statements, pursuant to Regulation 38E of the Securities
Regulations (Periodic and Immediate Reports), 5730 - 1970, by way
of reference to the aforementioned data which are included in the
report regarding the corporation's liabilities, which was submitted
by the company to the Israel Securities Authority and published on
March 29, 2016 (reference number 2016-01-018300).
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-2
Consolidated
Statements of Financial Position
|
|
December
31
|
|
Note
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Non-current
assets
|
|
|
|
Investments in
investee companies accounted for by the equity method
|
3
|
3,569
|
3,754(1),(2)
|
Other
investments, including derivatives
|
4
|
349
|
2,122
|
Loans,
deposits, restricted deposits and debit balances
|
5
|
147
|
152
|
Fixed
assets
|
6
|
5,620
|
5,559
|
Investment
property
|
7
|
11,866
|
11,175
|
Long-term trade
receivables
|
8
|
467
|
476
|
Real
estate and other inventory
|
|
304
|
375
|
Deferred
expenses
|
|
318
|
284
|
Deferred tax
assets
|
32
|
45
|
51
|
Intangible
assets
|
10
|
4,664
|
4,782
|
Investment
classified as held for sale
|
13
|
1,182
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,531
|
28,730
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
|
|
Other
investments, including derivatives
|
4
|
1,821
|
3,317
|
Loans,
deposits and restricted deposits
|
5
|
761
|
514
|
Receivables and
debit balances
|
11
|
354
|
(2) 333
|
Current
tax assets
|
|
36
|
46
|
Trade
receivables
|
8
|
2,527
|
2,712
|
Inventory
|
9
|
734
|
851
|
Inventory of
buildings for sale
|
12
|
742
|
691
|
Assets
classified as held for sale
|
13
|
319
|
5
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
14
|
3,356
|
3,578
|
|
|
10,650
|
12,047
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
39,181
|
40,777
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(1)
below.
(2)
Reclassified - see
Note 1.F.(1) below.
The
notes attached to the consolidated financial statements constitute
an integral part hereof.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-3
Consolidated
Statements of Financial Position (Cont.)
|
|
December
31
|
|
Note
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Capital
|
15
|
|
|
Premium
on shares
|
|
3,262
|
2,698
|
Capital
reserves
|
|
42
|
(86)(1)
|
Accumulated
losses
|
|
(3,173)
|
(2,822)(1)
|
Capital
(capital deficit) attributed to shareholders of the
Company
|
|
131
|
(210)
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
3.E
|
3,726
|
3,539(1)
|
|
|
3,857
|
3,329
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current
liabilities
|
|
|
|
Debentures
|
16
|
17,002
|
18,721
|
Loans
from banks and other financial liabilities
|
16
|
2,898
|
3,664
|
Hybrid
financial instrument in respect of non-recourse loan
|
16
|
2,900
|
3,069(1)
|
Financial
liabilities presented at fair value
|
16.C.3
|
73
|
13
|
Other
non-financial liabilities
|
|
118
|
108
|
Provisions
|
17
|
241
|
235
|
Deferred tax
liabilities
|
32
|
1,648
|
1,510
|
Employee
benefits
|
18
|
167
|
174
|
|
|
25,047
|
27,494
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
|
|
Current
maturities of debentures
|
16
|
2,959
|
3,303
|
Credit
from banking corporations and current maturities of loans from
banks and others
|
16
|
2,183
|
1,863
|
Derivatives
|
|
26
|
50
|
Payables and credit
balances
|
19
|
2,137
|
1,874(2)
|
Trade
payables
|
20
|
2,618
|
2,468(2)
|
Current
tax liabilities
|
|
136
|
133
|
Overdraft
|
|
27
|
80
|
Provisions
|
17
|
191
|
183(2)
|
|
|
10,277
|
9,954
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total capital and
liabilities
|
|
39,181
|
40,777
|
Date of
approval of the financial statements: March 29, 2016
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-4
Consolidated
Statements of Income
|
|
For
the year ended
December
31
|
|
Note
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
(1)2014
|
2013
|
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
Sales
and services
|
24
|
17,978
|
18,546
|
19,985
|
The
Group's share in the profit of investee companies accounted for by
the equity method, net
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
61
|
Gain
from realization and increase in value of investments, assets and
dividends, and gain as a result of rise to control
|
26A.
|
255
|
958
|
96(4)
|
Increase in fair
value of investment property
|
27A.
|
439
|
439
|
417
|
Other
revenues
|
|
11
|
1
|
24
|
Financing
income
|
28A.
|
387
|
1,200
|
665
|
|
|
19,070
|
21,144
|
21,248
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
sales and services
|
29
|
12,945
|
13,223(4)
|
13,844(4)
|
Research and
development expenses
|
|
55
|
27
|
108
|
Selling
and marketing expenses
|
30
|
3,180
|
3,495(4)
|
3,492(4)
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
31
|
917
|
1,034
|
1,139
|
The
Group's share in the loss of investee companies accounted for by
the equity method, net
|
25
|
21
|
491(2)
|
-
|
Loss
from realization, impairment, and write-down of investments and
assets
|
26B.
|
43
|
484(3)
|
138
|
Decrease in fair
value of investment property
|
27B.
|
130
|
26
|
97
|
Other
expenses
|
|
13
|
11
|
13
|
Financing
expenses
|
28B.
|
1,302
|
2,467(2)
|
2,433(2)
|
|
|
18,606
|
21,258
|
21,264
|
Profit
(loss) before taxes on income
|
|
464
|
(114)
|
(16)
|
Taxes
on income
|
32
|
(274)
|
(359)
|
(304)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit
(loss) for the year from continuing operations
|
|
190
|
(473)
|
(320)
|
Profit
(loss) from discontinued operations, after tax
|
|
(255)
|
(296)(3)
|
846(3)
|
Net
profit (loss) for the year
|
|
(65)
|
(769)
|
526
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
profit (loss) for the year attributed to:
|
|
|
|
|
The
Company’s owners
|
|
(360)
|
(988)(2)
|
(146)(2)
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
|
295
|
219(2)
|
672(2)
|
|
|
(65)
|
(769)
|
526
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
(loss) per share to the Company’s owners
|
15.F
|
NIS
|
NIS
|
NIS
|
Basic
and diluted loss per share from continuing operations
|
|
(0.18)
|
(2)(3)
(2.62)
|
(2)(3)
(2.87)
|
Basic
and diluted earnings (loss) per share from discontinued
operations
|
|
(0.42)
|
(3)
(1.30)
|
(3)2.20
|
Basic
and diluted loss per share
|
|
(0.60)
|
(3.92)
|
(0.67)
|
(1)
Following the
realization of the investment in Given Imaging Ltd., its financial
statements are no longer consolidated with theCompany's financial
statements beginning on February 27, 2014.
(2)
Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(2)
below.
(3)
Restated due to
discontinued operations (Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises), see
note 3.I.1 below.
(4)
Reclassified - see
note 1.F.(1). below.
The
notes attached to the consolidated financial statements constitute
an integral part hereof.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-5
Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Income
|
For
the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
Net
profit (loss) for the year
|
(65)
|
(769)(2)
|
(2)526
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive income items after initial recognition under
comprehensive income which have been transferred or will be
transferred to profit and loss, net of tax
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation differences for foreign
operations
|
12
|
348
|
(263)
|
Foreign
currency translation differences for foreign operations, charged to
profit or loss
|
(1)
|
25
|
3
|
Effective part in
changes in the fair value of cash flow hedging
|
-
|
10
|
(12)
|
Net
change in the fair value of cash flow hedging, charged to profit
and loss
|
1
|
-
|
11
|
The
Group's share in other comprehensive income (loss) in respect of
investee companies accounted for by the equity method
|
(74)
|
572
|
(315)
|
|
|
|
|
Total
other comprehensive income (loss) after initial recognition under
comprehensive income which has been transferred or will be
transferred to profit and loss
|
(62)
|
955
|
(576)
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive income items which will not be transferred to profit
and loss, net of tax
|
|
|
|
Actuarial gain
(loss) from defined benefit plan
|
4
|
(14)
|
6
|
Revaluation of
fixed assets transferred to investment property
|
-
|
5
|
7
|
Change,
net, in the fair value of financial assets at fair value through
comprehensive income
|
-
|
(2)
|
(8)
|
The
Group's share in other comprehensive income in respect of investee
companies accounted for by the equity method
|
5
|
3
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
Total
other comprehensive income (loss) which will not be transferred to
profit and loss
|
9
|
(8)
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
Total
other comprehensive income (loss) for the year, net of
tax
|
(53)
|
947
|
(571)
|
|
|
|
|
Total
comprehensive income (loss) for the year
|
(118)
|
178
|
(45)
|
|
|
|
|
Attributed
to:
|
|
|
|
The
Company’s owners
|
(401)
|
(374)(2)
|
(2) (480)
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
283
|
552(2)
|
(2)435
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
income (loss) for the year
|
(118)
|
178
|
(45)
|
(1)
Following the
realization of the investment in Given Imaging Ltd., its financial
statements are no longer consolidated with theCompany's financial
statements beginning on February 27, 2014.
(2)
Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(2)
below.
The
notes attached to the consolidated financial statements constitute
an integral part hereof.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-6
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Equity
|
Attributed
to the Company’s owners
|
|
|
Share
capital
|
Other
reserves
|
Reserves
in respect of transactions with non-controlling
interests
|
Reserves
from translation differences
|
Hedging
reserves
|
Reserves
in respect of financial assets through other comprehensive
income
|
Revaluation
reserves
|
Accumulated
losses
|
Total
capital (capital deficit) attributed to shareholders of the
Company
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
Total
capital
|
|
|
NIS
millions
|
For
the year ended December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2015
|
2,698
|
251
|
(137)(3),(2)
|
(313)
|
36(3)
|
(4)
|
81
|
(2,822)(2)
|
(210)(2)
|
3,539(2)
|
3,329
|
|
Profit
(loss) for the year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(360)
|
(360)
|
295
|
(65)
|
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss) for the year (see Note 15.D.
below)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(33)
|
(13)
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
(41)
|
(12)
|
(53)
|
|
Transactions
with owners charged directly to equity, investments of owners and
distributions to owners
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
raising (see note 15.B. below)
|
564
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
564
|
-
|
564
|
|
Receipat of a
subordinated loan from the controlling shareholder (see note
16.C.3. below)
|
-
|
157
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
157
|
-
|
157
|
|
Receipts for claims
settlements in which the Company is a party (see note 23.c.1.d. and
e. below).
|
-
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
28
|
-
|
28
|
|
Dividends to
non-controlling interests
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(66)
|
(66)
|
|
Acquisition of
interests in subsidiaries from non-controlling interests
(1) (see
also note 3.H.3.A. below)
|
-
|
-
|
(7)
|
(6)
|
1
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
(7)
|
(63)
|
(70)
|
|
Non
controlling interests in respect of business combination (see note
3.H.6.A. below)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
21
|
|
Investments of non-
controlling interests in consolidated companies
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
7
|
|
Change
in non-controlling interests following discontinuance of
consolidation of a subsidiary
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|
Share-based
payments granted by consolidated companies
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
4
|
|
Realization of
financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
(2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
3,262
|
430
|
(144)
|
(352)
|
24
|
(2)
|
86
|
(3,173)
|
131
|
3,726
|
3,857
|
|
(1)
Includes effects in
respect of expiry of share-based payment instruments in
consolidated companies.
(2)
Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(3)
below.
(3)
Reclassified, see
note 1.F.(1) below.
The
notes attached to the consolidated financial statements constitute
an integral part hereof.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-7
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Equity (cont.)
|
Attributed
to the Company’s owners
|
|
|
|
Share
capital
|
Premium
on shares
|
Other
reserves
|
Reserves
in respect of transactions with non-controlling
interests
|
Reserves
from translation differences
|
Hedging
reserves
|
Reserves
in respect of financial assets through other comprehensive
income
|
Revaluation
reserves
|
Treasury
shares
|
Accumulated
losses
|
Total
capital (capital deficit) attributed to shareholders of the
Company
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
Total
capital
|
|
NIS
millions
|
For
the year ended December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2014
|
61
|
2,146
|
251
|
45
|
(692)
|
(71)
|
(14)
|
80
|
(656)
|
(3)(1,821)
|
(3) (671)
|
4,687
|
4,016
|
Profit
(loss) for the year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3) (988)
|
(3) (988)
|
(3)219
|
(769)
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss) for the year (see Note 15.D.
below)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
502
|
114
|
(1)
|
1
|
-
|
(2)
|
614
|
333
|
947
|
Transactions
with owners charged directly to equity, investments of owners and
distributions to owners
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes
in the Company’s capital
|
(61)
|
(595)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
656
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Capital
raising and conversion to capital of shareholders
loans
|
-
|
1,147
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,147
|
-
|
1,147
|
Dividends to
non-controlling interests
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(349)
|
(349)
|
Acquisition of
interests in subsidiaries from non-controlling interests
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3),(4)(177)
|
(123)
|
(4)(7)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(307)
|
(3) (860)
|
(1,167)
|
Sale of
interests in subsidiaries to non-controlling interests(2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(5)
|
38
|
33
|
Change
in non-controlling interests following discontinuance of
consolidation of a subsidiary
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(538)
|
(538)
|
Share-based
payments granted by consolidated companies
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
9
|
9
|
Realization of
financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
(11)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2014
|
-
|
2,698
|
251
|
(137)
|
(313)
|
36
|
(4)
|
81
|
-
|
(2,822)
|
(210)
|
3,539
|
3,329
|
(1)
Includes effects in
respect of expiry of share-based payment instruments in
consolidated companies.
(2)
Includes effects in
respect of realization of share-based payment instruments in
consolidated companies.
(3)
Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(2)
below.
(4)
Reclassified, see
note 1.F.(1) below.
The
notes attached to the consolidated financial statements constitute
an integral part hereof.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-8
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Equity (cont.)
|
Attributed
to the Company’s owners
|
|
|
|
Share
capital
|
Premium
on shares
|
Other
reserves
|
Reserves
in respect of transactions with non-controlling
interests
|
Reserves
from translation differences
|
Hedging
reserves
|
Reserves
in respect of financial assets through other comprehensive
income
|
Revaluation
reserves
|
Treasury
shares
|
Accumulated
losses
|
Total
capital (capital deficit) attributed to shareholders of the
Company
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
Total
capital
|
|
NIS
millions
|
For
the year ended December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2013
|
61
|
2,146
|
251
|
53
|
(419)
|
(68)
|
(14)
|
78
|
(656)
|
(3)
(1,677)
|
(3) (245)
|
(3)4,801
|
4,556
|
Profit
(loss) for the year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3) (146)
|
(3) (146)
|
(3)672
|
526
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss) for the year (see Note 15.D.
below)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(328)
|
(10)
|
(3)
|
3
|
-
|
4
|
(334)
|
(237)
|
(571)
|
Transactions
with owners charged directly to equity, investments of owners and
distributions to owners
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends to
non-controlling interests
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(319)
|
(319)
|
Acquisition of
interests in subsidiaries from non-controlling
interests(1)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
14
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
14
|
(25)
|
(11)
|
Sale of
interests in subsidiaries to non-controlling interests(2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(32)
|
64
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
39
|
580
|
619
|
Non-controlling
interests in respect of business combination
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
543
|
543
|
Change
in non-controlling interests following discontinuance of
consolidation of subsidiaries (primarily Clal Insurance Enterprise
Holdings)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,673)
|
(1,673)
|
Sale of
interests in subsidiaries to non-controlling interests through
profit sharing policies, net (4)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10
|
(9)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
306
|
307
|
Transaction with
controlling shareholder in subsidiary
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
Share-based
payments granted by consolidated companies
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
38
|
38
|
Realization of
financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
(3)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Amortization of
revaluation reserve, following rise to control, to
surplus
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2013
|
61
|
2,146
|
251
|
45
|
(5) (692)
|
(71)
|
(14)
|
80
|
(656)
|
(1,821)
|
(671)
|
4,687
|
4,016
|
(1)
Includes effects in
respect of expiry of share-based payment instruments in
consolidated companies.
(2)
Includes effects in
respect of realization of share-based payment instruments in
consolidated companies.
(3)
Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(2)
below.
(4)
Including effects
with respect to the discontinuance of the consolidation of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises.
(5)
Includes NIS 14
million with respect to the assets and liabilities of Given Imaging
Ltd., classified as held for sale.
The
notes attached to the consolidated financial statements constitute
an integral part hereof.
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
|
For
the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
(1)2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Cash
flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
Profit
(loss) for the year
|
(65)
|
(769)(2)
|
526(2)
|
Loss
(profit) from discontinued operations, after tax
|
255
|
296(4)
|
(846)(4)
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments:
|
|
|
|
The
Group's share in the loss (net profit) of investee companies
accounted for by the equity method, net
|
21
|
491(2)
|
(61)
|
Dividends
received
|
226
|
27
|
40
|
Realization
profits, increase and write-downs, net, of investments, assets and
dividends and gain as a result of rise to control
|
(212)
|
(474)(4)
|
42(4)
|
Increase in fair
value of real estate investments, net
|
(309)
|
(413)
|
(320)
|
Amortization of
fixed assets and deferred expenses
|
713
|
781(3)
|
759(3)
|
Amortization of
intangible assets and others
|
300
|
355
|
374
|
Financing costs,
net
|
913
|
1,266(2)
|
1,753(2)
|
Expenses of tax on
income, net
|
274
|
359
|
304
|
Income
tax paid, net
|
(108)
|
(197)
|
(208)
|
Share-based payment
transactions
|
4
|
9
|
27
|
Payments in respect
of the settlement of derivatives, net
|
-
|
(6)
|
(17)
|
|
2,012
|
1,725
|
2,373
|
Changes
in other balance sheet items
|
|
|
|
Change
in other receivables and debit balances (including long term
amounts)
|
(50)
|
(18)(3)
|
(21)(3)
|
Change
in trade receivables (including long term amounts)
|
222
|
495
|
559
|
Change
in inventory
|
248
|
49
|
196
|
Change
in non-current inventory
|
(14)
|
(13)
|
(43)
|
Change
in provisions and in employee benefits
|
4
|
2
|
9
|
Change
in trade payables
|
205
|
(24)(3)
|
(192)(3)
|
Change
in other payables, credit balances, provisions and other
liabilities (including long term amounts)
|
34
|
98(3)
|
11
|
|
649
|
589
|
519
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash from continuing operating activities
|
2,661
|
2,314
|
2,892
|
Net
cash from discontinued operating activities
|
-
|
-
|
1,362(5)
|
Net
cash from operating activities
|
2,661
|
2,314
|
4,254
|
(1)
Following the
realization of the investment in Given Imaging Ltd., its financial
statements are no longer consolidated with the Company's financial
statements beginning on February 27, 2014.
(2)
Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(2)
below.
(3)
Reclassified, see
note 1.F.(1) below.
(4)
Restated due to the
presentation of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, results as
part of discontinued operations, see note 3.I.1.
below.
(5)
An amount of NIS
1,350 million in respect of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises and
an amount of NIS 12 million in respect of Credit
Swiss
The
notes attached to the consolidated financial statements constitute
an integral part hereof.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-10
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows (Cont.)
|
For
the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
(1)2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Cash
flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
Deposits, loans and
long term investments provided
|
(1)
|
(197)
|
(2)
|
Repayment of long
term deposits and loans provided
|
50
|
95
|
18
|
Decrease (increase)
in pledged and restricted deposits, net
|
18
|
478
|
(196)
|
Current
investments, loans and short-term deposits, net
|
1,217
|
(438)
|
(915)
|
Investments and
loans in investee companies accounted for by the equity
method
|
(65)
|
(50)
|
(35)
|
Non-current
investments
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(126)
|
Investments in
fixed assets and intangible assets
|
(865)
|
(845)
(2)
|
(2) (739)
|
Investments in
investment property
|
(457)
|
(463)
|
(508)
|
Receipts (payments)
in respect of the settlement of derivatives, net
|
(5)
|
4
|
(12)
|
Acquisitions of
subsidiaries, net of acquired cash, as part of their initial
consolidation
|
6
|
(6)
|
127
|
Receipts in respect
of the realization of consolidated companies, net of cash spent as
part of the discontinuance of their consolidation
|
(4)
|
1,315
|
(2)
|
Receipts from
realization of non-current investments, including dividend from
realization
|
154
|
93
|
366
|
Receipts from
realization of investment property, fixed assets and other
assets
|
163
|
229
|
622
|
Taxes
paid in respect of investment property, fixed assets and other
assets
|
(8)
|
(88)
|
(12)
|
Interest
received
|
90
|
116
|
136
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash from (used in) continuing investing activities
|
291
|
240
|
(1,278)
|
Net
cash used in discontinued investing activities - Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises
|
-
|
-
|
(4,097)
|
Net
cash from discontinued investing activities - Cresit
Swiss
|
-
|
(3)1,202
|
2,182
|
Net
cash from (used in) investing activities
|
291
|
1,442
|
(3,193)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
Repayment of
non-current financial liabilities
|
(3,894)
|
(5,958)
|
(5,552)
|
Interest
paid
|
(1,406)
|
(1,724)
|
(1,668)
|
Purchase of shares
in consolidated companies from non-controlling
interests
|
(75)(3)
|
(1,167)
|
(11)
|
Dividends to
non-controlling interests in consolidated companies(4)
|
(66)
|
(349)
|
(272)
|
Non-current
financial liabilities received
|
1,643
|
1,332
|
3,248
|
Company
capital raising
|
564
|
1,147
|
-
|
Subordinated loan
from the controlling shareholder (see note 16.C.(3)
below)
|
210
|
-
|
-
|
Receipts for claim
settlement (see note 23.c.1.d and e. below)
|
28
|
-
|
-
|
Current
financial liabilities, net
|
(115)
|
120
|
(134)
|
Receipts from
non-controlling interests in consolidated companies,
net(5)
|
4
|
2
|
92
|
Payments in respect
of the settlement of derivatives, net
|
(67)
|
(101)
|
(27)
|
Sales
of shares in consolidated companies to non-controlling
interests
|
-
|
-
|
528
|
Net
cash used in continuing financing activities
|
(3,174)
|
(6,698)
|
(3,796)
|
Net
cash used in discontinued financing activities - Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises
|
-
|
-
|
(659)
|
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(3,174)
|
(6,698)
|
(4,455)
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in cash and cash equivalents from continuing
operations
|
(222)
|
(4,144)
|
(2,182)
|
Change
in cash and cash equivalents from discontinued
operations
|
-
|
1,202
|
(1,212)
|
Change
in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations and
discontinued operations
|
(222)
|
(2,942)
|
(3,394)
|
Balance
of cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
3,578
|
6,313
|
9,943
|
Effects
of fluctuations in exchange rates on balances of cash and cash
equivalents
|
-
|
54
|
(106)
|
Change
in cash presented under held for sale assets
|
-
|
153
|
23
|
Balance
of cash presented under held for sale assets
|
-
|
-
|
(153)
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
of cash and cash equivalents at end of year
|
3,356
|
3,578
|
6,313
|
(1)
Following
the realization of the investment in Given Imaging Ltd., its
financial statements are no longer consolidated with
the
Company's
financial
statements beginning on February 27, 2014
(2)
Reclassified, see
note 1.F.(2) below.
(3)
For details
regarding the acquisition of Shufersal shares, see note 3.H.3.C.
below.
(4)
See note 3.E.
below..
(6)
Includes
consideration from the exercise of options into shares received
from non-controlling interests.
The
notes attached to the consolidated financial statements constitute
an integral part hereof.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-11
Notes
to the financial statements as of December 31, 2015
Note
1 – General
A.
IDB Development
Corporation Ltd. ("the Company") is an Israeli resident Company
incorporated in Israel. The Company’s registered address of
record is 3 Azrieli Center, Triangular Tower, 44th floor,Tel Aviv. The
Company is a holding company, investing on its own behalf and
through investee companies in companies mainly operating in various
sectors of the Israeli and global economy. Some of the investee
companies operate by way of global diversification of their
investments. In recent years, the Company put a special emphasis on
examining possibilities for disposing of such investments,
considering, inter alia, the Company’s financing needs and
regulatory developments, with the aim of stabilizing the Company's
position. See also Note 3.H.5.b. and c below for details regarding
an outline which was determined by the Commissioner of Capital
Markets, Insurance and Savings at the Ministry of Finance (the
"Commissioner") for the sale of the Company’s control of and
holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, and regarding the
failure of the negotiations for the sale of the Company’s
holding in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, and the passage of
the time period which the Commissioner determined for the Company
to sign an agreement for the sale of the
control of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, after which the Commissioner’s directives in
connection with the sale of the Company's holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance EnterprisesLtd "The Commissioner's
Directive"), shall apply.
As of the date of
the supplementary judgment,
as part of which the debt arrangement at IDB Holdings
Corporation Ltd. (“The debt arrangement” and “IDB
Holdings”, respectively) was approved in January 2014 and
until the date of completion ofthe first stage of the debt
arrangement, in May 2014, all of the issued share capital (apart
from shares held by the Company itself, which were dormant shares)
and all of the voting rights at the Company were held by IDB
Holdings through the trustees appointed by the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa
District Court to carry out the debt arrangement at IDB Holdings.
At the date of completion of the first stage of the debt
arrangement, the (indirect) control in the Company was transferred
to Mr. Eduardo Elsztain and Mr. Mordechai Ben-Moshe, in equal
shares (through corporations under their control-Dolphin
Netherlands B.V. (“Dolphin Netherlands”), a company
incorporated in The Netherlands and which is under the control of
Mr. Eduardo Elsztain and CAA Extra Holdings Ltd.
(“CAA”), a company fully owned by Mr. Mordechai
Ben-Moshe), and IDB Holdings no longer holds shares of the Company.
For additional details regarding the debt settlement in IDB
Holdings and the legal proceedings in connection therewith, see
Note 16.G.(2) below.
On May
12, 2014, after the completion of the first stage of the debt
settlement in IDB Holdings, and after the transfer of the
Company’s shares to Dolphin Netherlands and C.A.A., and to
the creditors in the debt settlement in IDB Holdings, in accordance
with the provisions of the debt settlement, trading of the
Company’s shares began on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd
(the "Tel Aviv Stock Exchange"). As of the publication date of the
report, the Company’s stocks and debentures are listed for
trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. In March 2016, the Court
approved the amendment of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings,
which includes, inter alia, provisions regarding the injection of
funds instead of the commitment to perform the tender offers for
the purchase of shares in the Company in accordance with the debt
arrangement, including by means of the issuance of bonds by the
Company as well as provisions regarding turning the Company into a
private bonds company (within the meaning of that term in the
Companies Law).
On May
28, 2015, C.A.A. gave notice that it was exercising the buy me buy
you mechanism in the shareholders’ agreement between the
controlling shareholders, and accordingly, C.A.A. demanded to
acquire all of the Company’s shares which are held by the
Dolphin Group, at a price of NIS 1.64 per share. Dolphin
Netherlands together with Inversiones Financieras Del Sur
S.A.("IFISA") and Dolphin Fund Limited (" the Dolphin Group")
announced that they will acquire C.A.A.’s shares as part of
the buy me buy you process. There are disputes between the parties
regarding the buy me buy you process, including the identity of the
buying party in the process, and the question of an undertaking by
the buying party in the buy me buy you process to perform the
tender offers in accordance with the provisions of the debt
settlement in IDB Holding, and the disputes on this matter are also
being heard by the arbitrator.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-12
Note
1 – General (cont.)
On
September 24, 2015, the arbitrator handed down a partial ruling
whereby the Dolphin Group is the buyer in the buy me buy you
process and C.A.A. is the seller, and C.A.A. undertakes to transfer
to the Dolphin Group all of the Company's shares that it holds
(13.99% of the Company's issued capital) at the price set in the
buy me buy you offer.
On
October 11, 2015, the buy me buy you process between the parties
was completed, and in this context, inter alia, C.A.A. sold all of
the Company's shares that it held to IFISA. Accordingly, IFISA
increased the rate of its holding in the Company's issued capital
from 17.73% to 31.72%, and the rate of the Dolphin Group's holding
increased to 80.72%. In addition, the shareholders' agreement
between the parties expired in accordance with its terms. For
additional details regarding the completion of the buy me buy you
process, as stated above, see Note 15.B.(5) below.
B.
Regarding the
Company’s financial position, its cash flows and its ability
to service its liabilities, it should be noted that since the
completion of the first stage of the debt settlement in IDB Holding
in May 2014 and until the date of the report, an amount of
approximately NIS 2,024 million was invested in the Company’s
equity and within the context of subordinated loans (such
investments were carried out as part of the execution of the debt
settlement in IDB Holding, as part of the rights issue performed by
the Company in accordance with the shelf offering reports from June
9, 2014 and January 19, 2015, as part of the exercise of warrants
(Series 1) of the Company in November 2014, as part of the exercise
of warrants (Series 4) of the Company in June 2015, within the
framework of the injection of subordinated loans into the Company
in December 2015 and in February 2016 as well as in accordance with
the provisions of the amendment of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings, which was approved in March 2016), where out of the
aforesaid amount a total of approximately NIS 529 million was
invested by C.A.A. and approximately NIS 1,380 million was invested
by the members of Dolphin Group and an additional sum of NIS 115
million was invested by the public as part participation in the
rights issues as aforesaid. See Notes 15.B and 16.G.(2) below for
additional details.
With
respect to the uncertainty in connection with the Company’s
financial position and its ability to service its liabilities, it
is noted that: a) Dividend payments from direct investee companies
decreased in recent years, and there are restrictions regarding the
distribution of dividends by those companies; b) it is necessary to
arrange the Company’s financial covenants vis-a-vis financing
entities over time, in a manner whereby alternative financial
covenants will be formulated, which will apply for the first time
with respect to the results for the third quarter of 2016. (See
Note 16.E.(12) below). Furthermore, pursuant to agreements with
financing entities, any disposals of major holdings (including
holdings of the Company in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, as
stated in Note 16.E.4.(c) below) would require the consent of said
entities. (For details regarding restrictions on credit raising,
pledges, investments and disposals, and additional restrictions
pursuant to agreements with financing entities, see Note 16.E.
below); The Company believes that the non-determination of the
financial covenants vis-a-vis the financing entities, as stated
above, constitutes a barrier to its ability to raise new credit or
to refinance its debts (on this matter, see also Note 16.D. below
regarding the rating of the Company’s debentures) and the
covenants that will be determined will have a significant impact on
the Company’s options on the matter; c) in accordance with
the requirement issued by the Commissioner, a trustee was appointed
for the Company regarding the control nucleus in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises, and an agreement was reached regarding an
outline over time for the sale of the Company’s control of
and holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises. Negotiations
for the sale of the Company’s holding in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterpriseswere unsuccessful, and the time period passed
which had been set by the Commissioner for the signing of an
agreement for the sale of the control of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises. For additional details, see Notes 3.H.5.A-C below; d)
As at December 31, 2015, and proximate to the date of publication
of the Financial Statements the market value of the Company in
investee companies, directly held by it, is lower than the balance
of its liabilities, also in consideration of liquid balances and
non-marketable assets; e) there are currently legal proceedings
being conducted against the Company, including a motion to approve
a derivative claim on behalf of Discount Investment in connection
with dividends which it distributed, and a motion for certification
of a class action against the Company in connection with the
transaction for the sale of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises,
which was not completed, and rights issues which were performed by
the Company. For details, see Note
23.C.(1)(H) and 23.C.(1)(k) below; In addition to the above
mentioned, the Group will be required to deal with the implications
of the Concentration Law. For details on this matter, see Note
3.G.3. below.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-13
Note
1 – General (cont.)
The Company is
working and will continue to work towards dealing with the
uncertainties that arise from the above:
As
stated in note 16.E.(12) below, the Company is continuing to act in
order to reach agreements with its lending entities in order to
determine the financial covenants
as well as additional contractual issues existing in the loan
agreements. However, should the parties fail to reach agreements
regarding the financial covenants, the financial covenants
preceding the agreements dated June 29, 2012 (and in particular,
the “economic equity” mechanism, including remedy
periods included therein, and the financial covenant whereby the
balance of cash and negotiable collateral shall not be lower than
expected current maturities in the two quarters following the
reported quarter (“the liquidity covenant”)) shall
apply to the results of the third quarter of 2016 onwards. The
Company estimates that it will not be able to meet the thresholds
determined in the past with respect to the economic capital, and
that it will not be able to meet the liquidity covenant, insofar as
these prescriptions will be reapplied to the results of the third
quarter of 2016.
As of December 31,
2015, the Company's loans at a scope of NIS 367 million, which are
subject to the financial covenants in the Company's loan agreement,
are classified under current liabilities, (thebalance of the loans,
under current liabilities, which are subject to the same financial
covenants is NIS 573 million) this in accordance with International
Accounting Standards, see Notes 16.E.(12) and (14)
below.
As of the reporting
date, there are significant doubts as to the Company's continued
existence as a going concern, due to the Company's financial
position; due to the cash which the Company requiresto service its
liabilities considering the lack of success of the negotiations for
the sale of the Company's holdings in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises, and outline that had been set by the
Commissioner for the sale of the control and the holdings in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises and the need to arrange over time
the financial convenants that apply to the Company by virtue of
agreements with lenders. In light of the above, there is
uncertainty regarding the Company's ability to execute its business
plans in an orderly and/or timely manner, and regarding its
continued ability to service its liabilities in an orderly and/or
timely manner. However, the Company's board of directors has
determined that the Company is presently solvent and has the
ability to serve its obligations in an orderly manner, as they fall
due and that it is its intention to do so.
The financial
statements include no reclassification nor adjustments to values of
the Company’s assets and liabilities, which may be required
if the Company will be unable to continue operating as a
goingconcern.
C.
These financial
statements have also been prepared in accordance with the
Securities Regulations (Annual Financial Statements), 5770 -2010
("The Financial Statements Regulations").
The
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards
(“IFRS”).
These
financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors of the
Company on March 29, 2016.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-14
Note
1 – General (cont.)
1.
Subsidiaries - entities controlled by the Company. Control is
achieved when the Group is exposed to, or has an
interest in, variable returns on its involvement with the investee
and may influencethese returns through its influence over the
investee. When testing for existence of control, real voting
rights, held by the Group and by others, are taken into account.
See also note 2.A.
below.
2.
Associates - companies (including gas and oil partnerships and
participation units in venture capital funds) in
which the Company or its subsidiaries have a direct or indirect
holding and wheresignificant influence exists over their financial
and operating policies and which are not subsidiaries. The
investments in these companies are presented on the equity
basis.
3.
Joint arrangement - an arrangement in which the Group has joint
control with other (s), achieved through an
agreement requiring unanimous agreement by all parties to said
agreement with regardto operations which materially influence the
returns from said arrangement.
4.
Joint venture - a joint arrangement in which the parties thereto
have an interest in net assets attributable to the
arrangement.
5.
Joint operations - a joint venture in which the Group has an
interest in assets and commitments to liabilities
attributable to the
arrangement.
6.
Investees - subsidiaries, associates and joint
ventures.
7.
Significant influence - 20% or more of the voting rights or the
right to appoint 20% or more of the board of directors,
unless it is apparent that significant influence does not actually
exist. A holdingof less than 20% of such rights may also be
considered as granting significant influence in cases where such
influence is clearly
apparent.
8.
Functional currency and presentation currency These financial
statements are presented in NIS, which is the
Company’s functional currency, and the financial data in them
have been rounded tothe nearest million, except when otherwise
indicated. The NIS is the currency that represents the principal
economic environment in which the Company
operates.
9. The
Financial Statements Regulations – The Securities Regulations
(Annual Financial Statements), 5770 – 2010
10. The
Companies Law - the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999.
11. IFRS -
International financial reporting standards.
12. In these
financial statements -
The
Company
|
- IDB
Development Corporation Ltd.
|
The
Group
|
- The Company
and its investees.
|
IDB
Holdings
|
- IDB Holding
Corporation Ltd. – the parent company until May 7,
2014.
|
Discount
Investments
|
- Discount
Investment Corporation Ltd.
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises
|
- Clal
Holdings Insurance EnterprisesLtd.
|
IDB
Tourism
|
- IDB Tourism
(2009) Ltd.
|
Elron
|
- Elron
Electronic Industries Ltd.
|
Cellcom
|
- Cellcom
Israel Ltd.
|
Shufersal
|
- Shufersal
Ltd.
|
Property &
Building
|
- Property
& Building Corporation Ltd.
|
Koor
|
- Koor
Industries Ltd.
|
Adama
|
- Adama
Agricultural Solutions Ltd. (formerly: Makhteshim-Agan Industries
Ltd.)
|
IDBG
|
- IDB Group
USA Investments Inc.
|
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-15
Note
1 – General (cont.)
E.
Basis
for preparing the financial statements
These
financial statements were prepared on the basis of the historical
cost of assets and liabilities except for the following assets and
liabilities: financial instruments, derivatives and other assets
and liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss;
financial instruments measured at fair value through other
comprehensive income; liability for cash-settled share-based
payment; investment property; inventory; biological assets;
non-current assets and disposal groups held-for-sale; insurance
liability; assets and liabilities for employee benefits; current
tax assets and liabilities; biological assets measured at fair
value less selling costs; liabilities in respect of options to
investors the exercise price of which is linked to the CPI;
provisions and investments in equity accounted
investees.
For
information regarding the measurement of these assets and
liabilities see Note 2 below regarding significant accounting
policies.
The
value of non-monetary assets and equity items measured on the
historical cost basis was adjusted to changes in the Consumer Price
Index (CPI) until December 31, 2003, since until that date the
economy of Israel was considered a hyperinflationary
economy.
The
following are details of the CPI and the rate of exchange of the
dollar and of the percentage changes that occurred in
them:
|
Index
|
Exchange
rate
|
|
Known
|
Month
|
USD
|
|
|
Points
|
NIS
|
As
of:
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
2015
|
118.70
|
118.58
|
3.902
|
|
December 31,
2014
|
119.77
|
119.77
|
3.889
|
|
December 31,
2013
|
119.89
|
120.01
|
3.471
|
|
Change in the
period:
|
|
|
|
|
For the
year ending
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
2015
|
(0.9%)
|
(1.0%)
|
0.3%
|
|
December 31,
2014
|
(0.1%)
|
(0.2%)
|
12.0%
|
|
December 31,
2013
|
1.9%
|
1.8%
|
(7.0%)
|
|
2.
Operating cycle and
classification of expenses recognized in the income
statement.
The
Group has two operating cycles. With regard to Property and
Building operations for construction of buildings for sale, the
operating cycle may be as long as three years. With regard to other
Group operations, the operating cycle is one year long. As a
result, current assets and current liabilities include items the
realization of which is intended and anticipated to take place over
the normal operating cycle as noted above. The format of analysis
of the expenses recognized in the income statement is a
classification method based on the activity characteristic of the
expense. Additional information pertaining to the nature of the
expense is included, insofar as relevant, in the notes to the
financial statements.
3. a. Use
of estimates and judgment
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS,
requires managements of the Company and investee companies to make
judgments, estimates and assumptions, including actuarial estimates
and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies
and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income, expenses
and also components of capital. Actual results, which occur at a
later time, may differ from these estimates.
The
preparation of accounting estimates used in the preparation of the
Company’s financial statements requires managements of the
Company and investee companies to make assumptions regarding
circumstances and events that involve considerable uncertainty.
These managements prepare the estimates on the basis of past
experience, various facts, external circumstances, and reasonable
assumptions according to the pertinent circumstances of each
estimate.
Estimates and
underlying assumptions used in the preparation of these financial
statements are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to
accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the
estimates are revised and in any future periods
affected.
Below
is a description of the critical accounting estimates used in
preparing these financial statements, which required managements of
the Company and investee companies to make assumptions regarding
significantly uncertain circumstances and events.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-16
Note
1 – General (cont.)
E.
Basis
for preparing the financial statements (cont.)
a.
Use of estimates and judgment
(cont.)
The
main estimates with regard to insurance business included in
comparative figures (in the year 2013) on the financial statements
are primarily based on actuarial assessments. Assessment of class
action lawsuits (see Note 23 below) is based on the assessment by
Legal Counsel, while other estimates are based, inter alia, on external valuations and
assessments by other experts.
Estimate
|
Main
assumptions
|
Potential
implications
|
Main
references
|
Fair
value measurement of investment property.
|
Expected rate of
return on investment property.
|
Gain or
loss due to change in fair value of investment property and
investment property under construction.
|
Notes
2.f below and Note 7.b and c. below.
|
Recoverable amount
of cash-generating units (including goodwill), of associates and
assets.
|
● Pre-tax discount
rate and expected growth rate - with regard to cash-generating
units.
● After -tax discount
rate and expected growth rate - with regard to
associates.
● Cash flows are
determined based on past experience with the asset or with similar
assets and on the Group’s best assumption with regard to
economic conditions expected to prevail.
● Assessments by
external assessors and valuators with regard to fair value, net of
realization cost, of assets.
|
Change
in impairment loss.
|
● Note 10.D.1 below
with regard to impairment review of goodwill attributable to
Cellcom and determination of the recoverable amount of operations
thereof.
● Note 3.H.4.c below
with regard to the examination of an impairment of the investment
in Adama.
● Note 3.G.3 below
with regard to the Company’s estimate regarding the
likelihood of completing one of the alternatives of either turning
the Company or Discount Investments into a private company, or a
merger between the Company and Discount Investments, which would
enable the continued control of Cellcom by the Company after
December 2019.
|
Existence of
control, effective control or significant influence
|
Judgment with
regard to determination of the Group’s holding stake in
shares of investees (considering the existence and influence of
significant potential voting rights), its right to appoint members
of the executive body of these companies (typically, the Board of
Directors) based on bylaws of these investees, the composition and
rights of other shareholders of these investees and its capacity to
set operating and financial policy for the investees or to
participate in setting such policy.
|
Accounting
treatment of investee as a subsidiary or as an equity accounted
entity.
|
Note
2.a.1 below with regard to accounting treatment of subsidiaries and
equity-accounted investees.
|
Valuation and
estimated useful life of intangible assets
|
● Estimated useful
life of intangible assets and expected economic
developments.
● Expected cash flows
from customer relations and other intangible assets and replacement
cost of brands.
|
● Misallocation of
acquisition cost of investments in investees.
● Recognition of
accelerated or decelerated depreciation compared to eventual actual
results.
|
Note 10
– Intangible assets.
|
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-17
Note
1 – General (cont.)
E.
Basis
for preparing the financial statements (cont.)
a.
Use of estimates and judgment
(cont.)
Estimate
|
Main
assumptions
|
Potential
implications
|
Main
references
|
Uncertain tax
positions.
|
● The degree of
uncertainty associated with acceptance of the Group’s tax
positions and the risk of incurring additional tax and interest
expenses. This is based on an analysis of multiple factors,
including interpretations of tax statutes and the Group’s
past experience, including with regard to classification of tax
losses carried forward.
● Estimate of the
amount of losses carried forward that can be utilized, the expected
taxable income, its timing and the amount of deferred taxes to be
recognized.
|
● Recognition of
additional expenses for taxes on income.
● Changes in amounts
of tax assets for tax losses carried forward.
|
Note 32
– Taxes on income.
|
The
fair value of a subordinated convertible loan from the controlling
shareholder
|
● Indication of the
fair value for the Company’s equity.
● Unobserved data
that are at the base of the model that is implemented in the
determination of the value of the subordinated loan.
|
● At the time of the
initial recognition - classification of the amount that has been
recorded in equity that is attributed to the shareholders in the
Company opposite the amount that is recorded as a
liability.
● After the time of
the initial recognition - a change in the profit or loss in respect
of a change in the fair value of the subordinated loan, which is
recorded under financing income or expenses.
|
● Note 21.F.(2)
below, regarding the sensitivity analysis for financial instruments
that are measured at fair value at level 3.
● Note 16.C.(3) below
regarding the amounts that have been recognized in these financial
statements in respect of the subordinated loan, as well as Note
16.G.(2)(e) below regarding its conditions.
|
Hybrid
financial instrument with respect to Koor’s non-recourse
loan.
|
● The value of
Adama’s shares.
● Unobserved data
underlying the binomial model applied to determine the value of
embedded derivatives.
|
Change
in gain or loss with respect to change in fair value of embedded
derivative and to change in carrying amount of the host contract
recognized under financing income or expenses.
|
● Note 21.F.2 below
with respect to sensitivity analysis of financial instruments
measured at fair value at level 3.
● Note 16.F.1.b below
with respect to key estimates used to determine the fair value of
embedded derivative and the book value of the host contract in the
hybrid financial instrument.
● Note 2.C.2 below
with respect to accounting policies used to determine the carrying
amount of the host contract and the fair value of the embedded
derivative.
|
Estimation of
likelihood of contingent liabilities.
|
Whether
it is more likely than not that economic resources with respect
will be expended to lawsuits filed against the Company and its
investees, based on the opinion of legal counsel.
|
Creating or
reversing a provision with respect to a claim.
|
Note 23
with respect to contingent claims and contingent
liabilities.
|
Un-asserted legal
claim.
|
Reliance on
internal estimates by handling parties and the managements of the
companies. Weighing the estimated likelihood of a claim being filed
and the likelihood of any claim filed to prevail.
|
In view
of the preliminary stage of the clarification of the legal claims,
the actual results may differ from the assessment made prior to the
filing of the suit.
|
Note
23.C. below with respect to claims against the Company and its
investee companies.
|
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-18
Note
1 – General (cont.)
E.
Basis
for preparing the financial statements (cont.)
b.
Fair value determination
For the
purpose of preparing these financial statements, the Group is
required to determine the fair value of certain assets and
liabilities. Additional information about assumptions used in
determining the fair value is presented in the following
notes:
1.
Note 4 –
Other Investments;
2.
Note 6 –
Fixed assets acquired in a business combination;
3.
Note 7 –
Investment property;
4.
Note 10 –
Intangible assets;
5.
Note 21 –
Financial instruments;
6.
Note 16.F.1.b.
regarding the embedded derivative in the non-recourse
loan;
7.
Annex B –
Share-based payment arrangements
In
determining the fair value of assets or liabilities, the Group uses
observed market data, in as much as possible; fair value
measurements are classified into three levels of the fair value
hierarchy, based on data used for the estimate, as
follows:
Level 1
- Quoted (un-adjusted) prices on active markets for identical
assets or liabilities.
Level 2
- Observed market data, directly or indirectly, not included in
Level 1.
Level 3
- Data not based on observed market data.
4.
The examination of the materiality of evaluations of assets for the
purposes of their disclosure or their attachment.
The
Company examines the materiality of asset and liability valuations,
for the purpose of their disclosure or attachment to the annual and
interim financial statements, in accordance with Regulation 8B of
the Regulations (Periodic and Immediate Reports) Securities,
5730-1970, and Legal Position 105-23: Parameters for Examining
Materiality of Valuations, which was issued by the Securities
Authority in July 2014. Generally, a valuation will be deemed very
material if the object of the valuation constitutes 10% or more of
the Company’s total assets in the consolidated Statement of
Financial Position at the last day of the reporting period, or if
the effect of the change in value on the net profit or
comprehensive income attributable to the Company’s owners, as
applicable, exceeds 10% of the net profit or comprehensive income
attributable to the Company’s owners, respectively, for the
reporting period (“the Results Test”) provided that for
the results test, the effect of change in value due to valuation of
net or comprehensive income attributable to equity holders of the
Company, as the case may be, amounts to 5% or more of equity
attributable to equity holders of the Company. A valuation which is
not highly material would be deemed material if it fulfills a
quantitative threshold which is half of the quantitative threshold
which is parallel for the classification of a very material
valuation as specified above (meaning 5% rather than 10% and 2.5%
rather than 5%). Application of the Results Test for materiality of
a valuation in an interim period shall be done with respect to the
net profit or the comprehensive income attributable to the
Company’s owners, as applicable, projected for the current
year as a whole.
If it
is not possible to make a reasonable estimate of the projected net
profit or comprehensive income for the current year as a whole, the
Results Test will be applied with respect to net profit or
comprehensive income, as applicable, for the four quarterly periods
prior to the last date of the interim period. When the valuation
meets the Results Test for being defined as “very
material” (“a very material valuation according to the
Results Test”), the Company evaluates whether on the basis of
qualitative considerations, it is appropriate to determine that it
is not very material and therefore will not be attached to the
financial statements.
In
accordance with the aforesaid legal position, the Company’s
evaluation also includes an additional test, the
“Representative Income” test, which constitutes an
accepted parameter for evaluating the results of holding companies
like the Company. The Representative Income parameter is used by
the Company to examine materiality and insignificance also in other
contexts. According to the aforesaid additional test, in the
absence of other special qualitative considerations, a very
material valuation according to the Results Test will not be deemed
a very material valuation and will not be attached to the financial
statements if the effect of the change in the value of the
valuation object (attributable to owners of the Company) is less
than 10% of the “Annual Representative Income”
attributable to the Company’s owners (which is the profit for
four quarters), calculated on the basis of the average in absolute
values of the quarterly profit/loss attributable to the
Company’s owners in each one of the last 12
quarters.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-19
Note
1 – General (cont.)
E.
Basis
for preparing the financial statements (cont.)
Moreover, in the
absence of special qualitative considerations, a very material
valuation according to the Results Test will not be deemed very
material and will not be attached to the financial statements if
the effect of the object of the valuation on net profit or
comprehensive income (attributable to the owners of the Company),
as applicable, as included in the financial statements of the
current reporting period (annual or interim), is less than 10% of
net profit or comprehensive income (attributable to the owners of
the Company) for the prior reporting year, and it is not probable
to exceed 10% of the projected net profit or comprehensive income
(attributable to the owners of the Company) of the coming reporting
year. In instances in which as a result of applying these tests, a
very material valuation according to the Results Test is not
attached, disclosure of such is provided in the Directors’
Report, as required by the aforesaid legal position.
Qualitative
considerations could lead to the attachment of the valuation even
if from a quantitative viewpoint, it does not meet the tests for
definition as “very material.”
5.
Attachment of material associates
Regarding the
application of regulations 44 and 44A of the Securities (Periodic
and Immediate Reports) Regulations and regulations 23 and 24 of the
Securities (Annual Financial Statements) Regulations, 5770-2010,
with respect to associates that their financial statements are
required to be attached because the amount included in the income
statement in respect of the Company’s investment in the
associate reflects, in its absolute value, twenty percent or more
of the Company’s profit or loss for the reporting period, in
its absolute value or that condensed information regarding the
associate is required to be attached because the amount included in
profit or loss in respect of the Company’s investment in the
associate constitutes, in its absolute value, 10 percent or more of
the Company’s profit or loss for the reporting quarter, in
its absolute value. In the reporting period, the Company’s
share of the total profit or loss, in its absolute value, of the
affiliated company over the course of the four quarters ending on
the date of the interim statement of financial position,
constituting twenty percent or more of the total profit or loss, in
its absolute value, of the entitiy over the course of the four
quarters ending on the date of the interim statement of financial
posiiton. (For the purpose of the attachment of abbreviated
information in respect of the affiliated company, the test is 10%
or more of the aforesaid in respect of the testing for attachment
in the interim period).
The
position of the Company is that in the absence of any special
qualitative consideration, the financial statements of associates
that meet all three following ratios will be considered immaterial
in relation to the financial statements of the Company and will
therefore not be attached, and condensed information will not be
disclosed in respect thereto:
a.
The result of
multiplying the associate’s assets by the rate held in it, is
less than 0.5% of total assets in the Company’s Statement of
Financial Position;
b.
The result of
multiplying the associates’ income by the rate held in it, is
less than 0.5% of total income in the consolidated income statement
of the Company for the reporting quarter;
c.
The Company’s
share of the results of the associate (in absolute value) is less
than 5% of the Group’s share of profits of associates, net,
in the reporting quarter (in absolute value).
The
comparative figures in these financial statements have been
reclassified for consistency. The said reclassifications have not
had an impact on the equity or on the profit for the said period.
The following are details of the main reclassifications that have
been made:
a.
The
reclassification of an amount of NIS 38 million in the consolidated
statements of financial position as at December 31, 2014, from
other payables to provisions under current
liabilities.
b.
In the consolidated
statements of financial position as at December 31, 2104, trade
payables and provisions under current liabilities have been reduced
by the amounts of NIS 36 million and NIS 15 million, respectively,
in parallel to a reduction in other payables.
c.
In the consolidated
statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2013 and
2014, amounts of NIS 9 million and NIS 8 million, respectively,
have been reclassified from selling expenses to cost of sales and
services.
d.
The
reclassification of an amount of NIS 7 million in the consolidated
statements of changes in equity as at December 31, 2014, from
hedging reserves to reserves for transactions with non-controlling
interests.
e.
The
reclassification of an amount of NIS 5 million in the consolidated
statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2013 and
2014, from investments in fixed assets and intangible assets under
investment activities to depreciation of fixed assets and the
amortization of deferred expenses under cash flows from operating
activities.
Note
1 – General (cont.)
F.
Reclassification
and Immaterial adjustment of comparative figures and the
retrospective adjustment of the profit (loss) per share
data
(2)
Immaterial
adjustment of the comparative figures
a.
Following an
immaterial adjustment, which was recorded by Adama in its financial
statements, as from the first quarter of 2015, of the balances of
the inventory and the deferred taxes, which relate to Adama's
inventory as at January 1, 2014 and as at December 31, 2014,
(because of a change in the balance of unrealized profit in respect
of inventory that was sold between Adama's subsidiary companies),
an immaterial adjustment of the comparative figures has been made
in these financial statements, as detailed below:
The
balance of the investments in investee companies that are treated
at equity in the consolidated statements of financial position as
at December 31, 2014, has been reduced by NIS 3 million; the
balance of the losses in the statements of financial position as at
January 1, 2014 have been increased by NIS 6 million; the balance
of capital reserves in the consolidated financial statements as at
December 31, 2014, has been reduced by NIS 3 million; the balance
of non-controlling interests in the consolidated financial
statements as at December 31, 2014, has been reduced by NIS 6
million; the Group's share of the losses of investee companies
treated at equity, net and the loss attributed to the shareholders
in the Company for the year ended December 31, 2014 have been
reduced by NIS 9 million and NIS 6 million, respectively and the
income for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is attributed to
the non-controlling interests has been increased by NIS 3
million.
b.
An immaterial
adjustment has been made to these financial statements, which Koor
has made to its financial statements as from the first quarter of
2015, regarding the tax amounts that were included in the
derivative embedded in the hybrid financial instrument in respect
of the non-recourse loan received by Koor as part of the merger of
Adama and ChemChina, as at January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2014,
as detailed below:
The
balances of the aforementioned hybrid financial instrument in the
consolidated statements of financial position as at January 1, 2014
and as at December 31, 2014 have decreased by NIS 13 million and
NIS 21 million, respectively; the balance of losses in the
consolidated statements of financial position as at January 1, 2014
and December 31, 2014 have decreased by NIS 7 million and NIS 12
million, respectively; the balance of capital reserves in the
consolidated statements of financial position as at December 31,
2014 have increased by NIS 4 million; the balance of
non-controlling interests in the consolidated statements of
financial position as at January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014 have
increased by NIS 6 million and NIS 5 million, respectively; the
financing expenses in the consolidated statements of income for the
years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014 have decreased by NIS 13
million and NIS 8 million, respectively (the the shareholders in
the Company share of the reduction in the said expenses is by NIS 7
million and
The
Company believes that this treatment is in accordance with the
provisions of International Accounting Standard (IAS) 8,
“Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and
Errors”.
3.
The profit (loss)
per share data have been restated for the years ended December 31,
2013 and 2014 because of the resultant impacts of the holdings in
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises (primarily changes in the fair
value of the investment in it) for the discontinued operations, as
stated in Note 3 I.1. below.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-21
Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy
The
principles of the accounting policy stated below have been applied
consistently for all periods presented in these consolidated
financial statements, except if stated otherwise. The accounting
policies set out below, in connection with the consolidated
financial statements, relate to both the Group companies and the
associates of the Group. In this
note, matters regarding which the Group has chosen accounting
alternatives that are permitted in accounting standards and/or
matters for which there is no explicit instruction in accounting
standards, or of early adopting new accounting standards are
presented in bold type. The bold type serves only to
identify the aforesaid matters and does not assign to it any higher
importance compared to writing not in bold type.
A.
Consolidated
financial statements
The
consolidated financial statements include the financial statements
of companies controlled by the Company (subsidiaries). Control is
achieved when the Group is exposed to, or has an interest in,
variable returns on its involvement with the acquired entity and
may influence these returns through its influence over the acquired
entity. When testing for existence of control, real voting rights,
held by the Group and by others, are taken into account. The
financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the
consolidated financial statements from the date that control
commences until the date that control ceases.
Material
intra-group balances and transactions, as well as any income and
expenses arising from intra-group transactions, are eliminated in
preparing the consolidated financial statements. Material balances and transactions between the
Group and the associates and jointly controlled companies as well
as any income and expenses arising from such transactions are
eliminated against the asset involved in the transaction, according
to the rate of holding in such companies. Losses not yet
realized were eliminated in the same manner in which gains not yet
realized were eliminated, as long as there was no evidence of a
decline in value.
Business
combinations and transactions with non-controlling
shareholders
1. Business
combinations
A
business combination is a transaction or other event in which the
acquirer obtains control over one or more businesses.
A
business is a combined system of operations and assets that can be
operated and managed with the objective of providing a return in
the form of dividends, reduced costs or other economic benefits to
the investors directly or to other owners, members or
participants.
A
business is comprised of inputs and processes implemented with
respect to these inputs, which have the ability to produce
outputs.
The
Group implements the acquisition method for all business
combinations.
The
acquisition date is the date on which the acquiring entity achieves
control over the acquired entity. The Company exercises discretion
in determining whether the acquired entity is a business, in
determining the acquisition date and in determining whether control
has been obtained.
Subsidiaries
The
financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the
consolidated financial statements of the Company from the date that
control commences until the date that control ceases. Accounting
policy of subsidiaries was modified as needed, to align it with the
accounting policy adopted by the Group.
●
The Group
recognizes goodwill at acquisition according to the fair value of
the consideration transferred including any amounts recognized in
respect of rights that do not confer control in the acquired entity
as well as the fair value at the acquisition date of any
pre-existing equity right of the Group in the acquired entity, less
the net amount of the identifiable assets acquired and the
liabilities assumed. The consideration transferred includes the
fair value of the assets transferred to the previous owners of the
acquired entity, the liabilities incurred by the acquirer to the
previous owners of the acquired entity and equity instruments
issued by the Group. If the Group makes an acquisition at a low
price (acquisition includes negative goodwill), it recognizes the
gain arising from it on the income statement upon acquisition.
Furthermore, goodwill is not adjusted in respect of the utilization
of carry-forward tax losses that existed on the date of the
business combination. The adjustment for such losses is recognized
in profit or loss.
●
On the acquisition
date the acquirer recognizes a contingent liability assumed in a
business combination if there is a present obligation resulting
from past events and its fair value can be reliably
measured.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-22
Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
A.
Consolidated
financial statements (cont.)
Subsidiaries
(cont.)
●
In a business
combination achieved in stages, the
difference between the acquisition date fair value of the
Group’s pre-existing equity rights in the acquired entity and
the carrying amount at that date is recognized in profit or loss
under gain on sale and increase in value of investments and assets,
dividends and gain from rise to control. For this purpose,
the fair value of a marketable asset is its market value, except
when circumstances clearly indicate that the fair value of the
aforesaid asset is different from its market value.
●
The consideration
paid includes the fair value of any contingent consideration. After
the acquisition date, the Group recognizes changes in fair value of
the contingent consideration classified as a financial liability in
the Statement of Income, whereas contingent consideration
classified as an equity instrument is not remeasured. Changes in
liabilities for contingent consideration in business combinations
that occurred before January 1, 2010, continue to be applied to
goodwill and are not recognized in the Statement of
Income.
●
Costs associated
with the acquisition that were incurred by the acquirer in the
business combination such as: broker’s fees, consulting fees,
legal fees, valuations and other fees with respect to professional
or consulting services, other than those related to debt or capital
issuance with respect to the business combination, are expensed in
the period in which the services are rendered.
Structured
entities
A Group
associate does business with structured entities for securitization
of its customer debt. The aforementioned associate has no direct
nor indirect holding in shares of said entities. A structured
entity is included in the consolidated financial statements of the
aforementioned associate when control of said entity was achieved,
as defined above.
2.
Non-controlling
shareholders
Non-controlling
shareholders comprise the equity of a subsidiary that cannot be
attributed, directly or indirectly, to the parent Company and they
include additional components such as: share-based payments that
will be settled with equity instruments of subsidiaries and share
options of subsidiaries.
Measuring non-controlling shareholders’ rights on the date of
the business combination
Non-controlling
shareholders’ rights that are instruments that give rise to a
present ownership interest and entitle the holder to a share of net
assets in the event of liquidation (for example: ordinary shares),
are measured at the date of the business combination at either fair
value, or at their proportionate interest in the identifiable
assets and liabilities of the acquired entity, on a
transaction-by-transaction basis. This accounting policy choice
does not apply to other instruments that meet the definition of
non-controlling shareholders’ rights (for example: options to
ordinary shares). Such instruments are measured at fair value or in
accordance with other relevant IFRSs.
Allocation of profit or loss and other comprehensive income to
shareholders
Income
or loss and any other comprehensive income items are attributed to
equity holders of the Company and to non-controlling shareholders.
Total profit or loss and other comprehensive income is attributed
to equity holders of the Company and to non-controlling
shareholders, even if this results in a negative balance of
non-controlling shareholders. If there is an arrangement between
the shareholders by which the parent Company bears all the losses,
such an arrangement is accounted for as a transaction between
shareholders on the equity level.
Transactions with non-controlling shareholders, while retaining
control
Transactions with
non-controlling shareholders while retaining control, are accounted
for as equity transactions. Any difference between the
consideration paid or received and the change in the
non-controlling shareholders is recognized in a reserve from transactions with
non-controlling shareholders under the equity attributable to the
Company’s owners. The capital reserve from
transactions with non-controlling shareholders is not applied to
the Statement of Income or the Statement of Comprehensive Income
(not even upon the sale of the subsidiary for which the reserve was
created).
When
changes occur in the holding rate of a subsidiary, while retaining
control, the Company reallocates the cumulative amounts recognized
in other comprehensive income between the Company’s owners
and the non-controlling shareholders.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-23
Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
A.
Consolidated
financial statements (cont.)
2.
Non-controlling
shareholders (cont.)
The
amount of the adjustment to non-controlling shareholders is
calculated as follows:
For an
increase in the amount of the holding, according to the proportionate share acquired
from the balance of non-controlling shareholders in the
consolidated financial statements prior to the transaction and
allocated original differences.
For a
decrease in the amount of the holding, according to the proportionate share realized
by the owners of the subsidiary in the net assets of the
subsidiary, including any goodwill and attributable original
differences, without any change in their values. The cash
flows deriving from transactions with non-controlling shareholders
while retaining control are classified under financing activities
in the statement of cash flows.
Inter-Company
transactions for the transfer of shares of subsidiaries (whether
the transactions are executed in cash or by an exchange of shares),
in which there has been a change in the rate of the non-controlling
shareholders, were accounted for as transactions with
non-controlling shareholders.
The
extension of a put option to non-controlling interests
A put
option that has been extended by the Group to non-controlling
interests in a consolidated company, where the said option is
cleared in cash or in another financial instrument, is recorded as
a liability in accordance with the present value of the additional
amount payable on exercise, and it is treated as a conditional
purchase cost of the non-controlling interests. In subsequent periods, changes in the value of
the liability in respect of the put options that have been extended
as from January 1, 2010, are recognized in profit and loss under
the effective interest method.
Changes
in the liabilities in respect of the put option that was extended
by the Group to non-controlling interests before January 1, 2010
are treated as follows: The revaluation of the liability in respect
of the time component and payments of dividends to non-controlling
interests receives expression in the financing expenses, whereas
the revaluation of the liability in respect of other changes in the
estimate of the amount payable for the additional amount payable in
respect of the additional payment on exercise has been reflected
against goodwill.
The Group's share of the profits of a
subsidiary company includes the share of the non-controlling
interests to whom the Group has extended a put option. Even in
cases in which the non-controlling interests have access to
economic benefits deriving from the rights in the investee company.
Accordingly, profits, losses or other comprehensive income (losses)
are not allocated to the non-controlling interests who hold the put
option. At the time of the expiration of the put option, the
liability will be cancelled and the goodwill will be cancelled
against non-controlling interests in accordance with their value in
the statement of financial position and the balance will be
reflected in profit and loss.
3.
Transactions
resulting in discontinuance of consolidation of financial
statements
Loss
of control
Upon
the loss of control, the Group derecognizes the assets and
liabilities of the subsidiary, any non-controlling shareholders and
amounts recognized in capital reserves through other comprehensive
income related to the subsidiary. If the Group maintains any
investment in the former subsidiary, this outstanding investment is
measured at fair value upon loss of control. The difference between
the sum of the proceeds and fair value of the retained interest,
and the derecognized balances is recognized in the Statement of
Income, under the item for
“profit from realization and increase in value of investments
and assets, dividends as well as a profit resulting from an
increase to control” or under the item for “loss from
realization, impairments and amortization of investments and
assets”, according to the matter. Subsequently the
retained interest is accounted for as an equity-accounted investee
or as a financial asset depending on the level of influence
retained by the Group in the relevant Company.
The
amounts recognized in capital reserves through other comprehensive
income with respect to the same subsidiary are reclassified to
profit or loss or to retained earnings in the same manner that
would have been applicable if the subsidiary had itself realized
the same assets or liabilities.
When
the Group has an interest in assets and liabilities attributed to
joint arrangements, the Group recognizes the assets, liabilities,
income and expenses of the joint operations pro-rata to its
interest in these items, including its share of items jointly held
or created. Gain or loss from transactions with joint ventures are
only recognized up to the shares of the other parties to the joint
venture. When these transactions provide indication of impairment
of said assets, the Group recognizes the loss in full.
Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
A.
Consolidated
financial statements (cont.)
5.
Reversal
of mutual transactions
Intra-group
balances and any material unrealized income and expenses arising
from intra-group transactions, are reversed in preparing these
financial statements. Unrealized
gain from transactions with associates and joint ventures have been
reversed against the asset subject to the transaction, in
conformity with Group interest in these investments. Losses
not yet realized were eliminated in the same manner in which gains
not yet realized were eliminated, as long as there was no evidence
of a decline in value.
6. Investment
in associates and joint ventures
In
assessing significant influence over an associate, potential voting
rights that are currently exercisable or convertible into shares of
investment in associates and joint ventures is accounted for
using the equity method and
is initially recognized at cost. The investment cost includes
transaction costs. Transaction costs which are directly attributed
to the expected acquisition of an associate company or joint
venture are recognized as an asset under the item for deferred
expenses in the statement of financial position. These costs are
added to the cost of the investment on the acquisition date. These
financial statements include the Group’s share of profit or
loss of investees and joint ventures (including recognition of profit or loss with
respect to the Company’s share of a capital reserve recorded
by investees and joint ventures with respect to transactions with
non-controlling shareholder) and in their other
comprehensive income (loss), after adjustments to align the
accounting policies with those of the Group, from the date that
significant influence or joint control commences until the date
that significant influence or joint control ceases.
When
the Group’s share of losses exceeds its interest in an equity
accounted investee, the carrying amount of that interest, including
any long-term interests that form part thereof, is reduced to nil.
When the Group’s share of long-term interests that form a
part of the investment in the investee is different from its share
in the investee’s equity, the Group continues to recognize
its share of the investee’s losses, according to its economic
interest in the long-term interests at that time. The recognition
of further losses of the investee is discontinued unless the Group
has an obligation to support the investee or has made payments on
behalf of the investee, or has granted loans to it.
Excess
cost of associates and joint ventures is presented as part of the
investment. The excess cost of an investment in an associate or
joint venture over the Group’s interest in the fair value of
the associate’s identifiable assets (including intangible
assets) net of the fair value of its identifiable liabilities
(after the allocation of taxes) on the date of acquisition is
attributable to goodwill.
Excess
cost in an associate or joint venture is allocated to identifiable
assets and identifiable liabilities having a finite useful life and
amortized according to the aforesaid useful life. Goodwill and
intangible assets having an indefinite useful life are not
systematically amortized. For review of impairment of goodwill and
intangible assets, see Note 2.m. below.
For
attribution of deferred taxed with respect to investment in
associates and joint ventures - see note 2.M.3. below.
For
adjustments from translation of financial statements of associates
and joint ventures, see section b.2. below.
7.
Change
in the amounts of holdings in equity-accounted associates and joint
ventures on a balance sheet basis value, while maintaining
significant influence or joint control
When
the Group increases its interest in an associate or joint venture
accounted for by the equity method while retaining significant
influence, it implements the acquisition method only with respect
to the additional interest obtained whereas the previous interest
is not remeasured and remains the same.
When
there is a decrease in the interest in an associate or joint
venture accounted for by the equity method while retaining
significant influence or joint control, the Group derecognizes a
proportionate part of its investment and recognizes a gain or loss
from the sale under the item for “profit from realization and
increase in value of investments and assets, and dividends
as well as a profit resulting from
an increase to control” or under the item for
“loss from realization, impairment and amortization of
investments and assets”, according to the matter. The cost of
the rights sold is determined
according to a weighted average for purposes of calculating the
gain or loss from the sale.
Furthermore, a
proportionate part of the amounts recognized in capital reserves
through other comprehensive income with respect to said
equity-accounted associate or joint venture are reclassified to
profit or loss or to retained earnings. The aforementioned
accounting treatment also applies in cases where an investment in
an associate turns into an investment in a joint venture or vice
versa.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-25
Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
A.
Consolidated
financial statements (cont.)
8.
Loss
of significant influence or joint control
The
Group discontinues application of equity-based accounting upon
losing significant influence over the investee or joint control of
the joint venture, and accounts for its remaining investment as a
financial asset or – in the case of achieving control –
as a subsidiary, as the case may be.
Upon
losing significant influence or joint control, the Group measures
at fair value any remaining investment in the former associate or
joint venture.
The
Company recognizes on the income statement under the item for
“profit from realization and increase in value of investments
and assets, and dividends as well
as a profit resulting from an increase to control” or
under the item for “loss from realization, impairment and
amortization of investments and assets,” respectively, any
difference between the fair value of any remaining investment and
any proceeds from realization of any part of the investment in the
associate or joint venture and the carrying amount of said
investment upon said date. The amounts recognized in equity through
other comprehensive income with regard to that associate or joint
venture are reclassified to profit or loss or retained earnings, in
the same manner that would have been required had the associate or
joint venture realized the related assets or liabilities
itself.
9. Acquisition
of an asset company
Upon
acquisition of an asset company, the Group exercises judgment in
determining whether this is an acquisition of a business or of an
asset, in order to determine the accounting treatment of such
transaction. When reviewing whether an asset company constitutes a
business, the Group evaluates, inter alia, the nature of existing
processes at the asset company, including the scope and nature of
any management, security, cleaning and maintenance services
provided to tenants.
Transactions where
the acquired company constitutes a business are treated as a
business combination, as described above. However, transactions
where the acquired company does not constitute a business are
treated as the acquisition of a group of assets and liabilities. In
such transactions, the acquisition cost including any transaction
costs is attributed pro-rata to the identified assets and
liabilities acquired based on their pro-rata fair value upon
acquisition. In the latter case, no goodwill is recognized and no
deferred taxes are recognized for temporary differences upon the
acquisition date.
The
functional currency is determined separately for each investee
Company, including an associate presented by the equity method, and
this currency is the basis for measuring its financial position and
results of operations. When the functional currency of an investee
Company is different from that of the Company, the investee Company
constitutes a foreign operation and its financial statements are
translated for purposes of their inclusion in the financial
statements of the Company.
1.
Foreign
currency transactions
Transactions in
foreign currencies are translated to the relevant functional
currencies of the Group companies at exchange rates at the dates of
the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies at the reporting date are translated to the
functional currency at the exchange rate at that date. Non-monetary
assets and liabilities that are measured in terms of historical
cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rate
at the date of the transaction. Non-monetary assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies that are measured at fair value
are translated to the functional currency at the exchange rate at
the date that the fair value was determined. Non-monetary items
denominated in foreign currency and measured at historical cost,
are translated using the exchange rate as of the transaction date.
Foreign currency differences arising on translation to the
functional currency are generally recognized in profit or loss,
although such foreign currency differences are recognized in other
comprehensive income (loss) when they arise from the translation of
derivatives used in cash flow hedges, to the extent the hedge is
effective.
The
assets and liabilities of foreign operations, including goodwill
and fair value adjustments arising on acquisition, are translated
to euro at exchange rates at the reporting date. The income and
expenses of foreign operations are translated to NIS at exchange
rates at the dates of the transactions.
Foreign
currency translation differences are recognized as part of other
comprehensive income (loss) and are presented in equity as part of
the translation reserve for foreign operations (“translation
reserve”).
When
the foreign operation is a non-wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Group, then the relevant proportionate share of the foreign
operation translation difference is allocated to the
non-controlling shareholders.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-26
Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
B.
Foreign
currency (cont.)
2.
Foreign
operations (cont.)
The
financial statements of a foreign operation not directly held are
translated into NIS according to the step-by-step consolidation
method, by which the financial statements of the foreign operation
are first translated into the functional currency of the direct
parent company and are after that translated into the functional
currency of the ultimate parent company.
Therefore,
when a foreign operation not directly held is disposed of, the
Group reclassifies to profit or loss the cumulative amount in the
translation reserve created in the direct parent company of the
foreign operation. If the indirectly held foreign operation and the
direct parent company have the same functional currency, the
Group’s policy is to not classify to profit or loss foreign
currency differences that were accumulated in the translation
reserve of the ultimate parent company upon the disposal of a
foreign operation not directly held as aforesaid.
When a
directly held foreign operation is disposed of, such that control,
significant influence or joint control is lost, the cumulative
amount in the translation reserve related to that foreign operation
is reclassified to profit or loss as a part of the gain or loss on
disposal.
Furthermore, when
the Group’s interest in a subsidiary that includes a foreign
operation changes, while retaining control in the subsidiary, a
proportionate part of the cumulative amount of the translation
difference recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) is
reattributed to non-controlling shareholders.
When
the Group realizes part of an investment which is an associate or a
joint venture which includes foreign operations, while maintaining
significant influence or joint control, the pro-rata share of the
accumulated exchange rate difference amount is reclassified to
profit and loss.
In
general, exchange rate differentials with respect to loans obtained
by or extended to foreign operations, including foreign operations
which are subsidiaries, are recognized on the consolidated
financial statements under profit & loss.
When
the settlement of loans that the Group received from a foreign
operation or provided to a foreign operation is neither planned nor
likely in the foreseeable future, foreign exchange gains and losses
deriving from these financial items are included as part of a net
investment in a foreign operation, are recognized as part of other
comprehensive income (loss) and are presented within equity as part
of the translation reserve. The settlement of these loans is not
considered disposal of a net investment in a foreign operation and
therefore upon settlement of the loans as aforesaid, the foreign
currency differences that were recognized in their respect in other
comprehensive income will not be included in profit or
loss.
1.
Non-derivative
financial instruments
Non-derivative
financial instruments comprise investments in equity and debt
securities, loans and credit granted, trade receivables, cash and
cash equivalents.
Initial recognition of financial assets
The
Group initially recognizes loans and receivables and deposits on
the date that they are created according to their fair value on the
trade date. All other financial assets acquired in a regular way
(regular way purchase), including assets designated at fair value
through profit or loss, are recognized initially on the trade date.
Financial assets are initially measured at fair value. If the
financial asset is not subsequently accounted for at fair value,
then the initial measurement includes transaction costs that are
directly attributable to the asset acquisition or creation. The
Group subsequently measures financial assets at either fair value
or amortized cost as described below.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets
are derecognized when the contractual rights of the Group to the
cash flows from the asset expire, or the Group transfers to others
the rights to receive the contractual cash flows on the financial
asset in a transaction in which substantially all the risks and
rewards of ownership of the financial asset are
transferred.
Any
interest in transferred financial assets that is created or
retained by the Group is recognized as a separate asset or
liability.
Regular
way sales of financial assets are recognized on the trade date,
meaning on the date the Company undertook to sell the
asset.
Regarding the
offset of financial assets and financial liabilities, see section 5
below.
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Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
C.
Financial
instruments (cont.)
1.
Non-derivative
financial instruments (cont.)
Classification of financial assets into categories and the
accounting treatment of each category
Since January 1, 2012 the Group has applied
IFRS 9 (2009) Financial Instruments (“IFRS 9”) on an
early basis with regard to the classification and measurement of
financial assets, with a date of initial application of January 1,
2012, without early adoption of the remainder of the rules which
were determined in the final version of IFRS 9 (2014), Financial
Assets which is mentioned in section 1 of note 2.X.
below.
IFRS 9
requires that an entity classify its debt instruments as being
measured at amortized cost or fair value according to the
entity’s business model for managing the financial assets and
the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial assets.
IFRS 9 permits in certain cases to recognize the changes in fair
value of the equity instruments in other comprehensive income
(loss).
In
accordance with the transitional provisions of IFRS 9, the
classification of the financial assets held by the Group on the
date of initial application of IFRS 9 (those not yet derecognized
as of January 1, 2012) was based on the facts and circumstances of
the business model by which the assets were held at that
date.
Derecognition of financial
assets
Financial
assets measured at amortized cost
A
financial asset is subsequently measured at amortized cost, using
the effective interest method and net of any impairment loss,
if:
●
The asset is held
within a business model with the objective of holding the assets to
collect the 7contractual cash flows.
●
According to the
contractual terms of the financial asset, the asset gives rise on
specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principle
and interest, and
●
The Group has not
elected to designate it at fair value through profit or loss in
order to reduce or eliminate an accounting mismatch.
The
fair value of financial assets measured at amortized cost,
including trade and other receivables, excluding construction work
in progress is estimated as the present value of future cash flows,
discounted at the market rate of interest at the measurement date.
Short-term trade and other receivables with no stated interest rate
are measured at the original invoice amount if the effect of
discounting is immaterial. The fair value of loans and other
receivables is determined at initial recognition. In periods
subsequent to initial recognition, the fair value is determined for
disclosure purposes only.
The
Group’s policy on impairment of financial assets measured at
amortized cost is described in note 2.M.1. below.
Cash
and cash equivalents – Cash comprises cash balances available
for immediate use and call deposits. Cash equivalents comprise
short-term highly liquid investments (with original maturities of
three months or less) that are readily convertible into known
amounts of cash and are exposed to insignificant risks of change in
value. Bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an
integral part of the Group’s cash management are included as
a component of cash and cash equivalents for the purpose of the
statement of cash flows.
Financial
assets measured at fair value
Financial assets
other than those classified as measured at amortized cost are
subsequently measured at fair value with all changes in fair value
recognized in profit or loss, other than as described below.
Regarding certain financial assets which are capital in nature that
are not held for trade, the Group has chosen the initial date of
recognition of the asset, or the date of initial implementation of
IFRS 9, to recognize the changes in fair value to other
comprehensive income. For instruments which are measured according
to fair value through other comprehensive income, profits and
losses are never transferred to profit or loss and impairments are
not recognized in the income statement.
Upon the disposal of the asset, the Group
transfers the balance of the reserve in respect to retained
earnings. The income from dividends in respect of these
instruments is recognized in the income statement, unless they
distinctively represent a recovery of some of the investment
costs.
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Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
C.
Financial
instruments (cont.)
2.
Derivative
financial instruments, including hedge accounting
The
Group holds derivative financial instruments to hedge its foreign
currency, linkage risk exposures and derivatives that do not serve
hedging purposes, including separable embedded
derivatives.
Derivatives are
initially recognized at fair value. Attributable transaction costs
are recognized on the income statement when incurred. Subsequent to
initial recognition, derivatives are measured at fair value, and
changes therein are accounted for as follows.
Hedge
accounting
A hedge
is classified by the Group as an accounting hedge if at the
beginning of the hedge the Group formally documents the
relationship between the hedging instrument and hedged item,
including the risk management objectives and strategy in
undertaking the hedge transaction, together with the methods that
will be used to assess the effectiveness of the hedging
relationship.
The
Group makes an assessment, both at the inception of the hedge
relationship as well as in subsequent periods, whether the hedging
instruments are expected to be “highly effective” in
offsetting the changes in the fair value or cash flows of the
respective hedged items during the period for which the hedge is
designated, and whether the actual results of each hedge are
expected to be within a range of 80%-125%.
For a
cash flow hedge of a forecast transaction, the transaction should
be highly probable to occur and should present an exposure to
variations in cash flows that could ultimately affect profit or
loss.
Cash
flow hedging
Changes
in the fair value of the derivative hedging instrument designated
as a cash flow hedge are recognized through other comprehensive
income (loss) directly in a hedging reserve, to the extent that the
hedge is effective. To the extent that the hedge is ineffective,
changes in fair value are recognized in profit or loss. The amount
recognized in the hedging reserve is removed and included in profit
or loss in the same period as the hedged cash flows affect profit
or loss under the same line item in the income statement as the
hedged item.
If the
hedging instrument no longer meets the criteria for hedge
accounting as described above, expires or is sold, terminated or
exercised, then hedge accounting is discontinued prospectively. If
the forecasted transaction has either taken place or is no longer
expected to occur, then the cumulative gain or loss previously
recognized in the hedging reserve is recognized immediately in
profit or loss. When the hedged
item is a non-financial asset, the amount recognized in the hedging
reserve is transferred to the carrying amount of the asset when it
is recognized. In other cases the amount recognized in the
hedging reserve is transferred to income statement in the same
period that the hedged item affects profit or loss.
Economic
hedging
Hedge
accounting is not applied to derivative instruments that
economically hedge certain monetary assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies or linked to the CPI.
Changes in the fair value of such
derivatives are recognized on the income statement as financing
income or expenses.
Derivatives
that do not serve as a hedge and a hedge that does not meet the
criteria of an accounting hedge
The
changes in fair value of these derivatives are recognized in the
income statement as financing income or expenses.
Separable
embedded derivatives that do not serve hedging
purposes
Embedded
derivatives are separated from the host contract and accounted for
separately if: (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the
host contract and the embedded derivative are not closely related,
(b) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded
derivative would meet the definition of a derivative, and (c) the
combined instrument is not measured at fair value through profit or
loss.
Changes
in the fair value of separable embedded derivatives are recognized
in the income statement as financing income or expenses. See also
note 16.F.1.b. below regarding an embedded derivative included in
the non-recourse loan that was received by Koor.
As part
of the adoption of IFRS 9, the Group has not separated embedded
derivatives in a financial asset host contract. Instead, the entire
financial instrument is assessed and classified as described above
in section 1 above.
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Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
C.
Financial
instruments (cont.)
2.
Derivative
financial instruments, including hedge accounting
(cont.)
Business
combination contracts
Forward
contracts between an acquirer and a seller with respect to the sale
or acquisition of a controlled entity, in a business combination at
a future acquisition date, are not accounted for as a derivative,
when the term of the forward contract does not exceed the period
normally necessary for obtaining the approvals required for the
transaction. The aforesaid accounting treatment does not apply to
acquisitions and sales of equity accounted investees not within the
framework of business combinations, which are treated in accordance
with the balance sheet value method.
3.
Hybrid
financial instruments
The non-recourse loan Koor received as part of
the sale of control in Adama in 2011, which is secured solely by a
pledge on shares of Adama, is economically equivalent to a
combination of Koor’s obligation to transfer shares of Adama,
against consideration received, with a call option of Koor to
purchase shares of Adama. Accordingly, the non-recourse loan
was separated into these two components, on the basis of an opinion
of an independent appraiser.
The
commitment to transfer shares of Adama (including the inflow that
will derive from them), is the host contract, which is measured at
initial recognition at fair value (at the amount in cash that was
received as a loan which reflects that value of the cash flow
deriving from holding shares of Adama at the date of the
transaction, and is consistent with the value of the shares
reflected in the price of the transaction). In subsequent periods
the aforesaid liability is measured at amortized cost according to
the present value of the expected fair value of the Adama shares on
the expected date of repayment of the loan, discounted at the
effective interest rate determined on the initial date of
separating the host contract and the embedded derivative (based on
the yield rate on equity that was used in the valuation of Adama
shares). The value of the shares of Adama was estimated as
specified in note 16.F.1.b below. The embedded derivative
represents a call option of Koor to purchase shares of Adama and is
calculated taking into consideration the future interest payments
on the loan. Changes in the value of the host contract and the
embedded derivative are recognized in profit or loss.
The
aforesaid host contract and embedded derivative (“hybrid
financial instrument for a non-recourse loan”) is presented
net in a separate item in the Statement of Financial Position, and
disclosure of its components and the main estimates used in the
calculation thereof is given in note 16.F.1.b. below.
4.
Assets
and liabilities linked to the CPI which are not measured at fair
value
The
value of CPI-linked financial assets and liabilities, which are not
measured at fair value, is remeasured every period in accordance
with the actual increase/decrease in the CPI.
The
Group has non-derivative financial liabilities, such as: bank
overdrafts, bonds issued by the Group, loans and credit from
banking institutions and other credit providers, finance lease
liabilities, and trade and other payables.
Initial recognition of financial liabilities
The
Group initially recognizes debt instruments issued, at their date
of creation according to their fair value on the trade
date.
Financial
liabilities are initially recognized at fair value with the
addition of all attributable transaction costs. Subsequent to
initial recognition, financial liabilities are measured at
amortized cost, in accordance with the effective interest
method.
Transaction costs
directly attributable to an expected issuance of an instrument that
will be classified as a financial liability are recognized as an
asset in the Statement of Financial Position. These transaction
costs are deducted from the financial liability upon its initial
recognition, or are amortized as financing expenses in the income
statement when the issuance is no longer expected to occur. Upon
the expansion of bond series in consideration for cash, the bonds
are initially recognized according to their fair value which is the
consideration received for the issuance (as this is the best market
to which the issuer has immediate access), without any recognition
of profit or loss in respect of the difference between the
consideration for the issue and the stock exchange value of the
marketable bonds near the time of their issue.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial
liabilities are derecognized when the obligations of the Group, as
set out in the agreement, expire, are settled or are
cancelled.
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Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
C.
Financial
instruments (cont.)
5.
Financial
liabilities (cont.)
Change in terms of debt instruments
An
exchange of financial liabilities having substantially different
terms, between an existing borrower and lender are accounted for as
an extinguishment of the original financial liability and the
recognition of a new financial liability at fair value, with the
difference being recognized in profit or loss under financing
income or expenses. Moreover, significant changes in terms and
conditions of an existing financial liability or part thereof are
treated as discharge of the original financial liability and
recognition of a new financial liability.
The
terms are substantially different also if the discounted present
value of the cash flows according to the new terms, including any
commissions paid, less any commissions received and discounted
using the original effective interest rate, is different by at
least ten percent from the discounted present value of the
remaining cash flows of the original financial
liability.
In
addition to the aforesaid quantitative examination, the Group also
examines qualitative criteria in order to determine whether there
has been an exchange of debt instruments having substantially
different terms, including the overall features of the exchanged
debt instruments and the economic parameters inherent in them,
which when substantially different may create a different economic
risk for the holder of the debt instruments at the time of the
exchange. These economic parameters comprise, inter alia, the
average duration of the exchanged debt instruments and to what
extent the terms of the debt instruments (such as linkage to the
CPI, linkage to foreign currency, variable interest) have an effect
on the cash flows from the instruments. In this respect, in the absence of any unusual
circumstances indicating otherwise, a new debt instrument that
removes or adds linkage to the CPI or the exchange of a debt
instrument bearing variable interest with a debt instrument bearing
fixed interest and vice versa, is considered a debt instrument with
substantially different terms.
Offset of financial instruments
A
financial asset and financial liability are offset and presented in
a net amount in the Statement of Financial Position when the Group
has an immediately enforceable right to offset the amounts
recognized and it has the intention to settle the asset and the
liability on a net basis or to realize the asset and settle the
liability simultaneously.
6. Issuance
of block of securities
The
consideration received from the issuance of a block of securities
is attributed at first to financial liabilities that are measured
each period at fair value through profit or loss, and then to
financial liabilities that are measured only upon initial
recognition at fair value.
The
remaining amount is the value of the equity component. Direct
issuance costs are attributed to the specific securities in respect
of which they were incurred, whereas joint issuance costs are
attributed to the securities on a proportionate basis according to
the allocation of the consideration from the issuance of the block,
as indicated above.
1.
Recognition
and measurement
Fixed
asset items are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and
any accumulated impairment losses.
The
cost of fixed assets includes costs that are directly attributable
to the acquisition of the asset. The cost of self-constructed
assets includes the cost of materials and direct labor, and any
other costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to the
location and condition necessary for it to begin operating in the
manner intended by management, an estimate of the costs of
dismantling and removing the items and restoring the site on which
they are located (when the Group has an obligation to dismantle and
remove the asset or to restore the site), as well as capitalized
credit costs. Purchased software that is integral to the related
equipment is recognized as part of that equipment. Spare parts,
servicing equipment and stand-by equipment are classified as fixed
assets if compliant with the definition of fixed assets pursuant to
IAS 16 – otherwise they are classified as
inventory.
When
major parts of a fixed asset item (including costs of major
periodic inspections), such as communication networks, have
different useful lives, they are accounted for as separate items
(major components) of fixed assets, and each component is
depreciated over its useful life.
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Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
1.
Recognition
and measurement (cont.)
Changes
in the obligation to dismantle and remove the items and to restore
the site on which they are located, other than changes deriving
from the passing of time, are added or deducted from the cost of
the asset in the period in which they occur. The amount deducted
from the cost of the asset shall not exceed the balance of the
carrying amount on the date of change, and any balance is
attributed in the income statement. The costs of constructing
facilities for the prevention of environmental pollution, which
increase the useful life or efficiency of the facility, or reduce
or prevent pollution of the environment, are included in the cost
of the fixed assets and depreciated according to the Group’s
regular depreciation policy.
The
cost of replacing part of a fixed asset item and other subsequent
costs are recognized in the carrying amount of the fixed asset if
it is probable that the future economic benefits associated with
them will flow to the Group and its cost can be measured reliably.
The carrying amount of the replaced part of a fixed asset item is
derecognized. The costs of the day-to-day maintenance of fixed
asset items are recognized on the income statement when
incurred.
Depreciation is the
systematic allocation of the recoverable value of an asset over its
useful life span. Depreciable amount, or another amount in lieu of
cost, is the asset cost less its residual value.
An
asset is depreciated from the date it is ready for use, meaning the
date it reaches the location and condition required for it to
operate in the manner intended by management.
Depreciation is
recognized in the income statement (unless it is included in the
carrying amount of another asset) on a straight-line basis over the
estimated useful lives of each part of a fixed asset item, since
this method reflects the forecasted consummation pattern of the
future economic benefits inherent in the asset in the best manner.
Leased assets, including land under financing lease and leasehold
improvements, are depreciated over the lease period or the useful
life of the assets, whichever is shorter, unless it is reasonably
expected that the Group would take ownership of the asset upon
termination of the lease period. Owned land is not depreciated.
Costs of significant overhauls are depreciated over the earlier of
the remaining useful life of the relevant asset or the date of the
next overhaul.
The
estimated useful lives for the current and comparative periods are
as follows:
|
Years
|
|
Buildings
|
25-50
|
|
Machinery, plant
& equipment
|
3-22
|
(mainly
10-14 years)
|
Office
furniture and equipment
|
3-17
|
|
Computers
|
3-7
|
|
Vehicles
|
3-7
|
(2013
and 2014 – 3 – 10 years)
|
Fixtures in leased
buildings
|
3-24
|
|
Communications
network
|
4-20
|
|
Communications
network control and examination equipment
|
4-7
|
|
Airplanes
|
20-25
|
|
Flying
and operating equipment
|
7
|
|
Land
under finance lease*
|
Over
the period of the lease
|
*
See also section G
below in this note.
The
estimates used for the depreciation methods, useful lives and
residual values are reviewed at least at the end of each financial
year, and adjusted if appropriate.
Goodwill that
arises on the acquisition of subsidiaries, acquisition of an
operation in business combinations and goodwill that arises when
recognizing and recording a contingent consideration liability
relating to a put option granted by the Group to non-controlling
shareholders, is presented as part of intangible assets. For
information on measurement of goodwill at initial recognition - see
section a.1 above in this note.
Subsequent
measurement
Goodwill is
measured at cost less accumulated impairment losses, if any.
Goodwill, in respect of investees which are treated according to
the equity basis method, is included in the investment’s book
value.
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2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
E.
Intangible
assets (cont.)
Expenditure on
research activities, undertaken with the prospect of gaining new
scientific or technical knowledge and understanding, is recognized
in the income statement when incurred.
Development
activities are activities that are connected to a plan or design
for the production of new or substantially improved products and
processes. Development costs are recognized as an intangible asset
only if: development costs can be measured reliably, the product or
process is technically and commercially feasible, future economic
benefits are probable, and the Group intends to and has sufficient
resources to complete development and to use or sell the
asset.
The
expenditure recognized as an intangible asset from research
activities includes the cost of materials, direct labor, overhead
costs that are directly attributable to preparing the asset for its
intended use and capitalized borrowing costs. Other development
expenditure is recognized in income statement as
incurred.
Direct
and certain indirect development costs deriving from the
development of an information system for self-use, and salaries of
employees working on the development of software during the
development period, are recognized as an intangible asset. These
assets are amortized on a straight-line basis from the date the
asset is ready for use. These assets are tested for impairment once
a year until such date as they are available for use.
In
subsequent periods, development expenditure recognized as an
intangible asset is measured at cost less accumulated amortization
and accumulated impairment losses.
3.
Other
intangible assets
a.
Intangible assets
that are acquired in a business combination are recognized at their
acquisition date fair value. Subsequent to initial recognition,
intangible assets acquired by the Group are measured at cost
(including direct costs required in order to bring the assets to
operation), less accumulated amortization (other than intangible
assets having an indefinite useful life) and impairment
losses.
b.
Subsequent
expenditure is recognized as an intangible asset only when it
increases the future economic benefits embodied in the specific
asset to which it relates. All other expenditure, including
expenditure on internally generated goodwill and brands, is
recognized in income statement as incurred.
c.
Customer relations
- The excess cost that was attributed in subsidiaries to customer
relations. These customer relations have a finite useful
life.
d.
Brand - The excess
cost that was attributed in subsidiaries to a brand. Some of the
brands have a finite useful life and some have an indefinite useful
life.
e.
Lease agreements -
Excess cost attributed in a subsidiary to lease agreements. The
lease agreements have a limited period of time. The useful life of
this asset also takes into consideration options to extend the
lease period.
f.
Other than
goodwill, for part of the brands and the agreement with Rafael,
which have indefinite useful lives, amortization is calculated in
accordance with the expected economic benefit from the assets in
each period, on the basis of the estimated useful life of each
group of assets, from the date that they are available for use i.e.
(brought to the working condition for their intended use). If the
intangible assets consist of several components with different
estimated useful lives, the individual significant components are
amortized over their individual useful lives. Intangible assets
created in Group companies are not systematically amortized until
they are available for use. Therefore, intangible assets not
available for use, such as development costs, are tested for
impairment at least once a year, until such date as they are
available for use.
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Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
E.
Intangible
assets (cont.)
3.
Other
intangible assets (cont.)
The
estimated useful lives for the current and comparative periods of
the principal intangible assets are as follows:
|
Years
|
Client
relations
|
5-10
years (2013: 5-20 years, mainly 6-8 years)
|
Brands
and trademarks
|
20
years (2013: 8-20 years, mainly 20 years)
|
Licenses
|
17-20
(mainly 17 years)
|
Licensing in
associate
|
8
|
IT
|
4
|
Software
|
3-7
|
Concessions
|
8-33
(mainly 4-10 years)
|
Use
rights of patents and technology
|
2013:
8-20 years (mainly 8 years)
|
Development costs
recognized as intangible asset
|
2013: 3
years
|
Intangible assets
from acquisition of products in associate
|
20
|
Non-competition and
confidentiality agreement
|
2-5
|
Marketing rights in
associate
|
5-10
|
Lease
agreements
|
3-20
|
Orders
backlog
|
1-3
|
Right
to use trademarks of an associate
|
4
years
|
The
systematic amortization of development in progress that was
acquired in a business combination begins upon the beginning of
sales deriving from the developed technology. The amortization
period reflects the future useful life, based on an assessment of
the period in which there will be sales deriving from the developed
technology.
The
estimates regarding amortization methods, useful lives and residual
values are reviewed at each financial year-end and adjusted if
appropriate.
Goodwill, a brand
having an indefinite useful life and technology and developments in
progress whose lifetime has not yet been defined are not
systematically amortized but are tested for impairment at least
once a year.
The
Group examines at least once a year the useful life of intangible
assets that are not periodically amortized in order to determine
whether the events and circumstances continue to support the
decision that the intangible asset has an indefinite useful
life.
F.
Investment
property (real estate)
Investment property
is property (land or building – or part of a building –
or both) held by the Group (as the owner or by the lessee under a finance lease)
either to earn rental income or for capital appreciation or for
both, but not for:
1.
Use in the
production or supply of goods or services or for administrative
purposes; or
2.
Sale in the
ordinary course of business.
Investment property
is initially measured at cost including capitalized borrowing
costs. Cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to
acquisition of the investment property. The cost of
self-constructed investment property includes direct labor and
material cost and other costs directly attributable to bringing the
asset to the condition required for its intended use by management.
In subsequent periods the
investment property is measured at fair value with any changes
therein recognized in the income statement.
The
Group measures its investment property under construction as
follows:
1.
According to fair
value (without the capitalization of borrowing costs) when the fair
value of the investment property under construction is reliably
determinable; and
2.
When the fair value
is not reliably determinable, at fair value of the land plus cost
during the construction period until the earlier of the date on
which construction is completed or when its fair value becomes
reliably determinable.
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F.
Investment
property (real estate)
(cont.)
When
property is transferred from owner-occupied property to investment
property, measured at fair value, the asset is re-measured
according to fair value and is classified as investment property.
Any gain from the re-measurement is recognized in other
comprehensive income (loss) and presented in equity in a
revaluation reserve, unless the gain reverses a previous impairment
loss on the property, in which case the gain is first recognized in
profit or loss (up to the amount of the previous impairment loss).
Any loss is included directly as an expense. When an investment
property that was previously classified as a fixed asset is sold,
any related amount included in the revaluation reserve is
transferred directly to retained earnings. When the investment
property measured according to fair value becomes a fixed asset
(owner-occupied property) or inventory, its fair value at the date
of the change becomes the cost for subsequent accounting treatment.
When inventory becomes investment property measured at fair value,
any difference between the fair value of the property on that date
and its previous value on the books is included directly in profit
or loss.
The
Group estimates the value of investment property at least once a
year and when there are indications of changes in its value
(whichever earlier).
The
undertaking to pay a land betterment levy with respect to
investment property is recognized on the date of realization of the
rights. Accordingly, the measurement of the fair value of the
investment property prior to the recognition of the liability to
pay betterment fees, includes the negative cash flows attributed to
the levy.
Gains
and losses on disposal of an investment property are measured by
comparing the proceeds from disposal with the fair value of the
investment property before its sale, and are recognized in profit
or loss under the item for “increase in the fair value of
investment property”, or “decrease in the fair value of
investment property”, as relevant.
G.
Leased
Assets and Lease Payments
Leases,
including land leases from the Israel Land Administration
(“ILA”) or from third parties, where the Group
essentially bears all risk and reward associated with the property,
are classified as financing leases. Upon initial recognition the
leased assets are measured and a liability is recognized at an
amount equal to the lower of its fair value and the present value
of the minimum lease payments. When measuring the liability for
non-capitalized leases of land from the Administration, the Group
discounts the future minimum lease payments at a real interest rate
of 5% on the basis of the capitalization rate used by the
Administration at the date of the lease agreement.
Future
payments for exercising an option to extend the lease from the
Administration are not recognized as part of an asset and
corresponding liability since they constitute contingent lease
payments that are derived from the fair value of the land on the
future dates of renewing the lease agreement. Subsequent to initial
recognition, the asset is accounted for in accordance with the
accounting policy applicable to that type of asset.
Other
leases are operating leases and the leased assets are not
recognized on the Group’s Statement of Financial Position.
Property under an operating lease classified by the Group as
investment property is recognized in the Group’s Statement of
Financial Position at fair value, and the lease is accounted for as
a finance lease at initial recognition, meaning the asset is
recognized at the fair value of the property or the present value
of the minimum lease payments, whichever lower.
Prepaid
lease fees to the Administration in respect of land leases
classified as operating leases are presented on the Statement of
Financial Position and recognized in profit or loss over the lease
period. The lease period takes into consideration an option to
extend the lease period if at the beginning of the lease it was
probable that the option will be exercised.
When a
lease includes both a land component and a buildings component,
each component is considered separately for the purpose of
classifying the lease, with the principal consideration regarding
the classification of land being the fact that land normally has an
indefinite useful life.
Lease
payments in respect of operating leases of land related to projects
under construction, which is not inventory, are recorded as a
prepaid expense. Payments for an operating lease, other than
contingent lease fees, are charged to the statement of profit and
loss using the straight line method over the lease
term.
Minimum
lease payments made under finance leases are apportioned between
the financing expense and the reduction of the outstanding
liability. The financing expense is allocated to each period during
the lease term so as to produce a constant periodic rate of
interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Contingent
lease payments are accounted for by revising the minimum lease
payments over the remaining term of the lease when the lease
adjustment is confirmed.
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H.
Transactions
for the acquisition of an irrevocable right to use the capacity of
underwater communication lines
Transactions for
the acquisition of an irrevocable right to use the capacity of
underwater communication lines are accounted for as arrangements
for the receipt of service. The amount paid in respect of the
rights to use communication lines is recognized as a prepaid
expense and is amortized on a straight line basis over the period
specified in the agreement, including the period of the option,
which constitute the estimated useful life of such capacities. See
also section t. below.
Inventory is
measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. The cost of
inventory includes expenditure incurred in acquiring the inventory
and bringing it to its existing location and condition. In the case
of inventories of work in progress and finished goods, cost
includes an appropriate share of production overheads based on
normal operating capacity. Net realizable value is the estimated
selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the
estimated costs of completion and selling expenses. Net realizable
value is determined on an ongoing basis, and takes into
consideration the type of the product and its age, on the basis of
past experience accumulated with respect to the life of the
product.
Cost
of inventory is determined as follows: inventory of goods in stores
and warehouses – under the average moving price method;
inventory of raw and packing materials – on a
moving average basis or a “first in-first out” basis
according to the type of material; inventory of finished goods and
work in progress – at a standard cost that reflects the
average manufacturing cost for the period, or on the basis of
production expenses, with the component of raw and auxiliary
materials being determined on a “first in – first out
basis and the labor component and indirect expenses being
determined on a weighted average basis or on a moving average
basis,
all
in accordance with the nature of the finished product; purchased
goods and spare parts – on a “first in –
first out” basis or on a moving average basis.
J.
Inventory
of cellular telephones and inventory for landline
communications
Inventory of
cellular telephones, related accessories and spare parts are
presented at the lower of cost or net realizable value.
Cost is calculated on a moving
average basis.
The
cost of inventory which serves line communications is measured on a
“first-in, first-out” basis.
The
Group periodically reviews inventory and its age and records a
provision for impairment of inventory as needed.
K.
Inventory
of real estate and residential apartments
Inventory of real
estate and residential apartments is measured at the lower of cost
and net realizable value. Inventory cost includes the cost of
inventory acquisition (including pre-paid leasing fee) and of
bringing it to the current location and state. In the case of
inventory under construction and inventory of completed buildings,
cost includes an appropriate share of construction overheads. Net
realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary
course of business, less the estimated costs of completion and
selling expenses.
Inventory of real
estate acquired in transactions in which the seller of the real
estate receives building services is recognized at fair value on
the date of handing over the real estate concurrently with the
recognition of a liability for building services.
Inventory of real
estate acquired in transactions in which the Group undertakes to
hand over cash in an amount that depends on the price the
apartments built on the land are sold, is measured according to the
fair value of the financial liability created in respect of the
anticipated future payments. In subsequent periods, the financial
liability is remeasured according to the anticipated cash flows
discounted at the original effective interest rate of the liability
every period. Changes deriving from
changes in the estimated cash flows constitute a part of the
financing costs in respect of the financial liabilities in the
proceeds transaction and are capitalized to the cost of the asset,
to the extent they constitute qualifying borrowing
costs.
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L.
Capitalization
of borrowing costs
Specific borrowing
costs and non-specific borrowing costs were capitalized to
qualified assets over the period required for completion and
construction, through the date on which they are ready for their
designated use. Non-specific credit costs are capitalized to the
investment in qualifying assets, or portion thereof, which was not
financed with specific credit by means of a rate which is the
weighted-average cost of the credit sources which were not
specifically capitalized. Exchange rate differentials due to
borrowing in foreign currency are capitalized to the extent
considered as adjustment to interest costs. Other borrowing costs
are recognized in the income statement when incurred. In the event
of suspension of active development of a qualifying asset, the
capitalization of the credit costs is suspended during that
period.
M. Impairment
1. Financial
assets
A
financial asset not carried at fair value through profit or loss,
or at fair value through other comprehensive income (loss) is
tested for impairment when objective evidence indicates that a loss
event has occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, and
that the loss event had a negative effect on the estimated future
cash flows of that asset that can be estimated
reliably.
Objective evidence
that financial assets are impaired can include default by a debtor,
restructuring of an amount due to the Group on terms that the Group
would not consider otherwise, indications that a debtor will enter
bankruptcy, adverse changes in the payment status of borrowers,
changes in the economic environment that correlate with insolvency
of issuers, or the disappearance of an active market for a security
and observable information pointing to a measurable decrease in the
expected cash flow from a group of financial assets.
An
impairment loss in respect of a financial asset measured at
amortized cost is calculated as the difference between its carrying
amount, and the present value of the estimated future cash flows
discounted at the original effective interest rate. Loss is applied
to the Statement of Income and presented as provision for loss
against the balance of the financial asset measured at amortized
cost. Interest income with respect to assets whose value is
impaired, is recognized using the interest rate used to discount
future cash flows for measurement of impairment loss.
Individually
significant financial assets measured by amortized cost are tested
for impairment on an individual basis. Other financial assets
presented at amortized cost are assessed collectively in groups
that share similar credit risk characteristics.
All
impairment losses are applied to the Statement of
Income.
An
impairment loss is reversed if the reversal can be related
objectively to an event occurring after the impairment loss was
recognized (such as repayment by the debtor). For financial assets
measured at amortized cost, the reversal is recognized in the
Statement of Income.
Timing of impairment testing
The
carrying amounts of the Group’s non-financial assets,
investment property, inventory and deferred tax assets, are
reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any
indication of impairment. Indications that are examined by the
Group with respect to the value of its investments include a
decline in prices on the stock exchange, continuing losses on its
investments, the industry in which its investees operate, excess
cost included in the investments, the non-meeting of research and
development targets or the business plans of investee companies and
other parameters.
If any
such indication exists, then the asset’s recoverable amount
is estimated. Once a year and on the same date for each cash
generating unit, or more frequently if there are indications of
impairment, the Group estimates the recoverable amount of the
goodwill and intangible assets that have indefinite useful lives or
are unavailable for use.
Determining cash-generating units
For the
purpose of an impairment test, the assets which cannot be
individually tested are grouped together to the smallest group of
assets which generates cash from ongoing use, which are essentially
independent of other assets and other groups of assets (“cash
generating units”).
With
regard to cash generating units of a retail chain at an investee
company (“the chain”), the procedure of impairment test
for the group is performed in three stages:
In the
first stage, the group examines for each of the chain’s
branches whether there are signs indicating an impairment in value
of the branch.
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M. Impairment
(cont.)
2.
Non-financial
assets (cont.)
Determining cash-generating
units (cont.)
At the
second stage, branches with a discounted cash flow, which does not
exceed the amortized cost of the branch assets as recorded in the
Group’s books (including identifiable intangible assets
attributable to the branch) are examined as part of a cash
generating unit which constitutes an geographical complex, whilst
the positive cash flows of one branch are dependent upon the cash
flows of a different branch in the same geographical area. This, in
light of the strategy of the investee company, according to which
the closure of one loss-making branch at an area where additional
branches are located, may cause a decrease in the profitability of
a branch located in the same geographical area.
At the
third stage, the Group estimates the recoverable amount of the cash
generating unit which was identified, as specified above, which
contains the branch that has a discounted cash flow which does not
exceed the amortized cost of the branch’s assets, net, as
specified above.
Measurement of recoverable amount
The
recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is the
greater of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell.
In determining value in use, the Group discounts the estimated
future cash flows that reflect the current position of the asset
and represent the best estimate regarding the economic conditions
that will exist during the remaining useful life of the asset. The
cash flows in respect of a cash-generating unit are discounted
using a pre-tax interest rate that reflects current market
participants’ assessments of the time value of money and the
risks specific to the asset or the cash-generating unit, for which
the estimated future cash flows from the asset or cash-generating
unit were not adjusted. In assessing the impairment of associates
and joint ventures, the cash flows are discounted using an
appropriate after-tax interest rate.
Corporate assets
The
Company’s corporate assets do not generate separate cash
inflows and are utilized by more than one cash-generating unit.
Certain corporate assets are allocated to cash-generating units on
a reasonable and consistent basis and tested for impairment as part
of testing of the cash-generating units to which the corporate
assets are allocated.
Other
corporate assets that cannot be reasonably and consistently
allocated to cash-generating units are allocated to groups of
cash-generating units if there are indications that a corporate
asset may be impaired or indications of impairment in a group of
cash-generating units, in which case the recoverable amount is
determined for the group of cash-generating units that uses the
corporate asset. In such case, the recoverable amount is determined
for the group of cash-generating units served by the
headquarters.
Recognition of impairment loss
An
impairment loss is recognized if the carrying amount of an asset or
its cash-generating unit exceeds its estimated recoverable amount.
Impairment losses are recognized in the income statement.
Impairment losses on an asset that was revalued in the past and the
revaluation was included in a capital reserve, are recognized in
other comprehensive income until the reserve is reduced to zero and
the balance is recognized in the income statement. The goodwill
acquired in a business combination, for the purpose of impairment
testing, is allocated to cash-generating units, including those
existing in the Group before the business combination, that are
expected to benefit from the synergies of the
combination.
Each
unit or group of units to which goodwill was allocated as
aforementioned represents the lowest level in the Group for which
goodwill is monitored for internal management reporting purposes
and is not larger than an operating segment (before the aggregation
of similar segments).
When
goodwill is not monitored for internal reporting purposes, it is
allocated to operating segments (before the aggregation of similar
segments) and not to a cash-generating unit (or group of
cash-generating units) lower in level than an operating
segment.
For
purposes of testing impairment of goodwill attributed to cash
generating units held also by non-controlling shareholders, which
were initially measured according to their relative interest in the
net assets of the acquired entity, the carrying amounts of the
goodwill and the other excess costs allocated to the cash
generating unit are adjusted to include also the goodwill and the
other excess costs attributed to the non-controlling shareholders.
Subsequently, a comparison is made between this adjusted carrying
amount and the recoverable amount of that unit in order to
determine whether it has been impaired.
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M. Impairment
(cont.)
2.
Non-financial
assets (cont.)
Recognition of impairment loss
(cont.)
The
adjustments of the goodwill and the other excess costs are made
according to the holding rate in the entity to which they are
attributed on January 1, 2010 or the original date on which they
were recognized, whichever later, and disregarding any control
premiums included in goodwill balances.
Allocation of impairment loss to non-controlling
shareholder
If there is indication of impairment of a cash
generating unit, an impairment loss is allocated between the owners
of the Company and the non-controlling shareholders according to
their pro rata share in the goodwill and other excess costs to
which the impairment relates, prior to their adjustment as
specified above. Nonetheless, if the impairment loss
attributed to the non-controlling shareholders relates to goodwill
or other excess costs that were not recognized in the consolidated
financial statements of the parent Company, this impairment is not
recognized as an impairment loss. In these cases, only an
impairment loss attributed to goodwill and other excess costs
recognized in the financial statements of the Company is recognized
as an impairment loss.
Reversal of impairment loss
An
impairment loss in respect of goodwill is not reversed. In respect
of other assets, for which impairment losses were recognized in
prior periods, an assessment is performed at each reporting date
for any indications that these losses have decreased or no longer
exist. An impairment loss is reversed if there has been a change in
the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount. An
impairment loss is reversed only to the extent that the
asset’s carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount
that would have been determined, net of depreciation or
amortization, if no impairment loss had been
recognized.
3.
Investments
in associates and in joint ventures
An
investment in an associate or in a joint venture is tested for
impairment when there is objective evidence indicating an
impairment. Such objective evidence include general market
information, a decline in stock exchange prices, continued losses
at its investments, the sector in which its investments operate,
failure to meet research & development milestones of investee
companies, significant deviation from the business plan of the
investee companies, capital raising efforts at a price lower than
the value of the investment in the financial statements and
additional parameters. Goodwill which constitutes part of the
investment account in respect of the associate or joint venture is
not recognized as a separate asset, and therefore impairment is not
examined in its respect.
If
there is objective evidence indicating that the value of the
investment may have been impaired, the Group estimates the
recoverable amount of the investment, which is the greater of its
value in use and its net selling price.
In
assessing value in use of an investment, the Group estimates its
share of the present value of estimated future cash flows that are
expected to be generated by the associate or joint venture,
including cash flows from its operations and the consideration from
the final disposal of the investment, or estimates the present
value of the estimated future cash flows that are expected to be
derived from dividends that will be received and from the final
disposal.
An
impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount of the
investment, after applying the equity method, exceeds its
recoverable amount, and it is
recognized in profit or loss under the Group’s share of loss
of equity accounted investees, net.
An
impairment loss is not allocated to any asset, including goodwill
that forms part of the carrying amount of the investment in the
associate or joint venture.
An
impairment loss is only reversed if change occurs to estimates used
to determine the recoverable amount of the investment after the
date on which impairment lost was most recently
recognized.
The
carrying amount of the investment, after reversal of impairment
loss, shall not exceed the carrying amount of the investment which
would have been determined using the equity method if no impairment
loss had been recognized.
If
excess costs are attributed to assets in an associate or to assets
in a jointly controlled entity, and the aforesaid Company
recognizes impairment on such assets, then the Company amortizes
the aforesaid attributed excess cost and recognizes the
amortization in profit or loss.
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N.
Non-current
assets and disposal groups held for sale
Non-current assets
(or groups of assets and liabilities for disposal) are classified
as held for sale if it is highly probable that they will be
recovered primarily through a sale transaction or a distribution to
the owners and not through continuing use. When a company is
obligated to a sale plan that involves losing control over a
subsidiary, all the assets and liabilities attributed to the
subsidiary are classified as held for sale whether or not the
Company retains any non-controlling shareholding in the subsidiary
after the sale.
Immediately before
classification as held for sale, the assets (or components of a
disposal group) are re-measured in accordance with the
Group’s accounting policy. After that, the assets, the
components of the disposal (or the group held for sale or
distribution) are measured at the lower of their carrying amount
and fair value less costs to sell.
Any
impairment loss on a disposal group is first allocated to goodwill,
and then to remaining assets and liabilities, except that no loss
is allocated to assets outside the scope of measurement provisions
of IFRS 5, such as: inventories, financial assets, deferred tax
assets, plan assets for employee benefits, investment property
measured at fair value. Impairment losses recognized on initial
classification as held for sale and subsequent gains or losses on
remeasurement are recognized in profit or loss. Gains are not
recognized in excess of any cumulative impairment
loss.
In
subsequent periods, depreciable assets classified as held for sale
are not periodically amortized, and investments in associates
classified as held for sale are not accounted for on equity
basis.
Ordinary
shares
Costs
directly attributable to the issue of ordinary shares and share
options are recognized as a deduction from equity.
Treasury
shares
The
Company’s shares held by the Company and/or by subsidiaries
were stated at cost as a deduction from the Company’s equity
in a separate column in the statement of changes in equity. The
profit or loss from acquisition, sale, issue or cancellation of
treasury shares is recognized directly in equity.
1.
Post-employment
benefits
The
Group has a number of post-employment benefit plans. The plans are
usually financed by deposits with insurance companies or with
pension funds, and they are classified as defined contribution
plans and as defined benefit plans.
a. Defined
contribution plans
A
defined contribution plan is a post-employment benefit plan under
which the Group pays fixed contributions into a separate entity and
has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further amounts. The
Group’s obligations for contributions to defined contribution
pension plans are recognized as an expense when the obligation to
make a contribution occurs.
A
defined benefit plan is a post-employment benefit plan other than a
defined contribution plan.
The
Group’s net obligation in respect of post-employment defined
benefit plans is calculated separately for each plan by estimating
the amount of future benefit that employees have earned in return
for their service in the current and prior periods. This benefit is
presented at its present value, net of the fair value of plan
assets.
The
Group determines the net interest for the liability (asset), net
with respect to defined benefit by multiplying the liability
(asset), net with respect to said defined benefit by the
capitalization rate used to measure the liability with respect to
said defined benefit, as determined at the start of the annual
reporting period.
The
capitalization rate for December 31, 2013 was determined according
to the yield on Government bonds denominated in the same currency
that have maturity dates approximating the terms of the
Group’s obligations at that date. The capitalization rate as
of December 31, 2014 is determined according to the yield, at the
reporting date, on high quality linked corporate bonds denominated
in NIS, the date of repayment of which is similar to the terms of
the Group’s liabilities at that date. The calculations are
performed annually by a qualified actuary, according to the
projected unit credit method.
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P.
Employee
benefits (cont.)
1.
Post-employment
benefits (cont.)
b.
Defined
benefit plans (cont.)
When
the calculation results in a net asset for the Group, an asset is
recognized up to the net present value of economic benefits
available in the form of a refund from the plan or a reduction in
future contributions to the plan. An economic benefit in the form
of refunds from the plan or by way of reduction of future
contributions would be deemed available to the Group when it may be
exercised during the plan term or after disposition of the
obligation.
Remeasurement of
the liability (asset), net with respect to defined benefit includes
actuarial gain and loss, return on plan assets (other than
interest) as well as any change to the effect on maximum assets (if
applicable, other than interest). Remeasurements are immediately charged through
Other Comprehensive Income, directly to Retained
Earnings.
Interest
cost with respect to commitment for defined benefit, interest
income with respect to plan assets and interest with respect to the
effect of maximum assets charged to the income statement, are
presented under financing income and financing expenses,
respectively.
When
the benefits provided by the Group to employees are increased or
reduced, the portion of the increased benefit relating to past
service by employees, or the gain / loss from such reduction, is
immediately recognized on the income statement when the plan
increase or reduction occurs.
Upon
settlement of a defined benefit plan, the Group recognizes gain or
loss from such settlement. Such gain or loss is the difference
between the settled portion of the present value of the defined
benefit liability upon the settlement date and the settlement
price, including any transferred plan assets.
The
Group has retirement insurance policies issued prior to 2004;
according to terms of these policies, the real excess gain
accumulated for the severance pay component is payable to the
employee upon retirement. For such policies, plan assets include
both the severance pay component and the accumulated real excess
gain (if any) on contributions towards severance pay through the
date of the Statement of Financial Position and these are presented
at fair value. These plan assets are used for a defined benefit
plan which consists of two obligation components: the defined
benefit plan component with respect to severance pay, calculated on
an actuarial basis as noted above, and the other component - an
obligation to pay the accumulated real excess gain (if any) upon
retirement of the employee. This component is measured at the
amount of real excess gain accumulated through the report
date.
2.
Other
long-term employee benefits
The
Group’s net obligation in respect of long-term employee
benefits other than post-employment plans is the amount of future
benefit that employees have earned in return for their service in
the current and prior periods. The amount of these benefits is
discounted to its present value. The capitalization rate of this
obligation as at December 31, 2013, was determined according to the
yield on Government bonds denominated in the same currency that
have maturity dates approximating the terms of the Group’s
obligations at that date.
The
capitalization rate as of December 31, 2014, is determined
according to the yield, at the reporting date, on high quality
linked corporate bonds denominated in NIS, the date of repayment of
which is similar to the terms of the Group’s liabilities at
that date. The calculation is performed using the projected unit
credit method. Any actuarial gains or losses are recognized in
income statement in the period in which they arise.
3.
Benefits
with respect to termination of employment
Benefits with
respect to termination of employment are recognized as an expense
when the Group has distinctively obligated, with no real
possibility to withdraw its commitment, to terminate the employment
of employees, prior to those employees reaching the date of
retirement as accepted according to a formal detailed plan, or to
provide benefits with respect to termination of employment as a
result of an offer made to encourage voluntary
retirement.
Benefits provided
to employees at voluntary retirement are recognized as an expense
when the Group has offered its employees a plan which encourages
voluntary retirement, and when it is expected that the offer will
be accepted and the number of employees who will accept the offer
can be estimated reliably.
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P.
Employee
benefits (cont.)
4.
Short-term
benefits to employees
Short-term employee
benefit obligations are measured on an undiscounted basis and are
expensed as the related service is provided or upon the actual
absence of the employee when the benefit is not accumulated (such
as maternity leave).
A
liability is recognized for the amount expected to be paid under
short-term cash bonus or profit-sharing plans if the Group has a
present legal or constructive obligation to pay this amount as a
result of past service provided by the employee and the obligation
can be estimated reliably. Employee benefits are classified, for
measurement purposes, as short-term benefits or as other long-term
benefits, based on when the Group expects the benefits to be fully
settled.
5.
Share-based
payment transactions
The
grant date fair value of share-based payment awards granted to
employees is recognized as a salary expense, with a corresponding increase in equity,
over the period that the employees become unconditionally entitled
to the awards.
A
provision is recognized if, as a result of a past event, the Group
has a present legal or constructive obligation that can be
estimated reliably, and it is probable (more likely than not) that
an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the
obligation. Provisions are determined by discounting the expected
future cash flows at a pre-tax rate
that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money
and the risks specific to the liability without adjustment for the
debtor’s credit risk. The carrying amount of the
provision is adjusted in each period to reflect the passage of
time. The adjustment is recognized as Financing
Expenses.
The
Group recognizes a reimbursement asset if, and only if, it is
virtually certain that the reimbursement will be received if the
Company settles the obligation. The amount recognized with respect
to indemnification does not exceed the amount of the
provision.
1. Warranty
A
provision for warranties is recognized when the underlying products
or services are sold. The provision is based on historical warranty
data and a weighting of all possible outcomes against their
associated probabilities.
2. Onerous
contracts
A
provision for onerous contracts is recognized when the expected
benefits to be derived by the Group from a contract are lower than
the unavoidable cost of meeting its obligations under the contract.
The provision is measured at the present value of the lower of the
expected cost of terminating the contract and the expected net cost
of continuing with the contract. Prior to recognizing the
provision, the Group recognizes impairment of assets related to the
aforesaid contract.
3. Contingent
liabilities and legal claims
Legal
claims, which have unique characteristics, are not grouped together
and the necessity of recognizing provisions for them is assessed on
an individual basis.
A
provision for lawsuits is recognized when the Group has a current
legal obligation or an implied obligation due to an event which has
occurred in the past, when use of financial resources in order to
discharge the obligation is more likely than not, and the
obligation may be reliably estimated. When the influence of the
value of time is material, the provision is measured at its present
value. The amounts provisioned are based on the estimated risk
inherent in each claim, with events occurring during litigation
potentially requiring this risk to be re-evaluated. When assessing
the chances of legal claims that were filed against the Company and
its investee companies, the companies based themselves on the
opinion of their legal counsel.
These
opinions by legal counsel are to the best of their professional
judgment, considering the stage of these proceedings as well as
accumulated legal experience on the different issues. The outcome
of such claims will be determined by the Court.
There
are legal proceedings in the Group that have been recently
initiated the outcome of which cannot be assessed at this stage.
See also note 23.C below.
The
provision for unasserted claims is recognized according to the
overall chance of success of the claim, should one be filed,
against the Group companies (on the basis of the probability of the
claim being filed and of its chance of success).
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2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
Income
from the sale of goods in the ordinary course of business is
measured at the fair value of the consideration received or
receivable, net of returns and discounts. When the credit period is
short and constitutes the accepted credit in the industry, the
future consideration is not discounted. When the credit period is
longer than the accepted credit period in the industry, the Group
recognizes the future consideration discounted to its present value
using the risk rate of the customer or the rate used in the
relevant market. The difference between the fair value and the
nominal amount of the future consideration is recognized as
financing income over the excess credit period.
If it
is probable that discounts will be granted and the amount can be
measured reliably, then the discount is recognized as a reduction
of income as the sales are recognized. Discounts granted to
customers at a fixed amount or rate that are unrelated to the
amount of the customer’s purchases, are recognized at the
time of sale as a reduction of sales.
Discounts depending
on the amount of the customer’s purchases are recognized as a
reduction of sales and are included in the financial statements
proportionately on the basis of the volume of purchases made by
customers that the relevant Group companies assess it is highly
probable will become entitled to the discount, providing that these
customers can be estimated reliably.
For
sales of products, the Group usually recognizes income when goods
are delivered to the customer or reach the customer’s
warehouse. For some international shipments, income is recognized
upon loading the goods onto the carrier transport. When two or more
of the Group’s income-generating activities or products are
sold as part of a single arrangement, the Group separately handles
each component that can be identified as a separate accounting
unit.
2.
Customer
loyalty programs
For
customer loyalty programs, the fair value of the consideration
received or receivable in respect of the initial sale is allocated
between the award credits and the other components of the sale. The
amount allocated to the award credits is estimated by reference to
the fair value of the discounted products for which they could be
redeemed, since there are no direct market quotes for similar award
credits. The fair value of the right to purchase discounted
products is estimated taking into account the expected redemption
rate and the timing of such expected redemptions. Such amount is
deferred and income is recognized only when the award credits are
redeemed and the Group has fulfilled its obligations to supply the
discounted products, or they have expired. The amount of income
recognized in those circumstances is based on the number of award
credits that have been redeemed in exchange for discounted
products, relative to the total number of award credits that is
expected to be redeemed. Deferred income is also released to income
when it is no longer considered probable that the award credits
will be redeemed.
3.
Sale
of inventory of land and residential apartments
Income
from sale of inventory of land and residential apartments is
measured at fair value of the consideration received or to be
received.
Transfers of risks
and rewards vary depending on the individual terms of the contract
of sale. For sales of residential apartments, including those built
for the land owners in building services for land transactions,
transfer of risk and yield usually occurs when the apartment is
handed over to the buyer.
Income
from services rendered is recognized in the Statement of Income
pro rata to the stage of
completion of the transaction at the reporting date. The stage of
completion is assessed by reference to surveys of work
performed.
5.
Income
from communication services and sale of communication
equipment
Income
deriving from use of communication networks of the Group, including
cellular services, infrastructure and internet access services,
international calls, fixed local calls, interconnection fees,
roaming services, content services, added value services and
television on the internet services is recognized upon the
performance of the service, in proportion to the stage of
completion of the transaction and when all the other criteria for
recognizing income have been met.
Proceeds from the
sale of cellular call cards are recognized initially as deferred
income and recognized as income according to use or when they
expire.
A
transaction for the sale of end-user equipment usually involves a
transaction for the sale of services. Usually, the sale of the
cellular phone equipment to the customer is executed with no
contractual obligation of the customer to consume services in a
minimal amount for a predefined period.
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Note
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5.
Income
from communication services and sale of communication equipment
(cont.)
As a
result, the Group accounts for the sale of the cellular phone
equipment as a separate transaction and recognizes income from sale
of cellular phone equipment according to the value of the
transaction upon delivery of the equipment to the customer. Income
from services is recognized and recorded.
When
the customer is obligated towards the Group to consume services in
a minimal amount for a predefined period, the contract is
characterized as a multiple element arrangement and thus, income
from sale of cellular phone equipment is recorded in an amount not
higher than the fair value of the aforesaid equipment that is not
contingent upon delivery of additional components (such as
services) and is recognized upon delivery to the customer and when
the criteria for income recognition are met. The Group determines
the fair value of the individual elements based on prices at which
the deliverable is regularly sold on a standalone basis, after
considering discounts where appropriate.
The
Group offers other optional services, such as extended warranty on
equipment, which are provided for a monthly fee and are either sold
separately or bundled and included in packaged rate plans. Income
from these services is recognized when the service is
provided.
When
the Group acts as an agent or an intermediary without bearing the
risks and rewards resulting from the transaction, the income is
presented on a net basis (as a profit or a commission). However,
when the Group acts as a principal supplier and bears the risks and
rewards resulting from the transaction the income is presented on a
gross basis, while distinguishing the income from the related
expenses.
Income
from long-term credit arrangements are recognized on the basis of
the present value of future cash flows, discounted according to
market interest rates at the time of the transaction. The
difference between the original credit and its present value, as
aforementioned, is spread and recorded as interest income over the
credit period.
6.
Income
from provision of tourism services
Income
from rendering tourism services is recognized when the service is
rendered.
Income
from a transaction to render services is recognized on the basis of
the stage of completion of the transaction and when all of the
following conditions are fulfilled:
●
The amount of
income can be reliably measured;
●
The economic
benefits related to the transaction are expected to flow to the
Group;
●
The stage of
completion of the transaction on the date of the report of
financial position can be reliably measured; and
●
The costs incurred
as part of the transaction and the costs needed to complete the
transaction can be reliably measured.
7.
Income
from commissions on a gross and net basis
In
respect of transactions in which the Group bears the primary
obligations of the agreement and bears the major risks and benefits
from the transaction, income is recognized on the gross basis. In
respect of transactions in which the Group acts as an agent or
broker without bearing the major risks and benefits from the
transaction, the income is recognized on the net
basis.
8. Commissions
and membership fees
When
the Group acts in the capacity of an agent rather than as the
primary supplier in a transaction, the income recognized is the net
amount of commission made by the Group. Income deriving from
commissions is recognized on the basis of the transactions executed
with the credit cards of an investee company at the rate and on the
date the businesses were credited. Income deriving from commissions
for credit margins of credit cards is recognized on the date the
customer is charged and income from subscription fees are
recognized on a monthly basis.
9. Income
from rent and management fees
Rental
income from investment property and management fees for regular
operation of properties is recognized in income statement on a
straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Lease incentives
granted are recognized as an integral part of the total rental
income, over the term of the lease.
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10.Fair
value of consideration that is contingent upon the occurrence of
certain events
The
value of a contingent consideration, which derives from the sale of
a business and is receivable upon the occurrence of certain future
events, is initially determined at fair value. The fair value is
determined based on assumptions regarding the occurrence of the
future events and the date on which the Group will have a cash
inflow as a result of such events, which are sometimes not under
the control of the Group. In circumstances that the fair value of
that contingent consideration cannot be reliably determined because
of a wide range of possible future scenarios that will affect the
fair value, and because the probabilities of the different
alternatives in this range cannot be reliably estimated, the Group
does not recognize any gain from the contingent consideration until
sufficient information is obtained, if at all.
1.
The cost of sales
from retail operations, includes the cost of purchasing retail
inventory less supplier discounts, as aforementioned, and includes
also expenses regarding loss, depreciation of goods, independent
shelf stocking, storage and handling of inventory until the end
selling point. It also includes operation and management costs of
commercial centers held by the Group as part of investment
property.
Cost of
sales in the Group as regards the supply of communication services
includes mainly equipment purchase costs, salaries and related
expenses, costs of added value services, royalties, ongoing license
fees, interconnection and roaming expenses, cell site leasing
costs, depreciation and amortization expenses and maintenance
expenses, directly related to services rendered.
2.
Supplier discounts
- the Group recognizes discounts received from suppliers as a
deduction from the purchase cost. Therefore, the part of the
discounts that relates to the purchases added to the closing
inventory is attributed to inventory, and the rest of the discounts
reduce the cost of sales.
Some of
these discounts are at a fixed rate that does not depend on the
volume of purchases (this discount is calculated as a fixed
percentage of the purchases made from the supplier or as a fixed
amount that does not depend on the volume of purchases) and they
are recognized upon the execution of the proportionate purchases
that entitle the Group to the aforesaid discounts. In light of the
entry into force of the Food Law as from 2015 in respect of
products to which the Food Law applies, discounts from suppliers
are given as part of the purchase price for a unit of a product,
except for discounts that are given in accordance with
sales.
Lease payments
Payments made under
operating leases, other than conditional lease payments, are
recognized in the income statement on a straight-line basis over
the term of the lease, including the optional period when on the
date of the transaction it was reasonably certain that the option
will be exercised. Lease incentives received are recognized as an
integral part of the total lease expense, over the term of the
lease. Minimum lease fees payable under an operating lease are
charged to the income statement when incurred.
Minimum
lease payments made under finance leases are apportioned between
the financing expense and the reduction of the outstanding
liability. The financing expense is allocated to each period during
the lease term so as to produce a constant periodic rate of
interest on the balance of the liability.
Contingent lease
payments are accounted for by revising the minimum lease payments
over the remaining term of the lease when the lease adjustment is
confirmed.
Determination whether an arrangement contains a lease
At
inception or upon reassessment of an arrangement, the Group
determines whether such an arrangement is or contains a
lease.
An
arrangement is a lease or contains a lease if the following two
criteria are met:
●
The fulfillment of
the arrangement is dependent on the use of a specific asset;
and
●
The arrangement
contains a right to use the asset.
Other
payments and consideration required according to the arrangement
are separated at the outset of the arrangement or upon the
re-examination of payments in respect of the lease and other
components according to their proportionate fair
value.
If the
Group concludes for a finance lease that it is impracticable to
separate the payments reliably, an asset and a liability are
recognized at an amount equal to the fair value of the underlying
asset. In subsequent periods, the liability is reduced as payments
are made and an imputed finance charge on the liability is
recognized using the buyer’s incremental borrowing
rate.
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U.
Financing
income and expenses
Financing income
comprises interest income and linkage differences on financial
assets, dividend and interest income from marketable securities
(other than from associates and joint ventures, from financial
assets presented at fair value through profit or loss that do not
constitute a part of the Group’s liquid resources, except for
dividends that constitute a clear return on an investment), an
increase in the fair value of financial assets presented at fair
value through profit or loss (including also dividend and interest
income) that constitute a part of the Group’s liquid
resources, a positive change in the value of the embedded
derivative in a non-recourse loan that was received by Koor,
foreign currency gains and gains on hedging instruments that are
recognized in profit or loss, gains from the early redemption of
bonds, a decrease in the fair value of financial liabilities at
fair value through profit or loss and interest income from sales on
credit. Interest income is recognized as it accrues, using the
effective interest method. Dividend income is recognized on the
date when the Group’s right to receive payment is
established. If dividend is received for negotiable shares, the
Group recognizes dividend income on the ex-dividend
date.
Financing expenses
comprise interest expense and linkage differences on borrowings,
changes in time value of provisions, in liabilities for put options
for non-controlling interests and for deferred consideration, a
decrease in the fair value of financial assets at fair value
through profit or loss that
constitute a part of the Group’s liquid resources,
impairment losses recognized on financial assets (other than losses
on trade receivables that are presented under general and
administrative expenses), losses on hedging instruments that are
recognized in profit or loss, an increase in the fair value of
financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, changes
in the time value of liabilities for government grants, foreign
currency losses and changes in the time value of a liability in
respect of a put option to the non-controlling shareholders.
Borrowing costs, which are not capitalized to qualifying assets,
are recognized in profit or loss using the effective interest
method.
Foreign
currency gains and losses on financial assets and financial
liabilities and on hedging instruments are reported on a net basis,
as either financing income or financing expenses depending on
whether foreign currency movements are in a net gain or net loss
position.
In
the statements of cash flows, interest received is presented as
part of cash flows from investing activities and dividends received
which do not constitute return of investment are presented as part
of cash flows from operating activities. Dividends received which
constitute return of investment are presented under cash flows
provided by investment operations. Interest and dividends paid are
presented under “Cash flows from financing operations”.
Accordingly, borrowing costs which have been capitalized to
qualifying assets are presented together with the interest paid
under “Cash flows from financing
operations”.
Taxes
on income include current and deferred taxes. Current tax and
deferred tax are recognized in the income statement except to the
extent that they relate to a business combination, or are
recognized directly in equity or in other comprehensive income
(loss) to the extent they relate to items recognized directly in
equity or in other comprehensive income (loss).
Current
tax is the expected tax payable (or receivable) on the taxable
income for the reporting period, using tax rates enacted or
substantively enacted at the date of the Statement of Financial
Position. Current taxes include back taxes and additional taxes
with respect to dividend distribution by investees.
The
Group offsets current tax assets and liabilities when there is an
enforceable legal right to offset current tax assets and
liabilities, and there is an intention to dispose of current tax
assets and liabilities on a net basis or that the tax assets and
liabilities are settled at the same time.
A
provision for uncertain tax positions, including additional tax and
interest expenses, is recognized when it is more probable than not
that the Group will have to use its economic resources to pay the
obligation.
Deferred taxes are
recognized for temporary differences between the carrying amounts
of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the
amounts used for taxation purposes. Deferred taxes are not
recognized by the Group for the following temporary differences:
the initial recognition of goodwill, the initial recognition of
assets or liabilities in a transaction that is not a business
combination and that affects neither accounting nor taxable profit,
and differences relating to investments in subsidiaries and joint
ventures and associates, to the extent that the Group is able to
control the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference and
it is probable that they will not reverse in the foreseeable
future, either by way of selling the investment or by way of
distributing dividends in respect of the investment. Measurement of
deferred taxes reflects the tax implications arising from the
manner in which the Group anticipates recovering or settling the
carrying amount of assets and liabilities at the end of the
reported period.
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Corporation
Ltd.
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Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
V.
Taxes
on income (cont.)
For
investment property measured using the fair value model, there is a
refutable assumption that the carrying amount of investment
property would be discharged through a sale. Deferred tax is
measured at the tax rates that are expected to be applied to the
temporary differences when they reverse, based on the laws that
have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting
date.
A
deferred tax asset is recognized in respect of loss carry forwards,
tax benefits and temporary differences that are deductible, to the
extent that it is probable that future taxable profits will be
available against which the temporary difference can be utilized,
considering current tax losses expected in the tax year in which
the temporary differences would be utilized and against which they
may be utilized. Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting
date and are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable
that the related tax benefit will be realized.
Deferred tax assets
which were not recognized are evaluated at each reporting date and
are recognized in cases where the expectation has changed so that
taxable income is expected to arise in the future, against which
those assets can be utilized.
Deferred tax assets
and liabilities are offset by the Group if there is a legally
enforceable right to offset current tax liabilities and assets, and
they relate to income taxes levied by the same tax authority on the
same taxable entity, or on different tax entities, but they intend
to settle deferred tax liabilities and assets on a net basis or
their current tax assets and liabilities will be realized
simultaneously.
The
Group may incur additional taxes in case of dividend distribution
by Group companies. This additional tax was not included in the
deferred taxes, since the policy of the Group companies is to not
distribute a dividend which creates an additional tax liability for
the recipient in the foreseeable future. In cases where an investee
is expected to distribute dividends from earnings such that these
dividends would involve additional tax liability for the Company,
the Company creates a tax reserve with respect to the additional
tax which may be incurred with respect to said
dividend.
Additional income
taxes that arise from the distribution of dividends by the Group
companies are recognized in income statement at the same time as
the liability to pay the related dividend is
recognized.
Deferred tax in
respect of intra-Company transactions in the consolidated financial
statements is recorded according to the tax rate applicable to the
buying Company.
W.
Discontinued operations
Discontinued
operations are a component of the Group’s business that
constitute operations that were sold or are classified as held for
sale as aforesaid, and they represent a separate major line of
business or a geographical area of operations that is significant
and separate.
The
operating results that relate to discontinued operations are
presented separately in the Statement of Income net of the tax
effect, also in respect of the comparative amounts that were
restated for this purpose, as if the operations were discontinued
at the beginning of the earliest comparative period. Furthermore,
the Company presents the cash flows
that relate to discontinued operations separately in the Statements
of Cash Flows, including reclassification of comparative
amounts. In this
regard, see note 3.I.1 below.
X.
New
standards and interpretations not yet adopted
1. IFRS
9 (2014), Financial Instruments (“Final Version of
IFRS 9”)
The
final version of IFRS 9 includes revised instructions for the
classification and measurement of financial instruments, as well as
a new model for the measurement of impairment of financial assets.
These instructions are added to the chapter on Hedge Accounting
– General, which was published in 2013.
Classification and measurement of financial assets
According to the
final version of IFRS 9, there are three main categories for the
measurement of financial assets: amortized cost, fair value through
profit or loss and fair value through other comprehensive income.
The classification basis of debt instruments is based on the
entity’s business model for financial asset management and
the characteristics of the financial asset’s contractual cash
flows. Investment in capital instruments will be measured by fair
value through profit or loss (unless the company chose, upon
initial recognition, to present the changes in fair value within
other comprehensive income). As stated in section 1.C of this Note
above, the Group adopted the
classification and measurement rules under Standard 9 (2009) with
regard to financial assets on an early basis since 2012, without
adopting on an early basis the remainder of the rules stated in the
final version of IFRS 9, which are stated
below:
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Note
2 – Principles of the Accounting Policy (cont.)
X.
New
standards and interpretations not yet adopted (cont.)
1. IFRS
9 (2014), Financial Instruments (“Final Version of
IFRS 9”) (cont.)
Classification and measurement of financial
liabilities
The
changes in the fair value of financial liabilities designated at
fair value through profit or loss, which are attributable to
changes in the entity’s credit risk will, in the majority of
cases, be recognized through other comprehensive
income.
Hedge accounting - general
According to the
final version of IFRS 9, other hedging strategies applies for risk
management may qualify for hedge accounting. The current 80%-125%
test for determining the hedge effectiveness was replaced by a
required economic link between the hedged item and the hedging
instrument - without specifying any quantitative threshold. In
addition, the Standard contains new models constituting
alternatives for hedge accounting, with regard to credit exposures
and certain contracts which are not in the scope of the final
version of IFRS 9 and new principles for treatment of hedging
instruments were determined. In addition, new disclosure requirements were
set.
Impairment of financial assets
The
final version of IFRS 9 contains a new model for the recognition of
expected credit losses (“Expected credit loss model”).
For most financial debt assets, the new model presents a dual
method for the measurement of impairment: if the credit risk
attributed to the financial asset did not significantly increase
since the initial recognition, a provision for loss will be
recognized at the amount of credit losses expected due to default
events, the occurrence of which is possible during the twelve
months subsequent to the reporting date. If the credit risk had
increased significantly, in the majority of cases the provision for
impairment will increase and be recorded at the amount of credit
losses expected across the full life of the financial
asset.
The
final version of IFRS 9 will be implanted for annual periods
commencing on January 1, 2018, with possibility for early adoption.
The final version of IFRS 9 will be implemented retrospectively,
excluding a number of reliefs.
The
Group has not yet begun the examination of the implications of
adopting the final version of IFRS 9 over the financial
statements.
2.
IFRS 15, Income from Contracts with
Customers (“IFRS 15”)
IFRS 15
replaces the current existing assumptions regarding income
recognition and contains a new model for recognition of income from
contracts with customers. IFRS 15 sets forth two approaches for
income recognition: at one point in time or over time. The model
includes five stages for transaction analysis in order to determine
the timing of the recognition of income and its amount. In
addition, IFRS 15 sets new, more extensive disclosure requirements
than those that currently exist.
IFRS 15
will be applied to annual reporting periods commencing on January
1, 2018, with the possibility of early adoption. IFRS 15 includes
various alternatives for the implementation of the transition
instructions, so that companies can choose one of the following
alternatives upon initial implementation: full retrospective
implementation, full retrospective implementation that includes
practical reliefs; or implementation through adjustment of the
retained earnings balance to the date of initial implementation in
respect of transactions which have not yet concluded.
The
Group is examining the ramifications of adopting IFRS 15 on the
financial statements.
3. IFRS
16, Leasing (“Standard 16”)
Standard 16
replaces International Standard Number 17 – Leasing (IAS 17)
and the related interpretations. The provisions of the Standard
cancel the existing requirement for lessees to classify leasing as
operating or as financing. In place of this, on the matter of
lessees, the Standard presents one new model for the accounting
treatment of all leasing, in accordance with which the lessor is to
recognize an asset and a liability in respect of the leasing in its
financial statements.
Furthermore, the
Standard determines new disclosure requirements, which are broader
than those currently in existence. The Standard is to be
implemented for annual periods commencing on January 1, 2019, with
the possibility of earlier implementation, provided that the
Company also implements Standard 15 - Income from contracts with
customers, by way of early implementation.
The
Standard contains various alternatives for the implementation of
the transition provisions, such that companies may select one of
the following alternatives at the time of the initial
implementation: full retrospective implementation or the
implementation of the Standard as from the time of the
implementation with the adjustment of the balance of retained
earnings as at that time. The Group has not yet started the
examination of the implications of the adoption of Standard 16 on
the financial statements.
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Corporation
Ltd.
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Note
3 – Investments
For a
list of the Group’s main companies – see Annex A of the
financial statements.
A.
Composition
of investments in equity accounted investees
|
As
at December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS
Millions
|
Value
in Statement of Financial Position of the investment in
shares
|
3,710
|
3,799
|
Loans
and a capital note(2)
|
572
|
543
|
Less:
provision for impairment
|
(713)
|
(588)
|
|
(1)3,569
|
(1)3,754
|
(1)
The aforesaid value
includes:
Balance
of attributed excess cost – for amortization
|
74
|
106
|
Balance
of goodwill
|
324
|
468
|
|
398
|
574
|
(2)
Loans and a capital
note
|
Interest
rates
as
at December 31
|
As
at December 31
|
|
2015
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
%
|
NIS
Millions
|
Dollars
or linked thereto
|
3.3
– 8.0
|
403
|
369
|
NIS
(CPI-linked and unlinked)
|
0
– 9.10
|
142
|
*146
|
Other
currencies or linked thereto
|
2.07
|
27
|
28
|
|
|
572
|
543
|
Most of
the loans have no repayment dates.
*Reclassified, see
Note 1.F.(1) above.
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Corporation
Ltd.
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3 – Investments (cont.)
B.
Movement
in investments in investee companies treated according to the
equity method (in this section –
“associates”)
|
For
the year ended
December
31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at beginning of the year
|
3,754
|
3,741(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
61
|
49
|
|
Changes
in loans and capital notes, net
|
31
|
29
|
|
Dividends that have
been recognized
|
(193)
|
(24)
|
|
The
Group’s share in profits of associates, net(2)
|
106
|
(10)
|
|
Provision for
impairment, net(2)
|
(127)
|
(481)
(1)
|
|
Capital
reserves from translation differences in respect of
associates
|
(57)
|
349
|
|
Decrease in
investments due to the reclassification of an investment in an
associate to a financial asset measured by fair value through
profit or loss
|
-
|
(70)
|
|
Changes
in investments in associates due to companies the consolidation of
which was discontinued
|
23
|
(4)
|
|
The
Group’s share in hedge funds of associates
|
82
|
120
|
|
The
Group’s share in the recording of hedge funds of associates
to profit or loss
|
(99)
|
53
|
|
The
Group’s share in actuarial differences of
associates
|
5
|
2
|
|
Changes
in investments in associates, due to their first time consolidation
(See also Note 3.H.6.a.)
|
(3)
|
-
|
|
Changes
in investments as a result of sales to a third party
|
(14)
|
-
|
|
Balance
at end of year
|
3,569
|
3,754
|
|
(1)
Immaterial
adjustment of the comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(2)
above.
(2)
See Note 25 for
additional details.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-50
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
C.
Details
regarding associates and joint transactions
1.
Summary information on material associates
This
section gives details of associates that meet one or more of the
following criteria:
●
The Company’s
share in the sum of the investment in the associate (in linkage)
exceeds 10% of the total assets in the relevant consolidated
Statement of Financial Position;
●
The Company’s
share in the associate’s results (in linkage) is the higher
of 10% (in absolute value) of the net profit attributed to the
Company’s owners in the relevant period and 10% (in absolute
value) of the "representative income" attributed to the Company's
owners as defined in Note 1.E.(4) above.
The
figures below* relate to Adama which is held at a rate of 40%.
Adama is a global company, incorporated in Israel.
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
|
2014
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Current
assets
|
10,252
|
|
(1)
11,821
|
Non-current
assets
|
6,650
|
|
(1)
6,602
|
Total
assets
|
16,902
|
|
18,423
|
Current
liabilities
|
(5,483)
|
|
(7,201)
|
Non-current
liabilities
|
(5,305)
|
|
(5,034)
|
Total
liabilities
|
(10,788)
|
|
(12,235)
|
Total
assets, net
|
6,114
|
|
6,188
|
|
|
|
|
The
Group’s share of the assets, net
|
2,446
|
|
(1) 2,476
|
Goodwill
|
988
|
|
983
|
Reconciliations for
fair value made on the acquisition date
|
58
|
|
88
|
Impairment of
investment
|
(691)
|
|
(532)
(1)
|
Other
reconciliations
|
(27)
|
|
(14)
|
|
|
|
|
Value
of the associate in the Group’s books
|
2,774
|
|
3,001
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
|
2014
|
|
2013
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Income
|
11,909
|
|
11,474
|
|
11,130(2)
|
Profit
for the period
|
431
|
|
498
|
|
471
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss)
|
(156)
|
|
148
|
|
(171)
|
Total
comprehensive income of the associate
|
275
|
|
646
|
|
300
|
Less
other comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interests
in the associate
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
-
|
Total
comprehensive income attributable to the owners of the
associate
|
276
|
|
648
|
|
300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
Group’s share in the associate’s comprehensive
income
|
110
|
|
259
|
|
120
|
Amortization of
reconciliations for fair value made on the acquisition
date
|
(30)
|
|
(38)
|
|
(49)
|
Impairment of
investment (see section 16.F.1.b. below)
|
(153)
|
|
(507)
(1)
|
|
-
|
Foreign
currency translation differentials for the associate
|
4
|
|
356
|
|
(223)
|
Other
reconciliations
|
(4)
|
|
(5)
|
|
(5)
|
Total
comprehensive income (loss) of the associate as presented in the
books
|
(73)
|
|
65
|
|
(157)
|
*
Assets and
liabilities have been translated according to the representative
exchange rates as at December 31 of each year and income and profit
or loss were translated according to average exchange rates in each
year.
(1)
Restated; see note
1.F.(2) above.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-51
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
C.
Details
regarding associates and joint transactions (cont.)
2.
Summary
information on associates and joint transactions that are not
material
Aggregate sums with
adjustment for percentages of ownerships held by the
Group:
|
For
December 31
|
A. Summary
of data on investee companies (1)
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Book
value of investee companies
|
453
|
429(2)
|
451(2)
|
The
Group’s share in the loss for the period
|
(28)
|
(121)
(2)
|
(95) (2)
|
The
Group’s share in other comprehensive income
(loss)
|
(10)
|
158
|
(21)
|
The
Group’s share in comprehensive income (loss)
|
(38)
|
37
|
(116)
|
B. Summary
of Data on Joint Transactions
|
|
|
|
Book
value of investments in joint transactions
|
342
|
324
|
354
|
The
Group’s share in profit (loss) for the period
|
21
|
(22)
|
21
|
The
Group’s share in other comprehensive income
(loss)
|
(2)
|
2
|
(3)
|
The
Group’s share in other comprehensive income
(loss)
|
19
|
(20)
|
18
|
(1)
The data includes
sums for an investment in Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Credit
Opportunity Fund LP (hereunder “EMCO Fund”), 12.2% of
which is held by Koor. It should be noted that although the amount
of the Group’s holding in the EMCO Fund is less than 20%, it
will be subject to the equity accounting method. Koor has a
material influence over the EMCO Fund since it has the power to
participate in certain material decisions of the Fund, such as
decisions pertaining to investment, through a joint representative
of Koor and Clal Insurance group representative. Noted that the
EMCO Fund statements were prepared for November 30, 2015, November
30, 2014 and November 30, 2013, and Koor made the necessary
adjustments in its financial statements for the time gap between
the aforesaid statements of the EMCO Fund and the financial
statements of Koor as of December 31, 2013-2015,
respectively.
(2)
Reclassified, see
Note 1.F.(1) above.
D.
Additional
details regarding the main consolidated investees that are directly
held by the Company*
|
Company
rights in the share capital and voting
|
Scope
of investment in investee
|
Loans
and capital notes
|
Total
|
Country
of incorporation
|
|
%
(rounded)
|
NIS
Millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As
of December 31, 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount
Investments
|
76
|
1,047
|
-
|
1,047
|
Israel
|
IDB
Group USA Investment Inc.)1)
|
50
|
-
|
488
|
488
|
USA
|
IDB
Tourism (2)
|
100
|
219
|
59
|
278
|
Israel
|
|
|
1,266
|
547
|
1,813
|
|
As
of December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount
Investments
|
74
|
894
|
-
|
894
|
Israel
|
IDB
Group USA Investment Inc.)1)
|
50
|
(650)
|
1,196
|
546
|
USA
|
IDB
Tourism (2)
|
100
|
180
|
59
|
239
|
Israel
|
|
|
424
|
1,255
|
1,679
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
The above
investments do not include investments in headquarter companies
that are fully owned by the Company.
(1)
The holding of
capital is by way of a wholly owned subsidiary. An additional 50%
is held by a company that is fully owned by PBC. The loans were
granted directly to IDB Group USA.
(2)
For details
regarding liens and guarantees, see Note 22 below.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-52
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
Details
regarding consolidated companies where the non-controlling
interests are material(1)
|
As
of December 31, 2015
|
For
the year ending December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holding
percentage of share capital and voting rights of non-controlling
shareholders
|
Current
assets
|
Non-current
assets
|
Current
liabilities
|
Non-current
liabilities
|
Total
assets, net
|
Book
value of non-controlling shareholders
|
Income
(7)
|
Net
profit (loss)
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss)
|
Total
comprehensive income (loss)
|
Profit
(loss) attributed to non-controlling shareholders
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss) attributed to non-controlling
shareholders
|
Cash
flows from current activity
|
Cash
flows from investing activity
|
Cash
flows from financing activity
|
Increase
(decrease) net of cash and cash equivalents
|
Dividends
to non-controlling shareholders
|
|
%
|
NIS
Millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subsidiaries
that are directly held by the company
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount
Investments
|
23.6
|
10,140
|
26,067
|
8,608
|
22,829
|
4,770
|
3,759
|
17,962
|
408
|
(49)
|
359
|
312
|
(10)
|
2,526
|
128
|
(2,907)
|
(253)
|
61
|
IDBG (2)
|
(2) -
|
18
|
626
|
131
|
78
|
435
|
(57)
|
47
|
(80)
|
1
|
(79)
|
(20)
|
-
|
32
|
(51)
|
(6)
|
(25)
|
-
|
IDB
Tourism (3)
|
-
|
180
|
617
|
466
|
29
|
302
|
24
|
1,052
|
25
|
(5)
|
20
|
3
|
(2)
|
130
|
(2)
|
(127)
|
1
|
5
|
Total
in the Company’s consolidated financial
statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,726
|
|
|
|
|
295
|
(12)
|
|
|
|
|
66
|
Subsidiaries
that are indirectly held by the Company(4):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elron
|
49.7
|
589
|
249
|
25
|
8
|
805
|
568
|
165
|
28
|
2
|
30
|
24
|
2
|
(85)
|
25
|
6
|
(54)
|
-
|
Property &
Building Corporation
|
23.5
|
3,131
|
12,241
|
2,566
|
9,831
|
2,975
|
1,898
|
1,570
|
302
|
-
|
302
|
201
|
-
|
639
|
150
|
(297)
|
492
|
57
|
Cellcom
(5)(6)
|
58.2
|
2,485
|
5,309
|
1,859
|
3,286
|
2,649
|
1,190
|
4,238
|
117
|
(1)
|
116
|
79
|
-
|
838
|
(98)
|
(1,136)
|
(396)
|
1
|
Shufersal
(6)
|
47.1
|
2,928
|
5,173
|
3,295
|
2,969
|
1,837
|
903
|
11,547
|
68
|
7
|
75
|
43
|
4
|
950
|
9
|
(454)
|
505
|
-
|
Discount
Investments (Company headquarters and other
investments)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(800)
|
|
|
|
|
(35)
|
(16)
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,759
|
|
|
|
|
312
|
(10)
|
|
|
|
|
61
|
Main
location of all companies – Israel.
(1)
The data is after
the necessary reconciliation to the consolidated statements of the
aforementioned companies, for presentation in the consolidated
statements of the Company including goodwill and excess cost
attributed to the presented companies.
(2)
IDB Group USA
Investments Inc. – the data relates to the 50% directly held
by the Company. An additional 50% is held by Property &
Building Corporation, the data relating to which are presented
within the data of Discount Investments.
(3)
The Company holds
100% of the share capital of IDB Tourism. The balance of
non-controlling shareholders relates to investee companies of IDB
Tourism.
(4)
The holding
percentages of subsidiaries indirectly held are the holding
percentages that are not held by Discount Investments. The data
relating to non-controlling shareholders include the share of
non-controlling shareholders in Discount Investments.
(5)
The holding
percentage of non-controlling shareholders in Cellcom -
54.8%.
(6)
Although Discount Investments holds less than half of the voting
rights in Cellcom, it estimates that it has effective control in
Cellcom (inter alia, due to
the high holding percentage that the Group holds of votingrights,
the diversity of the other voting rights, and in light of thevoting
patterns in the General meeting of shareholders), and as such,
their financial statements were consolidated in the Company’s
financial
statements.
(7)
Subsidiary income
is included in the group of income in the Company’s
consolidated income statement.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-53
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
Details
regarding consolidated companies where the non-controlling
interests are material(1)
(cont.)
|
As
of December 31, 2014
|
For
the year ending December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holding
percentage of share capital and voting rights of non-controlling
shareholders
|
Current
assets
|
Non-current
assets
|
Current
liabilities
|
Non-current
liabilities
|
Total
assets, net
|
Book
value of non-controlling shareholders
|
Income
(8)
|
Net
profit
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss)
|
Total
comprehensive income (loss)
|
Profit
(loss) attributed to non-controlling shareholders
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss) attributed to non-controlling
shareholders
|
Cash
flows from current activity
|
Cash
flows from investing activity
|
Cash
flows from financing activity
|
Increase
(decrease) net of cash and cash equivalents
|
Dividends
to non-controlling shareholders
|
|
%
|
NIS
Millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subsidiaries
that are directly held by the company
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount
Investments (2)
|
26.1
|
11,435**
|
*25,654
|
**7,931
|
*24,788
|
*4,370
|
*3,546
|
20,081
|
*(92)
|
870
|
*778
|
*231
|
336
|
2,279
|
1,254
|
(6,023)
|
(2,490)
|
345
|
IDBG (3)
|
-(3)
|
69
|
624
|
15
|
169
|
509
|
(37)
|
57
|
(38)
|
57
|
19
|
(16)
|
(3)
|
36
|
(34)
|
(14)
|
(12)
|
-
|
IDB
Tourism (4)
|
-
|
241
|
**647
|
589
|
**31
|
268
|
30
|
1,004
|
(14)
|
18
|
4
|
4
|
-
|
**34
|
**(21)
|
(167)
|
(154)
|
4
|
Total
in the Company’s consolidated financial
statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,539
|
|
|
|
|
219
|
333
|
|
|
|
|
349
|
Subsidiaries
that are indirectly held by the Company(5):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elron
|
49.7
|
624
|
145
|
19
|
-
|
750
|
525
|
630
|
354
|
96
|
450
|
236
|
66
|
(38)
|
555
|
(408)
|
109
|
199
|
Property &
Building Corporation
|
23.5
|
2,964
|
11,611
|
1,968
|
9,881
|
2,726
|
1,785
|
1,634
|
245
|
329
|
574
|
166
|
141
|
484
|
(359)
|
(638)
|
(513)
|
54
|
Cellcom
(6),
(7)
|
58.2
|
3,250
|
5,469
|
2,406
|
3,777
|
2,536
|
1,164
|
4,670
|
188
|
9
|
197
|
219
|
6
|
1,557
|
(350)
|
(1,106)
|
101
|
-
|
Shufersal
(7)
|
50.4
|
2,887**
|
5,127
|
**2,828
|
3,425
|
1,761
|
916
|
11,673
|
(418)
|
(12)
|
(430)
|
(205)
|
(8)
|
331
|
(247)
|
(426)
|
(342)
|
37
|
Discount
Investments (Company headquarters and other
investments)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*(844)
|
|
|
|
|
*(185)
|
131
|
|
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,546
|
|
|
|
|
231
|
336
|
|
|
|
|
345
|
Main
location of all companies – Israel.
(1)
The data is after
the necessary reconciliation to the consolidated statements of the
aforementioned companies, for presentation in the consolidated
statements of the Company including goodwill and excess cost
attributed to the presented companies.
(2)
Including data for
Koor, which was directly held by the Company at a rate of
approximately 1.16% and indirectly by Discount Investments, until
its merger with Discount Investments.
(3)
IDB Group USA
Investments Inc. – the data relates to the 50% directly held
by the Company. An additional 50% is held by Property &
Building Corporation, the data relating to which are presented
within the data of Discount Investments.
(4)
The Company holds
100% of the share capital of IDB Tourism. The balance of
non-controlling shareholders relates to investee companies of IDB
Tourism.
(5)
The holding
percentages of subsidiaries indirectly held are the holding
percentages that are not held by Discount Investments. The data
relating to non-controlling shareholders include the share of
non-controlling shareholders in Discount Investments.
(6)
The holding
percentage of non-controlling shareholders in Cellcom -
54.8%.
(7)
Although Discount Investments held less than half of the voting
rights in Cellcom and Shufersal, it estimates that it has effective
control in them (inter alia, due to
the high holding percentage that the Group holds of votingrights,
the diversity of the other voting rights, and in light of thevoting
patterns in the General meeting of shareholders), and as such,
their financial statements were consolidated in the Company’s
financial
statements.
(8)
Subsidiary income
is included in the group of income in the Company’s
consolidated income statement.
*
Immaterial
adjustment of the comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(2)
above.
(**)
Reclassified, see Note 1.F.(1) above.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
Details
regarding consolidated companies where the non-controlling
interests are material(1)
(cont.)
|
For
the year ending December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holding
percentage of share capital and voting rights of non-controlling
shareholders
|
Income(9)
|
Net
profit
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss)
|
Total
comprehensive income (loss)
|
Profit
(loss) attributed to non-controlling shareholders
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss) attributed to non-controlling
shareholders
|
Cash
flows from current activity
|
Cash
flows from investing activity
|
Cash
flows from financing activity
|
Increase
(decrease) net of cash and cash equivalents
|
Dividends
distributed to non-controlling shareholders
|
|
%
|
NIS
Millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subsidiaries
that are directly held by the company
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount
Investments (2)
|
26.1
|
19,936
|
808*
|
(525)
|
283*
|
563*
|
(241)
|
2,811
|
969
|
(3,043)
|
737
|
271
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(3)
|
|
-
|
199
|
8
|
207
|
124
|
4
|
1,350
|
(4,097)
|
(659)
|
(3,406)
|
47
|
IDBG
(4)
|
(4)
|
127
|
(61)
|
(39)
|
(100)
|
(16)
|
1
|
100
|
(27)
|
(75)
|
(2)
|
1
|
IDB
Tourism (5)
|
-
|
1,090
|
-
|
(12)
|
(12)
|
5
|
(1)
|
41**
|
(4)**
|
(29)
|
8
|
-
|
Other
subsidiaries with non-controlling shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4)
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
Total
in the Company’s consolidated financial
statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
672
|
(237)
|
|
|
|
|
319
|
Subsidiaries
that are indirectly held by the Company (6)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elron
|
49.7
|
40
|
42
|
(55)
|
(13)
|
24
|
(37)
|
(37)
|
(19)
|
-
|
(56)
|
-
|
PCB
|
23.5
|
1,695
|
155
|
(128)
|
27
|
121
|
(53)
|
600
|
(297)
|
(354)
|
(51)
|
86
|
Koor
Industries
|
31.4
|
429
|
661*
|
(225)
|
436*
|
234*
|
(89)
|
2
|
2,423
|
(1,512)
|
(913)
|
4
|
Cellcom
(7)(8)
|
58.1
|
5,086
|
342
|
(2)
|
340
|
233
|
(1)
|
1,557
|
(345)
|
(1,569)
|
(357)
|
49
|
Shufersal
(8)
|
52.9
|
11,971
|
8
|
(4)
|
4
|
38
|
(3)
|
630
|
(802)
|
405
|
233
|
132
|
Discount
Investments (Company headquarters and other
investments)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(87)
|
(58)
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
563
|
(241)
|
|
|
|
|
271
|
Main
location of all companies - Israel.
(1)
The data is after
the necessary reconciliation to the consolidated statements of the
aforementioned companies, for presentation in the consolidated
statements of the Company including goodwill and surplus cost
attributed to the presented companies.
(2)
Including
data for
Koor, which was held directly by the Company and indirectly by
Discount Investments.
(3)
The results of Clal
Insurance’s activity until the date of cessation of
consolidation on August 21, 2013, and include the effect of Clal
Insurance’s holdings in the Group’s companies through
profit sharing policies. For details on liability assets of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprisesprior the exit from consolidation and
its income until the date of cessation of consolidation, see note
3.I. below.
(4)
IDB Group USA
Investments Inc. – the data relates to the 50% directly held
by the Company. An additional 50% is held by Property &
Building Corporation, the data relating to which are presented
within the data of Discount Investments.
(5)
The Company holds
100% of the share capital of IDB Tourism. The balance of
non-controlling shareholders relates to investee companies of IDB
Tourism.
(6)
The holding
percentages of subsidiaries indirectly held are the holding
percentages that are not held by Discount Investments and/or the
Company.
(7)
The holding
percentage of non-controlling shareholders in Cellcom -
54.7%.
(8)
Although Discount
Investments holds less than half of the voting rights in Cellcom
and Shufersal, it estimates that it has effective control in them
(inter alia, due to the high holding percentage that the Group
holds of voting rights, the dispersal of the other voting rights,
and in light of the voting patterns in the General meeting of
shareholders), and as such, their financial statements were
consolidated in the Company’s financial
statements.
(9)
Subsidiary income
is included in the group of income in the Company’s
consolidated statement of income.
*
Immaterial
adjustment of comparative figures, see note 1.F(2)
above.
**
Reclassified, see
note 1.F.(1) above.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-55
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
F.
Information
on marketable investments, held by the Company and Discount
Investment:
|
Balance
sheet value in the holder’s books
|
Market
Value
|
|
31.12.2015
(unaudited)
|
31.12.2015
(unaudited)
|
27.3.2016(2)
|
Name
of the company
|
NIS
Millions
|
Held
by the Company
|
|
|
|
Discount
Investments (1)
(consolidated)
|
1,047
|
500
|
526
|
Equity
accounted partnerships
|
|
|
|
Modiin
Energy
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
Consolidated
by Discount Investments (1)
|
|
|
|
Elron
Electronic Industries Ltd.
|
311
|
296
|
257
|
Cellcom
|
1,889
|
1,018
|
1,071
|
Properties
and Building Company
|
1,355
|
1,324
|
(2) 1,300
|
Shufersal
(3)
|
1,216
|
1,357
|
(2) 1,312
|
(1)
Including goodwill
in an amount of NIS 60 million attributed to companies directly
held by Discount Investments: Property and Building – NIS 55
million; Shufersal – NIS 5 million.
(2)
On the basis of the
shares held by the Group companies as at December 31, 2015. The
market value as at March 27, 2016 is stated after the distribution
of dividends (according to Discount Investments’ share),
which are detailed in Note 35.F below.
Each of
the Group’s companies assesses, on its own level, the value
of the assets that it holds and the allocated and unallocated
excess cost included in its financial statements. The investments
of the Group in associates are assessed in each holding
company, at its overall investment level.
G.
Additional
information on investments of the Company and its investee
companies
1.
The Company and
some of its investee companies are subject, in certain cases, to
contractual restrictions and restrictions provided in the law with
respect to realizing existing investments or lien holdings in
investee companies as collateral for securing repayment of its
liabilities, and restrict their ability with respect to carrying
out new investments or increasing existing investments. For
information on the restrictions that apply to the Company,
including during the execution of new investments, in the
realization and lien of holdings by virtue of agreements with the
financing entities, see Note 16.E. below. The Company and some of
its investee companies are subject, in certain cases, to legal
restrictions with respect to business activity and in carrying out
new investments or increasing existing investments in investee
companies, including the need to receive approvals or permits from
various regulators for crossing the holding rate prescribed in the
law, such as directives regarding the supervision of insurance
business, directives of the Ministry of Communications, directives
regarding restrictive practices, directives regulating the oil
industry, directives regarding the requirement to hold tenders,
directives regarding price control of products and services,
directives regarding consumerism and restrictions deriving from
benefits or approvals from the tax authorities. For details
regarding the letter of the Company and Cellcom to the Ministry of
Communications, and Cellcom’s approach for a motion for the
approval of the Ministry of Communication for a change in the
(indirect) control structure of Cellcom, which also included a
request to change the instructions included in Cellcom’s
communications licenses, including with regard to the requirement
for holdings of Israeli parties, see note 23.B.1.
below.
In
addition, the provisions of certain laws and some of the terms of
licenses in the communications sector, which were granted to a
number of the Company’s investee companies, include
restrictions on cross ownership (which generally means holding
means of control in competitors). Furthermore, the Company’s
investee companies are affected by, inter alia, changes in the
budgets of government offices and bodies and by the
government’s policies on various matters (such as the
monetary policy). In addition, some of the Company’s investee
companies have foreign operations, sell products or services
outside of Israel or their securities are traded outside of Israel.
These companies are affected by the economic situation (including
changes in the exchange rates and rate of inflation) the political
situation and by legislative and regulatory arrangement in these
countries.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
G.
Additional
information on investments of the Company and its investee
companies (cont.)
2.
The Company and
some of its investee companies are affected by “Proper
Conduct of Banking Business” directives of the Israeli
Supervisor of Banks, which include, inter alia, restrictions on the
amount of loans a banking entity in Israel can provide to a
“single borrower”, to a single “group of
borrowers”, and to the largest borrowers and “groups of
borrowers” of a banking entity (as these terms are defined in
the aforesaid directives). The Company, its controlling
shareholders and part of their investee companies are considered a
single “group of borrowers” for this
purpose.
These
restrictions may limit the ability of the Company and certain of
its investee companies to borrow additional amounts from the banks
in Israel, their ability to make investments for which they require
bank credit, their ability to invest in companies that have taken
large amounts of credit from certain banks in Israel, and their
ability to make certain business transactions together with groups
that have taken such credit. However from 2013 and until the date
of publication of the report, there was a decrease in the amount of
the utilized credit from the banking system in Israel for the
borrowers’ group that includes the Company, including as a
result of change of control in it as part of the debt arrangement
in IDB Holdings.
3.
In December 2013,
the official "Reshumot"
published in Israel the Promotion of Competition and Reduction of
Centralization Law, 5774-2013 (in this section: “the
Law”).
Pursuant to the
provisions of the law, a pyramidal structure of control in
“reporting entities” (in
general –corporations whose securities are held by the
public) is limited to 2 layers of reporting entities (with the
company in the first layer not including a reporting entity that
has no controlling shareholder). For this purpose, on the date of
publication of the law in Reshumot (“Date of
Publication”), the Company was considered a second-tier
company and Discount Investments was considered a third-tier
company. According to the law, a third layer or higher tier company
may no longer control reporting corporations apart from such
corporations that are under its control on the date of publication
and of which it will be required to cease controlling in December
2017, at the latest. As long as a reporting entity is considered by
the Companies Law to be a second-tier company, it is not entitled
to control reporting entities, and if on the Date of Publication it
controls reporting
entities, it must cease its control of them no later than December 2019.
The
control of the Company has changed as part of the completion of a
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings, subsequent to which the Company
and Discount Investments are no longer considered as second and
third-tier companies, respectively, and as at the date of the
approval of these financial statements, the Company and Discount
Investments are considered as first and second-tier companies,
respectively, for the purpose of the aforesaid law. As long as
Discount Investments is considered a second-tier company, it is
required to cease, in December 2019 at the latest, from controlling
reporting corporations under its control. In this context it is
noted that in August 2014 the Company’s Board of Directors
resolved to appoint an advisory committee to examine various
alternatives for the Company to cope with the implications of the
law and meet the restrictions set forth in it with regard to
control in a pyramid structure, with the intention to enable the
continued control of the Company and/or Discount Investments in
“other tier companies” (currently held directly by
Discount Investments) also after December 2019.
As at
the date of approval of these financial statements, the
alternatives examined by the Company include, inter alia: (a) Changing either
the Company or Discount Investments into a private company which is
not a reporting corporation (and as a result not a “tier
company”); and (b) A merger between the Company and Discount
Investments. The Board of Directors of Discount Investments has
appointed an advisory committee with a similar function. As at the
date of approval of these financial statements, this is an
examination only of the specified alternatives, and there is no
certainty regarding the implementation of any of the specified
structural changes. The implementation of an alternative that would
be adopted is likely to take several years.
Based
on an analysis made by the Company and Discount Investments, the
Company estimates that it is more likely than not that the
completion of one of the specified alternatives will be successful
and constitute a solution for contending with the restriction on
the pyramidal structure of the holdings, while allowing the Company
to continue to control Discount Investments, and Discount
Investments to continue to control Cellcom even after December
2019. Accordingly, the recoverable amount of the operations of
Cellcom as of December 31, 2014, was calculated using the value in
use method and the recoverable value of Cellcom's operations as at
June 30, 2015, under the value in use method, as stated in note
10.D. below.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
G.
Additional
information on investments of the Company and its investee
companies (cont.)
Property &
Building, which on the date of publishing the report is a
third-tier company, controls reporting corporations (Gav-Yam, Ispro
and Mehadrin), is examining the implications of the law over its
said holdings, with a view to maintaining its control over them and
it estimates that it will maintain control over them, and therefore
the aforesaid law has no implications over its financial statements
as of December 31, 2015.
The
Company, as a first-tier company, and Discount Investments, as a
second-tier company, as stated above, do not have an obligation to
include independent directors on their Board of Directors or a
minimal number of outside directors as stated in the aforesaid law
in relation to third-tier companies onwards.
Pursuant to the
provisions of the law, the boards of directors of Cellcom, Property
& Building, Elron, Gav-Yam, Ispro and Mehadrin include a
majority of independent directors and the number of outside
directors serving on their boards is at least half of the number of
board members, reduced by one, rounded upwards. In June 2014, the
Promotion of Competition and Reduction of Centralization
(Classification of a Company as a Tier Company) Regulations,
5774-2014, came into effect, as part of which concessions were
provided for certain corporations, which are considered as a
“third-tier company”, from the updating of the
composition of their board of directors to adapt it to the
requirements of the Centralization Law. In October 2014, Koor
received clarification letters from the Israel Securities
Authority, with the opinion of the Ministry of Justice, according
to which the Securities Authority will not intervene in the
situation, according to which in respect of the composition of
Adama’s Board of Directors, the aforesaid regulations apply
to Adama.
Pursuant to the law
and the Promotion of Competition and Reduction of Centralization
(Concessions Regarding the Number of Outside directors)
Regulations, 5774-2014, and in view of the number of directors
whose identity requires the consent of the Bronfman-Fisher Group
according to the shareholders’ agreement between it and
Discount Investments with regard to their holding of Shufersal
shares as stated below, the Board of Directors of Shufersal
includes a majority of independent directors and the minimal
required number of outside directors on the Board of Directors of
Shufersal is at least one third of the total number of directors.
In this context, it should be noted that in August 2014, Discount
Investments entered into an agreement with a corporation of the
Bronfman-Fisher Group (“Bronfman-Fisher”), which at the
time held approximately 19% of the share capital of Shufersal, in
an addendum to the shareholders’ agreement relating to the
stipulation in the aforesaid agreement according to which Discount
Investments will exercise its influence in Shufersal so that as
long as Bronfman-Fisher holds the minimum defined amount of
Shufersal shares, the list of directors whose appointment will be
submitted for the approval of the shareholders’ meeting of
Shufersal will include names of four directors whose identity will
be given the consent of Bronfman-Fisher, and determines in this
context that of the aforesaid four directors (out of a board of
directors of fifteen members) two directors will be considered as
outside directors the identity of whom was proposed by
Bronfman-Fisher (and their appointment will naturally be subject to
the approval of the meeting pursuant to the provisions of the law),
whereas Discount Investments is entitled to object to the identity
of those candidates (or any of them) on reasonable
grounds.
The
addendum to the shareholders’ agreement will be in effect as
long as the restrictions according to section 25(d) to the
Centralization Law apply to Shufersal. Accordingly, Discount
Investments (which held on December 31, 2015, approximately 53% of
Shufersal’s share capital) is effectively able to appoint the
majority of the members of Shufersal’s Board of
Directors.
The
Centralization Law includes also provisions relating to a
separation between significant real corporations and significant
financial institutions, it should be noted that as long as the
Company will be a significant real corporation, after December 11,
2019, the Company will not be able to control Clal Insurance and
additional financial bodies in the Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise Group or to hold more than 10% of any means of control
in such bodies (or more than 5% of any means of a control in such a
body if it is regarded as an insurer without a controlling owner).
For details regarding the outline that has been set for the sale of
control and the company’s holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises, see Note 3.H.5.c. below.
In May
2015, updated lists were published on the website of the Ministry
of Finance and the official gazette in connection with the
centralization law, which includes a list of the centralization
factors, the list of the significant corporations and a list of the
significant financial institutions.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
G.
Additional
information on investments of the Company and its investee
companies (cont.)
In
accordance with the provisions of the centralization law, among
others, a substantial financial institution, significant real
corporation will be deemed as a centralization factor, and anyone
belonging to a business group (corporation that controls a
corporation and a corporation controlled by any of them) which
includes significant financial entity or a significant real
corporation. The
Company and its controlling shareholders (Eduardo Elsztain and
corporations through which he holds the Company) and the companies
of the Group (including Discount Investment, Cellcom Property &
Building Shufersal, Adama, Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, IDB
Tourism, Noya Oil and Gas Explorations Ltd. and companies under the
control of these companies) were included in the list of
centralization factors, and the above companies, except for Adama
(excluding Eduardo Elsztain himself), were also included in the
list of significant corporations. In addition, companies of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises, including Clal Insurance (except
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises) and Epsilon Investment House
Ltd. (held by Discount investment Corporation) were included as
well in the list of the significant financial
institutions.
Insofar
as Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises will continue to be
considered to be a significant real entity, this may affect its
ability to hold control in Clal Insurance or to hold means of
control in it, as aforesaid, and this will be as from December
2019, and in addition, this is affecting its ability to appoint
joint directors in both of the companies (Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises and Clal Insurance). In light of the directives issued
by the Commissioner in connection with the appointment of a trustee
for the holding of the means of control in Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises, which are held by the Company and the letter from the
Commissioner dated December 30, 2014, in accordance with which the
Company is required to sell the control shares in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises, as detailed in Note 3.H.5.a below, Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises has referred to the Concentration
Committee in connection with its classification as a significant
real entity.
In
November 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors made a
resolution to act, subject to the approval of the authorized organs
of the companies, to promote a unification of functions at the
Company and at Discount Investments, with a view to achieving costs
savings.
The
Company, together with Discount Investments, is examining
possibilities for consolidating functions in the two companies and
of appointing joint officers. On March 29, 2016, the Company's
Board of Directors (following the receipt of the Remunerations
Committee), approved the terms of office and of employment of Mr.
Shalom Lapidot, as CEO of the Company and as CEO of Discount
Investments (which was also following the receipt of the approval
of Discount Investments' Remunerations Committee and Board of
Directors; the terms of his office as aforesaid are subject to the
approval of a general meeting of Discount Investments), see Note
33.C.(2) below.
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies
The
following are the main changes in investments held in
2015:
a.
In November 2015,
Cellcom signed on an agreement with Golan Telecom Ltd. ("Golan")
and its shareholders, for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in
Golan for consideration for an amount of NIS 1.17 billion, subject
to certain adjustments in respect of Golan's receivables and
payables as a result of certain significant changes for the worse
in relation to Golan, insofar as they may occur, in accordance with
the said agreement.
1.
Up to NIS 400
million of the purchase price is payable by means of a capital note
that is convertible into shares, for a period of five years, which
will be issued to the sellers by Cellcom. The note will be settled
by means of the issuance of regular shares in Cellcom the quantity
of which will be determined in accordance with the amount of the
principal of the capital note divided by the average price of
Cellcom's shares on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. shortly after
the time of the completion of the transaction and less a certain
discount. The sellers are entitled to request the conversion of the
capital note into shares in Cellcom, as aforesaid or to endorse the
capital note to a third party at any time, after the passage of a
period of two years from the time of the completion.Until the
conversion, the note will entitle its holder to a fixed deferred
payment that is equivalent to 3.5% of the principal a year, which
is payable once every six months and in addition the note will be
updated in respect of other generally acceptable
adjustments.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
At the
time of the conversion of the capital note or at the end of the
period of the capital note, Cellcom is entitled to elect, in
accordance with its sole judgment, to pay the note to the sellers
by means of a cash payment in an amount that is equivalent to the
market value of the shares in Cellcom, as aforesaid, at that time,
and this instead of the issuance of shares in Cellcom. Golan's
shareholders will receive generally acceptable rights regarding
registration for trading and restrictions in relation to those
shares.
2.
The previous
network sharing agreements between Cellcom and Golan, which were
subject to the approval of the Ministry of Communications and the
Anti-Trust Commissioner, which were not received, are annulled. In
accordance with the previous agreement between Cellcom and Golan,
in the event that the said approvals were not received by December
31, 2015, Golan was required to pay to Cellcom the difference
between the reduced payment that was actually paid and the full
payment that it would have been committed to pay in accordance with
the in-country roaming agreement, for the in-country roaming
services that have been supplied and which were to be supplied by
Cellcom to Golan from July 2014 to December 31, 2015. Cellcom and
Golan have agreed to defer the date for the payment of this
difference, which has been set at an amount of NIS 600 million,
until the earlier of the time of the lawful cancellation of the
agreement or the passage of 12 months from the date of the signing
of the agreement, without the transaction being
completed.
3.
Golan will continue
to purchase in-country roaming services from Cellcom until the
earlier of the time of the completion of the transaction or the
particular time that was set in the agreement after the time of its
cancellation, and as from January 2016, Golan will increase the
monthly payment that it pays to Cellcom to NIS 21 million. After
the completion of the transaction, Cellcom will not receive
revenues from Golan for the in-country roaming
services.
4.
The agreement
includes declarations, commitments, indemnification arrangements,
conditions for the completion of the transactions and the customary
conditions for its cancellation. The specific conditions for the
completion of the transaction include the receipt of approvals from
the Ministry of Communications and the Anti-Trust Commissioner, and
the absence of any significant change for the worse in Golan's
position, as defined in the agreement. The agreement may be
cancelled by each of the parties if the transaction is not
completed until the passage of 12 months from the time of the
signing of the agreement.
Cellcom
plans to finance the acquisition by means of a combination of
equity and debt. Cellcom expects that in addition to the
convertible capital not that is mentioned above, it will issue
equity in an amount of NIS 200 million (which may include a rights
issue to individuals, see Section C below in this Note for
additional details) and it will finance the balance from its
internal sources and by means of the recruitment of debt. There can
be no certainty that the agreement will be approved by the Israeli
regulators, and neither is there any certainty that the transaction
will be executed. On March 27, 2016, the Anti-Trust Commissioner
informed Cellcom that she was considering objecting to the current
outline for the proposed acquisition of Golan by Cellcom and that
she was inviting Cellcom to a hearing in order to inform it of her
concerns and in order to enable Cellcom to suggest solutions for
those concerns before she makes a decision.
b.
In June 2015,
Cellcom published a draft prospectus for the execution of an issue
of shares by way of a rights offer to its shareholders, which was
done as preparation for a possible rights issue within the
framework of which Cellcom can raise NIS 120 to 150 million on the
assumption of the full exercise of the rights. No time has yet been
set for such a possible rights issue, its terms (including the
number of shares that will be offered in respect of the holding of
one share in Cellcom) and its extent, and it is subject to
additional approval from Cellcom's Board of Directors as well as
the receipt of the approvals that are required under the laws of
Israel and the United States. There is no certainty regarding the
timing of the rights issue, its terms or its extent.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
c.
In continuation of
what is stated in section b above regarding Cellcom's possible
rights issue, within the framework of which Cellcom may recruit NIS
120 to 150 million on the assumption of the full exercise of the
rights, and in continuation of what is stated in section a above
regarding the issuance of equity amounting to NIS 200 million,
which Cellcom plans to execute for the purpose of the partial
financing of the acquisition of Golan, insofar as such acquisition
may be executed, in the event that Cellcom executes an issue for
the raising of capital (whether by the issuance of shares, in the
issuance of rights or in any other manner), insofar as Discount
Investments cash flow requirements may enable this, Discount
Investments intends to make an investment within the framework of
such an issue such that Discount Investments' holding rate in
Cellcom's shares shall not be reduced from its existing level, and
also to execute an additional investment, if possible, such that
Discount Investments' overall investment within the framework of
the issue shall not exceed NIS 100 million.
d. See
Note 10.D. below for details regarding the testing for impairment
in value in connection with the goodwill that is attributed to
Cellcom as at June 30, 2015.
e.
See Note 18.B below
for details regarding Cellcom's commitment under a collective labor
agreement with representatives of the employees and with the New
Labor Federation regarding the launching of a voluntary retirement
plan for Cellcom's employees.
2.
Property
& Building and Las Vegas projects
a.
Credit facility agreement for IDBG
In
August 2015, the Company's Audit Committee and Board of Directors
approved the Commitment by the Company and by a company under its
complete control (100%) with a company under complete control
(100%) of Property & Building and with IDBG, under an agreement
("The agreement") for the making available of a credit facility to
IDBG by Property & Buildings in an amount of up to five million
Dollars ("The facility" and "The loan for IDBG transaction",
respectively. IDBG is an American entity that is engages, inter
alia, through Great Wash Park LLC ("GW") in the construction of a
project that is designated for mixed usage, primarily for commerce
and offices ("The project"), whose entire share
capital is held by the Company and Property & Buildings in
equal shares. The project covers approximately 78 thousand square
meters and it is in three stages. The first stage is operating and
generating revenues, the second stage is under construction and the
third stage is in planning. GW is acting to obtain external
financing for the project, which will include the refinancing of
existing loans in an amount of 59 million Dollars and the financing
of the completion of the construction and the leasing of the second
stage, however, there is no certainty that such financing will
indeed be received. In Property & Building and the Company's
assessment, the completion of the second stage will cause the
attraction of a critical mass to the project, which will enhance
it, inter alia, by improving the volume of sales, with a range of
tenants and with the movement of customers, both for the first
stage of the project and also for the project as a
whole.
In
light of the restrictions that apply to the Company as at this
time, it is unable to make its share of the facility that is
required for IDBG available until the receipt of external financing
for the project and/or for the purpose of its receipt, as
aforesaid. Accordingly the making available of the facility shall
be done by Property & Building alone.
In
September 2015, the Company's and Property and Buildings' Audit
Committees and Boards of Directors approved updated to the
agreement and on September 20, 2015, the general meeting of
Property & Building's shareholders approved the commitment
under the agreement (after its updating as aforesaid) and
accordingly all of the crucial conditions for the completion of the
transaction in accordance with the agreement have been
met.
The
main points of the agreement are as follows:
The credit facility – the
facility will be made available to IDBG by Property & Building
as a facility for making collateral available in support of the
financing body and/or for the extension of credit of up to 50
million Dollars, which may be exploited by IDBG from time to time
over a period of 27 months from the business day following the time
at which all of the crucial conditions for the making availability
are fulfilled ("The exploitation period" and "The time of the
completion", respectively). The amounts that are drawn down on
account of the facility will be called "The amounts
exploited".
The
facility will serve IDBG for the purpose of the construction and
the operation of the project and/or for various financing needs for
such construction and operation.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
2.
Property
& Building and Las Vegas projects (cont.)
a.
Credit facility agreement for
IDBG (cont.)
The
period of the loan – IDBG is to repay
Property and Building's share of the balance of the
debt1 after deducting the Company's share of
the balance of the debt (insofar as there is on) ("The preference
amount" by the end of the exploitation period (27 months from the
time of the completion), in the manner and in the ways that are
described below.
Despite
the aforesaid, the Company shall be entitled to instruct, by giving
notification in writing, which is to be delivered to IDBG and to
Property & Building 30 days before the end of the exploitation
period, of the extension of the period for the repayment of the
preference amount for additional periods of 12 additional months
and thereafter of an additional 9 months. The exploitation period,
with the addition of the extension periods (insofar as they are
exercised) will be called: "The period of the loan". When the
preference amount becomes zero, the agreement will come to an end
and the provisions of the existing shareholders' loans agreements
will apply to the balance of the debt.
The repayment of the loan
– During the course of the period of the loan, insofar as the
cash balance in IDBG exceeds its cash flow requirements (in
accordance with the definition of those terms in the agreement),
IDBG will be committed to make use of the amount of the difference
in order to repay the preference amount. IDBG will be entitled to
repay the preference amount (or any part thereof) during the course
of the period of the loan from any additional source and the
Company will have the right at any time in the course of the period
of the loan to inject money into IDBG, which will be used for the
repayment of the preference amount. It should be mentioned that any
debt, management fees, dividend or any other payment of any sort
whatsoever, which is due to the Company from IDBG will be
subordinated and deferred relative to the preference
amount.
Interest and commissions
– The interest rates (which have been determined in reliance
on the determination by an external economic consultant) which the
exploited amounts will bear are as follows: Up to the time at which
a loan is actually taken up from an external party for the
completion of the project ("The construction loan") and in respect
of the part of the exploited amounts that is up to 20 million
Dollars – interest at an annual rate of LIBOR with the
addition of 8%; up to the time at which the construction loan that
is actually taken up and in respect of the part of it that is in
excess of 20 million Dollars – interest at an annual rate of
LIBOR with the addition of 10%; as from the time at which the
construction loan is received, in respect of the part of the
exploited amounts that is up to 20 million Dollars and at any time
that charges are registered in favor of Property & Building on
the shares in Queensridge Towers LLC2 ("QT") and IDBG's rights to the
repayment of the shareholders' loan from QT as detailed below ("The
QT liens") – interest at the annual rate that is borne by the
construction loan, with the addition of 20%; as from the time at
which the construction loan is received and in respect of the part
of the exploited amounts in excess of 20 million Dollars or in
respect of any amount as from the time that the
QT
liens are removed – interest at the annual rate that is borne
by the construction loan with the addition of 3%.
The
amounts that will be made available by Property & Building by
way of a guarantee (which is not supported by a cash deposit) will
bear an annual commission at a rate of 3%, all of which from the
time of the relevant draw-down and until the time of the actual
repayment.
Generally accepted
provisions have been set in the agreement for the payment of
arrears interest at an annual rate of 5% (additional) over and
above the interest that is detailed above in the event of arrears
in the payment of any repayment whatsoever of the debt. In addition
to the interest that the loan will bear, as aforesaid, IDBG will
pay Property & Building a commission on the non-exploitation of
the facility at a rate of 0.5% a year on the unexploited
facility.
The immediate repayment of the
debt – the agreement contains a list of cases, which
are customary in agreements of this sort, which if met will entitle
Property & Building (but not require it) to make the preference
amount repayable immediately, in whole or in part ("A breach
event").
"The debt" is the
exploited amounts, the interest, the arrears interest, commissions,
expenses, and any other payment that IDBG is to bear in accordance
with the provisions of the agreement.
A realty entity in
which IDBG has a holding of approximately 88%, which operated in
Los Vegas, primarily in the residential field.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
2.
Property
& Building and Las Vegas projects (cont.)
a.
Credit facility agreement for
IDBG (cont.)
The repayment of the debt in the event
of the transfer of the rights in IDBG – in the event
of the transfer of 50% or more of the Company's rights in IDBG, in
existence at the time of the signing of the agreement, the Company
will make a monetary loan available to IDBG, which will repay the
preference amount such that the preference amount will become zero.
In the event of the transfer of the Company's rights in IDBG at a
rate that is lower than 50% of its rights in IDBG in existence at
the time of the signing of the agreement, the Company will make
monies available to IDBG as a loan in an amount that shall not be
less than the consideration for the said transfer, and IDBG is to
use that money to repay the balance of the preference amount to
Property & Building, such that the ration of Property &
Building's share of the balance of the debt shall not exceed
Property & Building and the Company's cumulative holding rate
in IDBG's share capital after the transfer.
Conversion mechanism - at the
end of the period of the loan or prior to then on the occurrence of
a breach event ("The timing of the end of the loan"), insofar as
any preference amount may exist that has not been repaid to
Property & Building, then the full balance of the debt will be
converted into share capital in IDBG and in favor of the repayment
of the shareholders' loans, which will be allocated to the Company
and Property & Building proportionately to the balance of the
debt, in accordance with IDBG's value at that time.
The
value of IDBG as aforesaid as well as the conversion ratio will be
determined by an external appraiser with a good reputation, who
will be agreed upon by the Company and Property & Building. The
agreement contains a mechanism for determining the identity of the
appraiser in the event of an absence of agreement, despite the
aforesaid, in the vent that at the time of the end of the loan a
breach event has occurred, then Property & Building will be
entitled to announce its desire not to operate in accordance with
the conversion mechanism that is detailed above, but rather to demand the
full and immediate repayment of the preference amount in cash and
within this framework, to dispose of all of IDBG's property in any
way that is permitted under the law and to perform any actions that
are required, for the purpose of the full and immediate repayment
of the preference amount.
A lien on IDBG's rights and a negative
pledge – As collateral for the repayment of the
preference amount and the compliance with all of IDBG's commitments
under the agreement and as a condition for the making available of
the facility, first ranking fixed liens will be registered in favor
of Property & Buildings on all of the shares in GW and QT that
are held by IDBG and on all of IDBG's right vis-à-vis GW and
QT for the repayment of the shareholders' loans that have been made
available to GW and QT by IDBG (except in a case in which the
agreement of the financing bank for the project has not been
received to charge the shares in GW, in which case no lien will be
recorded on the share in GW, a lien on the shares in GW will not
constitute a condition for the making available of the facility and
a negative pledge is to be provided in respect of them), in
addition IDBG's bank accounts are to be charges in favor of
Property & Building, insofar as this is possible. Within the
framework of the agreement is has been agreed that insofar as this
may be required, Property & Building will agree to the removal
of the liens that have been given to it on the shares in GW and QT
and it will also agree that the liens that have been extended to it
on IDBG's rights to the repayment of the shareholder's loans that
have been made available to GW and QT will become collateral that
may be extended to the external party. In addition, the Company has
given an undertaking that until the final repayment of the
preference amount, it will not create lines or make its rights in
IDBG or the project available as collateral and that all of its
rights vis-à-vis IDBG will continue to be clean and free of
any other third party's rights.
The receipt of a percentage of the
profit in respect of the project – On the realization
of the project, as defined in the agreement, Property &
Building will be entitled to receive an amount from IDBG that is
equivalent to 15% of the profit in respect of the project (As
defined in the agreement).
The appointment of the Chairman of
IDBG's Board of Directors – So long as the preference
amount is at least 20 million Dollars in cash, then the Chairman of
IDBG's Board of Directors will be appointed by Property &
Building, and in the event of a lack of agreement in the Board of
Directors on issues relating to the taking up of new financing for
the project and the realization of the assets of GW, IDBG or QT,
the Chairman of IDBG's Board of Directors shall have a casting
vote, subject to certain conditions.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
2.
Property
& Building and Las Vegas projects (cont.)
a.
Credit facility agreement for
IDBG (cont.)
The amendment of the shareholders'
agreement in IDBG – when the crucial conditions are
met an amendment to the shareholders' agreement in IDBG will
immediately and automatically come into force, which , inter alia,
reflects the parties' holdings in IDBG's equity in the
representation on IDBG's Board of Directors and including
provisions and adjustments in the relationship between the parties,
including certain mechanisms for a minority, which will apply so
long as the holdings of the relevant party in IDBG are at least
10%. Until the time of the approval of these financial statements,
an amount of 11.5 million Dollars has been exploited from the
facility.
b.
In August 2015,
Property & Building received a letter from its English partner
in TPD Investment Ltd. ("TPD"), an investee company of Property
& Building in England, whose main assets are hotels in England,
and from TPD itself, which is directed at Property & Building,
its officers, Property & Building's additional partner in TPD
and officers therein. It is stated in the letter, which has not
been presented as a claim in court, that damages are being claims,
which were purportedly caused to TPD and to the English partner, in
an amount that will not be less than 88.5 million Pounds Sterling.
In Property & Building's assessment, the statement of claim is
without foundation and it utterly rejects it from all
perspectives.
c.
For details
regarding the main revaluations of investment property that have
been performed by Property & Building and its subsidiary
companies in 2015, see Note 7.B. below.
a.
In 2015, Discount
Investments acquired approximately 3.4% of Shufersal's share
capital on the Stock Exchange for an overall consideration of NIS
75 million. As a result of the said acquisitions, the Company
recorded its share of a debit capital reserve on transactions with
non-controlling interests in an amount of NIS 25 million in 2015.
It should be mentioned in this connection that in January 2015
Discount Investments received notification of merger between itself
and Shufersal from the Anti-Trust Commissioner, which enables
Discount Investments to have a holding of more than 50% in
Shufersal.
b.
As stated in Note
2.M.2, for the purpose of the impairment test, Shufersal branches
are combined into geographical regions which constitute separate
cash generating units (hereinafter, in this section: “Cash
Generating Unit” or “Region”). According to
Shufersal’s strategy, the closure of a losing branch in an
area that includes additional branches may result in a reduction of
the profitability of other branches located in the same
geographical area, in other words, there is a dependence between
the cash flows of branches in the same geographical area. In light
of the foregoing, the impairment test for retail activity is
performed on the level of the region, and the recoverable amount is
calculated for the cash generating unit.
In
2015, Shufersal performed a renewed evaluation of branches with
operational and cash flow losses in the geographical regions, and
reached the conclusion that 15 branches out of all evaluated
branches (which are mainly leased through operational leases) no
longer contribute or make only a partial contribution, either in
operational and/or strategic terms, to the geographical region (the
cash generating unit) with which they are associated and therefore
it decided to close 14 of the branches, and in addition it decided
to reduce the size of the branch that is owned. As a result of
this, non-recurring expenses were recorded in 2015, as
follows:
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
(1)
Non-recurring operating expenses with
respect to the closure of branches (cont.)
|
NIS
millions
|
The
closure and reduction in the size of branches – impairment
losses (*)
|
(22)
|
The
closure of branches – provision of onerous contacts
(**)
|
(20)
|
Total
non-recurring expenses recorded by Shufersal
|
(42)
|
Total
non-recurring expenses after the attribution of taxes recorded by
Shufersal
|
(33)
|
Total
non-recurring expenses after the attribution of taxes in the
Company's consolidated statement of income (with the addition of
the amortization of the attributed surplus cost in Discount
Investments for the relevant assets
|
(57)
|
The
Company's share in the aforementioned expenses after the
attribution of taxes
|
(22)
|
(*)
In respect of 14
branches that are designated for closure, Shufersal has conducted
testing of the recoverable amount in accordance with the provisions
of IAS 36 separately from the cash generating unit to which they
were associated, and it has calculated the recoverable amount for
each branch on its own based on level 3 of the fair value hierarchy
less disposal costs. The key assumption used in calculating the
recoverable amount of the branches as stated is that these branches
will not generate economic benefits until their closure, and
therefore equipment and leasehold improvements that are assessed to
be unsaleable, have been fully depreciated, whilst the remainder of
the assets were examined based on Shufersal’s expectation
regarding the economic benefits which will be produced from them in
other branches. The recoverable amount of the branches intended for
closure is lower than their book value and therefore an impairment
loss has been recorded, in respect of the fixed assets that are
located in them.
The
recoverable amount of the area that has been reduced from the
branch that is owned has been measured based on the fair value
(level 3) less disposal costs, in accordance with an evaluation
from an external appraiser.
(**)
Shufersal has a
number of rental agreements for the rental of commercial space
which are non-cancellable. If the 14 branches that it has been
decided to close, 11 branches are leased by Shufersal
under operational leases. These lease contracts are non-cancellable
until the exit point specified in the contracts, which are between
the years 2015 and 2020. Shufersal intends to exit the lease
contracts on the earliest possible date, in accordance with an
arrangement which will be reached with the property owners, or
non-renewal of the extension option in the contract. In cases where
it is not possible to immediately exit the lease agreement,
Shufersal intends to close the branch’s activity and to rent
the asset, if possible, to a sub-lessee until the end of the lease
contract. In accordance with IAS 37, Provisions, Contingent
Liabilities and Contingent Assets, Shufersal evaluated whether the
engagements regarding these branches include the embodiment of an
onerous contract.
In
accordance with Shufersal’s assessment, and based on an
assessment performed by an external appraiser, due to changes in
market conditions, income from subleases, and insofar as it is
possible to lease the branches that are the subject of the
commitments, are expected to be lower than the rent which is paid
with respect to the properties, and therefore, Shufersal recognized
a provision in the amount of the unavoidable expenses which are
required to fulfill the obligations which are embodied in the lease
agreements for the branches, and with respect to the operational
losses, until the closure of the branches, in the total amount of
NIS 20 million before taxes. This amount is measured using the
risk-free interest rate.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
c.
In August 2015,
Shufersal received notification from one of the partners in Lev
Hamifratz ("Lev Ha'Mifratz"), partner hold Lev Hamifratz at rates
of 37% and 26%, respectively), in which it stated its wish to sell
to a third party its entire stake of 37% in Lev Hamifratz,
including the entire shareholder's loan which was provided on its
behalf to Lev Hamifratz, and the foregoing notice was submitted to
Shufersal and to the additional partner in accordance with the
right of first refusal that appears in the shareholders' agreement
between the parties. Shufersal (and to the best of its knowledge,
the additional partner as well), have not exercised the said right
of first refusal, in January 2016, Shufersal received notification
from that same partner, addressed to it and to the additional
partner in Lev Hamifratz, in accordance with a transaction has been
signed for the sale of its entire 37% holding in Lev Hamifratz to a
third party and that this included the full amount of the
shareholders' loans that had been extended on its behalf to Lev
Hamifratz, for a consideration of NIS 72 million. Part of the said
consideration is conditional upon crucial conditions. In
Shufersal's assessment, the said consideration, subject to the
crucial conditions in the transactions, reflects a value of close
to NIS 69 million for the property being sold. As a result,
Shufersal has cancelled a provision for impairment in value of NIS
26 million, which was recorded in the past in respect of a loan
that had been extended by Shufersal to Lev Hamifratz and the
Company's share in the cancellation of the said provision amounts
to NIS 10 million.
d.
For details
regarding the publication of a temporary directive in accordance
with which the minimum salary will be raised in three tranches,
following which Shufersal's salary expenses have increased in 2015,
see Note 18.C. below.
a.
In December 2015,
Adama distributed a cash dividend in an overall amount of 100
million Dollars. Koor's share of the said dividend amounted to 40
million Dollars. Out of the dividend that Koor received from Adama,
Koor made two cash payments in December 2015 and in March 2016 of
the first interest payments and tax payments in respect of the
agreement covering the non-recourse loan that Koor had received
from the Chinese Bank that is mentioned in Note 16.F.1.b below
(“The non-recourse loan”). The balance of the amount of
the dividend will also be used for payments of interest (and the
tax payments, insofar as they may apply) in respect of the
non-recourse loan.
b.
Discount
Investments in examining a possible transaction, within the
framework of which Koor and China National Agrochemical Corporation
("ChemChina")will transfer all of their holdings (40% and 60%,
respectively) in Adam to Hubei Sanonda Co. Ltd., which is a Chinese
public company whose shares are traded on the Stock Market in the
city of Shenzhen in China ("Sanonda"), in consideration for Type A
shares on Sanonda, and such that following the transaction Adama
will be a company that is wholly owned by Sanonda and Koor will be
a shareholder in Sanonda. Adama will continue to be a bonds
company, within the meaning of that term in the Companies Law. As
the Company has been informed, as of the time of the approval of
these financial statements, Sanonda is a company that is controlled
by ChemChina indirectly, which holds Type A shares constituting
approximately 20.1% of Sanonda's share capital. In addition, Adama
holds Type B shares constituting approximately 10.6% of Sanonda
share capital (see further on in this section for details regarding
the sale of the said shares). The Company has been told that in
accordance with the law in China Sanonda's shares that are held by
Koor may be blocked for a period of up to 3 years after the
completion of the transaction ("The blocking period"). In
connection with the said transaction that is being examined, it has
also been tested that: (1) Koor will charge its shares in Sanonda
as collateral for its commitments in accordance with a non-recourse
loan agreement. This is instead of the existing collateral
consisting of a change on Koor's shares in Adams; and (2) before
and close to the time of the completion of the transaction, Adama
will distribute a dividend to its shareholders in a significant
amount, which has not yet been determined. The overall amount of
the dividend is estimated at an amount of 250 million Dollars, (of
which an amount of 100 million Dollars was distributed in December
2015, as mentioned in Note 3.H.4.a above), where part of the
dividend that Koor will receive will be used to pay some of Koor's
interest in respect of the non-recourse loan.
The
distribution of the additional dividend (in other words, the amount
of the balance of 150 million dollars) has not yet been examined by
the duly authorized bodies in Adama and its execution is subject to
the confirmation of those bodies in Adam that the distribution
meets the tests that are set in the Companies Law.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
b.
(cont.)
Furthermore, the
parties are examining the possibility of extending the original
time for the repayment of the non-recourse loan (the amount of the
principal, including the PIK interest, which is the interest that
has accumulated up to the month of October 2015 and which has been
added to the amount of the principal of the loan in accordance with
the provisions of the non-recourse loan agreement) under terms that
are subject to the agreements between the parties. Insofar as the
original repayment time is extended, as aforesaid, Koor is expected
to make a cash payment of the interest payments in the period of
the non-recourse loan (as may be extended). Koor will only agree to
enter into a commitment under the transaction if the non-recourse
loan is extended for a certain period, as may be agreed between the
parties, over and beyond the end of the blocking period, in order
to enable the sale of Koor's shares on Sanonda.
Each of
the parties is expected to receive a final evaluation for Adama,
where at this stage such evaluations are being prepared by
appraisers who have been appointed separately by each party and
they are in their initial stages. In accordance with the
preliminary indications (which are not final and which may be
updated), Adama's value for the purposes of the transaction is
expected to stand at approximately 2.4 billion
Dollars.
As the
Company has been informed, in accordance with Chinese Law, which
determines that the price of the shares that are issued in this
type of transactions is to be calculated on the basis of a formula
that weighs the average traded prices in the course of particular
periods, which are determined in the local law, so the transaction
will be performed based on the value of Sanonda's shares, which is
expected to be determined in accordance with 90% of the average
price of Sanonda's Type A shares in the course of the twenty
trading days preceding the expected announcement by Sanonda's Board
of Directors in respect of the transactions, based on the present
suspension of the trading in Sanonda's shares, as has been extended
("The current suspension of trading"), the price is 10.22 RMB Yuan
a share ("The initial basic price of Sanonda"). The initial basic
price of Sanonda may be adjusted downwards as a one-time action by
Sanonda's Board of Directors, if certain event occur, which reflect
a significant decrease in Sanonda's share price after it is traded
again.
The
Company has been informed that as part of the transaction Sanonda
intends to raise financing in an amount of 900 million RMN Yuan,
either by means of a private issue or by means of any other source
of finance.
Based
on the initial indication that is mentioned above, for Sanonda's
initial basic price, on Chi china's and Koor's current holdings in
Adama and ChemChina's and Adama's present holdings in Sanonda, on
the distribution of the dividend that is being examined by Adama
and on the additional private issue by Sanonda, ChemChina estimated
that following on the completion of the transaction, ChemChina and
Koor will hold approximately 47% and approximately 27% of the
issued share capital in Sanonda, respectively. The share price, the
value and the holding rates that are mentioned above are subject to
negotiations between the parties and the parties have not yet
agreed upon them.
Koor is
performing tests and checks in connection with the transaction
being considered, including due diligence in relation to Sanonda
and independent evaluations in relation to Sanonda an Adama. In
accordance with the preliminary indications that have been provided
by the appraiser that was appointed by Koor, there are considerable
variances, which may indicate that Sonanda's value is significantly
lower than its value based on the regulatory formula in accordance
with the Chinese law, which is detailed above. In parallel, Koor
and ChemChina are continuing to negotiate with each other in
relation to the structure and the terms of the transaction that is
being considered, including, inter alia, the impact of the
transaction being considered on the agreement for the purchase of
the assets between Adama and ChemChina of October 2014 for the
acquisition of the shares of the four companies that are held by
ChemChina (including Sanonda) by Adama, which has not been
completed.
In
February 2016, the bodies in Adama approved its commitment under an
agreement to sell the Type B shares in Sanonda that are held by
Adam to Sanonda for an overall consideration of 62 million Dollars,
subject to the completion of the transaction that is being examined
with Sanonda. The transaction for the sale of the Type B shares in
Sanonda is also subject to the approval of the bodies in Sanonda
and the regulatory approvals in China.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
b.
(cont.)
The
parties are giving consideration to the said shares being cancelled
by Sanonda following the acquisition. A of the reporting date,
there are considerable variances between the parties in connection
with significant components of the transactions, such as: (A)
whether Koor will be subject to compensation mechanisms, which are
intended to compensate Sanonda for differences between Adama's
actual profits and its forecasts (in the course of a certain period
after the time of the completion of the transaction and also for a
decrease in the carrying value of Adama (in the course of the
period between the date of the evaluation for the purposes of the
transaction and the time of the completion of the transaction),
which may be both shares that will be issued by Sanonda as part of
the transaction and also in cash and (B) how and to what extend
will Koor's existing rights in accordance with the shareholders'
agreement that exists between Koor and ChemChina
apply.
The
Company has been informed that Sanonda's Board of Directors is
expected to discuss and to approve the transaction, based on the
initial indications, which are mentioned above, before the time of
the renewal of the trading in Sanonda's shares (the approval of
Sanonda's Board of
Directors, as
aforesaid, insofar as it may be received, will be the first of two,
where the need for the second approval will require Adama's final
evaluation).
The
Company has also been informed that Sonanda has had two extensions
of the suspension of its shares, which as of the time of the
approval of these financial statements is supposed to end by May 4,
2016.
In
Adama's assessment, the transaction is expected to enable it to
take advantage of significant synergies with Sanonda, and within
this, in Adama's assessment after the execution of the transaction
Adama will become a distributor of Sanonda's products globally and
also that Adama will be able to make use of Sanonda's sales system
in China in a manner that will enable Adama to increase its sales
in China. These assessments of Sanonda's are very preliminary and
the issues that are connected to taking advantage of the synergetic
advantages that are inherent in the business potential have not yet
been discussed or examined in depth with Sanonda's existing
management. The implementation of the said synergies will require
the receipt of the approval of Adama's and Sanonda's authorized
bodies and a commitment under appropriate agreements between Adama
and Sanonda and the achievement of the synergies as aforesaid is
expect to take time and will not be immediate.
In
continuation of the initial conversations that have been held on
the subject, in Adama's assessment its global organizational
structure is not expected to change following the transaction, and
that after the completion of the transaction, Adama's management,
include Adama's CEO, is expected to lead Sanonda's management as
well. It should be clarified that at this stage this is merely and
assessment and there is no certainty that all or some of the
members of Adama's management will be appointed to hold office in
Sanonda's management, inter alia, because such appointments will
require the approval of Sanonda's Board of Directors.
The
process of the negotiations and the approval of the transaction
that is being considered is expected to take several months, and in
the course of that period the parties will examine the relevant
aspects of the transaction, which includes completing their due
diligence checks and the evaluations, the tax and the accounting
aspects of the transaction will be examined as will the future
corporate structure and the future shareholders'
agreement.
There
is considerable lack of clarify in respect of the maturing of the
said negotiations into binding agreements, and in respect of the
exact structure and terms of such agreements and also in respect of
the timetables for the transaction. Insofar as there may be
consensus and agreements may be signed, the completion of the
transaction will be subject to significant conditions, including
inter alia, the receipt of all of the regulatory approvals that are
required in China, including in connection with the commitment
under an agreement for the sake of the Type B shares in Sanonda,
which are mentioned above as well as any other term that may be
required from Koor and/or ChemChina or by either of
them.
c.
For details
regarding the economic works in connection with the value of the
investment in Adama as at December 31, 2015 and in connection with
the hybrid financial instrument in respect of the non-recourse
loan, which Koor received within the framework of the merger
transaction between Adam and ChemChina, see Note 16.F.1.b.
below.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
5. Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises
a.
The appointment of a trustee for the Company's holdings in the
shares of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises
On
August 21 2013, in accordance with the requirement by the
Commissioner, the Company gave an irrevocable power of attorney to
Mr. Moshe Tery (“Mr. Tery” or “the
trustee”), who was appointed by the Commissioner as trustee
for 51% of the issued share capital and voting rights of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprisesheld by the Company (“means of
control”). In addition it transferred the shares to a trust
account, in the trustee’s name, for the purpose of exercising
the powers granted by the means of control in accordance with the
provisions of the trust deed, and in order to separate Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprisesand the financial institutions in the
Clal Group (“the Clal Group”) from any possible
influence of the control struggles in the IDB Group.
In
accordance with the signed trust deed, Mr. Tery will exercise all
of the powers given to him by virtue of the means of control for
the good of the Company and in accordance with the
Commissioner’s instructions, insofar as any will be given to
him from time to time, in order to ensure the proper operation of
Clal Insurance Company, Clal Credit Insurance Ltd. and Clal Pension
and Provident Ltd. (hereinafter, jointly: “the Clal
institutions”) and to protect the interests of the
policyholders and savers, including with regard to the raising of
equity for the benefit of the Clal institutions in any manner that
he thinks fit. The transfer of the means of control to the trustee
will not affect the Company’s right to receive dividends from
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, insofar as a decision is made
to distribute any.
If and
insofar as dividends are distributed for the Means of control, they
will be the property of the Company and will be transferred to the
Company by the trustee. In the event of any sale, transfer or
charging of the means of control, the trustee will act in
accordance with the Company’s instructions on condition that
he receives the Commissioner’s prior written approval to do
so. The trust will be terminated on the date that all of the means
of control are actually transferred from the Trustee or after
approval is given by the Commissioner.
In May
2014 the attorneys of the controlling shareholders of the Company
(at that time) received a letter from the Commissioner with regard
to the control of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, in which it
was stated, inter alia, that despite her aforesaid instruction in
her letter of November 27, 2013, the Commissioner would be willing
to consider not implementing the aforesaid instruction with regard
to the appointment of directors in the Clal Group in accordance
with the mechanism determined in the draft Centralization Law (and
insofar as it would not be possible to do so – by a committee
that would be appointed by the Minister of Finance or the
Commissioner) in the event of a further term of office of an
outside director in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesand in Clal
Insurance Company.
In
addition, the Commissioner would be willing to consider not
implementing the aforesaid instruction with respect to the
appointment of directors in other financial institutions in the
Clal Group and in Clal Agency Holdings Ltd., on the condition that
directors that are or were employed in the companies controlling
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesor that are or were related to
the controlling shareholders in the Company will not hold office in
these bodies, all of which on the terms stated in the
letter.
Pursuant to the
Commissioner’s letter from December 2014, regarding the
outline for the sale of the Company's control and holdings in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprisesit was clarified, among others, that
during the trustee's service term, the appointment of directors in
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesand Clal Insurance Company will
be performed by the committee for the appointment of directors in
the insurers, without control, as defined in the Supervision of
Financial Services (Insurance) Law -1981 and if directors cannot be
appointed by such committee, then the appointment of directors in
these companies will be performed by another committee to be
appointed by the Minister of Finance or by the Commissioner or by
any other way instructed by the Commissioner.
Following such
letter and as per the demand of the Commissioner, a revised
appointment letter for a trustee was signed in January 2015 by the
Company and the trustee regarding the Company's holdings in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
5.
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(cont.)
a.
The appointment of a trustee for the
Company's holdings in the shares of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises (cont.)
In June
2015, the Commissioner informed that in May 2015 the committee for
the appointment of directors in Clal Group, pursuant to the
aforesaid, intends to direct the appointment of directors that are
not external) in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises) according to
the recommendations of the committee and in July 2015 the committee
commenced its operations. On December 31, 2015, the general meeting
of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesapproved the appointment of 3
new directors in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesout of a list
of 5 candidates recommended by the committee.
b.
The filing of an application to receive a new control permit and
the determining of a timeframe for the sale of the Company’s
control and holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises
On June
29, 2014, the then controlling shareholders in the Company, Dolphin
and CAA (which are controlled by Mr. Eduardo Elsztain and Mr.
Mordechai Ben-Moshe, respectively), notified the Company that
Messrs. Elsztain and Ben-Moshe filed an application with the
Commissioner to receive a control permit in the Clal Group. On
September 29, 2014 the Company was notified by Mr. Eduardo Elsztain
and Mr. Mordechai Ben-Moshe, inter
alia, as follows: the Commissioner’s office notified
Mr. Eduardo Elsztain and Mr. Mordechai Ben-Moshe of its position as
of that date, according to which significant gaps existed between
the control structure and data submitted to the Commissioner and
the requirements of a controlling shareholder, as stated in the
Control of Financial Services (Insurance) Law, 5741-1981, and in a
policy document regarding control of a financial institution that
was published by the Commissioner in February 2014 (“the
Control Policy Document”), and that as of the aforesaid date
less than half of the information and documents required for
examining the application had been received. The
Commissioner’s office also gave notice that in view of the
significant gaps (which it claimed as aforesaid), it was of the
opinion that even after receipt of all of the required information,
it would not be possible to approve the application of Mr. Eduardo
Elsztain and Mr. Mordechai Ben-Moshe to receive a joint control
permit in the Clal Holdings Insurance
EnterprisesGroup.
On
December 30, 2014 a letter was received from the Commissioner,
addressed to Mr. Eduardo Elsztain, Mr. Mordechai Ben-Moshe and the
Company, which included, inter
alia, a timeframe for the sale of the Company’s
control and holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, as
well as instructions relating to the continued tenure of the
trustee. As stated in the letter, the examination of the
application of the controlling shareholders of the Company for
joint control of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesthrough the
Company would no longer be reviewed, mainly in view of the fact
that the Company did not comply with the criteria determined in the
Control Policy Document.
The
sale outline stated in the Commissioner’s letter includes the
participation of the Company and the trustee in the sale process,
the principles of which are as follows:
1.
The Company will
act to sell the control in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, so
that it is no longer a part of the chain of control in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises. In accordance with the Control
Policy Document it was determined that the minimal holding rate for
control over Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, at the date of
the specified letter, is 30% of the total means of control. The
sale of control as specified will be done under the conditions and
dates detailed below:
a.
The Company will
engage with a recognized investment bank (Israeli or foreign) the
identity of which will be confirmed by the trustee, to formulate an
action outline to sell the control. The Company’s Board of
Directors and the trustee will approve the outline, until and no
later than June 30, 2015.
b.
The Company will
sign an agreement to sell the control to a potential buyer for a
price and commercial terms as it sees fit, until and no later than
December 31, 2015.
c.
Should an agreement
be signed as specified in section (B) above on the date, the
possibility to complete the procedure to receive a control permit
from the Commissioner will be given to the potential buyer, this
until and no later than June 30, 2016.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
5.
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(cont.)
b.
The filing of an application to
receive a new control permit and the determining of a timeframe for
the sale of the Company’s control and holdings in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(cont.)
2.
During the period
until December 31, 2015 the Company will be entitled to sell some
of the means of control in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, so
long as this will not impact the Company’s commitment to act
to sell the control, as specified in section 1 above.
3.
Should any of the
conditions stated in section 1 above is not complied with, on the
dates stipulated alongside them, or if the control is sold to a
potential buyer, and the Company retains means of control (“a
terminating event”), then in each of these cases the Company
will act to sell all of the means of control in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprisesthat it owns, apart from the amount that it is
permitted by law to hold in an insurer without a permit from the
Commissioner, including by way of selling the means of control on
the stock exchange or in off-exchange transactions, pursuant to the
outline set out below and no later than the following
dates:
a.
During a period of
four months, starting from the occurrence of a terminating event,
the Company shall sell at least 5% of the means of control in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises.
b.
During each of the
subsequent periods of four months each, the Company shall sell in
each period at least an additional 5% of the means of control in
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises.
c.
If, in any four
month period, more than 5% of the means of control in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprisesare sold, then in such a case the amount of
the means of control sold in excess of the aforesaid amount will be
offset against the required amount in the following
period.
4.
Should the Company
not fulfill its obligation as set forth in section (3) above, then
the trustee will be entitled to act in the specified outline in its
place, in accordance with all of the authorities vested in it under
the stipulations of the trusteeship letter provided to it. The
consideration for the sale as specified will be transferred to the
Company. Expenses in respect of executing the sale of means of
control will be borne solely by the Company.
5.
Notwithstanding
what is stated in sections (1) to (3) above, insofar as the control
is sold to a potential buyer that received a control permit from
the Commissioner, and the Company retains means of control in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprisesin an amount that requires a holding
permit by law, the Company may file an application to receive a
holding permit for the means of control that it holds, but what is
stated in this section shall not constitute prior approval for the
receipt of such a permit. If the Company does not receive a holding
permit as aforesaid within six months of the date on which the
permit control is given to the potential buyer, this date will be
regarded as a terminating event and the provisions of sections 3
and 4 above will apply, mutatis
mutandis.
6.
At the end of each
quarter, or upon a request of the Commissioner or the trustee, the
Company shall deliver to the Commissioner or to the trustee, as
applicable, a status report regarding the progress in the sale
outline.
7.
It was further
stated in the letter that prima
facie the Commissioner did not see any reason why the
Company should not sell the control also to its controlling
shareholders, or to any of them (alone, or jointly with another
third party), however the letter has emphasized that any request to
receive a control permit, including a request by one of the
controlling shareholders in the Company, will be examined,
inter alia, also in light
of the stipulations of the Centralization Law, and that that stated
in the Commissioner’s letter does not constitute an approval
that it is possible to perform the sale as specified in accordance
with the stipulations of the Centralization Law.
8.
The
Commissioner’s letter clarified that there is no practical
possibility as far as the Commissioner is concerned, to examine a
number of requests for control permits in the Clal Group
simultaneously, and insofar as requests requiring such examination
are submitted in the future, the examination of these requests will
not be done simultaneously.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
5.
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(cont.)
b.
The filing of an application to
receive a new control permit and the determining of a timeframe for
the sale of the Company’s control and holdings in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(cont.)
9.
As required by the
Commissioner’s letter, the Company signed an amended
trusteeship letter (in the format attached to the
Commissioner’s letter). Additionally, it has been clarified
in the letter that as long as no other instruction was given by the
Commissioner, the following instructions will apply
irrevocably:
a.
The trustee will
continue to serve in his role as long as the Company holds means of
control in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, without a permit,
in an amount that requires a permit by law, without holding such a
permit, or alternatively the Commissioner instructs in writing of
the termination of the trustee’s service.
b.
During the
trustee’s term of service, the Company and its controlling
shareholders will not activate the voting rights attached to the
means of control in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesand the
corporations of the Clal Group listed in the Commissioner’s
letter, including Clal Insurance Company (“Clal Group
Companies”), and refrain from taking any action which may,
directly or indirectly, constitute the direction of the business of
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesor the Clal Group Companies,
including by way of serving as a senior officer in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprisesor in Clal Group Companies.
c.
During the term of
service of the trustee, appointment of directors in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprisesand in the Clal Group Companies will be done
in accordance with the mechanisms stated in the
Commissioner’s letter of May 8, 2014 (as stated in note
3.H.5.a. above). In this regard, it has been clarified that
appointment of directors in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesand
in Clal Insurance Company will be made by the Committee for the
Appointment of Directors in Insurers with no Controlling Owner,
according to the meaning thereof in the Control of Financial
Services (Insurance) Law, 5741-1981. Insofar as it is not possible
to appoint directors by the committee as specified, the appointment
of directors in these companies will be done by a different
committee appointed by the Minister of Finance or by the
Commissioner, or by any other way instructed by the
Commissioner.
10. Subject to
compliance with the conditions and restrictions stated in sections
(1) to (6) above and in section (9) above, and subject to the
receipt of the consent in writing by the Company to all of the
conditions stated in the specified letter, the Commissioner shall
not view the continued holding of the means of control in the
Company and in the Clal Group Companies, as an unlawful
holding.
Accordingly, on
December 31, 2014 the Company’s Board of Directors approved
the provision of the Company’s consent to all of the
conditions included in the Commissioner’s letter and the
Company’s signature on an amended trusteeship letter which
entrenches the terms of the specified letter. An amended
trusteeship letter was signed by the Company and the trustee on
January 6, 2015.
c. The process involving the sale of the
control of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises
Further
to the receipt of the Commissioner’s letter from December 30,
2014, and to the outline for the sale of the control of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises, as determined therein, as stated
above, the Company conducted together with two international
investment banks, who were appointed as joint advisors to the
Company, a sale process in connection with a possible transaction
for the sale of the control of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises,
in accordance with the milestones which are the subject of the
aforementioned outline.
In the
sale process (second stage), three offers were received from groups
of bidders, for the acquisition of the Company’s entire
holding in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises. The offers which
were received, as stated above (including clarifications and
updates which were received for those offers) reflected, for Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises, the following values: (A) A first
offer, according to a value of NIS 4.783 billion (where the
consideration will bear annual interest at a rate of 6%, from the
signing date of the acquisition agreement until the completion date
of the transaction); (B) A second offer, according to a value of
NIS 5 billion (where the consideration will be adjusted downwards
(proportionately) in the event that the equity of Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises, on the completion date of the transaction,
is lower than NIS 4.508 billion); (C) A third offer, according to a
value of NIS 4.7 billion.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
5.
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(cont.)
c. The process involving the sale of the
control of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises
(cont.)
In
December 2015, two groups of bidders notified the Company that they
had decided to exit the sale process. In January 2016, following
two short extensions which the Company received from the
Commissioner, to complete the negotiations and the agreement with
the third group of bidders, the third group of bidders announced to
the Company that it had decided not to continue the process of
negotiations for the acquisition of the control of Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises, and stated, inter alia, that the uncertainty
with respect to the regulatory approval process was of concern to
the group, and that recent developments, news and other
transactions in the Israeli insurance market had increased the
aforementioned uncertainty.
On
January 7, 2016, the Company and Mr. Eduardo Elsztain, the
controlling shareholder in the Company, received a letter from the
Commissioner, in which the Commissioner clarified, inter alia, that
in light of the Company’s notice regarding the departure of
the third group from the aforementioned sale process, in accordance
with the Commissioner's outline dated December 30, 2014, on January
7, 2016, the terminating event had effectively occurred, and as a
result, from that date onwards, the Company is required to act in
accordance with the provisions of section 9.3 of the outline (which
requires the sale of the control means in the stock exchange or by
off stock exchange transactions at a rate of at least 5% in each
period of 4 months as specified in Note 3.H.5.b.(3) above, and
subject to the timetable specified therein.
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises
Clal Holdings Insurance EnterprisesIn the Company's opinion, in the
current circumstances in the market, it would be wrong to take
action to sell its holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises
in accordance with the outline that has been instructed by the
Commissioner and that there is room to formulate an alternative
outline that would enable the Company to sell its shares in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises within the framework of a
transaction for the sale of a control kernel, or any other outline
that would prevent the damage that could be caused to the Company
with the implementation of the Commissioner's outline. However, if
and insofar as this may be required in order to service the
Company's cash flows, and insofar as the Company may not have other
sources available to it to service its cash flows, the Company will
give consideration to realizing part of its holdings in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises, paying consideration to the timing
of the sale and the conditions in the market, whilst maximizing the
consideration that would be received in respect of the sale of
those holdings. In parallel, the Company is continuing to examine
the possibility of selling a control kernel in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises. For details regarding the filing of a
lawsuit and an application for approval as a class action against
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises and against the members of its
Board of Directors’ and also regarding the filing of an
urgent petition for a temporary restraining order, against the
respondents and against additional respondents, including the
Company, the members of its Board of Directors, the trustee and the
Commissioner (“The restraining order”) within the
framework of which the plaintiff requested that instructions be
given for a stay of the proceedings for the sale of the shares in
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises that are held by the Company
through the trustee in accordance with the outline, until the
peremptory decision in the action, as well as the parties’
responses to the application for a restraining order, including the
responses of the Company and the Commissioner, see Note 23.C.(1)
..(L) below. It should be mentioned that within the framework of the
response, the Commissioner noted, inter alia, that the sale of 5%
of the shares in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises once every
four months within the framework of the outline, could be halted at
any time at which the Commissioner is convinced that there is a
serious alternative to the outline in the form of an agreement for
the sale of the control in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises. The
Commissioner further noted in her response that the trustee, under
the force of his duty of trust to the Company, will be required to
try to sell the shares in accordance with the outline at a price
that exceeds their price on the Stock Exchange, before turning to
an alternative of the sale of the shares on the Stock Exchange in
accordance with the share price on the Stock Exchange.
In
light of the aforesaid, the investment in Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises is presented in the Company's financial statements as
at December 31, 2015 as a financial asset that is measured at fair
value through profit and loss.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
5.
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(cont.)
c.
(cont.)
The
holding rate in the shares in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises,
which the Company may be required to sell in accordance with
directives issued by the Commissioner as aforesaid, in the course
of 2016, (in total – 10% of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises' share capital) is presented under current assets as
assets classified as held for sale in the statement of financial
position as at December 31, 2015.
The
balance of the investment that will remain after the execution of
such a sale (approximately 44.92%) of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises' share capital), is presented under non-current assets,
which are classified as held for sale. The impact of the results
from the holding in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises (primarily
changes in the fair value of the investment in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises) is presented under discontinued operations
in the statements of income.
On
February 11, 2016, the Company received a copy of a letter from the
trustees for the bondholders (Series G, I and J) (the trustees)
which was sent to the Commissioner. The trustees raise various
allegations in the letter and request so as to prevent the
considerable and disproportionate damage that will be caused to the
public in Israel holding (in itself or through the institutional
entities or the banks) the Company's debts (a damage estimated by
the trustees to be hundreds of millions of NIS) that the
Commissioner instructs the deferment of the subsequent event for
the maximum possible period for such sale according to the
centralization law.
The
trustees further allege in their letter that all of the targets
underlying the publication of the outline were achieved and
implemented ab initio and today other targets can be achieved that
will be required by the Commissioner by various means while
mitigating the considerable damage that may be caused to the
savers, as above (the trustees also attach to their letter an
appendix containing calculations and economic analysis conducted in
connection with the possible ramifications of selling the shares of
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesas well as a reference to
solutions proposed in lieu of the sale of shares as above). In this
context it should be noted that on February 14, 2016, the company
received a copy of a letter from the Protection of Public Savings
Organization, which was sent to the Commissioner and which raised
similar claims to those raised in the trustees’ letter to the
Commissioner.
It is
noted that prior to the departure of the three groups of bidders
from the aforementioned sale process, the Company received a letter
from Bank Hapoalim Ltd. (hereinafter: the “Bank”),
which holds, to the best of the Company’s knowledge,
approximately 9.5% of the issued capital of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises, in which the bank claimed, by virtue of a
shareholders’ agreement from 1998 between the bank and the
Company, with respect to the parties' holdings in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises, that the bank is entitled to join the sale
of shares of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesto a strategic
partner, and that it has veto rights with respect to the identity
of the strategic partner. In light of the above, the bank requested
that the Company inform it, within a reasonable period of time in
advance, insofar as the transaction involving the sale of the
shares of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesis executed, in order
to allow the bank to join the transaction, and to update it
regarding the identity of the strategic partner, and to submit to
it the text of the sale agreement, if any, in order to formulate
its position regarding joining the transaction. The Company
responded to the bank that, in light of the entire set of
circumstances pertaining to the matter, the provisions of the
shareholders agreement which pertain to the addition of a strategic
partner do not apply to the aforementioned transaction, and
accordingly, the bank does not have rights in connection with the
aforementioned transaction. It is noted that a similar inquiry by
the bank, from August 2013, in connection with a previous
transaction for the sale of the Company’s holdings in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(a transaction which was signed but
not completed, received a similar response from the
Company.
d.
The stock exchange
value of the shares of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesheld by
the Company as of December 31, 2015 was NIS 1,445
million.
The
difference between the value of the shares of Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprisesthat the Company held shortly before the date
of the approval of these financial statements, which stood at NIS
1,361 million, and the value of the shares as of December 31, 2015,
is negative and amounts to NIS 84 million.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
5.
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(cont.)
e.
In March 2015, the
Company wrote to the trustee, Mr. Moshe Tery, asking him to act, by
virtue of his position as trustee for the company and within the
framework of the powers granted to him, in order that Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises, subject to the distribution tests provided
in the law, would distribute a dividend to its shareholders, on the
earliest possible date. In May 2015 the trustee replied that the
Board of Directors of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesresolved
not to approve the distribution of dividends at this
stage.
The
Company contacted Clal Holdings Insurance Enterpriseswith a request
for clarifications, which were received. In its financial
statements for the second quarter of 2015, Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesclarified that the considerations underlying the
decision reached by the Board of Directors of Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises, on the date of its decision, included, inter
alia, the uncertainties with respect to the capital ratio of Clal
Insurance (the ratio between current capital and required capital),
under the Solvency II-based solvency regime. The Company intends to
continue monitoring the developments on the matter.
a.
In February 2015,
Elron invested an amount of USD 4.5 million (in Pocared Diagnostics
Ltd. ("Pocared"), an Israeli company that is developing an advanced
technology system for the automatic and speedy diagnosis of
infectious diseases by means of optical technology, in which Elron
had a holding of 50.3% of its issued share capital, and of 44.3% in
its share capital at full dilution and which has been treated at
equity, out of an overall investment of USD 5 million, which was
invested in Pocared by Elron and its additional
shareholders).
As a
result of the said investment, Elron's holding rate in Pocared
increased to approximately 53.3% of its issued share capital and to
approximately 50.1% of its share capital at full dilution and for
the first time Elron holds the majority of the voting rights in
Pocared, taking into account the tangible voting rights, within the
meaning of the term in International Financial Reporting Standard
10, Consolidated Financial Statements, and for the first time Elron
has the right to appoint most of the members of Pocared's Board of
Directors, and as from February 2015, Elron has started to
consolidate Pocared's financial statements in its financial
statements. Following this change, Elron recorded a gain of USD
10.1 million in 2015 in respect of the remeasurement to fair value
of the shares in Pocared that it held prior to such consolidation
(a fair value of USD 10.8 million less the carrying value in
Elron's accounting records of the previous holding, in an amount of
USD 0.7 million). The Company’s share of Elron's profit, as
aforesaid, amounted to NIS 15 million. The impact on the assets and
the liabilities in the consolidated statement of financial position
at the time of the start of the consolidation of Pocared in
February 2015, was as follows:
|
Values
recognized on the entry into consolidation
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
25
|
Intangible
assets
|
*56
|
Other
assets
|
4
|
Liabilities
|
(5)
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
(21)
|
Total
cost of acquisition
|
**59
|
*
The amount is
attributed mostly to research and development in progress, which
have been amortized as from the start of the sales deriving from
the relevant development, where the pace of the amortization being
determined in accordance with an assessment of the time in which
the development will generate sales.
**
Includes a payment
in cash of USD 4.5 million in the acquisition and an amount of
USD10.8 million Dollars in respect of the fair value of Elron's
holdings in Pocared prior to the increase to control in
it.
In July
2015, some of its shareholders extended a loan to Pocared in an
amount of USD 3 million, of which an amount of USD 2.7 million was
extended by Elron. In September 2015, an investment agreement was
signed in Pocared in an amount of USD 10 million by Elron and
additional shareholders, which was executed in two equal payments
in September 2015 and in January 2016 (Elron's share of the said
investment is USD 9 million). Following the said investment, Elron
holds approximately 58% of Pocared's issued share
capital.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
In
February 2015, Pocared announced that with the completion of the
collection of the samples in the trial that it was conducting and
according to the results of the samples that have been connected,
it would seem that the results do not accord with Pocared's
expectations. Pocared is currently studying the significance of,
the substance of and the reasons for the variances, which includes
whether this was caused by technical faults in the system. In
accordance with the examination that Elron has conducted with the
assistance of an external appraiser regarding the need for the
amortization of the research and development in progress that are
recorded in its financial statements as at December 31, 2015 and
which are attributed to its investment in Pocared, no amortization
of the said research and development in progress is
required. The said
examination included, inter alia, the developments in
Pocared’s technological development from the time of the
execution of the previous valuation in February 2015.
b.
On February 17,
2015, an agreement was signed between IDB Tourism and a number of
its subsidiaries and a third party, to sell the operations of
Diesenhaus Ltd. (“Diesenhaus”) in the outgoing tourism
and internal tourism sector and the shares of certain subsidiaries
of Diesenhaus (“The Subsidiaries”) in consideration for
a total amount of up to approximately USD 12.5 million, of which a
total of USD 10.8 million has been received, and the remainder will
be paid in a number of stages and a part of which is subject to
meeting certain conditions. Within the framework of the
transaction, the subsidiaries will repay their debt to Diesenhaus
and these amounts will be used to reduce Diesenhaus’s credit
facilities which were placed for the working capital funding needs
of the subsidiaries. On July 8, 2015, the transaction was completed
(the “Transaction Completion Date”), and the Company
recorded its share in the profit in the amount of approximately NIS
13 million.
The
aforementioned profit is based, inter alia, on estimates prepared
by the management of IDB Tourism in connection with the goals which
were specified in the agreement, which the sold operation will be
required to meet, at the end of a one year period after the
transaction completion date (the date when the final profit amount
will be determined), where the aforementioned profit may increase
or decrease by a total of approximately NIS 4 million.
c.
In March 2015, IDB
Tourism and the Company approved the making of a settlement
(“the agreement”) with S.H. Sky Investments (T.R.T.)
Limited Partnership (“Sky Fund”), according to which,
subject to the completion of the transaction to sell
Diesenhaus’s operations (as specified in section B. above),
in consideration of between USD 12.0-13.5 million, an amount of
between NIS 17.4 million and NIS 19.4 million will be paid to Sky
Fund out of the consideration for the Diesenhaus transaction
(depending on the amount of the Diesenhaus transaction) as a
success fee for the years in which Sky Fund managed the IDB Tourism
group and for initiating the Diesenhaus transaction, and
additionally an amount of NIS 0.6 million in respect of interest
for funds deposited by the Company for Sky Fund in the trusteeship
account of the trustee appointed by the Court (it should be noted
that this amount reflects the same conditions according to which
the remaining creditors of the Company were paid in respect of
amounts deposited with the observer in accordance with a settlement
with the same creditors that was proposed by the observer and
approved by the court).
With
the completion of the transaction as aforementioned in section b
above, the settlement agreement with Sky Fund was completed. IDB
Tourism paid to Sky Fund a total of NIS 18 million, which
constituted full and final settlement of all commitments of IDB
Tourism and of the Company towards the Sky Fund.
d.
In May 2015, the
Company’s Board of Directors approved a deposit, in a
designated account under the name of the Company in a banking
corporation (the “Designated Account”), a total of USD
5 million, and the transfer, from time to time, of amounts from the
designated account to IDB Tourism, for the purpose of the
refinancing of the airplane loans which were taken by Israir and
equipping Israir with a third Airbus airplane. In May and June of
2015, a total of USD 2 million and USD 3 million, respectively,
were transferred to IDB Tourism.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
H.
Development
of investments in investee companies (cont.)
e.
In discussions that
have been continuing recently between IDB Tourism and Sundor
International Airlines Ltd. (“Sundor), it has been discussed
that subject to the discussions between the parties maturing into
binding agreements, IDB Tourism will enter into a commitment under
a transaction for the merger of the activities of Sundor into
Israir, where following the merger, the Company will have an
indirect holding of 25% - 30% in the shares in Israir (“The
transaction”). It has been agreed between the parties that
they will act to complete the due diligence checking as soon as
possible, so as to enable the conducting of negotiations on the
details of the transaction. At this stage, no memorandum of
understanding (or any other agreement) has been signed between the
parties. Each of the parties retains the right not to hold the
negotiations and there can be no certainty that a memorandum of
understanding will be signed or that the transaction will be
completed. Furthermore, it is clarified that such a transaction
(insofar as it may be signed) will be subject to all of the
approvals that are required under the law, including the approval
of the Anti-Trust Commissioner. The Company expects that before the
completion of the transaction, insofar as it may be completed,
Israir will sell the aircraft that it owns (in whole or in part),
including by way of a sale and lease back transaction). The
immediate consideration that is expected from the sale of the
aircraft is expected to amount to 70 to 85 million dollars, at this
stage. Israir has signed with a banking entity regarding the
spreading of its debts to the banking entity, as stated in Note
16.F.6.a below.
f.
Within the
framework of the exercise of the option warrants (Series 3) in
Discount Investments by the Company in December 2015 for
consideration of NIS 92 million, which was received by Dolphin
Netherlands, in accordance with Dolphin Netherlands’ offer to
the Company and to Discount Investments dated June 29, 2015, as
stated in Note 15.B.(4) below, The Company’s holding rate in
Discount Investments increased from 73.92% to 76.43% and the
Company recorded an increase of NIS 16 million in the capital
reserve on transactions with non-controlling interests in
2015.
a.
Dividends received by the Company from
directly held investees:
In the
years 2014 and 2013, the company received dividends in the amounts
of NIS 148 million from Discount Investments and NIS 66 million
from Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, respectively. In 2015,
the Company did not receive dividends from its investee
companies.
b.
For details
regarding the approval of distributions of dividends by Property
& Building and Shufersal, after the date of the statements of
financial position, see Note 35.F. below.
c.
For details
regarding the Company’s letter to the trustee requesting that
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterpriseswill distribute a dividend to
its shareholders, see note 3.H.5.F. above.
d.
Balance of distributable profits
As at
December 31, 2015, the companies that are directly held by the
Company, Discount Investment, IDB Tourism and IDBG, had a negative
balance of profits suitable for distribution and were unable to
distribute dividends.
I.
Details regarding companies whose consolidation
ceased during the reporting
period and discontinued operations
1.
Discontinued operations
As
stated in Note 3.H.5.a. above, in August 2013 the means of control
in the shares of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterpriseswas transferred
to the trustee, an action that entailed accounting loss of
control.; Following this loss of control and in light of the
outline directive issued by the Commissioner for the sale of the
company's holdings in Clal Insurance, and on the occurrence of the
cessation event as stated in Note 5.H.5.c above, Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises' activity is presented as discontinued
operations.
In
September and October 2013 Koor realized part of its holdings and
in January 2014 realized the balance of its holdings in Credit
Suisse, in accordance with a resolution by its board of directors
from August 2013, following which Credit Suisse's activity is
presented in the Company's financial statements as discontinued
operations.
See
section 3 below in this Note for details of the results of the
discontinued operations.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
I.
Details regarding companies whose consolidation
ceased during the reporting
period and discontinued operations (cont.)
As
stated in note 3.H.5.c. above, the investments in shares in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises have been presented as an asset held
for sale as at December 31, 2015, with 10% of Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises' share capital (NIS 263 million) being
presented under current assets and the balance of the investment,
approximately 44.92% of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises' share
capital (NIS 1,182 million) being presented under non-current
assets, which accords with the classification as an asset held for
sale in accordance with International Standard No. 5.
The
investment in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterpriseswas classified as
of December 31, 2014, in non-current assets under Other
investments, including derivatives, and this because of
non-compliance with the provisions of International Standard Number
5.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
I.
Details regarding companies whose consolidation
ceased during the reporting
period and discontinued operations (cont.)
1.
Discontinued operations
(cont.)
The following are details regarding
the results of discontinued activities:
|
For
the year ended
December
31 2015 (unaudited)
|
For the year ended
December 31 2014
|
For the year ended
December 31 2013
|
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises
|
Credit
Suisse
|
Total
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(1)
|
Credit
Suisse
|
Total
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
from insurance and finance businesses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11,244
|
-
|
11,244
|
Company
share of the net income of investees treated using the equity
accounting method, net
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
Earnings from the
disposal and increase in value of investments and
assets
|
-
|
-
|
64
|
64
|
43
|
637(2)
|
680
|
Other
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
7
|
Financial
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
4
|
11
|
|
-
|
-
|
64
|
64
|
11,302
|
641
|
11,943
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
insurance businesses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
8,933
|
-
|
8,933
|
Costs
and expenses in connection with insurance businesses and financial
services
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,693
|
-
|
1,693
|
Loss
from the realization and impairment of investments and
assets
|
255
|
360
|
-
|
360
|
106(1)
|
-
|
106
|
Other
expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
24
|
-
|
24
|
Financing
expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
183
|
-
|
183
|
|
255
|
360
|
-
|
360
|
10,939
|
-
|
10,939
|
Income
(loss) before taxes on income
|
(255)
|
(360)
|
64
|
(296)
|
363
|
641
|
1,004
|
Taxes
on Income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(164)
|
6
|
(158)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
(loss) for the period from discontinued activities
|
(255)
|
(360)
|
64
|
(296)
|
199
|
647
|
846
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income (loss) from discontinued activities attributed
to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Company
owners
|
(255)
|
(360)
|
33
|
(327)
|
72
|
414
|
486
|
Non-controlling
rights
|
-
|
-
|
31
|
31
|
127
|
233
|
360
|
|
(255)
|
(360)
|
64
|
(296)
|
199
|
647
|
846
|
(1)
Including an
amortization of NIS 83 million in respect of setting the balance of
the investment in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesaccording to
the market value at December 31, 2013.
(2)
Includes NIS 12
million in respect of a distribution made by Credit Suisse in May
2013.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
I.
The
following are details regarding the liquid resources the net
financial debt of companies in the Group and significant
restrictions upon the transfer of resources between entities within
the Group, relating mainly to a restriction upon the transfer of
cash as of December 31, 2015 (in NIS millions):
Name
of the company
|
Liquid
means
|
Gross
financial debt (1)
|
Net
financial debt
|
Amount
of the restricted/ charged asset
|
Amount
of the liability in the Statement of Financial Position (principal
only)
|
Restriction
|
Note
|
The
Company and directly and indirectly consolidated companies of the
Company
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restriction on
distribution of dividends
Distributable
profits – dividends distributions
|
15.D.
3.H.7.
3.K and
L
|
The Company and wholly owned companies
(except for IDB Tourism)
Net
financial debt
Restriction on the
transfer of resources
|
44
|
(3,062)
|
(3,018)
|
237
|
573
|
Financial covenants
in connection with loans from banks and financial
institutions:
Grounds for making
repayable early for cross acceleration and a change in
control;
Restrictions on the
provision of liens to others;
Restrictions on
debt balances and on balances of liquid means;
Compliance with a
minimal value of the holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises, Shufersal and Cellcom.
A lien
on some of the shares in Discount Investments and Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises
|
16.E
16.C.2
|
Discount
investments
Net
financial debt
Restrictions on the
transfer of resources
|
896(2)
|
(4,565)
(3)
|
(3,669)
|
2,783
|
367
4,647
(4)
|
Financial covenants
in connection with loans from banks: Grounds for making repayable
early for cross default or in cases of a change in
control;
The avoidance of
the provision of liens in favor of others;
A lien
on shares Adama
Liens as collateral
for a loan that Koor has received from a Chinese bank within the
framework of the merger of Adama and ChemChina.
|
16.F.1.d. and
22.E.
16.F.1.b.
|
Cellcom
Net
financial debt
Restrictions on the
transfer of resources
|
1,041
|
(3,788)
|
(2,747)
|
|
2,318
|
Financial
covenants:
Grounds for making
repayable early for cross default, the cessation of rating, certain
financial ratios, a "going concern comment;
Restrictions on
distributions of dividends;
A negative pledge
on the assets of Cellcom and Netvision
|
16.F.2
|
(1)
Exclusive of interest
payable.
(2)
Includes NIS 98
million received within the context of a distribution of a dividend
that was performed by Adama in December 2015, and which will be
used by Discount Investments for payments of interest and payments
of tax, insofar as they may apply, and in respect of the
non-recourse loan that Koor received within the framework of the
sale of Adama to ChemChina.
(3)
Exclusive of a
non-recourse banking loan that Koor received within the framework
of the sale of Adama to ChemChina.
(4)
The principal of
the loan, with the addition of accumulated interest. It should be
mentioned that the amount of the liability in the statement of
financial position as at December 31, 2015 is NIS 2,900
million.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
I.
The
following are details regarding the liquid resources the net
financial debt of companies in the Group and significant
restrictions upon the transfer of resources between entities within
the Group, relating mainly to a restriction upon the transfer of
cash as of December 31, 2015 (in NIS millions) (cont.)
Name
of the company
|
Liquid
means
|
Gross
financial debt (1)
|
Net
financial debt
|
Amount
of the restricted/ charged asset
|
Amount
of the liability in the Statement of Financial Position (principal
only)
|
Restriction
|
Note
|
Property & Building: Net financial
debt Property and Building and companies wholly owned by
it
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial covenants
relating to bonds:
- Early
repayment cause including due to cross default, cessation of rating
and lowering rating;
- Restrictions
on dividend distribution
Financial covenants
with regard to a bank loan:
●
Mortgage on HSBC
Building and pledges on rental agreements and rental fees from the
building etc.;
● Early repayment
causes
|
|
|
1,582
|
(6,911)
|
(5,329)
|
|
|
|
|
Bayside
**
|
621
|
(2,963)
|
(2,342)
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,203
|
(9,874)
|
(7,671)
|
|
|
|
|
Restrictions on the
transfer of Property & Buildings' resources and property
company that are wholly owned by it.
|
|
|
|
|
1,784
|
Financial covenants
in connection with bonds:
● Early repayment
grounds including due to cross default, the cessation of rating or
the lowering of rating
● Restrictions on
dividend distribution
|
16.F.3
and 22.I
|
|
|
|
|
306
|
1,534
|
Financial covenants
in connection with banking loans
● A mortgage on the
HSBC building and liens on rental agreements and rental fees from
the building and similar matters.
Early
repayment grounds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shufersal:
Financial debt,
net
Restrictions on the
transfer of resources
|
1,026
|
(3,041)
|
(2,015)
|
|
1,113
|
Financial
covenants:
● Early repayment
grounds including due to cross default
● Meeting
shareholders capital
● Non-creation of a
floating lien on all of its assets
● Restrictions on
dividend distributions
|
16.F.4
and 22.H
|
(*)
Exclusive of
interest payable.
(**)Held at a rate
of 59% by Property & Building.
For
additional details regarding charges and guarantees see note 22
below.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
K.
Capital
requirements for insurance companies in Israel
Below
are details relating to capital requirements according to the
Control of Insurance Business (Minimum Equity Capital Required of
an Insurer) Regulations, 5758-1998, including the amendments
thereto (“the Capital Regulations”), and the
Commissioner’s guidelines that apply to consolidated
companies that are insurance companies in Israel.
|
As
at December 31
|
As
at December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
Insurance
companies
|
Insurance
companies
|
|
|
Clal
Insurance
|
Clal
Credit
|
Clal
Insurance
|
Clal
Credit
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
Minimum
equity*:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount
required pursuant to the amended Capital Regulations *
|
4,607
|
36
|
4,569
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
amount as calculated pursuant to the Capital
Regulations:
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
tier 1 capital
|
4,403
|
176
|
4,147
|
172
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tier 2
subordinated capital(1)
|
222
|
-
|
432
|
-
|
Tier 2
hybrid capital
|
2,600
|
-
|
2,081
|
-
|
Tier 3
capital
|
112
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Total
Tier 2 and 3 capital
|
2,934
|
-
|
2,513
|
-
|
Total
current capital, calculated according to the Capital
Regulations
|
7,337
|
176
|
6,660
|
172
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surplus
|
2,730
|
140
|
2,091
|
137
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Activity after the
reporting date:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reduction of
subordinated Tier 2 capital
|
(15)
|
-
|
(15)
|
-
|
Surplus taking
into account Events Subsequent to the statements Date
|
2,715
|
140
|
2,076
|
137
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
investment amount to be provided against surplus capital, in
accordance with directives of the Commissioner, or which is
actually held against surplus capital, and which therefore
constitutes non-distributable retained earnings
|
(123)
|
-
|
(104)
(2)
|
-
|
Reduction of
capital required in respect of the original difference
|
(205)
|
-
|
(208)
|
-
|
Tax
reserve in respect of provident fund acquisition
|
90
|
-
|
76
|
-
|
Surplus
taking into account the activity performed after the reporting date
and after the deduction of dedicated surpluses
|
2,477
|
140
|
1,840
|
137
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Total
required amount, capital requirements in respect of:
|
|
|
|
|
Non-life insurance
activities / required Tier 1 capital
|
578
|
30
|
628
|
30
|
Activities in
long-term care insurance
|
106
|
-
|
104
|
-
|
Extraordinary risks
in life insurance
|
419
|
-
|
411
|
-
|
Deferred
acquisition costs in life insurance and disease and hospitalization
insurance
|
1,297
|
-
|
1,248
|
-
|
Requirements in
respect of guaranteed yield plans
|
4
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
Non-recognized
assets, as defined in the Capital Regulations
|
66
|
-
|
78
|
1
|
Investment in
consolidated insurance and management companies (including acquired
management activities)
|
760
|
-
|
760
|
-
|
Reduction of
capital required in respect of the original difference
|
(205)
|
-
|
(208)
|
-
|
Equity
required in respect of investments
|
1,054
|
3
|
1,024
|
2
|
Catastrophe risks
in non-life insurance
|
130
|
-
|
134
|
-
|
Operational
risks
|
282
|
3
|
285
|
2
|
Guarantees
|
116
|
-
|
100
|
-
|
Total
required capital
|
4,607
|
36
|
4,569
|
35
|
(1)
Issued up to
December 31, 2009.
Note
3 – Investments (cont.)
K.
Capital
requirements for insurance companies in Israel (cont.)
Details relating to capital
requirements according to the Control of Insurance Business
(Minimum Equity Capital Required of an Insurer) Regulations,
5758-1998, including the amendments thereto (“the Capital
Regulations”) and the Commissioner’s guidelines that
apply to consolidated companies that are insurance companies in
Israel (cont.)
1.
The Board of
Directors of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisessupervises the
yield on capital, which the Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesgroup defines as comprehensive income (loss) for the
period, which is attributed to its shareholders divided by the
equity attributed to the shareholders of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises. The Board of Directors of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesdecides upon the amounts of the dividends for the
shareholders. The Board of Directors of Clal Insurance determined
the target capital at approximately 12% above the minimum equity
required by law (herein: the “target equity”). It is
hereby clarified that the above is not a binding equity
requirement, but rather an equity level which Clal Insurance will
strive to maintain, and no certainty exists that Clal Insurance
will meet this target at all times. As of December 31, 2015, Clal
Insurance complied with the target equity. The policy of the
management of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesis to hold a
strong capital basis in order to retain its ability to continue its
operations so that it can produce a return for its shareholders,
and in order to comply with external equity requirements to which
it is subject by virtue of its holding in Clal Insurance, and in
order to support the equity needs of its consolidated companies,
some of which are subject to external equity requirements, and
future business development.
2.
In addition to the general requirements and the
Companies Law, dividend distributions performed out of capital
surplus in an insurance company are also subject to liquidity
requirements, and to compliance with the terms of the Investment
Regulations and additional directives published by the Commissioner
from time to time, including the impact of the restriction on the
ceiling for secondary and tertiary capital (40%). Accordingly, as
at the reporting date, the amount of the dividend that can be
distributed by Clal Insurance, without the approval of the
Commissioner, is restricted to NIS 1,080 million. The regulatory capital requirements for
insurance companies are expected to be determined as from the time
of the implementation of the Israeli solvency regime, based on the
provisions of the Solvency directive, in accordance with the
principles for implementation that may be
determined.
3.
Additional details
regarding capital requirements in companies that manage pension
funds and provident funds have been included in Part A of the
Company’s periodic report for the year 2015.
Note
4 – Other investments, including derivatives
A.
Non-current
investments
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Financial
assets presented by fair value through profit or loss:
|
|
|
Shares
registered for trade)
|
4
|
1,700
(1)
|
Shares not
registered for trade (2)
|
206
|
266
|
Deposits
|
3
|
49
|
Derivatives
not used for accounting hedging
|
2
|
4
|
Others
|
134
|
102
|
|
349
|
2,121
|
Financial assets designated at fair value through other comprehensive
income:
|
|
|
Shares
listed for trading
|
-
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
349
|
2,122
|
(1)
In 2014, including
an investment in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesshares in a sum
of NIS 1,696 million. In 2015, the investment in Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises is classified as held for sale (see also Note
13 below).
(2)
With regard to the
valuation of the fair value of the Group’s investments in a
number of private companies, see note 21.F.2. below.
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Financial
assets at fair value through profit or loss:
|
|
|
Government bonds
and short-term treasury bills
|
653
|
1,469
|
Mutual
fund participation certificates
|
602
|
887
|
Non-convertible
corporate bonds
|
479
|
651
|
Exchange traded
notes
|
62
|
288
|
Shares
|
21
|
19
|
Derivatives not for
hedging purposes
|
2
|
2
|
Other
|
2
|
1
|
|
1,821
|
3,317
|
Note
5 – Loans, deposits, restricted deposits and debit
balances
A.
Non-current
loans, restricted deposits and debit balances
|
As
at December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS
Millions
|
|
|
|
Income
receivable on the straight-line method
|
110
|
103
|
Short-term loans
and deposits
|
13
|
179
|
Deposits in
trust
|
14
|
-
|
Charged
deposits
|
-
|
18
|
Long-term debit
balances
|
16
|
(1)12
|
|
153
|
312
|
Less
current maturities of deposits
|
-
|
(156)
|
Less
current maturities of income receivable
|
(6)
|
(4)
|
|
147
|
152
|
(1)
Reclassified, see
Note 1.F.(1) above.
B.
Current
loans, deposits and charged deposits
|
As
at December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS
Millions
|
|
|
|
Deposits at
banks
|
649
|
213
|
Restricted and
charged deposits
|
112
|
145
|
Current
maturities of non-current deposits
|
-
|
156
|
|
761
|
514
|
Note
6 – Fixed Assets
A.
Composition
and movement
|
Buildings
|
Machinery,
plant & equipment
|
Communications
network
|
Installations
and leasehold improvements
|
Aircraft
|
Computers,
office furniture, equipment and other
|
Total
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2014
|
2,520
|
2,728
|
5,495
|
1,620
|
(2)470
|
592
|
13,425
|
Additions
|
113
|
176
|
340
|
142
|
(2)14
|
59
|
844
|
Disposals(1)(2)
|
(29)
|
(145)
|
(161)
|
(122)
|
-
|
(138)
|
(595)
|
Revaluation of
assets transferred to investment property
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
Transfer from
investment property
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Transfer to
investment property
|
(46)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(46)
|
Effect
of changes in exchange rates
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
57
|
4
|
65
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2014
|
2,565
|
2,761
|
5,674
|
1,642
|
541
|
517
|
13,700
|
Acquisitions within
the framework of business combinations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
6
|
7
|
Additions
|
127
|
168
|
205
|
124
|
(3)33
|
97
|
754
|
Disposals(1)
|
(4)
|
(37)
|
(84)
|
(25)
|
(5)
|
(102)
|
(257)
|
Transfer from
investment property
|
12
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
Transfer to
investment property
|
(4)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(4)
|
Effect
of changes in exchange rates
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
(1)
|
3
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
2,696
|
2,892
|
5,795
|
1,742
|
573
|
517
|
14,215
|
(1)
The Group
derecognizes assets that were fully depreciated and are not used by
the Group.
(3)
Includes advances
of NIS 26 million in respect of the purchase of two Airbus
aircraft, as stated in Note 16.F.6.(b) below, and an amount of NIS
5 million paid as an advance to suppliers of fixed assets for
repairs.
Note
6 – Fixed Assets (cont.)
A.
Composition
and movement (cont.)
|
Buildings
|
Machinery,
plant & equipment
|
Communications
network
|
Airplanes
|
Computers,
office furniture, equipment and other
|
Installations
and leasehold improvements
|
Total
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Accumulated
depreciation and impairment losses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2014
|
537
|
2,065
|
3,901
|
989
|
(2)76
|
369
|
7,937
|
Depreciation for
the year
|
44
|
157
|
330
|
126
|
(2)27
|
60
|
744
|
Impairment
loss
|
19
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
Reversal of
impairment loss
|
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
(2)
|
Disposals(1)
|
(16)
|
(142)
|
(156)
|
(122)
|
-
|
(131)
|
(567)
|
Transfer to
investment property
|
(11)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(11)
|
Effect
of changes in exchange rates
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
11
|
3
|
18
|
Balance
as of December 31, 2014
|
572
|
2,085
|
4,075
|
994
|
114
|
301
|
8,141
|
Acquisitions
through a business combination
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
4
|
Depreciation for
the year
|
46
|
140
|
304
|
93
|
28
|
69
|
680
|
Impairment
loss(2)
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
Reversal of
impairment loss
|
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
(2)
|
Disposals(1)
|
(1)
|
(30)
|
(81)
|
(21)
|
(5)
|
(94)
|
(232)
|
Transfer to
investment property
|
(2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2)
|
Effect
of changes in exchange rates
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2)
|
-
|
3
|
1
|
Balance
as of December 31, 2015
|
619
|
2,195
|
4,298
|
1,064
|
137
|
282
|
8,595
|
Net
carrying amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at
January 1, 2014
|
1,983
|
663
|
1,594
|
631
|
394
|
223
|
5,488
|
As at
December 31, 2014
|
1,993
|
676
|
1,599
|
648
|
427
|
216
|
(3)5,559
|
As at
December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
2,077
|
697
|
1,497
|
678
|
436
|
235
|
(3)5,620
|
(1)
The Group
derecognizes assets that were fully depreciated and are not used by
the Group.
(3)
The balance of
fixed assets is presented after the deduction of a provision of NIS
102 million for impairment losses (as at December 31, 2014 –
NIS 101 million).
Note
6 – Fixed Assets (cont.)
B.
Additional
information
1.
The balance of
borrowing costs capitalized as part of fixed assets as at December
31, 2015 amounts to NIS 45 million (as at December 31, 2014 –
NIS 35 million). It is noted, that Shufersal acquired land with the
intention of constructing a logistics center on it, which will be
used for fixed assets. Costs invested in the land and equipment
during 2015 amounted to NIS 125 million, and included borrowing
costs which were capitalized to the fixed asset is under
construction totaling NIS 10 million. The nominal discount rate
used to determine the borrowing costs that have been capitalized by
Shufersal is 3.65%. Shufersal has no specific borrowing
costs.
2.
The cost of fixed
assets as at December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2015 is presented
after the deduction of investment grants received totaling NIS 39
million.
3.
During the ordinary
course of business, the Group acquires fixed assets using credit.
The cost amounts, which have not yet been paid as at December 31,
2015 are NIS 195 million (as at December 31, 2014 – NIS 203
million).
4.
Fixed assets under
construction as at December 31, 2015 amount to NIS 420 million (as at December
31, 2014 – NIS 291 million).
5.
In the second
quarter of 2015, Cellcom extended the estimated useful lifetime of
the passive components in the cellular sites, which primarily
include construction works and antennas, as part of the
re-evaluation, beginning from the start of the second quarter of
2015, such that the end date of their depreciation will occur in
2025. In 2015, Cellcom invested in additional frequencies for the
fourth generation network and it is expected to invest significant
in radio equipment for the fourth generation technology that is
positioned in the existing cellular cell sites.
The
impact on Cellcom's financial statements of the change in the
depreciation period in 2015 and in the following years is as
follows:
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2010
and thereafter
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Increase (decrease)
in depreciation expenses
|
27
|
25
|
18
|
10
|
1
|
(81)
|
6.
The fair value of
fixed assets, recognized as part of a business combination is based
on an estimate of the amount for which the fixed assets could have
been replaced on the day of the valuation with different assets of
similar characteristics of use, in a transaction between a willing
seller and a willing buyer, acting rationally in a transaction
unaffected by a special relationship between the parties.
Accordingly:
●
The market value of
land and buildings was valued by a real estate
appraiser.
●
The market value of
leasehold improvements and equipment, facilities and vehicles in
the branches was valued according to their depreciated cost on
Shufersal’s books, which is a close approximation of their
fair value, in light of the reasonable depreciation rates applied
to them.
●
The market value of
items located in the factories, equipment and fixtures, as well as
facilities, is based on the quoted market values of similar items,
insofar as such are available, and replacement costs when such
quotes as specified are unavailable. The estimate of reduced
replacement costs takes into account adjustments in respect of
physical erosion and functional and economical obsolescence of the
fixed asset item.
7.
The estimates of
the balance of the lifetime and the residual value of the Airbus
aircraft that are owned by a consolidated company (Israir) as at
December 31, 2015 are approximately 19.5 years and USD 6.75
million, respectively. The estimated of the balance of the lifetime
and the residual value of the ATR72 aircraft that are owned by
Israir are approximately 18.5 years and USD 4 million,
respectively.
8.
With regard to
pledges – see note 22 below.
Note
7 – Investment Property
A.
Composition
and changes in the carrying amount of investment
property
|
Investment
property measured at fair value at level 3
|
|
Available
land
|
Rental
buildings
|
Buildings
under construction
|
Total
|
|
NIS
millions
|
2015
|
507
|
(1) 9,804
|
(1) 864
|
11,175
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2015
|
Movement
in the year
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisitions and
investments in existing properties
|
22
|
73
|
432
|
527
|
Transfer from fixed
assets
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
Transfer from
investment property under construction
|
-
|
346
|
(346)
|
-
|
Capitalized costs
and expenses
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
8
|
Disposals
|
-
|
(21)
|
(79)
|
(100)
|
Transfer to fixed
assets
|
-
|
(12)
|
-
|
(12)
|
Classification to
assets held-for-sale
|
-
|
(56)
|
-
|
(56)
|
Transfer to
investment property under construction
|
(19)
|
(1)
|
20
|
-
|
Increase (decrease)
in fair value, net
|
9
|
306
|
(6)
|
309
|
Translation
differences, net resulting from translation of financial statements
of foreign operations
|
-
|
11
|
2
|
13
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
519
|
10,460
|
887
|
11,866
|
|
Investment
property measured at fair value at level 3
|
|
Available
land
|
Rental
buildings
|
Buildings
under construction
|
Total
|
|
NIS
millions
|
2014
|
525
|
8,532
|
770
|
9,827
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2014
|
Movement
in the year
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisitions and
investments in existing properties
|
3
|
51
|
448
|
502
|
Transfer from fixed
assets
|
-
|
35
|
-
|
35
|
Transfer from
investment property under construction
|
-
|
458
(1)
|
(458)
(1)
|
-
|
Capitalized costs
and expenses
|
-
|
2
(1)
|
-
|
2
(1)
|
Disposals
|
-
|
-
|
(4)
|
(4)
|
Transfer to fixed
assets
|
-
|
(1)
|
-
|
(1)
|
Classification to
assets held-for-sale
|
-
|
(4)
(1)
|
-
|
(4)
(1)
|
Transfer to
investment property under construction
|
(42)
|
-
|
42
|
-
|
Increase in fair
value, net
|
12
|
372
|
29
|
413
|
Translation
differences, net resulting from translation of financial statements
of foreign operations
|
9
|
359
|
37
|
405
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2014
|
507
|
(1) 9,804
|
(1) 864
|
11,175
|
Note
7 – Investment Property (cont.)
1.
On September 30,
2015, the fair value of the HSBC Building in New York City was
updated to an amount of USD 820 million, according to a valuation
that was received from an independent appraiser in the U.S.A. For
details of the evaluation techniques used to determine the fair
value of the investment property, see Section C. below.
Consequently, income totaling NIS 200 million, has been recorded in
2015 from an increase in fair value of investment property, a
provision for consultation services totaling NIS 31 million
(included in these financial statements under the item
“General and administrative expenses”) and deferred tax
expenses totaling NIS 64 million.
The net
profit arising for Property & Building from the update of value
of the HSBC Building amounted to NIS 105 million and the
Company’s share in this profit amounted to NIS 59
million.
2.
On June 30, 2015,
Property & Building updated the fair value estimates for all of
its income generating and investment property in Israel, within the
framework of its policy of conducting evaluations at least once a
year for its investment property.
The
examination of the yields that are inherent in real estate
transactions that have been conducted in the market in respect of
similar realty to that of Property & Building as well as the
stability of the high occupancy rates in those assets has led to a
decrease in the discount rates that were used by the external
appraisers, primarily at rated of between 0.15% and 0.25% a year on
the yield by comparison with the discount rates that were used in
the previous evaluations of all of Property & Building’s
assets in Israel, which was performed in June 2014.
Additionally, in
the first quarter and second half of 2015, the fair value of
revenue generating properties under construction, and of a number
of available lands owned by Property & Building and of assets
that have been sold, was updated. The valuations were performed by
external independent appraisers possessing the appropriate skills.
For details of the valuation techniques used to determine the fair
value of investment property, see section C below. As a result of
the update of the fair value valuations, the Company’s
consolidated statement of income for the year 2015 includes income
in an amount of NIS 182 million.
3.
The value of the
Tivoli project in GW's financial statements as at September 30,
2015 has been reduced by USD 281 million, in accordance that was
prepared for the project by an independent external appraiser. The
reduction derived primarily from a certain deferral in the
timetables for the opening of Triad B in the project and from a
change in the assumption regarding growth in the volume of the
future revenues. Property & Building and the Company each
recorded a loss of NIS 45 million in 2015 in respect of this
reduction. The Company's share of the loss in the consolidated
financial statements amounted to NIS 70 million.
In
accordance with Regulation 49(A) of the reporting regulations, the
economic work on the subject, which was attached to Property &
Building's financial statements as at September 30, 2015, which was
presented by it to the Securities Authority and published on
November 18, 2015 (Document No 2015-01-157506), is attached to
these financial statements by way of the referral.
Note
7 - Investment Property (cont.)
C.
Determination
of fair value
1.
Data concerning
fair value measurement of level-3 investment property
Asset
class
|
Valuation
techniques for determining fair value
|
Significant
unobservable data
|
Interaction between
significant unobservable data and fair value
management
|
Cash
flows discount rate (% for the year)
|
|
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
|
|
Range
|
Weighted
average
|
Range
|
Weighted
average
|
Rental
properties
|
Fair
value is estimated using revenue discount techniques*: the
valuation model is based on the present value of the estimated NOI
(Net Operating Income) arising from the property. The valuation of
real estate is based on net annual cash flows, discounted by a
discount rate that reflects the specific risks embodied therein,
and, as generally accepted, in comparable assets. Actual lease
agreements, in respect of which payments differ from appropriate
rental, if any, are subject to adjustments in order to reflect
actual lease payments in the period of the agreement. Valuations
take into account the type of lessees actually occupying the leased
property, or responsible for settling the liabilities resulting
from the lease terms, or lessees that might occupy the property
following the lease of a vacant property, including a general
assessment of their credit worthiness; the distribution of
responsibility between the Group and the lessee in respect of the
maintenance and insurance of the property; the physical condition
and the remaining economic life of the property, wherever these
parameters are relevant.
|
Revenue
generating assets in Israel
|
|
Office
use
|
6.5%-8.2%
|
8.1%
|
7.5%-8.25%
|
8.2
|
Estimated fair
value will increase if:
●
The market value of the lease payments increases.
●
The cash flows capitalization rate decreases.
There
is no internal interaction between significant unobservable
data.
|
|
|
Commercial
use
|
7.2%-12.0%
|
7.8%
|
7.25%-12%
|
8.1%
|
|
|
Industrial
use
|
8.0%-10.0%
|
8.4%
|
8%-9.5%
|
8.5%
|
|
Revenue
generating assets in U.S.A
|
HSBC
Building
|
Office
use
|
5.0%-6.7%
|
5.8%
|
5.25%-6.75%
|
6.0%
|
|
GW
Project
|
Commercial and
office use
|
8.75%
|
8.75%
|
9%
|
9%
|
|
|
Value
of rental fees (NIS per sq. meter per month)
|
|
Revenue
generating assets in Israel
|
|
Office
use
|
NIS
14-
NIS
111
|
NIS
62
|
NIS
41-
NIS
104
|
NIS
61
|
|
|
Commercial
use
|
NIS
10-
NIS
630
|
NIS
92
|
NIS
10-
NIS
500
|
NIS
88
|
|
|
Industrial
use
|
NIS
7-
NIS
86
|
NIS
32
|
NIS
7-
NIS
56
|
NIS
32
|
|
Revenue
generating assets in U.S.A
|
HSBC
Building
|
Office
use
|
NIS
320-
NIS
590
|
NIS
425
|
NIS
297-
NIS
526
|
NIS
386
|
|
|
GW
Project
|
Office
use
|
NIS
397
|
NIS
397
|
NIS
447
|
NIS
447
|
|
|
|
GW
Project
|
Commercial and
office use
|
NIS
510
|
NIS
510
|
NIS
510
|
NIS
510
|
|
|
|
|
Construction
costs per sq. meter
|
|
Investment
property
under
construction
|
The
valuation is based on the estimated fair value of investment
property after the completion of the construction thereof, less the
present value of the estimated construction costs expected to be
incurred in order to complete the construction, while taking into
account a capitalization rate adjusted for the risks and
characteristics relevant to the property.
|
Assets
under construction in Israel
|
|
|
NIS
4,000-
NIS
7,000, depending on location
|
NIS
5,230
|
NIS
4,000-
NIS
6,100, depending on location
|
NIS
5,452
|
Estimated fair
value will increase if:
● Construction
costs per sq.m. decrease.
● The
cash flows capitalization rate decreases.
There
is no internal interaction between significant unobservable
data.
|
Assets
under construction in U.S.A – GW Project
|
|
|
NIS
2,509
|
NIS
2,509
|
NIS
5,308
|
NIS
5,308
|
|
|
Annual
discount rate of the cash flows
|
|
Assets
under construction in Israel
|
|
|
7.75%-
10%
|
8.50%
|
7.75%-
9%
|
8.6%
|
|
Assets
under construction in U.S.A – GW Project
|
|
|
8.75%
|
8.75%
|
9%
|
9%
|
Available
land
|
The
fair value is determined while using a comparison technique. The
technique is based on the sq.m. value of comparable assets
resulting from transactions observable in the market, after various
adjustments, such as for dimensions, location, etc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated fair
value will increase if the sq.m. value of comparable assets
increases.
|
*
The valuation also
takes into account negative cash flows, relating to betterment
levies in respect of unrealized rights, in accordance with the
Planning and Construction Law, 5725-1965, and the addendum to this
law.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-91
Note
7 - Investment Property (cont.)
C.
Determination
of fair value (cont.)
2.
Valuation
processes implemented in the Group
The
fair value of investment property is determined periodically by
independent and external appraisers having the appropriate skills
and experience relevant to the type and location of the property
under valuation. External valuations are conducted at least once a
year or whenever there are indications of changes in value (the
earliest). All the valuations are examined by the management of the
Group companies, and are subsequently reported to their Balance
Sheet Committees.
The
main data that are unobservable in the market refer to the
following factors:
●
Capitalization
rates, which are based on professional publications in the relevant
markets, if any, and on comparison with similar transactions, after
the necessary adjustments.
●
Market
rent, which is based on professional publications in the relevant
markets and on comparison with similar transactions, after the
necessary adjustments.
●
Construction
costs per sq.m. that are based on agreements with performance
contractors and detailed budgets for each project.
3.
Adjustments
to book value
Following are
details of significant adjustments to the valuation received for
purposes of presenting the investment property in the financial
statements.
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Fair
value as provided by external appraisers
|
12,032
|
11,282
|
Less
amounts attributed to revenues receivable for rental, based on the
straight-line method
|
(110)
|
(103)
|
Fair
value, as presented in the financial statements
|
11,922
*
|
11,179
*
|
(1) Including realty
classified as held for sale see note 13 below.
D.
Amounts
recognized in the Statement of Income
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
Income
from the rental of investment property
|
845
|
780
|
772
|
Direct
operating expenses deriving from investment property *
|
204
|
181
|
176
|
Increase in fair
value of investment property (see Note 27 below)
|
439
|
439
|
417
|
Decrease in fair
value of investment property(see Note 27 below)
|
130
|
26
|
97
|
*
Including expenses
in insignificant amounts in respect of investment property that did
not produce rental revenue.
Note
7 - Investment Property (cont.)
D.
Amounts
recognized in the Statement of Income (cont.)
Gains
(losses) from revaluations of fair value classified at level
3
|
For the year ended December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
Available
lands
|
Rental
buildings
|
Buildings
under construction
|
Total
|
|
NIS millions
|
Net
changes in fair value attributed to investment property, not yet
realized
|
7
|
287
|
(17)
|
277
|
Net
changes in fair value attributed to investment property,
realized
|
2
|
19
|
11
|
32
|
|
9
|
306
|
(6)
|
309
|
|
For the year ended December 31, 2014
|
|
Available
lands
|
Rental
buildings
|
Buildings
under construction
|
Total
|
|
NIS millions
|
Net
changes in fair value attributed to investment property, not yet
realized
|
12
|
372
|
29
|
413
|
The
following are the future minimum rentals receivable from rental
agreements in force as of the date of the Statement of Financial
Position:
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Up to
one year
|
776
|
754
|
From
one year up to five years
|
2,180
|
2,179
|
Exceeding five
years
|
1,238
|
1,523
|
|
4,194
|
4,456
|
Note
8 - Trade Receivables
A. Long-term trade receivables
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Long
term trade receivables
|
1,079
|
1,142
|
Less
– deferred interest income
|
(41)
|
(52)
|
|
1,038
|
1,090
|
Less -
current maturities
|
(563)
|
(606)
|
|
475
|
484
|
Less -
provision for doubtful debts
|
(8)
|
(8)
|
|
467
|
476
|
The
balance of long term trade receivables in respect of sales of
equipment by payment schedule made by Cellcom (mainly
in 36 payments) and their present values as of December 31, 2015,
and December 31, 2014, were calculated based on discount rates of
3.3% and 3.9%, respectively.
B. Current trade receivables
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Trade
receivables
|
966
|
1,153
|
Less -
provision for doubtful debts
|
(228)
|
(259)
|
|
738
|
894
|
Credit
card companies
|
1,226
|
1,212
|
Current
maturities of long term trade receivables
|
563
|
606
|
|
2,527
|
2,712
|
Note
9 - Inventory
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
Inventory of
purchased goods (mainly in respect of retail activities of
Shufersal) (1)
|
640
|
748
|
Phones
and other communication equipment (in respect of cellular and
internet activities of Cellcom)
|
74
|
79
|
Inventory of
manufactured products and inventory of spare parts
|
20
|
24
|
|
734
|
851
|
(1)
The inventory of
purchased goods is presented net of provisions for impairment of
NIS 31 million in 2015 (2014 - NIS 22 million).
Note
10 - Intangible Assets
A.
Composition
and changes
|
Goodwill
|
Brands
and trade names
|
Licenses
|
Customer
relations
|
Information
systems and software
|
Rental
agreements
|
Technology,
development in process, concessions and others
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2014
|
4,228
|
1,023
|
532
|
1,103
|
753
|
252
|
137
|
8,028
|
Acquisitions as
part of a business combination
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
6
|
Acquisitions and
additions
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
125
|
-
|
-
|
125
|
Derecognitions
|
-
|
(31)
|
-
|
(19)
|
(96)
|
(31)
|
(4)
|
(181)
|
Consolidation
discontinuance
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(17)
|
(17)
|
Adjustments to
goodwill in respect of a put option to holders of non-controlling
interests in a subsidiary
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
Withdrawal of
profits by partners in a partnership
|
12
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
Effect
of changes in exchange rates
|
6
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
16
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2014
|
4,252
|
994
|
532
|
1,086
|
785
|
223
|
119
|
7,991
|
Acquisitions as
part of a business combination (see Note
3.H.6.a. above)
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
56
|
57
|
Acquisitions and
additions
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
-
|
96
|
-
|
-
|
116
|
Derecognitions
|
(9)
|
(25)
|
-
|
(21)
|
(165)
|
(11)
|
(35)
|
(266)
|
Consolidation
discontinuance
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(5)
|
(5)
|
Adjustments to
goodwill in respect of a put option to holders of non-controlling
interests in a subsidiary (see also comment (2) in Note 16.A.2.
below)
|
17
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
Withdrawal of
profits by partners in a partnership
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
4,276
|
969
|
552
|
1,065
|
716
|
212
|
135
|
7,925
|
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-95
Note
10 - Intangible Assets (cont.)
A.
Composition
and changes (cont.)
|
Goodwill
|
Brands
and trade names
|
Licenses
|
Customer
relations
|
Information
systems and software
|
Rental
agreements
|
Technology,
development in process, concessions and others
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortizations
and impairment losses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2014
|
725
|
165
|
292
|
793
|
484
|
76
|
99
|
2,634
|
Amortization for
the year
|
-
|
37
|
29
|
104
|
108
|
16
|
5
|
299
|
Derecognitions
|
-
|
(31)
|
-
|
(19)
|
(96)
|
(31)
|
(4)
|
(181)
|
Impairment
loss
|
396
|
37
|
-
|
9
|
-
|
25
|
3
|
470
|
Consolidation
discontinuance
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(17)
|
(17)
|
Effect
of changes in exchange rates
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2014
|
1,122
|
208
|
321
|
887
|
499
|
86
|
86
|
3,209
|
Amortization for
the year
|
-
|
33
|
30
|
81
|
112
|
14
|
3
|
273
|
Derecognitions
|
(1)
|
(25)
|
-
|
(21)
|
(162)
|
(11)
|
(35)
|
(255)
|
Impairment
loss
|
7
|
21
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
9
|
-
|
39
|
Consolidation
discontinuance
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(5)
|
(5)
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
1,128
|
237
|
351
|
949
|
449
|
98
|
49
|
3,261
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying
amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at
January 1, 2014
|
3,503
|
858
|
240
|
310
|
269
|
176
|
38
|
5,394
|
As at
December 31, 2014
|
3,130
|
786
|
211
|
199
|
286
|
137
|
33
|
4,782
|
As at
December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
3,148
|
732
|
201
|
116
|
267
|
114
|
86
|
4,664
|
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-96
Note
10 - Intangible Assets (cont.)
B.
The fair value of
intangible assets acquired in various business combinations was
determined on the date of each business combination, as
follows:
Customer
relations
The
fair value was determined in accordance with the revenues approach,
by the capitalized value of the cash flows expected to be derived
from the existing customers on the date of the business
combination, after deducting the fair return on the other assets
that participate in the generation of the related cash flow. In the
Shufersal business combination, the customer base was defined as
the members of Shufersal’s customer club who visited branches
of Shufersal at least 24 times during 2009, the revenues from whom
constituted 59% of total revenues in that year.
Brands
and trade names
The
fair value was determined by the relief from royalty approach,
according to which the fair value of the asset is determined by
estimating the royalties that theoretically would have been paid to
a third party for the use of the asset. The economic value of the
brand derives from the fact that the ownership of the asset
releases the owner from the need to pay royalties as aforementioned
to a third party for the use of the asset. The percentage of
royalties that was used to determine the fair value of the brands
is 0.2%-2% (mainly 1%-1.5%) of the expected revenues.
Rental
agreements
The
fair value was determined by comparing the actual rent paid by
branches of Shufersal to the estimated fair amount of rent for such
assets, based on the opinion of a real estate appraiser, which is
based mainly on comparison to similar commercial assets in the
geographical location of each branch, while making necessary
adjustments with respect to the size of the areas, their location,
physical condition, etc. Options for extending the lease agreements
were also taken into consideration. The fair value was determined
according to the capitalized value of the differences between fair
rent payments and actual rent payments.
Licenses
Rights
to use cellular frequencies in Israel are assessed according to
their amortized costs in the books of the acquired company on the
date of the business combination, since there is no market for such
rights in Israel.
C.
Additional
details on principal cash-generating units that include goodwill or
an intangible asset with an indefinite useful life
(1)
As at December 31,
2015, goodwill and a brand with an indefinite useful life
attributable to Cellcom amount to NIS 2.135 billion and NIS 0.231
billion, respectively.
The
recoverable amount of Cellcom’s activity as at June 30, 2015
was assessed by an external appraiser on the basis of the
value-in-use thereof, as detailed in section D below.
(2)
As at December 31,
2015, goodwill attributable to Shufersal’s retail activity
amounts to NIS 788 million. The value of Shufersal’s retail
activity, based on Shufersal's value on the Stock Exchange as at
December 31, 2015 (mutatis mutandis), was higher than the
evaluation of those activities in the Group's financial
statements.
(3)
The Group has a
number of consolidated companies, the operations of which have been
attributed goodwill in an amount that is immaterial compared to the
balance of goodwill in the Company’s consolidated financial
statements. The value of Property & Building’s operations
is based on Property & Building’s stock exchange value as
at December 31, 2015 (and in the required adjustments in respect of
the fair value of Property & Building’s financial
liabilities) which is higher than the value of the specified
operations in these financial statements. The recoverable amount of
the operations of other companies was determined on the basis of
examinations for impairment performed, including economic studies,
performed by external appraisers using the value in use method. The
recoverable amount of the specified operations is higher than their
value in the financial statements. In those cases where the
recoverable amount was found to be lower than the carrying amount,
impairment reductions of immaterial amounts were
recorded.
Note
10 - Intangible Assets (cont.)
D.
Examination
for impairment in investee companies in 2015
Discount
Investments performed an annual examination for impairment of the
goodwill attributed to Cellcom as at June 30, 2015. Further to what
is stated in note 3.G.3 above with regard to the structural changes
being examined, the recoverable amount of Cellcom’s
operations as at June 30, 2015 was calculated using the value in
use method. In accordance with Regulation 49(A) of the Reporting
Regulation, the economic work on the subject on that subject at
that date, which is stated by way of referral to the said work,
which was attached to Discount Investments' financial statements as
at June 30, 2015, which was presented by it to the Securities
Authority and published on August 27, 2015 (Document No
2015-01-107427). The value of the assets attributable to
Cellcom’s operations less the liabilities attributable to
Cellcom’s operations in the financial statements of the
Company as at June 30, 2015 (including deferred tax balances
attributable to excess costs created upon the acquisition of
Cellcom, against which Discount Investments recorded goodwill)
(“The value of Cellcom’s operations in the financial
statements”), is in the range specified in the aforesaid
economic report for the recoverable amount of Cellcom’s
operations as at that date. Accordingly, no impairment has been
recognized in respect of the aforesaid goodwill.
The
real after-tax capitalization rate and a long-term growth rate of
8.75% and 1.75%, respectively, were used in the aforesaid economic
report for determining the upper threshold of the recoverable
amount. A real after-tax capitalization rate and a long-term growth
rate of 9.25% and 1.25%, respectively, were used in the aforesaid
economic report for determining the lower threshold of the
recoverable amount.
E.
During the ordinary
course of business, Cellcom acquires intangible assets using
credit.
The
acquisition amount which has not yet been paid as at December 31,
2015, amounted to NIS 33 million (as at December 31, 2014 –
NIS 34 million).
Note
11 - Accounts Receivable and Debit Balances
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
114
|
116
|
Institutions
|
73
|
20
|
Advances to
suppliers
|
44
|
58
(1)
|
Revenues
receivable
|
29
|
41
|
Deposits in
trust
|
9
|
7
|
Other
|
85
|
91
(1)
|
|
354
|
333
|
(1) Reclassified, see
Note 1.F.(1)
Note
12 - Inventory of buildings for sale
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Costs
incurred:
|
|
|
Land
|
325
|
253
|
Construction and
other
|
377
|
336
|
|
702
|
589
|
Inventory of
finished buildings
|
40
|
102
|
|
742
|
691
|
B.
Changes
in inventory of buildings for sale:
|
For the year ended
December 31
|
|
(unaudited)2015
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
Balance
at the start of the year
|
691
|
849
|
Additions
|
223
|
154
|
Disposals
|
(267)
|
(329)
|
Translation
differences from the translation of financial statements of foreign
operations
|
-
|
10
|
Transfer from
inventory of land
|
85
|
26
|
Decrease (increase)
in provision for loss
|
10
|
(19)
|
Balance
at the end of the year
|
742
|
691
|
Note
13 - Assets classified as held-for-sale
A.
Investment
classified as held for sale – under non-current
assets
|
As of December 31
|
|
(unaudited)2015
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Investment in Clal
Holdings Insurance EnterprisesLtd. (1)
|
1,182
(1)
|
-
|
B.
Assets
classified as held for sale – under current
assets
|
As of December 31
|
|
(unaudited)2015
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Investment in Clal
Holdings Insurance EnterprisesLtd. (1)
|
263
|
-
|
Investment
property
|
56
|
4
|
Other
assets
|
-
|
1
|
|
319
|
5
|
(1)
For details
regarding the process for the sale of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises, the outline of the timeline for the sale of the
control in it and the appointment of a trustee over the Company's
main holdings therein, see sections A-C of Note 3.H.5.
above.
Note
14 - Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
As of December 31
|
|
(unaudited)2015
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
Balances at
banks
|
585
|
454
|
Call
deposits
|
2,771
|
3,124
|
|
3,356
|
3,578
|
Note
15 – Equity
A.
The Company’s registered and issued share
capital
The
Company’s registered share capital as at December 31, 2015,
amounted to 2,000,000,000 ordinary shares with no nominal value
each (“ordinary shares”). The issued and paid up
capital as at December 31, 2015 amounted to 662,139,617 ordinary
shares.
All of
the ordinary shares are traded on the Stock Exchange and are
registered to name (however, at the end of March 2016, the
Company’s shares will cease being traded on the Stock
Exchange and the Company is expected to become a private company in
accordance with the provisions of the amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, as detailed in Note 16.G.(2).(f)
below). Each ordinary share grants the right to participate and
vote in the Company’s general meetings, with one vote per
share, and the right to participate in the distribution of
dividends. In addition, as at December 31, 2015, 32,302,901 (Series
4) share options , 116,377,756 (Series 5)share options and
104,127,466 share options (Series 6) were traded, with each option
being convertible to one ordinary share (see Note 15. B.(2) below
for details regarding the terms of each option).
In May
2014, changes were made in the Company's registered share capital
in accordance with the provisions of the creditors' arrangement in
IDB Holdings, such that following the changes and as at December
31, 2014, the Company's registered share capital stood at
500,000,000,000 regular shares with no par value each ("Regular
shares"). The issued and paid up share capital as at December 31,
2014 stood at 296,298,657 regular shares.
On May
12, 2014, following the completion of the debt arrangement at IDB
Holdings, the Company’s shares commenced trading on the Stock
exchange. For details regarding the increase in the registered
share capital in the course of the year 2015, and subsequent to the
date of the Statement of Financial Position, see Notes 15.B.(2) and
15.B.(8) below.
Proximate to the
approval date of these financial statements, the Company’s
registered capital amounts to 2,700,000,000 ordinary shares. The
issued and paid-up capital as at March 27, 2016 amounts to
662,158,702 ordinary shares. For details regarding the balance of
the Company's share options as at the time of the approval of these
financial statements, se Note 15.B.(2) below. In December 2015,
subordinated loans were provided to the Company by Dolphin
Netherlands, in the total amount of NIS 210 million, which are
convertible into Company shares beginning on January 1, 2016 (for
details, see Note 16.G.(2).(e) below and on February 18, 2016, an
additional subordinated loan was made by Dolphin Netherland in a
sum of NIS 15 million (for details, see Notes 15.B.(8) and
16.G.(2).(f). below). Furthermore, in March 2016, the Company was
transferred an amount of NIS 85 million by Dolphin Netherlands, in
accordance with the provisions of the amendment in IDB Holdings, as
a subordinated loan (see Note 16.G.2.f. below for details), such
that the total amount of the controlling shareholder’s
subordinated loans is NIS 310 million.
Note 15 – Equity
(cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s
capital in the years 2014 and 2015 and until the date of
publication of thisreport
The
following are the amounts of the investment made in the
Company’s capital in the years 2014 and 2015 and until the
date of publication of this report:
Method
of investment
|
Amount
in NIS millions
|
Date
|
Additional
details in Note
|
In
2014
|
|
|
|
Conversion of
convertible loans into capital
|
170
|
May
2014
|
15.B.(1).(a)
|
Injection of
capital on the completion of the debt arrangement
|
480
|
May
2014
|
15.B.(1).(a)
|
Rights
issue
|
321
|
July
2014
|
15.B.(1).(c)
|
Exercise of
options
|
176
|
November
2014
|
15.B.(1).(d)
|
Total
in 2014
|
1,147
|
|
|
In
2015
|
|
|
|
Rights
issue
|
417
|
February
2015
|
15.B.(2)
|
Exercise of
options
|
150
|
June
2015
|
15.B.(3)
|
|
567
|
|
|
Subordinated
convertible loan from the controlling shareholder
|
210
|
December
2015
|
16.G.(2).e
|
Total
in 2015
|
777
|
|
|
In
2016
|
|
|
|
Subordinated
shareholders' loan
|
15
|
February
2016
|
15.B.(8)
|
Subordinated
shareholders’ loan
|
85
|
March
2016
|
16.G.(2).(F)
|
Total
in 2016 (up to the time of the publication of the
report)
|
100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
investment in the Company
|
2,024
|
|
|
(1)
Investments in the Company's capital in the year 2014
(a)
Investments in the Company’s capital as part of the debt
arrangement at IDB Holdings
Within
the framework of the performance of the creditors' arrangement in
IDB Holdings, in May and June 2014 an overall amount of NIS 650
million (an amount of NIS 170 million in respect of a bridging loan
that the Company received in March 2014 from Dolphin fund and a
company controlled by Mordechai Ben Moshe, which was converted into
an investment in the Company's capital and an additional amount of
NIS 480 million as an investment in the Company's
capital)
(b)
Publication of a shelf prospectus
On May
29, 2014 the Company published a shelf prospectus, which includes
the possibility for the Company to offer securities by virtue
thereof, including shares, share options and bonds which are
convertible to shares and bonds, as part of shelf offering reports,
including by way of a rights offer.
(c)
Performance of a rights issue in July 2014
On June
9, 2014, the Company published a shelf offering report for an issue
by way of rights to shareholders of the Company, in which the
Company offered on ordinary shares in the Company, share options
(Series 1), share options (Series 2) and share options (Series 3).
All of the share options were exercisable into ordinary shares in
the Company.
The
immediate (gross) consideration from the issue amounted to a total
of approximately NIS 321 million, of which a total of approximately
NIS 231 million was with respect to the exercise of the rights by
companies controlled by the controlling interests in the Company-
Dolphin Netherlands and CAA, in equal parts (including additional
rights units that were acquired from the trustees for the
arrangement, and during routine trading on the stock
exchange).
(d)
Exercising of share options (Series 1 - 3)
On
November 2, 2014, Dolphin Netherlands and CAA each exercised all of
the share options (Series 1) held by them, for a total
consideration to the Company of approximately NIS 176 million. In
addition, the public exercised additional share options (Series 1 -
3), for a negligible consideration. The remaining share options
(Series 1 - 3) which were not exercised by the final exercise date
(November 2, 2014) expired.
Note 15 – Equity
(cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s
capital in the years 2014 and 2015 and until the date of
publication of thisreport (cont.)
(2)Irrevocable
offer received from Dolphin Netherlands to raise capital for the
Company in December 2014; The increasing of the registered
capital and the execution of a rights issue in February 2015.
– On January 1, 2015, after having received the
recommendations of the independent committee on this matter, the
Company’s Board of Directors resolved, on the basis of
Dolphin Netherlands’ offer (which was in effect until that
date), to raise capital, which was received by the Company on
December 29, 2014, that the Company will act to raise capital by
way of a rights issue in accordance with the outline of the
offer.
In
January 2015, the special general meeting of the Company, following
the receipt of approvals from the Audit Committee and the
Company’s Board of Directors, approved increases of the
Company’s registered capital by a cumulative amount of
1,500,000,000ordinary shares, in a manner by which the total
registered share capital of the Company subsequent to its increase
as stated amounted to 2,000,000,000 ordinary shares.
In
accordance with the outline of Dolphin Netherlands' offer dated
December 29, 2014, for the purpose of raising capital for the
Company, as aforesaid, on January 19, 2015 the Company published a
shelf offering report by way of a rights issue to the
Company’s shareholders, as part of which the Company offered
533,337,615 ordinary shares of the Company, 237,038,940 share
options (Series 4) which were exercisable for 237,038,940 ordinary
shares of the Company until February 10, 2016 (for information
regarding the court’s ruling to postpone the expiry date to
May 10, 2016 see Note 15.B.(7) below), against cash consideration
of an exercise price amounting to NIS 1.663 (unlinked) for each
share option (Series 4); 225,186,993 share options (Series 5)
exercisable to 225,186,993 ordinary shares of the Company until
February 12, 2017 against cash consideration of an exercise price
amounting to NIS 1.814 (unlinked) for each share option (Series 5);
as well as 201,483,099 share options (Series 6) exercisable to
201,483,099 ordinary shares of the Company until February 12, 2018
against cash consideration of an exercise price amounting to NIS
1.966 (unlinked) for each share option (Series 6).
According to the
offer report, the Company offered 11,851,947 rights units at a
price of NIS 68.04 per rights unit (the rights unit included 45
ordinary shares, 20 share options (Series 4), 19 share options
(Series 5) and 17 share options (Series 6)); the share options were
offered without consideration.
Until
the last date for exercising the rights, notifications were
received for the exercise of rights to purchase 6,125,230 right
units, by virtue of which the Company allocated 275,635,353
ordinary shares, 122,504,601 share options (Series 4), 116,379,371
share options (Series 5) and 104,128,911 share options (Series
6).
The
immediate consideration from the issue (gross) amounted to
approximately NIS 417 million, of which an amount of NIS 391.5
million is due to the exercising of rights by Dolphin Netherlands
and Dolphin Fund. It should be noted that Dolphin Netherlands
and Dolphin Fund exercised the full rights in respect of
31.27% of the issued share capital in their possession at that
time, and Dolphin Netherlands also acquired additional rights units
within the ordinary trade on the stock exchange, which constituted
approximately 17.28% of the rights units, and exercised the
additional rights units it acquired as specified and as a result
increased its investment in the Company, and the percentage of its
holdings in the Company’s shares (together with Dolphin Fund)
to approximately 61.48% (approximately 70.33% with full dilution).
In light of CAA not participating in the rights issue, CAA’s
rate of holding in the Company was diluted to a rate of
approximately 16.20% (approximately 12.43% in full dilution). (For
details regarding the completion of the buy me buy you process in
which CAA ceased being a shareholder in the Company, see Note
15.B.(5) below).
The
table below specifies the details of the warrants as of the
publication date:
Name of warrant
|
Number of warrants allocated to all Discount Investments
shareholders
|
Number of warrants allocated to the Company
|
Exercise price (NIS)
|
Last date for exercise
|
Series
3
|
19,088,357
|
14,112,213
|
6.53
|
December 21,
2015(*)
|
Series
4
|
17,384,040
|
12,852,194
|
7.183
|
December 21,
2016
|
Series
5 (**)
|
17,384,040
|
12,852,194
|
7.183
7.836
|
December 20, 2016
December 21, 2017
|
Series
6 (***)
|
17,384,040
|
12,852,194
|
7.183
8.489
|
December 21, 2016
December 21, 2018
|
For
details regarding the amendment of the creditors' arrangement in
IDB Holdings, which includes, inter alia, provisions in respect of
the holders of the share options, which are presented in the above
table, see Note 16.G.(2).(f) below.
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s
capital in the years 2014 and 2015 and until the date of
publication of thisreport (cont.)
(3)
Request by the trustees
for the Company’s debentures to schedule earlier date capital
injections into the Company by Dolphin
Netherlands; Dolphin Netherlands’ proposal of May 6, 2015 to
the Company
regarding the performance of additional capital injections in the
Company and the exercise of warrants (Series 4) by companies under
the control of Mr. Eduardo Elsztain
In
April 2015, the trustees for the Company’s debentures
requested, inter alia, to schedule an earlier date, in June 2015,
for the performance of an injection into the Company in the amount
of approximately NIS 159 million, by Dolphin Netherlands, on
account of Dolphin Netherlands’ undertakings as part of the
rights issue which was performed by the Company in February 2015
(see Notes 15.B.(2) above). The trustees for the debentures noted
that they may convene a meeting of debenture holders for the
purpose of receiving instructions.
Further
to the above, on May 6, 2015, a letter was submitted to the Company
by the trustee for the Company’s debentures (Series I), in
which the aforementioned trustee announced, inter alia, that if, by
May 8, 2015, a written notice has not been received from Mr.
Eduardo Elsztain, or from a corporation under his control,
addressed to the Company and to the trustees for the debenture
holders, stating that he or companies under his control will invest
a total of NIS 159 million no later than May 20, 2015, the trustee
will convene an urgent meeting of the debenture holders (Series I)
to receive their instructions regarding the appropriate method of
action, in light of the circumstances.
On May
6, 2015, the Company received an irrevocable proposal from Dolphin
Netherlands (and on May 7, 2015, clarifications were received in
connection with the above, which included, inter alia, the
following provisions:
(a) The
Board of Directors will appoint Mr. Eduardo Elsztain as the sole
Chairman of the Board.
(b)
Dolphin Netherlands will agree to schedule an earlier date for its
obligation to exercise the warrants (Series 4), in the amount of
NIS 150 million (the “Warrants”), provided that, prior
to May 20, 2015, the Company will receive from the trustees for the
Company’s debentures and irrevocable undertaking in writing,
stating that by July 20, 2015, and except if they are required to
do so by law, they will not independently initiate, or will not
convene a meeting of debenture holders, the agenda of which will
include any of the following subjects: (1) The appointment of any
advisors whatsoever (financial, legal or others); (2) The
appointment of a representative committee on behalf of the
debenture holders; (3) The initiation of any legal proceedings
against the Company; and (4) A demand for early or immediate
repayment of any of the Company’s debts; or any other subject
which is similar to the aforementioned subjects.
(c)
The Board of
Directors will establish a Board of Directors’ committee
which will be authorized by the Board of Directors, subject to any
applicable law, as having the exclusive authority on behalf of the
Company (with the assistance of Company management): (1) To
perform, manage and conduct discussions and negotiations with the
trustees for the debenture holders in connection with their
requests; (2) To conduct negotiations with the Company’s
financial lenders in order to establish new financial covenants;
and (3) To prepare a business and financial plan for the Company.
It was clarified that the committee will be authorized to act on
each of the issues specified above, and to present its
recommendations to the Board of Directors, but will not have the
authority to reach final decisions.
(d) Dolphin
Netherlands (or any other entity which is under the control of Mr.
Eduardo Elsztain) undertook, subject to the terms specified in the
offer, to invest in the Company an additional amount of up to NIS
100 million, by way of an equity investment, as part of a public
offering of the Company’s shares, (should such an offering be
performed). The public offering will be performed between the dates
October 1, 2015 and November 15, 2015.
On May
7, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors resolved to accept
the aforementioned proposal of Dolphin Netherlands (including the
clarifications thereto). Additionally, the Company’s Board of
Directors resolved to appoint Mr. Eduardo Elsztain as the
Company’s sole Chairman of the Board and a Board of Directors
committee as stated in the proposal.
The
trustee for the Company’s debentures (Series I) notified the
Company that following the resolution of the Board of Directors, he
does not intend to convene a meeting of debenture
holders.
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s
capital in the years 2014 and 2015 and until the date of
publication of thisreport (cont.)
(3)
Request by the trustees
for the Company’s debentures to schedule earlier date capital
injections into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands;
Dolphin Netherlands’ proposal of May 6, 2015 to
the Company
regarding the performance of additional capital injections in the
Company: exercise of warrants (Series 4) by companies under the
control of Mr. Eduardo Elsztain (cont.)
On May
17, 2015, an undertaking was received from the trustees for the
Company’s debentures to avoid convening a meeting of
debenture holders, under conditions that were set as
aforesaid.
On June
2, 2015, Dolphin Netherlands and IFISA (corporations under the
control of Mr. Eduardo Elsztain) exercised warrants (Series 4) of
the Company, in the total amount of NIS 150 million, in a manner
whereby, after the exercise, companies under the control of Mr.
Elsztain cumulatively held approximately 66.73% of the
Company’s issued share capital.
(4) Dolphin Netherlands’ proposal to
the Company and to Discount Investments on June 29,
2015
In view
of the financial situation, challenges and needs of the Company and
of Discount Investments, on June 29, 2015, an additional
irrevocable proposal from Dolphin was submitted to the Company and
to Discount Investments, and on July 9, 2015 and July 16, 2015,
clarifications to the proposal were submitted. The proposal
included, inter alia provisions in accordance with which Discount
Investments shall immediately take all the necessary actions in
order to carry a rights offering at an aggregate scope of
approximately NIS 500 million (including the public’s part,
in which Discount Investment’s shareholders shall be issued,
without consideration, rights units of Discount Investments which
shall consist of four series of Discount Investments warrants, each
warrant exercisable into one ordinary Discount Investments share as
part of the Discount Investments Rights Offering, the Company shall
undertake to exercise all of the first series that will be issued,
as aforesaid, by Discount Investments , provided that the
aforementioned amount does not exceed NIS 92.5 million, no later
than December 21, 2015 and subject to compliance with the
preconditions which were determined in the proposal, including: (A)
the Company shall have obtained the written approval of the
Relevant Lenders, to the extent required, for the exercise of the
Warrants and to invest the said amount in Discount Investments; (B)
the Company shall have received, capital injections against the
issuance of Company shares or Company warrants in a cumulative
amount of at least NIS 100 million; (C) the Company shall have
received the written consent of the Relevant Lenders that any
amount injected into the Company as capital injections after the
date of this Proposal, exceeding NIS 100 million and up to an
aggregate amount of NIS 350 million (i.e., a cumulative total of
NIS 250 million may be injected at any time by the Company into
Discount Investments by way of capital injections in Discount
Investments to be made through a rights offering, private issuance,
exercise of warrants, or by any other means In accordance with the
aforesaid, Dolphin Netherlands has made a proposal to the Company
to increase the size of the Company's issue to the public in
accordance with Dolphin Netherlands' irrevocable proposal of May 6,
2015 (see Note 15.B.(3) below) such that it will not be less than
NIS 200 million and will not be more than NIS 250
million.
On July
16, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors resolved
(following the approval of the Company’s Audit Committee)
that the Company will act to raise capital by way of a public
offering in accordance with the outline of Dolphin
Netherlands’ proposal, as stated above, and to exercise
warrants from the first series, which will be issued by Discount
Investments, as part of the rights issues which it will perform,
based other undertaking of Dolphin Netherlands dated June 29, 2015,
to participate in the public offering. Discount Investment notified
the Company that on July 16, 2015, following the approval of the
Company’s Board of Directors, as stated above, the Board of
Directors of Discount Investment resolved, inter alia, to accept
Dolphin Netherlands’ proposal; to instruct the management of
Discount Investment to perform the preparations necessary to
perform the rights issue to the shareholders of Discount
Investment, in accordance with the outline specified in Dolphin
Netherlands’ proposal, and to convene a general
shareholders’ meeting of Discount Investment, the agenda of
which include increasing the registered capital of Discount
Investment.
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s capital in the years 2014 and
2015 and until the date of publication of this report
(cont.)
(4) Dolphin Netherlands’ proposal to
the Company and to Discount Investments on June 29, 2015
(cont.)
In
September 2015, Discount Investments allocated, by way of rights
and without consideration to its shareholders, four series of
warrants (Series 3, 4, 5, and 6). All of the warrants were
exercisable into ordinary shares of Discount Investments. Assuming
full exercise immediately after the issuance, of all warrants from
all series, the exercise shares would constitute approximately
45.5% of the issued capital of Discount Investments and if the
warrants are exercised in full, Discount Investments will receive a
total (gross) amount of NIS 500- NIS 533 million (subject to the
assumptions specified in the shelf offering report of Discount
Investments).
As part
of the rights issue, the Company received, for no consideration,
warrants exercisable for shares of Discount Investments, as
follows:
Name
of warrant
|
Number
of warrants allocated to all Discount Investments
shareholders
|
Number
of warrants allocated to the Company
|
Exercise
price (NIS)
|
Last
date for exercise
|
Series
3
|
19,088,357
|
14,112,213
|
6.53
|
December 21,
2015(*)
|
Series
4
|
17,384,040
|
12,852,194
|
7.183
|
December 21,
2016
|
Series
5 (**)
|
17,384,040
|
12,852,194
|
7.183
7.836
|
December 20, 2016
December 21, 2017
|
Series
6 (***)
|
17,384,040
|
12,852,194
|
7.183
8.489
|
December 21, 2016
December 21, 2018
|
(*)
Until the last date
for exercise, 15.7 million warrants were exercised (Series 3) for a
total consideration of NIS 102 million (such exercise included the
exercise of all Series 3 warrants that were allocated to the
Company for a total consideration of NIS 92 million.
(**)
The exercise price
of NIS 7.183 per share is valid up to December 20, 2016, as from
December 21, 2016 and up to December 21, 2017, the exercise price
is NIS 7.836 per share
(***) The exercise
price of NIS 7.183 per share is valid up to December 20, 2016 as
from December 21, 2016 and up to December 21, 2018, the
exercise price is NIS 8.489 per share.
In
October and November 2015, in parallel to its preparations for the
execution of an issue to the public in accordance with the outline
that Dolphin Netherlands had proposed, the Company received letters
from the representatives of the Company’s minority
shareholders, in which it was claimed that the public issuance of
shares in accordance with the said outline requires approvals in
the Company in accordance with section 275 of the Companies Law
(including approval of the general meeting by a majority of
shareholders who are not interested parties) as a transaction in
which the controlling shareholder has a personal interest. In these
letters, it was claimed that Dolphin Netherlands has a personal
interest in the determination of the minimum price in the issuance,
due to the fact that, the lower this price, it is reasonable to
assume that the more likely it will be that the response to the
issuance in the institutional tender will be higher, and
accordingly, the scope of Dolphin Netherlands' undertaking to
inject funds will be lower, and vice versa. It was further claimed
in the letters that there is a real concern that the issuance will
not be valid and/or that a right will materialize for the Company
to cancel the issuance and the allocation of shares thereunder. In
response to these letters, the Company responded, inter alia, that
it rejects the assertions specified therein regarding the existence
of personal interest, that the issuance will not be performed until
after the required approvals have been received, and that it
appears that the assertions were raised due to a narrow personal
interest of the minority shareholders in the prevention of a
possible dilution of the economic value (from their perspective)
embodied in the tender offers in accordance with the debt
arrangement, which are entirely unrelated to the best interests of
the Company.
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s
capital in the years 2014 and 2015 and until the date of
publication of thisreport (cont.)
(4) Dolphin Netherlands’ proposal to
the Company and to Discount Investments on June 29, 2015
(cont.)
For
details regarding the interim arrangement that was approved by the
Court, in connection with the undertakings to perform tender offers
in accordance with the debt settlement in IDB Holdings,, which
included the performance of an alternative injection from Dolphin
Netherlands into the Company, by way of subordinated debt
convertible into Company shares, which came in place of a public
issuance of shares which the Company was supposed to perform and
regarding the exercise of warrants (Series 3) of Discount
Investment by the Company, see Notes 16.G.(2)(e)
below.
For
details regarding the amendment of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings, which was signed between the trustees of the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, Dolphin Netherlands and the Company,
for the injection of money into the company instead of the
undertaking to make tender offers for the Company’s shares
within the framework of the debt arrangement of IDB Holdings, which
was approved by the Court in March 2016, see note 16.G.(2)(f)
below.
(5)
Disputes between the Dolphin Group and C.A.A., completion of the
buy me buy you process and changes in the Company’s control
structure
The
changes in the holding rates in the Company, following the
Company’s rights issue from February 2015 (as specified in
Note 15.B.(2). above) led to disputes between the Dolphin Group and
CAA, inter alia in connection with the shareholders agreement which
existed between them, and the rights to appoint directors to the
Company by virtue thereof.
In
April 2015, Dolphin Group and C.A.A. announced that they had
reached an understanding in respect of an arbitration proceeding in
order to resolve the disputes between them and in respect of the
identity of the arbitrator, and in May 2015,the arbitration
proceeding between the parties began, as stated in Note 15.B.(3)
above, in May 2015, the Board of Directors of the Company resolved
to appoint Mr. Eduardo Elsztain as the sole Chairman of the
Company’s Board of Directors (prior to the aforementioned
resolution, Messrs. Eduardo Elsztain and Mordechai Ben-Moshe served
as joint chairmen of the Company).
On May
28, 2015, C.A.A. submitted to the Company a copy of a letter which
it had sent to Dolphin Fund Limited (“Dolphin Fund”)
and to Mr. Elsztain, in which C.A.A. notified the recipients, inter
alia, that in accordance with the buy me buy you separation
mechanism which existed in the shareholders agreement between them,
C.A.A. demands to acquire all of the Company’s shares which
are held by the Dolphin Group, at a price of NIS 1.64 per share
(the “Buy Me Buy You Notice”).
C.A.A.
noted that the party which will acquire the Company’s shares
within the framework of the buy me buy you process will be
exclusively responsible for fulfilling all of the other
undertakings in accordance with the terms specified in the debt
settlement in IDB Holding, including the undertaking to perform
tender offers for the Company’s shares, in a total amount of
NIS 512 million.
With
reference to the buy me buy you notice, on June 1, 2015, the
trustees for the debt settlement sent a letter to Messrs. Mordechai
Ben-Moshe and Eduardo Elsztain, in which they noted that all of the
undertakings in accordance with the debt settlement in IDB Holding
apply both jointly and severally, including the undertaking to
perform tender offers for the Company’s shares, and
therefore, unless otherwise agreed and approved as required in
accordance with the debt settlement and in accordance with the law,
any sale of the Company’s shares will not release either of
the parties which are bound under the debt settlement, from any of
their undertakings.
Further
to the buy me buy you notice, on June 10 and 11, 2015, Dolphin
Fund, Dolphin Netherlands and IFISA, companies under the control of
Mr. Eduardo Elsztain which hold shares of the Company (jointly: the
“Dolphin Companies”) submitted their responses to the
buy me buy you notice, according to which they will acquire all of
the Company’s shares which are held by C.A.A., according to
the price specified in the buy me buy you notice.
These
notices were rejected by C.A.A., which claimed, inter alia, that
the aforementioned notices did not constitute a response to the buy
me buy you notice (in light of the disputes between the parties,
with respect to the undertaking of the buying party in the buy me
buy you process to perform tender offers, as aforesaid. On this
matter, C.A.A.’s position was that the buying party in the
buy me buy you process would be responsible for fulfilling all of
the undertakings in the debt settlement in IDB Holdings, including
the undertakings to perform tender offers.
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s
capital in the years 2014 and 2015 and until the date of
publication of thisreport (cont.)
(5)
Disputes between the
Dolphin Group and C.A.A., completion of the buy me buy you process
and changes in the Company’s control structure
(cont.)
The
Dolphin companies rejected this interpretation, and claimed that
also after the completion of the buy me buy you process, the two
parties will continue to be obligated with respect to the balance
of liabilities, in accordance with the debt settlement (including
tender offers) and demanded turning to an arbitrator regarding the
matter, in order to receive a binding decision regarding the
prevailing interpretation).
The
current legal disputes regarding the buy me buy you notice
(including regarding the identity of the buying party in the
process) were transferred to arbitration proceedings.
On June
1, 2015, the Company published a report announcing the convening of
its annual general shareholders’ meeting, which was held on
July 7, 2015, the agenda of which included, inter alia, the
appointment of up to six directors in the Company. Prior to the
meeting, six candidates were proposed on behalf of the Dolphin
companies, as well as three candidates on behalf of C.A.A.. On June
30, 2015, C.A.A. notified the Company that it had petitioned the
District Court of Tel Aviv-Jaffa with a motion to issue temporary
orders against the Dolphin companies.
As part
of the motion, the following injunctions were requested: a
temporary injunction ordering the Dolphin companies to refrain from
voting in the annual meetings in favor of the appointment of
more than three candidates which were proposed by the Dolphin
companies as directors in the Company; ordering the Dolphin
companies to vote in favor (and alternatively, preventing the
Dolphin companies from voting against) the three candidates for the
Company’s Board of Directors, who were proposed by C.A.A.;
and ordering the Dolphin companies to vote against (or
alternatively, preventing the Dolphin companies from voting in
favor of) any other candidate for the Company’s Board of
Directors. C.A.A. also requested, as part of the aforementioned
petition, any other order deemed appropriate by the Court, which
will prevent the modification of the balance of power in the
Company’s Board of Directors between C.A.A.’s
representatives and the representatives of the Dolphin companies.
According to the notice given by C.A.A. to the Company, the Court
was requested to determine that the temporary orders, which will be
issued, would remain in effect until a decision has been given in
the arbitration proceedings between the parties, regarding the
identity of the buyer in the buy me buy you process, as specified
above.
On June
30, 2015, the Court decided to leave the decision regarding the
motion to the arbitrator who the parties had contacted to decide on
the matter of the buy me buy you notice.
Further
to the above, C.A.A. and the Dolphin companies notified the Company
that on July 6, 2015, the arbitrator decided to issue a temporary
injunction, which remained in effect until the arbitrator has given
his final decision regarding the identity of the buyer in the buy
me buy you mechanism.
This
injunction prohibited the Dolphin companies, independently or
through any other party on their behalf, or through power of
attorney, from using their voting rights in the general meeting of
the Company’s shareholders and from voting in favor of the
appointment of more than three directors who were proposed by the
Dolphin companies, and which prohibited the Dolphin companies from
voting against the three directors proposed by C.A.A. On July 7,
2015, a general meeting of the Company’s shareholders was
held, in which it was decided, inter alia, to appoint six directors
for the Company, of which three were proposed by the Dolphin
companies, and three by C.A.A.
On
September 24, 2015, the arbitrator gave a partial ruling, according
to which: the Dolphin Companies were the buyers in the buy me buy
you process, and C.A.A. is the seller; C.A.A. was obligated to
transfer to the Dolphin Companies all of the Company's shares which
it held (approximately 13.99% of the Company's issued capital),
according to a price which it specified in the buy me buy you
notice (NIS 1.64 per share); the parties were required to complete
the buy me buy you process within 16 days after the date of
issuance of the partial ruling; the Dolphin companies will pledge,
in favor of the trustees for the settlement, the shares which
C.A.A. will sell to them within the framework of the buy me buy you
process, which were pledged at that time in favor of the trustees
for the settlement to secure the undertaking to perform the tender
offers in accordance with the debt arrangement; it was further
determined that the partial arbitration ruling has not effect on
the parties’ undertakings in accordance with the debt
arrangement, and that these remain unchanged. However, the Dolphin
companies are obligated towards C.A.A. to fulfill, completely and
exclusively, C.A.A.’s undertakings in accordance with the
debt arrangement, including the undertaking to perform tender
offers and the undertaking to participate in rights
issues.
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s
capital in the years 2014 and 2015 and until the date of
publication of thisreport (cont.)
(5)
Disputes between the
Dolphin Group and C.A.A., completion of the buy me buy you process
and changes in the Company’s control structure
(cont.)
Additionally, it
was determined that the temporary injunction which was given by the
arbitrator on July 6, 2015 (as specified above) at the request of
C.A.A., with respect to the appointment of directors in the
Company, had expired upon the arbitrator’s issuance of the
partial arbitration ruling.
On
October 11, 2015, the buy me buy you process between the Dolphin
Group and C.A.A. was completed, which included, inter alia, the
performance of the following actions:
(a)
C.A.A. sold all of
the Company’s shares, which were held by it to IFISA, and, in
total, 92,665,925 ordinary shares in the Company with no par value
each ("Ordinary Shares"), which constituted approximately 13.99% of
the Company’s issued capital, in consideration of a price of
NIS 1.64 per share, and for a total consideration of approximately
NIS 151.97 million. IFISA thereby increased its holding rate in the
Company’s issued capital from approximately 17.73% to
approximately 31.72%, the overall holding rate of the Dolphin Group
in the Company's shares increased to approximately 80.72%,
respectively, and C.A.A. ceased being a controlling shareholder and
a shareholder in the Company;
(b)
The shareholders
agreement between the parties expired in accordance with its
terms;
(c)
Dolphin Netherlands
pledged additional ordinary shares of the Company, in place of the
shares which had been pledged by C.A.A. in favor of the trustees
for the settlement to secure the undertakings to perform tender
offers in accordance with the terms of the settlement, and in
total, after the completion of the buy me buy you process,
64,067,710 ordinary Company shares, which constitute approximately
9.68% of the Company’s issued and paid-up capital and which
are held by Dolphin Netherlands, are pledged in favor of the
trustees for the settlement to secure the undertakings to perform
tender offers;
(d)
IFISA undertook
towards the trustees for the settlement, with respect to 29,937,591
Company shares, out of the total number of shares which were
transferred to it from C.A.A. (the "Relevant Shares"), that: (1) it
will not sell, transfer, pledge or assign the relevant shares to
any third party whatsoever (except Dolphin Netherlands) until a
final decision has been reached by the Court regarding the motion,
which was filed by the trustees for the settlement in connection
with the parties who are entitled to participate in the tender
offers (see the court ruling Note 16.G.(2)(d) below); and (2) that
the relevant shares will be subject to all of the restrictions
which apply to the Company’s shares which were held by
Dolphin Netherlands on the completion date of the buy me buy you
process, in connection with the right to participate in the tender
offers, as will be determined by the Court with respect to the
motion to issue orders; IFISA further agreed that the transfer of
the relevant shares to IFISA, will not affect, in any manner
whatsoever, the claims of the trustees for the settlement in the
motion to issue orders in connection with the tender offers, and
that each party reserves its rights and claims in this
regard.;
(e)
As part of the
completion of the buy me buy you process, Messrs. Mordechai
Ben-Moshe (who also discontinued being an interested party in the
Company), Oded Nagar and Yaniv Rog resigned, on October 11, 2015,
from their positions as directors on the Company’s Board of
Directors.
(6)
Decision by the
Company’s Monitoring Committee regarding the participation of
the Company's controlling shareholders in the rights
issue
Following the
rights issue of the Company in February 2015, on March 10, 2015, a
decision of the Committee for Monitoring the Implementation of the
Company’s Finance Program, which was established on December
30, 2014 (“the Monitoring Committee”) was delivered to
the Company, in which it was stated that after the Monitoring
Committee received an opinion regarding CAA’s commitment to
inject to the Company an amount of NIS 196.5 million and
Dolphin’s commitment to inject the aforesaid amount
separately and together with CAA, the Monitoring Committee members
decided to adopt the aforesaid opinion, according to which the
Company has reasonable cause for claim against CAA for the
injection as aforesaid in a rights issue, and against Dolphin by
virtue of its commitment separately and together with CAA
therefore, the Monitoring Committee decided that it should cause
the Company to claim, and if the Company does not oblige, to claim
from the controlling shareholders and primarily from CAA to
immediately inject as aforesaid to the Company as part of a rights
issue.
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s
capital in the years 2014 and 2015 and until the date of
publication of thisreport (cont.)
(6)
Decision by the
Company’s Monitoring Committee regarding the participation of
the Company's controlling shareholders in the rights issue
(cont.)
The
Monitoring Committee and required the controlling interests, inter
alia, and primarily of CAA, that they will announce their
willingness to inject the aforesaid amount to the Company by
participating in a rights issue. CAA rejected the claim that it was
obliged to participate in the rights issue performed in February
2015.
Dolphin
Netherlands announced that it rejected the conclusion of the
Monitoring Committee with regard to its obligation to inject
additional money into the Company in accordance with the terms of
the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings.
In May
2015, the Monitoring Committee decided not to change its decision
to file a claim against the Company’s (former) controlling
shareholders, and particularly against C.A.A., in order to obligate
them to inject into the Company a total of NIS 196.5 million, in
light of their undertaking to do so in accordance with the debt
arrangement in IDB Holding.
The
Monitoring Committee further decided that the claim would be filed
after the arbitration proceedings have concluded between Dolphin
Group and C.A.A, and insofar as no circumstances have been created
by then which are materially different from the known circumstances
on the date of the decision, which could affect the decision of the
Monitoring Committee.
Following the
arbitration ruling which was given in September 2015, in which it
was determined, inter alia, that "Dolphin is obligated towards
C.A.A. to completely and exclusively fulfill the undertakings of
C.A.A. in accordance with the debt arrangement, including the
undertaking to perform tender offers and the undertaking to
participate in the rights issue", the monitoring committee decided,
in November 2015, that it would be not be appropriate to file any
claim against C.A.A. or the Dolphin Group with respect to their
participation in the rights issues.
The
above was in light of the said arbitration award, following which
the buy me buy you process was completed, in which C.A.A. sold all
of the Company’s shares which were held by it to the Dolphin
Group, and in light of the scope of the Dolphin Group's
participation in the rights issues which were performed by the
Company, and its undertaking at that time to participate in an
issue in the future as well (see Note 15.B.(4) above regarding the
offer of Dolphin Netherlands from June 29, 2015, and Note
16.G.(2)(e) below with respect to an outline regarding an
alternative injection from Dolphin Netherlands into the Company, by
way of subordinated debt convertible into Company shares, which
came in place of a public issuance of shares, as stated
above).
(7)
Ruling by the Court for the extension of the last time for the
exercise of the Company's option warrants (Series4)
In
continuation of the petition that was filed in the Court by
petitioners who claimed that they counted among those who are
entitled under the debt arrangement and who hold shares in the
Company and option warrants (Series 4), on February 4, 2016, after
the date of the statement of financial position, a ruling was
handed down by the Court on the said petition, that the expiration
date of the warrants (Series 4) of the Company would be postponed,
but not less than 40 days after the date for performing the first
tranche of the tender offers, namely May 10, 2016, where the last
trading date of the warrants is May 5, 2016. As described in Note
15.B.(2) above, the original date in which the warrants (Series 4)
were exercisable into ordinary shares of the Company was until (and
including) February 10, 2016. See Note 16.G.(2).(f) below for
details regarding the amendment of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings, which includes, inter alia, provisions regarding the
Company’s option warrants.
(8)
Resolution of the Board of
Directors of the company of January 24, 2016, to act to raise
capital by way of an offering to the public and increasing the
nominal capital of the company in February 2016
On
January 24, 2016, the Board of Directors of the company resolved,
in view of the Company’s cash flow and capital needs, to act
swiftly, and no later than February 2016, in order to raise capital
by way of an offering to the public of approximately 700 million
ordinary shares, at a share price that will not be less than 71.4
Agorot per share (a price that reflects an offering on a scale of
approximately NIS 500 million). Further to the aforesaid, on
February 1, 2016, the company received a letter that was sent to
the Company and the directors of the Company, from the attorney of
shareholders of the Company, which claimed that the Company’s
resolution to offer the shares as aforesaid requires approval
pursuant to the provisions of section 275 of the Companies Law,
including the approval of the general meeting of the
Company’s shareholders with a majority that includes a
majority of the shareholders that have no personal interest in the
offering (‘triple approval’).
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s
capital in the years 2014 and 2015 and until the date of
publication of thisreport (cont.)
(8)
Resolution of the Board of
Directors of the company of January 24, 2016, to act to raise
capital by way of an offering to the public and increasing the
nominal capital of the company in February 2016
(cont.)
It is
claimed in the letter, inter
alia, that the controlling shareholder and the directors
have a personal interest in making the offering, on the scale of
the offering, on the date of making the offering and at the minimum
price at which the offering will be made. In addition, it is
claimed in the letter that the offering will cause economic harm to
the minority shareholders of the Company. It is further claimed in
the letter that in the absence of a triple approval, the offering
can be cancelled and the Company is required to give notice as to
whether it intends to approve the offering with a triple approval.
Following the resolution of the Board and the letter from the
attorney for the shareholder, as above, on February 2, 2016, the
Company received a letter that was sent to the Company and the
directors of the Company by the trustees for the Company’s
bonds in which they claimed, inter
alia, that there neither is nor can there be any doubt
regarding the need for an immediate capital injection into the
Company. It was further claimed in the aforesaid letter that all
that the minority shareholders want is to prevent the dilution of
their holdings when they have the right to participate in the
raising of capital and thereby to try to maintain or even increase
their share in the Company. It is further claimed that any
resolution that the Board will make, apart from sticking to or even
expanding the resolution to raise significant capital by way of an
offering of shares, is likely to lead to a creditor preference when
making any payment of the company to its financial creditors. The
trustees for the bonds claimed that insofar as the making of the
offering will be stopped, they should be compelled to act
immediately to protect the rights of the bondholders. The trustees
of the bonds also said that the IDB Holdings’ arrangement did
not include, expressly or by implication, any dilution protection
of the minority shareholders against future offerings, and moreover
within the framework of the interim arrangement, which was approved
by the court after approval of the minority shareholders (see
details regarding the interim arrangement in note 16.G.(2)(e)
below), consent of the minority shareholders was given to a
compensation mechanism in the event of the raising of capital by
the Company.
Further
to the aforesaid, on February 9, 2016, the Company received a
letter that was sent to the Company’s attorney by the
attorney of the Company’s series 4 option holders, in which
it was claimed that further to the decision of the court regarding
the postpone of the date for exercising the Company’s series
4 options (as stated in note 15.B.(7) above), the Company was
requested to join the series 4 option holders in any negotiations
relating to the tender officer that the controlling shareholder is
liable to make and/or the offering of the Company’s
securities and/or any arrangement relating to the Company. In
addition, according to the letter the Company is requested to
perform the tender offer in its original format and to refrain from
making any offering before the tender offer, since according to the
series 4 option holders, the Company is prohibited from doing this
in the present circumstances, including in view of the fact that
owners of securities have an improper personal interest therein
without obtaining their consent in a manner that is prohibited by
law and/or that it will involve an improper personal interest of
the controlling shareholder that was not settled in a suitable
proceeding and/or that it will constitute prohibited trading in an
asset that belongs to the holders of the Company’s
securities, and in any case it will constitute a prohibited
prejudice of the reliance of the holders of the Company’s
options. In response to their letter, the Company rejected the
demands that were raised therein for the reason that the decision
of the court does not give the series 4 option holders the right to
the aforesaid demands and that they have no legal
basis.
Further
to the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company in
January 2016 to raise capital on February 15, 2016, by way of an
offering to the public on a scale that will not be less than a sum
of NIS 15 million (as stated in note 16.H.(8) below), the
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company as stated above
to act no later than the end of February 2016 to raise capital by
way of an offering to the public at a share price that reflects an
offering on a scale of approximately NIS 500 million, and in view
of the postponement of the date for exercising the Company’s
series 4 options (as stated in note 15.B.(7) above), on February
15, 2016, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of the
Company gave their approval that the Company may receive from
Dolphin Netherlands, no later than February 18, 2016, a loan in a
sum of NIS 15 million (‘the subordinated debt’), by way
of a subordinated debt, on identical terms to the subordinated debt
that was given to the Company by Dolphin Netherlands on December 8,
2015 (as stated in note 16.G.(2)(e) below), but without a right to
convert it into shares of the Company.
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
B.
Investments in the Company’s capital in the years 2014 and
2015 and until the date of publication of this report
(cont.)
(8)
Resolution of the Board of
Directors of the company of January 24, 2016, to act to raise
capital by way of an offering to the public and increasing the
nominal capital of the company in February 2016
(cont.)
This
amount (or a part thereof) shall be automatically converted into
share capital within the framework of the offering (or within the
framework of any other type of capital that the Company will raise,
in an amount that will not be less than NIS 15 million, if it
raises any), such that the amount that will be converted into
capital as aforesaid will be the amount of the difference between
NIS 15 million and (1) the amount of the capital that will be
raised by the Company within the framework of the offering (or any
other raising of capital, as aforesaid), and (2) any amount that
will be injected into the Company as capital prior to the date of
the offering (or the raising of other capital, as aforesaid), and
the balance will be returned to Dolphin Netherlands in such a way
that does not conflict with any other undertaking of the Company.
It should be mentioned that in accordance with the provisions of
the amendment to the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings, as detailed
in Note 16.G.(2).(f) below, the subordinated loan will be
convertible into shares in the Company in accordance with the
exercise of judgment by Dolphin Netherlands and this will be as
from the time of the said amendment of the arrangement. Since
Dolphin Netherlands has a personal interest in the aforesaid
resolution by virtue of the fact that it is a party to the
subordinated debt agreement, the Audit Committee and the Board of
Directors of the Company determined that the subordinated loan is a
beneficial transaction and therefore it was approved pursuant to
regulation 1(2) of the Companies (Concessions in Transactions with
Interested Parties) Regulations, 5760-2000. On February 18, 2016, a
sum of NIS 15 million was received in the Company’s account
from Dolphin Netherlands.
Further
to the aforesaid resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Company regarding the offering of shares as aforesaid, on February
18, 2016, the general meeting of the Company approved the increase
of the registered share capital of the Company by 700,000,000
ordinary shares with no nominal value, so that the registered share
capital of the Company after the increase is 2,700,000,000 ordinary
shares with no nominal value.
For
details of the amendment to the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings
that was signed between the trustees of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings, Dolphin Netherlands and the Company, for the injection of
money into the Company instead of the undertaking to make tender
offers for the shares of the Company within the framework of the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and instead of the making of an
offering to the public in an amount of NIS 500 million pursuant to
the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company of January
24, 2016, as stated above, which was approved by the Court in March
2016, and in accordance with which an amount of NIS 85 million was
injected into the Company in March 2016, by way of subordinated
debt. See Note 16.G.(2)(f) below.
The
Company does not manage the shareholders’ equity (equity
deficit).
The
equity (equity deficit) attributed to the shareholders of the
Company constituted and might constitute in the future, among other
things, a parameter of the financial covenants vis-a-vis banks (see
note 16.E. below), in respect of regulatory permits and dividend
distributions. Said equity is exposed to volatility, due to, among
other things, the fluctuations in the value of financial assets
measured at fair value and changes in exchange rates, and
translation differences from foreign operations.
Equity
is affected, among other things, by the accounting policies of the
Company. Equity may also be affected, in the future, by actions
taken with regard to acquisitions or sales of shares of investee
companies in accordance with International Accounting Standards
(see Note 2.A above), and by the implications of the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, including the injection of amounts of
funds to the Company in accordance with the terms of the amendment
to the arrangement, as stated in Note 16.G.(2).(f) below. The
Boards of Directors of the group companies monitor the amounts of
the dividends distributed to their shareholders by, among other
things, assessing their ability to meet the existing and projected
liabilities of the companies when they become due.
Within
this framework, inter alia, the cash need of the companies in the
Group as well as their potential for producing the cash is being
examined, as reflected in certain financial indices and financial
ratios, and in addition their compliance with the financial ratios,
which the companies in the Group are committed to maintain within
the context of the financing agreements and the bonds that have
been issued, as set forth in Note 3.J, above is being
examined.
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
D.
Changes
in comprehensive income (loss)
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015 (unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
Total
equity attributed to the owners of the Company
|
Non-controlling
rights
|
Total
equity
|
Total
equity attributed to the owners of the Company
|
Non-controlling
rights
|
Total
equity
|
Total
equity attributed to the owners
of
the Company
|
Non-controlling
rights
|
Total
equity
|
|
NIS millions
|
Income
(loss) for the year
|
(360)
|
295
|
(65)
|
(988)(1)
|
219
(1)
|
(769)
|
(1)(146)
|
672
(1)
|
526
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
components of comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation differences from foreign
operations
|
9
|
3
|
12
|
237
|
111
|
348
|
(165)
|
(98)
|
(263)
|
Group’s share
in other comprehensive income (loss) of investee companies
accounted for by the equity method
|
(50)
|
(19)
|
(69)
|
359
|
216
|
575
|
(176)
|
(139)
|
(315)
|
Other
components of other comprehensive income (loss)
|
-
|
4
|
4
|
18
|
6
|
24
|
7
|
-
|
7
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss) for the year, net of tax
|
(41)
|
(12)
|
(53)
|
614
|
333
|
947
|
(334)
|
(237)
|
(571)
|
Total
comprehensive income (loss) for the year
|
(401)
|
283
|
(118)
|
(374)
|
552
|
178
|
(480)
|
435
|
(45)
|
(1) Non
material adjustment of comparative figures, see note 1.F.(2)
above.
E.
For details
regarding subsidiary companies, where the non-controlling interests
in them are immaterial, see Note 3.E. above.
IDB Development
Corporation
Ltd.
F-112
Note
15 – Equity (cont.)
F.
Earnings
(losses) per share
The
profit (loss) per share data in the year 2013 were retrospectively
adjustedaccording to the changes in the Company’s issued
share capital and the profit (loss) per share data have been
reclassified in the years 2013 and 2014 as a result of the
presentation of the results of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises
as discontinued operations.
The
profit (loss) per share data are based on the following
data:
1. Income
(loss) attributed to the holders of ordinary shares
(basic)
|
For
the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
for the year from continuing operations
|
(105)
|
(1) (661)
|
(1) (632)
|
Difference from the
Company’s share in losses of investee companies
|
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
Loss
attributed to the holders of ordinary shares from continuing
operations
|
(106)
|
(661)
|
(632)
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income (loss) for the year from discontinued
operations
|
(255)
|
(327)
|
486
|
Difference from the
Company’s share in losses of investee companies
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
Profit
attributed to the holders of ordinary shares from discontinued
operations
|
(255)
|
(327)
|
485
|
2.
Income
(loss) attributed to the holders of Ordinary Shares
(diluted)
|
For
the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
for the year from continuing operations
|
(105)
|
(1) (661)
|
(1) (632)
|
Difference from the
Company’s share in losses of investee companies
|
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
Loss
attributed to the holders of ordinary shares from continuing
operations
|
(106)
|
(661)
|
(632)
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income for the year from discontinued operations
|
(255)
|
(327)
|
486
|
Difference from the
Company’s share in losses of investee companies
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
Profit
attributed to the holders of ordinary shares from discontinued
operations
|
(255)
|
(327)
|
485
|
|
|
|
|
3.
Weighted
average number of ordinary shares – basic and
diluted
|
For
the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
number of ordinary shares used for the calculation of basic and
diluted earnings (losses) per share
|
603,952
|
252,292
|
219,906
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(2)
above.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-113
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost
A.
Non-Current
Liabilities
1. Bonds
|
As at December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
Bonds
|
19,961
|
22,024
|
Less
current maturities
|
(2,959)
|
(3,303)
|
|
17,002
|
18,721
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
|
Linkage
basis
|
Nominal
interest
|
Principal
payment date
|
Nominal
value
|
Book
value
|
|
Series
|
%
|
NIS millions
|
The Company (see also section D
below)
|
Series
G
|
CPI
|
4.50
|
2012-2018
|
802
|
977
|
|
Series
I
|
CPI
|
4.95
|
2020-2025
|
874
|
1,057
|
|
Series
J
|
Unlinked
|
6.60
|
2012-2018
|
309
|
307
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,985
|
2,341
|
|
Current
maturities
|
|
|
|
|
430
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,911
|
Discount Investment (see also section
F.1. below)
|
Series
D
|
CPI
|
5.00
|
2012-2016
|
103
|
127
|
|
Series
F
|
CPI
|
4.95
|
2017-2025
|
2,719
|
3,147
|
|
Series
H
|
CPI
|
4.45
|
2014-2019
|
124
|
148
|
|
Series
G
|
Unlinked
|
6.35
|
2012-2016
|
8
|
8
|
|
Series
I
|
Unlinked
|
6.70
|
2010-2018
|
660
|
660
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,614
|
4,090
|
|
Current
maturities
|
|
|
|
|
301
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,789
|
Property & Building (see also
section F.3. below)
|
Property Series
F(c)
|
CPI
|
4.95
|
2015-2023
|
974
|
1,040
|
|
Property Series
C
|
CPI
|
5.00
|
2009-2017
|
550
|
670
|
|
Property Series
D(b)
|
CPI
|
4.95
|
2020-2025
|
1,317
|
1,607
|
|
Property Series G
(b)
|
Unlinked
|
7.05
|
2012-2025
|
669
|
744
|
|
Gav-Yam
Series E
|
CPI
|
4.55
|
2014-2018
|
424
|
510
|
|
Gav-Yam
Series F
|
CPI
|
4.75
|
2021-2026
|
1,226
|
1,502
|
|
Gav-Yam
Series G
|
Unlinked
|
6.41
|
2013-2017
|
215
|
215
|
|
Ispro
Series B
|
CPI
|
5.40
|
2007-2021
|
306
|
377
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,681
|
6,665
|
|
Current
maturities
|
|
|
|
|
889
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,776
|
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-114
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
A.
Non-Current
Liabilities (cont.)
|
|
|
|
|
As at December 31, 2014
|
|
|
Linkage
|
Stated
interest
|
Principal
payment
date
|
Nominal
value
|
Book
value
|
|
Series
|
basis
|
%
|
NIS millions
|
Cellcom (see also section F.2
below)
|
Series
B
|
CPI
|
5.30
|
2013-2017
|
370
|
441
|
|
Series
D(a)
|
CPI
|
5.19
|
2013-2017
|
599
|
702
|
|
Series
E(a)
|
Unlinked
|
6.25
|
2013-2017
|
327
|
327
|
|
Series
F
|
CPI
|
4.60
|
2017-2020
|
715
|
733
|
|
Series
G
|
Unlinked
|
6.99
|
2017-2019
|
285
|
286
|
|
Series
H(a)
|
CPI
|
1.98
|
2018-2024
|
950
|
801
|
|
Series
I(a)
|
Unlinked
|
4.14
|
2018-2025
|
558
|
498
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,804
|
3,788
|
|
Current
maturities
|
|
|
|
|
734
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,054
|
Shufersal (see also section F.4.
below)
|
Series
B
|
CPI
|
5.20
|
2015-2019
|
1,365
|
1,736
|
|
Series
C
|
Unlinked
|
5.45
|
2010-2017
|
227
|
228
|
|
Series
D
|
CPI
|
2.99
|
2014-2029
|
413
|
410
|
|
Series
E
|
Unlinked
|
5.09
|
2014-2029
|
392
|
389
|
|
Series
F(ca)
|
CPI
|
4.30
|
2020-2028
|
317
|
314
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,714
|
3,077
|
|
Current
maturities
|
|
|
|
|
605
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,472
|
(a)
In February 2015,
Cellcom issued bonds to the public with an overall par value of NIS
844 million from its existing Series H (which is linked), by way of
the expansion of the series, against the purchase of NIS 555
million par value of bonds of Series D (which is linked), and it
also issued bonds to the public with an overall par value of NIS
335 million from its existing Series I (which is unlinked), by way
of the expansion of the series, against the purchase of NIS 272
million par value of bonds of Series E (which is linked). The bonds
from Series H and I that were issued as aforesaid, have been
registered for trading on the Stock Exchange and the bonds from
Series D and E that were purchased by Cellcom as aforesaid have
expired and have been delisted from trading on the Stock
Exchange.
(b)
In June 2015,
Property & Building issued bonds to the public with an overall
par value of NIS 213 million from its existingSeries F, at a price
reflecting an effective interest rate of 1.73% a year, linked to
the Consumer Prices Index, as well as bondswith an overall par
value of NIS 182 million, from its existing Series G, at a price
reflecting an effective interest rate 3.49% a year, which is not
linked to any index or currency whatsoever. The overall
consideration that Property & Building received in respect of
the issue of the said bonds amounted to NIS 471
million.
In
December 2015, Property & Building issued bonds to the public
with an overall par value of NIS 203 million, from its existing
Series D, at a price reflecting an effective interest rate of 3.58%
a year, linked to the Consumer Prices Index, bonds with an overall
par value of NIS 114 million, from its existing Series E, at a
price reflecting an effective interest rate of 2.55% a year, linked
to the Consumer Prices Index, as well as bonds with an overall par
value of NIS 100 million, from its existing Series F, at a price
reflecting an effective interest rate 3.68% a year, which is not
linked to any index or currency whatsoever. The overall
consideration that Property & Building received in respect of
the said bonds amounted to NIS 512 million.
(c)
In September 2015,
Shufersal issued bonds to the public with an overall par value of
NIS 317 million from Series F (new) and for an overall gross
consideration of NIS 317 million.
.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-115
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
A.
Non-Current
Liabilities (cont.)
|
|
|
|
|
As at December 31, 2014
|
|
|
Linkage
basis
|
Nominal
interest
|
Principal
payment date
|
Nominal
value
|
Book
value
|
|
Series
|
%
|
NIS millions
|
The
Company
|
Series
G
|
CPI
|
4.50
|
2012-2018
|
1,070
|
1,313
|
|
Series
I
|
CPI
|
4.95
|
2020-2025
|
874
|
1,067
|
|
Series
J
|
Unlinked
|
6.60
|
2012-2018
|
412
|
409
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,356
|
2,789
|
|
Current
maturities
|
|
|
|
|
433
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,356
|
Discount
Investment
|
Series
D
|
CPI
|
5.00
|
2012-2016
|
255
|
317
|
|
Series
F
|
CPI
|
4.95
|
2017-2025
|
2,772
|
3,222
|
|
Series
G
|
Unlinked
|
6.35
|
2012-2016
|
16
|
16
|
|
Series
I
|
Unlinked
|
6.70
|
2010-2018
|
813
|
814
|
|
Series
H and other bonds
|
CPI
|
4.45-5.50
|
1997-2019
|
170
|
205
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,026
|
4,574
|
|
Current
maturities
|
|
|
|
|
353
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,221
|
Property
& Building
|
Property Series
F
|
CPI
|
4.95
|
2015-2023
|
743
|
781
|
|
Property Series
C
|
CPI
|
5.00
|
2009-2017
|
825
|
1,014
|
|
Property Series
D
|
CPI
|
4.95
|
2020-2025
|
1,114
|
1,355
|
|
Property Series
G
|
Unlinked
|
7.05
|
2015-2025
|
450
|
490
|
|
Gav-Yam
Series E
|
CPI
|
4.55
|
2014-2018
|
566
|
687
|
|
Gav-Yam
Series F
|
CPI
|
4.75
|
2021-2026
|
1,226
|
1,518
|
|
Gav-Yam
Series G
|
Unlinked
|
6.41
|
2013-2017
|
322
|
322
|
|
Ispro
Series B
|
CPI
|
5.40
|
2007-2021
|
357
|
446
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,603
|
6,613
|
|
Current
maturities
|
|
|
|
|
810
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,803
|
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-116
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
A.
Non-Current
Liabilities (cont.)
|
|
|
|
|
As at December 31, 2014
|
|
|
Linkage
|
Stated
interest
|
Principal
payment
date
|
Nominal
value
|
Book
value
|
|
Series
|
basis
|
%
|
NIS millions
|
Cellcom
|
Series
B
|
CPI
|
5.30
|
2013-2017
|
555
|
668
|
|
Series
D
|
CPI
|
5.19
|
2013-2017
|
1,454
|
1,722
|
|
Series
E
|
Unlinked
|
6.25
|
2013-2017
|
899
|
897
|
|
Series
F
|
CPI
|
4.60
|
2017-2020
|
715
|
741
|
|
Series
G
|
Unlinked
|
6.99
|
2017-2019
|
285
|
286
|
|
Series
H
|
CPI
|
1.98
|
2018-2024
|
106
|
105
|
|
Series
I
|
Unlinked
|
4.14
|
2018-2025
|
223
|
221
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,237
|
4,640
|
|
Current
maturities
|
|
|
|
|
1,092
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,548
|
Shufersal
|
Series
B
|
CPI
|
5.20
|
2015-2019
|
1,706
|
2,210
|
|
Series
C
|
Unlinked
|
5.45
|
2010-2017
|
341
|
343
|
|
Series
D
|
CPI
|
2.99
|
2014-2029
|
443
|
439
|
|
Series
E
|
Unlinked
|
5.09
|
2014-2029
|
420
|
416
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,910
|
3,408
|
|
Current
maturities
|
|
|
|
|
615
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,793
|
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-117
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
A.
Non-Current
Liabilities (cont.)
2.
Bank
loans and other financial liabilities
|
December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Loans
from banks (see details below)
|
3,147
|
3,614
*
|
Loans
from others
|
639
|
507
*
|
|
3,786
|
4,121
|
Less
current maturities
|
(913)
|
(593)
*
|
|
2,873
|
3,528
|
Liabilities in
respect of construction (1)
|
122
|
103
|
Other
liabilities (2)
|
18
|
125
|
|
140
|
228
|
Less
current maturities
|
(115)
|
(92)
|
|
25
|
136
|
|
2,898
|
3,664
|
(1)
The liabilities are
or will be paid in construction services or in cash, at a certain
percentage of the sales receipts of the project.
(2)
Including a
liability in connection with a partnership agreement (“The
partnership agreement”), signed in August 2006 among
Shufersal, Leumi Card Ltd. (“Leumi Card”) and Paz Oil
Company Ltd. (“Paz”), for the founding of a limited
partnership (“the partnership”) by the abovementioned
parties, to centralize the ongoing administrative activity of
credit cards of the Shufersal chain. The partners’ share in
the partnership is as follows: Shufersal – 64%, Leumi Card
Ltd. – 16% and Paz – 20%.The profits to be earned from
the joint activity will be divided among the partners, based on the
aforementioned percentages. Furthermore, in July 2006, an operating
agreement was signed between Leumi Card and Shufersal, in
accordance with which Leumi Card operates the Shufersal credit
cards. The operating agreement is for a period of 10 years from
July 2006 and it will be renewed automatically for additional
periods of 18 months each, unless one of the parties has informed
the other, at least 180 days in advance before the end of the
period of the operating agreement or the extension period that it
does not wish to renew it. As of the time of the approval of these
financial statements, the period of the operating agreement has
been extended automatically by 18 additional months as from July
2016.
As at
the time of the publication of the report, as part of the
partnership agreement, arrangements were set up among the partners
regarding their holdings in the partnership, including the granting
of a Call option to Shufersal to purchase the holdings of Leumi
Card and Paz and the granting of a Put option to Leumi Card and to
Paz to sell their holdings to Shufersal, all in accordance with the
terms set out in the agreement. As at December 31, 2015, the Group
recorded a liability for the purchase of the shares of Leumi Card
and Paz in the partnership in an amount of NIS 133 million (2014 -
NIS 108 million). The increase in the liability in 2015 was
allocated to goodwill in an amount of NIS 17 million and to
financing expenses in an amount of NIS 8 million.
The
estimated amount of the liability was measured in accordance with
the present value of the option, which is based on the cash flows
of the actual results of operation for 2015, and on the basis of
the forecasted future cash flows of the partnership. The estimated
growth rate for 2017 is 2.5%, and beginning in 2018, is 1.2%. The
pre-tax discount rate in real terms is 11.13% (after-tax –
10.16%).
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-118
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
A.
Non-Current
Liabilities (cont.)
2. Bank
loans and other financial liabilities (cont.)
|
|
|
Book value as at December 31
|
|
Linkage
|
Interest
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
basis
|
%
|
NIS millions
|
The Company (see also sections C.(1) and
E in this Note)
|
Unlinked
|
6.49-7.55
|
*-
|
*-
|
Unlinked
|
Prime +
1-1.3
|
*-
|
*-
|
|
|
|
*-
|
*-
|
Discount
Investments
|
Unlinked
|
5.39-5.90
|
*-
|
214
|
|
Unlinked
|
Prime +
0.52-0.6
|
*-
|
307
|
|
|
|
*-
|
521
|
Cellcom (see sections F.2.c and F.2.d in
this Note below)
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shufersal
|
CPI
|
3.25-4.95
|
5
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property & Building (see also
section F.3.a.and F.3. c. in this Note below)
|
Unlinked
|
3.6
(2014: 6.4)
|
20
|
35
|
|
CPI
|
3.3
(2014: 4.3)
|
1,134
|
1,041
|
|
USD
|
5.0
|
1,534
|
1,524
|
|
|
|
2,688
|
2,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bartan
|
Unlinked
|
2.9
– 3.1
|
10
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
IDB
Tourism
|
Unlinked
|
4.7
|
7
|
9
|
|
USD
|
LIBOR +
4.95 – 5.6
|
207
|
239
|
|
|
|
214
|
248
|
IDB
Group
|
USD
|
LIBOR +
5
|
230
|
228
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
loans
|
|
|
3,147
|
3,614
|
*
Presented under
current liabilities, see sections E.12 and F.1.d. in this note
below.
3.
Net
liability for non-recourse loan (1)
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
Host
contract of a hybrid financial instrument in respect of
non-recourse loan
|
2,911
|
3,162
|
Less
the embedded derivative
|
(11)
|
(93)
(2)
|
Hybrid
financial instrument in respect of non-recourse loans (1)
|
2,900
|
3,069
|
(1)
See section F.1.b.
below.
(2)
Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see note 1.F.(2)
above.
See
Section F.1.b below in this Note for additional details regarding
the non-recourse loans.
Credit
from banking corporations and current maturities of loans from
banks and others
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
*2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Current
maturities of loans from banks
|
898
|
579
|
Current
maturities of other liabilities
|
130
|
106
|
Short-term loans
from banks
|
1,083
|
1,089
|
Short-term
loans
|
72
|
89
|
|
2,183
|
1,863
|
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-119
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
C.
Developments
in the Company’s Liabilities in 2015 and Subsequent to the
date of the Statement of Financial Position
(1)
In December 2010,
the Company signed an agreement with a banking institution that
previously provided it with a loan of NIS 750 million. As part of
the agreement, each of the (equal semi-annual) principal payments
of the loan will be deferred for three years, so that instead of
the payments being executed semi-annually commencing from March
2011 through March 2015, they will be executed semi-annually
commencing from March 2014 through March 2018. In addition, each of
the principal payments will bear, commencing from their initial
dates of payment until the new dates of payment (i.e., for a
three-year period), interest on the basis of the Prime rate plus a
margin of 1.3% instead of the fixed interest that was paid until
the original repayment dates. In accordance with the aforementioned
consent, additional refinancing of current principal payments in
respect of this loan was made in March 2015. For information
pertaining to financial restrictions and covenants in connection
with the aforementioned loan and additional loans of the Company,
see note 16.E. below.
(2)
Loan from a guaranteed creditor of the Company (entities from the
Menorah Group (“Menorah”))
In May
2012, the Company engaged with financial entities from the Menorah
Group in an agreement to receive a loan secured by a charge in the
amount of NIS 150 million. The loan is linked to the CPI and bears
CPI-linked interest at an annual rate of 6.9%, payable quarterly.
The loan principal will be paid in two portions: in 2017 – an
amount of NIS 50 million will be paid, and in 2018 – an
amount of NIS 100 million will be paid. As part of the aforesaid
loan, the Company granted the lender options to purchase shares of
Discount Investment held by the Company (constituting approximately
1.4% of the issued share capital of Discount Investment as at the
date of this report) at an exercise price which amounts, as of the
present date, to approximately NIS 21 per share, limited to a
benefit ceiling of NIS 21 per share (the ceiling for
the benefit reflects a price of NIS 42 per share at this time). The
aforesaid options will be exercisable (fully or partly, in one or
more portions, at the lender’s discretion) until May 2016.
The actual exercise of the options will be executed, at the
Company’s discretion, in cash (without a transfer of shares)
or in shares of Discount Investment, according to the value of the
benefit component on the exercise date. In September 2015, the
Company’s Board of Directors approved the redeeming of the
said options within the framework of the transaction in an amount
of NIS 400 thousand. As of the date of this report, the
Company’s Board of Directors has decided not to redeem
options as aforesaid. According to the loan agreement, the loan was
secured by a lien on the Company’s shares in Discount
Investments, Clal Industries Ltd. and Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises, with the initial mix of these shares being as
determined at an initial ratio of 150% between the value of the
charged shares to the outstanding balance of the loan according to
stock exchange closing prices. In July 2012 (following the
completion of a transaction for the sale of the shares in Clal
Industries Ltd. that were held by the Company, in accordance with
the provision of the loan agreement, the Clal Industries shares
that were charged, were released from the lien and this against the
depositing of an amount of approximately NIS 51 million in cash.
According to the loan agreement, in the event that the ratio
between the value of the charged shares and the outstanding balance
of the loan falls below 150% during the loan period, the Company
will provide the lender additional collateral by providing a
charged monetary deposit and/or additional shares of Discount
Investment and/or Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises(at the
Company’s discretion) so that the cover ratio will be 167%
according to the stock exchange closing prices. Furthermore,
various thresholds were provided, which may be higher, for
releasing shares from the aforesaid lien and for releasing dividend
receipts in respect of the charged shares. A condition for the
aforesaid shares being qualified to serve as collateral is,
inter alia, no change in
the Company’s control over the aforesaid companies. A change
in control as aforesaid will require providing a lien and monetary
deposit in advance, as provided in the agreement.
The
Company will be able to repay the loan in early repayment, under
conditions, which were agreed, and subject to the payment of an
early repayment fee, amounting, in accordance with the Company's
calculation for the month of March 2016, to approximately NIS 18
million. The circumstances upon which the loan may required to be
immediately repaid include, in addition to circumstances customary
in these types of loans, inter alia, another loan of the Company
being required to be repaid immediately, a transfer of control in
the Company, a decision being made to merge the Company, Discount
Investment and Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises (prior to the
completion of the merger transaction between Koor and Discount
Investments, this condition related to Koor as well), except for a
merger in which the relevant company is the absorbing
company.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-120
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
C.
Developments
in the Company’s Liabilities in 2014 and Subsequent to the
date of the Statement of Financial Position (cont.)
(2)
Loan from a guaranteed creditor of the
Company (entities from the Menorah Group
(“Menorah”)) (cont.)
The
following are details regarding the liens on the Company’s
assets provided in favor of the aforesaid secured lender as at
December 31, 2015, and proximate to the date of publication of the
report:
The
pledged asset
|
As at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
Proximate
to the date of publication of this report
|
|
Amount
|
Rate
of pledged holdings
|
Amount
|
Rate
of pledged holdings
|
|
NIS
millions nominal value
|
%
|
NIS
millions nominal value
|
%
|
Discount
Investments
|
20.4
|
20.2
|
29.3
|
29.0
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises
|
2.2
|
4.0
|
2.2
|
4.0
|
The
following are details regarding the ratios of the value of the
security to the net balance of the loan of the secured
lender:
|
Value
of marketable shares pledged in favor of the lender
(“security value”)
|
Balance
of the loan, net
|
Ratio
of security value to balance of the loan, net in percentages
(“cover ratio”)
|
Minimal
cover ratio required by the lender
|
|
NIS
millions
|
%
|
As of
December 31, 2015
|
237.4
|
153.1
|
155%
|
150%
|
As of
March 27, 2016
|
298.9
|
151.6
|
197%
|
150%
|
The
following are brief details of main developments that occurred in
2015 and up to the date of publication of this report, with regard
to the loan to the aforementioned secured lender, including with
regard to the release and addition of collateral:
In
light of the decline in the market value of the collateral provided
by the Company in favor of the loan, and a decline in the cover
ratio between the value of the collateral and the net balance of
the loan (less the monetary deposit that was pledged at that time
as collateral for the loan, in an amount of approximately NIS 18
million, which was deposited in respect of a dividend that was paid
by Discount Investments on November 18, 2014, in respect of shares
in Discount Investments that are charged in support of the loan),
and in order to meet the required cover ratio in such case
(approximately 167%, as stated above), the Company pledged, on
January 18, 2015, 6,878,000 additional shares of Discount
Investments, at values of approximately NIS 42 million, as at the
date of the pledge as stated above, in a way that subsequent to the
stated addition of lien as aforesaid, the balance of the loan
(principal and interest) was secured by a pledge of approximately
23.9% of the issued and paid-up share capital of Discount
Investments and approximately 4% of the issued and paid-up share
capital of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises and by a cash
deposit in a sum of approximately NIS 18.2 million.
Furthermore, due to
the fact that in accordance with the loan agreement, the Company
was entitled to demand the release of the pledged cash deposit as
aforementioned, immediately after its distribution, or at any
interest payment date, provided that the release does not cause the
coverage ratio to decrease below 167%, on April 2, 2015, at the
Company’s request, and in accordance with the provisions of
the loan agreement, a total of approximately NIS 18.2 million in
cash was released, which had been deposited in the pledged account,
as stated above.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-121
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
C.
Developments
in the Company’s Liabilities in 2014 and Subsequent to the
date of the Statement of Financial Position (cont.)
(2)
Loan from a guaranteed creditor of the
Company (entities from the Menorah Group
(“Menorah”)) (cont.)
The following are brief details of
main developments that occurred in 2015 and up to the date of
publication of this report, with regard to the loan to the
aforementioned secured lender, including with regard to the release
and addition of collateral (cont.):
As
specified in Note 15.B.(4) above, as part of the rights issue which
Discount Investment performed in September 2015, warrants of
Discount Investment were allocated to the Company, some of which
were deposited into the pledged account in favor of the repayment
of the Menorah loan (by virtue of shares of Discount Investment
which are pledged in favor of Menorah to secure the loan). In
November 2015, further to the Company’s request to Menorah,
and after the leveraging ratio fulfilled the required levels, all
the entire remainder of the aforementioned warrants was released
from the pledge.
In
January 2016, in light of the decrease in the market value of the
collateral, which the Company made available in support of the loan
and the decrease in relation to the coverage ratio between the
value of the collateral and the balance of the loan under the rate
of 150% on January 12, 2016 and January 21, 2016 and in order to
comply in 2 business days with the coverage ratio that was
determined in the loan agreement for such a case (as stated above
– approximately 167%), on January 13, 2016 and on January 25,
2016, the Company pledged an additional 5,000,000 and 3,900,000
shares of Discount Investments, respectively, at a value of
approximately NIS 32 million and approximately NIS 22 million, at
the time of each such pledge, such that following the addition of
the said pledges, the balance of the loan (principal and interest)
was secured by a pledge on approximately 29% of the issued and paid
up equity of Discount Investments and approximately 4% of the
issued and paid up equity of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises.
In this
regard, with respect to the restriction included in the
Company’s financing agreements with its lending corporations,
with regard to the pledging limit of additional assets for
additional collateral to lenders, it is noted that the Company
pre-informed its lending Corporations in respect of those
agreements where the aforementioned restriction is included
(without any of them voicing objection), as follows: (a) that the
Company intends to increase the collateral in favor of the
repayment of the Menorah loan; and (b) that according to the
Company’s position, subsequent to the release of the
collateral in favor of the Menorah loan in July 2014 as stated
above, the cumulative total of pledged assets is less than at the
date of application of the additional pledges limit (June 2012).
According to the Company’s position, the total cumulative
amount available to it before the utilization of the full pledges
limit as at December 31, 2015, and shortly before the date of
publication of the report, is NIS 91 million and NIS 35 million,
respectively.
(3)
Provision of subordinated
loans to the Company by Dolphin Netherlands
On
December 2, 2015, the Company signed an agreement with Dolphin
Netherlands, with respect to the outline of the alternative
injection, in which the Company was given subordinated loans by
Dolphin Netherlands, in the total amount of NIS 210 million (the
"Subordinated Debt"). The subordinated debt was given in accordance
with the provisions of the agreement between the parties, and was
injected into the Company in December 2015. For additional details
regarding the subordinated debt, the possibility of converting it
into Company shares, and the authorizations of the Company’s
relevant lending corporations for the outline regarding the
alternative injection, see Note 16.G.(2)(e) below. The value of
this subordinated loan, which had been received from the
controlling interest, was evaluated by an independent external
appraiser at an amount of NIS 53 million, at the time of the
initial recognition and the variance between the cash that was
received and the fair value in an amount of NIS 157 million has
been reflected under a capital reserve on transactions with a
controlling interest. The Company has designated the entire
subordinated loan, including the embedded derivative that is
inherent in it, as at fair value through profit and loss. As of
December 31, 2015, the fair value of the subordinated loan was
valued at NIS 49 million and accordingly the company has recorded
an amount of NIS 4 million under financing income in
2015.
Similarly, on
February 18, 2016, subsequent to the date of the statement of
financial position, an additional subordinated loan was made by
Dolphin Netherlands in a sum of NIS 15 million (for details, see
Note 15.B.(8) above) and on March 15, 2016, an amount of NIS 85
million was transferred to the Company by Dolphin Netherlands in
accordance with the provisions of the amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, as a subordinated loan (see Note
16.G.(2).(f) below for details), such that the overall amount of
the subordinated shareholder’s loan is NIS 310
million.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-122
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
C.
Developments
in the Company’s Liabilities in 2014 and Subsequent to the
date of the Statement of Financial Position (cont.)
(4)
On February 25,
2016 (as amended on March 1, 2016), an amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings was signed between the trustees of the
debt arrangement of IDB Holdings, Dolphin Netherlands and the
Company, which included an injection of money into the Company
instead of the undertaking to make tender offers for the shares of
the Company within the framework of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings and instead of the making of an offering to the public
pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company
on January 24, 2016, The said amendment to the debt arrangement in
IDB Holdings was approved by the Court on March 10, 2016. And on
March 15, 2016, the Company received an amount of NIS 85 million by
way of subordinated debt in accordance with the provisions of the
amendment of the debt arrangement. For additional details, see Note
16.G.(2)(f) below. For details of correspondence with the trustees
of the Company’s bondholders and the actions of the trustees
for the bondholders, including actions of the trustee for the
holders of the Company’s series I bonds with regard to the
aforesaid amendment of the debt arrangement outline, see Note 16.H
below.
D.
Current
Rating of the Company’s Bonds
On
January 20, 2015, Maalot announced that there was no change in the
Company's rating, as it was at that time (a rating of BB with a
negative rating outlook), following the Company's intention at that
time to issue rights for the purchase of shares.
On
February 26, 2015, Maalot announced the lowering of the
Company’s rating, and the ratings of its bonds, to a rating
of B, with a negative outlook. As part of the main considerations
involved in the determination of the rating, Maalot noted, inter
alia, that the lowering of the rating is due to a continued
increase in the leverage ratio and significant liquidity challenges
in the short term.
On
January 11, 2016, Maalot announced a reduction of the rating given
for the Company and its debentures, to a rating of CCC, negative
rating outlook. As part of the main considerations for the
determination of the rating, Maalot stated, inter alia, that in its
assessment, in light of the cancellation of the sale process with
respect to Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, and due to the
heavy burden of repayments in the near term, in combination with
the current leveraging ratio, the risk of insolvency or a debt
settlement in the Company in the next half year increased. Maalot
further stated, in its notice, that it intends to reduce the rating
to CC if a plan to strengthen the Company’s capital structure
is not formulated in the weeks subsequent to its notice, and that
it would reduce the rating to D in the event that the Company
announces non-compliance with one or more of its proximate debt
payments. On March 29, 2016, Maalot announced the awarding of a
rating of CCC (with a negative rating outlook) for bonds with an
overall volume of up to NIS 200 million (par value) which may be
issued by the Company by means of the expansion of the Series I of
bonds (as part of the outline for the amendment of the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, as stated in Note 16.G.(2).(f) below).
Within the context of the rating report, Maalot noted that it is
monitoring the developments in the Company and examining the impact
of the completion of the amendment of the debt arrangement and the
additional processes, which are supposed to support the solution of
the liquidity problem in the second half of 2016, and in
particular, in connection with the Company’s continued
holding in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises.
E.
Financial
Restrictions and Covenants
Financial restrictions and
covenants - In connection with the Company’s loans
from its lending corporations, where their debit balance as at
December 31, 2015, amounted to approx. NIS 897 million and the
principal balance as at December 31, 2015 amounted to approximately
NIS 573 million (“the lending corporations”3), the Company has undertaken, inter
alia, to comply with financial covenants. On June 29, 2012,
agreements were reached (materially similar agreements were reached
vis-a-vis each lending corporation separately), 4 which include, inter
alia, updates to previous financial covenants, which will apply and
will be calculated with respect to the end of a reported quarter,
in force as at June 29, 2012. Certain updates were made to these
agreements from August 2012, and certain updates were performed in
March 2013 (as specified in section 12 below).
Furthermore, as
detailed below, in March 2016, the Company reached additional
agreements with the lending corporations in connection with various
restrictions that are included in the financing
agreements.
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans
and other Financial Liabilities at Amortized Cost
(cont.)
E.
Financial
Restrictions and Covenants (cont.)
The
following is a description of the principal aforementioned
financial covenants and restrictions (including as amended in March
2016):
(1)
Net debt of the Company (solo)
and of its wholly owned designated subsidiaries (directly or
indirectly), will not exceed a limit of NIS 6.7 billion, net of an
amount equal to total cash receipts actually received by the
Company (after the deduction of taxes, levies and any other
payments required with respect to the sale) with respect to the
sale or transfer of the holdings of the Company (or of a subsidiary
wholly owned by the Company5) in corporations in
which the Company is an interested party.
(2)
The balance of cash and marketable
securities will not fall below the amount of the forecasted
current maturities for the two quarters following the reporting
quarter (“the liquidity covenant”) (no change was made
to this covenant as part of the understandings of June 2012). See
section (12) below for details regarding consent to suspend this
covenant.
(3)
Value of holdings in the relevant
companies - the average aggregate market value (in
accordance with the stock exchange closing price) of the
Company’s holdings (concatenated, with full dilution) in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises, Shufersal and Cellcom, on the last
day of the reporting quarter, together with the 19 consecutive
trading days which preceded it, with the addition of the
Company’s relative share (with consideration to its holding
rates through subsidiaries) of the cash dividend amounts
distributed by the aforementioned companies beginning on June 29,
20126
(“the value of holdings in the relevant companies” and
“the relevant companies”, respectively), will be no
less than NIS 1,692 million. The Company will not be considered as
in breach of this condition if, during the ten consecutive trading
days after the last day of the reported quarter, the average value
of the holdings in the relevant companies exceeds the
aforementioned amount. 7
Additionally, the
value of the holdings in the relevant companies (including with the
addition of the cash dividend amounts distributed by the relevant
companies, as stated above), divided by the Company’s debit
balance towards each relevant lending corporation, as at the last
day of the reported quarter (“the debit balance at the end of
the quarter”), will not fall below a ratio of 2.81. The Company will
not be considered as in breach of this condition if, during the ten
consecutive trading days after the last day of the reported
quarter, the average value of the holdings in the relevant
companies, divided by the balance at the end of the quarter of the
debt towards the relevant lending corporation, exceeds
2.81.
The
Company will be considered as in breach of the covenants specified
above in this section including if the trading of the shares of any
of the relevant companies is suspended or stopped for at least 10
trading days within the period, which includes the last day of the
reported quarter and the 28 business days, which preceded it. In
the event that the Company has given to any financier an
undertaking to comply with a covenant involving the average value
of the holdings to debt and/or another similar covenant, and the
financier has provided debts towards it, partly or fully, for
immediate repayment due to the breach of the same covenant in its
favor, the above will be considered a breach of the aforementioned
covenant, also towards the other financiers which have received
from the Company an undertaking to comply with such covenant (Cross
Default).
The
aforementioned covenant with respect to the value of the holdings
in the relevant companies (which occurred, as stated above, on June
29, 2012) replaced a covenant which is calculated based on
“economic capital”. The calculation of economic capital
was based on the total value of the Company’s share in
corporations held by it, independently or through holding companies
under its control (i.e., Discount Investments, and at that time
also Koor and Clal Industries) (hereinafter, jointly,
In January, June
and July 2015, the loans from three lending corporations, which
were subject to the same financial covenants were finally repaid in
accordance with the repayment schedules in the agreements covering
them, such that as of the time of the publication of this report
there were three relevant lending corporations.
4
In case of
differences in the wording of the agreements vis-a-vis the lending
corporations, the more stringent and restrictive wording is
provided hereunder.
6
And subject to the
condition that as at the date of the examination, the addition with
respect to the dividends distributed by Cellcom and Shufersal, and
the addition with respect to the dividends distributed by Clal
Insurance Enterprise Holdings, will be restricted by the cash
amounts held by Discount Investment and the Company,
respectively.
Except in the event
that, during the 12 business days after the last date of the
reported quarter, a suspension of trading of three or more days
occurred.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-124
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
E.
Financial
Restrictions and Covenants (cont.)
(3)
Value of holdings in the relevant
companies (cont.)
in this
section: “the headquarter companies”), (in accordance
with the Company’s actual concatenated rate of holding of the
same held corporation), not including the value of its holdings in
the headquarter companies themselves, less the total net financial
debt of the Company and of each of the headquarter companies
(according to the Company’s actual rate of holding of the
headquarter companies).
As part
of the economic capital covenant, the Company undertook that the
Company’s economic capital will not fall below NIS 2 billion.
The Company will be considered as being in compliance
with the
aforementioned covenant, even if at the end of the reported quarter
the economic capital was lower than NIS 2 billion, but higher than
NIS 1.5 billion, until the three quarters subsequent to the
reported quarter have passed, where in each one of such quarters,
economic capital did not surpass NIS 2 billion. Even in the event
that, in any financial report published by the Company, the
Company’s economic capital is lower than NIS 1.5 billion, the
Company will not be considered as being in breach of its
undertaking, if during the period which passed from the date of the
date of the aforementioned financial report and the date of its
publication, the Group (the “Group” - the Company,
including its consolidated companies (including partially
consolidated companies) and associates) took action where, if this
action had
been reflected in the published financial report, the economic
capital would not have fallen below NIS 1.5 billion.
(4)
The loan agreements
with the relevant lending corporations include provisions which
require their advance consent in the following cases: the charging
of any of
the Company’s assets in excess of certain cumulative amount;
the sale of the major holdings (on this matter, the shares of
Discount Investment and Clal Holdings Insurance Enterpriseswhich
are held by the Company, and, until the aforementioned
understandings were reached with lending corporations in June 2012,
also the shares of Clal Industries) to third parties in excess of a
certain cumulative rate; and also in the case of the sale of major
holdings together with the charging of the Company’s assets
in excess of a certain cumulative rate. In continuation of the
aforesaid, as a result of the Clal Industries transaction (which
was completed in July 2012), the Company has exploited its entire
magazine which was available to it in support of pledges and
sales.
In the understandings reached with the lending
corporations in 2012, as specified above, it was agreed that along
with the aforementioned restrictions and covenants, the Company
will not be entitled to create charges and to sell assets, other
than in accordance with the following
provisions: 9
(a)
The Company will be
entitled to place additional charges on holdings in investee
companies, beginning on June 29, 2012, without approval from the
lending corporations, insofar as an addition of collateral is
required for existing secured lenders only, up to a
collateral value of NIS 100
million (less repayments to secured creditors, as specified below),
where towards some of the lending corporations, the aforementioned
limit will be calculated in accordance with the market value of the
assets as at June 29, 2012, and for the other part, according to
the market value of the assets on the date of the charge
(“the charges bank” or “the restriction on
additional charges”).
Additionally, the
Company will be entitled to place additional charges in favor of the
secured creditors, in place of any of the currently charged assets,
provided that the value of the alternative assets does not exceed
the value of the replaced asset, according to the agreed-upon
terms. The aforementioned alternative charges will not reduce the
series of charges.
Within
the framework of the agreement with on of the lending banking
corporations in March 2016 the said banking corporation agreed that
despite the prohibition on creating lienes, as aforesaid, the said
banking corporation’s agreement will not be required in
writing for the creation of a lien or a charge in favor of any
third party whatsoever, on the Company’s holdings in Discount
Investments and/or Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, whether in
whole or in part, subject to the compliance with the conditions
that are detailed as follows: Any lien that may be created shall be
solely and exclusively against new credit that may be made
available to the Company, including by means if the issuance of
bonds (“New credit”); the lien that may be created is
to serve solely and exclusively as collateral for the new credit;
the agreements between the Company and the third party that makes
the new credit available to the Company is not to include a
mechanism of the increasing of the extent of the collateral of any
sort or type whatsoever; in amounts whatsoever are to be repaid on
account of the principal of the new credit so long as the Company
owes any amounts whatsoever to the said banking corporation in
respect of the banking services;
Note
16 – Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at Amortized
Cost (cont.)
E.
Financial
Restrictions and Covenants (cont.)
(a)
(cont.)
the
full amount of the new credit is to be used solely and exclusively
for the repayment of the Company’s existing debts in
accordance with their original repayment schedules. For this issue,
“existing debts” means the total of all of the
Company’s liabilities as of February 23, 2016 – (1) to
banks and/or to other financial institutions, (2) which derive from
straight bonds, (3) which derive from convertible bonds, (4) in
respect of loans that the Company has related from any third
parties whatsoever (except for shareholders’ loans and/or
loans that the Company has received from any of the special purpose
subsidiary companies and/or bodies under its control). As of the
time of the publication of this report, the Company is continuing
to hold contacts with the other two relevant lending corporations,
in connection with this issue.
(b)
The Company will be
entitled to schedule earlier repayments to secured creditors on
account of the principal of existing debts, subject to the
provision of an update to the lending corporations. However, the
performance of such payments will reduce the amount of the series
of charges specified above by half of the amount whose payment date
was rescheduled for an earlier date, as aforesaid.
In this
regard, early repayments to secured creditor that were made by the
Company in August and September of 2012 reduced the series of
additional to an amount of NIS 48.2 million. However, according to
the Company’s position (of which the lending corporations
were informed, who did not express any objection), following the
release in July 2014 of surplus collateral provided in favor of the
secured lender from the Menorah Group, as stated in note 16.C.2.
above, the cumulative total of the charged assets as of December
31, 2015 is lower than at the date of application of the additional
charge restriction in June 2012, and accordingly, the cumulative
total that was available to the Company until full utilization of
the additional charge limit as of December 31, 2015 and as of the
time of the publication of this report, is NIS 91 million and NIS
35 million, respectively.
(c)
The Company was
entitled to sell, holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesand in Discount Investment Corporation (“major
holdings”), as from June 29, 2012 and until the receipt of
the agreements in March 2016, as described below, without the
approval of the lending corporation, subject to the following
conditions: (a) The cumulative
market value of the major holdings sold after June 29, 2012 must
not exceed a total of NIS 100 million, where for some of the
lending corporations, the aforementioned limit will be calculated
according to the market value of the assets as at June 29, 2012,
and for the other part, in accordance with the market value as at
the date of the sale (“restriction regarding the sale amount
of the major holdings”); (b) The Company will not dispose of
its control holdings (at least 50.01% of issued and paid-up
capital, with full dilution) of any of the aforementioned
companies; and (c) The consideration with respect to the sale of
the aforementioned holdings will be in cash only, and will be
entirely used only for agreed and permitted uses, as these are
defined in section 5 below.
Within
the framework of the Company’s agreements with the relevant
lending corporation in March 2016, it was agreed that as from
February 23, 2016, the prior agreement of the said lending
corporations will not be required in writing for the sale of the
Company’s holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises,
and this subject to compliance with all of conditions that are
detailed as follows: the consideration in respect of the sale will
be received solely in cash; the full amount of the consideration
that will be received from the sale is to be used solely and
exclusively for settling the Company’s existing debts (within
the meaning of that term in Section (4) (a) below), in accordance
with their original repayment schedules. These agreements replace
the agreements that are stated in Section 4(C)(a) and (b)
above.
(5)
The balance of the
Company’s liquid resources, from any source whatsoever, will
only be used for the agreed-upon purposes, including repayment of
existing debts according to their amortization schedules, early
repayment of existing debts which are secured by charges, for the
purpose of complying with financial ratios by virtue of existing
debts towards the aforementioned financiers, for the purpose of
financing current expenses in the ordinary course of business, and
for the purpose of performing permitted investments, as defined
below (hereinafter, jointly: “permitted
uses”).
Where regarding
some of the lending corporations, the restrictions applicable to
charges and sales (as specified in subsections a. to c. below) will
apply with respect to charges and sales, which are beyond the rates
permitted as specified in section (4).
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
16 – Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at Amortized
Cost (cont.)
E.
Financial
Restrictions and Covenants (cont.)
“Permitted
investments” - existing investments which have been specified
in the agreements with the lending corporations (including in the
petroleum sector, projects in Las Vegas, IDB Tourism and other
investments in a cumulative total of up to NIS 2 million),
according to the scope of the forecasted cash flows published by
the Company in its report for the first quarter of 2012, in a total
amount which will not cumulatively exceed NIS 239 million, where
out of the total aforementioned sum, up to NIS 100 million could
have been invested in the Plaza project in Las Vegas. Since the
Company no longer holds the Plaza project in Las Vegas, the amount
of permitted investments amounts to a total not to cumulatively
exceed NIS 139 million. A breach event performed by the Company and
still in effect, the performance of any investment will require
advance approval from the lending corporations9.
With
the objective of enabling the Company to implement the provisions
of Dolphin Netherland’s offer to the Company and to Discount
Investments, dated June 29, 2015, as detailed in Note 15.B.(4)
above, the Company has referred and received the agreement of the
relevant lending corporations in August 2015, and an updated
agreement dated December 2015 that the amount of the permitted
investment will increase by an additional amount of NIS 250 million
for the purpose of the execution of an investment in Discount
Investments and solely that the source of the amount of the
additional investment in Discount Investments shall be solely and
exclusively from the amounts that the Company received by way of
the subordinated shareholder’s loan that the Company has
received or capital injections (including by way of the issuance/
allocation of share capital of the Company or option warrants that
are exercisable into capital, a rights issue, the exercise of
option warrants or the allocation. Issuance of any other capital
instruments), which are executed after June 29, 2015 in excess of
an amount of NIS 110 million. From the Company’s perspective,
the said agreement will also apply in relation to the subordinated
loan that has been received/ will be received within the framework
of the amendment of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings (as
detailed in Note 16.G.(2)(f) below. For details regading the
shareholders’ loan that the Company received in December
2015, see Note 16.G.(2).(e) below.
Furthermore, within
the framework of the agreements in March 2016, the Company received
the agreements of the said lending corporations, for the execution
of additional permitted investments in Modiin Energy –Limited
Partnership(directly or indirectly) is permitted in an amount that
shall not cumulatively exceed NIS 5,000,00 (NIS five million),
which was executed after March 21, 2016, subject to the source of
the amount of the investment being solely and exclusively from the
monies that the Company has received by way of a capital injection
(by way of the issuance/ allocation of the Company’s share
capital and/or option warrants that are exercisable into capital,
rights issues, shareholders’ loans and/or the exercise of
option warrants), which are performed after February 23, 2016. For
this issue, “shareholders’ loans” means the
amounts that have been injected into the Company by its controlling
shareholder (or other entities that are controlled by Elsztain by
way of an interest bearing loan, which are convertible into shares,
which will be subordinated to all of the other debts and
liabilities of the Company (including in the case of insolvency)
and they will be repaid (including interest) to the controlling
shareholder solely after the repayment of all of the
Company’s debts (if they have not previously been converted
into shares).
(6)
The Company will
not perform changes to the terms of the unsecured loans which have
been provided to it, which will improve the condition of the
relevant creditor, unless it will reach an understanding with the
other lending corporations (the loan agreements with whom include
the financial covenants specified above) regarding an identical
improvement of their condition, including changes to the original
amortization schedule of its existing credit, in a manner which
will involve the earlier scheduling of any repayment date, except
for an early repayment initiated by the Company in favor of secured
creditors, and an improvement of the interest terms to a certain
lender, including an undertaking according to which, in the event
that the Company agrees to increase the interest rate with respect
to any of its unsecured debts, the increased interest rate will
apply at the same ratio also towards the other lending
corporations.
9
The trustees for
the bonds of the Company and IDB Holdings demanded that the Company
does not make any additional investments without their consent. The
Company updates, in certain cases, the trustees to the bonds with
regards to making investments .
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
16 – Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at Amortized
Cost (cont.)
E.
Financial
Restrictions and Covenants (cont.)
(7)
The Company will
not perform (directly and/or through a wholly owned subsidiary) a
buy-back, redemption or repayment of any bonds whatsoever which
have been issued and/or will be issued by it, and will not finance
any of the aforementioned activities. It is clarified that the
foregoing does not apply to current repayments, in accordance with
currently existing amortization schedules.
(8)
The Company
undertook to provide 21 days notice before reaching a decision
regarding a dividend distribution. On this matter,
“dividend” means: including transaction with related
parties and other companies in the Group. See also section (5)
above that by virtue of the undertaking included in it, the Company
is prevented from distributing dividends.
(9)
The Company has
undertaken not to provide any loans to a shareholder or to any
entity related to a shareholder, excluding as part of the permitted
investments, as defined in section (5) above, and not to make
repayment in any manner, to any entity in the group of existing
and/or future shareholders, except as agreed. For details regarding
a bridging loan given to the Company by the Elsztain Group and
Extra, which was converted into the Company’s share capital,
see Note 15.B.1.a. above. For details regarding the subordinated
loans that the Company has received from Dolphin Netherlands, see
Note 15.B.(8) above and Notes 16.G.(2).e. and f.
below.
(10)
The Company has
undertaken not to pay management fees to a shareholder or to a
related party to a shareholder, without the advance written consent
of the lending corporations, except as agreed.
(11)
In the event that
an undertaking to fulfill certain financial covenants has been
given to a certain lending corporation, which includes various
and/or additional terms in addition to the terms specified in the
letters of undertaking given to the other lending corporations
(“the additional terms”), notice will be given to the
other lending corporations, and at the request of any of the
foregoing, the Company will agree to the application of the
additional terms also with respect to it.
(12)
Negotiations to arrange the financial covenants
As part
of the agreements from 2012, it was further agreed that until March
31, 2013, the parties will act towards formulating an arrangement
to replace the aforesaid and which would be checked for the first
time as from July 10, 2013 in relation to the data for the second
quarter of 2013 And that in case the parties do not reach an
agreement by March 30, 2013, the covenant with regard to the
economic capital will be re-applied as of July 10, 2013, in
relation to the data of the second quarter of 2013, and
additionally the adjustment periods included within the economic
capital will apply (as specified in section (3) above). In
addition, the covenants with regard to cash balance and marketable
securities and the covenant with regard to the net debt limit (in a
formula to be amended). It has further been agreed that the
amendments to the restrictions and to the covenants made on June
29, 2012 (as amended in August 2012) apart from the amendments
stated in sections 3 and 4 (a) to 4. (c) above, will continue to
apply even in case no such agreement is reached as
stated.
In
March 2013 the Company reached an understanding with its lending
corporations, according to which the covenants described above will
continue to apply on all matters pertaining to the evaluation of
the results for all four quarters of 2013, and the results of the
first quarter of 2014, while adding the following
updates:
(1)Until the end of
April 2014, the parties will work to formulate an arrangement,
which will replace the existing financial covenants and apply for
the first time to the results of the second quarter of 2014. If the
parties do not reach an understanding, the financial covenants from
before the understandings of June 29, 2012 will come into effect
again (and particularly the “economic capital”
mechanism, including the adjustment periods included in
it).
(2)
The covenant
involving the balance of cash and marketable securities (see
section (B) above (has been suspended beginning in the second
quarter of 2013, and it was agreed that it will be re-applied,
unless otherwise agreed, with respect to the results for the second
quarter of 2014 and thereafter.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
16 – Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at Amortized
Cost (cont.)
E.
Financial
Restrictions and Covenants (cont.)
(12)
Negotiations to arrange the financial
covenants (cont.)
In
June, September and December 2014, and in March, May and August
2015 and also in March 2016, the Company reached additional
understandings with the relevant lending corporations with respect
to additional extensions of the financial covenants in the loan
agreements, inter alia, following the understandings in August
2015, the results for the third and fourth quarters of 2015 will
also be evaluated according to the foregoing and following the
agreements in March 2016, the results for the first and second
quarters of 2016 would also be evaluated in accordance with them.
As part of the extension of August 2015, it was agreed that the
parties would work to formulate an arrangement, to replace the
current financial covenant arrangements by September 30, 2016, and
if such an arrangement has not been reached, then with respect to
the results for the third quarter of 2016 and thereafter, the
previous financial covenants will re-apply (and particularly, the
covenant regarding the balance of cash and marketable securities
will not fall below the projected scope of current maturities in
the two quarters subsequent to the reported quarter (the
“liquidity covenant”) and the “economic
equity” mechanism (including the remedy periods specified
therein as specified above).
As of
the date of the report, the Company estimates that it will not be
able to meet the levels that were determined in the past within the
framework of the covenants regarding the economic capital and the
liquidity covenant, if they are reapplied as aforesaid and this is
in relation to the results of the third quarter of 2016. The
Company is continuing to act in order to reach consents with the
relevant financing corporations in order to arrange over time the
calculated financial covenants that were determined in the
provisions of its loan agreements as stated above, and additional
contractual issues that exist in the loan agreements. For details
regarding the establishment of the Board of Directors’
committee which is authorized, inter alia, to conduct negotiations
with the Company’s financial lenders to reach the new
financial covenants, see Note 15.B.3. above.
It
should be noted that in parallel to the agreements that were signed
opposite the lending entities dated March 2013, the Company has
also made a commitment opposite one of its lending entities that an
agreed decisive mechanism will apply in relation to any dispute
with the said lender in connection with the question of whether
grounds exist affording the lender the right to make it repayable
immediately, if an event has occurred that might impair the
Company's financial ability. In accordance with the said mechanism,
if the lender informs the Company that an event has occurred, which
in its opinion might impact its financial ability and the Company
disputes this, the lender will be entitled to inform the Company
that the dispute will be decided by two adjudicators (whose
identity is agreed by the parties, a representative of the lender
and a representative of the Company) and their decision shall bind
the Company. In the event that the adjudicators do not reach a
decision, the adjudicator who is a representative of the lender
will be entitled to appoint an additional adjudicator, whose
decision shall be binding. In addition, in March 2013, the Company
gave an undertaking to one of the said lending corporations that no
additional investment would be allowed in activities in the gas
field, except with the approval in advance of the said lender
(except for payments in respect of commitments that had been given
in the past in an amount not exceeding NIS 4 million). In February
2016, the said lending corporation gave approval to the Company for
an investment in Modiin Energy Limited Partnership
(“Modiin”) in an amount not exceeding the balance of
the permitted investment, which as at the time of the said
agreement stood at an amount of NIS 3 million. In addition, the
Company has reached new agreements with the relevant lending
corporations in March 2016, for an investment in Modiin in an
amount of up to NIS 5 million. (See Section 5 above).
Furthermore, the
Company has informed the said lending entities that insofar as the
covenant arrangements with one lending entity include a provision
that is not included within the framework of the arrangements with
another lending entity, the other lending entity will be entitled
to request that the covenants arrangement with it will be updated
such that it will include the said provision.
As at
December 31, 2015, and shortly before the date of publication of
this report, the Company is in compliance with the calculated
financial covenants by which it was bound.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
E.
Financial
Restrictions and Covenants (cont.)
(12)
Negotiations to arrange the financial
covenants (cont.)
As of
December 31, 2015, loans of the Company, which are subject to the
specified financial covenants, totaling NIS 367 million, were
classified in the financial statements of the Company within
current liabilities (the balance of the principal of the loans that
were subject to the same financial covenants on that date was NIS
573 million), in accordance with International Accounting Standards
and with note to the fact that the Company had reached agreements
with those relevant lending corporations, as part of which the
financial covenant arrangements existing within the loan agreements
were extended to a period of less than 12 months and regarding the
stipulation that those relevant lending corporations may have
claims in connection with the covenant regarding a change in
control of the Company as of the reporting date (see section 14
below).
(13)
Additional grounds for
immediate repayment
In
addition to the aforementioned financial restrictions and
covenants, in agreements with banks and financial entities (subject
to certain provisions and to the various relevant definitions
provided in each agreement) and in certain bonds issued by the
Company, there are customary provisions regarding the right to
require immediate repayment, including, inter alia, the following
circumstances (in whole or in part, as applicable): provisions
which grant the banks and the financial entities the right to
demand early repayment in certain cases involving a change in
control (with regard to this cause see section 14 below);
provisions which grant the right to demand immediate repayment of
the loans, in the event that another debt of the Company has been
repaid through early repayment or immediate repayment, or through
any repayment which is not in accordance with the original
amortization schedule, at the demand of the creditor (cross
acceleration) or the existing of grounds for making another date of
the company repayable immediately (with respect to the bonds
(Series G) of the Company - in the event that immediate repayment
is required of another series of the Company’s bonds);
Reaching of a decision to liquidate and/or submission of a petition
for liquidation or for the appointment of a provisional liquidator
against the Company, and the filing of a motion to suspend
proceedings against the Company or the filing of a motion to issue
an assets receivership order or to initiate rehabilitation
proceedings, a debt arrangement / arrangement or convention or
scheduling of creditors’ meetings in connection with an
arrangement / insolvency or the filing of a motion for an
arrangement or settlement, all in the event that the aforementioned
motions have not been canceled / withdrawn within a certain period
of time (according to the provisions of each agreement and/or trust
deed); an approach by the Company to creditors for the receipt of a
delay or compromise; negotiations or a declaration stating that the
Company intends to conduct negotiations for the purpose of
formulating an arrangement / settlement proposal between the
Company and its creditors or shareholders, or approval of such an
arrangement or settlement proposal; filing of a motion for assets
receivership regarding all or part of the Company’s property,
appointment of a temporary, permanent, or other liquidator, special
manager, trustee, or temporary, permanent or other assets receiver,
realization of charges, imposition of foreclosures or taking of
similar enforcement actions, all in the event that the motions /
actions have not been canceled within a certain period of time (in
accordance with the provisions of each agreement and/or trust
deed); the reaching of a decision or intention with respect to the
performance of a structural change (such as a merger);
discontinuance of the payment of debts or arrears in payment;
announcement by the Company that it intends to stop paying its
debts; the existence of reasonable fear or substantial fear that
the Company will not be able to repay its debts or if it should
discontinue its payments; a situation in which the Company may
cease or there is reasonable fear that it will cease to conduct its
business; an event that could harm the Company's financial ability
or an event having a significant adverse impact on the Company or
on its financial position; an event that constitutes a significant
impairment or which could cause a significant impact on the rights
of the holders of the bonds; the filing of a claim or initiation of
regulatory or other proceedings or investigations in which the
Company is involved, and where it is reasonable to believe that the
foregoing will pose a material risk to its ability to fulfill its
obligations; the cancellation/ suspension/ expiration/ restriction
of an approval/ permit/ license/of a governmental authority, which
is required by the Company in order to meet its commitments in a
manner that might significantly adversely affect its ability to
execute its commitments; all of the above - in case of certain
circumstances as set forth in the agreements or in the debentures,
as applicable.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-130
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
E.
Financial
Restrictions and Covenants (cont.)
(14)
Change of control in the Company
Upon
the completion of the debt arrangement at IDB Holdings in May 2014,
Mr. Elsztain and Mr. Ben-Moshe (through companies controlled by
them) became controlling shareholders in the Company. With respect
to this change in control, the Company received consent from the
relevant lending corporations in June and July 2014, regarding the
stipulation that the transfer of control to Messrs. Elsztain and
Ben-Moshe will not constitute grounds for requiring immediate
repayment.
It is
noted that one lender stipulated its consent upon the condition
that if any of the controlling shareholders specified above
(directly or indirectly, including through corporations under their
control) no longer holds at least 26.65% of the Company’s
issued capital (with full dilution), including no longer holding
all of the rights associated with the shares, as these were in
effect on the date of consent (July 3, 2014), the foregoing will
constitute grounds for requiring the immediate repayment of the
credit.
The
Company notified the other relevant lending corporations that so
long as the aforementioned stipulation vis-à-vis this lender
was in force, the Company would consider the credit agreements
which were signed vis-à-vis the aforementioned lenders as
including a similar stipulation. It is noted that the
Company’s secured creditor of the Menorah Group has not
granted its consent for the change in the control of the Company
(the Company has not contacted them on the matter).
Further
to that stated in Note 15.B.(2) to the annual financial statements,
in light of the rights issue which was performed by the Company in
February 2015, the cumulative stake of Mr. Elsztain and Mr.
Ben-Moshe (through corporations under their control) increased from
62.5% (31.27% each) to approximately 77.7% of the Company’s
issued capital, although the stake of Mr. Ben-Moshe alone (through
a corporation under his control) decreased to approximately 16.2%
of the Company’s issued capital, immediately after the said
rights issue.Additionally, following the exercise of the
Company’s warrants (Series 4) on June 2, 2015 by companies
under the control of Mr. Eduardo Elsztain, in the total amount of
NIS 150 million (see Note 15.B.(3) above), the cumulative stake of
Mr. Elsztain and Mr. Ben-Moshe (through corporations under their
control) increased to approximately 80.72% of the Company’s
issued capital, where the stake of Mr. Ben-Moshe alone decreased to
approximately 13.99%.
In
October 2015 (following the arbitrator's decision from September
2015), the buy me buy you process was completed, in a manner
whereby Mr. Ben-Moshe sold (by means of a corporation under his
control) all of the Company’s shares which were held by him
to IFISA (a member of the Dolphin Group). Following the above, the
total holding rate of the Dolphin Group in the Company’s
shares increased to 80.72% of the Company’s issued capital,
and Mr. Mordechai Ben Moshe ceased being a shareholder in the
Company (for details, see Note 15.B.(5) above).
Beginning in
January 2015, the Company contacted, several times, the
aforementioned lending corporation (which was given the right to
demand the immediate repayment of the loan if one of the
controlling shareholders ceases independently holding at least
26.65% of the Company’s issued capital)10 and the two additional relevant lending
corporations (including after the completion of the buy me buy you
process, as stated above), and requested their consent for the
establishment of the control covenant, in a manner whereby the
changes in the holding rates in the Company, as a result of the
rights issue, and as a result of the completion of the buy me buy
you process, as stated above, will not be considered a breach of
the provision of the loan agreements.In March 2016, the Company
received the agreements of the relevant lending corporations for
the arrangement of the control covenants in the Company and a new
control covenant was set in accordance with which the lending
corporations make the loan repayable immediately of Elsztain and/or
entities that are controlled by him cease to hold directly and/or
indirectly at least 51% of the Company’s issued and paid up
share capital (on a fully diluted basis).
10 So long as
the aforementioned stipulation against this lending corporation
remains in effect, the Company considers the credit agreements,
which were signed with the two additional lending corporations as
including a similar stipulation.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-131
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2014 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
1.
Discount Investment Corporation
a.
In December 2014,
the Board of Directors of Discount Investments approved a plan for
repurchase of its bonds, as outstanding from time to time, by
Discount Investments or a wholly owned subsidiary, in a total scope
of NIS 200 million during a period of 12 months. In December 2014,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Discount Investments acquired its
bonds in an immaterial amount and in 2015, a subsidiary that is
wholly owned by Discount Investments acquired on the Stock Exchange
series D bonds of Discount Investments with a nominal value of NIS
46 million, series F bonds with a nominal value of NIS 53 million
and series I bonds with a nominal value of NIS 5 million, for a
total consideration of NIS 110 million. The aforesaid bonds have
not been delisted from trade on the Stock Exchange. As a result of
the aforesaid acquisitions, the Company recorded its share in the
profit in an amount of NIS 13 million in 2015.
b.
As part of
completion of the merger agreement between Adama and ChemChina in
October 2011, Koor was given, through a Chinese bank (‘the
Chinese bank’) a non-recourse loan in a sum of $960 million,
secured by a charge on Adama’s shares held by Koor
immediately after the completion of the merger transaction
(hereafter in this section, “the charged shares” and
”the non-recourse loan”). The non-recourse loan was
given to Koor and its wholly owned subsidiary, and was divided
between Koor and the aforesaid subsidiary in proportion to the
number of charged shares held by each one of them.
In
December 2013, the aforesaid subsidiary was merged with Koor and
liquidated without winding-up, and from that date, the loan
agreement has been with Koor only. As part of the non-recourse loan
agreement, it was held, inter
alia, that the voting rights for the charged shares belong
to Koor, except in a case of a ‘breach event’ (see
below), in which case the Chinese bank will be entitled to the
voting rights by virtue of the charged shares. Koor is entitled to
transfer the charged shares (subject to restrictions in the
shareholders agreement between Koor and ChemChina in connection
with their holdings in Adama), in whole or in part, provided that
in the case of a transfer to an unrelated third party, the
consideration that it will receive will be used first to repay the
proportional share of the loan (according to the number of charged
shares that are transferred). In a case of a breach event (as
defined below), the Chinese bank will be entitled to demand
immediate repayment of the loan, and to realize the charge, unless
Koor pays the loan within five working days of the date on which
its immediate repayment is demanded. As a rule (apart from in
exceptional cases), there is no repair period for breach
events.
The
following are details regarding the main terms of the non-recourse
loan:
●
Payment of
principal and interest: the principal of the non-recourse loan will
be paid in full at the end of seven years from the date on which
the loan is given. In the first four years from the date on which
the non-recourse loan is given (hereafter ‘the period of the
first four years’), the interest is not paid (apart from
dividends received on the charged shares) but is added to the
principal every three months and will be paid with the principal at
the end of the seventh year. After the period of the first four
years, the current interest will be paid in cash in accordance with
the balance at the time of the payment of the interest at the end
of each interest period (the interest period is every three months
on fixed dates).
Koor is
entitled to make early repayment of the non-recourse loan, in whole
or in part, (in which case a proportional part of the charged
shares would be released in accordance with the proportional part
of the loan that was repaid) or by way of a transfer of the charged
shares (in accordance with the proportional part of the loan that
was repaid early) to ChemChina or the Chinese bank. The amounts of
the early repayment (or the value that is attributed to early
repayment in the case of the transfer of shares) will be attributed
firstly to the payment of the interest that has accumulated but
which has not yet been paid (as of the time of the transfer of the
shares, in the case of a transfer of shares) and only afterwards
for the repayment of the principal. For details regarding the
examination of the possibility of extending the original repayment
time for the said non-recourse loan, see Note 3.H.4.b above. As
described in the said note, insofar as the original repayment time
is extended as aforesaid then Koor is expected to pay the interest
payments in the course of the period of the non-recourse loan (as
extended) in cash. For details regarding payments of interest and
taxes in respect of the said non-recourse loans, out of a dividend
that Adama distributed to Koor in cash in December 2015, see Note
3.H.4.a above.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
1.
Discount
Investment Corporation (cont.)
b.
(cont.)
The
following are details regarding the main terms of the non-recourse
loan (cont.):
Interest: the
non-recourse loan bears interest at a rate that does not exceed the
finance cost that ChemChina will take for the purpose of paying the
overall merger consideration, and in any case will not exceed the
Libor rate (for six months) plus 4.5% per annum that will be fixed
for each two consecutive quarters in advance. (Taking into account
the Libor rate shortly before the date of approval of these
financial statements, the effective interest (after grossing up the
deduction of taxes insofar as any will be payable and before
commissions) is estimated at approximately 5.45% Insofar as there
will be a liability to deduct tax at source in Israel for the
interest payments, Koor will pay these payments and will gross up
the full tax. In addition, Koor undertook to indemnify ChemChina
for business taxes that ChemChina will be liable to pay pursuant to
the law in China for such interest payments (insofar as there will
be no exemption for such taxes) up to an amount of 5% of the
interest (plus grossing-up, insofar as it applies). For details
regarding payments of interest and taxes in respect of the said
non-recourse loans, out of a dividend that Adama distributed to
Koor in cash in December 2015, see Note 3.H.4.a above.
It
should be noted that the payment of the business tax in China is
likely to be charged also during the period when the interest is
accumulated (i.e., during the period of the first four
years).
●
‘Breach
event’: the non-payment of the loan principal or interest;
Koor’s liquidation or insolvency, suspension of proceedings
or creditors’ arrangements, or the filing of proceedings for
liquidation, insolvency, a suspension of proceedings or
creditors’ arrangements that are not cancelled within the
stated period; an incorrect declaration on a material aspect or a
material breach of the terms of the loan agreement; if the
performance of Koor’s undertakings pursuant to the loan
agreement will become unlawful.
●
The charged shares:
realization of the charge on the charged shares will be the only
remedy available to the Chinese bank for the purpose of repaying
the loan and securing the liabilities pursuant to the loan, except
in certain cases where the validity of the charge in favor of the
Chinese is prejudiced during the period of 90 days from the date of
transfer of Adama’s shares to an authorized transferee,
insofar as they will be transferred, pursuant to agreements with
ChemChina, in which case the loan will become a recourse loan (with
a right of recourse against Koor for the lower of the balance of
the debt for the loan or the value of the charged shares), but only
as long as the defect is not remedied. Should the loan become a
recourse loan, such a defect will constitute grounds for the
Chinese bank to demand immediate repayment of the loan, if the
defect is not remedied within the period of time
determined.
The
charge also applies to dividends and other distributions that will
be received for the charged shares, except for dividend surpluses
that were defined as dividends and other distributions that will be
distributed for the charged shares in a calendar year in excess of
the interest accrued and not paid or that accrued in that year
(including the interest that will be added to the principal). The
dividends and other distributions (apart from dividend surpluses)
will be deposited in an account controlled by the Chinese bank and
will be used for the purpose of making early repayment of the loan,
and the release of dividend surpluses to Koor as stated above, and
during the period of the first four years also for the payment of
interest as aforesaid.
The
non-recourse loan does not include covenants or stipulations with
regard to the ratio of the collateral to the debt, but it does
include several prohibitions relating to the charged shares
themselves (such as a prohibition of an additional charge, a
transfer of the charged shares that is not in accordance with the
provisions of the agreement, and so on).
The
hybrid financial instrument for the non-recourse loan, which Koor
received, is estimated at 743 million dollars in the statement of
financial position as of December 31, 2015. Based on an opinion
from an independent appraiser.
See
Section A.3. above in this noted for the components of the hybrid
financial instrument for the non-recourse loan.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
1.
Discount
Investment Corporation (cont.)
b.
(cont.)
The
book value of the host contract was determined on the basis of the
future value of Adama’s shares, discounted at the effective
interest rate that was determined on the initial date of separation
(the completion of the Adama - ChemChina transaction). In the
calculation of the carrying value of the host contract in the
accounting records as of December 31, 2oi5, the use of cash that is
sourced the in the dividend that was received from Adama in
December 2015, as detailed in Note 3.H.4.a above and which is to be
used for payments of interest (and payments of tax if applicable)
in respect of the non-recourse loan, has been taken into account.
The future value of the Adama shares has been calculated by means
of the discounting of the value of the base asset until the time of
the delivery of the shares (and alternatively, the time of the
repayment of the loan), based on a yield rate on the equity at the
time of the calculation.
The
base asset (the value of the Adama shares) is estimated as
follows:
●
As at December 31,
2015 – in accordance with the value of Adama's forecast
operating cash flows as at that time, discounted using Adama's
weighted average cost of capital, less Adama's net financial
liabilities and less a component for the non-marketability of the
shares and the absence of a control premium in respect of them
– USD 13 per share in Adama. Based on the findings of a
binomial model it was estimated that the date of delivery of the
shares (and alternatively the date of repayment of the loan) is
approximately half a year after the date of the estimate. The
evaluation of the base asset as at that time did not take into
account a possible transaction that is being examined in connection
with the Adama shares as detailed in Note 3.H.4.b above, since the
negotiating and the approval of the transaction being examined is
expected to continue for several months and there is a lack of
clarity regarding whether it will mature into binding agreements
and in respect of the exact structure and the terms of such
agreement.
●
As of December 31,
2014 – in accordance with the value of the Adama shares
reflected in the lower range that was published within the context
of the document for the registration of the Adama shared for
trading in the United States, within the context of which Adama
intended to issue shares (at USD 16 per share) and less a component
for non-marketability – USD 14.7 per share in Adama. Based on
the findings of a binomial model it was estimated that the date of
delivery of the shares (and alternatively the date of repayment of
the loan) is approximately one year after the date of the
estimate.
In
accordance with the value of the base asset, which was estimated as
at September 30, 2015, (13.8 dollars per share in Adama after
deducting the non-marketability component for the shares in the
absence of a control premium, as aforesaid, Discount Investments
performed testing for impairment in value in connection with its
investment in Adama in its financial statements at that
time.
As a
result of all of the aforesaid, in 2015 the Company recorded it
share of the profits (losses) as detailed below:
|
As of
December 31, 2015
|
|
Consolidated
|
The
Company’s share
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Write
down of the investment in Adams
|
(153)
|
(105)
|
Updating of the
value (in dollar terms) of the host contract in the hybrid
financial instrument
|
265
|
197
|
Interest paid in
respect of the non-recourse loan in December 2015
|
(58)
|
(43)
|
|
54
|
49
|
Loss in
respect of the updating of the value (in dollar terms) of the
embedded derivative
|
(82)
|
(61)
|
Exchange rate
differences on the hybrid financial instrument and the embedded
derivative
|
(31)
|
(24)
|
|
(59)
|
(36)
|
|
|
|
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
1.
Discount
Investment Corporation (cont.)
b.
(cont.)
The
base asset (the value of the Adama shares) is estimated as follows
(cont.):
The
fair value of the embedded derivative is determined according to
the binomial options pricing model, which is derived from the Black
& Scholes formula, in consideration of estimates and parameters
which are based on unobservable data used by the valuation model,
such as the valuation of the base asset (as stated above), standard
deviation and non-marketability discount, whilst using variables
based on observable market data.
The
main estimates used by the appraiser during the relevant periods in
determining the fair value of the embedded derivative and the book
value of the host contract in the hybrid instrument for the
non-recourse loan:
|
As
of December 31, 2015
|
As
of December 31, 2014
|
Standard
deviation
|
33.
1%
|
33.05%
|
Non-marketability
discount *
|
For the
purpose of estimating the discount rate for non-marketability until
the date of registration for trade or the making liquid of the base
asset, a put option model was used (Average Put Option).
Accordingly, a fixed discount rate was estimated at
10.4%.
|
For the
purpose of estimating the discount rate for non-negotiability, up
to the time of the registration for trading or the liquidation of
the base asset, the average put option model was used The fixed
discount rate was set at 8.2%.
|
|
|
|
Control
premium
|
3.3%-6.6% and on
average 4.95% of the value of the base asset**.
|
Not relevant
*
|
Rate of
return on the capital
|
13.1%
|
12.54%
|
*
The valuation as at
December 31, 2014 was based on the value per share reflected in the
lower range published within the registration document as aforesaid
and as the aforesaid value does not reflect a control value, no
control premium deduction was required at this date.
**
The control premium
inherent in the value of the benefit as of the date of completion
of the Adama-ChemChina transaction is estimated at a sum of $169
million. In May 2011 a decision was made by the court in a legal
proceeding against Koor and Adama with regard to the aforesaid
transaction, according to which the value of the surplus benefit
should be divided between all of the shareholders of Adama, and the
settlement in the aforesaid legal proceeding in which Koor paid $45
million to the other shareholders of Adam was given the force of a
final judgment.
The
host contract in the hybrid financial instrument for the aforesaid
loan embodies an effective rate of return of approximately
12%.
Regarding the total
finance expenses for the aforesaid financial instrument, which were
recorded in these financial statements, see note 28.b
below.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
1.
Discount Investment Corporation (cont.)
c.
Until January 15,
2014, Koor and private headquarter companies wholly owned by it,
were engaged with a corporation from the Morgan Stanley Group and
with a corporation from Citigroup (“the lending
corporations”) in credit facility arrangements without right
of recourse, which were secured by Credit Suisse shares
(“Morgan Stanley Credit” and “Citigroup
Credit,” jointly: the “Credit Arrangements with the
Lending Corporations”).
As part
of the realization of the entire balance of Koor’s holdings
in Credit Suisse shares in January 2014, as stated above, Koor
repaid the entire balance of the Morgan Stanley credit and the
Citigroup credit, out of the consideration from the realization of
Credit Suisse shares, as stated above, and as at the approval date
of these financial statements, Koor has no liabilities in respect
of the credit arrangements with the lending
corporations.
d.
The decrease in Mr.
Mordechai Ben Moshe's holding rate in the Company's issued share
capital to under a rate of 26.65%, as stated in Note 16.E. (14)
above could have constituted grounds for either of the two banking
entities that had provided loans to Discount Investments, the
balance of the principal of which was NIS 188 million and NIS 179
million as at December 31, 2015, for the immediate making payable
of the loans and accordingly these loans have been classified as
current liabilities in the consolidated statement of financial
position as at December 31, 2015.
In
March 2016, two said banking entities agreed that so long as the
Company alone controls Discount Investments directly and/or
indirectly (on a fully consolidated basis) and Mr., Eduardo
Elsztain and/or entities under his control shall hold directly
and/or indirectly at least 51% of the Company’s issued and
paid up share capital (on a fully diluted basis), a change of
control in Discount Investments, as aforesaid, will not constitute
grounds for making their loans repayable immediately for Discount
Investments. In light of the agreements that are detailed above,
the said loans will be classified under non-current liabilities in
Discount Investments’ consolidated statement of financial
position as at March 31, 2016.
2. Cellcom
a.
Cellcom undertook
to comply with financial covenants and other restrictions with
regard to the series F and series G bonds that it issued to the
public in Israel in March 2012, including:
●
A debt to
EBITDA12 ratio exceeding 5, or exceeding 4.5
over four consecutive quarters, shall be regarded as grounds for
demanding immediate repayment of the aforesaid bonds. As of
December 31, 2014, this ratio stood at 3.06.
●
An undertaking not
to distribute more than 95% of the profits that may be distributed
pursuant to the Companies Law (‘the profits’), provided
that if the debt to EBITDA ratio11 exceeds 3.5, Cellcom shall not
distribute more than 85% of the profits, and if the debt to EBITDA
ratio11
exceeds 4, Cellcom shall not distribute more than 70% of the
profits. A failure to comply with this criterion will be regarded
as grounds for demanding immediate repayment of the aforesaid
bonds.
●
A demand for
immediate repayment of another debt of Cellcom (cross-default),
except for immediate repayment of a debt in an amount of NIS 150
million or less, shall be regarded as grounds for demanding
immediate repayment of the bonds.
●
An undertaking not
to create charges, subject to certain exceptions. A failure to
comply with this undertaking shall be regarded as grounds for
demanding immediate repayment of the bonds.
Debt to EBITDA
ratio – the ratio between Cellcom’s net debt and its
EBITDA, neutralizing non-recurring effects. For this matter, net
debt - credit and loans from banking corporations and from others
and liabilities for bonds, less cash and cash equivalents and
current investments in negotiable securities; EBITDA – profit
before depreciation and reductions, other expenses/income, net, ,
finance expenses/income, net, and taxes of income, for the period
of the 12 months that preceded the date of Cellcom’s last
consolidated financial statements.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
16 – Credit, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
2. Cellcom
(cont.)
a.
(cont.)
An
undertaking to pay additional interest of 0.25% per annum on the
aforesaid bonds for a decrease of two ratings in their rating in
comparison to the ratio given to the aforesaid bonds prior to their
issue, and an undertaking to pay additional interest of 0.25% per
annum on the aforesaid bonds for every additional rating up to a
maximum addition of 1% per annum. In June 2013, Maalot revised the
rating of Cellcom’s bonds traded on the Stock Exchange from a
rating of AA- with a negative rating forecast to a rating of A+
with a stable rating forecast.
As a
result of the aforesaid revision of the rating, and since it led to
a decrease of two ratings in the rating of the aforesaid bonds in
relation to their rating on their date of issue, the annual rate of
interest that Cellcom will pay for the aforesaid series F and
series G bonds was increased as of July 5, 2013, by 0.25% to 4.60%
and 6.99%, respectively.
●
Where the aforesaid
bonds stop being rated for a period exceeding 60 days, this shall
constitute grounds for demanding immediate repayment.
As of
December 31, 2015, and shortly before o the date of approval of
these financial statements, Cellcom was in compliance with the covenants that
were determined.
b.
In connection with
the issuance of series H and I bonds of Cellcom to the public in
Israel, which took place in July 2014, Cellcom undertook, pursuant
to a new trust deed (“the new trust deed”), to comply
with financial covenants and other additional covenants, beyond the
obligations which it accepted as part of a trust deed in connection
with the issuance of its bonds (Series F and G) (“the
existing trust deed”) as specified in section a. above,
including: (1) in addition to the financial covenant which Cellcom
undertook in the past, in the existing trust deed, according to
which, if the net debt to EBITDA ratio exceeds 5, or exceeds 4.5
for four consecutive quarters, the foregoing will constitute
grounds for requiring the immediate repayment of the bonds, the
aforementioned financial covenant, in accordance with the new trust
deed, will also constitute a condition for distributing a dividend;
and (2) compliance with the financial covenants will constitute a
condition for the issuance of additional bonds from either of the
two new series.
The new
trust deed includes grounds for requiring the immediate repayment
of the bonds, which are mostly similar to the grounds for requiring
immediate repayment specified in the existing trust deed, excluding
certain new grounds for requiring immediate repayment which are not
included in the existing trust deed, and certain changes to the
grounds for requiring immediate repayment which are in the existing
trust deed, including: (1) breach of the aforementioned restriction
regarding dividend distribution; (2) requiring the immediate
repayment of another debt of Cellcom (cross default), in a minimum
amount of NIS 150 million, which constitutes grounds for requiring
the immediate repayment of Cellcom’s bonds. In accordance
with the existing trust deed, the foregoing will not apply to any
cross default which has been caused by another series of Cellcom
bonds; (3) the existence of a real concern that Cellcom will not
fulfill its material obligations towards the bond holders; (4) the
inclusion of a warning in Cellcom’s financial statements of a
concern regarding the continued existence of Cellcom as a going
concern, for a period of two consecutive quarters; and (5) a breach
of Cellcom’s undertakings regarding the issuance of new
bonds.
As at
December 31, 2015, and shortly before the approval of these
financial statements, Cellcom was in compliance with the covenants
that were determined.
c.
In May 2015,
Cellcom entered into an agreement with two institutional investors
(in this section: the “Lenders”) in which the lenders
agreed, subject to certain standard conditions, to give Cellcom two
deferred loans in a total amount of NIS 400 million, which are not
linked, as follows:
1.
A loan in a sum of
NIS 200 million will be given to Cellcom in June 2016 and will bear
annual fixed interest at a rate of 4.6%. The loan principal will be
repaid in four equal payments, in June of each of the years 2018 to
2021 (inclusive). The interest will be paid in semi-annual payments
starting in December 2016.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-137
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
2. Cellcom
(cont.)
c.
(cont.)
2.
A loan in an amount
of NIS 200 million will be given to Cellcom in June 2017 and will
bear annual fixed interest at a rate of 5.1%. The loan principal
will be repaid in four equal payments, in June of each of the years
2019 to 2022 (inclusive). The interest will be paid in semi-annual
payments starting in December 2017. Pursuant to the agreement, the
interest rate is subject to certain adjustments. Until the loans
are given, Cellcom is required to pay the lenders a commitment fee.
Cellcom may cancel or make early repayment of either or both of the
loans, subject to a certain cancellation fee or early repayment
fee, as applicable. The agreement includes standard terms and
undertakings and also includes, in general, the negative charge,
the restrictions on a distribution, immediate repayment events and
the financial covenants, which apply to Cellcom’s debentures
(Series F-I), as stated in sections 2.a. and 2.b. of this
Note.
d.
In August 2015,
Cellcom entered into an agreement with an Israeli bank
(hereinafter, in this section "The lender"), in accordance with
which the lender has agreed, subject to certain customary
conditions, to make a deferred loan available to Cellcom in
December 2016 in an amount of NIS 140 million, which is unlinked
and which will bear fixed annual interest at a rate of 4.9%. The
principal of the loan is repayable in five equal payments in the
month of June in each of the years 2018 to 2022. The interest rate
is subject to adjustments in certain cases. Until the loan is made
available, Cellcom is required to pay a commitment fee to the
lender and if it does not take up the loan – certain agreed
compensation. Cellcom is entitled to bring forward the timing at
which the loan is made available, and in such a case, the repayment
dates for the loan will be brought forward. In addition, Cellcom is
entitled to repay the loan by way of early repayment, subject to
the payment of an early repayment commission. The agreement also
contains certain events, which in the event that they are not
approved by the lender, enable the lender to inform Cellcom of the
acceleration of the repayment time of the loan.
The
said agreement contains a negative pledge, a restriction on a
distribution, financial covenant and early repayment events, which
also apply to Cellcom's bonds of Series F and I, mutatis mutandis,
including an attachment, the exercise of a lien, debt collection
activity, receivership and subject to a number of exceptions -the
sale of assets in a particular lower amount that has been set, the
discontinuation of a field of activity that is significant to
Cellcom's operations and a merger and a structural change (with
more limited exceptions), which will constitute grounds for early
repayment. In the event that Cellcom agrees to more stringent
financial covenants vis-à-vis another financing body or
bondholder, they will also apply to this agreement.
a.
In June 2012, a
corporation that is wholly owned by Property & Building, which
directly holds the HSBC building (“the building
corporation”) and a special purpose American corporation that
directly holds all of the rights in the building corporation
(“the additional corporation,” and jointly, “the
property companies”) entered into loan agreements (jointly,
in this section: “the agreement”) with the American
bank, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Morgan Bank”), in
which Morgan Bank gave the property companies a loan in a total
amount of $400 million for a period of ten years. The loan is
comprised of a main loan in an amount of $300 million, which was
given to the building corporation (‘the main loan’),
and a secondary loan in an amount of $100 million, which was given
to the additional corporation (“the secondary loan,”
and jointly with the main loan hereafter in this section,
“the loan”). The following are details of the main
terms of the loan:
●
The balance of the
loan as of December 31, 2015: $400 million (NIS 1,561
million).
●
The date of
repaying the principal: the principal of the main loan is repayable
starting from the sixth year after it was given in accordance with
a thirty-year payment schedule, in monthly payments. The balance of
the principal of the loan (including the secondary loan) is
repayable in one payment at the end of the loan period in July
2022.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
3.
Property
& Building (cont.)
a.
(cont.)
●
The rate of
interest: fixed annual interest in an average amount of 5.04%
(calculated on the basis of 360 days per annum – reflects an
effective interest rate of 5.23% per annum). The interest is paid
each month.
●
The loan currency:
US dollar.
●
Collateral: as
collateral for the repayment of the main loan (in a sum of $300
million), a first degree mortgage was registered on the HSBC
building and the land on which it is constructed, and additional
charges as customary on the lease agreements and rent accruing from
the property, on the bank accounts involved in operating the
property, a change on insurance receipts, rights to tax returns
with regard to the asset and so on. As collateral for the repayment
of the secondary loan (in a sum of $100 million), a first degree
charge was registered on all of the rights in the building
corporation.
●
A right of recourse
against Property & Building and/or the property companies: the
loan is without any right of recourse against Property &
Building and/or the property companies. A wholly owned subsidiary
of Property & Building, which indirectly owns the property in
its entirety (in this section “the subsidiary”), gave a
carve-out guarantee for an unlimited amount for the payment of all
of the losses that may be caused to Morgan Bank as a result of
special defined cases only, which are customary cases in agreements
of this kind (such as fraud, false representation, and so on). In
addition, Property & Building gave a limited carve-out
guarantee up to an amount of $125 million. Moreover, each of the
property companies and the subsidiary undertook to indemnify Morgan
Bank for any loss that it may suffer, for an unlimited amount, as a
result of cases concerning hazardous substances and environmental
protection.
●
Cross-default
mechanism: a breach of the main loan constitutes a breach of the
secondary loan, but not vice versa.
●
Additional
restrictions:
1.
All of the money
received from operating the HSBC building are deposited in
designated accounts that are charged to Morgan Bank (as of December
31, 2013 – a sum of NIS 40 million). This money is
transferred during the lifetime of the loan to the building
corporation after the current payment of the loan principal and
interest thereon. In the following cases, the money received will
be held in the designated accounts until the incident is repaired
or terminated:
■
A breach of the
agreement that constitutes a ground for demanding immediate
repayment of the loan.
■
The existence of
insolvency and/or bankruptcy proceedings of Property &
Building.
■
When the quarterly
debt service cover ratio (the ratio between the net operating
income for the period and the total payments of principal and
interest for the loan during that period) is less than
1.05.
■
In a case of
non-renewal of the lease agreement by HSBC Bank (the main tenant of
the HSBC building) or the vacating of the premises by it before the
end of the lease agreement without it being replaced by another
tenant in accordance with the terms stipulated in the
agreement.
2.
The taking loans
and additional debts by the property companies requires approval of
Morgan Bank, but it is possible to receive additional finance by
complying with certain criteria that are stipulated in the
agreement.
3.
It is not possible
to create additional charges on the HSBC building or with regard
thereto.
4.
The ownership
rights in the HSBC building and the ancillary rights may be
transferred subject to an assignment of the loan and Morgan
Bank’s consent. Morgan Bank’s consent will not be
required in a case of a transfer of rights insofar as Property
& Building (directly or indirectly) will continue to hold at
least 25% of the HSBC building and the rights ancillary rights
thereto and it will continue to retain control of the building
corporation. There are no restrictions on a change of the holdings
in Property & Building as long as Property & Building is a
public company.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-139
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
3.
Property
& Building (cont.)
a.
(cont.)
●
Additional
restrictions (cont.:
5.
Transactions with
major tenants, related parties or with regard to main parts of the
HSBC building are subject to the approval of Morgan
Bank.
6.
It is not possible
to sell, transfer, charge or issue securities of Property &
Building, except as stated above and in other permitted
transfers.
7.
It is not possible
to change the type of incorporation of the property companies and
they undertook to act in a single field of activity as the property
corporation and not to change the field of activity.
●
Grounds for
demanding immediate repayment of the credit: in a case of a breach
of the aforesaid restrictions with regard to the charge on the HSBC
building or a transfer of the rights therein without the prior
consent of Morgan Bank, and if customary grounds in agreements of
this kind arise, Morgan Bank may demand immediate repayment of the
loan, make use of money deposited in the aforesaid designated
accounts, take control of the building and manage it, and act to
realize the collateral. As at December 31, 2015, and as at the time
of the approval of these financial statements, the property company
is in compliance with all of the aforesaid
restrictions.
b.
The following are
details of main terms relating to the series F and G bonds that
Property & Building issued to the public in 2012 (the other
series of Property & Building's bonds and those of its
subsidiary companies are not secured by liens and there are not
committed to meeting financial covenants):
●
Collateral:
Property & Building’s aforesaid bonds from series F and G
are not secured by charges, but Property & Building undertook
not to charge its assets (apart from certain exceptions stated in
the Trust Deed), in addition to charges existing on the date of
issuing the aforesaid bonds. Property & Building will be
entitled to cancel its undertaking not to create charges, subject
to creating collateral in favor of the trustee of the bonds as
stated in the Trust Deed.
●
Financial
covenants: with regard to the series F and G bonds, Property &
Building undertook to comply with the following financial
covenants:
Description of the
covenant
|
Covenant
|
As
at
December 31,
2015 (unaudited)
|
Minimal
equity attributed to the shareholders of Property &
Building
|
NIS 700
million
|
NIS
1,717 million
|
The
maximum ratio between the net financial debt and the net
consolidated assets of Property & Building
|
75%
|
59.2%
|
The
maximum ratio between the net financial debt and the annual EBIDTA
of Property & Building consolidated
|
17
|
13.3
|
The
financial covenants are examined each calendar quarter, on the
basis of the audited consolidated financial statements of Property
& Building. As of December 31, 2015, Property & Building
complied with the aforesaid financial covenants and to the best of
its knowledge it also complied with them shortly before the date of
approval of these financial statements.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-140
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
3.
Property
& Building (cont.)
b.
(cont.)
●
Additional
restrictions: Property & Building undertook not to make a
distribution, if as a result thereof the net financial debt ratio
to the net amount of consolidated assets exceeds 70% or if the
equity attributed to its shareholders will be less than NIS 900
million. In addition, if the rating of the bonds of Property &
Building will decrease by two ratings in comparison to their rating
on the date of the aforesaid issue, the rate of interest for the
bonds from the aforesaid issue will increase by 0.5%. For each
decrease in rating by a further rating, the interest rate for the
bonds of the aforesaid issue will increase by an additional 0.25%,
but not more than 1% in aggregate.
●
Grounds for
demanding immediate repayment of the bonds from the aforesaid
issue: in addition to standard grounds for immediate repayment
(including, inter alia, insolvency events and various enforcement
operations against Property & Building, a significant
deterioration in its business and a real concern of non-payment,
delisting, a merger subject to exceptions, a change in its field of
operations, and so on), immediate payment of the aforesaid bonds
may be demanded in the following cases:
Non-compliance with
the aforesaid financial covenants in two consecutive
quarters.
●
Cross-default
– if immediate payment is demanded for another series of
Property & Building’s bonds or a bank loan in an amount
of more than NIS 300 million.
A
decrease in the credit rating of Property & Building below Baa2
or the rating company stops rating its bonds.
c.
In 2015, Property
& Building and its subsidiary companies received a number of
loans from banks:
Details
|
Linkage
basis
|
Effective
interest
|
Timing
of the repayment of the principal
|
Amount
of the loan
(NIS
millions)
|
Refinancing of 3
index-linked banking loans in Property & Building, repayable in
the years 2015 – 2016 and at an interest rate of
5.6%
|
Index
|
3.0%
|
2015
– 2020
|
150
|
Receipt
of a loan by Gav-Yam
|
Index
|
1.75%
|
2015
– 2023
|
120
|
Receipt
of a loan by Matam (a consolidated company of Gav-Yam)
|
Index
|
2.19%
|
2015
– 2022
|
140
|
Receipt
of a loan by Ispro
|
Index
|
2.50%
|
2016 -
2023
|
98
|
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-141
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
a. The
following are details of the main terms relating to the Series D
and E bonds (that Shufersal issued to the public in October 2013
and in connection with the bonds Series F, which Shufersal issued
to the public in September 2015 (hereinafter, jointly in this
section "The bonds"):
●
A mechanism that
adjusts the interest rate as a result of a change in the rating of
the bonds: the bonds of Series D and E were rated by Maalot with an
A+ rating. In the event of a change in the rating of the Series D
and E bonds will be two ratings (two "notches" lower than an A+
rating (or a corresponding rating), the annual interest
(hereinafter: "The base interest" will increase by an amount of
0.25%. The Series F bonds were rated by Maalot with an A rating. In
the event of a change in the rating of the Series F bonds will be
one rating (one "notch" lower than an A rating (or a corresponding
rating), the base interest in respect of them will increase by an
amount of 0.25%. In any case of an additional decrease in the
rating of the bonds, the annual interest rate will increase by an
additional 0.25% for each additional rating as aforesaid. In any
case, the additional annual interest for the reduction in the
rating as aforesaid shall not exceed 1% in addition to the annual
interest determined on the date of issuing the bonds. If the bonds
are rated lower than (BBB-) (or any corresponding rating) and the
rating is not increased within 60 days to above the aforesaid
level, it shall constitute a ground for demanding immediate
repayment.
●
Right to early
repayment: from October 2014, Shufersal will be entitled to opt to
carry out an early redemption of its bonds, of Series D and E, in
whole or in part. As from September 2106, Shufersal is entitled to
execute an early redemption of the Series F bonds at its own
initiative, in whole or in part.
●
Financial covenants
which Shufersal undertook to comply with (Shufersal will be
regarded as in breach of its liabilities stated below only if it
does not comply with the relevant financial covenants during two
consecutive calendar quarters).
a. The
ratio between Shufersal’s net debt and its total balance
sheet on the date when each calendar quarter ends, as these figures
appear in its consolidated reviewed or audited financial
statements, as applicable, for the relevant calendar quarter, shall
not exceed 60%. For this purpose, “net debt” –
the cumulative amount of the following statement of financial
position items: current maturities of long-term loans, current
maturities of bonds, long-term liabilities to banking corporations
and others, and long-term liabilities for bonds, less cash and cash
equivalents, short-term deposit and negotiable
collateral.
b.
Shufersal’s total equity (including rights that do not grant
control) on the last day of each calendar quarter, as this figure
appears in the consolidated reviewed or audited financial
statements, as applicable, for the relevant calendar quarter, shall
not be less than NIS 550 million. As at December 31, 2015,
Shufersal is in compliance with the financial covenants that have
been set for it.
An
undertaking not to create a current charge: Shufersal undertook not
to create a current charge on all of its assets in favor of any
third party, unless it receives approval in advance of a meeting of
the bondholders to do so by a special resolution. Cross-default:
grounds for demanding immediate repayment of the bonds was
determined in a case where immediate repayment of another debt that
Shufersal took from a banking corporation or a financial
institution was demanded (except for a debt where there is no right
of recourse against Shufersal), provided that the total amount of
the demand for immediate repayment as aforesaid exceeds NIS 300
million; or immediate repayment is demanded, for another series of
bonds that was issued by Shufersal and which is in circulation, not
on Shufersal’s initiative (in respect of the Series D and E
bonds alone), provided that the total amount for which the demand
for immediate repayment was made exceeds NIS 40
million.
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
●
Restrictions on
distributing dividends: Shufersal undertook not to make a
distribution of dividends to its shareholders and/or a
self-purchase of its shares and/or any other distribution as
defined in the Companies Law:
a.
Insofar as the
result of a distribution as aforesaid is that Shufersal’s
total capital (including rights that do not grant control),
according to its consolidated financial statements, will fall below
NIS 750 million;
b
Insofar as in
consequence of such a distribution, the ratio between
Shufersal’s net debt (as defined above), calculated in
accordance with Shufersal’s most recent audited or reviewed
(as applicable) consolidated financial statements prior to the date
of the distribution and its annual EBITDA (as defined below),
taking into account such a distribution, will exceed
7.
For
this purpose, ‘annual EBITDA’ means the cumulative
amount during a period of twelve calendar months of
Shufersal’s operating profit (before expenses and other
income), plus depreciation and amortization, calculated in
accordance with the figures as stated in Shufersal’s audited
or reviewed (as applicable) consolidated financial statements for
the last four quarters that preceded the date of the
distribution.
c.
In respect of the
Series F bonds alone, insofar as at the time of the passing of a
resolution by Shufersal's Board of Directors to make a
distribution, as aforesaid, in accordance with the provisions of
the law, Shufersal is in breach of any of its commitments to comply
with the financial covenants that it has committed to in the trust
deeds or if any of the grounds for immediate repayment that are set
in the trust deed have arisen.
a.
In February 20145,
Adama performed a private offering of 533,330 units of securities
in Adama, as detailed below:
Component
|
Additional
details
|
Quantity in each
unit
|
Quantity of units
issued
|
Bonds
Series B
|
(1)
|
NIS
1,000 par value
|
NIS 533
million par value
|
Option
warrants
|
(2)
|
5
Option warrants(1)
|
2.67
million option warrants
|
The
overall net from the issue amounted to NIS 690
million.
(1)
The Series B bonds
were issued by way of the expansion of the series and they are
index-linked, bearing interest at a rate of 5.15% a year, with the
payment of the principal to be performed in 17 equal payments in
the years 2020 to 2036.
(2)
The option warrants
have not been registered for trading on the Stock Exchange and they
were exercisable until May 10, 2015 (inclusive). Each option
warrant was exercisable into NIS 100 par value of Adams's existing
serried B of bonds against a cash payment (which was not linked to
any indexation basis whatsoever) in an amount of NIS 127. Up to May
10, 2015, all of the option warrants were exercised for an overall
consideration of NIS 339 million and within the framework of their
exercise, Adama issued an additional NIS 267 million par value of
bonds of Series B.
b.
Adama has an
obligation to various banks to comply with financial covenants by
virtue of the financial documents that regulate the long-term bank
credit of Adama and its consolidated companies (“the finance
documents”), of which the main ones, as of December 31, 2015,
are as follows:
1.
The ratio between
Adama’s interest-bearing financial liabilities (the net debt)
and its equity shall not exceed 1.25. As of December 31, 2014, this
ratio stood de facto at
0.8.
2.
The ratio between
the interest bearing financial liabilities (the net debt) and its
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
(EBITDA) for 12 months shall not exceed 4. As of December 31, 2015,
this ratio stood at 2.5.
3.
Adama’s
equity shall not be less than $1.22 billion. As of December 31,
2015, the equity amounted to a sum of $1.567 billion.
4.
The finance
documents of one of the banks stipulate further that the amount of
Adama’s surplus balance or profit balance according to its
financial statements as of any date shall not be less than a sum of
$700 million. As of December 31, 2015, Adama’s surplus
balance amounted to a sum of $1.126 billion.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-143
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
Pursuant to that
agreed between Adama and the bank with which it entered into the
securitization agreement mentioned in section 5.c of this Note, and
with the banks to which Adama has an obligation to comply with
financial covenants by virtue of the finance documents, the balance
of the debt is not included as part of the securitization agreement
as a component of the financial
liabilities for the purpose of examining the financial
covenants.
In
addition, sections exist in financing documents that provide that a
change of control (according to the definition of this term in the
relevant finance documents) in Adama and/or in its
subsidiaries –Adama Makhteshim and Adama Agan –
which will be done without the prior written consent of the
relevant banks, will constitute a ground to demand immediate
repayment of all of the relevant liabilities. Adama obtained the
consents of the relevant banks for the transfer of control,
pursuant to the transaction of its merger with a company from the
ChemChina group completed in October 2011.
c.
Adama and its
consolidated companies are committed under a securitization
agreement with Rabobank International for the sale of the debts of
their customers in various currencies to a foreign company that was
set up for this purpose and which is not owned by the Adama Group
(hereinafter in this section: "The purchasing company"). The
purchase of the customers' debts by the purchasing company is
financed by an American company that is part of the Rabobank
International Group. The customers that are included within the
framework of the securitization transaction are customers who meet
a number of criteria, as set in the agreement.
Each
year, the credit facility is re-approved in accordance with the
securitization agreement and as at the time of the approval of
these financial statements, the credit facility has been approved
until July 21, 2016. The maximum volume of the securitization is
between USD 250 million and USD 350 million, as adjusted to the
seasonal changes in the volumes of Adama's operations.
In
March 2015, the said securitization agreement was updated. Up to
March 26, 2015, Adama and its consolidated companies bore all of
the losses that arose for the purchasing company as a result of the
non-settlement of the debts of customers included in the
securitization transaction, up to the total balance of the debt
price, which has not yet been paid. In addition, Adama engaged, on
behalf of the purchasing Company, with an insurance company in a
policy for insuring the customers included in the securitization
transaction. Pursuant to the updated securitization agreement, (a)
the purchasing Company bears 90% of the credit risk of the
customers whose debts were sold; (b) the purchasing company
appoints a policy manager who manages on its behalf the credit
risks of the sold customers, including the commitment with the
insurance company; (c) the consideration that is received in cash
in the month following the timing of the sale of the customers'
debts has been raised.
Following the
update of the securitization agreement as described above, Adama
ceased to control the purchasing Company, and from that date
onwards, no longer consolidates it in its financial statements.
Adama is continuing to recognize customers' debts that are included
in the securitization agreement in accordance with the degree of
the continuing involvement therein. Regarding the part of the
customers’ debts included in the securitization transaction
in respect of which no cash consideration was received, but Adama
transferred in their respect the credit risk, Adama records a
deferred debt note. The loss from the sale of customers’
debts was charged in the financial statements of Adama at the date
of sale to the statement of profit and loss. The securitization
agreement and the updated thereto include commitments by Adama to
comply with financial ratios, of which the main ones are as
follows:
1.
The ratio between
Adama’s interest-bearing liabilities (net debt) and its
equity shall not exceed 1.25. As of December 31, 2015, this ratio
stood at 0.8.
2.
The ratio between
Adama’s interest-bearing liabilities (net debt) and its
EBITDA for 12 months shall not exceed 4. As of December 31, 2015,
this ratio stood at 2.5.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-144
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
In the
securitization agreement and in the agreements with the banks,
there are cross-default clauses according to which the party with
which Adama entered into an agreement will be entitled to demand
immediate repayment of the debts to it, in circumstances where an
event has occurred that entitles another financer to demand
immediate repayment of Adama’s debts or those of its
consolidated companies, in whole or in part, to that other
financer, all of which provided that the amount of Adama’s
debts and liabilities and those of its consolidated companies to
that other financer exceeds a minimum amount as determined in the
various finance agreements.
In
addition to the aforesaid, Adama undertook letters of consent to
the financers, to comply with additional standard terms, which in
Adama’s estimation, shortly before the time of the approval
of these financial statements were not capable of materially
restricting its operations.
As of
December 31, 2015, Adama was in compliance with the financial
covenants determined by the financing banks as part of the finance
agreements and it also complied in the reporting period with all of
the financial covenants and restrictions applying to it that were
determined in the finance agreements and in the aforesaid
securitization agreement.
6.
Other
consolidated companies
a.
Israir took a loan
from a banking corporation, whose balance, as of the date of the
Statement of Financial Position, is approximately NIS 52 million,
for the purpose of financing the purchase of airplanes. For this
debt, the company gave a comfort letter in favor of the bank, in
accordance with which in the event of non-compliance with payment,
the controlling interest will take action to help to sell the
aircraft and thus to repay the debt to the bank.
At the
beginning of November 2015, the management of Israir reached oral
agreements with the banking entity whereby the banking entity will
extend the renewal of the loan and will not call for its immediate
repayment, until the end of March 2016, to allow the management of
Israir to complete the finding of alternatives for financing its
fleet of aircraft and as part of the understandings for the
extension of the period of the loan from the banking entity, Israir
undertook to make bi-monthly repayments of the principal in an
amount of USD 1 million, as from November 2015 until March 2016.
Cumulatively, from the beginning of 2015, Israir has repaid
balances of principal in an overall amount of USD 10 million. After
the date of the Statement of Financial Position, Israir signed with
the bank on an agreement regarding the rescheduling of its debts to
the bank, within the framework of which the loan in an amount of
approximately 50 million dollars, which is classified in the
Company’s financial statements as a short-term debt, will be
repaid as follows: 15 million dollars in the course of the year
2016 (most of which will be in the second half of the year, which
will be repaid from IDB Developments’ and Israir’s
independent resources) and the balance of the debt in an amount of
35 million dollars will be repaid in four years commencing in 2017.
Furthermore, the control covenant has been arranged such that so
long as Mr. Elsztain and/or entities directly and/or indirectly
under his control hold at least 51% of Israir’s issued and
paid up share capital (on a fully diluted basis) and the rights
that are attached to the said share capital, and the Company
through IDB Tourism) shall hold control in Israir and its holding
rate shall not be less than 85%, this shall not constitute a change
in ownership and/or control. In light of the aforesaid, the Company
will reclassify an amount of approximately 35 million dollars from
current liabilities to non-current liabilities in its financial
statements for the first quarter of 2016. The loans bear interest
at a rate of LIBOR + 4% a year and Israir is committed to meet
financial covenants in respect of them in connection with the debt
cover ratio and in connection with the ratio of the balance of the
loans for the aircraft to the value of the aircraft. In order,
inter alia, to meet its commitments to the bank, Israir is acting
to perform a sale and lease-back of the third Airbus aircraft, see
also Section b below.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-145
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
F.
Main
changes in 2015 in long-term liabilities and financial covenants of
the corporation’s held companies (cont.)
6.
Other
consolidated companies
b.
In February 2016,
Israir’s management signed with a foreign company (
“the lessor”) for a sale and lease transaction for the
third Airbus aircraft. According to the terms of the letter of
intent, after the purchase of the aircraft, which is expected to
occur in May 2016, Israir will sell the aircraft to the lessor and
will lease it back f.Israir and the lessor are taking action in
order to formulate a final leasing agreement.
c.
Within the
framework of the financial covenants that have been set in the IDB
Tourism Group’s loan agreements with banks, the balance of
which loans stands at approximately NIS 215 million as of December
31, 2015, it was determined that in the event of a change of
control in the Company, directly or indirectly, the said banks have
the right available to them to demand the immediate repayment of
the loans that have been extended to IDB Tourism and/or companies
under its control.
See
Section a above regarding new financial covenants, which have been
determined within the framework of the arrangement for the loans
for Israir’s aircraft, after the date of the statement of
financial position.
d.
Additional
consolidated companies are a party to loan agreements in which
financial covenants were determined. As of the date of the
Statement of Financial Position, the aforesaid companies were in
compliance with the criteria determined as aforesaid.
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
creditors’ arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional
proceedings relating thereto; The amendment of the debt
arrangement, which includes the injection of funds into the
Company
1. Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial
position
On
April 21, 2013, a “Motion for the Recovery of IDB Development
Corporation Ltd.” (“the involuntary arrangement
motion”) was filed pursuant to section 350 of the Companies
Law, in the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa District Court, by Hermetic Trust (1975)
Ltd., as trustee for the Company’s series G and I bonds and
by Strauss Lazar Trust Company (1992) Ltd., as trustee for the
Company’s series J bonds (jointly “the
applicants”), against the Company and inter alia against IDB
Holdings, the lending banks and the Company’s unsecured and
secured financial creditors, and S.H. Sky Investments (T.R.)
Limited Partnership. In the aforesaid motion it was claimed that
the Company is in a state of insolvency without any practical
possibility of raising capital and without any ability to comply
with all of its future liabilities, and therefore the court was
requested to order the convening of meetings in order to approve a
debt arrangement. At the same time, the applicants filed an urgent
motion for temporary remedies in which the court was requested to
appoint an officer of the court who would be authorized to
supervise the management of the Company and whose consent would be
required for carrying out certain operations and to instruct that
the payments to the Company’s financial creditors will be
deposited in a trust account opened by the officeholder.
Accordingly, on April 30, 2013, the Court ordered the appointment
of Attorney Hagai Ulman as an officeholder who was given powers of
an observer (“the observer”) and Mr. Eyal Gabbay as
economic expert. On June 9, 2013 the Court order, inter alia, that
the amounts intended for paying the Company’s creditors
should be deposited with the observer. On October 17, 2013, the
Court ordered the release of 65% of the funds deposited in the
observer’s account to the creditors entitled to them and the
continued making of payments to the creditors at the aforesaid
percentage. and in January 2014, the balance of those funds was
released by the observer in full, in accordance with the Court's
ruling.
On
January 8, 2014 a notice was filed to the Court by the trustees to
the aforesaid bonds, according to which in light of the approval of
the debt arrangement at IDB Holdings, as described in Note 16.G.(2)
below, the trustees to the aforesaid bonds agree to the deletion of
the motion for an involuntary debt arrangement.
On
January 15, 2014, the Court ruled on the striking-out motion and
held that, as at that date, the proceeding relating to the
involuntary debt arrangement motion would remain as it was, in
order, inter alia, to complete the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings, which was also relevant to the corporation, and in order
to allow the observer to supervise what was being done in the
corporation.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-146
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
1. Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position
(cont.)
In the
assessment of the Company's legal advisors, the involuntary
arrangement motion that has been presented within the context of
the said process and which has not yet been dismissed, as
aforesaid, is no longer relevant and nor are there proceedings that
are being heard within its framework any more.
It
should be mentioned that on May 15, 2014, the trustees for the
Company’s (series G and J) bonds gave notice that after the
completion of the debt arrangement at IDB Holdings, the activity of
the representatives of the Company’s bond holders has
ended.
See
Note 16.H.(10) below for details regarding the appointment of
representatives for the holders of the Company’s bonds
(Series I) in March 2016.
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
The
following are the main updates with regard to the debt arrangement
at IDB Holdings and the legal proceedings with respect to it, which
occurred mainly during 2015 and up to the date of publishing the
report, whilst focusing on matters relating to the
Company.
It
should be noted that the Company has published and regularly
publishes most of the motions, Court notices and rulings that are
relevant to it with regard to the matters specified below on
Magna.
a.
The ratification and performance of the debt arrangement at IDB
Holdings
On
December 17, 2013, a judgment was given and on January 5, 2014, a
supplementary judgment was given by the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa District
Court, in which it approved a debt arrangement in IDB Holdings, in
accordance with a debt arrangement outline that was filed with the
aforesaid court on November 26, 2013, by Mr. Eduardo Elsztain and a
corporation under his control, Dolphin Fund Limited (“Dolphin
Fund”) together with E.T.H. M.B.M Extra Holdings Ltd.
(“Extra”) (under the control of Mr. Ben-Moshe), and as
a result control of IDB Holdings and the Company was taken away
from the previous controlling shareholders. In the supplementary
judgment, the court appointed Mr. Eyal Gabbay and Adv. Hagai Ulman
as trustees for implementing the creditors’ arrangement in
IDB Holdings (“the trustees,” or “the trustees
for the arrangement”), and it authorized them to carry out
the operations necessary to implement and execute the
creditors’ arrangement as aforesaid.
On
January 22, 2014, the shares of the Company, which had been held
until that date by IDB Holdings directly, were transferred to IDB
Holdings through the trustees for the arrangement.
Within
the framework of the provisions of the debt arrangement, it has
been determined, inter alia, that:
(1)
The balance of the
debt of IDB Holdings that not yet paid to its creditors shall not
bear any interest or linkage differentials whatsoever and will be
paid, if at all, out of additional future receipts that will be
received as part of the arrangement, if any. Inter alia, those
entitled under the arrangement (in other words – IDB
Holdings' creditors) will be entitles to the receipts from the
lawsuits, which may be received by IDB Holdings in the future,
after the completion of the arrangement (less the fees and the
expenses that are involved in the conducting of the legal
proceedings)12
(2).
Undertakings for a future purchase of shares of the
Company
As part
of the arrangement, the investors undertook to offer to buy shares
of the Company from its shareholders from among the public, as
part of (one or more) secured tender offers13, as stated below:
It should be
mentioned that to the best of the Company's knowledge, in July
2015, a decision was made by the Court, which approves the petition
by the trustees for the arrangement for the sale of the shell of
IDB Holdings for consideration of NIS 10 million, and in accordance
with which, inter alia, any right of IDB Holdings will be
transferred to the credit of the trustees' fund and will remain in
their hands and they will be entitled to act in connection with any
such right, as a company, for all intents and purposes, including
on all matters connected to an action by IDB Holdings against any
third party. The transaction for the sale of the shell of IDB
Holdings was completed in August 2015.
As collateral for carrying out the undertaking to
make tender offers, the investors will charge, on the first
completion date in favor of thetrustees for the arrangement, a number of shares
of IDB Development equal to half the number of the shares that the
investors undertook to offer to buy as part of the tender offers.
As part of the Letter of Consent of April 8, 2014, as stated in
note 16.G.2.(a).(4) below, it was resolved to increase the number
of shares to ensure the making of the tender orders as aforesaid
for all of the shares that the investors undertook to acquire as
part of the tender offers (instead of half).
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-147
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
a.
The ratification and performance of the debt arrangement at IDB
Holdings (cont.)
(2).
Undertakings for a future purchase of
shares of the Company (cont.)
According to the
arrangement offer, which has been implemented, (one or more) tender
offers will be published on a total scale of approximately NIS 512
million, as follows.:
(a)
Tender offers up to
December 31, 2015, for shares of the Company held by the
shareholders from among the public, with a share value according to
the arrangement (as defined in the arrangement), in return for a
sum of at least NIS 249.8 million.
(b)
Tender offers up to
December 31, 2016, for additional shares of the Company held by the
shareholders from among the public, with a share value according to
the arrangement plus 5%, on an overall scale that, together with
the amount in the tender offers up to December 31, 2015, will
amount to at least NIS 512.09 million.
For
details regarding the interim arrangement in which updates were
implemented with respect to the undertakings to perform tender
offers, as stated above, see Note 16.g.(2)(e) below. For details of
an amendment to the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings, which was
signed between the trustees of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings, Dolphin Netherlands and the Company, for an injection of
money into the Company instead of the undertaking to make tender
offers for the Company’s shares as stated above, which was
approved by the Court in March 2016, see note 16.G.(2)(f)
below.
(3)
)
It was further
determined in the arrangement that Extra and Dolphin Fund
will participate, proportionally, in issues of rights that the
Company will carry out, insofar as it will decide to carry them
out, to raise capital in order to implement its business plans in
2014 and 2015, in amounts that will not be less than the following:
in 2014, not less than NIS 300 million, and in 2015, not less than
NIS 500 million, respectively.
(4)
On April 8, 2014, a
letter of understanding was signed (“the Letter of
Understanding”), according to which Dolphin Fund, Mr. Eduardo
Elsztain and Extra notified the trustees of the arrangement, in
accordance with the provisions of the arrangement,
that:
a.
The
“Investor”, as defined in the settlement, will be a
designated limited liability company, with the name of “D.H.
the Investor in the Settlement Ltd.” (“The designated
company”), which is owned (in equal parts) by Dolphin Fund
and by Extra.
b.
The trustees for
the settlement were notified of the designated company’s
decision and announcement that the Company’s shares to which
it is entitled under the settlement should be transferred to the
two corporations specified below (“the holding
corporations”):
1.
Half of the shares
to Dolphin Netherlands.
2.
Half of the shares
to CAA Extra Holdings Ltd. ("CAA"), which is wholly owned by Mr.
Mordechai Ben-Moshe.
c.
In accordance with
the provisions of the settlement, the entities which are obligated
by the provisions of the settlement, jointly and severally, are
only the designated company, due to its status as the
“Investor,” as defined in the settlement, and the
holding corporations, 26 and
for the avoidance of doubt, Extra, ExtraEnergie GmbH, Extra Holding
GmbH Dolphin Fund and Eduardo Elsztain are not bound by any
obligation whatsoever under the settlement including all documents
comprising the settlement, as well as all annexes or clarifications
submitted with respect thereto or by virtue thereof. See Note
16.g.(2).(f) below with respect to C.A.A.'s claims in connection
with the amendment to provisions of the debt settlement which was
approved, despite its objection and also Note 16.G.(2).(f) below on
the subject of the ruling by the Court in connection with
expiration of CAA's obligation to perform tender offers in
accordance with the debt arrangement at the time of the approval of
the amendment of the debt arrangement, as detailed in that
note.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-148
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
a.
The ratification and performance of the debt arrangement at IDB
Holdings (cont.)
(4)
(cont.)
On
April 8, 2014, the Court approve the letter of agreements and the
designated company, Dolphin Netherlands and CAA (together:
“the undertaking companies”) have confirmed and
notified the Israel Securities Authority and the Company as
follows: CAA and Dolphin Netherlands have each confirmed that by
the end of 2016: (a) the sole and exclusive activity of each of
them is and will be the holding of the Company’s shares, and
no other activity whatsoever is being or will be conducted by them,
of any type or kind, save such holding of the Company’s
shares; and (b) that none of them have or will have any
undertaking, of any kind whatsoever, save their undertakings in
accordance with the debt arrangement. The designated company has
confirmed that by the end of 2016 it does not have and will not
have any activity or undertaking, of any kind whatsoever, save its
undertakings in accordance with the debt arrangement.
Before
the performance of any change in the circumstances described above
in any of the undertaking companies, by the end of 2016, the
undertaking companies regarding which the aforementioned change
will apply, as the case may be, will reach an understanding with
the staff of the Israel Securities Authority regarding an
agreed-upon outline for disclosure of the financial statements of
the undertaking companies, to which the foregoing change applies,
or any other agreed-upon alternative.
Performance of the creditor’s
arrangement and the distribution of the consideration for the
arrangement. In May 2014, the debt arrangement at IDB
Holdings was completed. Inter
alia, the
Company shares constituting 53.3% of the Company’s issued and
paid-in share capital were transferred to Dolphin Netherlands and
to CAA in equal parts, and (indirect) control of the Company was
transferred to Mr. Eduardo Elsztain and to Mr. Mordechai Ben-Moshe,
such that IDB Holdings stopped holding any Company shares (for
details regarding the completion of the BMBY process in October
2015, within the framework of which Mr. Mordechai Ben Moshe ceased
to be a controlling interest in the Company, see note 15.B.(5)
above); 25.95% of the Company's share capital at that time was
distributed to those entitled under the arrangement and 20.75% of
the Company's share capital at that time was deposited in trust
with the trustees for the arrangement; the Company's shares were
registered for trading on the Stock Exchange and the Company became
a public company.
Furthermore, within
the framework of the performance of the debt arrangement, in May
and June 2014, the injection of funds in an amount of NIS 650
million was completed (see also Note 15.B.(1).(10
above).
At the
time of the completion of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and
until December 2015, the trustees for the arrangement distributed
the balance of the considerations from the arrangement to those
entitled thereunder (shares in the Company and cash in an amount of
NIS 444 million) (and leaving an amount of NIS 10.65 million in
their hands for the purpose of the execution of a compromise
arrangement in connection with conditional debt claims that had
been filed by the Company and by former Board members and officers
of the Company, with respect to derivative claims for reimbursement
of dividends distributed by the Company to IDB Holdings, as
detailed below).
On
February 9, 2015, the trustees to the arrangement filed to the
Court a motion to instruct the distribution of consideration to the
beneficiaries to the arrangement, despite the Company’s
objection and the granting of a warrant preventing the Company from
objecting to the settlement agreement with regard to the derived
claims against IDB Holdings (for details regarding the aforesaid
derived claims and the settlement agreement as specified, see Note
23.C.1.d. below). Within the framework of the said motion, the
Court was asked to approve the distribution of the balance of the
consideration that are due to those entitled under the arrangement
in accordance with the debt arrangement, which were held in trust
by the trustees for the arrangement at that time (except for the
amount that was paid in accordance with the said compromise
arrangement in an amount of NIS 7 million to the
Company).
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
a.
The ratification and performance of the debt arrangement at IDB
Holdings (cont.)
On
March 10, 2015, the Company's response to the said motion was
filed, within the framework of which the Court was asked to reject
the said motion out of hand and utterly, since for its part, there
is no provision in the provisions of the arrangement that prevents
the Company from filing a claim for a debt to the
trustees.
On
March 26, 2015, the trustees of the arrangement filed a reply to
the response of IDB Development, in which the trustees of the
arrangement reiterated what was stated in the motion and rejected
the Company’s opposition, mainly for the reason that it
conflicts with the provisions of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings. See Note 23.C.(1).d below for additional developments in
connection with a compromise agreement on the matter of the said
derivative claims and the motion for the handing down of
instructions for the distribution of the considerations to those
entitled under the arrangement despite the Company's objection,
including regarding the Court's approval for the amended compromise
agreement that the parties (including the Company) had reached and
its approval for the distribution of the balance of the
considerations that were being held up to those entitled under the
arrangement, as aforesaid.
b.
On January 18, 2015
the Company received a letter from the trustees to the arrangement,
in which they raised claims against the rights issue the Company
performed in accordance with a shelf offer report dated January 19,
2015 (as specified in note 15.B.2 above), which included claims
that the rights issue of the Company does not reflect the value of
control of the Company, rather the value of the interest of the
minority shareholders derived from the obligation of the
Company’s controlling shareholders to perform tender offers
on the Company’s shares in accordance with the provisions of
the debt arrangement at IDB Holdings and that the interest of the
minority shareholders will be diluted if minority shareholders
participate in the rights issue; and that dilution of the
entitlement of the minority shareholders to participate in the
tender offers and the increase of the Company’s issued share
capital amount to an interested parties’ transaction that
benefits the controlling owners and requires the approval of the
general meeting. The trustees of the arrangement asked the Company
to act to carry out only a private placement of rights, with the
approval of the shareholders’ meeting, in accordance with the
Company’s liquidity needs, and they requested that the
controlling owners would undertake to refrain from trading their
shares until the date of realizing their whole undertaking to carry
out tender offers or until the end of 2016, whichever is the
earlier. Alternatively, the Company was requested to examine a
possibility of separating the entitlement to participate in the
tender offers from the Company’s shares prior to the rights
issue, so that the right to participate in the tender offers would
be given solely to the existing minority shareholders in the
Company. Moreover, the Company was requested to give notice of its
consent to release the shares deposited in trust with the trustees
of the arrangement, unconditionally.
On
January 22, 2015, the Company responded to the trustees of the
arrangement in a letter in which it rejected all of their claims
against the rights issue, and it stated in the letter, inter alia, that: while the need to
raise capital for the Company immediately could not be in dispute,
the other possibilities that the trustees of the arrangement
proposed (such as making a private placement or separating the
entitlement to participate in the tender offers from the
Company’s shares prior to the rights issue so that the right
to participate in the tender offers would belong only to the
minority shareholders that existed prior to the rights issue) are
not within the Company’s ability, are not within its
exclusive control and were not proposed to the Company by its
controlling shareholders;
that
the beneficiaries of the arrangement were not given protection that
the undertakings to make tender offers would be solely to them, but
from the outset it was clear that the right would belong to all of
the minority shareholders on the date of making the offers; that
the rights issue is beneficial and by its nature treats the
shareholders equally and is not an interested parties’
transaction; to the request of the trustees of the arrangement that
the Company would agree unconditionally to release the shares which
were deposited with them in trust,
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-150
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
the
Company replied that it already gave its conditional consent to the
release of these shares, there is no reason why the trustees of the
arrangement should not agree to the Company’s offer and that
the trustees of the arrangement are fully liable for the release of
the shares which were deposited with them to the beneficiaries of
the arrangement and they will be liable for all of the damage that
will be caused to them, if any, as a result thereof. The Company
emphasized that if the trustees of the arrangement would apply to
the court with regard to the rights issue, they should take into
account the huge damage that might be caused as a result thereof to
the Company and the derivative liability for that.
In
addition, on January 26, 2015, a motion was filed with the court by
the Organization for Protection of the Public’s Savings and
Mr. Ohad Aloni, in which the court was requested to approve the
publication of a specification of an ordinary/ involuntary tender
offer for the purchase of ordinary shares with no nominal value of
the Company, issued to the minority shareholders of the Company in
accordance with the shelf offer report published by the Company on
January 19, 2015, in order to protect the aforesaid minority
shareholders from the dilution of their entitlement to participate
in the tender offers which Dolphin Netherlands and CAA undertook to
perform in accordance with the provisions of the debt arrangement
at IDB Holdings (as specified in note 16.G.(2).a.2 above)
(“the Motion to Publish a Tender Offer”).
On
January 28, 2015, the Court approved the motion by Hermetic Trust
(1975) Ltd., in its role as a trustee for the bond holders (Series
G and I) of the Company, an urgent motion to join the procedure in
light of the expected implications of the motion to publish a
tender offer on the rights of the bond holders of the Company and
on the Company’s ability to serve its debt. On January 29,
2015, the Israeli Securities Authority filed its position on the
motion to publish a tender offer, in which the Authority gave
notice that the petitioners’ motion is not legally possible.
At the same date the Company filed its response to the motion to
publish a tender offer, as part of which it was claimed that the
motion is bound to be rejected both due to lack of authority of the
Court to discuss the motion as well as the fact that the motion
contradicts the Companies Law. It was also claimed, that the motion
adversely impacts the Company’s ability to raise
capital.
On
February 1, 2015, the trustees to the arrangement filed their
response to the motion to publish a tender offer, according to
which the petitioners’ motion is inapplicable and entails
significant disadvantages. As part of this response, the trustees
of the arrangement proposed an alternative solution, according to
which Dolphin Netherlands would buy from the trustees of the
arrangement the rights that would be issued for the shares which
were held by them in trust and it would acquire additional rights
from the minority public shareholders that would choose to transfer
their rights to the trustees of the arrangement for the purpose of
selling them, and they asked the Court to approve the agreed
arrangement as aforesaid.
On
February 3, 2015, the trustees for the arrangement filed a motion
to allow them not to trade the rights issued within the rights
issue at the Company in respect of the Company’s shares which
were held in trust by them, and cause their expiry, since the
alternative solution proposed by the trustees of the arrangement as
stated above had turned out to be incapable of
implementation.
On
February 3, 2015, the response by Hermetic Trust (1975) Ltd. was
filed to the Court, in its role as a trustee to the bond holders
(Series G and I) of the Company, as part of which it was noted that
it objects to any motion which may prevent the trade in the rights
and cause their expiry, as this would reduce the potential
injection of capital into the Company.
On
February 4, 2015, a discussion was held in Court on the matter as
part of which the Organization for Protection of the Public’s
Savings and Mr. Ohad Aloni accepted the Court’s offer not to
insist on their motion to publish a tender offer. In addition, the
Court noted that it is aware of the impact on the minority
shareholders at the Company, which was pointed out by the aforesaid
petitioners and the trustees to the arrangement with regard to the
intended issue, however this is not sufficient to prevent the
performance of the issue.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-151
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
Additionally, the
Court instructed the trustees to act according to their
understanding and judgment with regard to their motion not to trade
the rights in respect of the shares held by them in
trust.
Accordingly, the
trustees to the arrangement did not trade the issued rights as
stated and caused their expiry.
c.
A motion to provide an injunction to
copy the IT materials of IDB Holdings and a motion to remove the
investigators regarding IDB Holdings from their function
– further to the motion by the trustees to the arrangement, a
legal adviser was appointed to conduct investigations and represent
the trustees to the arrangement in legal proceedings of IDB
Holdings (the legal firm Naor-Gersht) (‘the legal
adviser” or “the investigators”). On February 1,
2015, the Court approved the granting of an injunction for the
copying of IDB Holdings’ computer material by the aforesaid
legal adviser, as part of which the Court was requested to grant an
injunction, which allows the aforesaid legal adviser or anyone on
his behalf to copy, through a skilled professional, all of the
magnetic media relating to IDB Holdings saved on the computer
servers at the offices of IDB Holdings, and this, inter alia, because of the mixed use of
the servers of the Company and IDB Holdings. On February 51, 2015,
after the company had filed a motion for clarification regarding
the Court’s decision with regard to the copying of IDB
Holdings’ IT material with regard to the manner of its
application (pursuant to a decision of the Company’s Audit
Committee and Board of Directors), (since in order to comply
with the
Court’s decision and to transfer to copy all of the material
belonging to IDB Holdings, screening and filtering work must first
be done between the material belonging to IDB Holdings and the
material belonging to the Company (which, in the Company’s
opinion, the aforesaid legal adviser is not entitled to
receive)),
a
notice was filed to the Court regarding a procedural agreement with
regard to the copying of the computer materials, according to which
it was agreed, inter alia,
that the computer drives of the legal adviser, kept in the IDB
Holdings safe and the information copied onto them, will be
transferred at this point, as is, to a trustee who will be
determined with the parties’ consent, who will keep the
computer drives sealed in his office without any one being granted
permission to view them and who will transfer them to either of the
parties pursuant to the Court’s decision or pursuant to
written consent delivered to him by the trustees of the arrangement
and the Company
On
March 8, 2015 a notice was filed to the Court with regard to the
reaching of an agreed settlement and a motion to grant it the
effect of a decision, as part of which the parties reached an
agreement with regard to the delivery of the material on the
magnetic media, and according to which all of the documents on the
magnetic media which relate to IDB Holdings will be transferred as
is to the aforesaid legal adviser and all of the documents on the
magnetic media which relate to the Company only, will not be
transferred at this point to the legal adviser, and this without
derogating from any claim either of the parties may have with
regard to this.
The
Company will deliver to the legal adviser, documents that belong to
it according to the requests of the legal adviser on specific
issues, and this unless it can provide reasonable justification not
to do so, in which case, in the lack of agreement between the
parties a ruling will be made by the Court. All of the documents on
the magnetic media belonging to the two companies or whose
ownership is questionable will be delivered to the legal adviser.
It was further agreed that at the first stage the information and
the documents for which such separation is done as stated and which
will be delivered to the legal adviser will relate to the years
2007-2013 only and later on documents will be delivered to the
legal adviser with respect to the other years according to the
demand by the legal adviser, if he believes there is a need to do
so.
On
April 27, 2015, the former directors and shareholders of IDB
Holding filed their response to the motion, in which it was claimed
that the agreed-upon arrangement which was presented to the Court
as part of the notice regarding the reaching of an agreed-upon
arrangement, dated March 8, 2015, causes damage to the rights of
the aforementioned investigated parties, and therefore should not
be permitted, and instead a more balanced arrangement should be
implemented, as proposed in their aforementioned
response.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-152
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
c.
A motion to provide an injunction to
copy the IT materials of IDB Holdings and a motion to remove the
investigators regarding IDB Holdings from their function
(cont.)
On May
17, 2015, the Court proposed that the review of documents stored on
the servers of IDB Holding will be carried out, in the first stage,
by the trustees for the settlement, and that they will be
prohibited from transferring certain documents specified by the
Court to the investigators.
On May
26, 2015, the former directors and shareholders filed a motion with
the Court to order the removal of the investigators from one of the
two functions which they fulfill: (1) legal advisors responsible
for conducting the investigations and exercising IDB
Holding’s rights of action; (2) the representative attorneys
of IDB Holding in the motion to approve a derivative claim in
connection with the dividend distributions which were performed by
IDB Holding, due to an abuse of investigative authorities. The
Court was also requested to prohibit the investigators and/or the
trustees for the settlement and/or IDB Holding and/or any other
party on their behalf from making any use whatsoever of information
which has been collected by the investigators with respect to the
aforesaid derivate claim, and to order them to submit to the former
directors and shareholders all of the material that has been
collected by them until now (the “Motion to Remove the
Investigators from Their Function”).
On July
15, 2015, the Court’s decision was issued regarding the
motion to remove the investigators from their function, in which
the Court partially accepted the motion, and prohibited the
investigators or any other party on their behalf from making use,
as part of the claim in connection with the dividends which were
distributed by IDB Holding, of the information and evidence which
they collected, by virtue of their authority as investigators, and
ordered the investigators to submit to the former directors and
shareholders any material which was collected, as stated above. The
Court noted, in its decision, that investigative authorities had
been conferred upon the investigators for the purpose of exercising
the right of action of IDB Holding, excluding with respect to the
dividend claim, and for the time being, investigative authorities
were not conferred upon the investigators, as defined in section
288 of the Companies Ordinance, with respect to the dividend claim.
However, the Court determined that there is no reason to remove the
investigators from one of the two functions which they fulfill, and
that they are fit to fulfill both functions in
parallel.
On
August 6, 2015, a notice and motion to grant a short extension to
submit a joint notice were filed with the Court, in which the
parties announced that they had reached a (partial) understanding
regarding the arrangement in connection with the review of the
documents stored on the servers of IDB Holding, according to which,
inter alia, the Company’s secretariat will submit to the
trustees, and to the former directors and shareholders, the minutes
of the meetings of IDB Holding’s Board of Directors (meetings
of the board committees) which dealt with the dividend
distributions in IDB Holding, as well as any document which was
presented in such meetings, or which was sent to the Board members
of IDB Holding in advance of the meetings. In the notice, it was
further stated that the parties had not yet completed their
negotiations regarding the other documents. On August 6, 2015, the
Court approved the parties’ initial agreement, and granted it
the force of a ruling. On October 22, 2015, the Court gave force of
ruling to the Court's proposal from May 17, 2015, with respect to
the review of documents stored on the servers of IDB Holdings (and
the request of the former directors and shareholders in IDB
Holdings, that the review of the documents be done in the presence
of a representative on their behalf, was not accepted a requested
by them in the notification that they presented to the Court on
July 12, 2015).
On
February 22, 2016, a motion was filed with the Court by the
trustees of the arrangement, to appoint a court-appointed
officeholder to locate specific documents from the Company’s
computer servers that are held by a trustee, which shall be
determined by the court to be necessary for completing the
discovery process within the framework of the legal proceeding in a
derivative action relating to the distributions of dividends that
were made by IDB Holdings, and to transfer them to the
parties
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-153
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
c.
A motion to provide an injunction to
copy the IT materials of IDB Holdings and a motion to remove the
investigators regarding IDB Holdings from their function
(cont.)
On
March 6, 2016, the Company filed its response to the petition, in
accordance with which, in order to increase the efficiency and to
promote the completeness of the process of the disclosure of the
documents in the said processes, the Company does not object in
principle to the petition, however it is of the opinion that in the
circumstances of the case there is no need for an additional
external officer to find the documents that are being demanded;
instead of this, the Company offers to transfer all of the
information that is saved on the Company’s servers to the
trustees for filtering and to find the documents that are required
which will be performed by the trustees for the debt arrangement,
subject to a requirement that every document that is found, as
aforesaid, will be used within the framework of the legal
proceedings in the derivative action in connection with the
distributions of dividends that were performed by IDB
Holdings.
On
March 9, 2016, in continuation of the response that was filed by
the trustees for the debt arrangement, in accordance with the
proposal that was presented by the Company, that the computer
servers that are held in trust will be transferred into the hands
of the trustees immediately in order to filter and to find the
information that is required for the purpose of the completion of
the process of the disclosure of documents within the framework of
the legal proceedings in the derivative action in connection with
the distributions of dividends that were performed by IDB Holdings,
the Court approved the proposal as requested. On March 10, 2016,
the former directors of the Company filed a petition in the Court
for a review of the Court’s decision of March 9, 2016, as
aforesaid, and for instructions that until such a review after the
presentation of the response on the matter of the grounds, the
Company’s servers should not be transferred to the trustees
for the debt arrangement. On March 22, 2016, the trustees for the
debt arrangement filed their response to the petition for a review,
in accordance with which the Court was asked to reject the petition
for review and to charge the petitioners with costs.
d.
The disputes between the Dolphin Group
and the trustees for the settlement with respect to
thetender
offers
During
the course of 2015, disputes arose between the Dolphin Group and
the trustees for the arrangement, on matters relating to the tender
offers in accordance with the provisions of the debt arrangement in
IDB Holdings. Further to these disputes,
On
November 26, 2015, the Court decided to accept the motion of the
trustees for the settlement, and issued a permanent injunction
prohibiting Dolphin Netherlands and IFISA from participating as
offerees in the tender offers, as well as a permanent injunction
prohibiting a disposition with the Company’s shares which are
owned by Dolphin Netherlands and IFISA, until the completion of the
tender offers, excluding with respect to transactions in which the
buyer will be aware, and will approve in advance and in writing,
that it will not participate as an offeree in the tender offers.
The aforementioned injunctions have not been applied to 515,607 of
the Company’s shares, which are currently held by IFISA. The
Court dismissed an additional remedy, which was requested by the
trustees for the settlement, with respect to the depositing in
trust of the Company’s shares, which are held by Dolphin
Netherlands and IFISA, until after the completion of the tender
offers.
For
details regarding the approval for the interim arrangement between
the trustees for the debt settlement in IDB Holdings and Dolphin
Netherlands and IFISA, inter alia, in connection with the
undertakings to perform tender offers, in which Dolphin Netherlands
and IFISA gave an undertaking not to file an appeal against the
ruling which was given by the District Court on November 26, 2015,
see Note 16.G.(2)(e) below. For details regarding the amendment of
the debt arrangement in IDDB Holdings, which was signed between the
trustees for the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings, Dolphin
Netherlands and the Company, for the injection of money into the
Company in the place of a commitment to perform the tender offer
for shares in the Company, within the framework of the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, which was approved by the Court in
March 2016, see Note 16.G.2.f.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-154
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
d.
The disputes between the Dolphin Group
and the trustees for the settlement with respect to
thetender
offers (cont.)
In the
course of the months of May to December 2015, the Company was
informed that contacts had been held and various proposals had been
exchanged between Dolphin Netherlands and the trustees for the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, including the injection of money into
the Company instead of the performance of the tender offers, in
continuation of the aforesaid,
e.Approval of an outline regarding an
alternative injection into the Company, by way of an injection of
subordinated debt, in place of the performance of a public issuance
of shares and approval of an interim arrangement which includes an
amendment to the provisions of the debt settlement in IDB Holdings
in connection with the undertakings to perform tender
offers
In the
course of the months of May to December 2015, the Company was
informed that contacts had been held and various proposals had been
exchanged between Dolphin Netherlands and the trustees for the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, including the injection of money into
the Company instead of the performance of the tender offers, in
continuation of the aforesaid,on December 2, 2015, Dolphin
Netherlands, IFISA (with respect to certain undertakings) and the
trustees for the settlement signed a wording of an interim
arrangement (the "Interim Arrangement") which includes, inter alia,
deferral of the date by which Dolphin Netherlands will propose the
first tranche of the tender offers in accordance with the debt
settlement in IDB Holdings to March 15, 2016 (in a manner whereby
the performance of the tender offer will be until March 31, 2016).
Against the deferral of the aforementioned date, it was determined,
in the interim arrangement, inter alia, that the amount of the
first part with respect to the tender offers will increase in the
amount of NIS 7 million, in a manner whereby the amount of the
first part will be NIS 256.8 million (instead of NIS 249.8
million), without any change implemented to the number of shares
which are entitled to participate in the tender offers, and an
adjustment of the price per share will be implemented, in a manner
whereby the price per share in the first part will amount to a
total of NIS 8.0165 (the price per share in the second part of the
tender offers will be determined in accordance with the provisions
of the debt settlement, and without being affected by the
aforementioned adjustment).
Additionally,
Dolphin Netherlands undertook to increase the securities in favor
of the trustees for the settlement to secure the performance of the
undertaking to perform the tender offers (by way of a pledge on all
of Dolphin Netherlands' rights by virtue of the loan agreement of
subordinated debt, which was signed between Dolphin Netherlands and
the Company, as specified below).
In the
interim arrangement, it was further agreed that in the event that
the Company will perform an issuance of shares and/or securities
convertible into shares in the period until the date of the
performance of first part, and in the aforementioned issuance,
shares and/or securities convertible into shares will be issued to
Dolphin Netherlands or to other corporations under the control of
Eduardo Elsztain, or to other entities, which are not entitled to
participate in the tender offers (if any), then the amount of the
first part will be increased by NIS 53 million.
In the
interim arrangement, it was noted, inter alia, that the parties are
conducting negotiations in an attempt to formulate an agreed-upon
outline, according to which the amounts which Dolphin Netherlands
is obligated to pay as part of the undertakings to perform tender
offers will be injected into the Company in cash, and that the
offer to amend the terms of the debt settlement in accordance with
the provisions of the interim arrangement was intended to allow the
parties the time period necessary to formulate the aforementioned
outline.
Additionally,
subject to the Court's approval of the interim arrangement by
December 8, 2015, Dolphin Netherlands and IFISA undertook not to
file an appeal against the ruling, which was given by the District
Court on November 26, 2015 (see Note 16.G.(2)(d)
above.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-155
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
e.
Approval of an outline regarding an
alternative injection into the Company, by way of an injection of
subordinated debt, in place of the performance of a public issuance
of shares and approval of an interim arrangement which includes an
amendment to the provisions of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings
in connection with the undertakings to perform tender offers
(cont.)
In
addition to the interim arrangement, Dolphin Netherlands and the
Company signed a text of the outline which includes an alternative
injection by way of subordinated debt (the "Subordinated Debt"),
which will come in place (in accordance with its terms, as
specified below) of the immediate performance of a public issuance
of shares (the "Outline Regarding the Alternative Injection"). The
Company’s Audit Committee and Board of Directors (after the
receipt of the recommendations of the independent committee, and
without the participation of the directors Eduardo Elsztain and
Saul Zang, who are considered as parties with a personal interest
in the resolution), approved the acceptance of Dolphin Netherlands'
offer with respect to the outline regarding the alternative
injection.
In the
outline regarding the alternative injection, it was determined that
by December 2, 2015, Dolphin Netherlands will transfer to the
Company a cash total of NIS 110 million, as subordinated debt (the
"First Subordinated Debt"). Additionally, it was determined that by
December 9, 2015, a total of NIS 100 million will be transferred to
the Company (subject to the receipt of the required authorizations
for the outline regarding the alternative injection), which will
also be considered subordinated debt (the "Second Subordinated
Debt"), for the purpose of exercising the warrants (Series 3) of
Discount Investment.
The following are the main terms of
the subordinated debt: (A) The subordinated debt is
subordinated, including in case of insolvency, to all of the
Company’s current or future debts; (B) The debt will be
repaid after the repayment of all of the Company’s debts
towards all of its; (C) The debt will bear annual interest at a
rate of 0.5%. The interest will be accrued for the amount of
subordinated debt, and will be paid only on the repayment date of
the subordinated debt; (D) Dolphin Netherlands will not have the
right to participate or to vote in the meetings of the
Company’s creditors by virtue of the subordinated
debt.
Right to convert the subordinated debt
into capital: (A) Beginning on January 1, 2016, Dolphin
Netherlands will be entitled, in its exclusive discretion, to
decide to convert the remainder of the subordinated debt, as of
that date, in whole or in part, including the interest which has
been accrued on the subordinated debt until that date, into share
capital (the "Capital Conversion Option"); (B) In the event that
Dolphin Netherlands has chosen to activate the capital conversion
option after January 1, 2016, the balance of subordinated debt,
including the interest which has been accrued on the subordinated
debt until that date (the "Balance of Subordinated Debt") will be
converted into share capital, in a manner whereby Dolphin
Netherlands will receive fully paid-up Company shares, against the
balance of the subordinated debt, according to a share price which
is lower by 10% than the average price on the stock exchange of the
Company’s stock during the 30 trading days which preceded the
date of the activation of the conversion option. In the event that
there is no market price for the stock, the price per share will be
determined as the average of three valuations, which will be given
by external and independent valuers, whose identity will be
determined by agreement, and in the absence of agreement, by the
President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in
Israel. The capital conversion option will be enabled after Dolphin
Netherlands will deposit, with the trustees for the settlement, the
documents which are required for the registration of the pledge on
the shares which will result from the conversion, in favor of the
trustees for the settlement, or 150 million shares, whichever is
higher, before the performance of the conversion.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-156
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
e.
Approval of an outline regarding an
alternative injection into the Company, by way of an injection of
subordinated debt, in place of the performance of a public issuance
of shares and approval of an interim arrangement which includes an
amendment to the provisions of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings
in connection with the undertakings to perform tender offers
(cont.)
It was
further determined in the outline regarding the alternative
injection that the Company is aware that Dolphin Netherlands
intends to pledge, towards the trustees for the settlement, all of
its rights in connection with the subordinated debt, and in case of
the conversion of the subordinated debt, the pledge will apply in
favor of the trustees for the settlement to the shares which will
be issued to Dolphin Netherlands following the conversion of the
debt, or to the 150 million shares, whichever is higher, as stated
above.
According to the
outline regarding the alternative injection, on December 2, 2015, a
total of NIS 110 million was received into the Company’s
account from Dolphin Netherlands, and a total of NIS 100 million
was deposited in the trust account.
The
Court ordered the urgent convention of a shareholders’
meeting in the Company on December 6, 2015, for the purpose of
voting regarding an interim arrangement (in which the minority
shareholders voted), and for the purpose of voting regarding the
outline regarding the alternative injection. On December 3, 2015,
C.A.A. filed with the Court a response to the motion by the
trustees for the settlement to convene a meeting, in which it was
requested to order the trustees for the settlement to submit to the
meeting necessary clarifications pertaining to the implications of
the approval for the amendment to the debt settlement, with respect
to C.A.A. On December 6, 2015, the Company received, from the
trustees for the settlement, a copy of the letter which was sent by
the trustees for the settlement to C.A.A., in which, inter alia,
the trustees for the settlement rejected the aforementioned
response of C.A.A. which was filed with the Court, and noted that
the interim arrangement is in the best interest of C.A.A., and does
not pose harm to its status. See Note 16.H.(6) below for details
regarding a letter from the trustee for the holders of the
Company's bonds (Series I) dated December 3, 2015, in connection
with the outline for the alternative injection.
On
December 6, 2015, the general meeting of the Company’s
shareholders approved the outline regarding the alternative
injection of Dolphin Netherlands into the Company, and the meeting
of the Company’s minority shareholders approved the amendment
to the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings, the debt arrangement in
IDB Holdings in connection with the tender offers (the interim
arrangement).
Additionally,
approvals were received from all of the Company’s relevant
lending corporations, whose approval was required for the outline
regarding the alternative injection. On December 8, 2015, the Court
accepted the motion of trustees for the settlement to approve the
amendment to the debt settlement in IDB Holdings, in connection
with the undertaking to perform tender offers, and approved the
interim arrangement. As part of an objection which was filed with
the Court by C.A.A., the Court was requested not to approve the
interim arrangement, or alternatively, to determine that if the
amendment to the debt settlement is approved, then the undertakings
of C.A.A. by virtue of the original debt arrangement (i.e., the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings) have expired, and that it is no
longer bound by them. The Court determined, at that time, that
there is no need to hear the significance of the interim
arrangement with respect to C.A.A.'s obligations by virtue of the
original arrangement, and that C.A.A. reserves its claims if the
need arises to bring them again. Upon the fulfillment of all of the
conditions for the performance of the outline regarding the
alternative injection into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands and
for the performance of the interim arrangement, as stated above, on
December 9, 2015, a total of NIS 100 million was transferred to the
Company, of which a total of approximately NIS 92 million was used
by the Company on December 9, 2015, in accordance with a resolution
passed by the Company’s Board of Directors, to exercise all
of the warrants (Series 3) which were allocated to it by Discount
Investment (see Note 15.B.(4) above).
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-157
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
e.
Approval of an outline regarding an
alternative injection into the Company, by way of an injection of
subordinated debt, in place of the performance of a public issuance
of shares and approval of an interim arrangement which includes an
amendment to the provisions of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings
in connection with the undertakings to perform tender offers
(cont.)
For
details regarding the correspondence with the trustees for the
Company’s debenture holders, and the actions taken by the
trustees for the debenture holders, regarding the resolution passed
by the Company’s Board of Directors to raise capital on
February 15, 2016, by way of a public offering at a scope which
will not fall below NIS 15 million, and regarding the undertaking
of Dolphin Netherlands to participate in the intended public
offering, at a scope which will complete the amount which will be
raised by the Company in the aforementioned public offering, to a
total of NIS 15 million, see Note 16.H. below. For details of a
subordinated loan in a sum of NIS 15 million that the Company
received from Dolphin Netherlands in February 2016, see Note
15.(B).(8) above.
For
details regarding the decision by the Company's Board of Directors
on January 24, 2016, to act no later than the end of February 2016
in order to raise equity by way of an issue to the public at a
price per share not falling below 71.4 Agorot per share (a price
reflecting an extent of the issue of approximately NIS 500 million)
and regarding a letter from a shareholder in the Company in
connection with the issue that is planned, as aforesaid, see Note
15.B.(8) above. For details of an agreed outline that was signed
between the trustees of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings,
Dolphin Netherlands and the Company, for the injection of money
into the Company instead of the undertaking to make tender offers
for the shares of the Company within the framework of the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings and instead of the making of an
offering to the public pursuant to the resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company on January 24, 2016, as stated above and
regarding the Court's approval for the said amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings in March 2016, see Note 16.G.(f)
below.
f.
Approval of an amendment to the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings,
which includes an injection of money into the Company by Dolphin
Netherlands instead of the undertaking to make tender offers for
the Company’s shares within the framework of the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings
Further
to the contacts that took place between Dolphin Netherlands and the
trustees of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings to change the
terms of the undertaking to make tender offers pursuant to the
terms of the debt arrangement, on February 24, 2016, the Board of
Directors of the Company resolved, after a resolution of the Audit
Committee and after a recommendation of the independent committee,
to suspend the proceedings with regard to the offering to the
public pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Company on January 24, 2016 (as stated in Note 15.B.(8) above) and
to approve a proposed outline for an injection of cash by Dolphin
Netherlands into the company within the framework of a proposed
amendment of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings Ltd., including
by means of an offering of the Company’s bonds, as stated
below. It was further resolved that this resolution regarding a
suspension of the offering proceedings would be valid until the
aforesaid outline would be cancelled or expire, whether pursuant to
its terms or pursuant to a resolution that will be adopted at a
meeting of the shareholders of the Company or by the District
Court.
On
February 25, 2016, Dolphin Netherlands and the trustees of the
arrangement signed an amendment to the debt arrangement, which the
Company signed as a party to it with regard to the provisions that
relate to it. In addition, on the same day the trustees of the debt
arrangement filed an urgent motion for instructions, with the
consent of the parties, in which the court was petitioned to order
the urgent convening of a meeting of the Company’s
shareholders and option holders for March 2, 2016, in order to vote
on the amendment to the debt arrangement, and a meeting of
shareholders for approval of the amendment to the debt arrangement
pursuant to section 275 of the Companies Law (as a transaction in
which the controlling owner of the Company has a personal
interest).
On
March 1, 2016, Dolphin Netherlands, the trustees of the debt
arrangement and the Company (with regard to the provisions that
concern it) signed a revised version of the aforesaid amendment of
the debt arrangement, which was submitted for the meeting’s
approval.
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
f.
Approval of an amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, which includes an injection of money
into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands instead of the undertaking
to make tender offers for the Company’s shares within the
framework of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings
(cont.)
The following is a description of the
main points of the consents between the parties within the
framework of the aforesaid amendment to the debt arrangement (as
updated on March 1, 2016):
(1)
On March 31, 2016
(“the effective date”), Dolphin Netherlands will
acquire from the minority shareholders all of the shares of the
Company that they held on March 29, 2016, in such a way that
Dolphin Netherlands (or any corporation related to it) shall hold
100% of the Company’s shares, which shall become a private
bond company (according to the meaning thereof in the Companies
Law), and all of the options of the Company (series 4, 5 and 6)
shall expire.
(2)
The consideration
for the minority shareholders for the acquisition of the acquired
shares and the cancellation of the tender offer undertakings shall
be paid by Dolphin Netherlands and shall be made up of the
following components:
(a)
A cash
payment – which shall be paid on March 31, 2016, in an
amount of NIS 1.25 for each acquired share (‘the cash
payment’).
(b)
A payment in the
Company’s series I bonds, which shall be paid on March 31,
2016, at the adjusted liability value of the bonds (i.e., principal
plus accrued interest up to the date of making the payment and
linkage differentials for the principal and interest) in a sum of
NIS 1.20 for each of the acquired shares (‘the bond
payment’). In accordance with Dolphin Netherlands’
instructions, the aforesaid bonds will be issued by the Company
directly to the minority shareholders, in return for a transfer by
Dolphin Netherlands to the Company of a sum equal to the adjusted
liability value of each bond that the Company will issue as
aforesaid (a total sum of approximately NIS 165-180, where the
precise amount depends on the number of option holders that
exercise the options that they own before the effective date)
– see the amounts that have actually been injected, as
below.
Within
the framework of the motion for approval of the amendment to the
arrangement, the court was requested to order that the issue of the
series I bonds will be done pursuant to the arrangement (and
without any need for an exchange tender offer process by Dolphin
Netherlands or the Company), and with an exemption from a
prospectus and the blocking provisions pursuant to the provisions
of the Securities Law.
After
the payment in cash and the payment of the bonds and the expiration
of the Company’s series 4, 5 and 6 options, the
Company’s shares and options will be delisted on March 31,
2016.
(c)
Additional payment
in a sum of NIS 1.05 for each acquired share, which is conditional
upon the sale of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises(‘the
Clal payment’). Pursuant to the amendment to the arrangement,
the Clal payment is subject to the fulfillment of one of the
following conditions: (1) a control permit will be received from
the Commissioner of the Capital Market or from any other competent
party to control Clal Insurance Company Ltd. (such that Dolphin
Netherlands controls Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises); (2) the
completion of a sale of control in Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesby the company to any party (which will receive a
control permit from the Commissioner of the Capital Market), such
that the Company shall no longer be a part of the control chain in
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesand within this framework the
Company will actually receive consideration in an amount that
reflects a share price of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesof 75%
or more of the equity of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesattributed to its shareholders, as it was on the date of
sale of the control in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesas
aforesaid (i.e., on the date when a binding sale agreement will be
signed).
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-159
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
f.
Approval of an amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, which includes an injection of money
into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands instead of the undertaking
to make tender offers for the Company’s shares within the
framework of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings
(cont.)
The following is a description of the
main points of the consents between the parties within the
framework of the aforesaid amendment to the debt arrangement (as
updated on March 1, 2016) (cont.)
The
equity of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterpriseson the date of sale of
the control will be calculated in accordance with the most recent
financial statements published by Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesbefore the date of sale of the control, less any amount
that it will distribute as a dividend or as a self-purchase from
the date of the aforesaid financial statements until the date of
sale of control, plus any capital amount that it will raise between
the date of the aforesaid financial statements and the date of the
sale of control; (3) if the sale of control is made by or at the
request of the trustee for the shares of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises(for details regarding the aforesaid trustee, see Note
3.H.5.a. above) or will be made by the Company after some of the
shares of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesheld by the Company
were sold by the aforesaid trustee or at his request
(‘involuntary sale’), then (i) insofar as the average
share price that the Company will receive for the sale of all of
its shares in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterpriseswill exceed a
price that reflects a share price of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesof 75% or more of the equity of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises, as it will be on the date of signing an agreement for
the sale of control in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, Dolphin
will pay the full amount of the Clal payment; (ii) insofar as the
condition stated in section (i) above is not fulfilled, but the
sale of the control of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesis done
at a price that reflects a share price of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesof 75% or more of the equity of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesas it will be on the date of signing an agreement for
the sale of control in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, then
the minority shareholders will be entitled to receive a
proportional part of the Clal payment, which reflects the ratio
between the amount of the Company’s holdings that was sold
within the framework of the sale of the control nucleus in Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprisesand 54.92%.
The
amount of the Clal payment will be linked to half of the increase
or decrease, as applicable, of the equity of Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprisesas determined in the amendment to the
arrangement. The undertaking to pay the amount of the Clal payment
will expire on the date when the sale of all of the shares of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprisesis completed and neither of the
aforesaid scenarios has materialized.
(3)
28% of the
Company’s shares held by Dolphin Netherlands and the
subordinated debt note in a sum of NIS 210 million held by Dolphin
Netherlands (see Note 16.G.(2)(e) shall be charged by Dolphin
Netherlands in favor of the trustees, as collateral for the
performance of the Clal payment on the terms determined in the
amendment to the arrangement. Dolphin Netherlands undertook that
starting from the date of signing the amendment to the arrangement
until the date of removing the aforesaid charge that was given as
collateral for the making of the Clal payment, it will not act in
accordance with its right pursuant to the subordinated debt to
convert it into share capital of the Company. It was further agreed
that the percentage of the shares that will be charged in favor of
the trustees of the arrangement by Dolphin Netherlands shall not in
any case exceed 35% of the Company’s issued and paid up share
capital, and if as a result of a conversion of the subordinated
debt, insofar as it will be converted, the percentage of the
charged shares will exceed 35% as aforesaid, shares shall be
automatically released from the charge in an amount that will
result in the percentage of the shares that will be charged in
favor of the trustees of the arrangement shall not exceed
35%.
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
f.
Approval of an amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, which includes an injection of money
into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands instead of the undertaking
to make tender offers for the Company’s shares within the
framework of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings
(cont.)
The following is a description of the
main points of the consents between the parties within the
framework of the aforesaid amendment to the debt arrangement (as
updated on March 1, 2016) (cont.)
(4)
Payment to the option
holders:
(a)
The holders of the
Company’s series 4, 5 and 6 options that exercised the
options before the effective date for exercising the options
(namely, March 28, 2016) shall be regarded as minority shareholders
for all intents and purposes and shall be subject to the amendment
to the arrangement.
(b)
The options that
have not been exercised for shares before the date for exercising
the options as aforesaid shall expire on the effective date. The
entitled holders, as defined in section (c) below (including the
entitled holders that chose the expert track) shall not have any
property or other right in the options which they held and which
shall expire finally and irrevocably as aforesaid on the effective
date, with the exception of the financial right as stated in
sections (c) and (d) below.
(c)
Option holders that
do not exercise the options by the effective date for exercising
the options (except for corporations from the Dolphin Group)
(“the entitled holder”) will receive consideration from
Dolphin Netherlands in return for the options that will expire on
the effective date by means of payment in bonds of the Company with
a value (according to an adjusted liability value) that reflects
the difference, insofar as there is one, between (a) 2.45 and (b)
the price of exercising the option pursuant to its terms, as stated
in the amendment to the arrangement; they shall also receive the
Clal payment on the terms stated in the amendment to the
arrangement (all of which unless they choose the expert track as
stated in section (d) below).
(d)
An entitled holder
that gave notice to arrangement member of the Stock Exchange by
March 28, 2016, that he chooses the expert track, as stated below,
shall receive from Dolphin Netherlands in return for the option
that will expire on the effective date consideration that will be
determined by an independent expert with expertise in options, who
will be appointed by the court (“the expert”).
Accordingly, the Company has been informed by the members of the
Stock Exchange that 84,126.60 par value of the holders of the
options (Series 4), 4,003,059.69 par value of the holders of the
options (Series 5) and 5,322,013.50 par value of the holders of
options (Series 6) have announced that they have elected for the
expert’s track. According to this track, inter alia, the expert will determine
the economic value of the options from each series on the basis of
the Black and Scholes formula and each party will have the right to
state his arguments before the expert. The expert’s opinion
shall be final and binding, and shall be filed by the trustees of
the arrangement for the approval of the court, while the parties
will have the right to present their arguments to the court. In
addition, on the effective date Dolphin Netherlands shall deposit
in trust with the trustees of the arrangement, for each option held
by an entitled holder who chose the expert track, series I bonds of
the Company. Such bonds will be issued by the Company directly to
the trustees of the arrangement in return for the transfer of the
amount of the payment for them (as determined in the provisions of
the amendment to the arrangement) by Dolphin Netherlands, and will
be used, subject to the conditions determined in the amendment to
the arrangement, for the purpose of paying the consideration to the
entitled holders that chose the expert track.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-161
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
a.
The ratification and performance of the debt arrangement at IDB
Holdings (cont.)
(5)
The total money to
which the Company will be entitled pursuant to the amendment to the
arrangement shall be NIS 515 million (of which a sum of NIS 100
million has already been actually received and the balance of the
amount, in a total amount of NIS 415 million, shall be injected
later), in accordance with the following details:
(a)
Dolphin Netherlands
will inject into the Company (in capital, a capital note or by way
of debt that is subordinated to all of the Company’s other
debts (on the same terms as the subordinated debt as stated in the
interim arrangement, but without it being charged in favor of the
trustees of the arrangement), all of which at the sole discretion
of Dolphin Netherlands) a sum (which will be called hereinafter:
‘the amount of the capital injection’) equal to (i) NIS
515 million, less (ii) the amounts in sections (b) to (d)
below.
(b)
Dolphin Netherlands
will inject into the Company, in return for the issue of the
Company’s series I bonds, a sum of NIS 165-180 million, which
will constitute the bond payment. (This amount includes the amount
for the series I bonds that will be issued as stated in section
(4)(c) and section 4(d) above, in return for the adjusted liability
value). See the amounts that have actually been injected as
below.
(c)
A sum of NIS 15
million, which has already been injected into the Company by
Dolphin Netherlands on February 18, 2016 (see note 15.B.(8) above)
on account of future injections by Dolphin Netherlands (and which
will remain as subordinated debt or will be converted into capital,
at Dolphin Netherlands’ discretion).
(d)
An amount of NIS 85
million, which has already been injected into the Company by
Dolphin Netherlands on March 15, 2016, which was used by the
Company for the repayment of a loan that had been extended to the
Company by a banking entity. The said amount was transferred to the
Company as a subordinated loan, which is convertible into shares in
the Company, under the same terms as the subordinated debt in an
amount of NIS 210 million, which was transferred to the Company in
December 2015, as detailed in Note 16.G.(2).(e) above.
(e)
Any amount that
will be injected as capital into the Company up to and including
the effective date for exercising the options, within the framework
of the exercising of options by any of the holders of the
Company’s series 4, 5 and 6 options that are not Dolphin
Netherlands or other corporations controlled by Dolphin Netherlands
and/or controlled by Mr. Eduardo Elsztain, directly or indirectly
(‘the consideration for exercising the options’) (the
maximum amount that will be received for exercising options as
aforesaid in a case where all of the existing options in series 4,
5 and 6 are exercised before the effective date is approximately
NIS 37.5 million).
(6)
The amount of the
capital injection will be injected by Dolphin Netherlands into the
Company, as follows: Up to March 15, 2016, an amount of NIS 85
million will be injected into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands
(as stated above, this amount has actually already been injected)
and up to March 31, 2016, the balance of the amount of the capital
injection will be injected into the Company.
(7)
The amount of the
consideration for the bonds will be injected into the Company by
March 31, 2016.
(8)
The amount of the
consideration for the exercise of the options will be injected into
the Company (insofar as options will be exercised by an option
holder as stated in section 5(c) above) by March 28,
2016.
(9)
Subject to the
actual making of the cash payment and the bond payment, the
undertaking to make tender offers determined in the debt
arrangement of IDB Holdings shall be cancelled and converted into
the undertakings pursuant to the amendment to the arrangement as
stated above.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-162
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
f.
Approval of an amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, which includes an injection of money
into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands instead of the undertaking
to make tender offers for the Company’s shares within the
framework of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings (cont.)
The following is a description of the
main points of the consents between the parties within the
framework of the aforesaid amendment to the debt arrangement
(cont.)
(10)
Upon making the
cash payment and the bond payment and registering the charge as
collateral for the undertaking to make the Clal payment, in full
and in a timely manner, the undertakings pursuant to the amendment
to the arrangement shall be the only valid undertakings to the
minority shareholders pursuant to and/or with regard to the debt
arrangement, all of which as stated in the amendment to the
arrangement. Consequently, from this date the minority shareholders
shall not have any contentions, claims or demands against Dolphin
Netherlands and against Mr. Eduardo Elsztain (or against any
corporation controlled by him) or against any other party to the
debt arrangement (including CAA and any other party related to it),
or against the Company, the directors and officers therein that
hold office or held office since May 7, 2014, all of which with
regard to the debt arrangement and with regard to the consideration
paid by the Dolphin Group in order to become the owner of 100% of
the issued and paid-up capital of the Company. This waiver shall be
cancelled retrospectively if the undertaking to make the Clal
payment in full and in a timely manner and subject to its
conditions is breached (except insofar as the undertaking to make
tender offers is concerned).
(11)
The amendment to
the arrangement is subject to conditions precedent, which include
approval of the amendment to the arrangement by the shareholders
and options holders and the court, with the majority required
pursuant to sections 275 and 350 of the Companies Law. Moreover,
the injection of the capital into the Company is conditional upon
no order being made against it for insolvency, liquidation,
suspension of proceedings, appointment of a receiver, a judicial
decision that a debt shall be immediately repayable or any order
with a similar meaning or with similar implications.
On
February 25, 2016, the trustee for bonds (Series I) filed a
preliminary urgent response to the petition by the trustees for the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings for the calling of a general
meeting of the holders of the Company’s options in order to
vote on the amendment to the debt arrangement.
Within
the framework of his response, the trustee for the aforesaid
bondholders requested that the motion of the trustees of the
arrangement should be struck out and that the court should order
the applicants to file the motion anew in accordance with the
provisions of the law as a motion for an arrangement pursuant to
Section 350 of the Companies Law between the Company, its
shareholders and debtors, or alternatively that the motion should
be heard as a motion for approval of an arrangement of the company,
with all that this implies. The court was also requested to order
the joining of the company’s creditors, the Official Receiver
and the Israel Securities Authority as respondents to the aforesaid
motion of the trustees for the arrangement.
On
February 25, 2016, a preliminary response was filed with the court
on behalf of the trustees for the holders of the Company’s
Series G and J bonds with regard to the motion of the trustees of
the debt arrangement to convene meetings of the shareholders and
option holders in order to vote on the amendment to the debt
arrangement, and further to the preliminary response that was filed
with the court on the matter by the trustee for the series I bonds
as stated above. Within the framework of their response, the
trustees for the series G and J bondholders petitioned the court to
dismiss the response of the trustee for the series I bonds
summarily, inter alia
because the holders of the Series I bonds had not yet considered
the matter and had not yet made a decision as to whether they
wished to file legal proceedings on the matter.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-163
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
f.
Approval of an amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, which includes an injection of money
into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands instead of the undertaking
to make tender offers for the Company’s shares within the
framework of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings (cont.)
The following is a description of the
main points of the consents between the parties within the
framework of the aforesaid amendment to the debt arrangement
(cont.)
On
February 26, 2016, a reply was filed with the court by the trustee
for the series I bonds to the preliminary response of the trustees
for the series G and J bonds as aforesaid, in which framework the
trustee for the series I bondholders said, inter alia, that the
filing of the preliminary response by him with the court was done
on the basis of the option of very significant holders of the
series I bonds and it represented the position of the main holders
of the series I bonds.
For
additional details of actions of the trustee for the holders of the
Company’s Series I bonds and the trustees for the holders of
the Company’s bonds (Series G, I and J bonds) to the
amendment of the arrangement, as aforesaid, see note 16.H.(10)
below.
On
February 26, 2016, the court granted the motion of the trustees for
the debt arrangement to convene a meeting of the Company’s
shareholders, but the court said in its decision, inter alia, that
the aforesaid approval did not constitute a decision on the
question of whether it would be sufficient to obtain the required
majority at the shareholders’ meeting, insofar as such a
majority will be obtained, in order to amend the arrangement in the
requested manner, as well as the additional claims raised by the
trustee for the holders of series I bonds, as stated in note
16.H.(10) below, including the claim regarding the need to file a
new motion for an arrangement pursuant to section 350 of the
Companies Law, claims that will be heard if and when the required
majority is obtained at the shareholders’
meeting.
Further
to the approval of the court, on February 28, 2016, the Company
published an immediate report regarding the convening of a meeting
of the Company’s shareholders and the option holders (series
4, 5 and 6) (and on February 29, 2016, it published a supplementary
report regarding the aforesaid meeting). The aforesaid general
meeting was convened for March 2, 2016, and its agenda is: (1)
approval of the provisions of the amendment to the debt arrangement
in IDB Holdings relating to the Company, including the issue of the
Company’s series I bonds by way of an expansion of the series
and the injection of the capital into the Company, as stated above,
which shall be at the shareholders’ meeting only, pursuant to
the provisions of sections 270(4) and 275 of the Companies Law; (2)
Approval, at a joint meeting of the minority shareholders and the
series 4, 5 and 6 option holders, pursuant to the provisions of
section 350 of the Companies Law, to amend the provisions of the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings, and approval of the performance
of all of the operations in order to implement the amendment to the
arrangement. The amendment to the debt arrangement as aforesaid is
between the trustees of the arrangement and Dolphin Netherlands and
the minority shareholders of the Company, and with the exception of
the approval of certain aspects as stated in the resolution in
section (a) above, the organs of the Company were not required to
approve, and did not approve, the amendment to the debt
arrangement.
On
March 2, 2016, the meeting of the shareholders of the Company
approved, pursuant to the provisions of sections 270(4) and 275 of
the Companies Law, the provisions of the amendment to the debt
arrangement relating to the Company, as stated above. Moreover, at
a joint meeting of the minority shareholders and the option holders
it was resolved to approve, pursuant to the provisions of section
350 of the Companies Law, the amendment to the debt arrangement in
IDB Holdings and all of the operations required for implementing
its as aforesaid.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-164
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
f.
Approval of an amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, which includes an injection of money
into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands instead of the undertaking
to make tender offers for the Company’s shares within the
framework of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings (cont.)
On
March 1, 2016, the Company received from the attorney of C.A.A. a
copy of a letter from C.A.A., which was sent to the trustees of the
debt arrangement, in which, inter
alia, C.A.A. reiterated its position that in view of the
making of the interim arrangement (as stated in note 16.G.(2)(e)
above), C.A.A. has no further liability by virtue of the original
debt arrangement that was approved by IDB Holdings. It was further
stated in the aforesaid letter that the amendment to the debt
arrangement as stated above was also reached without any
involvement of C.A.A. and it was a result of negotiations between
the trustees of the arrangement and Dolphin Netherlands, and it was
clear that if the meeting of the shareholders of the Company that
was convened for March 2, 2016, in order to approve the amendment
to the debt arrangement as aforesaid chose to approve it, C.A.A.
would no longer have any liability pursuant to the original debt
arrangement or pursuant to any amendment that has been made or will
be made to it.
It was
further stated in C.A.A.’s letter that if the meeting of the
Company’s shareholders would choose to approve the amendment
to the arrangement as aforesaid, it would not be possible to raise
any claims or demands whatsoever against C.A.A. if Dolphin
Netherlands did not comply with the terms of the amendment to the
arrangement. In view of the aforesaid, the trustees of the
arrangement were requested, inter
alia, to clarify the aforesaid to the meeting of the
Company’s shareholders and to emphasize this also in the
motion that would be filed with the court for the purpose of
approving the amendment to the debt arrangement.
On
March 3, 2016 the trustees for the arrangement and Dolphin
Netherlands presented a notification in the Court regarding the
results of the meeting on the matter of the amendment of the debt
arrangement and an urgent petition for the approval thereof (with
the agreement of the Company). Responses and replies were presented
to the trustees petition for the amendment of the debt
arrangements, were filed, inter alia, by: The trustees for the
holders of the Company’s bonds (Series G and J) agreed to the
amendment of the debt arrangement and requested to reject the
objection of the trustee for the holders of the bonds (Series I)
(“The trustee for the Series I bonds:); CAA requested to make
it clear that upon the approval of the amendment to the debt
arrangement, CAA or anyone acting on its behalf or in connection
with it will not be responsible for any of the commitments in the
original arrangement (including, but not only, the commitment to
perform the tender offers), without dependency on the question of
whether Dolphin Netherlands fulfills its commitments in accordance
with the amendment to the debt arrangement; the petitioners in the
proceedings for the approval of the class action, details of which
appear in Note 23.C.(1).l below, requested that the Court should
approve the amendment to the debt arrangement without sections
relating to the exemption in it, and that is should make it clear
that there shall be nothing in this that affects the claims and the
grounds for the claim that have been detailed in the said class
action; the trustee for the Series I bonds made his agreement
conditional upon the amendment of the debt arrangement, inter alia,
by giving collateral to the holders of the bonds (Series I), which
would allow “reverse engineering” in the event of the
Company becoming insolvent, where the debt that may be issued
within the framework of the amendment to the debt arrangement shall
be subordinate to the existing bonds (Series I), and that the
amount that is to be injected into the Company shall not be less
than the amount that is required in order for it to meet its
commitments, at least until the end of the year 2016, that the
approval of the amendment of the debt arrangement should be made
conditional upon the holding of type meetings for the
Company’s creditors in accordance with Section 350 of the
Company’s Law. The trustee for the Series I bonds claimed
that the Company is conducting itself in an environment of
insolvency and that the proceedings are camouflage for a request
for a compromise or an arrangement the objective of which is a
recovery program for the Company.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-165
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
f.
Approval of an amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, which includes an injection of money
into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands instead of the undertaking
to make tender offers for the Company’s shares within the
framework of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings (cont.)
In its
response, the Company requested that the Court should approve the
amendment of the debt arrangement and that it should reject the
objections and the claims raised by the trustee for the Series I
bonds, including the allegations regarding the Company’s
(purported) insolvency. Dolphin Netherlands and IFISA noted in
their response, inter alia, that the amendment of the debt
arrangement will significantly improve the Company’s position
and that of the holders of the Series I bonds, and also that there
is no substance to the allegations by the trustee of the Series I
bonds regarding the Company’s economic position or the need
for a debt arrangement fort eh Company in place of the existing
amendment to the debt arrangement. The trustees for the debt
arrangement asked the Court to reject the objections to the
amendment to the debt arrangement and to approve the
petition.
On
March 10, 2016, the Court responded favorably to the petition and
approved the said amendment to the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings, inter alia, whilst rejecting the objections of the
trustee for the Series I bonds. The Court determined, inter alia,
that the trustee for the Series I bonds cannot force upon the
Company to take action in accordance with Section 350 of the
Companies Law if it is not interested in initiating such a process,
all the more so when he is entitled to initiate such a process by
himself. The Court did not accept the claims made by the
petitioners in the proceedings regarding the approval of a class
action, which is detailed above, and determined that it would be
appropriate for this question to be clarified in the Court that is
hearing the petition for the approval of the said claim as a class
action. The Court accepted CAA’s claim and determined that
immediately upon the approval of the amendment to the debt
arrangement (without this being dependent upon the actual
performance of the duties in accordance with the amendment to the
debt arrangement), its duties to perform the tender offers for
shares in the Company in accordance with the original debt
arrangement would expire.
On
March 27, 2016, the trustees for the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings presented an application in the Court for the appointment
of an expert for the purpose of the determination of the value of
the Company’s options, in accordance with the provisions of
the amendment of the debt arrangement, as aforesaid. It was noted
in the application that the Company and Dolphin Netherlands would
bear the expert’s fees.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-166
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
G.
Legal
proceedings regarding the Company’s financial position; the
debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; The amendment of the debt arrangement, which
includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
2.
The debt arrangement in IDB Holdings and additional proceedings
relating thereto; the amendment of the debt arrangement,
which includes the injection of funds into the Company
(cont.)
f.
Approval of an amendment to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, which includes an injection of money
into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands instead of the undertaking
to make tender offers for the Company’s shares within the
framework of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings (cont.)
The
following are details of the amounts of the injections into the
Company and the payments to the minority shareholders that have
been performed by Dolphin Netherlands at the time of the completion
of the amendment to the debt arrangement as well as details
regarding the allocation of the bonds (Series I):
Payments and injections executed by Dolphin Netherlands at the time
of the completion of the amendment of the debt
arrangement
|
NIS
millions
|
Injections into the
Company
|
|
Against
the allocation of bonds (Series I)
|
167
|
Against
subordinated debt/ equity
|
248
|
Total
injections into the Company (1)
|
415
|
Payment
to the minority shareholders
|
160
|
Total
injections and payments by Dolphin Netherlands
|
575
|
(1) This is in
addition to the injections that were injected into the Company in
the amounts of NIS 15 million and NIS 85 million in February and
March 2015, respectively, as stated in Sections F.(5).(c) and (d)
above.
|
Allocation
of bonds (Series I) by the Company at the time of the completion of
the amendment of the debt arrangement
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
Par
value
|
To the
minority shareholders
|
127.3
|
To the
holders of option warrants (Series 4) (*)
|
4.8
|
To the
holders of option warrants (Series 5) (*)
|
3.7
|
To the
holders of option warrants (Series 6) (*)
|
2.5
|
Total
par value allocated
|
138.3
|
|
|
(*)
Both the holders of the option warrants who elected for the
disposal value track and also the holders of the option warrants
who elected for the expert’s track, as detailed in the
provisions of the amendment of the debt arrangement. As such, based
on the information that has been presented to the Company by the
members of the Stock Exchange, bonds (Series I)) in an amount of
4.3 million par value will be deposited with the trustees for the
arrangement in accordance with provisions of the amendment of the
debt arrangement
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IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-167
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
H.
Correspondence
with the trustees for the Company’s debenture holders and
actionstaken by the trustees for the debenture holders
(1)
In connection with
the offers that were exchanged between Dolphin Netherlands and the
trustees for the settlement, from May and August 2015, prior to the
signing of the amendment to the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings
(as specified in Note 16.G.(2)(e) and (f) above), both of which
included an issuance of Company debentures to its shareholders, the
trustees for the Company’s debenture holders (Series G, I and
J) demanded, in October 2015, that: the Company refrain from any
undertaking towards the trustees for the settlement or the
Company’s controlling shareholders to issue any debt
whatsoever of the Company, or to provide any compensation not in
the form of shares to the trustees for the settlement or any other
party on their behalf through the use of the Company’s assets
or increasing its debts, to involve the trustees and the
representatives of the debenture holders in any negotiations with
the trustees for the settlement whose results may have implications
as to the rights of the Company’s debenture holders, and to
announce the objection of the trustees for the debenture holders to
any issuance of debt by the Company in the legal
proceedings.
(2)
On November 12,
2015, the Company and its Board members received a letter from the
trustee for the Company’s debentures (Series I), in which,
inter alia, the aforementioned trustee announced that outline for
the replacement of the tender offers under the debt arrangement in
IDB Holdings, which was included in the notification that was
delivered by Dolphin, is not acceptable to the debenture holders
(Series I), that the debenture holders (Series I) demand the
convention of an urgent meeting of debenture holders on the matter;
and that insofar as the aforementioned outline is not immediately
ruled out by the Company’s Board of Directors, the trustee
will convene the debenture holders for a discussion in order to
reach operative decisions on the matter, including initiating
proceedings, insofar as may be required.
(3)
On November 15,
2015, the Company’s Board of Directors resolved as follows:
(1) To appoint the two outside directors who are serving in the
Company as members of the independent committee which will
participate and represent the Company (with respect to the relevant
aspects) in the negotiations regarding the outline for the
conversion of the tender offers. (2) The Company will undertake
towards the trustee for the Company’s debentures (Series I)
to issue notice to him, and to report to the public, immediately
upon the Company’s receipt for discussion of an outline
regarding the conversion of the tender offers (by means of an
issuance of debentures and any other similar outline in connection
with the aforementioned tender offers), and that no decision will
be reached, by any of the Company’s various organs, before
the passage of 7 business days after the date of the aforementioned
notice and report, if and insofar as such decisions will be
reached. Against the aforementioned undertaking, the trustee
changed, at that time, his intention of convening an urgent meeting
of debenture holders (Series I) on the matter.
(4)
On November 16,
2015, a letter was sent to the Company and to its Board members
from the trustee for the Company’s debentures (Series I), in
which, inter alia, the Company was required to complete,
immediately and without any delay whatsoever, the capital raising
for the Company in the amount of NIS 200 million, in accordance
with Dolphin Netherlands’ proposal from June 29, 2015 (as
specified in Note 15.b.(4) above).
Additionally, the
Company received a copy of the letter by the trustee for the
Company’s debentures (Series I) towards the trustees for the
debt settlement in IDB Holdings, from that same day, in which,
inter alia, it was noted that, according to information which was
given to the trustee for the Company’s debentures (Series I),
actions and demands which are raised by the trustees for the
settlement may delay or prevent an immediate capital raising for
the Company, and therefore, the trustee for the debentures (Series
I) announced that he would consider actions of this kind, insofar
as they prevent or delay the completion of the guaranteed capital
raising for the Company, as an action which breaches the duties of
good faith which are prescribed in law for the minority
shareholders which are represented by the trustees for the
settlement.
(5)
On November 18,
2015, a letter was sent to the Company and to its Board members and
to Dolphin Netherlands by the trustee for the Company’s
debentures (Series I), in connection with the proposal that had
been presented by Dolphin Netherlands to the trustees for the
settlement from November 2015, which included an amended
arrangement with respect to the undertakings to perform tender
offers in accordance with the debt settlement in IDB
Holdings.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-168
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
H.
Correspondence
with the trustees for the Company’s debenture holders and
actionstaken by the trustees for the debenture holders
(cont.)
In the
letter it was noted, inter alia, that the amended outline which was
proposed by Dolphin Netherlands is not acceptable to the
Company’s debenture holders (Series I), and that the Company
and its corporate officers are required to sign, verify and report
to the public, without delay, that any amount which will be
injected into the Company by the controlling shareholder, in
accordance with its undertaking with respect to the raising of
capital for the Company, will be provided as a capital investment,
or alternatively, against an allocation of debt which is fully
subordinated to the terms of the debentures (Series I), and that
the Company will be entitled, at all times, to convert the
aforementioned debt into capital, insofar as the Company’s
requirements and liabilities to its creditors require the
above.
In the
Company's letter of response, dated November 25, 2015, it is stated
that as of the timing of its letter, the Company is continuing to
progress the issuance of shares to the public and that as of that
time, the Company does not have an agreed outline other than the
planned issue of capital, and that if and when such an outline is
presented to it, the Company will examine it thoroughly (see Note
16.G.2.e above for details regarding the approval for an
alternative outline for an injection into the Company by way of the
injection of subordinated debt. It was further noted that the
Company does not agree with the position taken by the trustee for
the Company's bonds (Series I) regarding the financial position and
that the Company always acts and will continue to act with full
transparency opposite the trustee for the holders of the bonds
(Series I) and that there is nothing to prevent him from stating
his position regarding the outline that may be proposed, insofar as
it may be proposed and it has even agreed to inform the trustee, as
aforesaid, sufficient time in advance for any agreed outline that
it may receive for discussion, as aforesaid.
(6)
After the Company
reported that consent had been reached with regard to the
alternative outline for an injection, by way of the injection of
subordinated debt by Dolphin Netherlands, as detailed in Note
16.G.2.e. above, on December 3, 2015, the Company received a letter
from the representatives of the trustee for the holders of the
Company's bonds (Series I), in which it was claimed, inter alia,
that the liability that the debt will be subordinate to all of the
Company's debts must be given opposite all of the creditors (and
not only between the parties to the outline as is written in the
outline) and also that Dolphin Netherlands' offer, within the
context of the alternative outline for an injection is not
equivalent to its commitment to inject equity in to the Company as
part of Dolphin Netherlands’ offer of June 29, 2015.
Accordingly, it is claimed in the letter, the Company is required
to reject the outline for an alternative outline and to take action
immediately for the completion of the public offering. Dolphin
Netherlands clarified on December 3, 2015, that the Company's
creditors would have the right to claim that the debt is
subordinated.
In
accordance with the aforesaid, in a letter dated December 6, 2015,
IDB Development rejected the said claims by the trustee for the
holders of the Company's bonds (Series I), and noted that in view
of the clarification of Dolphin Netherlands the need to respond to
the bond holders' trustee (Series I) in this regard become
unnecessary. Furthermore, the Company indicated in such letter,
inter alia, that the proposal of Dolphin Netherlands regarding the
subordinated debt was reviewed by the relevant organs and
committees of the Company and was lawfully approved after an
elaborate and in-depth review of the Company's needs and the
existing alternatives and that the outline contained in said
proposal will result in an immediate injection of funds to the
Company in a scope exceeding the amounts Dolphin Netherlands is
committed to inject according to its commitments by virtue of its
proposal dated June 29, 2015.
(7)
On January 7, 2016,
the trustees for the Company’s debenture holders (Series I),
and on January 11, 2016, the trustees for the Company’s
debenture holders (Series G and J), published a notice regarding
the convening of a meeting of debenture holders from the
aforementioned series, whose agenda will include, inter alia,
reporting by the Company’s representative to the holders of
the aforementioned debentures regarding the expected impact on the
Company’s ability to service its liabilities, due to the
non-success of the negotiations for the sale of the Company’s
holding in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, and the passage of
the time set in the Commissioner's outline for the signing of an
agreement for the sale of the control of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises, (see Note 3.H.5.c. above).
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-169
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
H.
Correspondence
with the trustees for the Company’s debenture holders and
actionstaken by the trustees for the debenture holders
(cont.)
Moreover, on
January 7, 2016, the Company received a letter from the trustee for
the holders of the Company’s debentures (Series I), in which,
inter alia, the aforementioned trustee claimed that following the
non-success of the negotiations for the sale of the Company’s
holding in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, in consideration of
the Company’s cash requirements, as reflected in the cash
flow forecast which was included in the Company’s reports for
the third quarter of 2015, and in the outline which was ordered by
the Commissioner for the sale of parts of the Company’s
holding in Clal Insurance Enterprises (see Note 3.H.5.b above),
there is an immediate need to perform a significant capital raising
for the Company, with the support of the Company’s
controlling shareholders. In light of the above, the Company is
required: (A) to prepare for a capital raising in the amounts which
are required by the Company, including the receipt of an
undertaking from the controlling shareholder to participate in the
capital raising, in accordance with its share in the
Company’s issued capital; (B) To immediately secure any other
certain external source to finance the amounts which the Company
lacks to service its liabilities in 2016, without causing
discrimination between the status of its various creditors; (C) To
refrain from the performance of any payment to a financial creditor
without securing external financing in the amount of the payment to
the aforementioned creditors, which will prevent concern regarding
preference of creditors; and (D) In connection with payment to a
financial creditor of the Company, in the amount of NIS 15 million,
which is due on January 15, 2016, the trustee for the holders of
debentures (Series I) stated that if a solution is not presented to
him which ensures that the payment to this creditor does not
constitute preference of creditors, he intends to add to the agenda
of the meeting of debenture holders which he convened, as stated
above, additional issues, including the passing of resolutions for
the purpose of the initiation of legal proceedings.
(8)
Further to the
demands of the trustee for the holders of debentures (Series I), as
stated above, and his convention of a meeting of debenture holders,
on January 11, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors
resolved, in consideration of the Company’s financing
requirements, that if by February 15, 2016 the Company has not
raised a total of NIS 15 million, by way of exercise of warrants
and/or any other capital raising and/or by way of subordinated debt
("Previous Capital Raising"), then the resolution of the
Company’s Board of Directors will enter into effect, with no
need for an additional resolution, to raise capital on February 15,
2016, by way of a public offering at a scope which will not fall
below a total of NIS 15 million. Additionally, further to the
aforementioned resolution, Dolphin Netherlands announced to the
Company that it undertakes to participate in the aforementioned
public offering, which will supplement the amount that will be
raised by the Company within the framework of the aforementioned
public offering to a total of NIS 15 million (less any amount which
will be received by the Company as a previous capital raising),
according to a price per share which will be determined in
accordance with conventional market conditions.
In
light of the aforementioned resolution, on January 12, 2015, the
trustees for the debenture holders (Series G, I and J) announced to
the Company the cancellation of the meetings of the holders of the
aforementioned debentures, which had been convened, as stated
above.
(9)
For information
regarding a letter that was sent to the Company and directors in
the Company by the trustees for the holders of 3 bond series of the
Company, on February 2, 2016 following the resolution of the Board
about the planned share issuance and a letter from a shareholder in
the Company regarding the planned share issuance, see Note 15.B.8
above.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-170
Note
16 – Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at Amortized
Cost (cont.)
H.
Correspondence
with the trustees for the Company’s debenture holders and
actionstaken by the trustees for the debenture holders
(cont.)
(10)Actions of the trustee for the holders
of the Company’s series I bonds and the trustees of the
series G and J bonds of the Company with regard to the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings – following the
Company’s reports regarding the contacts that took place
between Dolphin Netherlands, the trustees for the debt arrangement
in IDB Holdings and the Company, and the signing of the amendment
to the debt arrangement subsequent thereto, as stated in note
16.G.(2)(f) above, on February 23, 2016, the trustee for the
Company’s series I bonds gave notice of the convening of a
meeting of the series I bondholders which took place on February
28, 2016, at which the agenda included the following matters: a
report and discussion of the proposal of the Company and its
controlling owner and the proposal of the trustee for the series I
bonds for an alternative outline, pursuant to the letters that he
sent to the Company in February 2016 as stated below, and a
discussion regarding the ways available to the holders of the
series I bonds to protect their rights, including the filing of
legal proceedings in order to stop payments to other financial
creditors. In a letter that was sent by the aforesaid trustee to
the Company and the members of its Board of Directors on February
16, 2016, included an alternative outline to the outline with
regard to which contacts were taking place at that time between
Dolphin Netherlands, the trustees of the arrangement and the
Company. Within the framework of the alternative outline that was
proposed as aforesaid, it was stated, inter alia, that the amount of the
promised injection should guaranteed in advance the ability of the
Company to pay its undertakings at least until the end of 2016, and
it also included a provision that the holders of the series I bonds
would be given suitable charges in order to allow ‘reverse
engineering’ of the situation so that the position of the
series I bondholders would be similar to their position had the
Company entered into insolvency on the date of the aforesaid
letter.
In an
additional letter that was sent by the trustee for the series I
bonds on February 23, 2016, to the Company, the members of its
Board of Directors and Mr. Eduardo Elsztain, it was stated that on
the basis of express representations of the Company and the
controlling shareholder, the trustee for the series I bondholders
and his advisers agreed to delay the convening of meetings of the
aforesaid bondholders and receiving clear instructions to begin
proceedings in order to prevent the making of payments to
short-term creditors. However, in view of the Company’s
notice that instead of raising capital for the Company from the
public it intends to issue capital and bonds to the controlling
shareholder, and the issue of the bonds is expected to be done by
way of expanding the long term series I bonds (see the provisions
of the amendment to the debt arrangement, as stated in note
16.G.(2)(f) above), the trustee for the series I bonds decided to
convene a meeting of the bondholders as aforesaid. In addition,
within the framework of his aforesaid letter, the trustee for the
series I bondholders repeated his demand to make any payment to the
short-term creditors conditional upon finding a secure mechanism
that will be able, by way of ‘reverse engineering,’ to
ensure that no preference of creditors will take place. and he
claimed that the company is insolvent and therefore it should use
all of its rights and assets, including its ability to raise
capital from the public or from the controlling shareholders, for
the benefit of all of the creditors.
In an
additional letter of the trustee for the series I bonds to the
Company, the members of its Board of Directors and Mr. Eduardo
Elsztain dated February 25, 2016, the trustee for the aforesaid
bonds reiterated, inter
alia, his opposition to an expansion of the Company’s
series I bonds pursuant to the amendment to the arrangement as
aforesaid, and demanded, inter
alia, the sending of copies of his aforesaid letters to the
insurance company that insures the liability of the Company’s
officers.
On
February 25, 2016, the trustee for the series I bonds published a
supplementary report regarding the convening of a meeting of the
holders of bonds from the aforesaid series, in which he added to
the agenda of the general meeting a discussion and report with
regard to the motion that was filed with the court to convening a
meeting of the shareholders and option holders in order to vote on
the amendment to the debt arrangement, and the preliminary response
that was filed by the trustee as aforesaid with the court. Within
the framework of the meeting that took place as aforesaid on
February 28, 2016, a report was given, inter alia, by a representative of the
Company, and a report was given by the economic adviser of the
trustee and the series I bondholders with regard to the financial
position of the Company.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-171
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
H.
Correspondence
with the trustees for the Company’s debenture holders and
actionstaken by the trustees for the debenture holders
(cont.)
(10) Actions
of the trustee for the holders of the Company’s series I
bonds and the trustees of the series G and J bonds of the Company
with regard to the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings
(cont.)
Moreover, on
February 25, 2016, the trustee for the series I bonds published an
invitation to hold an additional meeting of the series I
bondholders without an actual meeting on February 29, 2016, at
which the agenda proposes authorizing and instructing the trustee
for the series I bondholders to oppose, and for this purpose to
take all of the legal steps required at his discretion, the
proposed outline for amending the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings,
unless collateral will be given for the series I bonds or
subordinated debt to the aforesaid bonds will be issued, all of
which as will be approved by the meeting of the holders of the
aforesaid bonds.
On
February 28, 2016, the Company received a copy of a letter from the
trustees of the series G and J bonds of the Company that was sent
to the trustee for the Company’s series I bonds, in which the
trustees for the series G and J bonds said that the actions that
were carried out on behalf of the holders of the series I bonds
were likely to cause all of the interested parties very serious
damage, including the frustration of an injection of more than NIS
500 million into the Company (of which approximately NIS 335-350
million by means of a capital injection or subordinated debt).
Therefore, the trustee for the series I bondholders was requested,
inter alia, to withdraw the
claims that were raised by him within the framework of the
responses that he filed with the court.
On
February 28, 2016, the trustee of the series I bonds gave notice of
the calculation of the meeting of the series I bondholders that was
convened for February 29, 2016, and subsequently he gave notice of
the convening of an additional meeting of the series I bondholders
for March 1, 2016, where the agenda would include authorizing and
instructing the trustee for the series I bonds to start all of the
legal proceedings required at his discretion in order that the
proceeding of approving the outline of the arrangement proposes by
the company would be done within the framework of a proceeding of
the Company pursuant to section 350 of the Companies Law (and not
merely as an amendment to the debt arrangement of IDB Holdings as
the Company requested), and that the position of the trustee and
the holders of the series I bonds would be required in order to
approve the amendment of the arrangement between the Company, the
controlling owner and the trustees of debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings as stated in note 16.G.(2)(f) above. Despite the
aforesaid, it was clarified that a motion for an injunction against
the amendment of the arrangement will be subject to separate and
additional approval of the meeting of the series I
bondholders.
It was
further clarified in the notice of the convening of the aforesaid
meeting that the trustee for the holders of the series I bonds will
be entitled to remove his opposition, insofar as an amendment or
replacement of the outline will be agreed between the Company and
the trustee for the holders of series I bonds, which will allow
“reverse engineering,” the issue of debt that is
subordinated to the series I bonds and an investment in the capital
of the Company in a total amount of at least NIS 800 million, or
any other offer, providing that it will be approved by a meeting of
the series I bondholders. On March 1, 2016, the Company was told by
the trustee of the series I bonds that a meeting of the series I
bondholders that took place on that day approved the aforesaid
resolution.
On
March 1, 2015, the Company received a letter from the
representative of the trustee for the series I bonds in which the
Company is required to furnish the trustee with an economic and
legal opinion that the Company has received, including an opinion
that relates to the question of the Company’s settlement
capacity. On March 3, 2015, the Company replied, inter alia, that
the objection of the trustee for the series I bonds to the
application that has been presented to the Court for the amendment
of the debt arrangement and the other moves that have been made out
of the narrow interest of the holders of the series I bonds alone,
in an attempt to further improve their situation and that his
demand to receive such documents constitutes a lack of good faith
and the Company does not agree to it.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-172
Note
16 – Bonds, Bank Loans and other Financial Liabilities at
Amortized Cost (cont.)
H. Correspondence
with the trustees for the Company’s debenture holders and
actions taken by the trustees for the debenture holders
(cont.)
(10) Actions
of the trustee for the holders of the Company’s series I
bonds and the trustees of the series G and J bonds with regard to
the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings (cont.)
On
March 1, 2016, the trustee for the holders of series I bonds gave
notice of the convening of an additional meeting of the series I
bondholders, which would take place without convening on March 6,
2016, on the agenda of which would be the appointment of a
representation for the series I bondholders, which would have the
authority, inter alia, to
assist the trustee for the holders of the series I bonds and to act
as the agent of the trustee and holders of the series I bonds in
examining the possibility with the Company and/or the controlling
shareholder of giving collateral to the holders of series I bonds,
in examining the financial position of the Company and its ability
to comply with the terms of the Series I Trust Deed and in taking
action in order to protect the holders of the series I
bonds.
The
trustee for the holders of the bonds (Series I) announced that a
meeting of the holders of the said bonds, which was held on March
6, 2016, had decided to appoint representative of the holders of
the bonds (Series I) as aforesaid. In continuation of the
aforesaid, the trustee for the holders of the bonds (Series I)
announced the calling of a meeting of the holders of the said
series for March 22, 2016 (without actually meeting (in order to
elect a number of members of the representation and their
identities. At the said meeting, it was decided to appoint such
representation and to appoint a single member as
representative.
For
details regarding the various responses and replies that were
presented to the Court by the trustees for the holders of the
Company’s bonds (Series G, I and J) with regard to the
amendment of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings, see Note
16.G.(2).(f) above, , on March 10, 2016, the Court approved the
amendment of the debt arrangement in IDB Holdings, whilst rejecting
the objections raised by the trustee for the Company’s bonds
(Series I) to the amendment of the debt arrangement.
On
March 17, 2016, an additional letter was delivered from the trustee
for the bonds (Series I) to the Company and to the members of its
Board of Directors, in which, inter alia, the said trustee repeated
his position regarding the state of the Company and the concern
about its being in an environment of insolvency even after the
execution of the injections that are expected from the controlling
shareholder within the framework of the amendment of the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings. In addition, the trustee once more
called upon the Company and its representative to go back and to
discuss the possibility of reaching agreements that would remove
the shadow of harm from the long-term creditors (the holders of the
bonds (Series I) of the Company). On March 22, 2016, the Company
once again rejected the claims made by the trustee for the bonds
(Series I) and noted, inter alia, that it has settlement capacity
and that it benefits from a significant portfolio of assets,
furthermore, it also has significant, proven financial support from
the controlling shareholder in it and that is making and will
continue to make use of its resources, including the monies that
have been injected and will be injected into it within the
framework of the amendment of the debt arrangement, for the purpose
of settling payments to its creditors in accordance with the
existing repayment schedules.
In
March 2016, the trustees for the holders of the Company’s
bonds (Series G and J) announced the calling of a meeting of the
holders of the bonds of those series, where on the agenda, inter
alia, there were updates and consultations in the light of the
Company’s recent publications, which preceded the
notification of the calling of the said meeting as well as a
discussion and consultation on the question of the need to appoint
representatives of the holders of the bonds of those
series.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-173
Note
17 - Provisions
A. Composition
|
Site
dismantling and remediation(A)
|
Legal
claims(B)
|
Contractual
obligations and onerous contracts(C)
|
Provision
for warranty and other provisions
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Total
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2015
|
21
|
95(1)
|
282
|
20
|
418
|
Provisions made
during the year
|
3
|
41
|
60(2)
|
1
|
105
|
Provisions utilized
during the year
|
-
|
(10)
|
(48)
|
(1)
|
(59)
|
Provisions reversed
during the year
|
(4)
|
(19)
|
(7)
|
(2)
|
(32)
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
20
|
107
|
287
|
18
|
432
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current
portion
|
20
|
-
|
203
|
18
|
241
|
Current
portion
|
-
|
107
|
84
|
-
|
191
|
Balances as at
December 31, 2015 (unaudited):
|
20
|
107
|
287
|
18
|
432
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current
portion
|
21
|
-
|
196
|
18
|
235
|
Current
portion
|
-
|
95(1)
|
86
|
2
|
183
|
Total
as at December 31, 2014:
|
21
|
95
|
282
|
20
|
418
|
(1) Reclassified,
see note 1.F.1. above.
(2) See Note
7.B.(1) above and below regarding a provision that has been
recorded in Property & Building in connection with HSBC and
Note 3.H.3.b. above regarding a provision that has been recorded by
Shufersal in respect of onerous rental contracts, for the leasing
of commercial areas, which are not cancellable.
A. Site dismantling and remediation - The
Group companies are required to recognize certain costs
of removal of assets and remediation of sites on which the
assets were located. The aforesaid expenses are calculated
based on the dismantling value in the current year, while taking
into consideration the best assessment of future changes in
price, inflation, etc., and are capitalized at a risk-free interest
rate. The forecasts regarding the volume of the removed or
constructed assets are updated according to expected changes
in regulations and technological requirements.
B. Legal claims - Legal claims are filed
against Group companies in the ordinary course of business, and
regarding part of the claims, motions are filed for approving them
as class actions. Where provisions were necessary to cover the
exposure resulting from said claims, provisions were included,
which are adequate in the opinion of the managements of the Group
companies, based on, inter alia, legal opinions regarding the
chances of such claims. For details on claims, see note 23.C.
below, and for details on contingent liabilities, see note 23.A.
below.
C. Contractual obligations - Provisions for
contractual obligations include a number of obligations arising
from a contractual liability or legislation, in respect of which
there is a high component of high uncertainty in terms of the
timing and the amounts required in order to settle the
liability.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
18 - Employee benefits
Employee benefits
include post-employment benefits, other long-term benefits,
termination benefits, short-term benefits and share-based payments
The Group’s liability for employee severance benefits in
respect of its Israeli employees is calculated in accordance with
Israeli severance pay law.
As
regards post-employment benefits, Group companies have defined
benefit plans for which they contribute to central severance pay
funds and insurance policies. The Group companies also have defined
contribution plans for some of their employees who are subject to
section 14 of the Severance Pay Law, 5723-1963. Regarding
share-based payments in a main investee company, see Annex II of
the Financial Statements.
A. Employee
benefits that are presented under non-current
liabilities:
|
As at December 31
|
|
(unaudited)2015
|
2014
|
|
NIS Millions
|
|
|
|
Present
value of unfunded obligations
|
103
|
104
|
Present
value of funded obligations
|
422
|
449
|
Total
present value of defined benefit obligations
(post-employment)
|
525
|
553
|
Fair
value of plan assets (1)
|
369
|
392
|
Recognized
liability for defined benefit obligations
|
156
|
161
|
Liability for other
long-term benefits
|
10
|
12
|
Additional employee
benefits that are presented under assets (2)
|
1
|
1
|
Total
|
167
|
174
|
|
|
|
(1) Plan assets
comprise:
|
|
|
Equity
instruments
|
61
|
73
|
Government
bonds
|
143
|
146
|
Corporate
bonds
|
87
|
100
|
Cash
and other
|
78
|
73
|
Total
|
369
|
392
|
|
|
|
Total
employee benefits presented in the following sections:
|
|
|
(2)Assets designed for
payment of benefits for employees(presented under loans, deposits,
restricted deposits and non-current receivables
|
1
|
1
|
Long-term employee
benefits
|
167
|
174
|
B. Employee
benefits that are presented under current liabilities:
Additional
amounts are presented under other payables in respect of employee
benefits:
|
As at December 31
|
|
(unaudited)
2015
|
2014
|
|
NIS Millions
|
|
383
|
344
|
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
18 - Employee benefits (cont.)
C. Significant
changes in employee benefits in Cellcom
1. In February
2015, Cellcom entered into a commitment under a collecting labor
agreement with representatives of the employees and with the New
General Federation of Labor for a period of three years (from 2015
to 2017). The agreement applies to the employees of Cellcom and of
Netvision, Cellcom's subsidiary company, except for certain
management and other positions. The agreement relates to various
aspects of policies and terms of employment, including the minimum
salary, annual pay rises, incentives, benefits and other
non-recurring or annual payments for employees, the welfare budget,
as well as procedures for the manning of positions, moving
positions and dismissal and the authorities of Cellcom's management
and of the representatives of the employees in relation to such
procedures. The agreement includes conditions in accordance with
which the employees have the right to participate in Cellcom's
operating profits above a certain threshold and to enjoy additional
benefits under certain conditions. In Cellcom's assessment, the
cost of the agreement to Cellcom, throughout its period is expected
to be approximately NIS 200 million, before tax. Cellcom recorded a
non-recurring expense of NIS 30 million in respect of the agreement
in 2015 and the Company's share of the expense is NIS 10
million.
2. In April
2015, in cooperation with the workers' committee, Cellcom launched
a voluntary retirement program for employees. As a result, Cellcom
recorded an expense in 2015 in an amount of NIS 25 million in
respect of the total amount of the grants for employees who have
signed up for this program, and the Company's share of this expense
is NIS 7 million.
D. Significant
changes in employee benefits in Shufersal
In
January 2015, a temporary directive was published in the Official
Gazette in accordance with which the minimum salary will be
increased in three tranches, as follows: As from April 2015, the
minimum salary was increased to NIS 4,650 a month, as from July
2016, the minimum salary will be increased to NIS 4,825 a month and
ad from January 2017, the minimum salary will be increased to NIS
5,000 a month. In addition, in March 2015, the New General
Federation of Labor and the Presidents of the Employers'
Organizations announced an updating of the minimum salary agreement
was being updated, in accordance with which an additional tranche
will take place in December 2017, such that the minimum salary will
be increased to NIS 5,300. As a result of the raising of the
minimum salary, Shufersal's salary expenses increased by NIS 43
million in 2015 as compared with 2014.
Note
19 - Accounts Payable and Credit Balances
|
December
31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
Accrued
expenses - interest
|
388
|
491
|
Accrued
expenses - other
|
147
|
131
|
Liabilities to
employees
|
383
|
344
|
Institutions
|
59
|
62
|
Advances from
purchasers of apartments
|
251
|
204
|
Provisions for
expenses
|
149
|
90
|
Advance
payments from customers
|
348
|
367
|
Advanced
revenues
|
143
|
77
|
Liabilities in
respect of option for the purchase of a partnership (2)
|
133
|
-
|
Other
accounts payable and credit balances
|
136
|
108
(1)
|
|
2,137
|
1,874
|
(1) Reclassified;
see note 1.F.1 above.
(2) See footnote (2)
in Note 16.A.2 above.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
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Note
20 - Trade Payables
|
December
31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
debts
|
2,163
|
2,130
(1)
|
Post-dated
checks
|
455
|
338
|
|
2,618
|
2,468
|
(1) Reclassified;
see note 1.F.1 above.
Shufersal purchases
from a main supplier amount to NIS 986 million in 2015 and to
approximately NIS 1.2 billion in 2014.
Note 21 - Financial
Instruments
A. Management
of financial risks
The
Group is exposed to the following risks, which arise from the use
of financial instruments:
- Credit
risks
- Market risks
(comprised of index risk, currency risk, interest risk and other
price risk)
- Liquidity
risks
- Operating
risks
The
Company does not determine the risk management policy of its
investee companies.
The
person responsible for the management of financial risks in the
Company is the chief financial officer.
The
direct handling of the Company’s financial exposures, the
formulation of hedging strategies, the supervision of their
implementation and the provision of an immediate response, if
possible – taking note of the various restrictions that apply
to the Company (see note 16.E above), to unusual developments in
the various markets that have a direct impact on the
Company’s risks, if they are relevant to the Company, is in
the hands of the person responsible for the management of risks in
the Company, who is assisted by a team, and all such matters are
discussed and examined by the Company’s audit committee and
Board of Directors.
As at
the reporting date, the principal risk that the Company faces is
the liquidity risk (see below).
Exposure to fluctuations in the market value of investee
companies
Most of
the assets of the Company are direct investments in two companies,
the shares of which are traded on the stock exchange: Discount
Investments and Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises. The investment
in Discount Investments is usually a long-term investment and is
not presented in the Statement of Financial Position at fair value.
The investment in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprisesis measured at
fair value through profit and loss (see notes 3.H.5.a-d above).
Changes in the prices of the securities of these companies and of
companies held by them can affect, directly or indirectly, the
reported business results, capital, cash flows, the value of the
Company and/or the equity value; they can also have an impact on
the possibilities and terms of realization of these assets, that
are and can be used as collateral to secure credit, on the rating
of the Company’s bonds, on the degree to which the Company
complies with the financial covenants of lenders and supervisory
agencies, on the ability to distribute a dividend, on the
availability of credit and financing and the terms thereof. In this
respect, a negative change in prices, may result, among other
things, in a decrease in the consideration and/or the equity
(directly in equity or through profit and loss – pursuant to
generally accepted accounting principles) of the Company and of the
investment companies held by it, a decrease in the profitability of
the investee companies and reductions recorded by the Company and
investee companies thereof in their investments in investee
companies.
The
Company does not usually use hedge instruments against these
risks.
The
security and economic situation in Israel and around the world may
also have a negative impact on the business results of the investee
companies, and accordingly, on the business results, equity, cash
flows and value of the Company.
The
Company is indirectly exposed, mainly through its major investments
and their investee companies, to changes in the prices of raw
materials, the prices of securities, other prices and other
economic indices, which may have a material impact on the assets
and liabilities of the companies, including the liabilities of the
companies to vendors, customer debts to the companies, the value of
inventories held by the companies and of other assets and
liabilities. In addition, the Company is exposed to inflation,
interest and exchange rate risks.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-177
Note 21 - Financial Instruments
(cont.)
A. Management
of financial risks (cont.)
Exposure to fluctuations in the market value of investee
companies
The
major companies impacting on the market risks of the Company are
the direct investee companies – Discount Investments and Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprises(“Clal Insurance”), and a
number of Discount Investments' investees: Cellcom, Koor, Adama,
Shufersal and Property & Building.
1. Risk
management policy of the Company and its wholly-owned companies
(excluding IDB Tourism)
Market risks - The Company is directly
exposed to market risks as a result of changes in the tradable
value of its holdings, primarily for the Company's holding in
shares of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises changes in the
consumer price index, and changes in interest rates, which may
affect its assets and liabilities and impair the business results,
equity, cash balances and cash flows, and the value of the Company.
Considering the situation of the Company and the restrictions
applying to it, the ability of the Company to manage market risks
has significantly decreased, since, as at the reporting date the
Company is not able to engage in new hedge contracts.
The
Company is exposed to the various market risks, also indirectly,
due to the impact thereof on its investee companies.
Direct exposure of the Company’s
liabilities to the CPI increase – As at the date of
the statement of the financial position, the Company has CPI-linked
liabilities totaling NIS 2.2 billion with a duration of 3.1 years,
compared with CPI-linked liabilities totaling NIS 2.6 billion with
a duration of 3.5 years as at December 31, 2014. These index-linked
liabilities constitute 71% and 66% of the Company’s debt as
at December 31, 2015 and 2015, respectively.
In the
past, the Company executed a swap transaction for the exchange of a
CPI-linked liability (the Company’s bonds ((Series G) for a
nominal liability. The balance at the date of the Statement of
Financial Position replaces NIS 21million nominal value of the
Series G in the fixed interest Shekel cash flows.
It
should be noted, that the value of the contract of the stated type
is measured in the statement of financial position according to
fair value, and it is effected not only from the actual increase in
CPI, but also and primarily from the expectations reflected in the
market with regard to the remaining period (and which may change
from one period to the next). This causes the economic hedge by the
contract not to reduce the volatility of the accounting expense,
and sometimes even increase it.
Exposure to variances in the market
value of the Company’s assets and the effect of market
variables on these values – as a general rule, the
Company does not perform hedging transactions against these
exposures, mainly because these assets are held, usually, for an
extended period. However, in some cases in the future such hedges
may be performed as said.
Effects of NIS exchange rates -
The Company is exposed to the effect of exchange rates on the fair
value of investee companies, which operate abroad, and/or mostly in
foreign currency.
Liquidity risks
For
details regarding the Company’s financial position and plans,
see note 1.B above.
The
Company has included a forecast statement of cash flows for the
Company and its wholly owned head office companies (apart from IDB
Tourism) in the Report of its Board of Directors as at December 31,
2015, in which details are provided of the liabilities and the
financial sources from which the Company expects to settle them in
a period of two years starting from the date of the statement of
financial position.
The
Company’s activity (repayment of debts, general and
administrative expenses, investments and in the past) is financed
mainly by proceeds from the sale of assets, and in the past,
generally, by dividends that have been received from investee
companies, issuances of bonds and loans from financial
corporations, including from banks. Since the completion of the
debt arrangement at IDB Holdings, the Company’s payments
include primarily repayments of debts and general and
administrative expenses and they are financed by raising capital,
in which the controlling shareholder takes a significant part. As
at December 31, 2015, the liquid means held by the Company totaled
NIS 244 million as at December 31, 2014. The Company manages
liquidity risks in order to ensure a sufficient degree of liquidity
for meeting its obligations and expected payments on time, to the
extent possible without damaging the assets value as stated. For
this purpose, the Company recently performed raisings of capital,
primarily from the controlling interest, inter alia by way of
rights issue to its shareholders, the exercise of option warrants
and the raising of convertible subordinated debt from the
controlling interest. Among other methods, the Company uses cash
flow forecasts, to the extent possible given the nature of its
businesses, in order to monitor cash flow
requirements.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-178
Note 21 - Financial Instruments
(cont.)
A. Management
of financial risks (cont.)
1. Risk
management policy of the Company and its wholly-owned companies
(excluding IDB Tourism) (cont.)
Liquidity risks (cont.)
The
duration of the gross outstanding debts of the Company, which as at
December 31, 2015 amounted to NIS 2.6 billion, is 3.1 years
(compared to 2.9 years as at December 31, 2014).
The
Company has bank loans of NIS 510 million and a loan from a
financial institution of NIS 63 million as at December 31, 2015, in
respect of which the Company undertook to comply with financial covenants.
For details on the financial covenants and causes for immediate
repayment, including due to change of control, and agreements
reached with regards thereto, see note 16.E. above.
For
details on a secured loan from a financial institution, against
which the Company pledged a deposit and part of its investments,
including additional charges subsequent to the date of the
Statement of Financial Position, see Note 16.C.2.
above.
The
Company is exposed to a liquidity risk deriving also from it being
part of one of the major borrower groups in the Israeli economy and
as such – it is subject to the restriction of a group of
borrowers or an individual borrower in Israeli banks.
For
details on guarantees and comfort letters furnished by the Company
to a subsidiary, see Note 22.C-D.1. below.
As at
the date of the statement of financial position, the bonds of the
Company were rated B with a negative outlook. In January 2016,
subsequent to the date of the Statement of Financial Position,
Maalot lowered the rating of the Company’s bonds to CCC, with
the rating outlook remaining negative. See Note 16.D. above for
details. See also in the said note regarding the CCC rating that
was set by Maalot in March 2016 in connection with the expansion of
up to NIS 200 million of bonds (Series I) of the
Company.
For
details regarding the approval of the amendment of the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings, which includes the injection of funds
into the Company (including by way of the expansion of the
Company’s Series I of bonds) see Note 16.G.(2).(f)
above.
Exposure to changes in interest rates
– The Company has NIS-denominated liabilities at variable
interest rates, to banks and a financial institution, at a total
amount of NIS 573 million. Therefore, an increase in the interest
rate will cause an increase in the Company’s future interest
payments.
Credit risks – In accordance with
the policy of the Board of Directors, the Company’s
management invests liquidity surpluses mainly in deposits in local
banks, which are not creditors of the Company, with the aim of
maintaining the liquid balances at low risk. As at December 31,
2015, the Company’s total liquid balances amounted to NIS 44
million, which have been deposited in deposits, primarily in a bank
to which the Company is not indebted.
The
Company’s policy with regard to risk management, as specified
above, is only performed for the Company itself and wholly owned
subsidiaries, apart from IDB Tourism.
The
Company does not set policy and does not manage the risks of its
investee companies. The policy of the investee companies is set
directly by the companies themselves. Furthermore, the Company does
not engage in activities designed to hedge market risks deriving
from the operations of its investees, or from the operations of
companies held by them. Moreover, the Company does not manage the
aggregate risks of the investee companies and/or the companies held
by them.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-179
Note 21 - Financial Instruments
(cont.)
A. Management
of financial risks (cont.)
2. Risk
management policy of subsidiaries
a. Discount
Investments
Market risks - Discount Investments is
directly exposed to market risks resulting from changes in exchange
rates and in the rate of inflation in Israel, as well as from
market variables that affect the markets on which its holdings are
traded and accordingly the value of such. Discount Investments is
also exposed indirectly to various market risks that affect the
performance of its investee companies.
Approximately 77%
of Discount Investments’ debt as at December 31, 2015, is in
CPI-linked NIS-denominated bonds, and the rest of the debt is in
unlinked NIS-denominated loans and bonds. The bonds bear fixed
interest, and their fair value is affected from time to time by
changes in the market interest rate.
Direct effects of the NIS exchange
rates – As at December 31, 2015, Discount Investments
held USD 25 million, which was received within the context of a
distribution of a dividend , which Adama executed in December 2015,
which will be used to pay interest in respect of a non-recourse
loan, which Koor received from a Chinese bank (see Note 3.H.4.a
above for details regarding the distribution of the dividend and
Note 16.F.1.b above for details regarding the non-recourse loan).
Occasionally, Discount Investments sells or purchases holdings, the
consideration of which is denominated in foreign currency, usually
the dollar. The exposure in these transactions is present in the
period before the closing of the transaction.
Discount
Investments is also exposed to the effect of exchange rates on the
NIS market value of its investee companies that operate abroad
and/or mainly in foreign currency.
In
addition, the non-recourse loan specified in Note 16.F.1.b. above,
which Koor received as part of the completion of the merger
transaction of Adama with ChemChina, is exposed to changes in the
exchange rate of the U.S. Dollar.
Direct exposure to the increase in the
CPI – As at December 31, 2015, Discount Investments
has debt in respect of CPI-linked bonds in an amount of NIS 3.5
billion, with a duration of approximately 4.46 years.
Discount
Investments partially hedges this exposure by acquiring CPI forward
contracts for periods between 1-3 years. As at December 31, 2015,
the contracts held amounted to NIS 850 million, for an average
remaining period of 12 months.
It
should be noted that these kind of contracts are measured for
accounting purposes at fair value, which is affected not only by
the actual increase in the CPI until the date of measurement, but
also by the market’s anticipations for the rest of the period
(and which may change from one date of measurement to the other).
The effect of the aforementioned is that the economic hedge
obtained by using these contracts may not reduce the fluctuations
in the accounting result, and sometimes may even increase
it.
Exposure to fluctuations in the market
values of Discount Investments’ assets and to the effect of
market variables on these values – Discount
Investments does not hedge against such exposures.
Exposure to changes in interest
rates – Bonds issued by Discount Investments and bank
loans received by it, amounting to NIS 4.2 billion and NIS 147
million, respectively as at December 31, 2015, bear fixed interest,
and are therefore not exposed to cash flow fluctuations from
changes in interest rates. Bank loans received by Discount
Investments, totaling NIS 219 million at December 31, 2015, and
have variable interest rate, are exposed to changes in the prime
interest rate. In addition, the non-recourse loan specified in Note
16.F.1.b. above, received by Koor as part of the completion of the
merger transaction of Adama with ChemChina, is exposed to changes
in the LIBOR interest rate of the US Dollar for 6 months (this
interest rate moved in 2015 between 0.4% and 0.8%, and proximate to
the date of approval of these financial statements, is
approximately 0.9%). As at the date of approval of these financial
statements, Discount Investments does not hedge this risk. In the
past, Discount Investments did not engage in hedges against the
value exposure deriving from the fixed interest rates of its bonds,
and that was the situation also as at the date of approval of these
financial statements.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-180
Note 21 - Financial Instruments
(cont.)
A. Management
of financial risks (cont.)
2. Risk
management policy of subsidiaries (cont.)
a. Discount
Investments (cont.)
Credit risks - In accordance with the
policy of the Board of Directors of Discount Investments, the
management of Discount Investments invests its surplus liquidity so
as to obtain a fair return on it, while maintaining a suitable
return-risk ratio, in solid channels – mainly short-term
shekel deposits in a number of major Israeli financial
institutions, and it also invests in liquid securities, which
mainly include trust funds, exchange traded funds, government and
corporate bonds with a rating of at least A+ and corporate bonds
abroad have been rated with the international rating of Investment
Grade and above. In addition, the maximum percentage of securities
of a single issuer, which Discount Investments holds in its
portfolio does not exceed 10% of the value of its investment
portfolio. Discount Investments carries out transactions in
derivative financial instruments only through banking corporations
and entities that are required to maintain collateral levels in
accordance with scenarios. Except for the above, Discount
Investments has no other material financial assets that are exposed
to credit risks.
Liquidity risk – The policy of
Discount Investments is to act so that it has sufficient liquid
resources to meet its liabilities when due. Within this framework,
Discount Investments aspires to maintain an appropriate cash
balance. It is noted, that as at December 31, 2015, Discount
Investments has a liquid resources balance of NIS 798 million,
exclusive of an amount of NIS 98 million, which was received within
the context of the distribution of a dividend, which was executed
by Adama in December 2015, and which will be used by Discount
Investments for payments of interests (and any tax payments that
may apply) in respect of a non-recourse loan that Koor received
within the context of the sale of Adama to ChemChina, where the
total repayments of the principal and the interest in respect of
Discount Investments' debt (without taking into account payments in
respect of the said non-recourse loan( in the years 2016 and 3017
amounting to NIS 699 million and NIS 1,029 million, respectively.
Discount Investments conducts continuous examinations of the future
cash flow projections and the various sources available to it,
which include, among others, the following:
●
Expected dividends
from investee companies - in such respect, Discount Investments
monitors the profitability of the investee companies, the available
cash flows thereof and their ability to distribute dividend. See
also Note 35.F. below a dividend that Discount Investments is
expected to receive from Shufersal in April 2016 and the decision
by Elron to act to present a petition in the Court for the
execution of a distribution, Discount Investments expects that its
investee companies will continue to distribute additional dividends
in the course of the years 2016 and 2017.
●
Koor is acting to
exercise reality assets that it owns, for a net consideration that
is estimated at NIS 90 million.
●
The consideration
from the exercise of 3 series of option warrants that are
exercisable into shares in Discount Investments, with an overall
extent of between NIS 375 million and NIS 409 million (see Note
15.B.4 above for details) and/or from other recruitments of
equity.
●
The sale of
holdings in investee companies – In light of Discount
Investments significant cash requirements in 2016 and in accordance
with the business developments that may occur, Discount Investments
has the ability to realize limited percentages or more of the share
capital of its investee companies whilst retaining control in the,
and it also has the ability to realize all or most of its holdings
in the shares of one of the investee companies, in accordance with
the business developments that may occur and in accordance with
Discount Investments’ liquidity requirements. It should be
noted, that Discount Investments controls major public companies,
leading their fields of operation, whose shares are highly
tradable, and the holdings of Discount Investments therein are not
pledged under specific pledge.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-181
Note 21 - Financial Instruments
(cont.)
A. Management
of financial risks (cont.)
2. Risk
management policy of subsidiaries (cont.)
a. Discount
Investments (cont.)
Liquidity risk (cont.)
Debt
recycling - Discount Investments examines periodically the
possibility of receiving loans, including loans that are secured by
a lien on assets from financial institutions or institutional
bodies, for enlarging an existing bonds series, replacing existing
bonds series of short duration with existing bonds series of longer
duration. It should be mentioned that Discount Investments' debt is
not subject to financial covenants and since July 2015, there has
been an increase in the market value of market value of its main
assets and a certain decrease in its gearing level and in the
yields to redemption on its bonds. It should be noted that the
value of Discount Investments’ assets (based on the market
value of its main investments) has also been favorably affected by
the increase in the market value of the investments since July
2015, as aforesaid and shortly before the time of the approval of
these financial statements amounts to a positive amount of NIS 607
million.
b. Cellcom
Credit risk – The management of
Cellcom monitors the exposure to credit risk on an ongoing basis.
Cellcom conducts credit assessments on customer accounts exceeding
a certain amount, and requires collateral against them. The
management of Cellcom regularly monitors outstanding customer
debts.
Cellcom’s
cash and cash equivalents are deposited in major banking
institutions in Israel. Cellcom invests only in highly liquid bonds
and only when the counterparty has a credit rating of at least AA-
granted by Maalot. Cellcom actively monitors credit ratings, and in
view of these high credit ratings, Cellcom’s management does
not anticipate that the counterparties will not meet their
obligations.
As at
December 31, 2015, Cellcom does not have a substantial
concentration of credit risks. Financial instruments that could
potentially subject Cellcom to credit risk consist mainly of trade
receivables balances. Credit risk from trade receivables balances
is limited due to the composition of the customer base, which
includes a large number of individual customers and
businesses.
Liquidity risk – Cellcom invests
surplus cash not required for funding its current operations in
interest-bearing investment channels, such as short-term deposits
and bonds. Such investment channels are selected according to
forecasts of Cellcom’s future cash needs for meeting its
obligations. Cellcom examines current forecasts of its liquidity
needs, in order to ensure that cash balances are sufficient to
cover its operating needs. Cellcom verifies the availability of
unutilized credit lines, in order to avoid exceeding the determined
credit limits and deviating from financial covenants that it must
meet. Said forecasts take into account factors such as
Cellcom’s plans to use debt for funding its operations,
meeting binding financial covenants, and also meeting external
instructions, e.g. laws or regulation.
Market risk - Cellcom purchases and
sells derivatives in the regular course of business, and also
undertakes financial liabilities for the purpose of managing market
risks, in accordance with the policy determined by Cellcom’s
board of directors.
Interest and CPI risk – Cellcom is
exposed to fluctuations in the interest rate, including changes in
the CPI, since the majority of its borrowings are linked to the
CPI. As part of the risk management policy, Cellcom has entered
into forward contracts that partially hedge its exposure to changes
in the CPI.
Currency risk – Cellcom’s
operating income and cash flows are exposed to currency risk,
mainly due to handset and network- related acquisitions and its
international roaming services activity. Cellcom also has bank
accounts that are denominated in foreign currencies other than its
principal currency, primarily in USD and Euro. As part of its
financial exposures hedging policy, Cellcom uses forward and option
transactions to partially hedge its exposure to fluctuations in
foreign exchange rates.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-182
Note 21 - Financial Instruments
(cont.)
A. Management
of financial risks (cont.)
2. Risk
management policy of subsidiaries (cont.)
c. Property
& Building
The
operations of Property & Building are financed mainly by
CPI-linked long-term shekel loans. The revenues of Property &
Building in Israel are all linked to the CPI and any surplus cash
is invested for short periods, mainly in shekel deposits and
marketable securities. Property & Building’s foreign
operations are financed, to the extent possible, with credit in the
operating currency of the local market in which the operations are
carried out.
Market risks - The nature of its
business exposes Property & Building to market risks deriving
from changes in external factors, such as the level of activity of
the real estate sector in the economy, changes in the consumer
price index, changes in the Construction Inputs Index, and changes
in market interest rates. Property & Building is also exposed
to changes in foreign currency exchange rates in its investments
abroad. Such exposure derives from both the current operations of
the investee companies thereof abroad and the methods of financing
the investments.
Property &
Building hedges the financial exposures to the risks described
above that derive from its operation in Israel by matching the
linkage bases of the expenses to those of its revenues, and also by
diversifying its financing sources and types of credit.
Accordingly, Property & Building regularly examines the credit
conditions in the various alternatives and the assessments
regarding changes in forecasted inflation rates and market interest
rates.
According to the
degree of current exposure, Property & Building assesses that
there is no room for the use of derivative financial instruments
for purposes of hedging against market risks.
Regarding the
exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates in its
investments abroad, Property & Building acts to reduce the
exposure by investing in companies whose operating currency is the
foreign currency of the target countries, and also by matching the
linkage basis of these investments to those of the revenues and
sources of financing.
Interest rate risk - Property &
Building’s interest rate risk primarily arises from long-term
liabilities (bonds and loans), most of them at fixed
interest.
Credit risks – Regarding surplus
cash, the policy of Property & Building is to invest it for
short periods of time, mainly in deposits and marketable securities
(mainly bonds). The deposits are held in a number of financial
institutions of the highest level in Israel.
d. Shufersal
Credit risks - Shufersal does not have
significant concentrations of credit risk, since its policy ensures
that retail sales are for the most part transacted in cash or
credit cards. In addition, the wide spread of its customers
significantly reduces credit risk.
Shufersal has a
procedure for granting credit to customers. According to the
procedure, the customer provides identifying documents, the details
of those authorized to make purchases, and collateral, such as
post-dated security checks and bank guarantees, personal guarantees
or promissory notes. Obligo approval authority according to credit
amounts is conferred to credit managers, finance manager and up to
the deputy CEO and CFO, according to the credit amounts. In
addition, an aging report of the customers’ credit debt is
monitored on a monthly basis.
Shufersal limits
its exposure from investments of liquid means thereof, by investing
in rated securities only, with a rating of at least A by Maalot and
at least “a2” by Midroog.
The
opposing parties to the derivatives currently held by Shufersal,
are banks rated between AA and AAA with a stable outlook based on
Maalot’s rating.
Market risk - Shufersal purchases and
sells derivatives in the regular course of business, and also
undertakes financial liabilities for the purpose of managing market
risks.
Currency risk - Most of
Shufersal’s activity is carried out in Israeli currency.
Shufersal manages the currency exposure that arises from
fluctuations in exchange rates, in respect of liabilities and cash
flows denominated in foreign currency due to the import of products
denominated in Dollars and Euros. Shufersal has taken measures to
reduce the currency exposure by purchasing futures
contracts.
CPI risk - Shufersal occasionally
applies a policy of hedging the risks deriving from CPI-linked
rental contracts and its CPI-linked bonds, by executing hedging
transactions.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-183
Note 21 - Financial Instruments
(cont.)
A. Management
of financial risks (cont.)
2. Risk
management policy of subsidiaries (cont.)
e. Elron
Credit risk - Elron holds the majority
of its deposits and cash and cash equivalents balances in solid
channels, in various financial institutions with a high rating, and
disperses its investments among the various institutions. In
addition, as at December 31, 2016, Elron has invested approximately
USD 23 million in corporate bonds having an international rating of
Investment Grade or above, where most of them are rated A- and
above. .
Currency risk - Elron’s operation
currency and that of the majority of its investee companies is the
US Dollar. Accordingly, Elron holds a significant amount of its
deposits and its balances of cash and cash equivalents in US
Dollars.
Interest
risk – As part of its risks management, Elrcon invests part
of the balance of its liquid resources in dollar bonds, which are
linked to changes in the LIBOR interest rate.
3. As at December 31, 2015, the
investment in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterpriseshas been
classified as an investment that is and accordingly, as at December
31, 2015, the investment in shares in Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprisesand Given’s assets and liabilities have not been
included in this note.
B. Credit
risks
As at
December 31, 2015, cash and cash equivalents amounted to NIS 3,356
million, investments in marketable bonds amounting to NIS 1,132
million and short term deposits amounting to NIS 761 million. The
deposits are held with banking corporations of the highest
rating.
The
revenue from sales and services of the consolidated companies are
mainly from customers in Israel. The consolidated companies
continually monitor customer debts, and the financial statements of
the aforesaid companies include provisions for doubtful debts,
which properly reflect, according to the assessment of the
consolidated companies, the loss embodied in debts whose collection
is doubtful.
The
consolidated companies have no significant concentrations of credit
risk, in light of the policy in place at the consolidated
companies, which ensures that sales are in the majority of cases
made in cash or by credit card, and in the real estate sector are
secured by the units themselves until their delivery, which is only
made when payment for them is completed.
1. The maximum
exposure to credit risk was as follows:
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
Non-current
assets
|
|
|
Other
investments*
|
137
|
151
|
Loans,
deposits, restricted deposits and debit balances
|
132
|
140
|
Long-term trade
receivables
|
467
|
476
|
Current
assets
|
|
|
Current
investments, excluding derivatives*
|
1,134
|
2,121
|
Short-term loans,
deposits and pledged and restricted deposits
|
761
|
514
|
Financial
receivables
|
113
|
132
|
Trade
receivables
|
2,527
|
2,712
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
3,356
|
3,578
|
Derivatives
|
|
|
Exchange rate
forward contracts
|
1
|
1
|
Index
forward contracts
|
3
|
5
|
|
8,631
|
9,830
|
* Excluding
shares, participation certificates in trust funds and exchange
trade funds.
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-184
Note 21 - Financial Instruments
(cont.)
B. Credit
risks (cont.)
2. The maximum
exposure to credit risk due to trade receivables, accounts
receivable, loans and other investments, by geographic
regions:
|
As
of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
Israel
|
7,860
|
9,005
|
United
States
|
621
|
707
|
United
Kingdom
|
111
|
106
|
Other
regions
|
39
|
12
|
|
8,631
|
9,830
|
3. The maximum
exposure to credit risk due to trade receivables, accounts
receivable, loans and other investments, by counterparties,
according to the book value, was as follows:
|
December
31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
Financial
corporations
|
4,121
|
4,117
|
End
customers
|
1,614
|
1,703
|
Credit
card companies
|
1,062
|
1,039
|
Short
term loans and bonds issued by the Israeli government
|
655
|
1,469
|
|
|
|
Bonds
issued by other corporations*
|
479
|
651
|
Loans,
investments and other receivables
|
382
|
405
|
Communication
operators
|
133
|
206
|
Retail
customers
|
102
|
100
|
Distributors and
agents
|
28
|
25
|
Lessees
|
23
|
21
|
Other
customers
|
13
|
17
|
Wholesale customers
and private customers
|
19
|
77
|
|
8,631
|
9,830
|
* As at
December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, bonds at an amount of NIS
442 million and NIS 647 million, respectively, are rated A- or
higher.
4. The aging
of the maximum exposure to credit risk:
|
December 31
|
|
2015 (unaudited)
|
|
|
Gross
|
Provision for doubtful
debts
|
Gross
|
Provision for doubtful
debts
|
|
NIS millions
|
Not
past due
|
8,495
|
(28)
|
9,679
|
(30)
|
0 - 30
days past due
|
15
|
(1)
|
34
|
(1)
|
31 -
120 days past due
|
17
|
(3)
|
16
|
(4)
|
Above
120 days past due
|
340
|
(204)
|
369
|
(233)
|
|
8,867
|
(236)
|
10,098
|
(268)
|
5. The changes
in the provision for impairment in respect of trade receivables and
accounts receivable balances and loans granted during the
year:
|
For the year ended
December 31
|
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
Balance
at the beginning of the year
|
268
|
310
|
Increase in
expenses from doubtful debts
|
36
|
37
|
Bad
debts written off
|
(68)
|
(79)
|
Balance
at the end of year
|
236
|
268
|
IDB Development
Company
Ltd.
F-185
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
C. Liquidity
risks
The
following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities,
including estimated interest payments. Amounts are not
discounted.
|
As at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
Carrying
amount(1)
|
Forecast
cash
flow(2)
|
|
|
Third
year
|
|
|
|
|
First
year
|
Second
year
|
Forth
year
|
Fifth
year
|
Over
5 years
|
|
NIS millions
|
Non-derivative
financial liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bonds
|
20,273
|
(24,559)
|
(3,906)
|
(4,260)
|
(3,116)
|
(2,118)
|
(1,973)
|
(9,186)
|
Loans
from banks(3)
|
4,048
|
(4,744)
|
(1,408)
|
(588)
|
(439)
|
(209)
|
(299)
|
(1,801)
|
Host
contract in hybrid financial instrument in respect of non-recourse
loan(4)
|
2,911
|
(5,374)
|
(314)
|
(268)
|
(4,792)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Loans
from others(3)
|
702
|
(767)
|
(44)
|
(92)
|
(136)
|
(32)
|
(32)
|
(431)
|
Subordinated loan
from the controlling interest (6)
|
49
|
(221)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(221)
|
Liabilities in
respect of construction
|
122
|
(122)
|
(27)
|
(66)
|
(29)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Other
liabilities
|
18
|
(18)
|
-
|
(6)
|
-
|
(3)
|
(1)
|
(8)
|
Overdraft
|
27
|
(27)
|
(27)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Short-term loans
from banks
|
206
|
(206)
|
(206)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Short-term loans
from others
|
10
|
(10)
|
(10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Financial accounts
payable and credit balances(5)
|
899
|
(899)
|
(899)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Trade
payables
|
2,619
|
(2,619)
|
(2,619)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
liabilities - Derivative instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CPI
forward contracts
|
50
|
(50)
|
(26)
|
(8)
|
(16)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Total
|
31,934
|
(39,616)
|
(9,486)
|
(5,288)
|
(8,528)
|
(2,362)
|
(2,305)
|
(11,647)
|
(1) The carrying
amount includes current maturities and accrued interest as at
December 31, 2015. The forecast cash flow includes all future
interest payments.
(2) The forecast
cash flow has been calculated based on the known CPI, interest rate
and exchange rate as at December 31, 2015.
(3) The loans of
the Company and of Discount Investments. the balance of the
principal of which was NIS 573 million and NIS 367 million,
respectively, as at December 31, 2015, have been included in the
above table in accordance with their repayment times in accordance
with their original repayment schedules, even though they were
presented under current liabilities in the statement of financial
position as at December 31, 2015. See Note 16.E.12.j and 16.F.1.d
above for additional details.
(4) Represents
the contractual cash flows of the non-recourse loan, which is
secured by and repayable through shares of Adama, and includes
Koor’s obligations to indemnify ChemChina in respect of
business taxes that ChemChina will be charged, in accordance with
Chinese law, in respect of interest payments on the aforementioned
loan (to the extent that there will be no tax exemption on such
taxes), see Note 16.F.1.b. above.
(5) A commitment
in respect of an option for the purchase of a partnership, as
detailed in the footnote in Note 16.A.(2), in an amount of NIS 133
million, has not been included in the table. This commitment
related to an option, which as at December 31, 2015 was exercisable
as from 2016. As of the time of the approval of these financial
statements, the period of validity of the option agreement has been
extended automatically by an additional 18 months as from July
2016.
(6) For details,
see Note 16.C.3 above.
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
C. Liquidity
risks
The
following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities,
including estimated interest payments and excluding amounts in
respect of which netting agreements are in place. Amounts are not
discounted. (cont.)
|
As at December 31, 2014
|
|
Carrying
amount(1)
|
Forecast
cash
flow(2)
|
|
|
Third
year
|
|
|
|
|
First
year
|
Second
year
|
Forth
year
|
Fifth
year
|
Over
5 years
|
|
NIS millions
|
Non-derivative
financial liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bonds
|
22,451
|
(27,099)
|
(4,400)
|
(4,208)
|
(4,520)
|
(2,866)
|
(1,861)
|
(9,244)
|
Loans
from banks(4)
|
4,462
|
(5,301)
|
(1,076)
|
(1,279)
|
(546)
|
(398)
|
(168)
|
(1,834)
|
Host
contract in hybrid financial instrument in respect of non-recourse
loan(3)
|
3,162
|
(5,444)
|
(60)
|
(264)
|
(263)
|
(4,857)
|
-
|
-
|
Loans
from others(4)
|
584
|
(652)
|
(42)
|
(39)
|
(87)
|
(131)
|
(26)
|
(327)
|
Liabilities in
respect of construction
|
103
|
(103)
|
(35)
|
(7)
|
(55)
|
(6)
|
-
|
-
|
Other
liabilities
|
125
|
(125)
|
-
|
(113)
|
-
|
-
|
(4)
|
(8)
|
Overdraft
|
80
|
(80)
|
(80)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Short-term loans
from banks
|
266
|
(266)
|
(266)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Short-term loans
from others
|
14
|
(14)
|
(14)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Financial accounts
payable and credit balances
|
635
|
(635)
|
(635)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Trade
payables(5)
|
2,468
|
(2,468)
|
(2,468)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
liabilities - Derivative instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CPI
forward contracts
|
62
|
(62)
|
(49)
|
(9)
|
-
|
(4)
|
-
|
-
|
Other
derivatives
|
1
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Total
|
34,413
|
(42,250)
|
(9,126)
|
(5,919)
|
(5,471)
|
(8,262)
|
(2,059)
|
(11,413)
|
(1) The carrying
amount includes current maturities and accrued interest as at
December 31, 2014. The forecast cash flow includes all future
interest payments.
(2) The forecast
cash flows have been calculated based on the known CPI, interest
rates and exchange rate as at December 31, 2014.
(3) Represents
the contractual cash flows of the non-recourse loan, which is
secured by and repayable through shares of Adama, and includes
Koor’s obligations to indemnify ChemChina in respect of
business taxes that ChemChina will be charged, in accordance with
Chinese law, in respect of interest payments on the aforementioned
loan (to the extent that there will be no tax exemption on such
taxes), see Note 16.F.1.b. above.
(4) The Company's
loans, the balance of the principal of which was NIS 898 million as
at December 31, 2014, have been included in the above table in
accordance with their repayment times in accordance with their
original repayment schedules, even though they were presented under
current liabilities in the statement of financial position as at
December 31, 2014.
(5) Reclassified,
see Note 1.F.(1) above.
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
D. Linkage
basis of assets and liabilities in the Statement of Financial
Position
|
As at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
CPI-
linked
|
Dollar-
linked
|
Other
currency-
linked
|
Unlinked
|
Non-monetary
items(1)
|
Total
|
|
NIS millions
|
Assets(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in
investee companies accounted for by the equity method
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3) 3,569
|
3,569
|
Other
investments, including derivatives
|
2
|
26
|
104
|
7
|
210
|
349
|
Loans,
deposits, restricted deposits and debit balances
|
4
|
124
|
-
|
10
|
15
|
153
|
Fixed
assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5,620
|
5,620
|
Investment
property
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11,866
|
11,866
|
Non-current trade
receivables and accounts receivable
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,030
|
-
|
1,030
|
Inventory of land
and other
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
304
|
304
|
Deferred
expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
318
|
318
|
Deferred tax
assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
45
|
45
|
Intangible
assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4,664
|
4,664
|
Current
investments, including derivatives
|
467
|
103
|
-
|
566
|
685
|
1,821
|
Short-term loans,
deposits and restricted deposits
|
-
|
262
|
-
|
499
|
-
|
761
|
Accounts receivable
and debit balances
|
15
|
20
|
2
|
72
|
239
|
348
|
Current
tax assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
36
|
36
|
Trade
receivables
|
-
|
133
|
41
|
1,790
|
-
|
1,964
|
Inventory
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
734
|
734
|
Inventory of
buildings for sale
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
742
|
742
|
Assets
held for sale
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,501
|
1,501
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
-
|
504
|
29
|
2,823
|
-
|
3,356
|
Total
assets
|
488
|
1,172
|
176
|
6,797
|
30,548
|
39,181
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bonds
|
16,299
|
-
|
-
|
3,662
|
-
|
19,961
|
Loans
from banks and other financial liabilities
|
1,696
|
2,127
|
-
|
103
|
-
|
3,926
|
Hybrid
financial instrument in respect of non-recourse loan (4)
|
-
|
2,900
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,900
|
Financial
liabilities presented at fair value
|
50
|
-
|
-
|
49
|
-
|
99
|
Other
liabilities
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
190
|
192
|
Non-current
provisions
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
241
|
241
|
Deferred tax
liabilities
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,648
|
1,648
|
Employee
benefits
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
167
|
167
|
Current
credit from banking corporations and others
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,155
|
-
|
1,155
|
Creditors and
credit balances
|
339
|
128
|
2
|
766
|
828
|
2,063
|
Trade
payables
|
-
|
380
|
24
|
2,214
|
-
|
2,618
|
Current
tax liabilities
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
136
|
136
|
Overdraft
|
-
|
17
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
27
|
Current
provisions
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
191
|
191
|
Total
liabilities
|
18,384
|
5,552
|
36
|
7,951
|
3,401
|
35,324
|
Net
balance as at December 31, 2015
|
(17,896)
|
(4,380)
|
140
|
(1,154)
|
27,147
|
3,857
|
(1) Including
shares, participation certificates in mutual funds, exchange-traded
notes and monetary items excluded from the scope of IFRS 7.
(2) Non-current
assets and liabilities in this table include the current maturities
in respect thereof.
(3) Including
loans totaling NIS 403 million and NIS 27 million, linked to the
exchange rates of the dollar and the euro,
respectively.
(4) Regarding the
right of Koor and its consolidated company to repay the loan by way
of a transfer of shares of Adama, see note 16.F.1.b.
above.
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
D. Linkage
basis of assets and liabilities in the Statement of Financial
Position (cont.)
|
As at December 31, 2014
|
|
CPI-
linked
|
Dollar-
linked
|
Other
currency-
linked
|
Unlinked
|
Non-monetary
items(1)
|
Total
|
|
NIS millions
|
Assets(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in
investee companies accounted for by the equity method
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,754(5),(4),
(3)
|
3,754
|
Other
investments, including derivatives
|
4
|
-
|
98
|
53
|
1,967
|
2,122
|
Loans,
restricted deposits and debit balances
|
20
|
262
|
-
|
18
|
11
|
311
|
Fixed
assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5,559
|
5,559
|
Investment
property
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11,175
|
11,175
|
Assets
designated for payment of employee benefits
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
Long-term trade
receivables and accounts receivable
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,082
|
-
|
1,082
|
Non-current
inventory
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
375
|
375
|
Deferred
expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
284
|
284
|
Deferred tax
assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
51(6)
|
51
|
Intangible
assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4,782
|
4,782
|
Current
investments, including derivatives
|
858
|
1
|
-
|
1,264
|
1,194
|
3,317
|
Short-term loans
and deposits
|
5
|
245
|
-
|
108
|
-
|
358
|
Accounts receivable
and debit balances
|
10
|
25
|
3
|
90
|
201(6)
|
329
|
Current
tax assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
46
|
46
|
Trade
receivables
|
-
|
179
|
75
|
1,852
|
-
|
2,106
|
Inventory
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
851
|
851
|
Inventory of
buildings for sale
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
691
|
691
|
Assets
held for sale
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
5
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
-
|
373
|
56
|
3,149
|
-
|
3,578
|
Total
assets
|
897
|
1,085
|
232
|
7,616
|
30,947
|
40,777
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bonds
|
17,810
|
-
|
-
|
4,214
|
-
|
22,024
|
Loans
from banks and other financial liabilities
|
1,458
|
2,101
|
-
|
790
|
-
|
4,349
|
Hybrid
financial instrument in respect of non-recourse loan (4)
|
-
|
3,069(5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,069
|
Financial
liabilities, presented by fair value
|
61
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
63
|
Other
liabilities
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
172
|
174
|
Non-current
provisions
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
235
|
235
|
Deferred tax
liabilities
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,510(6)
|
1,510
|
Employee
benefits
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
174
|
174
|
Short-term credit
from banking corporations and others
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,178
|
-
|
1,178
|
Creditors and
credit balances
|
362
|
88
|
2
|
637
|
719(6)
|
1,808
|
Trade
payables
|
-
|
310
|
60
|
2,098
(6)
|
-
|
2,468
|
Current
tax liabilities
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
133
|
133
|
Overdraft
|
-
|
66
|
14
|
-
|
-
|
80
|
Current
provisions
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
183(6)
|
183
|
Total
liabilities
|
19,691
|
5,636
|
76
|
8,919
|
3,126
|
37,448
|
Net
balance as at December 31, 2014
|
(18,794)
|
(4,551)
|
156
|
(1,303)
|
27,821
|
3,329
|
(1) Including
shares, participation certificates in mutual funds, exchange-traded
notes and monetary items excluded from the scope of IFRS 7.
(2) Non-current
assets and liabilities in this table include the current maturities
in respect thereof.
(3) Including
loans totaling NIS 369 million and NIS 28 million, linked to the
exchange rates of the dollar and the euro,
respectively.
(4) Regarding the
right of Koor to repay the loan by way of a transfer of shares of
Adama, see note 16.F.1.b. above.
(5) Immaterial
adjustment of the comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(2)
above.
(6) Reclassified,
see Note 1.F.(1) above.
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
E. Market
risks
The
Group’s interest rate risk derives primarily from the
ramifications of changes in the interest rate on the value of
long-term liabilities (bonds and loans), most of them at fixed
interest. Some of the long-term loans are at variable interest. In
this case, the Group is exposed to a cash flow risk in respect
of a change in
interest.
Following are details regarding the
type of interest of the Group’s interest-bearing financial
instruments and according to their book value:
|
As
of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Instruments
at fixed interest
|
|
|
Financial
assets*
|
4,884
|
5,919
|
Financial
liabilities
|
(23,637(
|
(25,799)
|
|
(18,753)
|
(19,880)
|
Instruments
at variable interest
|
|
|
Financial
assets
|
169
|
106
|
Financial
liabilities**
|
(1,291)
|
(1,617)
|
|
(1,122)
|
(1,511)
|
*
Primarily deposits, which are recorded under cash and cash
equivalents.
** Not
including the non-recourse loan provided to Koor by a Chinese bank,
which is repayable with Adama shares – see Note 16.F.1.b
above.
The following is the impact on the equity and on the total profit
or loss, of changes in the interest rates in respect of instruments
at fixed interest rate, which are measured at fair
value:
|
As at December 31
|
|
2015
|
2014
|
|
Impact
on the total equity and on the total profit or loss
|
Impact
on the shareholders' share
|
Impact
on the total equity and on the total profit or loss
|
Impact
on the shareholders' share
|
|
NIS millions
|
Absolute increase
of 1% in the interest rate
|
(58)
|
(29)
|
(106)
|
(54)
|
Sensitivity analysis of the annual anticipated cash flow for
instruments at variable interest rates
An
absolute change of 1% in the interest rates at the reporting date
would have increased or decreased total equity and total annual
expected profit or loss by the amounts shown below. This analysis
was performed assuming that the other variables, particularly the
foreign currency rates, remain constant.
|
As
at December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
Profit
(loss)
|
Equity
|
Profit
(loss)
|
Equity
|
|
Increase
|
Decrease
|
Increase
|
Decrease
|
Increase
|
Decrease
|
Increase
|
Decrease
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Instruments at
variable rate – sensitivity of cash flow, net
|
(12)
|
12
|
(12)
|
12
|
(16)
|
16
|
(16)
|
16
|
* Not
including the effect of the change in interest rate on the
non-recourse loan Koor received from a Chinese bank, which is
repayable with Adama shares – see Note 16.F.1.b
above.
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
E. Market
risks (cont.)
2. Price
risk – sensitivity analysis
(a) A change
in the fair value of securities, which are measured at fair value
through profit and loss, would impact the profit or loss by the
following amount, after tax:
|
For
the year ended December 31
|
|
2015*
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
Impact
on the total equity and on the total profit or loss
|
Impact
on the shareholders' share
|
Impact
on the total equity and on the total profit or loss
|
Impact
on the shareholders' share
|
Impact
on the total equity and on the total profit or loss
|
Impact
on the shareholders' share
|
|
|
An
increase of 5%
|
92
|
53
|
250
|
175
|
148
|
67
|
An
increase of 10%
|
184
|
105
|
498
|
348
|
296
|
136
|
A
decrease of 5%
|
(92)
|
(53)
|
(250)
|
(175)
|
(148)
|
(67)
|
A
decrease of 10%
|
(184)
|
(106)
|
(498)
|
(348)
|
(296)
|
(136)
|
* As stated at
the beginning of this Note, the impact does not include the impact
on the investment in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises, which is
presented under assets held for sale.
(b) A change
in the fair value of financial assets, which are designated at fair
value through other comprehensive income, would affect the equity
by immaterial amounts.
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
E. Market
risks (cont.)
3.
Index and foreign currency risks - Sensitivity
analysis
A
change in the exchange rates of the Dollar and a change in the CPI
as at December 31, would have increased (decreased) the equity and
profit or loss by the amounts shown below. This analysis was
performed assuming that all other variables, particularly the
interest rates, remained constant.
|
|
As
at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
|
Effect
on profit and loss
|
Effect on equity
|
|
Rate
of change
|
Effect
on
total
profit (loss)
|
Effect
on profit (loss) attributed to the shareholders
|
Effect
on
total
equity
|
Effect
on equity attributed to the shareholders
|
|
%
|
NIS
millions
|
CPI
|
1
|
(147)
|
(90)
|
(147)
|
(90)
|
Dollar
|
5
|
(156)
|
(115)
|
(156)
|
(115)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CPI
|
2
|
(298)
|
(180)
|
(298)
|
(180)
|
Dollar
|
10
|
(310)
|
(229)
|
(310)
|
(229)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CPI
|
(1)
|
145
|
89
|
145
|
89
|
Dollar
|
(5)
|
156
|
115
|
156
|
115
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CPI
|
(2)
|
291
|
178
|
291
|
178
|
Dollar
|
(10)
|
309
|
229
|
309
|
229
|
|
|
As
at December 31, 2014
|
|
|
Effect
on profit and loss
|
Effect on equity
|
|
Rate
of change
|
Effect
on
total
profit (loss)
|
Effect
on profit attributed to the shareholders
|
Effect
on
total
equity
|
Effect
on equity attributed to the shareholders
|
|
%
|
NIS
millions
|
CPI
|
1
|
(144)
|
(90)
|
(144)
|
(90)
|
Dollar
|
5
|
(154)*
|
(110)*
|
(154)*
|
(110)*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CPI
|
2
|
(290)
|
(181)
|
(290)
|
(181)
|
Dollar
|
10
|
(308)*
|
(220)*
|
(308)*
|
(220)*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CPI
|
(1)
|
144
|
90
|
144
|
90
|
Dollar
|
(5)
|
154*
|
110*
|
154*
|
110*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CPI
|
(2)
|
290
|
181
|
290
|
181
|
Dollar
|
(10)
|
308*
|
220*
|
308*
|
220*
|
* Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see note 1.F.(2).b.
above.
Notes to the above sensitivity analysis:
(1) The
analysis was performed in respect of monetary financial instruments
only. Shares, participation certificates in mutual funds and
exchange-traded notes were excluded from this sensitivity
analysis.
(2) The
analysis including effects of financial derivatives.
(3) Changes in
exchange rates of other currencies did not have a material effect
on equity and profit or loss.
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
E. Market
risks (cont.)
3. CPI
and foreign currency risks
Positions
in derivatives as at December 31, 2015, in NIS
millions:
|
CPI
/ NIS
|
|
Nominal
value
|
Fair
value
|
Nominal
value
|
Fair
value
|
|
Up
to one year
|
More
than one year
|
|
Long
|
1. Future
contracts for hedging purposes* –
not
eligible for hedge accounting
|
1,350
|
(26)
|
700
|
(24)
|
Future
contract - SWAP**
|
7
|
1
|
14
|
2
|
* These
contracts are designed to hedge CPI-linked liabilities, so that if
the CPI actually increases by more than the index stipulated in the
contract, the Group will receive the difference; in the opposite
case, the Group will pay the difference.
** This future
contract swaps the CPI-linked liability cash flow for a nominal
Shekel cash flow at fixed interest.
|
USD
/ NIS
|
|
Nominal
value
|
Fair
value
|
|
Long
|
Short
|
Long
|
Short
|
2. Derivatives
for hedging purposes – not eligible for hedge
accounting
|
|
|
|
|
Future
purchases of dollars
|
106
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Call
options
|
20
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Put
options
|
98
|
19
|
1
|
-
|
Positions
in derivatives as at December 31, 2014, in NIS
millions:
|
CPI
/ NIS
|
|
Nominal
value
|
Fair
value
|
Nominal
value
|
Fair
value
|
|
Up
to one year
|
More
than one year
|
|
Long
|
1. Future
contracts for hedging purposes* –
not
eligible for hedge accounting
|
3,053
|
(49)
|
700
|
(14)
|
Future
contract - SWAP**
|
7
|
1
|
22
|
4
|
* These
contracts are designed to hedge CPI-linked liabilities, so that if
the CPI actually increases by more than the index stipulated in the
contract, the Group will receive the difference; in the opposite
case, the Group will pay the difference.
** This future
contract swaps the CPI-linked liability cash flow for a nominal
Shekel cash flow at fixed interest.
|
USD
/ NIS
|
|
Nominal
value
|
Fair
value
|
|
Up
to one year
|
|
Long
|
Short
|
2. Derivatives
for hedging purposes – not eligible for hedge
accounting
|
|
|
Up to
one year
|
|
|
Future
purchases of dollars
|
18
|
-
|
Call
options
|
25
|
1
|
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
F. 1. Fair
value of financial instruments
The
carrying amounts of certain financial assets and liabilities,
including cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, accounts
receivable and debit balances, short-term loans and deposits, other
investments, derivatives, overdraft from banking corporations,
short-term loans and credit, other liabilities, accounts payable
and credit balances and trade payables, are identical or proximate
to their fair value.
The
fair value of the other financial assets and liabilities and the
carrying amounts as shown in the Statement of Financial Position,
are as follows:
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
|
|
Fair value(6)
|
Capitalization
interest rate used in the calculation of fair value
|
|
Carrying
amount
|
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term trade
receivables(1)
|
467
|
-
|
-
|
467
|
467
|
5.20
|
Financial
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bonds(2),(3)
|
(20,273)
|
(19,790)
|
-
|
-
|
(19,790)
|
0.54-25.39
|
Long-term loans from
banks(2),(3)(4)
|
(4,048)
|
-
|
(3,876)
|
(14)
|
(3,890)
|
1.66-53.30
|
Host
contract in compound financial instrument in respect of
non-recourse loans(5)
|
(2,911)
|
-
|
-
|
(2,802)
|
(2,802)
|
|
Subordinated loan
from controlling interest (7)
|
(49)
|
-
|
-
|
(49)
|
(49)
|
|
Loans
from others(4)
|
(702)
|
-
|
(547)
|
-
|
(547)
|
2.08-21.92
|
|
(27,983)
|
(19,790)
|
(4,423)
|
(2,865)
|
(27,078)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
Fair value(6)
|
Capitalization
interest rate used in the calculation of fair value
|
|
Carrying
amount
|
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term trade
receivables(1)
|
476
|
-
|
-
|
476
|
476
|
5.20
|
Financial
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bonds(2),(3)
|
(22,451)
|
(22,214)
|
(19)
|
-
|
(22,233)
|
1.09-17.93
|
Long-term loans from
banks(2),(3)(4)
|
(4,462)
|
-
|
(4,259)
|
(18)
|
(4,277)
|
1.90-110.27
|
Host
contract in compound financial instrument in respect of
non-recourse loans(5)
|
(3,162)
|
-
|
-
|
(3,150)
|
(3,150)
|
12.54
|
Loans
from others(4)
|
(584)
|
-
|
(525)
|
-
|
(525)
|
2.59-15.96
|
|
(30,659)
|
(22,214)
|
(4,803)
|
(3,168)
|
(30,185)
|
|
(1) The fair
value of long-term trade receivables was determined on the basis of
the present value of the future cash flows, discounted by the
market interest rate as at measuring date.
(2) The carrying
amount includes current maturities and accrued interest. The fair
value as at the date of the report includes principal and interest
paid in January of the subsequent year, and in respect of which the
Ex Day fell before the date of the report.
(3) The fair
value of bonds traded on the stock exchange was assessed based on
their quoted price, and the related interest rate reflects the
yield-to-maturity embodied in such quoted price. The fair value of
long-term loans from banks was estimated using the future cash
flows discounting technique, in respect of the principal and
interest component, discounted by the market interest rate as at
the measurement date.
(4) Includes
loans received by the Company and Discount Investments, which are
presented under current liabilities, as detailed in Note 16.H.12.h
and 16.F.1.d above. The carrying value in the accounting records of
the host contract as at December 31, 2015, takes into account the
use of cash that is sourced in a dividend that was received from
Adama in December 2015, as detailed in Note 3.H.4.a. above and
which will be used for payments of interest (and tax if applicable)
in respect of the non-recourse loan.
(5) The fair
value of the host contract in the compound financial instrument
related to the non-recourse loan was determined by external
appraisers based on the value of the shares of Adama, see note
16.F.1.b above. The carrying value of the host contact in the
accounting records as of December 31, 2015, brings into account
cash that is sourced in a dividend that was received from Adama in
December 2015, as detailed in Note 3.H.4.a. above and which will be
used for payments of interest (and tax if applicable) in respect of
the non-recourse loan.
(6) For details
on the different levels in the fair value hierarchy, see note
1.E.3.b. above.
(7) The fair
value of the loan, which is presented in the Company’s
accounting records at fair value, has been determined by an
external appraiser on the basis of a calculation for an indicative
estimate of the company’s equity.
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
F. (cont.)
2. Fair
value hierarchy of financial instruments measured by fair
value
For
details on the different levels in the fair value hierarchy, see
note 1.E.3.b above.
The
fair value of financial assets measured at fair value is determined
with reference to the quoted closing bid price at the date of the
Statement of Financial Position, and in lack of such quoted
price – by other accepted valuation methods, whilst
giving maximal consideration to observable market data (such as use
of an interest curve).
As at
December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Group has financial assets
amounting to NIS 94 million and NIS 55 million, respectively, and
financial liabilities amounting to NIS 50 million and NIS 62
million, respectively, which are measured at fair value at level
2.
The
financial instruments measured at fair value at level 2 include,
among others:
●
Forward contracts,
the fair value of which is estimated based on quotes by banks/
brokers or based on the discounting of the difference between the
forward price, as denominated in the contract, and the current
forward price for the remaining period of the contract until
redemption, using appropriate market interest rates for similar
instruments, including adjustments required due to credit risks of
the parties, when appropriate.
●
Foreign currency
options, the fair value of which is determined according to Black
& Scholes model, and the Garman-Kohlhagen model.
The
reasonableness of the quotes is examined by discounting an estimate
of future cash flows based on the terms and length of period until
the settlement of each contract and whilst using market interest
rates of similar instruments as at the date of the
measurement.
The
rest of the Group’s financial instruments, presented at fair
value, are measured at fair value at level 1, excluding that
detailed in the tables below:
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
F. (cont.)
2. Fair
value hierarchy of financial instruments measured by fair value
(cont.)
Financial
Insteuments measured at fair value at level 3
|
For
the year ended December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
Financial
assets
|
Financial
liabilities
|
|
Financial
assets measured at fair value through profit and loss
|
Subordinated
loan from the controlling interest
|
Embedded
derivative in non-recourse loan and other
|
Total
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2015
|
370
|
-
|
92
(b)
|
92
|
Total
income (losses) recognized:
|
|
|
|
|
In
Statement of Income (a)
|
20(d) (c)
|
4
|
(98)
|
(94)
|
Amounts
paid or accumulated
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
17
|
Acquisitions
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Initial
recognition of subordinated loan from the controlling
interest
|
-
|
(53)
|
-
|
(53)
|
Sales
|
(51)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Redemptions
|
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2015
|
|
(49)
|
|
(38)
|
(a) The
total profits (losses) for the period that were included in the
Statement of Income for assets and liabilities held as of December
31, 2015:
|
Financial income
(expenses)
|
|
4
|
(98)
|
(94)
|
Net
income (loss) from realization and increase in value (impairment)
of investments and assets
|
(19)
|
|
|
|
(b)
Immaterial adjustment of the comparative figures, see Note
1.F.(v).b. above.
(c) Not
including income from dividends in a sum of NIS 54
million.
(d)
Including the recognition of conditional income in an amount of NIS
24 million in respect of the sale of investment.
|
|
|
|
● The discounted cash
flow method was implemented where the companies under assessment
are capable of estimating the future cash flows
thereof.
● The transactions
method - according to this method, the value of the Group’s
investments in the companies under assessment was assessed on the
basis of the price determined in other transactions involving the
securities thereof, while carrying out the relevant
adjustments.
● Option Pricing
Model - An option-pricing model based on the Black & Scholes
model or on the binomial model. This method is based on the
assumption that the securities of an entity may be considered as
call options on the value of such entity as a whole.
The
value of investments in venture capital funds which are not
registered for trade is determined on the basis of the
Group’s share in the funds’ equity based on the
financial statements thereof, which are based on fair value or
valuations of the investments thereof.
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
F. (cont.)
2. Fair
value hierarchy of financial instruments measured by fair value
(cont.)
Financial
Insteuments measured at fair value at level 3 (cont.)
|
For
the year ended December 31, 2014
|
|
Financial
assets
|
Financial
liabilities
|
|
Financial
assets measured at fair value through profit and loss
|
Embedded
derivative in non-recourse loan and other
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Balance
as at January 1, 2014
|
296
|
615(b)
|
Total
income (losses) recognized:
|
|
-
|
In
Statement of Income
|
15
(c)
|
(527)
|
In
other comprehensive income (in the ‘Reserves from translation
differences’ item)
|
12
|
-
|
Amounts
paid or accrued
|
-
|
19
|
Acquisitions
|
3
|
-
|
Sales
|
(44)
|
-
|
Redemptions
|
(2)
|
-
|
Issue
of series T bonds in Discount Investments
|
-
|
(15)
|
Initial
recognition in fair value***
|
90
|
-
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2014
|
370(1)
|
92(2)
|
(a) The total
profits (losses) for the period that were included in the Statement
of Income for assets and liabilities held as of December 31,
2014:
|
Financial
expenses
|
|
(527)
(b)
|
Net
income (loss) from realization and increase in value (impairment)
of investments and assets
|
(10)
|
|
(b)
Immaterial adjustment of the comparative figures, see Note
1.F.(2).b. above
(c) Not
including income from dividends in a sum of NIS 24
million.
(d) A
financial asset measured at fair value in the Statement of Income
as a result of a decrease in the amount of the holding and the loss
of material influence.
|
|
Note
21 - Financial Instruments (cont.)
F. (cont.)
2. Fair
value hierarchy of financial instruments measured by fair value
(cont.)
Fair
value sensitivity analysis with respect to financial instruments
measured by Level 3 fair value
Although the Group
believes that the fair value amounts determined for measurement
and/or disclosure are appropriate, using different assumptions or
measurement methods may change the fair value amounts.
●
With respect to the
measurement of the fair value of the embedded derivative in the
non-recourse loan, a possible and reasonable change in any of the
following unobservable data would have (decreased) the profit or
loss and the equity as follows (after tax):
|
As
at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
|
Effect
on total equity
|
Effect
on the profit or loss
|
|
Increase
of
|
Decrease
of
|
Increase
of
|
Decrease
of
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
of 5% in the standard deviation of Adama shares
|
4
|
(3)
|
4
|
(3)
|
Change
of 2.5% in the discount rate in respect of the non-marketability of
Adama shares
|
(3)
|
3
|
(3)
|
3
|
Change
of 5% in Adama’s value
|
7
|
(5)
|
7
|
(5)
|
|
As
at December 31, 2014
|
|
|
Effect
on total equity
|
Effect
on the profit or loss
|
|
Increase
of
|
Decrease
of
|
Increase
of
|
Of
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
of 5% in the standard deviation of Adama shares
|
* 28
|
(27)
|
* 28
|
(27)
|
Change
of 2.5% in the discount rate in respect of the non-marketability of
Adama shares
|
(21)
|
* 23
|
(21)
|
* 23
|
Change
of 5% in Adama’s value
|
* 44
|
(38)
|
* 44
|
(38)
|
*
Immaterial adjustment of the comparative figures, see Note
1.F.(2).b. above
●
With respect to the
measurement of the fair value of a convertible, subordinated loan
from the controlling interest,, a possible and reasonable change in
any of the following unobservable data would have (decreased) the
profit or loss and the equity as follows (after tax):
|
As
at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
|
Effect
on total equity
|
Effect
on the profit or loss
|
|
Increase
of
|
Decrease
of
|
Increase
of
|
Decrease
of
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
of 25% in the estimate of the indication of the Company’s
equity value.
|
(11)
|
12
|
(11)
|
12
|
Change
of Change of 5% in the exterice price of the assets
|
49
|
(59)
|
49
|
(59)
|
Change
of 5% in the probability of the exercise of Clal Insurance
Enterprise Holdings on the promeium that is reflected from the
transaction that was on the agenda (for details, see Note 3.H.5.C
below)
|
(49)
|
49
|
(49)
|
49
|
Note
21 – Financial Instruments (cont.)
F. (cont.)
2. Fair
value hierarchy of financial instruments measured by fair value
(cont.)
|
As
at December 9, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
The
time of the initial recognition
of
the commitment
|
|
Impact
on the total equity
|
|
Increase
of
|
Decrease
of
|
|
NIS
millions
|
A
change of 25% in the estimate of the indication of the estimate of
the equity value of the company
|
(11)
|
12
|
A
change of 5% in the factor for the disposal price of the
assets
|
53
|
(56)
|
A
change of 5% in the probability of the disposal of Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprises at a premium that is reflected from
transactions that were on the agenda (see Note 3.H.5.c above for
details)
|
(46)
|
53
|
●
With respect to the
other financial instruments classified as Level 3 in the fair value
hierarchy, the possible effect as a result of a reasonable change
in unobservable data is not material.
G. Offsetting
financial assets and financial liabilities
The
following are details of the book value of financial instruments
recognized, which were offset in the statements of financial
position:
|
As
at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
As
at December 31, 2014
|
|
Gross
amounts of financial assets (liabilities) recognized
|
Gross
amounts of financial assets (liabilities) recognized and offset in
the Statement of Financial Position
|
Net
amounts of financial assets (liabilities) presented in the
Statement of Financial Position
|
Gross
amounts of financial assets (liabilities) recognized
|
Gross
amounts of financial assets (liabilities) recognized and offset in
the Statement of Financial Position
|
Net
amounts of financial assets (liabilities) presented in the
Statement of Financial Position
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Financial assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade
receivables
|
362
|
(303)
|
59
|
342
|
(238)
|
104
|
Financial
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade
payables and accrued expenses
|
(336)
|
303
|
(33)
|
(264)
|
238
|
(26)
|
See
also Note 16.F.1.b. above with regard to the embedded derivative
presented offset by the host contract in a hybrid financial
instrument in respect of a non-recourse loan received by
Koor.
Note
22 – Charges and Guarantees
A.
The Company and
several consolidated companies registered fixed and/or floating
liens on their assets (including shares, real estate assets,
investment property and fixed assets) to secure repayment of the
liabilities. In addition, certain consolidated companies, as
detailed above, have undertaken not to register liens on their
assets in favor of third parties without prior written consent from
the lenders (negative pledge). In certain events, creation or
realization of liens is subject to regulatory permits, including
pursuant to the terms of various permits and/or licenses. See Note
16.E.4.a and b above for information pertaining to the provisions
that were set out in agreements between the Company and banks,
which determine, inter
alia, a limit on charging additional assets in order to give
additional collateral to secured lenders.
B. With
respect to a loan received by the Company from a financial
institution, the book value of which as of December 31, 2015, is
NIS 149 million, the Company charged shares of Discount Investments
and shares of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises. See Note 16.C.2
above regarding the developments in connection with the loan,
including the addition of collateral after the date of the
statement of financial position.
C. The Company
gave a bank a comfort letter with respect to its holdings in
Israir, by which, inter alia, it will make all efforts to help
Israir obtain financial means to meet its liabilities to the bank,
and if necessary will act to assist in the sale of the airplanes so
that the sale proceeds may serve to repay the debt. The comfort
letter states that it does not create of an undertaking to repay
the credit and/or security and/or guarantee. In the comfort letter,
the Company undertook to retain control of IDB Tourism and/or its
subsidiary (see also Note 16.F.6.a above).
D. Guarantees
1. Guarantees
for loans received from banking corporations
The
Guarantor
|
Details
|
Sum
of the guarantee
as
at December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
|
NIS
Millions
|
The
Company
|
Guarantee to wholly
owned consolidated company of the Company for a loan from a banking
corporation
|
7
|
Property &
Building
|
Guarantees to
wholly owned consolidated company of the Company for loans from
banking corporations
|
389
|
Property &
Building
|
A carve
out guarantee for a wholly owned consolidated company in respect of
a loan from a banking entity. See also Note 16.F.3.a.
above.
|
1,534
|
Property &
Building
|
Guarantees for
associates and joint transactions for their loans from banking
corporations
|
104
|
IDB
Tourism (2009)
|
Guarantee to a
consolidated company for a loan from a banking
corporation
|
204
|
Andim
Tourism and Aviation Ltd.
|
Guarantee for
consolidated companies to banking corporations
|
For an
unlimited amount *
|
* The
balance of the debt to the banking corporation as at December 31,
2015, is NIS 10 million.
Note
22 – Charges and Guarantees (cont.)
D.
(cont.)
2. Other
guarantees
The
Guarantor
|
Details
|
Sum
of the guarantee
as
at December 31, 2014
|
|
|
NIS
Millions
|
Consolidated
companies of Property & Building
|
Guarantees and
insurance policies that were provided by banks and insurance
companies at the request of consolidated companies of Property
& Building to secure the money of the purchasers of the
apartments, in accordance with the Sales (Apartments)(Assurances of
Investments of Purchasers of Apartments) Law
5735-1974.
|
320
|
Property &
Building and its consolidated companies
|
Bank
guarantees for institutions, service providers, land owners and
others during the ordinary course of their business.
|
220
|
Cellcom
and its consolidated companies
|
Bank
guarantees on behalf of the Israeli government to assure
implementation of the terms of the licenses.
|
124
|
Cellcom
and its consolidated companies
|
Bank
guarantees on behalf of suppliers, government institutions and
others
|
227
|
Shufersal
|
Various
guarantees
|
6
|
Terminal 1
Holdings) Ltd.
|
Bank
and other guarantees to consolidated companies to secure credit
from suppliers and lessees and performing tenders
|
2
|
Open
Sky Ltd.
|
Bank
guarantees in favor of airlines
|
5
|
Israir
Flight and Tourism Ltd.
|
Bank
guarantees in favor of suppliers
|
5
|
IDB
Tourism (2009)
|
Guarantee in favor
of a supplier of a consolidated company
|
10
|
E. Discount
Investments undertook to two banks that provided it loans whose
balance as at December 31, 2015, amounted to NIS 367 million to
avoid granting liens on behalf of others, subject to certain
exceptions set forth in the aforesaid loan agreements (these
exceptions include with regards to the two said banks an instance
of a fixed pledge on an asset on behalf of a third party that
financed its purchase, in order to secure credit for the purchase
of said asset only, and with regards to one of the aforesaid banks
- even in the case of a fixed pledge on behalf of a third party,
when simultaneously said asset will be charged with an identical
charge on behalf of said bank to secure Discount Investments’
loans from it).
F. • Adama
shares owned by Koor are charged to secure the loan received by
Koor from a Chinese bank, as stated in Note 16.F.1.b.
above.
• To
secure the undertakings of the other consolidated companies and
their subsidiaries to banks and others, in the total amount of NIS
3,251 million, and to secure bank guarantees amounting to NIS 540
million, these companies pledged various assets, including the
share capital of investee companies and property rights (sum of
said undertaking also includes loans from Morgan Bank, as stated in
Note 16.F.1.b. above, some of which was also registered as a first
class mortgage as specified in the said note).
G. As part of
the issuance of Cellcom bonds (see also Note 16.F.2.b. above),
Cellcom undertook not to register liens on its assets, with the
exception of certain unusual cases.
H. As part of
the issuance of Shufersal bonds from Series D, E and F (see Note
16.F.4. above), Shufersal undertook not to register a fixed lien on
all of its assets to any third party, unless it obtained approval
of the meeting of holders of bonds.
I. As part of
the issuance of Cellcom bonds of Series F and G (see Note 16.F.3.b.
above), Property & Building undertook not to register liens on
its assets, with the exception of certain exceptions listed in the
trust deed, in addition to existing liens on the date of issuance
of said bonds.
J. To secure
the undertakings of the other consolidated companies and their
subsidiaries to banks and others, in the total amount of NIS 251
million, and to secure bank guarantees amounting to NIS 10 million,
these companies pledged various assets, including their and
investee companies share capital and property rights, planes,
insurance rights of property and land rights.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and
Lawsuits
A. Contingent
Liabilities
1. The Group
has issued to certain officers and employees in the Group, as well
as to certain officers in a number of investee companies, advance
letters of undertaking to indemnify those officers on account of
their responsibility and liability for acts in the course of their
duties, same being subject to certain terms and conditions and
pertaining to certain pecuniary liabilities, applied to them in the
setting of their said responsibilities and which, pursuant to law,
indemnification is permitted in relation thereto. See also note
33.B.3. below.
2. In the
preparation of economic papers, economic opinions and actuarial
declarations prepared for the Company and investee companies, by
external experts, the Company and its investee companies gave the
said experts undertakings to indemnify them on account of damages
that are caused to them as a result of third party actions against
them pertaining to those economic papers, economic opinions and
actuarial declarations.
3. In relation
to the implications of legislation to promote competition and
minimize market concentration, on the Company’s ability to
control reporting corporations, see note 3.G.3 above.
B. Commitments:
1. Cellcom has
undertakings relating to the license granted to it in 1994, the
principal ones of which are:
Not to
mortgage any asset that serves to perform the license without the
Ministry of Communication’s prior consent, and the joint
equity of all of Cellcom’s shareholders, together with
Cellcom’s equity, will be no less than USD 200 million. In
this regard, a shareholder who holds less than 10% of the capital
rights in Cellcom will not be taken into
consideration.
In
Cellcom’s estimation, it is in compliance with the aforesaid
obligations.
As a
result of exercising rights issued by the Company as stated in
February 2015 and following changes that applied in October 2015 as
detailed in Note 1(a) above resulting in Mr. Mordechai Ben Moshe
cessation to be a controlling shareholder in the Company (and
indirectly in Cellcom) a change occurred in its control structure,
as a result of which the control structure in Cellcom also changed
which will require a permit from the Ministry of Communication,
including regarding the Israeli holding requirement included
in Cellcom’s licenses since Mr. Eduardo Elsztain is neither a
citizen nor a resident of Israel. Cellcom contacted the Ministry of
Communication to formally request approval of said changes and
change the communications licenses of Cellcom, including with
regard to the Israeli holding requirement pursuant to the aforesaid
licenses and a request for an extension of the period required to
meet the updated requirements by Cellcom (as yet approved). If the
request is not approved and the Ministry of Communication does not
offer another arrangement, Cellcom may be subject to sanctions,
which according to the conditions of its licenses may include
suspension or concellation of its licenses.
2. As of
December 31, 2015, Cellcom and its investee companies have
obligations to purchase equipment for the communication network,
cellular telephone equipment and software, system maintenance and
accompanying content and services in a sum of approximately NIS 414
million.
3. During
2003-2015, Netvision entered into several agreements with
Mediterranean Nautilus Ltd. and Mediterranean Nautilus (Israel)
Ltd. (hereinafter jointly: “Med Nautilus”). Under the
agreements with Med Nautilus, Netvision acquired IRUs in certain
communication capacities on Med Nautilus’ communication
lines, as well as maintenance and operation services in connection
with the aforesaid communication lines. Over recent years,
Netvision has increased its purchase capacity for significant low
prices as well as reduced maintenance costs. The duration of the
agreement pertaining to the capacity purchased from Med Nautilus is
until May 2032. Netvision has the option of terminating the
agreements pertaining to certain portions of the capacity in 2022
and 2027. The balance of Netvision’s liabilities to Med
Nautilus in respect of the IRUs of
international communication lines under all the agreements extant
as of December 31, 2015, is NIS 204 million.
4. In
September of 2014, Cellcom entered into an agreement with Pelephone
Communication Ltd. (“Pelephone”) for cooperation in
maintaining passive components in cellular sites, including merger
of passive components and reduction of costs, through a joint
contractor. In July of 2015, the antitrust commissioner approved
said agreement for a period for ten years, subject to certain
conditions. However, the parties were unable to make progress in
implementing it. There is no certainty that said cooperation will
begin in the future.
5. For details
regarding the agreement signed by Cellcom in November of 2015 with
Golan and its shareholders for the purchase of 100% of Golan
shares, see Note 3(H)(1)(A) above.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
B.
Commitments (cont.)
6. There are
engagements entered into by Properties and Building and by its
consolidated subsidiaries in Israel, principally pertaining to the
acquisition of land, residential construction and development and
erection of buildings, which are estimated, as of December 31,
2015, at an aggregate sum of NIS 423 million.
7. A
consolidated subsidiary of Property and Building engages in the
ordinary course of its business in combination transactions with
land owners (including “demolition and construction”
projects) according to which, in consideration of the purchase of
the land, the vendors will receive a share of the proceeds of the
project and/or some of the units to be built. The transactions are
partly conditional on approval of a city building plan allowing
residential building on the land.
8. In December
of 2015, the (indirect) subsidiary of Adama in China entered into a
commercial cooperation agreement with five agrochemical companies
controlled by ChemChina, a controlling shareholder in Adama,
including Sandonda, (hereinafter in this clause
“CNAC”), according to which Adama will gradually become
an exclusive distributor of CNAC formalized agrochemical products
in China.
9. In April
2007 Israir entered into a contract with Airbus to purchase three
airplanes. Two of the airplanes were received during 2010, and the
third airplane, in respect of which Israir has paid an advance of
approximately $8 million, has not yet been received. Pursuant to
the terms and conditions of the agreement, Israir was supposed to
transfer an additional advance sum in respect of the third airplane
by the end of the first half of 2012. In May 2015, Israir reached
an understanding with Airbus, inter alia, with respect to the
amounts and dates of the payments for completing the purchase of
the third airplane, which is expected to be delivered to Israir in
the second quarter of 2016. The payments reflect a discount
relative to the price of the airplane pursuant to the purchase
agreement of 2007, in exchange for Israir’s agreement to buy
a fourth Airbus-320 airplane for which significant advance payments
are supposed to be executed only starting in August 2016 and which
is supposed to be delivered in the third quarter of 2018. If Israir
does not complete the purchase of the fourth airplane, the discount
for the third airplane will be canceled, except in a case of
structural changes in certain circumstances. The total sum of the
advance payments paid by Israir with respect to the airplanes
proximate to the approval date of the report amount to USD 13.5
million.
For details
regarding the signing of a letter of intent with a financing entity
for the sale and lease back of the third Airbus aircraft, see note
16.F.6.(B) above.
10.As
of December 31, 2015 the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
had liabilities to pay rent as follows:
|
Consolidated
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Up to
one year
|
600
|
One
year to five years
|
1,738
|
More
than five years
|
649
|
|
2,987
|
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
The
Company and other Group companies are party to lawsuits. Costs
which may be incurred due to these lawsuits is provided for on the
Company’s financial statements, or those of relevant Group
companies, as the case may be, only if it is more likely than not
(i.e. a probability higher than 50%) that a liability may arise due
to past events and the liability amount may be reasonably
quantified or estimated. The amounts of provisions made are based
on estimates by relevant Group companies with regard to the risk
associated with each lawsuit (except for some lawsuits, for
which – due to the early stage of handling these
lawsuits - the likelihood of success cannot be estimated). Note, on
this matter, that events that take place during litigation may
require re-assessment of such risk. Estimates by relevant Group
companies with regard to such risks are based on the opinion of
their legal counsel and on estimates by these relevant Group
companies with regard to amounts of reasonable settlement
agreements which these companies are likely to incur should both
parties agree on such settlement agreements.
Below
is a concise overview of lawsuits pending against the Company and
other Group companies, categorized by groups with similar
features.
In
recent years there has been an increasing trend of filing
derivative and class action claims in the area of corporate and
securities law. While taking into account such issues and the
financial position of the Company and the holding structure in the
group, claims in considerable amounts may be filed against the
Company, including in connection with its financial position and
cash flows, in connection with offerings that it makes and
transactions that were carried out or not completed, including with
regard to the contentions and claims of the controlling
shareholders that took place in the Company.
The
amounts of the following lawsuits are presented as of their filing
date, unless otherwise indicated.
1. Lawsuits
against the Company
a. In May
2009, a lawsuit was filed with the Tel Aviv District Court
(“the Court”) against the Company, seeking cancellation
of the Company’s full buy-back offer issued by the Company in
January 2009, with the share buy-back pursuant to this offer
completed in March 2009 (“the tender offer”) and,
alternatively, an assessment relief, pursuant to Section 338 of the
Companies Law, 1999 (“The Companies Law”). The
fair value of the Company has been estimated by the plaintiffs at
NIS 79 per share, and accordingly, the amount of the lawsuit for
the entire group has been estimated at an amount of approximately
NIS 260 million. along with a motion for class action status for
this lawsuit. The class which plaintiffs seek to represent includes
all offerees in this tender offer.
On
March 12, 2014, the Court rejected the motion for class action
status due to absence of cause, and consequently also rejected the
lawsuit itself. The Court charged the plaintiffs with payment of
legal and other expenses incurred by the Company in this
litigation, as determined by the Registrar.
Accordingly, on
June 30, 2014, the Company filed a motion for expense assessment
under which the court was requested to charge the plaintiffs for
any expenses that may be caused to the Company in connection with
its defense proceedings in the amount of NIS 1.3 million. As of the
date of this report, the motion for expense assessment was not yet
decided. On March 22, 2016, the Court issued its decision in which
it ordered the plaintiffs to pay the Company a total of NIS 350,000
as reimbursement of Company expenses for expert fees.
On May 4, the
plaintiffs appealed the judgment to the Supreme Court Appeals
Court. On January 28, 2016, the Supreme Court rendered its decision
under which it rejected the appeal with no order for expenses while
it determined that since flaws were found in the tender offer, now
the burden of proof rests with the Company that the share price
that was offered will reflect its fair value and the Company met
such burden.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
1. Lawsuits
against the Company (cont.)
a. (cont.)
On
February 24, 2016, the appellants filed with the Supreme Court a
motion for a further hearing on the judgment. Within the framework
of the Motion for a Further Hearing, it was claimed, inter alia, that in view of the
decision of the Supreme Court in the appeal, according to which
there were defects in the manner of the tender offer, and in view
of the fact that we are speaking merely of a proceeding of a motion
for approval of a class action, the whole proceeding should be
returned to the District Court in order to conduct the action or to
hear and reexamine the facts in view of the impropriety of the
acquisition process; that in view of the importance of the existing
case law rulings and the change in and difficulty of the rulings in
the judgment, the fact that they conflict with previous and
well-known rulings of the Supreme Court and their effect on other
proceedings in a manner that will make it difficult to conduct
them, there is an objective justification for holding a further
hearing on the matter; that the judgment of the Supreme Court is
based on a material accounting error in an amount of NIS 2 billion,
and constitutes a change of the common rule in class action law and
creates an insuperable barrier for class actions in the field of
the remedy of valuation and in general; and that the data that was
brought before the court in this case, after the acquisition
proceeding was disqualified, lead to the conclusion that the tender
offer was made with a value that was not the fair value of the
Company during the period relevant to the tender
offer.
Based
on the assessment of the Company’s legal advisors on the
basis of ruling in the appealing and the practices involved in
motions to the court for further hearing, the Company believes that
there is a good chance that the motion for a further hearing will
be rejected., .
In this
context, it should be noted that on February 3, 2016, the Company
received a letter from the attorney of a shareholder of the Company
(“the shareholder”), supposedly pursuant to the
provisions of section 194 of the Companies Law, in which it was
claimed, inter alia, that
in view of the judgment of the Supreme Court that there were
defects in the manner of the tender offer as aforesaid, including
the non-application of the provisions of section 275 of the
Companies Law, and the approval of the meeting of the
Company’s shareholders with a majority including a majority
of the shareholders that are not tainted by a personal interest and
a failure to obtain an opinion from an independent party before the
resolution, the Company should sue all of the directors and
officers of the Company (in the relevant period) both for
negligence with regard to the manner of approving the tender offer,
which did not comply with the provisions of the Law, and for not
considering the best interests of the Company within the framework
of the tender offer and the damage that they caused thereby and for
breaches of their duties of care and/or fiduciary duties to the
Company. In the letter, the shareholder requests that the Company
give notice whether it intends to file a claim against all of the
directors and officers of the Company (in the relevant period) for
the aforesaid, and that insofar as it will not do so, the
shareholder will file a motion for approval of a derivative action
against the aforesaid officers on behalf of the Company. The
Company replied to the shareholder in a letter that it is
considering the matter and at the end of the process of
consideration as aforesaid, it shall give notice of its
decision.
b. In October
2010, a lawsuit was filed with the Central District Court by Alpha
Capital Anstalt (“Alpha”) and by Ness Energy of Israel
Inc. (“Ness Israel”) (jointly: “the
plaintiffs”) against the Company, Noya Oil and Gas
Exploration Ltd. (which owns a 75% controlling stake in the
Modi’in General Partner) (“Noya”) and Du-Tzach
Ltd., a company controlled by Mr. Yitzhak Sultan
(“Du-Tzach”) (jointly: “the defendants”).
In this lawsuit, the plaintiffs seek declarative injunction against
the share allocation (“the allocation”) made by Noya to
Du-Tzach, which resulted in Du-Tzach becoming a 95% owner of
Noya’s issued share capital and against sale of half of
Du-Tzach’s holding stake in Noya to the Company.
The
plaintiffs also seek a declaratory injunction stating that Ness
Israel (which held all of Noya’s share capital prior to the
allocation) holds all of Noya’s share capital. The
plaintiffs’ major claims in this lawsuit are, inter alia, that the allocation was
made without the knowledge of the plaintiffs and
therefore without their consent and with no consideration received
by the plaintiffs.
The
plaintiffs allege that the allocation constitutes theft of Noya
from the plaintiffs, is unlawful, was made in breach of the
plaintiffs’ right of first refusal and in breach of the
fiduciary duty and duty of care by officers of Noya towards its
shareholders. Due to the foregoing, the plaintiffs allege that the
allocation to Du-Tzach and the sale to the Company should be
annulled.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
1. Lawsuits
against the Company (cont.)
b. (cont.)
Another
company added to this lawsuit as co-defendant is Viceroy LLC
(“Viceroy”), which claims that Viceroy and not Alpha is
the sole owner of Ness Israel and also claims that the allocation
to Du-Tzach and the sale to the Company should be annulled, for
similar reasons.
The
defendants reject the alleged claims against them, claiming
inter alia that the
allocation was made lawfully and that Alpha and Viceroy are not
entitled to receive the Noya shares. The Court proposed that the
parties should reach a settlement whereby Ness Israel would receive
5% of Noya shares to conclude the proceeding - the defendants
agreed to this proposed settlement but the plaintiffs refused it.
As further background, note that the Company has learned that in
November 2010, Alpha filed a claim against Viceroy in a Court in
Oklahoma, seeking a declaration by the Court about Alpha’s
ownership interest in Ness Israel.
On
April 29, 2014, a settlement agreement was signed between Alpha and
Viceroy, in which the parties agreed that Alpha owned Ness Israel
and all other claims with regard to the proceeding in Oklahoma were
rejected. As of the date of the report, the parties' summations and
the respondent's response to the parties' summations have been
presented and the court has not yet handed down a
Judgment.
Based
on the opinion of legal counsel - which was based on information
provided there to during this proceeding, on the manner of
testimony by witnesses of the parties and on the aforementioned
proposed settlement by the Court - the Company believes that the
likelihood of the claim against the Company being rejected is
higher than the likelihood of it prevailing.
c. In
September 2012, a motion for approval of a derivative claim was
filed with the Economic Section of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District
Court by a plaintiff who claims to be a shareholder of IDB Holdings
(“the plaintiff”). The motion was filed against
controlling shareholders of IDB Holdings, officers of the Company
and of IDB Holdings (in this section c., jointly: “the
companies”) who served on the relevant dates (jointly:
“the defendants”) as well as against the Company and
IDB Holdings as pro-forma defendants. The motion concerns decisions
by the companies with regard to a transaction involving the
acquisition of shares of Ganden Tourism and Aviation Ltd.
(currently named Andim Tourism and Aviation Ltd.) (“Ganden
Tourism”) by the Company, which closed in October
2009.
The
plaintiff petitioned for a motion instructing the controlling
shareholders of the companies and officer thereof to compensate the
companies or to reimburse to the companies, jointly and severally,
an amount equal to the damage incurred as alleged in the motion,
amounting to NIS 480 million, or at least NIS 212 million, which is
the amount of damage allegedly incurred by the companies due to
assuming the guarantees for Ganden Tourism’s debt from the
controlling shareholders of the companies.
On
September 10, 2015, following the proceedings, which were conducted
in the case, a motion to approve a comprehensive settlement
arrangement and to issue a decision and ruling was filed with the
Court. The comprehensive settlement agreement applies to directors
and corporate officers in the Company, to directors in IDB
Holdings, to the former controlling shareholders in the Company,
and with respect to Clal Insurance Company Ltd., which insured,
with the support of reinsurers, at a rate of 100%, the directors
and corporate officers ("Insurer"), and is also acceptable to the
petitioner and to the Company.
On
November 18, 2015, the Court approved the application for the
approval of the overall arrangement, and afforded the overall
arrangement the status of a judgment. The amount of the compromise
that will be paid to the Company, after the deduction of attorneys'
fees and the remuneration for the plaintiff, as determined by the
court, will be approximately 2 million Dollars in accordance with
the representative rate of exchange of the Dollar at the time of
the actual payment.
On
December 17, 2015, the amount of the consideration from the
compromise process was transferred to the Company, in a total
amount of NIS 7.846 million (approximately 2 million Dollars),
constituting the overall amount that was agreed less the attorneys'
fees and the remuneration for the petitioner; and thus the legal
proceedings came to an end. Accordingly, the Company recorded in
2015 its share in the profit from the settlement arrangement of NIS
8 million.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
1. Lawsuits
against the Company (cont.)
d. In April
2013, a motion for approval of derivative claim and a statement of
derivative claim were filed with the Economic Section of the Tel
Aviv-Jaffa District Court by a plaintiff who claims to hold Company
bonds, in the name of the Company, against IDB Holdings and against
members of the Board of Directors of the Company in the relevant
period. This motion alleges that the dividend distributed by the
Company in November 2011, amounting to NIS 64 million, constitutes
a forbidden distribution pursuant to Section 302 of the Companies
Law and that the decision to distribute this dividend was made
unlawfully. The motion alleges that, according to the plaintiff,
the earnings test in conformity with the Companies Law was not
performed, since upon the date of decision on this distribution, it
was expected that the Company’s next (future) financial
statements would indicate negative retained earnings.
The
relief sought from IDB Holdings is reimbursement of the
aforementioned dividend payment, in conformity with section 310 of
the Companies Law; the relief sought from the aforementioned Board
members is compensatory damages to be paid to the Company for the
damage incurred by the Company due to breach of their fiduciary
duty and duty of care towards the Company, equal to the
distribution amount ("Derivative claim").
As part
of the proceedings that have been conducted in the case, the
parties to this
claim and to the other derivative claim (which is described in
Section C.1.e, hereinafter in this Note, "The other derivative
claim", including IDB Holdings, conducted negotiations in order to
formulate a compromise agreement ("The compromise
agreement").
In
accordance with the compromise agreement, in the event that the
proceedings involving the Discount Investments derivative motion
(which is described in section C.1.h below: "The DIC claim") will
be accepted, and the Discount Investments derivative will be heard,
the Company will reserve the right to file a lawsuit against
directors and officers of the Company and against IDB Holdings for
a cause of action arising from the Discount Investments derivative
claim (the "Right of Claim"), if (a) the Company pays the insurance
company (before the filing of such a claim) NIS 7.5 million (linked
to the Consumer Price Index), (b) the Company shall assign to the
insurance company a right to receive 7.5/16 of the net amount to be
paid to the Company pursuant to the compromise agreement by IDB
Holdings out of future proceeds to be received by IDB Holdings, if
any, in conjunction with motions for approval of derivative claims
and/or derivative claims by IDB Holdings against the controlling
shareholders and officers thereof (insofar as an amount less than
NIS 16 million will be received in the aforementioned legal
proceedings, the amount paid to the Company will be the amount
actually received in those proceedings (the “Additional
Amount”)); (C) the Company will pay IDB Holdings a total of
NIS 3.5 million (CPI-linked); and (D) the Company will waive,
towards IDB Holdings, the right to receive from it a total of 8/16
of the net additional amount (and/or will repay the aforementioned
amount to IDB Holdings, as applicable).
Furthermore,
according to the amended compromise agreement, if the right of
action is exercised, the Company will be entitled to receive its
proportional share in the funds of the compromise in IDB Holding,
in accordance with the debt claim which it filed to the trustees
for the compromise, insofar as it will be accepted, but no more
than a total of NIS 10.65 million, to be retained for it in the
trustees’ fund (as well as interest accrued thereupon during
the deposit period), and will also be entitled to receive an amount
which will not exceed NIS 24.35 million, out of the receipts which
will be received in IDB Holdings in the future, by virtue of the
aforementioned legal proceedings, if and insofar as any will be
received, beyond the initial amount of NIS 16 million, as specified
above (this amount will also be held for the Company as a
deposit).
On
November 5, 2015, the Court approved the compromise agreement, and
determined that in order to remove any doubt, the approval of the
compromise agreement is solely and exclusively in relation to
claims and to grounds that were brought up in derivative
proceedings and solely and exclusively for the plaintiffs who were
included in them, and that it is subject to the approval of the
Court that is hearing the IDB Holdings' creditors' arrangement. In
its decision, the Court approved the fees and the remuneration that
were requested in this claim, however it reduced the fees and the
remuneration that were requested in the other derivative
action.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
1. Lawsuits
against the Company (cont.)
d.
(cont.)
After
the deduction of the fees and the remuneration for the plaintiffs,
as ruled by the Court, as aforesaid, in respect of the two
derivative proceedings, the Company will receive an amount of
approximately NIS 28.7 million, of which approximately NIS 6
million, which is to be paid by IDB Holdings in cash within ten
days from the time of the final and absolute approval of the Court
that is hearing the IDB Holdings' creditors' arrangement and the
balance (approximately NIS 23 million) will be paid by the other
respondents in the derivative actions (through the insurance
company), and up to NIS 14 million of the amounts are conditional
upon receipts from IDB Holdings, from the receipts that it will
receive in the future from lawsuits in respect of dividends that it
distributed (see below). If and insofar as the conditional amounts
are also paid, the Company will receive a total amount of
approximately NIS 43 million.
On
November 16, 2015, the Court that heard the IDB Holdings creditors'
arrangement gave approval to the trustees for the arrangement, in
the absence of objection from the Official Receiver, to sign the
compromise agreement unconditionally. The said Court also gave
approval for the trustees for the arrangement to distribute the
considerations that had been held up by those entitled under the
arrangement (see Note 16.G.2 above on this issue), with the
deduction of the amounts that had been set in the compromise
agreement (that is to say, the amount that is to be paid by the
trustees for the arrangement to the Company in cash in accordance
with the compromise arrangement in accordance with the Economic
Affairs Court's decision – approximately NIS 7 million) in
tandem with the distributions of the considerations to those
entitled under the arrangement and an amount of NIS 10.65 million,
which will remain in trust (see above).
On
December 28, 2015, the Company received an amount of approximately
NIS 22.7 million from the insurance company (for the other
respondents in the derivative proceedings), and this after the
Company had previously been transferred an additional amount of NIS
6 million, which had been agreed in the compromise agreement, by
the trustees for IDB Holdings' creditors' arrangement. These
amounts constitute the total of the unconditional amounts in the
compromise. In 2015, the Company recorded an increase in its equity
of NIS 28 million due to the partial proceeds received in cash and
after deducting legal expenses. In accordance with the compromise
agreement, the Company may receive an additional amount of NIS 14
million, which is conditional upon receipts from IDB Holdings out
of the receipts that it may receive in the future from lawsuits in
respect of dividends that it distributed (insofar as they may be
received).
e. On August
1, 2013, a motion for approval of a derivative claim was filed with
the Economic Section of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court by a
plaintiff who claims to be a holder of Company bonds, in the name
of the Company, against IDB Holdings and officers that currently
hold office in the Company or held office in it in the
past.
This
motion alleges that the four dividends distributed by the Company
in 2010-2011 in a total amount of NIS 442 million were forbidden
distributions and that the decisions to make the distributions were
made unlawfully, since the distributions did not pass the earnings
test and the solvency test, as set forth in Section 302 of the
Companies Law.
For
details regarding a compromise agreement in this claim, see section
C.(1).d. above in this note.
f. For
more information on a “Motion for the Recovery of IDB
Development Corporation Ltd.” (the motion for an involuntary
arrangement) pursuant to section 350 of the Companies Law, which
was filed with the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court on April 21, 2013,
and on the legal proceeding with regard to the Company’s
financial position, including the opinion of the Company’s
legal counsel, see note 16.G.1. above.
g. On November
28, 2013, the Company received final warning letters prior to
taking legal action, from attorneys of the Trustees for IDB
Holdings bonds (Series A, B, C, D and E). These warning letters are
addressed to Board members and management of the Company and of IDB
Holdings alleging, inter
alia, that IDB Holdings “captains”, including
its officers, are directly liable for the alleged heavy damage
incurred by IDB Holdings, its shareholders and
creditors.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
1. Lawsuits
against the Company (cont.)
g.
(cont.)
These
letters list a string of alleged deeds and omissions in the affairs
of IDB Holdings and/or the Company and/or investees (present or
past) thereof, which the aforementioned Trustees allege were made
or caused by officers of IDB Holdings and which the Trustees allege
are partly concerning the conduct of IDB Group at times, other than
in the best interest of Group companies (and in particular, the
Company and IDB Holdings) - but rather in the best interest of
controlling shareholders thereof. The letters further allege that
the aforementioned Trustees intend to have launched appropriate
legal proceedings, whether by IDB Holdings, by an officer or by any
other party (including by the Trustees) in order to ensure full
payment for damage allegedly caused by the events listed in the
letters.
h. In December
2013, a motion for approval of a derivative claim was filed with
the Central District Court, by a plaintiff who claims to be a
shareholder of Discount Investments, against Discount Investments,
against Board members of Discount Investments in 2010-2011 and
against the Company (“the Rosenfeld motion”) with
regard to dividend distributions declared by Discount Investments,
for being forbidden distributions due to failing the earnings
test.
In
January 2014, a motion for approval of a derivative claim was filed
with the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court, by a plaintiff who claims
to be a shareholder of Discount Investments, against Discount
Investments, against Board members and two other officers of
Discount Investments in 2010-2011, the Company and certain other
shareholders of Discount Investments, affiliated with the Company
or with the controlling shareholders of the Company at that time,
including Clal Holdings Insurance Business Ltd. and Clal Finance
Ltd. as well as the Independent Auditors of Discount Investments
(“the defendants”, “the Height
motion”).
The
Court was asked to approve a derivative claim against the
defendants with regard to a tender offer by Discount Investments
for Shufersal shares, made in February 2010, which increased the
holding stake of Discount Investments in Shufersal from 42.2% to
50.3% (“the tender offer”) and with regard to dividend
distributions declared thereafter by Discount Investments, from May
2010 through March 2011.
On
March 18, 2014, the Extra-Elsztain Group filed a motion (“the
Extra-Elsztain motion”) with the Court hearing the IDB
Holdings debt arrangement, against the aforementioned plaintiffs
and against the other parties to the motions, seeking to forbid
them from filing or managing any derived claim proceedings on
behalf of Discount Investments nor any other proceeding against the
Company with respect to said dividend distributions and seeking the
motions to be rejected or delayed or, alternatively, to forbid them
from filing or managing such proceedings due, inter alia, to delay, lack of good
faith and estoppel created against them by approval of the IDB
Holdings debt arrangement.
On
March 23, 2014, a consolidated motion was filed with the District
Court Center for the approval of a derivative claim under the
Rosenfeld motion by 2 petitioners (the consolidated motion) which
consolidates and combines between the Rosenfeld motion and Hyatt
motion and replaces the Rosenfeld motion and at the same time the
petitioners filed a motion to strike the Hyatt motion. The court
approved the striking of the Hyatt motion and the consolidation of
the proceedings into one motion.
On
December 29, 2014, the Court handed down its decision, granting the
Extra-Elsztain motion by issuing a blocking order, forbidding the
plaintiffs from filing a motion for approval of derivative claim on
behalf of Discount Investments against the Company and against the
other defendants, nor managing a claim for approval of derived
claim on behalf of Discount Investments against the Company with
respect to dividends distributed by Discount Investments in
2010-2011.
The
Court noted in the decision that the foregoing would not prevent
the plaintiffs from filing a motion for approval of derivative
claim against the other defendants (i.e. not against the Company)
for a different cause for which no blocking order was requested by
the controlling shareholders of the Company (i.e. with regard to
the tender offer).
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
1. Lawsuits
against the Company (cont.)
h.
(cont.)
On
February 12, 2015, the plaintiffs filed a motion of appeal
regarding the aforementioned Court decision and on February 24,
2015, the Court hearing the proceeding ordered a delay of
proceeding until March 2016, pending a decision on the appeal which
was filed with the Court that is hearing the
creditors’settlement in IDB Holding (the court hearing the
debt settlement case), for the issuance of an anti-suit injunction
regarding conducting the motion to approve the derivative claim in
the appeal process .
On
February 1, 2016, a hearing was held in the Supreme Court in the
appeal in which the Supreme Court recommended that the petitioners
withdraw the appeal. The petitioners did not agree with the court's
recommendation and the case was adjourned for review and issuing a
ruling.
Based
on the opinion of legal counsel, the Company believes that the
prospects of the appeal are likely to be rejected with respect to
the Company (and therefore the petitioners will be barred from
filing the derivative claim) exceed the prospects that the appeal
will be upheld (i.e. a probability lower than 50%). In addition,
there is the fact that even if the appeal is upheld and the ruling
of the court hearing the debt settlement is canceled it is feasible
that the determinations of the Court hearing the debt settlement,
with regard to lack of good faith, delay and prevention of the
plaintiffs would stand and would reinforce the reasons for denying
the motion for approval of derivative claim.
i. On June 29,
2014, the Campaign for Government Quality in Israel, NGO
(“the petitioner”) filed a petition with the Supreme
Court in Jerusalem, sitting as the High Court of Justice
(“the petition” and “the High Court of
Justice”, respectively) against the Supervisor of Banks, the
Governor of the Bank of Israel, former controlling shareholders of
the Company, the Company, IDB Holdings and four banks.
In this
petition, the High Court of Justice was petitioned to grant the
following orders nisi: (1) An order nisi ordering the Supervisor of
Banks to justify why they have yet to respond to the
petitioner’s requests with regard to exercising the
Supervisor of Banks’ authority with regard to debt
restructuring in general and in particular with IDB Group, in
conformity with provisions of the Administrative Proceedings
Amendment Act (Decisions and Justifications), 5719-1958; (2) an
order nisi ordering the Supervisor of Banks to justify why they
should not conduct a comprehensive, systematic inquiry into the
conduct of the banking system in extending credit to IDB Group;
reach conclusions and publish such conclusions; and act in
conformity with their authority to correct any faults identified,
including by requiring the banks to fully back IDB Group debt; (3)
an order nisi ordering the Governor of the Bank of Israel to
instruct the Supervisor of Banks to act as stipulated in the order
nisi (2) above, or to assume the authority to act in this way in
conformity with the Banking Ordinance.
The
petitioner claims that the financial conduct of IDB Group was
patently irresponsible, in addition to its business conduct which
strived to maximize risk which did not always make business
sense.
On
August 11, 2014, the former controlling shareholders of the Company
filed their response to the petition. On August 14, 2014, IDB
Holdings, through the trustees for the debt arrangement, filed its
response to the motion, asking the Supreme Court of Justice to
exempt IDB Holdings from filing any further documents and from
attending the hearings in this proceeding, since given the
circumstances of IDB Holdings and its creditors’ arrangement,
it cannot be impacted in any way by the orders petitioned for and
the Trustees for the debt restructuring see no reason to take a
position with regard to this petition.
On
October 6, 2014, the Company filed its response to the petition, in
which the Company claimed, inter
alia, that the bank credit extended to the Company was
extended under clear terms and conditions and subject to clear
restrictions, as is customary for similar agreements and for
similar corporations and that the Company has been and is in
compliance with all its obligations towards the banks which have
extended credit to the Company, so that there is no cause nor
justification to intervene in their relationship, in terms and
conditions of credit extended and repaid on time and definitely no
cause to instruct such debt to be collected other than when due.
The banks and the Supervisor of Banks have also filed their
responses to the petition.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
1. Lawsuits
against the Company (cont.)
i.
(cont.)
On
November 4, 2014, the Supreme Court of Justice resolved that based
on reasons cited by IDB Holdings and in absence of response to IDB
Holdings’ motion, IDB Holdings is exempt from attending the
hearings and from filing documents with regard to the petition. The
Court further resolved that the petition would be scheduled for a
hearing by three judges on November 9, 2015.
In
October 2015, following an application for an urgent hearing, which
was presented by the Movement for Quality of Government, the
hearing on the appeal was delayed until the handing down of a
judgment on another administrative appeal, which it has presented
(in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law). When the
judgment is handed down, the appellant will present an updated
notification to the Court in which it will clarify whether or not
it is necessary to hold a hearing on the appeal.
Based
on the opinion of legal counsel, the Company believes, in this
early stage of the proceeding when the petition has yet to be
heard, that it is not possible to assess the likelihood of success
of this petition. However, note that the orders applied for in the
petition are towards the Supervisor of Banks and the Governor of
the Bank of Israel - rather than against the Company.
j. On January
21, 2015, a motion was filed with the Court, seeking a Court order
for copying computer content of IDB Holdings by the Legal Counsel
for Inquiries and Representation of the Trustees of the debt
restructuring in legal proceedings, whereby the Court was asked to
issue an order in presence of one party, allowing the
aforementioned Legal Counsel to copy all magnetic media concerning
IDB Holdings, which is stored in computer servers at IDB Holdings
offices due, inter alia, to
the mix of servers of the Company and of IDB Holdings. For further
details and for additional motions and decisions on this matter,
see note 16.G.2.C. above.
. In June
2015, a motion to approve a class action and a statement of class
action claim were filed with the Central District Court in Lod
against the Company; against Dolphin Netherlands, the controlling
shareholder in the Company and C.A.A., the controlling shareholder
in the Company in the relevant period; against currently serving
directors and former directors, including alternate directors
(jointly, in this subsection: the “Respondents”); by
petitioners claiming to be shareholders of the Company and that
they are beneficiaries under the debt settlement in IDB Holding,
who held debentures of IDB Holding on the date of completion of the
debt settlement.
The
main claims raised by the petitioners are that the conduct of the
controlling shareholders and the Company’s Board of Directors
imposed difficulties on the completion of the transaction involving
the sale of the Company’s holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise to JT Capital Fund Pte (the “Clal
Transaction”). After the aforementioned transaction expired
in May 2014 without being completed, instead of advancing an
alternative sale transaction, the controlling shareholders
allegedly preferred to advance a process of requesting a permit for
the control of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group, for the
Company and for the controlling shareholders, the chances of which
were low, in light of the non-compliance with the requirements set
by the Commissioner to receive such a permit.
According to the
petitioner’s claim, the conduct of the controlling
shareholders to prevent the Clal transaction and/or an alternative
transaction was intended to cause cash flow pressure on the
Company, and to cause it to rely on capital injections as part of
the rights issues which were performed by the Company in July 2014
and February 2015, regarding which it was claimed, inter alia, that
they were performed in such away to cause disadvantage to the
holders of the Company’s minority shares, which was imposed
on the Company by its controlling shareholders, without having been
approved as a transaction in which the controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, and resulted in erosion of the economic
value embodied in the tender offer mechanism to which the
controlling shareholders have undertaken as part of the debt
settlement in IDB Holdings.
The
petitioners hold that the aforementioned conduct constitutes, inter
alia, discrimination against public shareholders, breach of the
fiduciary duty and of the duty of caution applicable to the
controlling shareholders and corporate officers in the Company, and
breach of the duties applicable to the controlling shareholders by
virtue of their status as bidders in the debt settlement in IDB
Holding.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
1. Lawsuits
against the Company (cont.)
j.
(cont.)
The
Court was requested, inter alia, to approve the claim as a class
action, and to define the members of the classes in whose name the
claim will be conducted, and to order the respondents to compensate
the class members, and to repay the entire damages which they
incurred, or, alternatively, to issue any other appropriate and
just remedy (the petitioners propose that the shares of the public
shareholders should be purchased at their fair and just value, in
order to remove the discrimination), where the damage allegedly
caused by the Respondents is estimated at approximately NIS 1
billion, and additionally, to order the payment of compensation to
the petitioners and professional fees for their legal
counsel.
k. On
January 7, 2016, a procedural arrangement was approved under which
it was agreed that the motion for approval would be deemed as a
lawfully served motion on the two respondents that are foreign
directors , the date for filing the responses to the motion for
approval will be until April 6, 2016 and the petitioners will file
their responses until May 29, 2016. The pre-trial was set for May
29, 2016. For more details regarding the motion filed by the
plaintiffs with the court that discussed the debt arrangement as
part of the amendment of the debt arrangement including cash
injection to the company (“the Amendment to the Debt
Arrangement”), according the which said Court will be
requested to approve the amendment to the debt arrangement without
the exemption clauses in it and clarify it will haveno impact on
the claims and causes of this claim and the decision of the Court
in this matter, see Note 16.(g)(2)(F) above.
On
March 21, 2016, the respondents filed motions to the Court to
strike out limine the motion (“Limine Motion”) and
extend the deadline for filing a respondent reponse given approval
of the Amendment to the Debt Arrangement by the Court for the debt
arrangement dated March 10, 2016. The main points of the Limine
Motion are as follows: In the framework of the Amendment to the
Debt Arrangement, the minority shareholders of the Company approved
by an absolute majority, providing a discharge, without any
restriction, from any claim, demand or action against the
respondents for any matter relating to the debt arrangement, which
would also apply on claims raised in the framework of the motion,
rendering them irrelevant. The authority to discuss the claims of
the type raised in the motion, claims whose essence is the
application of the debt arrangement and its interpretation, is
granted exclusively to the court discussing the debt arrangement;
the debt arrangement trustees (who were expressly authorized by the
Court to discuss the debt arrangement), not the plaintiffs,
represent the public of shareholders for all matters relatiang to
the debt arrangement. Given the appointments, there is no place for
applying the mechanism of a class action suit; Under the motion,
the explanation of the details of the second supplement of the
Class Action Law - 2006 is lacking according to which certification
is required for the motion. Thus, it does not meet the requirements
of the law. On March 22, 2016, the Court set deadlines to file
comments and responses by the parties and thus acquiested to the
motion to extend the deadline to file respondent answers as said
above until the decision on the Limine Motion.
The
Company assessment based on its legal advisorsis that is more
likely than not that the claim as filed against the Company will
not be accepted.
l. On February
10, 2016, a claim and motion for certification as a class action
suit was filedin the District Court of Tel Aviv - Yaffo against
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise and members of its Board of
Directors (“the Defendants”) by a shareholder of the
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise, who also owns bonds of the
company. The main claim argued under this claim is that, given the
fact that the value of the opererations of Clal Insurance
Enterprise is not expressed in its stock market value and is even
signifiantly greater than its equity as well as the obligation of
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise and its directors to provide
value to the shareholders of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise,
Clal Insurance Enterprise and the members of its Board of Directors
were obligated to sell its asets (mainly holdings in Clal
Insurance) to other insurance companies in Israel through a tender
with each asset of the Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise offered
in a separate tender. The grounds of the claim brought against the
defendants are, inter alia, the lack of activity on their part to
provide value to the shareholders of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise and negligence in failing to act to reduce the damage
caused to the plaintiff and the members of the class due to the
difference between the Company’s stock market and equity
values.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
1. Lawsuits
against the Company (cont.)
l.
(cont.)
`The
class that the plaintiff requests to represent is all the
shareholders holding shares of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise
listed for trade on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.
It is
noted that on February 11, 2016, the plaintiff demanded that the
Company join the suit and filed a motion for stay of proceedings
against it and, if it did not join, file in his name a request for
a derative action in this matter. The amount of the class action
suit is approximately NIS 2,125 million. This amount represents the
difference between the stock market value of Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprise and its equity according to the financial
statements. The main steps requested under the action are, inter
alia, is to obligate the defendants to compensate the class
mamebers for the damage caused to them resulting form the failure
of the defendants to act to providce value to the shareholders of
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise through sales of its operations
or, alternatively, obilgate Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise to
acto to sell said assets in order to immediately reuce the damage
caused to the class members. It is noted that the directors of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise have compensation clauses from Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise.
At the
same time as the filing of the action and the motion for approval
of the action as a class action, the plaintiff filed with the
Tel-Aviv-Jaffa District Court, against the defendants and
additional defendants, including the Company, the members of its
Board of Directors, the trustee for the Company’s shares in
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise, Mr. Moshe Tery (as stated in
note 3.H.5.a above) (“the trustee”), and the
Commissioner, a motion for an injunction and an urgent motion for a
temporary injunction, in which the plaintiff petitions the court to
order a stay of the proceedings for the sale of the shares of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise held by the Company through the
trustee, in accordance with an outline that was determined by the
Commissioner, as stated in note 3.H.5.b above) (“the
motions”). The plaintiff is requesting a stay of the
aforesaid sale proceedings until an absolute decision is made in
the action. The main ground stated in the motions for a stay of the
sale proceedings is that a sale of the shares in accordance with
the aforesaid outline before hearing the action may cause
irreversible damage to the Company and its bondholders. On March 2,
2016, the Company filed with the court its response to the motion
for an injunction, in which framework, inter alia, the Company claimed that in
the current market conditions, action should not be taken to sell
the shares of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise in accordance with
the outline ordered by the Commissioner; that there was a basis for
making an alternative outline, which would allow the Company to
seel its shares in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise within the
framework of a transaction for the sale of the control nucleus, or
any other outline that would prevent the destruction of the value
that would be caused to the Company if the Commissioner’s
outline were implemented; that implementation of the provisions of
the outline and performing the involuntary sale was expected to
cause the writing off of a huge, disproportionate and unnecessary
amount, and had extreme ramifications on the Company and additional
parties, as stated in the response; and that the circumstances of
the case justify an examination of whether, in view of all of the
considerations, the sale of the shares as aforesaid lies within the
margin of reasonableness in a manner that strikes a proper balance
between the needs and best interests of the persons insurer by Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise, on the one hand, and the series and
real harm that is expected to be caused to the shareholders of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise, the Company, the shareholders of the
Company and the creditors of the Company, on the other. In
addition, on March 2, 2016, Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise
filed its response to the motions, in which it opposed the motions,
in view of the existence of weighty claims that justified denying
the motion for approval of the action as a class action on its
merits, and the connection between the two
proceedings.
On
March 8, 2016, the trustee filed his response to the motions
stating, given the circumstances and noting the source of the
authorization of the trustee and the nature of his job (as
specified in his response), that the trustee is not a party to the
material issue of the matter. At the same time, the trustee noted
that it will act in accordance with the decision of the Court and
respect any legal ruling issued on the matter.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
l.
(cont.)
On
March 28, 2016, the Supervisor filed its response to the motion for
an injunction in which the Court was requested to reject entirely
the motion for in injunction for lack of jurisdiction in the matter
or, alternatively, reject it in substance for the following main
reasons: the only court level authorized to examine the decision of
the Supervisor in an originating motion is the Supreme Court
sitting in as the High Court of Justice, meaning the procedure
should be completely rejected on the basis of lack of jurisdiction
in the matter; the plaintiff has no standing in law in an
originating motion and motion for a temporary measure; a situation
in which means of control are held in institutional body without a
permit to control from the Supervisor represents an illegal status
which should be prevented or shortened as much as possible; the
need to sell the means of control in installment, as said through
the Supervisor, was known to all, including the shareholders of
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises and Company bond holders, such
that it was surely assumed that the equity holders that the
plaintiff wishes to represent, currently in a public, long and
highly publicized legal proceeding, understood what were the latent
risks of holding the equity in their possession; the existence of a
temporary position of a body without a controlling owner that can
exercise its control but with a very large shareholder (including
in legal terms) is problematic by law; letting the situation remain
as is not “healthy” in terms of regulation. When, due
to circumstances, a regulator is obliged create a specific
regulation for one the bodies for which he is responsible for
oversight, it is not an accepted and proper situation; in the
framework of the motion for an injunction, the plaintiff did not
claim and not show that the Supervisor’s activity was
unreasonable or improper over the years; also, its motion is
defective due to a significant delay.
In its
response, the Supervisor noted, inter alia, the sale of 5% of the
shares Clal Insurance Enterprise Holdings once every four months as
part of the outline can be stopped at any time that the Supervisor
is persuaded that there is a serious replacement for the outline in
the form of an agreement to sell the control of Clal Insurance
Enterprise Holdings. The Supervisor also noted in the response that
the trustee, on the basis of the trust obligation to the company,
will be obligated to try and sell the shares according to the
outline at a price exceeding their price on the stock market before
turning to the alternative of selling the shares in the stock
market according to the share market share price.
On
March 28, 2016, the Court issued a ruling in the proceeding
granting the petitioner the right to respond and also determined
that the date for a hearing on the request would be April 12,
2016.
M. For
information about the letter received by Discount Investments in
March of 2016 from its shareholder in which it was demanded that
the Discount Investments file a claim against the Company and
members of the Board of Directors of Discount Investments, which
approved the distribution of a dividend totaling NIS 200 million,
carried out in November of 2014 (through which the Company received
a total of NIS 148 million), see Note 23(c)(3)(c)
below.
2. Lawsuits
against Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group
Investee
companies of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise are involved in
claims, including lawsuits that are not within the ordinary course
of business (lawsuits not in the normal course of business are
referred to as “lawsuits”).
Further
to what is stated at the beginning of section C of this note, it
should be noted that in light of the costs that could arise from
the claims and exposures described below, provisions are made in
the financial reports of the relevant consolidated companies, only
if it more likely than not (meaning a probability of more than 50%)
that a liability for payment will be created as a result of past
events, and that the amount of the liability can be quantified or
estimated within a reasonable margin of error. The provisions that
were made are based on the estimated risk in each of the lawsuits,
as of a date close to the publication date of this statement
(except for several of the lawsuits which were filed during the
last two quarters, whose success rates cannot be estimated since
they are in their preliminary stage).
In this
matter, please note that events occurring during litigation may
necessitate a reevaluation of this risk.
The
assessments of the investee companies of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise Group regarding the risk are based on both the opinions
of their legal counsels and/or on the estimates of the relevant
companies as to the amounts of the settlement agreements that the
managements of these companies predict that more likely than not
they will have to bear.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
2. Lawsuits
against Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group
(cont.)
We
would like to emphasize that in the opinion of the legal counsels
regarding most of the motions to certify the claim as a class
action, for which no provisions were made, the assessment of the
attorney relates to the chances of the motion to certify the claim
as a class action and does not relate to the chances of success of
the claim itself, if it is certified as a class action. This is due
to, among other things, the fact that the scope and content of the
hearing on the claim itself, after it has been certified as a class
action, will be influenced by the decision of the court to
recognize the claim as a class action, which usually relates to the
causes of the claim that were either approved and those that were
not approved, to the remedies that were approved and those that
were not approved, etc. It should be clarified that if the hearing
of a lawsuit (it is clarified, for the avoidance of doubt, that the
hearing of a claim does not include a decision in motions to
recognize actions as class actions and other interim motions) in a
certain court is decided against companies of the Group, a
provision will be recognized or revised in the first financial
statements published after the date of the decision, even if in the
opinion of the Group’s management, on the basis of the
opinion of its legal advisers, the result in an appeal to a higher
court will be different and at the end of the proceedings the Group
will not be found liable.
In
addition to the legal proceedings mentioned below, there is also a
potential exposure, which at present is impossible to assess or
quantify, that additional class action suits will be filed against
companies of the Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise group due to
the complexity of the insurance products of these companies,
together with the complexity of the regulatory environment that
applies to the operations of the companies in the Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprise group, which may result in a dispute with a
customer regarding the interpretation of a provision of law or
agreement, or the manner of implementing provisions of law or
agreement or the manner of resolving the claim pursuant to the
agreement, which are applicable to the relationships between
companies of the Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise group and the
customer.
This
exposure is especially high in the areas of long-term savings and
long-term health insurance in which Clal Insurance operates,
inter alia, in view of the fact that in these
areas the policies were issued decades ago, while at present, after
significant changes in the regulatory environment and against the
background of developments in legal precedent and the
Commissioner’s position, the same policies may be interpreted
differently, retrospectively, and may be subjected to different
interpretation standards than those that were customary at the time
that the policies were made. Moreover, in these areas the policies
are valid for dozens of years and, therefore, there is a risk that
in those cases in which a customer’s claim is accepted and a
new interpretation is given to the policy, the future profitability
of the company in respect of the existing policy portfolio will
also be affected. This is in addition to the possible compensation
that could be given to the customers due to past
activity.
Alongside these
aspects, in January 2015, an amendment to the Control of Financial
Services (Insurance) Law, 5741-1981, came into force, which
reflects a significant reform in the field of approving an
insurance program, and in addition, in February 2015, a circular
regarding the introduction of an insurance policy and rules of a
provident fund was published, in which a procedure was determined
for filing a notice of a new insurance policy or new rules or
changes to them, and in April 2015 the ‘Instructions for
Drafting Insurance Policies’ circular and a position paper on
the subject of principles for drafting insurance policies were
published, which include additional provisions that should be
included in an insurance policy and additional provisions that
should not be included in an insurance policy, and the exclusions
that may be included in insurance policies were reduced, relative
to the position that existed previously (‘the insurance
policy reform’).
The
insurance policy reform allows the Commissioner, under certain
conditions, to order the insurer to stop introducing an insurance
policy or to order an insurer to make a change to an insurance
policy, even with regard to policies that have already been
marketed by the insurer. It is not possible to foresee to what
extent insurers are exposed to claims in connection with the
provisions of the policy, the manner of implementing the
Commissioner’s powers pursuant to the insurance policy reform
and its implications, which may be raised, inter alia, by means of the procedural
mechanism provided in the Class Actions Law.
Said
risk, is caused by the composition of said products , which are
characterizedby a very long life span and are subject to
significant, complex and frequent changes, including changes in
regulatory and tax provisions.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
2. Lawsuits
against Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group
(cont.)
The
complexity of these changes and their implementation over a large
number of years creates a greater operating risk, also in view of
the many automation systems in the financial institutions in the
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise group and their limitations, in
light of additions and/or changes to the basic wording of the
products and in light of many and frequent changes made over the
life span of the product, including by employees and/or employers
and/or someone on their behalf, in relation to the insurance
coverage and/or in relation to savings deposits.
This
complexity and these changes relate to, among other things, the
volume and rates of deposits, the different components of the
product, the manner in which funds are classified to employees,
products and their components, the dates on which they are
recorded, the identification of arrears in making deposits and the
handling of such arrears, and to the employment, personal and
underwriting status of the customers. This complexity becomes even
stronger in light of the multiplicity of the parties operating
against the investee companies of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise Group in managing and operating the products, including
regarding conflicting instructions that come from them or from
people acting on their behalf.
The
financial institutions in the group are involved on a regular basis
in learning, identification and handling of issues which may derive
from the aforementioned complexities, both in relation to
individual cases and in relation to types of customers and/or
products. The coming into effect of the Control of Financial
Services (Provident Funds) (Payments to Provident Funds), 5774-2014
(the Payments Regulations), in general, and specifically the
revision of the collection interface and the receipt of money, are
expected, in the short term, to increase the aforesaid complexity,
even if in the long term they are expected to moderate it.
Moreover, further to the provisions of the Commissioner’s
circular of Novemer 2012 regarding the improvement the improvement
of the details of the rights of member of financial institutions,
the latter are in the middle of a comprehensive process of
improving data in the long term saving field, which should continue
in 2016. In addition, there is a risk, which cannot be assessed or
quantified as this stage, in the manner products in the fields of
long term saving and health are operated. It is impossible to
completely foresee the types of claims that will be raised in this
context and/or the potential risk resulting from them, inter alia, through the legal
framework of a class action suit and/or expansive rulings by the
Commissioner.
The
exposure to claims that have not yet been filed against the
companies of the group is brought to the attention of the companies
in several ways.
This is
done, among other ways, by customers, employees, suppliers,
non-profit organizations (amutot) or persons acting on their
behalf contacting people in the aforementioned investee companies
and especially to the public complaint officers at the
aforementioned investee companies, through complaints of customers
to the public complaint unit of the Commissioner’s office and
through suits (that are not class actions) filed with the courts
and through the Commissioner’s position papers.
Please
note that to the extent that we are dealing with customer
complaints submitted to the Public Complaints Unit of the
Commissioner’s office, in addition to the risk that a
customer will choose to raise his claims also as part of a class
action suit, the companies in the Group are also exposed to the
risk that the Commissioner will issue a ruling that will apply to a
broad group of customers. In recent years, there has been an
increase in the exposure to this risk, due to the increased
involvement shown by the Commissioner in relation to complaints of
customers coming to his door and in the inclination of the
Commissioner to take a principled stand by making a broad ranged
decision and due to position papers that the Commissioner
publishes. For additional details regarding wide-ranging decisions
and position papers, see section B below.
The
companies in the Group cannot predict whether the customer claim
that was brought to the attention of the companies will lead to the
filing of a class action or a wide-ranging decision, even in those
cases in which a customer threatens to do so.
In
addition, these companies in the Group cannot assess the size of
the potential exposure that may be generated in the event such a
class action suit is filed.
The
provision included in the financial statements of Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprise as at December 31, 2015, for all of the
lawsuits not in the normal course of business as stated in section
C.(2). in this note, against the investee companies of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group amounted to NIS 96
million.
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
2. Lawsuits
against Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group
(cont.)
The
amount of the lawsuits not in the normal course of business against
the investee companies of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group
is a total of NIS 17,625 million (the “total amount”)
(this amount includes: lawsuits in which the amount being sued is
attributed to the investee companies of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise Group; suits in which the amount of the claim noted in
the suit is not attributed only to the investee companies of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group, but also to other defendants
as well; a suit in which the amount noted in the claim is an annual
amount (and accordingly, the total amount is dependent upon the
period); and claims filed subsequent to the date of the Statement
of Financial Position. In addition, this amount does not include
claims in which the amount of the claim was not noted and it does
not include lawsuits in the regular course of business that are not
class action, derivative actions or significant
lawsuits.
The
following is a concise and general summary of the lawsuits pending
against the investees of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise
Group:
Consumer
claims and derivative actions
Against
the investee companies of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group
there are pending claims filed by customers of the investee
companies. Among these claims, there are claims that have been
recognized as class action suits, claims for which there are
pending motions to have them certified as class action suits, and
other claims which are immaterial. These claims include mainly
claims of improper actions, not in accordance with laws, licenses
or breaches of agreements with customers or performance of tort
damages toward customers (especially misleading a customer, or a
negligent misrepresentation), causing damage, either monetary or
non-monetary, to customers. A significant amount of these claims
also include claims of charging excessive premiums and payment of
lower than called for insurance compensation (“consumer
claims”). In addition, there are three pending motions to
have claims certified as derivative actions.
Of the
total amount, the amount being sued which is attributed to the
investee companies of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group in
respect of consumer claims is NIS 6,010 million (of which an amount
of NIS 1,084 million is claimed in actions that were certified as
class actions and an amount of NIS 4,926 million is claimed in
motions to certify claims as class actions).
In
addition, a lawsuit in an amount of NIS 107 million which is being
sued for is an annual amount has been approved as a class action
and, accordingly, the total amount is dependent upon the
period.
In
addition, other consumer claims have been filed against the
investee companies of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group
together with other defendants, in a total amount of NIS 6,233
million (of which a total of NIS 225 million is claimed in a single
claim, in which certain causes of action were approved as a class
action, and a total of NIS 6,008 million is claimed in motions to
approve claims as class actions), in which the plaintiffs have not
detailed the amount attributed to the investee companies of Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group, out of the total amount being
claimed from all of the defendants.
In
addition, there are nine additional consumer claims against
investee companies of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises in which
the amount of the claim was not stipulated (of which one consumer
claim, which has been certified as a class action, in which the
plaintiff appraised the amount of the claim to be approximately
“hundreds of millions of Shekels” and two consumer
claim regarding in one of which the plaintiff estimated the claim
amount at “many millions of Shekels” and in the other
as“hundreds of millions of Shekels”).
Note
23 – Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
2. Lawsuits
against Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group
(cont.)
Consumer
claims and derivative actions (cont.)
These
claims generate an additional exposure of the investee companies of
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group, beyond the amounts set
out above. In addition, three derivative actions were filed for a
total amount of approximately NIS 5,276 million.
The
following are details of the consumer class actions and derivative
actions, classified according to the amount of claim:
Amount of claim
|
Type of claim
|
Number of claims
|
1. Claims
that stipulate the amount referring to the Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises Group
|
|
|
a. Up to NIS
100 million
|
Claim
certified as class action
Motions to certify
as class action
|
1
20
|
b. Between
NIS 100-500 million
|
Motions to certify
as class action
|
5
|
c. Between
NIS 500 million and 1 billion
|
Motions to certify
as class action
|
1
|
d. Above NIS
1 billion
|
Claim
certified as class action
|
1
|
|
Motions to certify
as class action
|
1
|
e. Annual
amount stated (and accordingly the total amount is dependent upon
the period)
|
Claim
certified as class action
|
1
|
2. Claims
that stipulate a comprehensive for all of the defendants, without
attributing a specific amount to each defendant
|
|
|
a. Up to NIS
100 million
|
Motions to certify
as class actions
|
3
|
|
Motions to certify
as derivative action
|
1
|
b. Between
NIS 100-500 million
|
Motions to certify
as class action
|
1
|
|
Claim
certified as class action
|
1
|
c. More than
NIS 500 million up to 1 billion
|
Motions to certify
as class action
|
3
|
d. Above NIS
1 billion
|
Motions to certify
as class actions
|
2
|
|
Motions to certify
as derivative action
|
2
|
3. Claims
that did not stipulate an amount
|
Motions to certify
as class actions
|
|
Motions to certify
as class actions
|
8
|
In
addition, there are insignificant legal claims, pending and
standing against the investee companies of Call Holdings Insurance
Enterprise, totaling NIS 66 million.
The
following are details of the pending consumer claims, in which the
amount claimed in each of them as a class action exceeds NIS 1
billion provided in Part A of the periodic report of the Company in
2015.
16Claim
amount estimated in “hundreds of
millions.”
Note
23 - Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
3. Lawsuits
against Discount Investments
a. In
September 2012, a motion to certify the filing of a derivative
action in an amount of NIS 370 million in the name of Discount
Investments against its directors was filed with the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa
District Court (in this section, “the Motion for
Certification”), by applicants claiming to be minority
shareholders of Discount Investments (hereinafter in this section,
“the applicants”). Together with the motion for
approval, a draft of the derivative claim was also filed with the
Court.
The
Motion for Certification relates to investments made by Discount
Investments in Maariv Holdings Ltd. ("Maariv") in 2011-2012 at both
the initial stage that Discount Investments invested in acquiring
control of Maariv and at various later stages, and it alleges,
inter alia, that the
directors named in the motion acted negligently and recklessly, and
breached their duty of skill and caution towards Discount
Investments with regard to their care and/or involvement in those
investments, and therefore they should compensate the Discount
Investments for the damage it incurred, which according to the
plaintiffs, on the basis of an expert opinion on their behalf, is
estimated at NIS 370 million.
In
August 2015, the Central District Court - Lod decided to approve
the aforementioned motion. According to the Court’s decision,
inter alia, a basis has supposedly been established for the
existence of cause of action for Discount Investment against the
aforementioned directors, with respect to breach of their duty of
care towards Discount Investment, by acting in a negligent and rash
manner regarding their decision to acquire Ma’ariv, and as a
result, caused Discount Investment to incur damages which were
comprised of both the initial acquisition cost of Ma’ariv,
and of the additional investments therein.
b. In July
2014, a claim was filed with the court against Koor with regard to
a claim of a breach of an agreement for the payment of a
finder’s commission for the sale of Adama to ChemChina, in a
total amount of NIS 32 million. Based on the expert opinion of its
legal advisor, Discount Investments considers the chance that said
claim will be accepted is lower than the chance of the claim being
turned down.
c. In March of
2016, Discount Investments received a letter from its shareholders
in which it was demanded that Discount Investments file a complaint
against the Company and the members of the Board of Directors of
Discount Investments, which approved a distribution of dividends
totaling approximately NIS 200 million , which was carried out in
November of 2014 (in whose framework the company received a total
of NIS 148 million). In this letter, it was claimed, inter alia,
that on the date of the decision to distribute, the distribution
did not meet the solvency test while, on the date of the
distribution, it didn’t meet the profits test (tests that are
conditions for distributing a dividend under the Companies Law). In
said letter, the legal representative of the above shareholder
noted the provisions of the Companies Law granting shareholders the
right to file a derived claim and demanded that Discount
Investments implement its right by filing a complaint.
d. For
information on motions for certifying the filing of derivative
actions that were filed by the Petitioners who are claiming to be
shareholders of Discount Investments, with regards to dividends
distributed by Discount Investments in 2010-2011, and that were
filed, as applicable, against Discount Investments, against
directors and two officers of Discount Investments during the
relevant period, against the Company, against Clal Holdings
Insurance Enterprise, against Clal Finance and against other
parties, see section C.1.h. above in this note.
4. Lawsuits
against Cellcom and its subsidiaries
In the
normal course of business, Cellcom and its subsidiaries are
involved in various lawsuits filed against them. The provision
included in Cellcom’s financial statements of December 31,
2015, for all of the lawsuits against it, amounts to approximately
NIS 54 million.
Presented hereunder
are the details of pending claims against Cellcom, classified into
groups having similar characteristics. The amounts indicated
hereunder are correct for the dates on which the claims were
filed.
Note
23 - Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
4. Lawsuits
against Cellcom and its subsidiaries (cont.)
a. Consumer
Claims
In the
normal course of business, claims have been filed against Cellcom
by its customers. These are mostly motions for approval of class
actions, primarily concerning allegations of illegal collection of
funds, unlawful conduct or breach of license, or a breach of
agreements with customers, causing monetary and non-monetary damage
to them. As at December 31, 2015, the amounts claimed from Cellcom
in consumer claims, amounted to NIS 23.84 billion (this amount
includes a claim that was certified as a class action, as stated
below).
In
addition, there are additional consumer claims against Cellcom in
which the amount claimed was not stipulated if they become
certified as class actions, and in their respect Cellcom has an
additional exposure to that mentioned above.
In
addition, there are consumer claims against Cellcom jointly with
other defendants which amount to NIS 2.35 billion and additional
consumer claims against Cellcom and additional defendants for which
the amount of the claim insofar as they will be certified as class
actions was not stated, for which Cellcom has additional exposure
beyond the aforesaid.
In
November 2013, the Central District Court granted a motion that was
filed in September 2011 to certify a claim filed against Cellcom in
September 2011 as a class action, with regard to an allegation that
Cellcom breached its agreements with its clients by failing to give
them the full amount of the refunds to which they are entitled
according to the agreements. The total amount of this claim was
estimated by the plaintiff at NIS 15 million.
Among
all the claims against Cellcom and motions for their certification
as class action suits, there are five motions for certification
totalling NIS 353 million and an additional motion not specifying a
claim amount. If approved as a class action suit, in their
preliminary stage in which they are found, Cellcom cannot estimate
the chance of their success.
Out of
all of the claims against Cellcom and the motions to certify them
as class actions, settlements or withdrawal arrangements have been
filed with the court in five motions for certification of class
actions against Cellcom for a total amount that has been estimated
by the plaintiffs at NIS 80 million, in two motions to certify a
class action against Cellcom and additional defendantsr for an
amount of NIS 481 million without stating the amount of the claim
attributed separately to Cellcom, and additional motions for
certification of a class action where the amount clamed was not
stated, but the proceedings have not yet ended.
The
following are details of the number and total amounts of claims
that have been certified as class actions, and claims where there
is a motion to certify them as consumer class actions, which are
pending against Cellcom as at December 31, 2015, classified
according to the amount of the claim:
Amount
of the claim
|
Number
of claims
|
Amount
of the claims
(NIS
millions)
|
Up to
NIS 100 million
|
22
|
517
|
NIS 100
million to NIS 500 million
|
8
|
1,646
|
Above
[NIS 500 million] to NIS 1 billion (see sections 1 and 3
below)
|
2
|
21,675
|
Claims
in which no amount was stated
|
13
|
-
|
Claims
against Cellcom and additional defendants jointly
|
5
|
845
|
|
|
|
Claims
against Cellcom and additional defendants totaling over one billion
NIS (See Section 2 below)
|
1
|
1,500
|
Claims
against Cellcom and additional defendants in which no amount was
stated
|
2
|
-
|
Note
23 - Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
4. Lawsuits
against Cellcom and its subsidiaries (cont.)
a. Consumer Claims
(cont.)
After
the date of the statement of financial position, a claim and motion
for certification as a classic action suit was filed in court
against Cellcom for an amount estimated by the plaintiffs at NIS 11
million as well as two claims and motions for certification as a
class action suit for which no claim amount was specified. At this
preliminary stage, it is not yet possible to estimate their chances
of its success; seven class action suits against Cellcom were
terminated (by cancellation or rejection), the total sum
claimed NIS 360 million, a class action suit against Cellcom and
other defendants totaling NIS 139 million, without specifying the
exact amount claimed from Cellcom as well as a class action suit
against Cellcom for which the amount is not
specified.
The
following are the specifics of claims and motions for certification
as class actions where the amount claimed ineach of them is more
than NIS 1 billion:
1. In March
2015, a claim and motion to certify it as a class action were filed
with the court against Cellcom, by two plaintiffs who claim
that they are customers of Cellcom. The plaintiffs claim in
their action that Cellcom unlawfully invaded the privacy of its
customers . If the claim is certified as a class action,
the amount claimed in it was estimated by the plaintiffs in a
total sum of NIS 15 billion.
2. In August
2015, a claim and a motion to approve it as a class action against
Netvision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cellcom, and against three
additional defendants, were filed, alleging that one of the
defendants had sold to the other defendants, including to Netvision
(“the Buying Defendants”), personal details of its
customers, which were used by the Buying Defendants to contact
those customers and issue business offers to them. If the claim is
approved as a class action, the amount claimed in respect of each
of the defendants who allegedly acquired the information, including
Netvision, is estimated by the plaintiff at NIS 1,000 with respect
to each customer whose personal details were purchased by it and/or
with respect to each customer who was contacted, as stated above,
which amounts, according to the estimate of the aforementioned
plaintiff, to approximately 1.5 million customers from each buying
defendant.
3. In December
of 2015, a claim and a motion to approve it as a class action were
filed against Cellcom and two additional cellular operators,
alleging, inter alia, that
the defendants offer, unlawfully, prepaid calling cards at
particularly high rates, by coordinating prices between them. If
the claim is approved as a class action, the total amount claimed
from the three defendants is estimated by the plaintiffs as NIS 13
billion, where out of this amount, based on the data specified in
the plaintiffs' statements of claim, the amount claimed from
Cellcom is estimated as NIS 6.7 billion.
b. Environmental
claims
In the
normal course of business, claims have been filed against Cellcom
in issues related to the environment, including claims regarding
non-ionizing radiation from cellular handsets and claims in respect
of sites belonging to Cellcom. These are mostly motions for
approval of class actions, relating to allegations of unlawful
conduct or breach of license causing monetary and non-monetary
damage (including claims for future damages). As of December 31,
2015, two claims were pending against Cellcom; motions to certify
these as class actions were originally filed, for a total amount of
NIS 4.7 billion.
In
2015, the court dismissed the motions for certification of the
aforesaid two claims as class actions, except with regard to
certain causes of action which it decided to hear on the basis of
settlements in similar class actions against other cellular
operators (Pelephone Communications Ltd. and Partner Communications
Ltd.) that were approved by the court, which Cellcom was also
prepared to adopt. The aforesaid settlements include undertakings
of the cellular operators to provide certain information with
regard to non-ionizing radiation, to sell certain accessories at a
discount and to carry out certain examinations of devices in
certain circumstances, where the cost of carrying out these
undertakings is estimated by Cellcom in amounts that are not
material for it. The plaintiffs filed an appeal against the
judgment approving the settlements with Pelephone and Partner,
inter alia, with regard to
the type of examinations that will be made as
aforesaid.
Note
23 - Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
4. Lawsuits
against Cellcom and its subsidiaries (cont.)
c. Other
claims
In the
normal course of business, various lawsuits have been filed against
Cellcom by employees, subcontractors, suppliers, authorities and
others which deal mostly in claims of breach of provisions of the
law governing termination of employment and obligatory payments to
employees, claims for breach of agreements, copyright
infringements, patent infringement and compulsory payments to
authorities.
As at
December 31, 2015, the total amount of these claims against Cellcom
amounted to NIS 91 million. In addition, a lawsuit against Cellcom
and two other cellular operators was filed requesting non-financial
remedies for an alleged infringement of a patent in iPhone devices,
which was rejected in March of 2016 in the framework of the
agreement compromise.
5. Lawsuits against Adama and its
subsidiaries
In the
normal course of business, Adama is involved in various legal
claims. The provisions included in its financial statements as of
December 31, 2015, for the costs that may arise from these claims
are in a total sum of US 15 million.
Presented hereunder
are details of claims pending against Adama, that were not fully
provided for in its financial statements, and their chances of
success were not considered to be remote by the legal counsel of
Adama and its subsidiaries, classified into groups having similar
characteristics. The amounts indicated hereunder are correct for
the dates on which the claims were filed.
a. Environmental
claims
In 2011
an action and motion to certify it as a class action was filed for
an amount of NIS 642 million against a wholly owned company of
Adama for smell and noise hazards relating to its site. In February
2014, an appeal was filed with the Supreme Court by the plaintiffs
in the aforesaid action and motion, with regard to its dismissal in
December 2013 by the Beer-Sheba District Court. In February 2016,
the Court rejected said appeal in its entirity.
b. Claims
of employees, subcontractors, suppliers, authorities and
others
In the
normal course of business, various claims were filed against Adama
by employees, subcontractors, suppliers, authorities and others
which concern, inter alia,
claims for breaches of provisions of the law regarding termination
of employment and obligatory payments to employees, claims for
breach of contract and patent infringement, and compulsory payments
to authorities.
As of
December 31, 2015, the total amount claimed from Adama for the
aforesaid claims amounted to $31 million.
6. Lawsuits
against Shufersal
In the
ordinary course of business, Shufersal is involved in several legal
claims against it. The provision included in its financial
statements as of December 31, 2015, for all of the claims against
it amounts to NIS 13 million.
The
following are details of the claims pending against Shufersal,
classified into groups with similar characteristics.
a. Consumer
claims
In the
normal course of business, legal claims were filed against
Shufersal by its customers. These are mostly motions for
certification of class actions, which mainly concern claims of
charging money unlawfully, acting contrary to the law or a license,
or a breach of the agreements with customers, causing financial and
non-financial loss to them.
As at
December 31, 2015, the total amount claimed from Shufersal for
consumer claims was NIS 309 million. Regarding several of these
claims, for a total amount of NIS 118 million, their likelihood of
success cannot be estimated by Shufersal because of the preliminary
stage that they have reached.
In
addition, consumer claims and motions to certify them as class
actions were filed against Shufersal and additional defendants,
where the total amount attributed to Shufersal amounted to NIS 189
million as well as a consumer claim and motions to certify it as a
class action , where the amount claims therein was NIS 11 million,
without any stipulation of the amount of the claim attributed
separately to Shufersal, including several claims totaling NIS 49
million, which is at still at a preliminary stage such that
Shufersal cannot assess the chances of their access.
Note
23 - Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
6. Lawsuits
against Shufersal (cont.)
a. Consumer claims (cont.)
The
following are details of the number and amounts of the claims where
there is a motion to certify them as consumer class actions, which
were pending against Shufersal as of December 31,
2015:
Amount
of the claim
|
Number
of claims
|
Amount
of the claims
(in
NIS millions)
|
Up to
NIS 100 million
|
32
|
509
|
Subsequent to the
date of the Statement of Financial Position, three consumer claims
and motions to certify them as class actions were filed against
Shufersal for a total amount of NIS 473 million, the likelihood of
the success cannot be assessed at this preliminary
stage.
After
the date of the statement of the financial position five motions
for certification as class action suits against Shufersal totaling
NIS 51 million and included as part of the claims detailed above
were terminated as the plaintiffs withdraw their motions for
certification.
b. Claims
of employees, subcontractors, suppliers, authorities and other
claims
In the
normal course of business, legal claims were filed with the courts
against Shufersal by employees, subcontractors, suppliers,
authorities and others, which relate mainly to claims of breaches
of the provisions of the law in relation to the termination of
workers’ employment and compulsory payments to employees,
claims of breaches of contract and compulsory payments to
authorities. As of December 31, 2015, the total amount for which
Shufersal was being sued for these claims was NIS 26 million. In
2014, an indictment was filed against Shufersal, the Vice-President
of Operations and Shufersal’s supply chain, and four
additional executives in Shufersal (who are not officers). The
indictment alleged offenses against the provisions of the Hours of
Work and Rest Law, 5711-1951, with regard to the employment of
workers for overtime in excess of what is permitted in the
aforesaid law. In Shufersal’s estimation, on the basis of the
opinion of its legal advisers, if and insofar as at the end of the
aforesaid proceeding Shufersal will be found guilty of the charges
that will be claimed against it, Shufersal will be exposed to the
payment of a fine that is not material. Subsequent to the date of
the statement of financial position, Shufersal received a demand
for payment in the amount of approximately NIS 14 million, with
respect to a land betterment levy for a property which Shufersal
leases, and an additional claim was filed against Shufersal in the
amount of NIS 7 million in respect of the cancellation of a rental
agreement.
c. Claims
with Respect to the Restrictive Trade Practices
Law
In
February 2010, an indictment was filed with the Jerusalem District
Court against Shufersal, its former President and CEO and its
former Vice-President of Commerce and Marketing (hereinafter in
this section: “former officers of Shufersal”), which
attributed to the defendants offenses against the Restrictive Trade
Practices Law and the Penal Law with respect to allegations
regarding non-compliance with the instructions in the approval of
the merger between Clubmarket Marketing Chains Ltd. (
“Clubmarket”) and Shufersal, and an attempt to perform
a restrictive arrangement.
In
December 2013 the Court convicted Shufersal and the former officers
of Shufersal in two offenses of non-compliance with the provisions
stated in the approval of the merger and four offenses of an
attempt to perform a restrictive arrangement, and acquitted them of
an additional indictment of non-compliance with the instructions in
the approval of the merger.
In July
2014, the court handed down a sentence in the aforesaid criminal
proceeding, in which Shufersal was ordered to pay a fine of NIS 3
million, and to give an undertaking in a sum of NIS 5 million, for
a period of three years, not to commit an offense pursuant to the
Restrictive Trade Practices Law, and the two former officers of
Shufersal were sentenced to imprisonment, including actual
imprisonment for periods of two months and one month, respectively
(which have been stayed until proceedings have ended in the Supreme
Court), fines in sums of between NIS 250 thousand and NIS 450
thousand, and additional sanctions. In August of 2015, the Supreme
Court Appeals Court rejected appeals filed by Shufersal and its
former CEO of said judgment both in regards to the conviction and
the punishments imposed on them. An appeal filed by the former Vice
President of Shufersal convicted in said criminal proceeding was
also rejected except for his imprisonment, which was changed to
three months of public service.
Note
23 - Contingent Liabilities, Commitments and Lawsuits
(cont.)
C. Lawsuits
(cont.)
7. Lawsuits
against Elron
Elron’s
financial statements for December 31, 2015, include a provision in
an amount immaterial to it in respect of all the claims against
it.
As at
December 31, 2015, a claim and a motion to certify it as a class
action is pending in the court against Elron and other defendants,
alleging non-compliance with provisions of corporate law and
securities law.
The
remedy requested in the aforesaid claim is monetary compensation
without stipulating the amount claimed, although it does contain
various arguments regarding the method of determining the
damages caused to the plaintiffs, which depends, inter alia, on
clarifying certain circumstances and the nature of each alleged
damage. The Court rejected the motion to certify the aforementioned
claim as a class action, but the plaintiffs filed an appeal, and in
May 2012 the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in which it partly
accepted the aforesaid appeal. The aforesaid ruling states, inter
alia, that the motion to approve the class action is accepted with
certain changes from that requested in said motion, while also
providing certain instructions as to the holding of the proceeding,
and stating that the proceeding is being remanded to the District
Court so that it will hear it as a class action against the
defendants specified in it, including against Elron and its former
officers. Elron denies the claim’s allegations against
it.
8. Lawsuits
against the IDB Tourism Group
There
are various pending claims against IDB Tourism and its investee
companies including, consumer claims. As at December 31, 2015, the
total amount being claimed from IDB Tourism and its investees with
respect to these claims was NIS 2.7 million.
Moreover, a motion
to certify a class action has been filed against a subsidiary of
IDB Tourism in a total amount of NIS 18 million. In May 2015,
after, a compromise agreement was approved by the Court in respect
of this claim and expenses were ruled against IDB Tourism in an
insignificant amount.
For the
aforesaid claims, IDB Tourism and its investees have recorded
provisions for legal claims in a sum of NIS 0.4
million.
In
addition, the financial reports include a provision in a sum of NIS
10 million for tax assessments that were issued to Israir for the
years 2005-2010, after a judgment was given in an appeal by the
Supreme Court, which held that Israir is not a resident of the
Eilat area, as this term is defined in the Free Trade Area Law, and
for a National Insurance assessment that was issued to
Israir.
Motions
and claims totaling NIS 91 million are still pending against Israir
and other parties. Israir estimates, based on the opinion of its
legal counsel, that the likelihood of the claims being turned down
exceed the likelihood of their being accepted, and therefore, a
provision was not included in the financial
statements.
In
addition, in January 2016, three applications for approval as class
actions, in an overall amount of NIS 179 million and NIS 216
million for the same factual events and in an amount of NIS 6
million were filed against two companies from the the Terminal 1
Holdings Ltd group (formerly Diesesnhaus), the chances of which IDB
Tourism is unable to assess at the preliminary stage at which they
are to be found.
Note
24 - Sales and services
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
From
the sale of purchased products
|
11,451
|
11,532
|
11,843
|
From
the performance of works and services, primarily communications
services
|
3,183
|
3,608
|
4,024
|
Tourism
services
|
1,030
|
1,001
|
1,059
|
From
the sale of communications equipment
|
1,048
|
1,005
|
942
|
From
the rental of buildings and from storage services
|
893
|
829
|
822
|
From
the sale of apartments and land
|
270
|
396
|
534
|
From
the sale of products that have been manufactured
|
63
|
129
|
716
|
From
management fees and consultancy fees of an investments
house
|
40
|
46
|
45
|
Total
|
17,978
|
18,546
|
19,985
|
|
|
|
|
Note
25 - The Group's share of the profits
(losses) of investee companies that are treated under the equity
method of accounting, net
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
Profit
(loss) under the equity method of accounting
|
|
|
|
The
Group's share of the net profit of investee companies treated under
the equity method of accounting
|
139
|
30
|
112
|
Amortization of
surplus cost for investee companies treated under the equity
method
|
(33)
|
(40)
|
(51)
|
Canclelation of
loss (loss) on impairment in the value of investments in investee
companies treated under the equity method
|
(1)(127)
|
(481)
(2)
|
-
|
Total
net profit (loss) on the equity method basis
|
(21)
|
(491)
|
61
|
(1) For details
regarding the amortization of the investment in Adama, see Note
16(f)(1)(b) above.
(2) Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, See Note 1(f)(2)
above.
Note
26 – Profit (loss) on disposal and the writing down of
investments, assets and dividends
A. Profit
on disposal and increase in the value of investments and assets,
dividends and profit as a result of an increase to
control
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
Gain
from the disposal of investments in investee companies
|
82
|
873
|
19
|
Gain on
increase in the value of investments that are measured at fair
value through the statement of income
|
37
|
54
|
(3)43
|
Dividend income and
cash distributions from financial assets that are measured at fair
value through profit and loss
|
54
|
24
|
9
|
Cancellation of
provision for impairment of assets
|
-
|
7
|
13
|
Gain on
the loss of control in a subsidiary, including re-measurement to
fair value of the equity rights that remain in the company being
sold
|
19
|
-
|
10
|
Profit
on the issuance of equity of investee companies to a third
party
|
(1) 40
|
-
|
2
|
Profit
from disposal of assets
|
23(2)
|
-
|
-
|
|
255
|
958
|
96
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Regarding profit
derived from investment in Pocared, see Note 3.H.6.a.
above.
(2)
Regarding profit
derived from sales of its share of the operations in Deisenhaus,
see Note 3(h)(6)(b) above.
(3)
Restated for discontinued operations (Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprises), See Note 3(i)(1) above.
B. Loss
on disposal, decrease in value and the writing down of investments
and assets
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment in the
value of assets and investments
|
7
|
405
|
89
|
Impairment loss on
investments measured at fair value through the statement of
income
|
34
|
)1(39
|
22
|
Loss
from material influence in an included company, including a
remeasurement for fair value of residual capital rights in the sold
company
|
-
|
32
|
-
|
Loss on
the disposal of assets
|
2
|
8
|
27
|
|
43
|
484
|
138
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Restated for
discontinued operations (Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprises), See
Note 3(i)(1) above.
Note
27 – Changes in the fair value of investment
property
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
A.
Increase in the fair value of investment
property
|
|
|
|
Revaluation of the
HSBC Building and the building in Chicago (see also note 7.b.(1)
above)
|
200
|
272
|
175
|
Revaluation of
investment property in Israel (see also Note 7.b.(2)
above)
|
239
|
167
|
242
|
|
439
|
439
|
417
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B.
Impairment in the fair value of investment real estate
|
|
|
|
Decrease in value
of a commercial and office project in Las Vegas (GW) (see note
7.b.(3) above)
|
102
|
26
|
79
|
Other
|
28
|
-
|
18
|
|
130
|
26
|
97
|
|
|
|
|
Note
28 – Financing income and expenses
A. Financing
income
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
assets and financial liabilities at fair value through the
statement of income
|
|
|
|
Net
change in the fair value of financial assets
|
-
|
55
|
84
|
Loans,
receivables and financial instruments at amortized
cost
|
|
|
|
Income
from interest in deposits in banks
|
40
|
63
|
87
|
Income
from interest on loans, deposits and receivables*
|
5
|
12
|
14
|
Financing income on
sale transactions in payments*
|
55
|
71
|
95
|
Income
from self purchases of consolidated company bonds (See Note
16.(F)(1)(a) above).
|
17
|
|
|
Income
from other financial instruments
|
|
|
|
Change
in value of a host contract in a hybrid financial instrument for a
non-recourse loan of Koor (1)
|
199
|
928
|
-
|
Other
|
|
|
|
Net
gain on changes in foreign currency exchange rates (3)
|
-
|
-
|
323
|
Financing income on
assets designated for the payment of employee benefits
|
10
|
10
|
9
|
Income
from interest from investee companies that are treated under the
equity method of accounting
|
39
|
33
|
25
|
Others
|
22
|
28
|
28
|
Total
financing income
|
387
|
1,200
|
665
|
|
|
|
|
* Including
index-linkage differentials.
Note
28 – Financing income and expenses (cont.)
B. Financing
expenses
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
liabilities measured at amortized cost
|
|
|
|
Interest expenses
and linkage differentials on financial liabilities, including
depression of deferred expenses
|
1,091
|
(5)1,414
|
(5) 2,055
|
Change
in the value of a host contract in a hybrid financial instrument
for a non-recourse loan of Koor (1)
|
-
|
-
|
181
|
Financial
assets and financial liabilities at fair value through the
statement of income
|
|
|
|
Change
in the fair value of conditional consideration in respect of a
business combination
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
Interest expenses
on financial liabilities
|
-
|
5
|
2
|
Net
negative change in the fair value of derivative financial
instruments including instruments for hedging cash flows that have
been transferred from equity (2)
|
159
|
(4) 584
|
(4) 163
|
Net
change in fair value fo the financial assets and
liabilities
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
Other
|
|
|
|
Net
loss on changes in foreign currency exchange rates (3)
|
10
|
431
|
-
|
Financing expenses
on employee benefit liabilities (the discounting
component)
|
15
|
14
|
13
|
Other
financing expenses on financial liabilities
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Commissions
|
10
|
11
|
13
|
Other
financing expenses
|
15
|
(5)20
|
(5)14
|
Total
financing expenses
|
1,313
|
2,486
|
2,448
|
Less
capitalized credit costs
|
(11)
|
(19)
|
(15)
|
Total
financing expenses reflected in the statement of
income
|
1,302
|
2,467
|
2,433
|
|
|
|
|
(1) For details
regarding the book value of the host contract in a hybrid financial
instrument for a non-recourse loan of Koor, see note 16.(F)(1)(b)
above.
(2) In 2015, 2014
and 2013, Koor recorded expenses of NIS 100 million, NIS 545 and
NIS 72 million, respectively, for a change in the value of the
embedded derivative in the hybrid financial instrument for the
non-recourse loan.
(3) Including an
expenses for a sum of NIS 7 million and NIS 426 million in 2015 and
2014, respectively, and income in a sum of NIS 270 million in 2013
for exchange rate differentials that were recorded for the host
contract in the hybrid financial instrument for a non-recourse
loan.
(4) Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see note 1.F(2)
above.
(5)
Reclassified
C. Financing
income and expenses, net, include the following amounts, relating
to financial assets (liabilities), which are not presented at fair
value through the statement of income:
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
Total
interest income
|
100
|
*147
|
202
|
Total
interest expenses
|
*1,080
|
1,389
|
*2,045
|
|
|
|
|
* Not
including a change in the value of a host contract in a hybrid
financial instrument for a non-recourse loan of Koor.
Note
29 – Cost of sales and services
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
Cost
of work, services and other:
|
|
|
|
Sales
of bought goods
|
8,098
|
8,318
|
8,390
|
Carrying out of
work and services, mainly communication services
|
932
|
905
|
1,099
|
Cost of
tourist services
|
766
|
(1)747
|
(1)785
|
Sales
of communication equipment
|
759
|
738
|
719
|
Salary
and social benefits
|
647
|
652
|
658
|
Rent
and accompanying expenses
|
361
|
339
|
391
|
Renting
of buildings and storge services
|
181
|
145
|
147
|
Depreciation and
amoriation
|
489
|
(1)531
|
(1)590
|
Current
inventory
|
287
|
292
|
282
|
Fees,
payments and duties
|
96
|
98
|
91
|
Cost of
other services
|
6
|
(1)25
|
(1)3
|
|
12,622
|
12,790
|
13,155
|
Cost
of apartments and land that was sold
|
|
|
|
Building
costs
|
164
|
189
|
375
|
Land
|
61
|
108
|
57
|
Increase (decrease)
in loss provision
|
(10)
|
19
|
7
|
Other
costs
|
59
|
58
|
61
|
|
274
|
374
|
500
|
|
|
|
|
Selling
costs of products that have been manufactured:
|
|
|
|
Materials
|
38
|
34
|
85
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
2
|
4
|
12
|
Salaries and social
benefits
|
8
|
7
|
30
|
External
work
|
-
|
4
|
5
|
Other
manufacturing expenses
|
1
|
14
|
64
|
Changes
in inventory, work in progress and finished goods
|
-
|
(4)
|
(7)
|
|
49
|
59
|
189
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
12,945
|
13,223
|
13,844
|
(1) Reclassified.
Note
30 – Sales and marketing expenses
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
Wages,
salaries and social benefits (1)
|
1,276
|
1,333
|
1,442
|
Advertising
|
816
|
979
|
883
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
300
|
(2)342
|
(2)290
|
Rent,
building maintenance and municipal taxes
|
292
|
(2)297
|
(2)289
|
Commissions and
royalties
|
171
|
(2)183
|
(2)217
|
Others
|
325
|
(2)361
|
(2)371
|
|
3,180
|
3,495
|
3,492
|
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Including
share based payments.
(2) Reclassified
Note
31 - General and administrative expenses
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
Wages
and, salaries (1)
|
296
|
357
|
388
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
166
|
163
|
199
|
Legal
Counsel(2)
|
143
|
182
|
138
|
Rent
and building maintenance
|
90
|
97
|
117
|
Provision for bad
debt right off
|
35
|
33
|
83
|
Other
|
187
|
202
|
214
|
|
917
|
1,034
|
1,139
|
|
3
|
2
|
10
|
|
29
|
50
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Including
share based payments.
(2) Including counsel
services related to the purchase of property assets
abroad
Note
32 – Taxes on income
A. Tax
expense components
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
Current
tax expenses
|
|
|
|
Taxes
for current period (1)
|
143
|
244
|
396
|
Net
adjustments for previous years
|
(12)
|
(13)
|
(6)
|
Total
current tax expenses
|
131
|
231
|
390
|
Deferred
tax expenses (income)
|
|
|
|
Change
in deferred taxes for temporary provisions (1)
|
143
|
128
|
(9)
|
Change
in deferred taxes as a result of a change in the tax
rates
|
-
|
-
|
81
|
Total
deferred tax expenses
|
143
|
128
|
72
|
Total
taxes on income (including tax for discontinued
operations)
|
274
|
359
|
462
|
After
neutralization of taxes for discontinued operations
|
-
|
-
|
(158)
|
Taxes
on income from continuing operations
|
274
|
359
|
304
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Takes
into account losses and temporary provisions from previous years,
for which deferred taxes were not recorded as stated in section L
below.
Note
32 – Taxes on income (cont.)
B. Deferred
tax assets and liabilities
1. Deferred
tax assets and liabilities that have been recognized
The
deferred taxes in respect of companies in Israel have been
calculated in accordance with the tax rate that is expected to
apply at the time of the reversal, as detailed above. Deferred
taxes in respect of the subsidiary companies that operate outside
of Israel have been calculated in accordance with the tax rates
that are relevant in each state.
|
Investment
property
|
Intangible
assets
|
Fixed
assets
|
Deductions
and losses carried forward for tax purposes
|
Financial
instruments
|
Employee
benefits
|
Others
|
Total
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Movement
in deferred tax assets (liabilities):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of January 1, 2014
|
(1,211)
|
(2) (363)
|
(440)
|
(1)579
|
(1),(2) -
|
53
|
79
|
(1,303)
|
Changes
reflected in the statement of income
|
(199)
|
(2)46
|
(16)
|
(1)137
|
(1),(2)
(111)
|
7
|
8
|
(128)
|
Changes
reflected in the statement of other comprehensive
income
|
(52)
|
-
|
(11)
|
40
|
(1),(2)
(4)
|
7
|
(8)
|
(28)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of December 31, 2014
|
(1,462)
|
(317)
|
(467)
|
756
|
(115)
|
67
|
79
|
(1,459)
|
Changes
reflected in the statement of income
|
(262)
|
31
|
12
|
134
|
(43)
|
(4)
|
(11)
|
(143)
|
Changes
reflected in the statement of other comprehensive
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
(2)
|
-
|
(1)
|
Balance
as of December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
(1,724)
|
(286)
|
(455)
|
891
|
(158)
|
61
|
68
|
(1,603)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note
32 – Taxes on income (cont.)
B. Deferred
tax assets and liabilities (cont.)
1. Deferred
tax assets and liabilities that have been recognized
(cont.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
property
|
Intangible
assets
|
Fixed
assets
|
Deductions
and losses carried forward for tax purposes
|
Financial
instruments
|
Employee
benefits
|
Others
|
Total
|
|
NIS millions
|
Balance
as of December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax
assets
|
-
|
5
|
40
|
(1)756
|
19
|
70
|
(2)123
|
1,013
|
Deferred tax
liabilities
|
(1,462)
|
(2) (322)
|
(507)
|
-
|
(1) (134)
|
(3)
|
(2)(44)
|
(2,472)
|
Total
as of 31 December 2014
|
(1,462)
|
(317)
|
(467)
|
756
|
(115)
|
67
|
79
|
(1,459)
|
Balance
as of December 31, 2015 (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax
assets
|
-
|
2
|
43
|
891
|
12
|
62
|
118
|
1,128
|
Deferred tax
liabilities
|
(1,724)
|
(288)
|
(498)
|
-
|
(170)
|
(1)
|
(50)
|
(2,731)
|
Total
as of 31 December 2014
|
(1,724)
|
(286)
|
(455)
|
891
|
(158)
|
61
|
68
|
(1,603)
|
(1)
Non material
adjustment to the comparative figures. See Note 1(F)(2)
above.
Note
32 – Taxes on income (cont.)
B. Deferred
tax assets and liabilities (cont.)
1. Deferred
tax assets and liabilities that have been recognized
(cont.)
In the financial
status statements, the tax balances reported above in this section
are as follows:
|
As
of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Deferred tax
assets
|
45
|
(1) 51
|
Deferred tax
liabilities
|
(1,648)
|
(1)
(1,510)
|
|
(1,603)
|
(1)
(1,459)
|
|
|
|
(1) Reclassified
2.
Timing differences for which
deffered taxes have not been recognized
Deferred tax assets
have not been recognized in respect of the following timing
differences:
|
As
of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
Deductible timing
differences
|
8,993
|
(1) 8,445
|
Losses
for tax purposes
|
17,856
|
17,084
|
|
26,849
|
25,529
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets
have not been recognized in respect of these timing differences,
since it is not expected (less than 50%) that the timing difference
will reverse in the foreseeable future and nor will there be
chargeable income in the foreseeable future, against which it will
be possible to utilize the tax benefits.
No
deferred tax liability has been recognized in respect of timing
differences in an amount of NIS 758 million (2014 – NIS 776
million), relating to investments in investee companies, since the
decision as to whether to sell those companies lies in the Group's
hands and the Group does not intend to dispose of them in the
foreseeable future or where the assessment is that the chances of
disposal are less than 50%. The said timing differences do not
include timing differences relating to subsidiary companies of the
Company and in respect of which the Group has the ability to
control the manner of their reversal.
The
said amounts have been calculated on the basis of the difference
between the cost of each investment for tax purposes and the value
of that investment as recorded in the accounting
records – all of which has been calculated at the level
of the investor company, without adjustments to the level of the
Company as a result of balances of goodwill and surplus costs,
which relate to the Company's investment in Discount Investments
and which relate to the operations of Cellcom, Shufersal and
Property and Building, as stated in note 3.F. above.
C. The
tax rates that apply to the income of the companies in the
Group
●
The following are
the relevant tax rates in Israel in the years
2013-2015:
2013
– 25%
2014
– 26.5%
2015
– 26.5%
●
In August of 2013,
the Knesset approved a law rasising the corporate tax to 26.5% (an
increase of 1.5%) starting on January 1, 2014 as well as
amending the Capital Investment Incentive Law such that on
that same day a tax rate applicable on a preferred company in
Development Area A will stand at 9% while the tax rate
applicable on companies in the rest of Israel will stand at 16%.
The current taxes for the reporting period are calculated
according to the tax rates presented above.
●
In January of 2016,
the Knesset passed a law lowering the corporate tax to 25% starting
on January 1, 2016. If the law is completed by December 31,
2015. The impact of the change on the Company financial
statements as of December 31, 2015 will be expressed in the entry
of tax revenues on the revenue and part of the group in the
profit of the investee companies treated under the equity
basis, net, on a one time basis, a total of NIS 75 million and
NIS 3 million, respectively (of which NIS 30 million are
attributed to Company shareholders) as a result of the update of
the deferred tax provisions. It should be noted that said
effect is expected to be entered into Company
financial statements in the first quarter of
2016.
Note
32 – Taxes on income (cont.)
D. Inapplicability
of international financial reporting standards (IFRS) for tax
requirements
In
February of 2010, January of 2012 and July of 2014, laws were
published to amend the tax ordinance. In
their framework, it was determined that Israeli Accounting Standard
No. 29 regarding adoption of international financial
reporting standard (IFRS) would not apply to determining
taxable revenues from 2007 – 2013. Said laws have
no significant impact on the Company
financial statements in regards to
determining taxable revenues for said years.
E. Adjustment
between the theoretical tax amount on profit (loss) before taxaes
of income and the tax results
|
For
the tax year December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
In
NIS millions
|
Pretax
profit (loss) as reports in profit and loss statement
|
464
|
(114)
(1)
,(2)
|
(16)
(2)
|
Main
tax rate on group
|
26.5%
|
26.5%
|
25%
|
Tax
(tax saving) computed on main tax rate on group
|
123
|
(30)
|
(4)
|
Tax
(tax saving) for:
|
|
|
|
Group
share (in profits) in losses after tax (in profits) disposal and
reduction of tax exemptions of the held group, net
|
7
|
132
(1),
(2)
|
(92)
(1)
,(2)
|
Losses and
current benefits for which deferred tax is not recognized and
rights not recognized for tax benefits
|
116
|
259
|
687
|
Unrecognized
expenses
|
44
|
25
|
18
|
Change
in temporary provisions from previous years for which deferred
taxes are not entered
|
9
|
127
|
185
|
Losses,
tax benefits and temporary provisions from previous years for which
no deferred taxes were entered
|
(13)
|
(152)
(1)
|
(541)
|
Tax
exempt revenues
|
(9)
|
(8)
|
(42)
|
Taxes
for previous years
|
(12)
|
(21)
|
-
|
Adjustments for
different ta rates for subsidiiaries operating abroad
|
7
|
24
|
30
|
Reduction of
deferred tax assets recognized in previous years for transferred
losses
|
-
|
-
|
10
|
Impact
of change in tax rate
|
-
|
-
|
71
|
Other
provisions
|
2
|
3
|
(18)
|
Income
taxes
|
274
|
359
|
304
|
(1)
Non material adjustment of
comparative figures, See Note 1(F)(2) above.
(2)
Restated for
discontinued operations (Clal Holding insurance businesses), See
Note 3(i)(1) above.
F.
Final tax
assessment
The
Company and consolidated companies have a final tax assessment for
the following periods:
(1)
For the Company,
until and including the 2012 tax year.
(2)
For the group
companies, most of the group companies have a final tax assessment
up to and including the 2010-2013 tax years. Tax reports filed by
the end of 2011 are considered as final assessment in accordance
with Article 145 of the Income Tax Ordinance.
G.
Losses and deductions for tax
purposes for transfers to following years
Assessment
of business and capital losses for tax purposes transferred to the
following years:
(1)
As of December 31,
2015, the Company had capital losses for transfer for tax purposes
totaling NIS 4.1 billion and business losses for transfer totaling
NIS 1.8 billion. No deterred taxes were entered for said losses
since it is not clear if they will be realized in the foreseeable
future.
(2)
The balance of
losses for tax purposes of the consolidated companies as of
December 31, 2015 is approximately NIS 13.7 billion, of which for
deferred taxes for losses a total of approximately NIS 12 billion
were not entered since it is not clear if they will be realized in
the foreseeable future.
H. In July of
2015, the Supreme Court Appeal Court issued a judgment in the
appeal filed by Tadiran Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Koor Industries (“Tadiran”) regarding a tax assessment
determined for it by a tax assessor for 1999 in which the
Supreme Court accepted the appeal and thus ordered the clerk
to refund to Tadiran the taxes paid by it according to the decision
of the District Court regarding said assessment, with
additional interest and indexing. As a result, the Company entered
for 2015 its part of the net profit totaling NIS 23 million
for amounts received in accordance with said decision.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties16
Before
the approval of the IDB Holdings debt arrangement and its
completion, the Company was fully owned by IDB Holdings. In the
framework of the completion of the debt arrangement, (which was
approved by the Court in January of 2014), control of the Company
was transferred in May of 2014 to Mr. Eduard Elsztain and Mr.
Mordechai Ben Moshe (through companies under their control, as
detailed below), in equal parts. In October of 2014, the separation
procedure was completed (Buy me, Buy you) in regards to company
shares between the companies controlled by Mr. Eduard Elsztain
(“Dolphin Group”) and Mr. Mordechai Ben Moshe (though
one of his wholly owned companies, H.A.A. Extra Holdings Ltd
(“H.A.A.”). Under this framework, inter alia, HHA sold all the company
shares in its possession to a Dolphin Group company. Mr. Mordechai
Ben Moshe stopped holding shares in the Company.
A. Insignificant
transactions that are not extraordinary
1. The Audit
Committee (and in previous years, the Company’s Board of
Directors) determined guidelines and rules for classifying a
transaction of the Company or of its subsidiary with an interested
party as an insignificant transaction as provided in regulation
41(a3)(1) of the Securities Regulations (Annual Financial
Statements) 5770 - 2010 (“the Financial Statements
Regulations”). These rules and guidelines are used to examine
the scope of the disclosure required in a periodic report and in
the prospectus (including in shelf prospectus reports) with respect
to a transaction of the Company, an entity controlled by it and a
related company with a controlling shareholder or in which the
controlling shareholder has an interest in the approval of the
aforementioned transaction, as specified in regulation 22 of the
Securities Regulations (Periodic and Immediate Reports), 5730 -
1970 (“the Periodic Reports Regulations”) and in
regulation 54 of the Securities Regulations (Details of a
Prospectus and Draft of a Prospectus – Structure and Form),
5729 - 1969 (hereunder – “the Prospectus Details
Regulations”), , for the purpose of approving transactions
with a controlling owner or in which the controlling owner has
personal interests, which are not extraordinary and are not
negligible, pursuant to the provisions of section 117(2a) of the
Companies Law and for the purpose of approving negligible
transactions with an interested party or in which an interested
party has a personal interest (all of which as stated in Regulation
126 of the Company’s Articles).17 (The types of transactions specified in
the aforementioned Financial Statement Regulations, Periodic
Reports Regulations and Prospectus Details Regulations are
hereafter referred to as “interested party
transactions”).
These
rules are used in connection with transactions between the Company
and related parties and between related parties inter se. The aforementioned rules and
guidelines were updated in March 2010 and May 2010.
2. To the best
of the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its subsidiaries
conduct or conducted insignificant transactions that are not
extraordinary with interested parties of the Company, such
transactions between the Company and related parties of the
Company, including among themselves (including joint transactions
between companies in the Group), and they have commitments to
conduct such transactions of the following types and
characteristics:
It
should be noted that (a) as part of the approval of the
creditors’ arrangement in IDB Holding Corporation Ltd. by the
court on January 5, 2014 (in accordance with the outline of Mr.
Eduardo Elsztain and a corporation controlled by him (Dolphin Fund
Limited) together with E.T.H. M.R.M. Extra Holdings Ltd. (which is
controlled by Mr. Mordechai Ben-Moshe)), the control of IDB
Holdings (and indirectly also the Company) was taken from the
previous owners, Nochi Dankner, Shelly Bergman, Ruth and Isaac
Manor and Avraham Livnat (including parties related to any of the
above) (“the previous controlling shareholders”).
Consequently, starting from the aforesaid date, the Company no
longer regards transactions in which the previous controlling
shareholders have or had a personal interest as transactions in
which a current controlling shareholder in the Company has a
personal interest or as transactions with related parties; (b)
Until July 5, 2012, the date of completion of the sale of most of
the Company's holdings in Clal Industries Ltd. (“Clal
Industries”), Clal Industries was a (consolidated) subsidiary
under the control of the Company. As from the aforesaid date and in
respect of 2013, and until March 6, 2013, Clal Industries, for the
sake of caution and for the purpose of this note, is considered a
related party of the Company. On March 6, 2013, IDB Development
sold the rest of its holdings (approx. 10.6%) in Clal Industries.
For the sake of caution, from March 6, 2013 until the end of 2013,
transactions of the Company and/or of companies under its control
with companies in the Clal Industries Group may have been
considered transactions in which the controlling shareholder in the
Company during the relevant periods (Mr. Avraham Livnat) might have
a personal interest due to business ties of companies controlled by
him with a company controlled by Clal
Industries.
In
this regard, the Audit Committee determined in March 2016 that
transactions as aforesaid in which the controlling shareholder has
a personal interest, which are not extraordinary or negligible,
shall be approved by the Audit Committee taking into account the
provsisions of Article 126 of the Company Articles, and in March
2016, the Audit Committee determined that transactions with an
interested party or in which an interested party has a personal
interest (which are negligible transactions, do not require
approval of the Audit Committee and will be approved pursuant to
the provisions of the law and the Articles.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
A. Insignificant
transactions that are not extraordinary (cont.)
2. (cont.)
(a) Transactions involving the receipt
services from financial institutions (including provident fund,
pension fund and study fund management services); (b) insurance by insurers in the Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group in all insurance branches
(including employee loyalty insurance, insurance of assets,
property and liabilities, executive insurance policies,
professional liability insurance, etc.), and including insurance
policies shared by the Company and/or additional companies of the
Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group and/or of the IDB Group.
It is clarified that generally, when the exposure is not
insignificant, most of the exposure is covered by reinsurance
and/or is shared with independent third parties, and as a result,
the payment of claims in respect of the aforementioned policies is
mostly performed by those parties; (c) purchase and sale transactions of
products, services and raw materials (such as communication
products and services, food products, chemicals and plant
protection products, including commissions in respect of such
transactions and services); (d) sales and purchases of gifts and
coupons; (e) transactions
for purchase of travel services, flights and tourism in Israel and
abroad; (f) transactions for the rental of property assets and
asset management services; (g) Manager services of funds provided
for employees; (h) Agency
services in insurance business by insurance agents.Until 2014, when
the Company was taken over by the previous controlling shareholders
(Gandon Group, Manor and Livnat), these transactions also
included,
inter alia, transactions for receiving
banking and business services for the purchase and/or rental of
vehicles.
Clal
Holdlings Insurance Enterprises (and bodies controlled by it) and
Epsilon Investment House Ltd. (“Epsilon”) are
considered interested parties of companies of the IDB
Group and related parties of the Company and companies of the
IDB Group during the periods relevant to this
note.
From
time to time, the Company, IDB Group companies and/or interested
parties in the Company held and/or hold participation units in
mutual funds managed by related parties and that were managed
and/or that manage securities deposits and deposited and/or are
depositing OTC deposits with Epsilon and/or companies held by
them.
3. According
to the covenants and guidelines, if no special qualitative
considerations arise from the overall circumstances of the matter,
an interested party transaction that is not an extraordinary
transaction (i.e., it is executed in the ordinary course of
business, at market terms and is not supposed to have a material
effect on the profitability, assets or liabilities of the Company)
will be considered insignificant if the relevant ratio calculated
for the transaction is less than 0.5% and the amount of the
transaction does not exceed NIS 8 million (with this amount being
adjusted from time to time according to the rate of increase in the
Consumer Price Index from the index known at the beginning of
2010). As of December 31, 2015, this amount stands at NIS 8.6
million (‘the amount of the negligibility ceiling”). In
every interested party transaction that is being examined for
insignificance, one or more of the ratios relevant to the specific
transaction will be calculated on the basis of the most recent
audited or reviewed consolidated financial statements of the
Company: (a) for purchases of fixed assets (“non-current
asset”) – the amount of the transaction compared to
total assets in the statement of financial position that is
included in the most recent consolidated financial statements of
the Company; (b) for sales of fixed assets (“non-current
asset”) – the gain/loss from the transaction compared
to the average annual profit (meaning for four quarters) in the
last 12 quarters for which audited or reviewed consolidated
financial statements of the Company were published.
For
this purpose, the gain/loss from the transaction and the
profit/loss of each quarter are to be taken into consideration at
their absolute value; (c) for financial liabilities – the
volume of the transaction compared to total liabilities in the
statement of financial position included in the most recent
consolidated financial statements; (d) for purchases/sales of
products (other than fixed assets) or services – the
volume of the transaction compared to revenues from sales and
services in the last four quarters for which audited or reviewed
consolidated financial statements of the Company were issued. With
respect to multi-year transactions, the scope of the transaction
will be calculated for the purpose of evaluating the insignificance
on an annual basis. For example, in a multi-year insurance
transaction, the annual paid premiums will be calculated according
to the scope of the transaction.
In
cases where the Company believes that all the aforementioned
quantitative ratios are irrelevant to the insignificance
examination of the interested party transaction, the transaction
will be considered insignificant on the basis of some other
relevant ratio to be determined by the Company, providing that the
relevant ratio calculated for the transaction is less than 0.5%,
and the amount of the transaction does not the amount of the
negligibility ceiling.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
A. Insignificant
transactions that are not extraordinary (cont.)
3. (cont.)
The
qualitative examination of an interested party transaction may lead
to classification of the transaction as a transaction that is not
insignificant, notwithstanding the foregoing. Thus for example, an
interested party transaction is usually not considered
insignificant if it is perceived by management of the Company as
being a significant event and is a basis for making management
decisions, or if interested parties are expected to receive from
the interested party transaction benefits that it is important they
be reported to the public. Separate interested party
transactions that are inter-dependent, so that they are in fact a
part of the same engagement (such as concentrated negotiations
regarding all the transactions) shall be examined as one
transaction.
An
interested party transaction that was classified as insignificant
by an investee company of the Company will also be considered
insignificant at the level of the Company.
Each
year, the Company’s Audit Committee will review the
implementation of the instructions of these covenants and
guidelines by the Company, and conduct a sample examination of
transactions in which the Company is a direct party and which were
classified as insignificant transactions according to the
instructions of the procedure. As part of the sample assessment of
such transactions, the Audit Committee will review, among other
things, the manner in which the prices and other terms of the
transactions were determined, under the circumstances of the
matter, and shall assess the impact of the transaction on the
financial position and results of operations of the Company. The
actions of the Audit Committee as set out in this paragraph,
including the aforementioned sample assessment, the manner in which
the assessment was made and a summary of the results and
conclusions of such assessment will be disclosed in the periodic
report of the Company. Accordingly, the sample assessment was
presented before the Company's Audit Committee in March 2016,
together with the method by which it was performed and a summary of
its results and conclusions, as follows: a list was presented of
transactions that the Company executed itself (solo) with related
companies in 2015, during the relevant periods, including the name
of the related party, the nature of the engagement and the amount
of the transaction in the aforesaid year. A sample of such
transactions was also analyzed and compared with price proposals,
if relevant, received from third parties at the time of examining
the transactions in question. The Audit Committee of the Company
will examine the need to update the aforementioned procedure from
time to time, taking into account the interested party transactions
that the company makes and changes in the relevant provisions of
the law, and it will require the approval of the Audit Committee at
least once a year.
4. The
classification of a transaction as insignificant was made on the
basis of the aforementioned covenants and guidelines that were
valid on the date of the transaction, as relevant.
In this
note, for the purpose of identifying interested parties and
identifying transactions with related parties or transactions in
which interested parties have a personal interest, as a rule
transactions with third parties were not taken into account because
of the fact that securities of those third parties are held by
investee financial institutions of the Company as part of holdings
that are not nostro holdings (such as provident funds, trust
funds), and therefore this note also does not include details of
transactions and balances with third parties as aforesaid.
Furthermore, this note does not provide disclosure of transactions
with subsidiaries that are not reflected in these consolidated
financial statements (other than extraordinary transactions that
occurred in 2015 or are ongoing).
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section
270(4) and/or 270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were
entered into
in 2015 or on a date between the end of the reporting year and the
date of filing the report or that are in effect on the reporting
date
(1) According
to the renewal agreement in August 2004, which was approved by a
general shareholders meeting of Company in September 2014 after
receiving approval from the audit committee of the Company Board of
Directors, which ended on March 31, 2011 and was exteneded for an
additional five yeras until March 31, 2016 (this extension also
approved by a a general shareholders meeting in February of 2011
after receiving approval of the audit committee of the Company
Board of Directors)19
the Company divided the use of the, space leased by the Company
from the Purchase Group at the Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv (The
Triangle Tower) that includes offices, parking spaces and storage
space, which is used by the various companies from the IDB
Development group as well as the Company (“the
leasehold” and “the Participating Companies”
respectively), and divide the rental and related fees in respect of
the leasehold as from May 1, 2004 (“the expense breakdown
agreement”).
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section
270(4) and/or 270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were
entered into
in 2015 or on a date between the end of the reporting year and the
date of filing the report or that are in effect on the reporting
date (cont.)
(1)
(cont.)
Under
the Expense Breakdown Agreement, the Company places parts of the
leasehold at the disposal of the participating companies and each
one of the participating companies bears the relative share of the
rental and related expenses pertaining to the leasehold, on the
basis of the ratio of the number of employees employed by that
company in the leasehold’s premises, to the total number of
employees employed by all of the participating companies in the
office space, without taking into consideration the operating staff
that serves all the participating companies in the
leasehold’s premises and the payment for parking spaces and
storage space included in the leasehold, which is based on the
space actually used by each company.
In the expense
sharing agreement, it was determined that additional companies in
the IDB gourp may request to enter the arrangement according to and
in accordance with conditions provided in it. It is noted that
Discount Investments is acting to make a new agreement, which will
begin on Aapril 1, 2016.
In
respect of each of the years 2015, 2014 and 2013, the
Company’s share of the rent and ancillary payments as stated
above amounted to NIS 3.9 million and NIS 2.8 million and NIS
3.3 million, respectively.
In June
2015, the Company notified the lessor regarding the extension of
the lease period by an additional 60 months, ending March 31, 2021.
In April of 2016, the Company is expected to reduce of volume of
said rental
(2) In
December 2005, after receiving the approval of its Audit Committee
and Board of Directors, the Company’s general meeting
approved the registration of the Company and of a wholly owned
subsidiary as a “single dealer” together with IDB
Holdings in accordance with the Value Added Tax Law, 5736 - 1975.
The registration as a single dealer is not supposed to change the
overall tax liability of the consolidated dealers. Nevertheless,
such a registration creates a partnership for VAT purposes that can
create a joint obligation of the single dealer for all the debts
accumulated in the consolidation period by each one of the dealers
included in the dealers’ consolidation. The Company and IDB
Holdings have undertaken towards each other (“the other
company”) to indemnify the other company for any amount the
other company is required to pay (if at all) by the tax
authorities, which is due to a debt not relating to a transaction
executed by the other company, and therefore the other company is
not required to pay VAT on it at source. In June 2014, the
registration of the Company and IDB Holdings as one dealer as
aforesaid was separated, and each of the companies was registered
as a separate dealer. As of the date of separating the registration
as aforesaid and as of the date of publishing the report, there
were no liabilities between the Company and IDB Holdings. However,
in view of the state of IDB Holdings, it is possible that the
Company will have an exposure in an immaterial amount for the
aforesaid.
(3)
Officers’ liability
insurance, letters of indemnity, officers’ letter of release
from liability and payment of remuneration to
directors
a. Officers’
liability insurance:
The liability of the officers of the Company, IDB Holdings and
some of their investee companies, including officers who
and/or whose relatives are controlling shareholders of the
Company, was and is insured by several insurance policies as stated
in this note below:
“A run-off type
policy” – in November 2013, the general meeting
of the Company (after approval of its Remuneration Committee
and Board of Directors) approved the purchase of insurance
cover whereby, starting from the end of the insurance period of the
officers’ liability insurance policies that existed at
that time, i.e., from December 1, 2013 (“the effective
date”), policies that were valid until that date will be
expanded so that they will provide insurance cover for an
additional period of six years (“the extended discovery
period”) with regard to claims that will be filed initially
during the aforesaid period only for acts that were done before the
effective date – i.e., converting the policies into run-off
type policies for a period of six years from the effective date.
The total insurance premium paid by the Company, IDB Holdings and
most of the private companies owned by them (not through public
companies) (“IDB s division”) on a one-time basis for
the purchase of the aforesaid insurance cover amounted to a cost of
approximately $2.17 million,
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section
270(4) and/or 270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were
entered into
in 2015 or on a date between the end of the reporting year and the
date of filing the report or that are in effect on the reporting
date (cont.)
(3)
Officers’ liability
insurance, letters of indemnity, officers’ letter of release
from liability and payment of remuneration to
directors (cont.)
a. Officers’
liability insurance: (cont.)
“A run-off type
policy” (cont.)
which
includes the fronting fees of the insurer (which is an insurer
controlled by Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise) in an amount of
10%, where the Company paid half of the cost. The liability limits
of the existing policies, in a total amount of $140 million, will
remain unchanged and will continue to apply also with regard to the
extended discovery period.
The 2013-2014 policy –
According to previous decisions of the Company general shareholders
meeting of July 2013 (after receiving approval to do so from the
Remuneration Committee and the Company Board of Directors
(“The July Resolutions”), companies of the IDB Division
purchased an officers’ liability insurance policy with
respect to the period of one year beginning on December 1, 2013,
the terms of which are in accordance with the principal terms of
the engagement as determined in the resolutions from July 2013,
with liability limits of $ 50 million per incident and
cumulatively, at a total cost of $990 thousand (the Company paid
half of the cost).
As part
of the aforesaid policy, it is stipulated inter alia that the provision regarding
“transaction” events (as mentioned below) will not
apply with respect to any event which was under the auspices of the
Court’s decision. Following the taking out of a “run
off type policy”, the coverage under the policy was limited
solely to claims that will be filed during the insurance period for
acts done after December 1, 2013.
In this
regard, a ‘transaction’ event is one of the following
events: (1) a consolidation or merger into another entity or a sale
of the main assets to another; (2) a purchase by any person or
entity (whether separately or together with others) of more than
50% of the voting rights or the right to appoint directors; (3)
becoming a subsidiary of another entity or a change of control; or
(4) insolvency, receivership, bankruptcy or
liquidation.
Changes in the 2013-2014
policy – On the date of completing the
creditors’ arrangement in IDB Holdings and listing the shares
of the Company on the Stock Exchange, the Company ceased to be a
subsidiary of IDB Holdings, and in the absence of a change of the
aforesaid policy, the policy will cover the officers of the Company
for acts during the remainder of the insurance policy.
In view
of the aforesaid, the Company and IDB Holdings entered into an
agreement on May 7, 2014, with regard to changes in the policy
relating to settling the continued insurance cover of officers in
the Company, according to which the cover will continue to apply as
it was at the time that the Company was a subsidiary of IDB
Holdings during the balance of the insurance period of the policy,
provided that liability for the listing of the Company’s
shares on the Stick Exchange will be excluded and liability for the
expected publication of the shelf prospectus by the Company and the
isues of securities pursuant thereto will be excluded (‘the
agreement’).
This
agreement was signed following approval of the
Remuneration Committee, the Audit Committee and the Board of
Directors of the Company gave its approval on May 5, 2014, and the
general meeting of the Company gave its approval on May 7, 2014,
for the Company to enter into the agreement.
Pursuant to the
agreement between the Company and IDB Holdings, whereby IDB
Holdings paid 1/3 of the premium expenses, while the company paid
2/3 of the premium expenses (as opposed to an equal division
between them), for the period starting on the day of completing the
first stage of the debt arrangement, namely May 7, 2014, until the
end of the insurance period. The consent of the insurers to the
changes required in the policy was received.
The
total insurance premiums paid in 2014 by the Company and IDB
Holdings in respect of all the aforesaid insurance policies
amounted to NIS 5,805 thousand, broken down as follows: the
Company – NIS 4,511 thousand, IDB Holdings – NIS
1,294 thousand (the officers’ liability insurance premiums
paid in 2013 and 2012 were in accordance with the following
distribution: the Company - 80%, and IDB Holdings - 20%, and the
amount paid was NIS 9,899 thousand and NIS 1,211 thousand,
respectively, of which the Company's share was NIS 5,099 thousand
and NIS 825 thousand, respectively).
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of
filing the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
(3)
Officers’ liability
insurance, letters of indemnity, officers’ letter of release
from liability and payment of remuneration to
directors (cont.)
a. Officers’
liability insurance:
(cont.)
The
handling fees paid to Clal Insurance Ltd (“Clal
Insurance”) for the issuance of the policies for 2014, 2013
and 2012 did not exceed 10% of the insurance premiums paid for the
aforesaid policies.
Remuneration policy –
insurance – On November 13, 2014, the general meeting
of the Company’s shareholders approved the Company’s
remuneration policy, after it was approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company. According to the remuneration policy, the
officers of the Company (including directors) may be entitled,
subject to the approval of the competent organs for this purpose in
the Company, to officer’s liability insurance, subject to the
provisions of every law. The remuneration policy states that the
maximum cover for a current insurance policy shall not exceed $150
million and the maximum cover for an insurance policy of the POSI
(“Public Offering of Securities Insurance”) type should
not exceed $120 million (for details regarding POSI type insurance
that was bought by the company in May 2014, see this section
below).
It was
further determined that in any case and irrespective of the maximum
cover, the premiums paid for a current insurance policy would not
exceed $1.5 million per annum, and the premiums paid for the POSI
policy shall not exceed $1.5 million per annum, and that the
deductible in all of the policies will be in accordance with what
is accepted in the market.
2014-2015 policy – On
November 26, 2014, the Company’s Remuneration Committee
entered into a directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance policy for the Company and for certain private
corporations that are held, directly and/or indirectly, by the
Company other than through public companies, as part of while the
liability of all of the officers in the Company (including the CEO
of the Company and the directors and officers that are controlling
shareholders in the Company and their relatives or ones where the
controlling shareholders of the Company have a personal interest in
their terms of office and employment), from time to time, will be
insured, pursuant to the provisions of regulation 1.b.1 of the
Companies (Concessions in Interest Party Transactions) Regulations,
5760-2000 ("the Concessions Regulations"), for a period of a year,
starting on December 1, 2014, and its terms are in accordance with
the terms determined in the remuneration policy. The liability
limits of the policy are a sum of $75 million per claim and
cumulatively, and its total cost is approximately $986 thousand
(including fronting fees of Clal Insurance at a rate of 10%). The
Remuneration Committee determined that policy is in accordance with
market terms and will not materially affect the Company’s
profits, assets or liabilities. It should be noted that in January
2015, the Company received the insurer’s approval that a
transfer of control in the Company from the current controlling
shareholders of the company to the control of one of them shall not
constitute a transaction event pursuant to the definitions of the
policy as stated above.
2015-2016 policy – on
November 26, 2015, the Company's Board of Directors, following the
approval of the Company's Remunerations Committee (in accordance
with the provisions of Regulation 1B1 of the Concessions
Regulations), approved the Company's entering into a commitment
under a directors and officer holders insurance policy for the
Company and for certain private entities that are held, directly
and/or indirectly by the Company, other than through public
companies, as part of which the liability of all of the office
holders in the Company (including the Company's CEO, the Board of
Directors and officers who are not controlling interests in the
Company and their relatives or in whom the controlling interests in
the Company have a personal interest in their terms of office and
employment, as they may be from time to time, for a period of one
year as from December 1, 2015 and the terms of which are in
accordance with the terms that were determined in the remunerations
policy, with limits of liability for the policy of $75 million per
claim and cumulatively, and the overall cost is $986 thousand
(including Clal Insurance's handling fees (fronting fees) of
10%).
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of
filing the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
(3)
Officers’ liability
insurance, letters of indemnity, officers’ letter of release
from liability and payment of remuneration to
directors (cont.)
a. Officers’
liability insurance:
(cont.)
The
said policy does not cover the insured's liability under the POSI
policy (see below) on the matter of the issuance of securities
resulting from the Company's shelf prospectus dated May 30, 2014,
in accordance with the outline for Dolphin Netherlands' offer in
Section B(3)(a)- ("The issuance in accordance with the "Dolphin
outline") (see Note 16.G.2(e) above and below in connection with
the approval of the outline for the alternative injection into the
Company by Dolphin in place of the issue in accordance with the
Dolphin outline). The Remunerations Committee determined that the
commitment under the policy is at market terms and is not likely to
significantly impact the Company's profitability, its assets or its
liabilities. It should be noted that on January 6, 2016, the
Company received the insurer's confirmation for the lowering of the
exception that is stated in the insurance policy in connection with
the issue in accordance with the Dolphin outline, which was not
executed at the end of the day.
The
cover pursuant to the 2013-2014 policy, the 2014-2015 policy, the
2015-2016 policy and the “run-off type policy” was
taken out through Clal Insurance, with the support of reinsurers in
an amount of 100%.
POSI type policies – on
May 5, 2014, the Remuneration Committee, the Audit Committee and
the Board of Directors of the Company gave their approval, and on
May 7, 2014, the general meeting of the Company gave its approval,
for the purchase of a policy to insure the company with Public
Offering of Securities Insurance (POSI) (‘the POSI
policy’), from Migdal Insurance Company Ltd., which insures
the Company, its directors and officers: (1) with regard to the
listing of the Company’s shares as part of the
creditors’ arrangement in IDB Holdings; (2) with regard to
the publication of a shelf prospectus; (3) and with regard to the
issue of future securities by virtue of the shelf prospectus. The
policy covers the Company, its directors and officers for an
insurance period of seven years starting from May 7, 2014, their
liability for the listing of the Company’s shares on the
Stock Exchange as part of the arrangement, in relation to the
publication of the shelf prospectus and in relation to the issues
of securities pursuant to the shelf prospectus as aforesaid, with a
liability limit of $50 million per claim and cumulatively according
to the policy. The POSI policy covers issues pursuant to the shelf
prospectus in a total amount of up to NIS 1 billion. For the
aforesaid policy the Company paid a one-time sum of $660
thousand.
On
January 26, 2015, the Company’s Remuneration Committee
(pursuant to the provisions of regulation 35(a)(10) of the
Concession Regulations), and the Board of Directors of the Company
approved the purchase of additional insurance cover as part of the
POSI policy, so that it will also apply to the rights issue
pursuant to the shelf offer report that the Company’s
published on January 19, 2015, without changing the existing
liability limits (namely, $50 million per claim and cumulatively)
and the other terms of the policy. For the aforesaid extension, the
Company paid an additional one-time premium in a sum of $227.5
thousand. On November 12, 2015, after the approval of the Company's
Remunerations Committee (pursuant to the provisions of regulation
1.B.1 of the Concession Regulations), the Company's Board of
Directors approved the Company's purchasing of a POSI type
insurance policy, from Migdal Insurance Company Ltd., in exchange
for a premium of approximately $360 thousand, which insures the
liabilities of the Company, the Board of directors and the other
officers in it in relation to an issue of securities in accordance
with a shelf offer report in accordance with the outline for
Dolphin's offer (as stated in Note 15.B.8 above) and in relation to
an issue of securities in accordance with a shelf offer report of
the Company in an amount of between NIS 250 – NIS 300
million (in other words, in an overall amount that shall not exceed
NIS 500 million), subject to a limit of liability of $ 50 million
per claim and cumulatively. On December 6, 2015, the general
meeting of the Company's shareholders gave
its approval for the outline, which includes an alternative
injection of equity into the Company by Dolphin Netherlands by way
of subordinated debt, which replaced (in accordance with its terms)
the immediate performance of an issue of shares to the public (for
further details, see Note 16.G.(2).(e) above).
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of
filing the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
(3)
Officers’ liability
insurance, letters of indemnity, officers’ letter of release
from liability and payment of remuneration to
directors (cont.)
a. Officers’
liability insurance:
(cont.)
POSI type policies
(cont.)
Subsequent to the
date of the statement of financial position, further to the
resolution of the Board of Directors dated January 24, 2016 to act
quickly, and no later than the end of February 2016, to raise
capital through a public offering ("The Public Issuance") (see Note
15.B.12 above), the Company received an approval from Migdal
Insurance Company Ltd. that the POSI policy which acquisition was
approved, as mentioned above, will insure the liability of the
Company, the directors and the other officers with respect to the
the Public Issuance and in relation to other issuances under the
shelf prospectus, up to a total of NIS 600 million, subject to a
liability limit of $ 50 million per claim as well as in
aggregate.
Without
derogating from the foregoing, it should be noted, that premiums
compensation in respect of the POSI policy that was purchased from
Migdal Insurance Company Ltd. and its other conditions (as
described above) were not changed.
For
information about the agreed outline signed on February 25, 2016
(as amended on March 1, 2016) among the trustee of the debt
arrangement at IDB Holdlings, Dophin Holland and the Company for an
injection of funds to the Company as part of the debt arrangement
at IDB Holdings despite the public issuance in accordance with the
resolution of the Company Board of Directors dated January 24,
2016, see Note 16(g)(2)(F) above.
b. Indemnification
of officers:
The
Company adopted resolutions according to which it will indemnify
its officers (including former officers) and anyone holding office
on its behalf in investees as director, for any amount that they
will be liable to pay as part of any legal proceeding that will be
filed against them with regard to their acts or omissions as part
of carrying out their duties as aforesaid, subject to certain
conditions, in any case and insofar as such an indemnification will
be for a financial liability and of the type that may be
indemnified according to the law from time to time. The Company
issued letters of indemnification as aforesaid to several former
officers of the company (“the initial letters of
indemnification”). During 2000 and thereafter, the Company
issued to its officers additional letters of indemnification,
pursuant to the Companies Law, according to its wording at that
time (without derogating from the initial letters of
indemnification), according to which the Company undertook to
indemnify them for any liability or expenses that may be
indemnified according to law, which will be imposed on them as a
result of acts performed in their capacity as officers of the
Company and that relate to one or more of the types of event
determined by the Board of Directors and stated in the letters of
indemnification.
According to the
aforesaid letters of indemnification, the maximum amount of the
indemnification that the Company will pay (in addition to the
amounts that will be received from an insurance company, if any, as
part of insurance that was bought by the Company) for all of the
officers in the Company cumulatively, pursuant to the letters of
indemnification that will be issued to them by the Company
following the indemnification resolution by virtue of which the
aforesaid letters of indemnification were issued, for one or more
of the types of event stated in the Addendum to the letters of
indemnification, shall not exceed 25% of the equity of the Company
on December 31, 1999.
Following the
enactment of the Companies Law (Amendment no. 3), 5765-2005
(“Amendment no. 3”), in May 2005 the general meeting of
the shareholders of the Company, after the approval of its Audit
Committee and Board of Directors, approved the grant of a
prospective undertaking to indemnify officers in the Company,
including officers from among the controlling shareholders,
according to which the Company undertook, insofar as it is
permitted to do so pursuant to law, to indemnify them for any
liability or expense as stated in the letter of indemnification,
that will be imposed on them or that they will incur as a result of
acts performed in their capacity as officers of the Company and/or
in their capacity, at the Company’s request, as officers of
any other company, which relate to the events stated in the
Addendum to the letter of indemnification (“the 2005 letters
of indemnification”).
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of filing
the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
(3)
Officers’ liability
insurance, letters of indemnity, officers’ letter of release
from liability and payment of remuneration to
directors (cont.)
b. Indemnification
of officers:
(cont.)
According to the
2005 letters of indemnification, the maximum amount of the
indemnification that the Company will pay for a financial liability
that will be imposed on an officer in favor of another person, as
stated above, together with the amounts of the indemnification on
this ground pursuant to the other letters of indemnification that
were or will be given for this purpose to officers in the Company
and to employees of the Company that hold or will hold office at
the Company’s request as officers of other companies (in
addition to the amounts that will be received from an insurance
company, if any, as part of insurance that the Company bought),
cumulatively, for one or more of the events stated in the Addendum
to the letters of indemnification, shall not exceed a cumulative
amount that is equal to an amount of 25% of the Company’s
equity according to its annual financial statements known before
the actual payment of the indemnification.
Accordingly, since
2005, the Company has issued to its officers, including officers
that were controlling shareholders of the Company or their
relatives, 2005 letters of indemnification as aforesaid. It was
also determined that the 2005 letters of indemnification would
apply to events that occurred after the date of their approval as
aforesaid, and to avoid doubt, it is clarified that the 2005
letters of indemnification do not derogate from letters of
indemnification that were lawfully issued previously.
In
December 2011, the general meeting of the Company approved an
amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company,
according to which, inter
alia, the Company is entitled to insure the liability of its
officers and also to indemnify them, inter alia, pursuant to the provisions
of the Streamlining of Enforcement Proceedings in the Israel
Securities Authority (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5771-2011, and
the Strengthening of Enforcement in the Capital Market (Legislative
Amendments) Law, 5771-2011 (jointly, “the Administrative
Enforcement Laws”). Moreover, the Company’s general
meeting and its Audit Committee and Board of Directors approved the
granting of new indemnification letters by the Company to its
officers (“the new indemnification letters”), as this
term is defined in the wording of the new indemnification letter,
who currently hold office and/or will hold office in the Company
from time to time, including officers who are directors, and
officers who are controlling shareholders in the Company (as these
were on the date of the general meeting that took place in December
2011) or their relatives or persons with regard to whom the
controlling shareholders in the Company may be considered as having
a personal interest in a grant of indemnification letters to them,
in respect of their actions taken in their capacity as officers of
the Company and their actions taken within their service, at the
Company's request, as officers of any other company, in which the
Company holds shares (directly or indirectly) or in which the
Company has any other interest, in accordance with the provisions
of the Companies Law, the Securities Law, the administrative
enforcement laws, and the indemnification provisions included in
the aforesaid indemnification letter.
In
accordance with the new indemnification letters, the
indemnification amounts for a monetary indebtedness that is imposed
on an officer in favor of another person in a court ruling
(including in a court ruling that was handed down in a
court-approved compromise or arbitration award, providing that the
said indebtedness is related, directly or indirectly, to one or
more of the events specified in the new indemnification letter)
together with the indemnification amounts for the said indebtedness
that are paid to officers in the Company in accordance with
indemnification letters drafted as a new indemnification letter,
including officers serving presently or in the future as officers
in other companies at the request of the Company, will in aggregate
not exceed an amount equal to 25% of the equity attributable to the
Company’s shareholders according to its most recent financial
statements (annual or quarterly) that were issued before the actual
date of paying the indemnity, plus the amounts of the insurance
benefits the Company may receive from time to time, in the
framework of an officers’ liability insurance policy, in
respect of one or more of the events specified in an annex to the
new indemnification letter. This in addition to the indemnification
for reasonable litigation expenses, including attorney's retainer
that will be spent or incurred by an officer for proceedings that
will be filed against him, as described in the new indemnification
letter.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of filing
the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
(3)
Officers’ liability
insurance, letters of indemnity, officers’ letter of release
from liability and payment of remuneration to
directors (cont.)
b. Indemnification
of officers:
(cont.)
The new
indemnification letter also provides that its provisions supersede
any previous commitment or understanding (from before the signing
of the new indemnification letters), provided verbally or in
writing, between the Company and its officers with respect to the
matters indicated in the new indemnification letter, also with
respect to events that occurred before the signing of the new
indemnification letter. The aforesaid is subject to the stipulation
that the previous indemnification letter provided to the officer,
if provided, continue to be in effect, subject to any law, with
respect to any event that occurred before the signing of the new
indemnification letter (even if the indemnification in respect of
which was requested from the Company after the signing of the new
indemnification letter) if the terms of new indemnification letter
impair the terms of indemnification of the said officer with
respect to such an event.
It
should be noted that in November 2011 the competent organs of IDB
Holdings approved the grant of new indemnification letters as
aforesaid by the Company (further to approvals of the competent
organs of the Company) to officers of the Company, those presently
serving and those who will serve in it from time to time, who are
controlling shareholders in the Company (as these were on the date
of the general meeting that took place in November 2011) or their
relatives or persons where the controlling shareholders may be
regarded as having a personal interest in approving the grant of
indemnification letters to them or who are directors in IDB
Holdings.
Since
the date of the meeting, the Company has issued to its officers,
including officers that were controlling shareholders of the
Company or their relatives, new letters of indemnification. As part
of the remuneration policy that was approved as stated in section
B.3.a above in this note, it was determined that the officers in
the company (including directors) may be entitled, subject to the
approval of the competent organs of the Company for this purpose,
to a letter of indemnification, subject to the provisions of any
law, and that the amount of the indemnification shall not exceed
25% of the Company’s equity (provided that this amount shall
not be less than NIS 100 million in total).
On June
11, 2015, a special general meeting of the Company’s
shareholders approved (Note 33.b.3 (e): the “Meeting”),
following the approval of the Company’s Compensation
Committee and Board of Directors on March 29 and 30, 2015,
respectively, the provision of letters of indemnity by the Company
to the corporate officers, where they and/or their relatives are
controlling shareholders in the Company on the date of the report
on the convening of a meeting (the report on the convening of a
meeting was published by the Company on March 31, 2015, and in
supplementary immediate reports dated May 7, 2015 and May 14, 2015)
providing Company letters of indemnity to Corporate Officers who
are or whose family are controlling shareholders in the Company on
the date of the report of the convening to the general shareholders
meeting (the report on the convening of a meeting was published by
the Company on March 31, 2015, and in supplementary immediate
reports dated May 7, 2015 and May 14, 2015) (“Corporate
Officers Who Are Controlling Shareholders”), who
currently serve and/or who will serve in the Company, from time to
time, as well as to corporate officers in the Company regarding
whom the Company’s controlling shareholders may be considered
as having a personal interest in the approval of the provision of
letters of indemnity to them, who currently serve and/or who will
serve in the Company, from time to time, with respect to activities
by virtue of their tenure in the Company, and with respect to their
activities by virtue of their tenure, in accordance with the
Company’s request, as corporate officers in another company,
according to identical wording and conditions as the wording of the
Company’s current letter of indemnity, which was approved in
December 2011 (see the wording of the “new letters of
indemnity”, as this term is defined in the aforementioned
note).
The
approval for the provision of the aforementioned letters of
indemnity to corporate officers who are controlling shareholders is
from the date of completion of the first stage of the debt
settlement in IDB Holding, on May 7, 2014 (the “Effective
Date”), and for three additional years after the date of the
meeting's approval.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of filing
the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
(3)
Officers’ liability
insurance, letters of indemnity, officers’ letter of release
from liability and payment of remuneration to
directors (cont.)
b. Indemnification
of officers:
(cont.)
Approval for the
provision of the aforementioned letters of indemnity to the
Company’s corporate officers, regarding whom the controlling
shareholders in the Company may be considered as parties interested
in the approval of the provision of letters of indemnity to them,
who currently serve and/or who will serve in the Company, from time
to time, will be in effect from the effective date until November
30, 2020, in accordance with the decision reached by the
Company’s Audit Committee, in accordance with section
275(A1)(2) of the Companies Law, under which the Audit Committee
approved, on March 29, 2015, that an engagement by the foregoing
date is reasonable, in light of the applicable
circumstances.
Accordingly, after
the date of the meeting, the Company issued the aforementioned
letters of indemnity to its corporate officers, including to
corporate officers who are controlling shareholders in the Company
or their relatives, and to corporate officers in the Company
regarding which the controlling shareholders in the Company may be
considered as having a personal interest in the approval of the
provision of letters of indemnity to them.
c. Release
of officers:
The
Company issued prospective letters of release to the directors and
other officers of the Company, including those that were
controlling shareholders or their relatives, from any liability
towards the Company, subject to the law, in respect of any damage
that was and/or will be caused to the Company following a breach of
the duty of care towards it, while acting in good faith in their
capacity as officers of the Company, and/or according to its
request in any other company, with respect to the events stipulated
in the addendum to the release letter. The release letters apply to
events that occurred after the date of their approval. The issuance
of the release letters, as described above, was approved by the
Company’s general shareholders’ meeting on May 5, 2005,
after prior approval by its Audit Committee and Board of Directors.
In November 2011, after approval by its Audit Committee and Board
of Directors, and in light of the provisions of Amendment 16 of the
Companies Law (“Amendmenet 16”), the general meeting of
IDB Holdings reapproved the Company giving an advance release from
liability to its officers, those presently serving and those who
will serve in it from time to time, who and/or whose relatives are
controlling shareholders in the Company (as they were on the date
of the general meeting of IDB Holdings that took place as aforesaid
in November 2011), subject to the provisions of the
law.
Furthermore, in
November 2011 the Audit Committee of IDB Holdings decided to limit
until November 30, 2020 (meaning for an additional period of nine
years from the date of the decision) the period that events
occurring during it will be included in the scope of the release
from liability letters that were granted and will be granted by the
Company from time to time, according to the existing decisions on
this matter with respect to officers in the Company who controlling
shareholders in the Company may be considered as having a personal
interest in providing them a release from liability. As part of the
remuneration policy that was approved as stated in section B.3.a
above in this note, it was determined that officers in the Company
(including directors) may be entitled, subject to approval of the
competent organs for this purpose in the Company, to a letter of
release, subject to the provisions of any law. In March 2015, the
Remuneration Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company
approved, granting an exemption from liability by the Company to
officers from among the controlling owners (i.e., who and/or whose
relatives are controlling owners of the company), who hold office
in the Company and/or who will hold office in the Company from time
to time, according to the wording of the letter of release used by
the Company. However, the subject was removed from the agenda of
the meeting that took place in June 2015.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of filing
the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
(3)
Officers’ liability
insurance, letters of indemnity, officers’ letter of release
from liability and payment of remuneration to
directors (cont.)
d. Interested
parties in the Company (including controlling shareholders in it
during the relevant periods) and/or their relatives, who serve
and/or who served as directors or other officers in subsidiaries
and/or related companies of the Company, receive from certain
companies, as aforesaid, indemnification and/or release letters,
and their liability is insured as accepted in those companies.
Without derogating from the generality of the foregoing, it is
noted that as part of the completion of the merger transaction of
Koor with Discount Investments in March 2014, Discount Investments
provided the directors and officers of Koor (including those among
them who are or were interested parties and/or controlling
shareholders in the Company) indemnification letters with respect
to their actions by virtue of their service in Koor and with
respect to their actions by virtue of their service at the request
of Koor as officers in the investee companies of Koor, or in whom
Koor has an interest. The maximum indemnification amount pursuant
to the aforesaid indemnification letters is identical to the amount
of the indemnification in the letters of indemnification given by
Discount Investments to its directors and officers.
e. Directors’
remuneration:
1. In
October 2010, after approval by the Company’s Audit Committee
and Board of Directors, the general shareholders’ meeting of
the Company resolved to approve the payment of directors’
remuneration for the years 2011 through 2015 (inclusive), including
directors who are controlling shareholders of the Company and/or
their relatives (“directors who are controlling
shareholders”) at the time of the resolution. According to
the aforesaid resolution, the directors’ remuneration payable
to each director in respect of any given time in the aforementioned
period will be of the maximum amounts allowed and according to the
director’s aforesaid classification as an expert or
non-expert director, and according to the classification of the
Company, all as applicable at that time according to the Companies
(Rules Concerning Remuneration and Expenses for an Outside
Director) Regulations, 5760-2000 (“the Remuneration
Regulations”). The directors’ remuneration will not be
paid to directors of the Company who receive from the Company or
from a company under its control or from IDB Holdings, a salary for
responsibilities other than that of a director, for as long as the
director is entitled to such a salary. In view of the provisions of
Amendment no. 16, the validity of the aforesaid resolution
regarding the payment of remuneration to directors from among the
controlling shareholders or to directors where the controlling
shareholders have a personal interest in the payment of
remuneration to them, expired at the end of three years from July
2010, i.e., in July 2013, and from the aforesaid date, the Company
has not paid directors’ remuneration to directors from among
the controlling shareholders.
On June
11, 2015, the meeting approved (as defined in this Note above),
following the approval of the Company’s Compensation
Committee and Board of Directors on March 29, 2015 and March
30, 2015, respectively, the payment of compensation to directors
who are controlling shareholders in the Company (or their
alternates, as applicable), who currently serve and/or
who will serve in the Company, from time to time, and to
directors in the Company (or their alternates, as applicable)
regarding whom the controlling shareholders in the Company may
be considered as having a personal interest in the approval of
the payment of compensation to them, who currently serve
and/or who will serve in the Company, from time to time, in
effect from the effective date (May 7, 2014), and for
three additional years after the date of the meeting’s
approval.
The
payment of compensation to the aforementioned directors, for their
tenure as directors in the Company and for their participation in
the meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors and its
committees, with respect to any given time frame, will be identical
to the compensation paid to the other directors in the Company (in
accordance with their classification), according to the decision of
October 2010, i.e., according to the maximum specified amounts and
according to the classification of each director, as stated above,
as an expert director, or a non-expert director, and according to
the rating at which the Company will be classified, as applicable
at that time under the Compensation Regulations.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of filing
the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
(3)
Officers’ liability
insurance, letters of indemnity, officers’ letter of release
from liability and payment of remuneration to
directors (cont.)
e. Directors’
remuneration: (cont.)
1. (cont.)
The
directors’ compensation will not be paid to any of the
directors in the Company who receive from the Company or from a
company under its control (as the term is defined in the Securities
Law, 5728-1968), compensation for additional activities to those of
a director, for as long as the director is entitled to such a
salary. The annual (quarterly) compensation and participation-based
compensation will be paid to the appointed director or to the
alternate director, as applicable, although double compensation
will not be paid in any case.
Directors’
remuneration and related expenses not exceeding accepted amounts,
which were paid by the Company to its directors in 2015, 2014 and
2013 (a total of 8 to 16 recipients), amounted to a total of NIS
2,372 thousand, NIS 1,287 thousand and NIS 1,270 thousand,
respectively. After the date of the
meeting, the Company paid directors' fees in the amount of
approximately NIS 94 thousand, including VAT, with respect to the
period from January 1, 2014 to May 6, 2014, to directors (or their
alternates) who are, as of the reporting date, directors who are
also controlling shareholders, although they were not considered
controlling shareholders during the aforementioned
period.
Following the date
of the meeting and subsequent to the date of the statement of
financial position , the Company paid directors’ fees to
directors who are controlling shareholders (or to their
alternates), and to directors regarding whom the controlling
shareholders in the Company may be considered as having a personal
interest in the approval of payment of compensation to them (or to
their alternates), with respect to the period beginning on May 7,
2014 and ending on June 30, 2015, in the total amount of
approximately NIS 716.5 thousand, including VAT.
2. On February
3, 2016, the Company's Board resolved, after the approval of the
Company's remuneration committee (dated December 15, 2015)
according to the corporations law and relevant regulations to
approve the payment of directors remuneration serving or that will
serve in the Company from time to time (including external
directors) where they and/or their relatives are not controlling
shareholders in the Company and the controlling shareholders in the
Company may not be deemed as having personal interest in approving
their remuneration. The directors' remuneration to be paid to each
director for his service is annual, and remuneration for
participation in the Company's Board meetings and its committees at
the maximum amount as defined in the remuneration regulations
according to the classification of each director as an expert
director or non expert director and according to the classification
level of the Company (namely according to its equity in the
previous fiscal year) and all as applicable by the remuneration
regulations. The directors' remuneration will not be paid to any of
the directors receiving from the Company or a company under the
Company's control wages for additional activity in addition to the
director's position as long as they are entitled to such
wages.
4. Payment
and/or reimbursement of expenses to the Chairman of the
Company’s Board of Directors
On June
11, 2015, the special general meeting of the shareholders of the
Company approved, following the approval of the Company’s
Compensation Committee and Board of Directors, on March 29, 2015
and March 30, 2015, respectively (after the Company’s
Compensation Committee and Audit Committee had discussed the issues
pertaining to the expenses of the controlling shareholders, in a
routine manner, in a number of additional meetings beginning in
August 2014), the payment of expenses and/or reimbursement of
expenses, whether in advance or retroactively, to the serving
Chairman of the Board, Mr. Eduardo Elsztain, and to the former
Chairman of the Board, Mr. Mordechai Ben-Moshe, who served as joint
Chairman of the Board from May 7, 2014 to May 7, 2015.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of filing
the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
4. Payment
and/or reimbursement of expenses to the Chairman of the
Company’s Board of Directors (cont.)
The
aforementioned approval was given with respect to expenses which
were and/or which will be actually spent by them (as applicable) as
part of the fulfillment of their tasks in the Company, and
including such expenses which the chairman may spend with respect
to any other party on its behalf (such as consultants, personal
assistants, and administrative staff), against the provision of
written receipts, from the effective date (May 7, 2014, the date
when Messrs. Eduardo Elsztain and Mordechai Ben-Moshe became the
controlling shareholders in the Company) and for an additional
three years after the date of the meeting’s approval, as
stated below: reimbursement of expenses in Israel – the
payment / reimbursement will be for expenses that were and/or will
actually be incurred, as part of carrying out their duties in the
company and will include expenses that are required for the Company
in order to manage its current business operations; expenses for
participating in meetings of the Board of Directors and committees
of the Board of Directors of the Company; expenses for promoting
the Company’s business and expanding its operations,
including expenses involved in business meetings with service
providers, etc., including, inter
alia, the following expenses (for each of the chairmen):
meal expenses, including hospitality expenses for suppliers, etc.,
in an amount that shall not exceed NIS 3,000 per month; travel and
parking expenses in a total amount that shall not exceed NIS 1,500
per month; communication expenses in a total amount that shall not
exceed NIS 500 per month. In addition, the Company will pay
expenses for office space that was and/or is being made available
to the limited staff of each chairmen of the Board of Directors at
the Company’s existing offices, at a total estimated cost of
up to approximately NIS 8,000 per month.
The
aforesaid total estimated cost is the additional cost that the
Company will pay in view of the agreement between the Company and
additional parties (including also companies held by the Company)
with regard to the division of the use of the areas that the
Company rents from a third party in the Azrieli Center in Tel-Aviv
(for details regarding this agreement, see section B(1) above in
this note).
It is
clarified that nothing stated above shall prevent the Company from
paying directly any costs and expenses of the Company that derive
from foreign business trips of the chairman on behalf of the
Company, and the Company shall pay the costs of foreign business
trips on behalf of the Company (or private companies that it
controls) made by the chairman, including expenses in reasonable
amounts for flight tickets, car rental/taxis abroad, hotel
accommodation and subsistence expenses, provided that the purpose
of the trip is business on behalf of the Company as
aforesaid.
The
chairman shall himself pay any additional cost of a foreign trip
constituting an extension of
the duration of the stay abroad for his own private purposes and/or
as a result of the use of that trip also for private purposes. The
aforesaid provisions for the reimbursement of expenses shall apply
whether additional terms of office and employment have and/or will
be approved for the chairman by the Company or not. The
Company’s internal auditor and Remuneration Committee will
check each quarter and monitor the reimbursement of expenses, with
regard to the reasonableness of the components and amount of the
quarterly expenses, as well as the manner of making the
reimbursement pursuant to the Company’s instructions and
procedures.
On May
14, 2015, shortly after the discontinuation of Mr.
Ben-Moshe’s tenure, as stated above, from the position of
Joint Chairman, on May 7, 2015, the Company published a
supplementary report to the meeting convention report, which
included a clarification specifying that the approval of payment
and/or reimbursement of expenses to the Company’s Chairmen of
the board refers to the Chairman of the Board who served / is
serving in the position.
During
2015 and the period from May 7, 2014, until December 31, 2014, the
cumulative expense reimbursement amounts to the current Chairman of
the Board and to the former Chairman of the Board, including with
respect to any other parties on their behalf (such as consultants,
personal assistants, and administrative staff), totaled
approximately NIS 124 thousand and approximately NIS 168 thousand,
respectively.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of filing
the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
5. Other
transactions
a. On July 31,
2006 the Company’s Board of Directors resolved that the
Company’s annual budget for charitable donations would be
determined each year by the Company's Board of Directors and would
be up to 1.5% of net income according to its annual audited
consolidated financial statements for the prior year. Furthermore,
on the same date, after receiving the approval of the
Company’s Audit Committee, the Company's Board of Directors
resolved, with respect to donations given by the Company to
not-for-profit associations that are certified as public
institutions under Section 46 of the Income Tax Ordinance, to
approve the granting of donations by the Company to IDB Community
Fund (RA) (“the Fund”), which has the necessary
certificate. Donations by the Company to the Fund in each calendar
year will be up to 100% of the overall donations budget for that
year but not more than 1.5% of the annual net income of the Company
according to its audited consolidated financial statements for the
prior year (“Fund Donations Account”). Full or partial
use of the Fund Donations Account will be made pursuant to
resolutions passed from time to time by the Board of Directors of
the Company.
Mr.
Nochi Dankner, who was a controlling shareholder in the Company
during the relevant period, could have been considered as having a
personal interest in the aforesaid resolution, due to his service
as Chairman of the Fund and Chairman of the Fund’s Board and
due to the service of his wife, Mrs. Orly Dankner, as a member of
the Fund’s Board.
The
decision regarding approval of a fixed annual Fund Donations
Framework for the Company was approved by the Company’s
general meeting of shareholders in September 2006, after it was
approved by its Audit Committee and Board of Directors. It is noted
that also subsidiaries of the Company have approved a donations
framework for the Fund, as aforesaid, and from time to time, have
provided donations to the Fund accordingly.
In
accordance with the provisions of Amendment 16, in November 2011
the Audit Committee of IDB Holdings decided to limit the period of
the aforesaid decision of the Company’s general meeting of
shareholders to a period beginning on the date of the said general
meeting and ending on November 30, 2017, meaning an additional
approximately six years from the date of the aforementioned
decision. Similar decisions were made also by subsidiaries of the
Company that had also approved a donation framework for the
aforementioned Fund, and are public companies.
In
2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company did not pass any resolutions
regarding the contribution to the aforementioned Fund and no
donations were given by the Company to the Fund. It should be noted
that Mr. Haim Gavrieli, who held office as the CEO of the Company
(until January 11, 2016), held office as chairman of the board of
the Fund and a chairman of the Fund Committee. from June 24, 2014
until January 11, 2016 .As of the date of the statement, Mr. Eduard
Elsztain, the chairman of the board serves as the chairman of the
Fund and chairman of the Fund Committee while Mr. Saul Zang, a
director in the Company, and Shulem Lapidot, CEO and a Company
director, serve as members of the Fund Committee.
b. In June
2013, the District Court in Jerusalem approved a settlement in
connection with the claim and the motion to approve it as a class
action against Discount
Investments and against the directors and the CEO of Koor, that was
filed in March 2009 concerning claims of non-compliance with the
provisions of the Companies Law and Securities laws and whose total
amount of monetary remedies that were claimed amounted to NIS 272
million.
Pursuant to the
settlement that was approved, Discount Investments will make four
annual payments in the amount of NIS 4.5 million each, beginning in
August 2013 as remuneration to the Group that will be composed of
Koor shareholders (with the exception of the Company) that did not
use the rights they received from Koor to purchase shares as part
of a rights issue which was performed by Koor in November of 2008.
If some of the aforementioned remuneration remains and is
unclaimed, it will be donated to a public cause. In addition,
Discount Investments paid a sum of NIS 3.6 million, some of which
as compensation to the Plaintiff in the legal proceedings and the
majority as retainer to the attorney. The legal proceedings against
the directors and general manager of Koor were denied.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
B. Transactions
with controlling shareholders or in which controlling shareholders
have a personal interest, which are listed in section 270(4) and/or
270(4a) of the Companies Law, that were entered into in 2015 or on
a date between the end of the reporting year and the date of filing
the report or that are in effect on the reporting date
(cont.)
5. Other
transactions (cont.)
b.
(cont.)
In
August 2013, Discount Investments received from the officers’
liability policy insurers about half of the sums to be borne by
Discount Investments, as specified above. The said settlement was
approved in April 2013 by the general assembly of shareholders of
Discount Investments, including the Company and IDB Holdings, and
some of their officers (including controlling shareholders during
the relevant period) may be considered as having a personal
interest in Discount Investments’ entering into the said
settlement.
c. For
details regarding the replacement flow outline through a flow of
discount debt to the Company by Dolphin Holland, a controlling
shareholder in the Company, which was approved by the audit
committee and the Company Board of Directors on December 1, 2015
and by a Company general shareholders meeting on December 6, 2015,
see Note 16(g)(2)(e) above.
d. For
details about the the loan totaling NIS 15 million received by the
Company from Dolphin Holland, a controlling shareholder in the
Company, through discount debt, which was approved by the audit
committee and the Company Board of Directors (after receiving a
recommendation from the Indepdendent Committee of the Company) on
February 15, 2016 in accordance with Regulation (2) of the Relief
Regulations (Creditor Transaction). see Note 15(b)(8)
above.
e. For details
of an outline for an injection of money into the Company by Dolphin
Netherlands, within the framework of an amendment to the debt
arrangement of IDB Holding Corporation, including by means of an
issue of the Company’s bonds pursuant to the terms of the
aforesaid outline, which was approved by the Audit Committee and
Board of Directors of the Company (after receiving the
recommendation of the Company’s independent committee) on
February 23, 2016, and by the general meeting of the
Company’s shareholders on March 2, 2016, see note 16.G.(2)(f)
above.
C. Other
employment and remuneration transactions
1 In 2015,
2014 and 2013, the Company received directors’ remuneration
from its investee companies, for the office of interested parties
therein as directors in those companies, in a total amount of NIS
241 thousand, NIS 214 thousand and NIS 291 thousand, respectively
(not included directors’ remuneration from Discount
Investments; for details of the management agreement with Discount
Investments, see section D.1 below).
2. In January
2016, Mr. Sholem Lapidot (who holds office as a director of the
Company) was appointed CEO of the Company and deputy CEO of
Discount Investments. In February 2016, the Board of Directors of
Discount Investments approved the terms of office and employment of
Mr. Sholem Lapidot, after approval was received from the
Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of Discount
Investments for his terms of office. The terms of office and
employment of Mr. Lapidot as specified below are conditional on the
approval, with a special majority, of a special general meeting of
the shareholders of Discount Investments, which was convened for
April 2016, and the approval of the the Company shareholders
meeting (as required pursuant to the Companies Law). On March 27
and 29, 2016, the Remunerations Committee and Company Board of
Directors, respectively, approved the conditions and appointment of
Mr. Lapidot under the following conditions: Mr. Lapidot will hold
office as CEO of the Company with a 25% part time job and as a
director in Company investee comanpies as well asdeputy CEO of
Discount Investments with a 75% part time job. A year after the
approval of the employment agreement with Mr. Lapidot and every
year, a reexamination will be made of the allocation of the cost
ratios between the Company and Discount Investments for the purpose
of determining the amount of the division of the carrying of the
cost of the employment of Mr. Lapidot between the Company and
Discount Investments (when any change in the scope fo employment of
Mr. Lapidot and payment to him carried by the Company and Discount
Investments being subject to the approval of the Remuneration
Committees of the Company and Discount Investments).
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
C. Other
employment and remuneration transactions (cont.)
2. (cont.)
The
aforesaid terms of employment shall be paid retroactively from the
date on which the employment of Mr. Sholem Lapidot began in January
2016, and they include, inter
alia: (a) twelve monthly salaries per year in a sum of NIS
170 thousand per month for a full time (100%) job (the Company will
pay NIS 42.5 thousand per month out of the aforesaid amount for the
25% part time job), linked to the Consumer Price Index each month;
(b) social benefits and usual ancillary terms, and loss of work
capacity insurance; (c) reimbursement of car expenses (such as
insurance, gas, etc.) and grossing up of the value of the benefit
for tax purposes; (d) capital remuneration, which will be given by
Discount Investments, which will include 5,310,000 options that
will be given in five series, and which may be exercised for
5,310,000 ordinary shares, par value NIS 1 per share of Discount
Investments for a full time (100%) job. The value of the total
benefit of the options is NIS 18.6 million, based on the Black
& Scholes model for a full time (100%) job (the Company’s
share of the value of the aforesaid total benefit is NIS 4.7
million for a 25% part time job), which consists of an annual
benefit linear distribution of NIS 928.2 thousands paid to Discount
Investments. The shares resulting from exercising the options
(100%) will constitute, after they are issued, approximately 5% of
the issued and outstanding share capital of Discount Investments,
as it was on the date of approval of the Board of Directors of
Discount Investments in February 2016. All of the option series may
be exercised until seven years have expired from the date on which
the holding of office began in Discount Investments. For the
capital component, calculated as mentioned linear distribution, the
Company will pay Discount Investments every month an amount equal
to 25% of cost of the capital component. For the set salary
component, the Company will pays its part of the salary of Mr.
Lapidot directly to Mr. Lapidot. For information regarding the end
of the agreement to provide counseling services by Mr. Lapidot and
Dolphin Holland, valid starting from the start of his term as
Company CEO, see Section D(5) below.
D. Other
transactions, payments and resolutions regarding legal
proceedings
1. There was
an agreement between the Company and each of Discount Investments
and Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise, according to which the
Company provided management services to those companies, which
included, inter alia, appointments of employees of the Company, IDB
Holdings, or their subsidiaries as directors in those companies, in
return for management fees. In view of the provisions of Amendment
no. 16, in November 2011 the general meeting of Discount
Investments approved once again, and in May 2012 the general
meeting of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise approved once again,
after the approval of the Audit Committees and Boards of Directors
of each of them, the entering into such an agreement by each of
them with the Company.
In
February of 2014, in the light of end of therm of the directors
appointed by Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise Group, and the
restrictions which were imposed on the Company as part of the
Commissioner’s letter of November 2013 (see note 3.H.5.b.
above), Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise gave notice to the
Company of the suspension of the management agreement between them.
Consequently, as of the date of publication of the report, Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise does not pay management fees to the
Company.
In
November 2014, three years expired from the approval of the
aforesaid transaction by the general meeting of Discount
Investments. Therefore, in view of the provisions of the Companies
Law, since December 2014 and as of the date of publication of the
report, Discount Investments does not pay management fees to the
Company and such a payment is subject to the approval of the
competent organs of Discount Investments, including the approval of
its general meeting with a special majority. It should be noted
that from March 2014 until the date of publication of the report,
no employees of the Company held office on the Board of Directors
of Discount Investments. In the years 2014 and 2013, the Company
received management fees from the aforesaid companies in a total
amount of approximately NIS 1 million and NIS 3.85 million,
respectively
2. On August
4, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company resolved, after
obtaining the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company for
this purpose, to approve the Company’s position with regard
to a settlement between the parties (not including the Company) in
the derivative actions, not to oppose the settlement, except what
is stated in the provisions that deprive the Company of the right
to take legal action in other actions that also relate to
distributions of dividends, which the Company made during the years
2010-2011, on account, inter
alia, of Discount Investments’ claims (see note
23.C.1.h above).
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
D. Other
transactions, payments and resolutions in connection with the legal
proceedings (cont.)
2. (cont.)
The
resolution was ratified in January 2015. On March 5, 2015, the
Board of Directors of the Company resolved, after obtaining the
approval of the Audit Committee of the Company for this purpose, to
agree to an amendment of the settlement between the parties in the
derivative actions. According to the aforesaid amendment that is
being formulated, if the Discount Investments’ claim is
successful, the Company will retain the right of suing the
directors and officers of the Company and IDB Holdings for a cause
of action arising from that claim, on certain conditions. On July
1, 2015, the Board of Directors of the Company approved, following
the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company, an amended
settlement agreement, which was filed with the court by agreement
of all the parties in the derivatiave action. . On November 5,
2015, the Court approved the amended compromise agreement, and
determined that in order to remove any doubt, the approval of the
compromise agreement is solely and exclusively in relation to the
claims and the grounds that were brought up in the derivative
actions and solely and exclusively in relation to the plaintiffs
that are included in them.
On
November 25, 2015, after having received approval for this from the
Audit Committee, the Company's Board of Directors approved the
Company's signing on a letter of commitment, as part of which the
Company makes a commitment to all of the parties to the derivative
actions, including the insurance company, and this in order to
remove any doubt and to avoid
additional legal
proceedings, which might impair the validity and the implementation
of the compromise agreement, irrevocably, that in the relationship
between the parties, all of the provisions of the compromise
agreement would remain in full force, ignoring the qualification by
the Court in its decision of November 5, 2015, as aforesaid. See
Note 23.C.1.d. above for additional details.
3. On April
27, 2015, the Company's Board of Directors resolved, after having
received the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company, to
approve the settlement agreement with respect to a derivative claim
in connection with the transaction for the acquisition of the
shares of Ganden Tourism.
On
August 10, 2015, the Company's Board of Directors resolved, after
having received the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company,
to file a notice with the Court on behalf of the Company, in which
the Court was requested not to issue a determination regarding the
settlement arrangement which was filed with it, as stated above,
and to allow the final formulation of a new, comprehensive
settlement agreement. On September 10, 2015, an application was
filed in the Court for the approval of an overall compromise
arrangement and for the handing down of a decision and a judgment,
and this in place of the partial compromise agreement, which was
presented for the approval of the Court in April 2015. On November
18, 2015, the Court approved the application for the approval of an
overall compromise arrangement, which is in relation to the
directors and the officers in the Company, the directors in IDB
Holdings, the former controlling interests in the Company and also
in relation to Clal Insurance Company Ltd., which insured the
directors and the officers, with the support of re-insurers at a
rate of 100%, and it afforded the overall compromise agreement the
validity of a judgment. For additional details see Note 23.C.(1).C.
above.
4. On August
10, 2015, the Company’s Audit Committee and Board of
Directors approved the engagement of the Company and its wholly
owned (100%) company with a company wholly owned (100%) by Property
& Building, and with IDBG, in an agreement for the provision,
by Property & Building to IDBG, of a credit facility in the
amount of up to $ 50 million. For additional details, see Note
3(H)(2)(a) above.
5. On
December 17, 2015, Dolphin Netherlands informed the Company that an
agreement was signed between Dolphin and Mr. Shulam Lapidot who
served on that date as an alternate director on behalf of the
Company's controlling shareholder and chairman of the board, Mr.
Eduardo Elsztain (as of the report date, Mr. Lapidot serves as a
director and as the Company's CEO).
According to the
agreement, Mr. Lapidot was entitled to receive for the consulting
services to Dolphin Group remuneration from Dolphin Netherlands,
which includes cumulatively, among others 8,836,723 ordinary shares
of the Company representing as of the date of their receipt 1.33%
of the Company' issued and outstanding share capital and voting
rights (0.97% on fully diluted basis) in the vesting periods listed
below where during the vesting period the shares will be deposited
by a trustee.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
D. Other
transactions, payments and resolutions in connection with the legal
proceedings (cont.)
5. (cont.)
The
vesting dates of such shares were determined as follows: December
31, 2015 – 1,325,508 shares of the Company, December 31, 2016
– 1,325,508 shares of the Company, December 31, 2017 –
1,988,263 shares of the Company, December 31, 2018 –
1,988,263 shares of the Company and, December 31, 2019 –
2,209,181 shares of the Company. The agreement included provisions
regarding the joining right of Mr. Lapidot to purchase additional
shares of the Company by Dolphin Netherlands or other parties
related to Dolphin or the sale of the Company's shares by Dolphin
Netherlands; with respect to the right to purchase from Dolphin
Netherlands additional shares of the Company or of DIC if the
Company becomes a private company, and under certain conditions set
forth in the agreement; and the right to sell its shares back to
Dolphin Netherlands effective from January 2020. In furtherance to
the ruling of the District court hearing the case of the debt
settlement of IDB Holdings (as stated in Note 16.G.(2)(A) above),
Mr. Lapidot committed to Dolphin Netherlands to assume upon itself
the restrictions applicable on Dolphin Netherlands by virtue of the
ruling regarding the shares to be transferred to him (and/or to the
trustee on his behalf), as aforesaid, namely, will not participate
as an offeree of these shares in the tender offers to the
shareholders and will not sell these shares unless obtains a
commitment from the transferee to not participate in such tender
offers. It is noted that in March of 2016, Dolphin Holland and Mr.
Shulam Lapidot were informed that, by agreement of the parties, the
agreement had expired and accordingly, as had the right of Mr.
Lapidot to receive Company shares (including any shares that had
matured by that date and that he had ceased to provide counseling
services to Dolphin Holland, with all this valid from January 5,
2016 (which is the date of the start of the term of Mr. Lapidot as
deputy CEO of Discount Investments.
6. Additional
joint transactions between investees and related
parties:
● In
November 2010, Koor and the Clal Insurance Group undertook to
invest in equal shares a total sum of $250 million in the EMCO Fund
(a private investment fund managed by corporations from the Credit
Suisse Group). The period of making the investments in the EMCO
Fund ended in November 2012. As of December 31, 2015, and as of the
date of this report, the cumulative amount of the investment of
Koor and Clal insurance Group in the EMCO fund stood at a sum of
approximately NIS 46 million. In addition, Koor and the Clal
Insurance Group are liable to make investments in a sum of up to $2
million in the Group, each. Since the beginning of the investment
in the ENCO Fund, Koor and Clal Insurance have received from the
Fund amounts on a scale of approximately $29 million
each.
● In
January 2014, the Audit Committee and Board of Directors of
Discount Investments approved an undertaking of Discount
Investments, according to which for a period of three years from
the completion of the merger of Adama with ChemChina (October 17,
2011), Discount Investments would not carry out transactions as a
result of which it would stop controlling Koor, unless after them
Koor would continue to be controlled by another entity from the IDB
Group, and after the aforesaid period of three years, Discount
Investments would not sell the control in Koor to a competitor of
Adama or a competitor of ChemChina. The aforesaid undertaking is
valid as long as the provisions of the Shareholders’
Agreement between Koor and ChemChina with regard to Adama, which
relate to the control of Koor, will remain valid.
7. Additional
transactions during the course of regular business, which are not
exceptional, in amounts that exceed NIS 8.7 million for a single
transaction:
●
Shufersal carried
out a large number of regular transactions with suppliers that are
interested parties and related parties of the Company in a total
amount of NIS 19 million, NIS 17 million and NIS 439 million in
2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The transactions included the
acquisition of food products, toiletries and other products for
sale in stores.
●
In 2013, Adama
received insurance services from Clal Insurance Group in the amount
of $4.5 million.
●
Property &
Building received interest income for loans it granted to equity
accounted investee companies that amounted in 2015 to NIS 35
million (in 2013 and 2014 – NIS 32 million and NIS 34
million, respectively).
●
Adama sold some of
its products in the normal course of its business to the companies
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A and Futuros y Opciones.Com S.A., companies
that operate in Argentina, which are indirectly controlled by Mr.
Eduardo Elsztain, one of the controlling owners of the Company.
These sales amounted in, 2015 and 2014 to approximately $2.1
million and approximately $3.6 million, respectively.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
E. Transactions with related parties and
interested parties
1. Balances
with related parties and interested parties
|
Interest
|
As
at 31 December
|
|
Rate
as of Dec. 31 2015
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
%
|
NIS
Millions
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term loans and
capital notes for investee companies(1)
|
|
|
|
Shekel
(linked and unlinked)
|
0.0-9.1
|
142
(2)
|
146
(2)
|
Linked
to dollar rate
|
3.3-8.0
|
403
|
369
|
Linked
to Euro
|
2.07
|
27
|
28
|
Customers, debtors
and accounts receivable:
|
|
|
|
Associates and
jointly-controlled entities
|
|
4
|
14
|
Other
related parties and interested parties
|
|
-
|
2
|
Accounts
payable:
|
|
|
|
Interested
parties
|
|
2
|
-
|
Liability to
suppliers and service providers:
|
|
|
|
Associates
and jointly-controlled entities
|
|
2
|
3
|
Other
related parties and interested parties
|
|
-
|
1
|
(1) The
dates of repayment for the loans have not yet been
determined.
(2) The
loans are presented in the consolidated statements after the
amortization for impairment in an amount of NIS 14 million and NIS
39 Million as of December 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014,
respectively.
(3) See
also note 3.A.(2) above.
2. Revenue
and expenses from related parties and interested
parties
|
|
|
For
the year ended 31 December
|
|
|
|
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
Number of Recipients
|
NIS Millions
|
Revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Participation of
the parent company in salary and incidental expenses and other
expenses
|
|
|
|
-
|
2*
|
4
|
Management fees
from investee companies
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a.
Benefits for employment of key managerial
personnel
(including directors):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term benefits
for key managerial personnel
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
Short-term
benefits for directors
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
b.
Benefits for employment of relatives of directors
and interested parties
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
c.
Benefits for directors and interested parties who are not employed
(salary of directors in the Company and in consolidated
companies)
|
16
|
7
|
12
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
* For the period
between January 1, 204 until and including May 2014.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
E. Transactions with related parties and
interested parties (cont.)
3. The
following are transactions with former related parties and
interested parties, which were described in the Related Parties and
Interested Parties Note in the Company’s financial statements
of 2014 and 2013:
To the
best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its
consolidated companies have or will have immaterial and
unexceptional transactionswith previous Company Interested Parties.
Said transactions between the companies and Related Parties to the
Company, between them and themselves (including joint transactions
between the group companies), are such that the obligations to
carry out such transactions, as said, which are described in this
note for 2014 and 2013, are of the type and nature as described
below: (a) transactions to receive banking services; (b)
transactions for the purchase or sale of products, servies and raw
material (such as hardware and software services, office supplies,
paper products, carton, clothing, textile, transportation, hygienic
products, complementary rpoducts for cleaning and the kitchen); (c)
transactions for the purchase and/or rental and/or operating lease
of vehicles; (d) transactions for the purchase and/or rental of
commercial vehicles, trucks and generators; (e) transactions for
the purchase of event production services; (f) transactions for the
provisions of legal lservices by a lawyer’s office of a
person that was an Interested Party in it; (g) transactions for IT
and organizational advice; (h) garage services; (i) shipping and
consigment, packing and export services; (j) archiving, storage and
storage management, logistics, transportation and lifting services;
(k) administrative services; (l) handling garbage, shredding,
collection and recyling; (m) newspapers, magazines and articles on
irrigation and exterminator services; (n) rental of advertising
space; (o) collection or distribution of envelopes and pens; (p)
purchase of newspaper and magazine subscriptions and posting of
notices in newspapers; (q) earthwork; (r) Call Center
services.
Note
33 - Related and Interested Parties (cont.)
E. Transactions with related parties and
interested parties (cont.)
3. The
following are transactions with former related parties and
interested parties, which were described in the Related Parties and
Interested Parties Note in the Company’s financial statements
of 2014 and 2013 (cont.)
|
|
For
the year ending December 31
|
|
|
2014
|
2013
|
Nature
of the transaction
|
Related
party / interested party *
|
Amounts
of transactions in
NIS
millions
|
1. Expenses for
current personnel, paid by IDB Holdings to IDB Development in 2013
and the period from January 1, 2014 to May 2014 at a rate of $20 of
the expense amount.
|
Interest holder in
Company
|
1.33
|
3.26
|
2.
Additional expenses, including, inter alia, office expenses, fire
insurance, mortgage companies, etc. in which IDB Holdings
participated at a rate of 20% in 2013 and for the period from
January 2014 to May 2014
|
Interest holder in
Company
|
0.13
|
0.34
|
3.
Depreciation expenses paid by IDB Development to IDB Holdings in
2013 and for the period from January 1, 2014 until May 2014 at rate
fo 20%.
|
Interest holder in
Company
|
6.88
|
18.64
|
4.
Expenses for office rental paid by IDB Holdings to IDB
Development
|
Interest holder in
Company
|
0.30
|
0.8
|
5.
Payment for half of the costs connected to the carrying out the
creditor arrangement in IDB Holdings.
|
Interest holder in
Company
|
1.40
|
-
|
6. IDB
Holdings received from an investee company director renumeration
for the term or an office holder in IDB Holdings (in 2014 for their
term in the fourth quarter of 2013.
|
Interest holder in
Company
|
0.11
|
0.64
|
7. Payments
that subsidiaries of the company (the Mashav Group) made for
services that they received from investee companies under the joint
control of the Company and a controlling shareholder therein
(companies in the Taavura Group).
|
Investee
companies
|
-
|
16**
|
8. Income from
the provision of services that an investee company under joint
control of a subsidiary and a controlling shareholder in the
Company (a company from the Taavura Group) received from a company
held by a controlling shareholder in the Company (Taavura
Tifzoret).
|
A
company controlled by a controlling shareholder
|
-
|
9**
|
9. Income from
sales, maintenance and ancillary services that a jointly controlled
company (a company in the Taavura Group) received from an investee
company (Yafora Ltd.).
|
A
Company controlled by a controlling sharehlder
|
-
|
3**
|
10. Payments
made by subsidiaries (companies from the Mashav Group) for
transport services to a company held by a controlling shareholder
of the Company (Taavura Tifzoret).
|
Investee
company
|
-
|
3**
|
11. Income
from providing logistic services received by an investee company
under joint control (a subsidiary of Maman Cargo and Handling
Terminals Ltd. (‘Maman’) from a company controlled by a
controlling shareholder of the Company (H & O Fashion
Ltd.).
|
Investee
company
|
-
|
2.4**
|
12. Payments
for logistic services paid by a subsidiary (Shufersal) to a jointly
controlled investee company (a subsidiary of Maman).
|
Investee
company
|
-
|
20
|
13. Rent paid
by a jointly controlled investee company (a subsidiary of Maman) to
a company that is jointly controlled by Maman and another
subsidiary (Gav Yam Real Estate Ltd.).
|
Investee
company
|
-
|
9
|
14. Income
from providing storage services that a jointly controlled investee
company (Maman) received from a company (indirectly) held by a
controlling shareholder of the Company (O.P.S.A. International
Shipping Ltd.).
|
Investee
company
|
-
|
1.7**
|
15. Rent that
a subsidiary (Shufersal) paid to a company in which a controlling
shareholder together with his relatives are interested
parties.
|
A
company in which a controlling shareholder has an
interest
|
-
|
11
|
16. Rent that
was paid to a subsidiary (Gav-Yam) by another subsidiary (Hadera
Paper).
|
Companies
controlled by the Company
|
-
|
26
|
17. A payment
for the purchase of products that was made by a subsidiary
(Shufersal) to another subsidiary (Hogla Kimberley).
|
Companies
controlled by the Company
|
-
|
210
|
|
18. Payments
made by a subsidiary (Shufersal) for the purchase of products for
an investee company (Yafora Tavori).
|
Investee
company
|
-
|
147
|
|
19. A payment
made by a subsidiary (Shufersal) for leasing services to a company
owned by a controlling shareholder who holds it jointly with his
relatives (Prime Lease Car Fleet Management Ltd.).
|
A
company controlled by a controlling shareholder
|
-
|
7
|
|
20. A
provision with regard to a consulting agreement with an interested
party with regard to the purchase of real estate abroad (Rock
Real).
|
Interested party in
the Company
|
-
|
62
|
|
* Related
party /interested party – relates to the relevant periods
presented in this table.
** Until March
9, 2013.
Note
34 – Segments
A. General
The
Company has implemented IFRS 8 on the subject of operating segments
in these financial statements. In accordance with IFRS 8, segment
information is presented with regard to the Company’s
operating segments, based on the Company's management and internal
reports ("The management reports").
The
Company regards as segments those companies with regard to which
the chief operating decision makers have regularly received
information, during the relevant reporting years, and which
constitute a significant economic component for the group,
including for the purpose of the allocation of
resources.
The segment results, as stated
below, include the Company’s share of the net profits
(losses) of a segmental company, the profit (loss) that the Company
generated from the disposal of or the depreciation or decrease in
value ofa segmental company, profit that the Company derived from
dividends that have been received from a segmental company, which
is classified as a financial asset that is measured at fair value
through the statement of income and from a profit or loss on a
change in value of a segmental company that is classified as a
financial asset that is measured at fair value through the
statement of income, in those cases where this information is
examined by the chief operating decision makers in the Company for
the purpose of the evaluation of segmental performance and for the
making of decisions regarding the allocation of
resources.
Manner of presenting the segment assets and
liabilities
Information
regarding the assets of the companies in a segment, as detailed
below, include the amount of the assets of the companies in the
segment in accordance with their financial statements Information
regarding the liabilities of the companies in a segment, includes
the liabilities of the companies in the sector in accordance with
their financial statements with the addition of loans that were
received, identified with the segment.
B. Manner
of presenting the segmental results
●
The results of the segments, which are reported below,
(taking into account the depreciation of the adjustment of fair value of the Company) include the various items in the segmental companie's statements of income, and less the non-controlling interests' share and constitute the Company’s share of the net income (loss) of the segmental companies.
●
In the item on the Group’s share in net profit
(loss) of the investee corporations treated using the equity value method, net, in the item of profit from the realization of investments and assets, dividends and profit derived from its rise to control while in the item on loss from the realization and reduction of investments and assets were also included the profit or loss, as the case may be, that the Company has generated from the disposal, writing down or impairment in value of its investments in segmental companies. Segment results , which are classified in the
Company books as financial assets measured by the fair value
through profit or
loss (Credit Suisse) also include ,
dividends received by the Group from
from the sement company, profit or loss from change in the segment
company value classified as a financial asset meausared by fair
value through profit and loss in 2014 and included in the section
on the results of discontinued operations (in the framework of
other segments).
The tax effect, if applicable, relating to said profits
(losses) is included
in the section on income tax.
C. Manner
of presenting results, assets and liabilities of Clal Holdings
Insurance Enteprises segment
In the
financial statements for 2013 and 2014, information regarding the
results, assets and liabilities of the Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise segment, classified in the Company’s books
starting from August of 2013 as an asset held for sale and asset
measured at fair value through the Statement of Incomeincludes the
results, assets and liabilities of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise according to its financial statements, after
implementing standard IFRS-9. Starting from the financial
statements of of 2015, segment results of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise include their change only in market value of the shares
of Clal s Insurance EnterpriseHoldings held by the Company (except
for selling costs). which are presented in the framework of the
discontinued activities and segment assets have the market value of
the Company holdings in Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise in
accordance with the information received by main operational
decision makers in 2015 on a regular and ongoing basis, with the
addition of loans that were received, identified with the
segment.
Note
34 – Segments (cont.)
B.
Manner of presenting the segmental results (cont.)
For
the year 2015
|
Cellcom
|
Property
and Buildings and projects in Los Vegas
|
Shufersal
|
(1)Adama
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise
|
(2)Others
|
Adjustments
|
Consolidated
|
|
NIS millions
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
sales and services
|
4,180
|
1,127
|
11,505
|
11,909
|
-
|
1,030
|
(11,773)
|
17,978
|
Gain on
the disposal and increase of value of investments and assets,
dividends and any resulting profit
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
19
|
236
|
255
|
Increase in the
fair value of real estate for investment and other
properties
|
-
|
382
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
48
|
439
|
Other
income
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
57
|
-
|
1
|
(50)
|
11
|
Financing
income
|
55
|
67
|
52
|
572
|
-
|
3
|
(362)
|
387
|
Total
segmental income in the year 2015
|
4,235
|
1,576
|
11,569
|
12,538
|
-
|
1,053
|
(11,901)
|
19,070
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
sales and services
|
2,741
|
472
|
8,783
|
8,139
|
-
|
847
|
(8,037)
|
12,945
|
Cost of
research and development
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
117
|
-
|
-
|
(62)
|
55
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
selling and marketing
|
611
|
24
|
2,459
|
2,077
|
-
|
82
|
(2,073)
|
3,180
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative and
general expenses
|
465
|
113
|
130
|
398
|
-
|
73
|
(262)
|
917
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Company’s
share in net profit (loss) of affiliated companies, accounted at
equity, net
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
(3)200
|
-
|
(11)
|
(174)
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
upon disposal, impairment and amortization of investments in
assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
43
|
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease in fair
value of investment property
|
-
|
102
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
28
|
130
|
Other
expenses
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
65
|
-
|
11
|
(85)
|
13
|
Financing
expenses
|
232
|
434
|
114
|
1,112
|
-
|
22
|
(612)
|
1,302
|
|
4,071
|
1,151
|
11,486
|
12,108
|
-
|
1,024
|
(11,234)
|
18,606
|
Income
(loss) before taxes on income
|
164
|
425
|
83
|
430
|
-
|
29
|
(667)
|
464
|
Taxes
on income
|
(47)
|
(206)
|
(15)
|
(192)
|
-
|
(6)
|
192
|
(274)
|
Non-controlling
interests in income (loss)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(255)
|
-
|
-
|
(255)
|
Income
(loss)from discontinued operations after taxation
|
(79)
|
(178)
|
(43)
|
(3)(240)
|
-
|
-
|
245
|
(295)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segmental results
for the year 2015 –attributed to Company
shareholders
|
38
|
41
|
25
|
(2)
|
(255)
|
23
|
(230)
|
(360)
|
Depreciation and
amortization included under expenses
|
525
|
10
|
405
|
685
|
-
|
42
|
|
|
Impairment in
value
|
4
|
-
|
20
|
(4)165
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Interest
revenue
|
49
|
74
|
23
|
148
|
-
|
1
|
|
|
Interest
expenses
|
169
|
464
|
150
|
417
|
-
|
15
|
|
|
(1)
The liabilities from the Adama segment as of December
31, 2015 specified below in this note include the host contract for
the hybrid financial instruments in a non-recourse loan for the
amount of NIS 2,911 million (the non-recourse loan is payable
through Adama shares as explained in Note 16(f)(1)(b) above)
whose financing revenues for it (re-evaluation, interest and rate
differences) for the year ending December 31, 2015 was NIS 192
million.These financing revenues were not presented as part of
the information related to the segment because they are not
part of the content of the internal segment statements of Adama
provided on a regular basis to the main operational decision makers
of the group. In addition, the liabilities of the Adama segment as
of December 31, 2015 including a segment placed for the value
of NIS 11 million, which are financing expenses for re-evaluation
of the segment for the year ending December 31, 2015 are NIS 100
million. These financing expenses were not presented as part
of the information related to the segment because they are not
part of the content of the internal segment statements of Adama
provided on a regular basis to the main operational decision makers
of the group.
(2) Including
the IDB Tourism segment and oil and gas assets.
(3) Including
the part of ChinaChemical in the results of Adama.
(4) Regarding the reduction of value entered for
Adama segment, see Note 16(f)(1)(b) above.
Note
34 – Segments (cont.)
B.
Manner of presenting the segmental results (cont.)
For
the year 2014
|
Cellcom
|
Property
and Buildings and projects in Los Vegas
|
Shufersal
|
Adama(1)
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise
|
Others(3)
|
Adjustments
|
Consolidated
|
|
NIS millions
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
sales and services
|
4,570
|
1,168
|
11,602
|
11,474
|
-
|
1,001
|
(11,269)
|
18,546
|
Income
from insurance enterpirses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15,044
|
-
|
(15,044)
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on
the disposal and increase of value of investments and assets,
dividends and any resulting profit
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
29
|
-
|
929
|
958
|
Increase in the
fair value of real estate for investment and other
properties
|
-
|
425
|
12
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
439
|
Other
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
2
|
-
|
(18)
|
1
|
Financing
income
|
100
|
98
|
85
|
462
|
-
|
3
|
452
|
1,200
|
Total
segmental income in the year 2015
|
4,670
|
1,691
|
11,699
|
11,953
|
15,075
|
1,004
|
(24,948)
|
21,144
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
sales and services
|
(6) 2,672
|
534
|
9,050
|
7,832
|
-
|
823
|
(7,688)
|
13,223
|
Cost of
insurance business
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11,787
|
-
|
(11,787)
|
-
|
Costs
and expenses in connection with insurance business and financial
services
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,556
|
-
|
(2,556)
|
-
|
Oil
exploration expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
78
|
(78)
|
-
|
Research and
development expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
120
|
-
|
-
|
(93)
|
27
|
Selling
and marketing expenses
|
(6)664
|
24
|
2,680
|
2,040
|
-
|
94
|
(2,007)
|
3,495
|
Administrative and
general expenses
|
463
|
132
|
125
|
400
|
-
|
83
|
(4),
(6) (169)
|
1,034
|
Company’s
share in net profit (loss) of affiliated companies, accounted at
equity, net
|
-
|
78
|
-
|
(5), (6)
534
|
(42)
|
-
|
(79)
|
491
|
Loss
upon disposal, impairment and amortization of investments in
assets
|
217
|
30
|
182
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
53
|
484
|
Decrease in fair
value of investment property
|
-
|
26
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
-
|
(21)
|
26
|
Other
expenses
|
39
|
-
|
1
|
11
|
41
|
13
|
(94)
|
11
|
Financing
expenses
|
298
|
502
|
158
|
908
|
218
|
19
|
(4)364
|
2,467
|
|
4,353
|
1,326
|
12,196
|
11,845
|
14,581
|
1,112
|
(24,155)
|
21,258
|
Income
(loss) before taxes on income
|
317
|
365
|
(497)
|
108
|
494
|
(108)
|
(793)
|
(114)
|
Taxes
on income
|
(129)
|
(161)
|
78
|
(5), (6)
(167)
|
(189)
|
(5)(1)
|
210
|
(359)
|
Non-controlling
interests in income (loss)
|
(219)
|
(147)
|
205
|
(192)
(7)
|
(305)
|
49
|
(4),
(6)390
|
(219)
|
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations after tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3)
(360)
|
64
|
-
|
(296)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segmental results
for the year 2014 –attributed to Company
shareholders
|
(31)
|
57
|
(214)
|
(251)
|
(360)
|
4
|
(193)
|
(988)
|
Depreciation and
amortization included under expenses
|
581
|
9
|
472
|
(5)
638
|
203
|
35
|
|
|
Impairment in value
included under expenses
|
(5) 216
|
-
|
234
|
507
|
21
|
-
|
|
|
|
67
|
76
|
54
|
131
|
1,337
|
1
|
|
|
Interest
expenses
|
251
|
502
|
168
|
387
|
190
|
17
|
|
|
Note
34 – Segments (cont.)
B.
Manner of presenting the segmental results (cont.)
(1) The
liabilities of the Adama segment as of December 31, 2014, which are
stated below in this note, include the host contract on a hybrid
financial instrument in respect of a non-recourse loan in an amount
of NIS 3,162 million (the non-recourse loan is repayable by means
of Adama shares, as detailed in Note 16.F.1.d. above), where the
financing income in respect thereof (re-assessment, interest and
linkage differences) for the year ended December 31, 2014 amounts
to NIS 502 million. This financing income has not been presented as
part of the information in respect of a segment, since it does not
form part of the internal reporting format, as part of the Adama
segment, which is routinely provided to the Group's chief operating
decision maker.
In
addition, the Adama segment liabilities as of December 31, 2014
include an embedded derivative with a value of NIS 93 million,
where financing expenses in respect of the revaluation of the
derivative for the year ended December 31, 2014 amounts to NIS 545
million. These financing expenses are not presented as part of the
information in respect of a segment, since it does not form part of
the format for the internal reporting, as part of the Adama
segment, which is routinely provided to the Group's chief operating
decision maker.
(2) Includes the
IDB Tourism and Oil and Gas Assets segments and Credit
Suisse.
(3) Restated as a
result of the discontinued operations of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise, see note 3(i)(1) above.
(4)
Insignificant adjustment of the comparison numbers, see Note
1(l)(2)(b) above.
(5)
Insignificant adjustment of comparison numbers of the
included company, see Note 1(F)(2)(a) above.
(6)
Reclassified.
(7) Including
part of the ChinaChem in the Adama results.
Note
34 – Segments (cont.)
B.
Manner of presenting the segmental results (cont.)
For
the year 2013
|
Cellcom
|
Property
and Buildings and projects in Los Vegas
|
Shufersal
|
Adama(1)
|
Credit
Suisse(2)
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise(3)
|
Others(4)
|
Adjustments(5)
|
Consolidated
|
|
NIS Millions
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
sales and services
|
4,927
|
1,306
|
11,909
|
11,130
|
-
|
-
|
1,059
|
(10,346)
|
19,985
|
Income
from insurance business
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
18,494
|
-
|
(18,494)
|
-
|
The
Company’s share of the net income (loss) of affiliated
companies accounted at equity, net
|
-
|
(10)
|
-
|
(6) (38)
|
-
|
5
|
(10)
|
114(6)
|
61
|
Gain in
the disposal of investments and assets, increase in value of the
investments and assets, dividends and gain on an increase to
control
|
3
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
637
|
32
|
(6)1
|
(4) (579)
|
96
|
Other
income
|
-
|
16
|
-
|
46
|
-
|
5
|
8
|
(51)
|
24
|
Increase in the
fair value of investment property
|
-
|
394
|
23
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
417
|
Financing
income
|
156
|
104
|
39
|
480
|
-
|
11
|
21
|
(146)
|
665
|
Total
segmental income in the year 2013
|
5,086
|
1,812
|
11,971
|
11,618
|
637
|
18,547
|
1,079
|
(29,502)
|
21,248
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
sales and services
|
(6) 2,919
|
661
|
9,098
|
7,746
|
-
|
-
|
860
|
(7,440)
|
13,844
|
Cost of
insurance business
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
14,568
|
-
|
(14,568)
|
-
|
Costs
and expenses in connection with insurance business and financial
services
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,708
|
-
|
(2,708)
|
-
|
Oil
exploration expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
113
|
(113)
|
-
|
Research and
development expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
108
|
108
|
Selling
and marketing expenses
|
(6)
708
|
29
|
2,417
|
1,884
|
-
|
-
|
105
|
(1,651)
|
3,492
|
Administrative and
general expenses
|
570
|
82
|
123
|
413
|
-
|
-
|
98
|
(147)
|
1,139
|
Impairment in value
of investment property
|
-
|
97
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
-
|
(21)
|
97
|
Loss on
the disposal, impairment and amortization of investments and
assets
|
-
|
(6) 6
|
91
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
41(6)
|
138
|
Other
expenses
|
2
|
-
|
12
|
6
|
-
|
30
|
-
|
(37)
|
13
|
Financing
expenses
|
402
|
654
|
168
|
987
|
-
|
245
|
(6)39
|
(5) (62)
|
2,433
|
|
4,601
|
1,529
|
11,909
|
11,036
|
-
|
17,572
|
1,215
|
(26,598)
|
21,264
|
Income
(loss) before taxes on income
|
485
|
283
|
62
|
582
|
637
|
975
|
(136)
|
(2,904)
|
(16)
|
Taxes
on income
|
(142)
|
(189)
|
(53)
|
(162)
|
6
|
(390)
|
(2)
|
628
|
(304)
|
Non-controlling
interests in income (loss)
|
(234)
|
(6) (106)
|
(39)
|
(7), (6)
(335)
|
(232)
|
(513)
|
(6) 117
|
(6),
(5)670
|
(672)
|
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations after tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(4)846
|
846
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
segmental results
for the year 2013 –attributed to shareholders in the
Company
|
109
|
(12)
|
(30)
|
85
|
411
|
72
|
(21)
|
(760)
|
(146)
|
Depreciation and
amortization included under expenses (6)
|
596
|
10
|
421
|
629
|
-
|
198
|
36
|
|
|
Impairment in value
included under expenses
|
7
|
-
|
83
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
-
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
98
|
69
|
39
|
84
|
-
|
1,684
|
2
|
|
|
Interest
expenses
|
308
|
539
|
151
|
438
|
-
|
254
|
39
|
|
|
Revenues for
cylinder transactions CHF/NIS
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Note
34 – Segments (cont.)
B.
Manner of presenting the segmental results (cont.)
(1) The
liabilities of the Adama Segment as of December 31, 2013, include
the host contract on a hybrid financial instrument in respect of a
non-recourse loan in an amount of NIS 3,664 million (the
non-recourse loan is repayable by means of Adama shares, as
detailed in Note 16.F.1.d. above), where the financing income in
respect thereof (interest and linkage differences) for the year
ended December 31, 2013 amount to NIS 89 million. This financing
income has not been presented as part of the information in respect
of a segment, since it does not form part of the internal reporting
format, as part of the Adama segment, which is routinely provided
to the Group's chief operating decision maker.
In
addition, the Adama segment liabilities as of December 31, 2013
include an embedded derivative with a value of NIS 620 million,
where the financing expenses in respect of the revaluation of the
derivative for the year ended December 31, 2013 amounted to NIS 72
million. These financing expenses are not presented as part of the
information in respect of a segment, since it does not form part of
the format for internal reporting, as part of the Adama segment,
which is routinely provided to the Group's chief operating decision
maker.
(2) The Credit
Suisse segment is classified as discontinued operations, as
detailed in Note 3.H.4.c above. The liabilities of the Credit
Suisse segment as of December 31, 2013, which are detailed further
on in this note, include NIS 431 million of loans from foreign
banks, where the financing income in respect of them (interest and
exchange differences) in the year ended December 31, 2013 amount to
NIS 48 million. This financing income is not presented as part of
the information in connection with a segment, since it does not
form part of the format for internal reporting, as part of the
Credit Suisse segment, which is routinely provided to the Group's
chief operating decision maker. In addition, financing income in
respect of liabilities for options on the exchange rate of the
Swiss Franc against the Shekel for the year ended December 31, 2013
amount to NIS 4 million. This financing income has been presented
as part of the Credit Suisse segment, but separately from the
segmental results (since they form part of the internal reporting
segment, under the Credit Suisse segment, routinely provided to the
Group's chief operating decision maker, but separately from the
segmental results).
(3) Includes the
IDB Tourism and Oil and Gas Assets segments.
(4) Derives
primarily from the elimination of inter-segmental balances that are
not consolidated with the Company's statements and are recorded in
the financial statements according to the equity method of
accounting as well as companies that do not comply with the
definitions for a segment of operations.
(5) Restated as a
result of the discontinued operations of Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise, see note (3)(j) above.
(6) Non material
adjustment of comparative figures, see Note 1.F.(3) B.
above
(7)
Reclassified.
Note
34 – Segments (cont.)
C. The
composition of the adjustments to consolidated
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
2015 (unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
Sales
and services
|
Segmental
results - attributed to the shareholders of the
Company
|
Sales
and services
|
Segmental
results - attributed to the shareholders of the
Company
|
Sales
and services
|
segmental
results - attributed to the shareholders of the
Company
|
|
NIS Millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cancellation of
amounts in respect of segments that are classified in the financial
statements as investee companies that are treated under the equity
method of accounting(1)
|
(11,909)
|
-
|
(11,474)
|
-
|
(11,130)
|
-
|
Inclusion of
headquarter results (DIC and Koor)
|
-
|
(261)
|
-
|
(1) (460)
|
-
|
(1) (744)
|
Investee companies,
which do not comply with the definition of a segment and other
adjustments
|
136
|
31
|
205
|
267
|
784
|
(16)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11,773)
|
(230)
|
(11,269)
|
(193)
|
(10,346)
|
(760)
|
(1)
Reclassification;
D. Segment
balance sheet figures
As
of December 31, 2015
|
|
Cellcom
|
Property
and Buildings and projects in Los Vegas
|
Shufersal
|
Adama
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise
|
Others
(1)
|
Adjustments
to consolidated
|
Consolidated
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1)
|
Segmental assets
*
|
6,278
|
15,947
|
7,230
|
16,902
|
1,445
|
816
|
(9,437)
|
39,181
|
*
|
Includes
investments in investee companies that are treated under the equity
method of accounting
|
-
|
573
|
69
|
275
|
-
|
58
|
|
|
2)
|
Segmental
liabilities
|
5,093
|
13,105
|
6,060
|
13,688
|
-
|
558
|
(3,180)
|
35,324
|
3)
|
Adjustments of fair
value, goodwill and surplus cost that are attributed to the
segment
|
1,463
|
132
|
667
|
355
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
(1)
Includes the IDB
Tourism segment and the Oil and Gas Assets.
Note
34 – Segments (cont.)
D. Segment
balance sheet figures (cont.)
As
of December 31, 2014
|
|
Cellcom
|
Property
and Buildings and projects in Los Vegas
|
Shufersal
|
Adama
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise
|
(1)Others
|
Adjustments
to consoldiated
|
Consolidated
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1)
|
Segmental assets
*
|
7,240
|
15,188
|
(3)7,012
|
(2)18,423
|
91,088
|
(3)905
|
(3)(99,079)
|
40,777
|
*
|
Includes
investments in investee companies that are treated under the equity
method of accounting
|
-
|
565
|
51
|
299
|
212
|
65
|
|
|
2)
|
Segmental
liabilities
|
6,148
|
13,228
|
(3)6,003
|
(2)15,304
|
86,785
|
(3)684
|
(90,704)
|
37,448
|
3)
|
Adjustments of fair
value, goodwill and surplus cost that are attributed to the
segment
|
1,444
|
132
|
752
|
536
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
(1) Includes the
IDB Tourism segment and the Oil and Gas Assets.
(2) Immaterial
adjustment of comparison numbers, see Note 1(l) and(2)
above.
(3) Reclassified.
Note
34 – Segments (cont.)
E. Composition
of adjustments of segment assets and obligations for the Consolated
Statements
Segment
assets
|
As
of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
(2)2014
|
|
NIS
millions
|
Cancelation of
amounts for segments classified in financial reports as investee
companies treated according to the equity method
|
(16,921)
|
(1)
(18,440)
|
Cancellation of
assets of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise, which are presented
as investments measured by fair value (as of December 31, 2015, as
held for sale)
|
-
|
(91,088)
|
Including the
amount investment in Clal Holdings Insurance
Enterprise
|
-
|
1,696
|
Including the
amount invested in investee companies treated according the equity
method as included in the financial statements
|
2,776
|
(1) 3,001
|
Including
adjustments for fair value of assets and good will of investee
companies
|
2,651
|
2,770
|
Including assets of
headquarter companies (the Company, Discount Investments and
Koor)
|
1,175
|
2,167
|
Including assets of
investee companies that do not meet the definition of segment and
other adjustments
|
882
|
815
|
|
|
|
|
(9,437)
|
(99,079)
|
|
|
|
As
of December 31
|
|
2015
|
(2)2014
|
Segment
Liabilities
|
NIS
millions
|
Cancelation of
amounts for segments classified in financial reports as investee
companies treated according to the equity method
|
(13,694)
|
(1) (15,309)
|
Cancellation of
liabilities of Clal Holdings Insurance Enterprise
|
-
|
(86,785)
|
Including
obligations of headquarter companies (the Company, Discount
Investments and Koor) except for liabilities attributed to
segments
|
10,691
|
(1)12,253
|
Including
adjustments for fair value of liabilities of
subsidiaries
|
347
|
392
|
investee companies
that do not meet the definition of segment and other
adjustments
|
(524)
|
(1,255)
|
|
|
|
|
(3,180)
|
(90,704)
|
1.
Immaterial adjustment of comparison numbess, See note 1(2)
above.
F. Capital
Investments
|
Cellcom
|
Property
and Building and projects in Las Vegas
|
Shufersal
|
Adama
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise
|
Others
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
2015
|
384
|
472
|
438
|
658
|
-
|
40
|
For
2014
|
487
|
468
|
458
|
667
|
405
|
25
|
For
2013
|
365
|
550
|
349
|
753
|
327
|
42
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
equity investment for a segment is the amount of the non-current
assets that have been added in the segmental company.
Note
34 – Segments (cont.)
G. The
types of products and services from which the reportable segments
generate their revenues:
- Cellcom
– Cellular telephone services, content and added value
services, other services and revenues from the sale of end-user
equipment in the cellular field, as well as internet connection
services, international telephony and f Internet television
services.
- Property
and Buildings and project in Las Vegas – the rental of
income-generating properties and residential
buildings.
- Shufersal
– Retail and the rental of income-generating
properties.
- Adama
– the sale of agro products and non-agro
products.
- Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise- operates through subsidiary
companies in the fields of insurance, pensions and provident funds,
in the field of financial services and in the holding of assets and
real businesses.
- Credit
Suisse – Financial services in the private banking field,
investment banking and asset management. (Credit Suisse ceased to
be a reportable segment in the Company’s financial statements
as from 2014.
H.
Additional
information regarding income from products and services from sales
of products and services by the Group companies
|
For the year ended December 31
|
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS millions
|
Revenues from sales
and services to external customers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cellular
-
|
Cellular
communications and other services
|
2,263
|
2,621
|
2,937
|
|
Landline
communications services
|
866
|
940
|
1,042
|
|
Sale of
telephone equipment
|
1,048
|
1,005
|
942
|
Real
estate
|
Leasing
of income-generating properties
|
893
|
829
|
822
|
|
Residential
construction
|
270
|
396
|
534
|
Retail
-
|
|
11,451
|
11,532
|
11,843
|
Tourism
-
|
|
1,030
|
1,001
|
1,059
|
Financial
-
|
Management fees
from trust funds, investment portfolios, providence funds and
advice and management of issuances
|
40
|
46
|
45
|
Other
products -
|
|
117
|
176
|
761
|
|
|
17,978
|
18,546
|
19,985
|
Note
34 – Segments (cont.)
I. Information
on the basis of geographical areas
The
country of residence of the Company and of some of the group
companies is Israel. Some of the segment companies produce their
revenues in foreign countries.
1. Revenues
from sales to external customers on the basis of geographical
location, based on the financial information in the Company's
consolidated financial statements
|
For
the year ended December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
NIS
millions
|
|
|
|
|
Israel
|
17,370
|
17,889
|
18,591
|
USA
|
472
|
473
|
951
|
Europe
|
90
|
112
|
273
|
Asia,
except for India and Japan
|
11
|
13
|
66
|
Others
|
35
|
59
|
104
|
|
17,978
|
18,546
|
19,985
|
|
|
|
|
2. Non-current
assets on a geographical basis*
|
As of December 31
|
|
2015
(unaudited)
|
2014
|
|
NIS millions
|
|
|
|
Israel
|
18,394
|
18,026
|
USA
|
4,340
|
4,105
|
Europe
|
51
|
54
|
|
22,785
|
22,185
|
|
|
|
* Excluding
investments in investee companies that are treated under the equity
method of accounting
Note
35 – Events Subsequent to the Date of the Statement of
Financial Position
A.
For details of an
agreed outline that was signed on February 25, 2016 (as amended on
March 1, 2016) between the trustees of the debt arrangement in IDB
Holdings, Dolphin Netherlands and the Company, to inject money into
the Company instead of the undertaking to perform tender offers for
the Company’s shares within the framework of the debt
arrangement in IDB Holdings and instead of making an offering to
the public pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors of
January 24, 2016, see note 16.G.(2)(f) above.
B.
For details of
correspondence with the trustees for the bondholders of the Company
and the actions of the trustees for the bondholders, including
actions of the trustee for the holders of the Company’s
series I bonds with regard to the aforesaid agreed outline, see
note 16.H above.
C.
For details about
developments regarding the Debt Arrangemetn at IDB Holdings, see
Note 16(2)(b)-(f) above.
D.
For details
regarding the finance options of IDB Tourism and Israir, see Note
16.F.6.(b) above.
E.
For details
regarding the updated bond rating of the Company, see Note 16(d)
above.
F.
The Board of
Directors of the investee companies decided on a distirubtion of
dividends in cash as follows:
Company
|
Date
of Decision
|
Date
of Payment
|
Total
Amt.
|
Share
of Discount Investments
|
|
NIS
Millions
|
Building and
Constrution
|
Feb.
2016
|
March
2016
|
100
|
76
|
Sufersal
|
Feb.
2016
|
April
2016
|
100
|
53
|
In
addition, in March of 2016, the Eliran Board of Directors decided
to act to file a motion in Court to carry out a distibution of a
total of $15 million not from profits. Said distribution is subject
to approval of the Court in accordance with Article 303 of the
Companies Law. Said distribution by Eliranof any amount is
also subject, in addition to said court approval, to an
adiditonal and separate approval by the Board of Directors
regarding the distribution itself, at its entire discretion,
without any certainty regarding the carrying out of
the distribution by Eliran, its date or amount.
G.
In March of 2016,
Cellcom issued in a private issuance to institional investors bonds
with par value of NIS 246 million from its existing series I (which
is not linked to the index) at a price reflecting an effective
interest of 4.06% annually for a total price of NIS 250
million.
H.
In regards to
claims filed against the investee companies after the date of the
financial position and changes applied after said date to the
conditional and pending claims on the date of the report of the
financial position, see Note 23 above.
Annex A – List of the Main Companies as of December 31,
2015
List
of the main companies directly held by the Company
Company
name
|
Holding
company
|
Holding
percentage
|
|
%
|
Discount Investment
Corporation Ltd.
|
IDB
Development Corporation Ltd.
|
76.43
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Clal
Holdings Insurance Enterprise Ltd.
|
IDB
Development Corporation Ltd.
|
54.92
|
Investment at
presented fair value
|
IDB
Tourism (2009) Ltd.
|
IDB
Development Corporation Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
IDB
Group Investment Inc. (1)
|
Maniv
Issues Ltd.
|
50.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Modiin
Energy Limited Partnership
|
IDB
Development Corporation Ltd.
|
9.12
|
Included
partnership
|
List
of the main companies held by Discount Investment Corporation
Ltd.
Company
name
|
Holding
company
|
Holding
percentage
|
|
%
|
Koor
Industries Ltd. (2)
|
Discount Investment
Corporation Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
|
|
|
|
Elron
Electronic Industries Ltd.
|
Discount Investment
Corporation Ltd.
|
50.32
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Bartan
Holdings and Investments Ltd. (2)
|
Discount Investment
Corporation Ltd.
|
55.68
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Epsilon
Investment House Ltd.
|
Koor
Investments Ltd.
|
68.75
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Property &
Building Corporation Ltd.(4)
|
Discount Investment
Corporation Ltd.
|
76.46
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Gav Yam
Land Ltd.
|
Property &
Building Corporation Ltd.
|
69.07
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Property and
Building International Investment Ltd.
|
Property &
Building Corporation Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Israel
Property Rental Corporation Ltd.(ISPRO) (1)
|
Property &
Building Corporation Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
MATAM -
Haifa Science Industries Center
|
Property &
Building Corporation Ltd.
|
50.10
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Neveh-Gad Building
& Development Ltd.
|
Property &
Building Corporation Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Hadarim
Properties Ltd.
|
Property &
Building Corporation Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
PBC USA
Investment Inc.
|
Property &
Building Corporation Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Cellcom
Israel Ltd. (4)
|
Discount Investment
Corporation Ltd.
|
41.77
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Netvision
Ltd.
|
Cellcom
Israel Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Shufersal Ltd.
(4)
|
Discount Investment
Corporation Ltd.
|
52.94
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Shufersal Real
Estate Ltd.
|
Shufersal
Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
RDC
Rafeal Development Ltd
|
Elron
Electronic Industiries Ltd.
|
50.10
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Adama
Agricultural Solutions Ltd. (4)
|
Koor
industries Ltd.
|
40.00
|
Included
|
(1) The other 50%
is held indirectly by Property & Building Corporation
Ltd.
(2) See note
3.H.4.b.
(3) Includes a
holding through another company in the Discount Investments Ltd.
group.
(4) 45.17% of
voting rights.
(5) Includes a
holding through companies that are fully owned by the holding
company.
Annex A – List of the Main Companies as of December 31,
2014 (cont.)
List
of the main companies held by IDB Tourism (2009) Ltd.
Company
name
|
Holding
company
|
Holding
percentage
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Clal
Travel & Tourism Holdings Ltd.
|
IDB
Tourism (2009) Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Terminal 1 Holdings
Ltd (formerly Diesenhaus)
|
Clal
Travel & Tourism Holdings Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Diesenhaus Unitours
Incoming Tourism (1998) Ltd.
|
Terminal 1 Holdings
Ltd (formerly Diesenhaus)
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Anadim
Tourism & Aviation Ltd.
|
IDB
Tourism (2009) Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Open
Ski Ltd.
|
Anadim
Tourism & Aviation Ltd.
|
53.50
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
Israir
Airlines & Tourism Ltd.
|
Anadim
Tourism & Aviation Ltd.
|
100.00
|
Consolidated
subsidiary
|
(6) The activity
of Diesenhaus Travel & Tourism (1979) Ltd. and the shares of
Diesenhaus Ramat Hasharon (1982) Ltd. were sold in July 2015, see
Note 3.H.6.b.
Annex B –Share Based Payments
The
main option programs for employees in the Company’s
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015:
The
fair value of the warrants issued to the employees in the investee
companies is measured using the Black and Scholes method. The
assumptions of the method include the share price on the date of
measurement, the price of realizing the instrument, the expected
fluctuation (on the basis of the weighed average of the historical
fluctuations of the Company shares over the forecast period of the
options and adjustment to expected changes as a result of publicly
available information), the weighed average over the expected
lifetime of the instruments (on the basis of overall previous
experience of the holders of the warrants) and the risk free
interest rate (on the basis of government bonds). The service
conditions are not taken into account at the time of determining
the fair value.
|
Cellcom
|
Shufersal
|
The
subsidiary company’s equity as of December 31,
2015
|
|
|
Number
of shares
|
100,604,578
|
221,181,322
|
Total
equity attributed to the shareholders of the subsidiary (in NIS
millions)
|
1,169
|
1,161
|
General
details of the plan
|
|
|
The
year in which the plan was approved
|
2006,
2015
|
2004
|
The
number of options remaining as of December 31, 2015, which have not
yet been granted
|
1,062,315
|
-
|
The
maximum contractual lifetime of the options at the time of their
grant
|
3.5-6
years
|
5
years
|
Vesting
|
|
|
The
number of vesting years from the time of the grant
|
2-4
|
3
|
The
vesting time of the first tranche – end of year from the date
of the grant
|
1
|
1
|
The
vesting time of the last tranche – end of year from the date
of the grant
|
2-4
|
3
|
The
percentage of the options vesting at the end of each
year
|
25%-50%
|
33.3%
|
The
exercise price (for the options in existence as of December 31,
2015)
|
|
|
The
base exercise price per share at the time of the grant of the
options
|
$5.91
– $27.90 a
|
11.45
NIS
|
Adjustment of the
exercise price for the distribution of dividends
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Adjustment of the
exercise price for a change in the index
|
No
|
No
|
The
share price of the subsidiary company on the Stock Exchange (for
the options in existence as of December 31, 2015)
|
|
|
At the
time of the grant (the time of the approval by the Board of
Directors)
|
$6.14
– $32.14
|
11.25
– 11.70 NIS
|
Movements in the
number of option warrants in circulation in 2015
|
|
|
Balance
as of January 1, 2015
|
638,865
|
|
Exercised in the
course of the year
|
2,660,000
|
5,850,000
|
Expired
or forfeited in the course of the year
|
297,278
|
|
Balance
as of December 31, 2015
|
2,873,190
|
5,850.190
|
Additional data as
of December 31, 2015
|
$5.67
|
|
Exercise price of
the options in circulation
|
$23.15
|
11.45
NIS
|
Weighted average
exercise price of the options in circulation
|
$7.40
|
11. 45
NIS
|
Number
of exercisable options
|
170,190
|
-
|
Weighted average
exercise price of the exercisable options
|
$15.13
|
-
|
Weighted average
lifetime of the options in circulation
|
2.5
years
|
4.2
years
|
Benefits inherent
in the options that have been granted (including in respect of
plans that have ended)
|
|
|
Expenses recorded
in the year 2015 (in NIS millions
|
3
|
1
|
Expenses recorded
in the year 2014 (in NIS millions)
|
3
|
-
|
Expenses recorded
in the year 2013 (in NIS millions)
|
9
|
-
|
(a) The
exercise price serves solely and exclusively for the purpose of
determining the benefit component of the options, in accordance
with which the quantity of shares that will actually be issued in
return for exercising the options will be calculated. Only the
nominal value of the shares that will be issued in return for
exercising the options will be paid when the options are
exercised.