Annual Report • Sep 25, 2019
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Washington, D.C. 20549
For the month of September 2019 Commission File Number: 001-35284
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THE TEXT OF THIS FORM 6-K, THE IFRS FINANCIAL RESULTS INCLUDED IN EXHIBIT 99.1 AND THE TEXT OF EXHIBITS 99.2 THROUGH 99.4 OF THIS FORM 6-K, ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE REGISTRANT'S REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM F-3 (NOS. 333-199696 AND 333-144171) AND FORM S-8 (NOS. 333-187533, 333- 102288 AND 333-92491), AND TO BE A PART THEREOF FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.
On September 25, 2019, Ellomay Capital Ltd. (the "Company") issued a press release titled "Ellomay Capital Reports Results for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 (the "Press Release"). As noted in the Press Release, pursuant to the terms of the Company's Series B Debentures, the Company annual interest rate on the Series B Debentures will increase by 0.5% commencing on the date of publication of the Press Release, due to a failure to meet one of the financial standards included in the Series B Debentures relating to the ratio of the Company's equity to balance sheet. For more information, see Item 5.B. and Exhibit 4.24 of the Company's annual report on Form 20-F, published by the Company on March 29, 2019.
The change in the annual interest rate on the Company's Series B Debentures will be implemented until such time as the Series B Debentures are repaid in full, declared for immediate repayment or until such time as the Company publishes financial results reflecting the Company's return to compliance with the ratio of the balance sheet to equity standard. The effect of the change will be as follows:
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This Report on Form 6-K of Ellomay Capital Ltd. consists of the following documents, which are attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein:
| Exhibit 99.1 | Press Release: "Ellomay Capital Reports Results for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2019," dated September 25, 2019. |
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| Exhibit 99.2 | Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements as at June 30, 2019 (Unaudited). |
| Exhibit 99.3 | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects for the six months ended June 30, 2019. |
| Exhibit 99.4 | Deed of Trust between the Registrant and Hermetic Trust (1975) Ltd., governing the Company's Series C Debentures, dated July 15, 2019 (translation of Hebrew version, the original language version is on file with the Company and is available upon request). |
Also attached hereto as Exhibit 101 are the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements As at June 30, 2019 (Unaudited), formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language), consisting of the following sub-exhibits:
| Exhibit Number | Document Description |
|---|---|
| EX-101.INS | XBRL Taxonomy Instance Document |
| EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema |
| EX-101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase |
| EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase |
| EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase |
| EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |
This report contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties, including statements that are based on the current expectations and assumptions of the Company's management. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this report regarding the Company's plans and objectives, expectations and assumptions of management are forward-looking statements. The use of certain words, including the words "will," "estimate," "project," "intend," "expect," "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on the Company's forward-looking statements. Various important factors could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those that may be expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements including additional the Company's ability to regain compliance with the financial covenants, changes in the market and potential defaults of the Company under the Series B Debentures. These and other risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business are described in greater detail in the filings the Company makes from time to time with Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F. The forward-looking statements are made as of this date and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Ellomay Capital Ltd.
By: /s/ Kalia Weintraub
Kalia Weintraub Chief Financial Officer
Dated: September 25, 2019

Tel-Aviv, Israel, September 25, 2019 – Ellomay Capital Ltd. (NYSE American; TASE: ELLO) ("Ellomay" or the "Company"), a renewable energy and power generator and developer of renewable energy and power projects in Europe and Israel, today reported its unaudited financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.
Ran Fridrich, CEO and a board member of Ellomay commented: "The results for first half of 2019 reflect an increase of approximately 26% in revenues and approximately 37% in gross profit compared to the first half of 2018. These results are in line with the company's projections. Project development expenses increased by approximately €1 million compared to the corresponding period last year. An approximate change of €2 million in financing expenses resulted from currency fluctuations (devaluation of the euro against the NIS during this period resulting in expenses in the amount of approximately €1.3 million, compared to a revaluation during the corresponding period last year resulting in income of approximately €0.7 million). Total equity increased from approximately €77 million to approximately €82.6 million, mainly as a result of the premium in connection with the sale of 49% of Talasol's shares. The company generated positive operating cash flow from of approximately €1.1 million. The company continues to intensively develop projects of significant size in the solar energy sector in Italy and Spain, and is vigorously working to promote the Menara cliff project.
Construction of the Talasol project (300 MWh in Spain) is advancing as planned. Most of the infrastructure work has been completed and the installation of the facilities is expected to begin shortly. Works to construct the high voltage line (22 kilometers long) have also begun. The Talasol project is expected to be operational in Q4 2020.
The works to construct a drying silo facility in the Netherlands' biogas plant are expected to end shortly and commencing the fourth quarter of 2019 the plants are expected to produce in full capacity. In parallel, we are advancing the issuance of permits that are expected to enable doubling the amount of waste that can be processed at the existing facilities."
EBITDA is a non-IFRS measure and is defined as earnings before financial expenses, net, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The Company presents this measure in order to enhance the understanding of the Company's historical financial performance and to enable comparability between periods. While the Company considers EBITDA to be an important measure of comparative operating performance, EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income or other statement of operations or cash flow data prepared in accordance with IFRS as a measure of profitability or liquidity. EBITDA does not take into account the Company's commitments, including capital expenditures, and restricted cash and, accordingly, is not necessarily indicative of amounts that may be available for discretionary uses. Not all companies calculate EBITDA in the same manner, and the measure as presented may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures presented by other companies. The Company's EBITDA may not be indicative of the historic operating results of the Company; nor is it meant to be predictive of potential future results. A reconciliation between results on an IFRS and non-IFRS basis is provided in the last table of this press release.
Ellomay is an Israeli based company whose shares are registered with the NYSE American and with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "ELLO". Since 2009, Ellomay Capital focuses its business in the renewable energy and power sectors in Europe and Israel.
To date, Ellomay has evaluated numerous opportunities and invested significant funds in the renewable, clean energy and natural resources industries in Israel, Italy and Spain, including:
Ellomay Capital is controlled by Mr. Shlomo Nehama, Mr. Hemi Raphael and Mr. Ran Fridrich. Mr. Nehama is one of Israel's prominent businessmen and the former Chairman of Israel's leading bank, Bank Hapohalim, and Messrs. Raphael and Fridrich both have vast experience in financial and industrial businesses. These controlling shareholders, along with Ellomay's dedicated professional management, accumulated extensive experience in recognizing suitable business opportunities worldwide. Ellomay believes the expertise of Ellomay's controlling shareholders and management enables the Company to access the capital markets, as well as assemble global institutional investors and other potential partners. As a result, we believe Ellomay is capable of considering significant and complex transactions, beyond its immediate financial resources.
For more information about Ellomay, visit http://www.ellomay.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties, including statements that are based on the current expectations and assumptions of the Company's management. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release regarding the Company's plans and objectives, expectations and assumptions of management are forward-looking statements. The use of certain words, including the words "estimate," "project," "intend," "expect," "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on the Company's forward-looking statements. Various important factors could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those that may be expressed or implied by the Company's forward-looking statements, including weather conditions, regulatory changes, changes in the supply and prices of resources required for the operation of the Company's facilities (such as waste and natural gas), changes in demand and technical and other disruptions in the operations or construction of the power plants owned by the Company. These and other risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business are described in greater detail in the filings the Company makes from time to time with Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F. The forward-looking statements are made as of this date and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Contact: Kalia Weintraub CFO Tel: +972 (3) 797-1111 Email: [email protected]
| December 31, 2018 Audited |
June 30, 2019 Unaudited |
June 30, 2019 Unaudited Convenience |
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|---|---|---|---|
| € in thousands | Translation into US\$ in thousands |
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| Assets | |||
| Current assets | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 36,882 | 55,535 | 63,253 |
| Marketable securities | 2,132 | 2,204 | 2,510 |
| Restricted cash and marketable securities | 4,653 | 1,315 | 1,498 |
| Receivable from concession project | 1,292 | 1,390 | 1,583 |
| Financial assets | 1,282 | 1,354 | 1,542 |
| Trade and other receivables | 12,623 | 11,407 | 12,992 |
| 58,864 | 73,205 83,378 29,158 33,210 27,746 843 960 798 26,510 30,194 25,710 128,766 146,662 87,220 - 4,134 4,709 4,987 5,680 4,882 10,917 12,434 2,062 2,903 3,306 2,423 6,658 7,583 1,455 214,876 244,738 152,296 288,081 328,116 211,160 6,932 7,895 5,864 9,266 10,554 8,758 3,191 3,632 2,126 2,985 3,400 3,103 22,374 25,481 19,851 |
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| Non-current assets | |||
| Investment in equity accounted investee | |||
| Advances on account of investments | |||
| Receivable from concession project | |||
| Fixed assets | |||
| Right-of-use asset | |||
| Intangible asset | |||
| Restricted cash and deposits | |||
| Deferred tax | |||
| Long term receivables | |||
| Total assets | |||
| Liabilities and Equity | |||
| Current liabilities | |||
| Current maturities of long term loans | |||
| Debentures | |||
| Trade payables | |||
| Other payables | |||
| Non-current liabilities | |||
| Lease liability | - | 3,940 | 4,488 |
| Long-term loans | 60,228 | 120,818 | 137,609 |
| Debentures | 42,585 | 40,542 | 46,176 |
| Deferred tax | 6,219 | 6,485 | 7,386 |
| Other long-term liabilities | 5,320 | 11,318 | 12,891 |
| 114,352 | 183,103 | 208,550 | |
| Total liabilities | 134,203 | 205,477 | 234,031 |
| Equity | |||
| Share capital | 19,980 | 19,988 | 22,766 |
| Share premium | 58,344 | 58,358 | 66,469 |
| Treasury shares | (1,736) | (1,736) | (1,977) |
| Transaction reserve with non-controlling Interests | - | 5,614 | 6,394 |
| Reserves | 1,169 | 1,156 | 1,317 |
| Accumulated deficit | 758 | (1,993) | (2,270) |
| Total equity attributed to shareholders of the Company | 78,515 | 81,387 | 92,699 |
| Non-Controlling Interest | (1,558) | 1,217 | 1,386 |
| Total equity | 76,957 | 82,604 | 94,085 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 211,160 | 288,081 | 328,116 |
* Convenience translation into US\$ (exchange rate as at June 30, 2019: euro 1 = US\$ 1.139)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (in thousands, except per share data)
| For the year ended December 31, 2018 |
For the three months ended June 30, 2018 |
2019 | For the six months ended June 30, 2018 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2019 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audited | Unaudited | Unaudited | Unaudited | ||||
| € in thousands | € in thousands | € in thousands | Convenience Translation into US\$* |
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| Revenues | 18,117 | 5,119 | 5,570 | 8,151 | 10,303 | 11,735 | |
| Operating expenses | (6,342) | (1,710) | (1,791) | (2,610) | (3,455) | (3,935) | |
| Depreciation expenses | (5,816) | (1,409) | (1,465) | (2,767) | (3,043) | (3,466) | |
| Gross profit | 5,959 | 2,000 | 2,314 | 2,774 | 3,805 | 4,334 | |
| Project development costs | (2,878) | (975) | (1,840) | (1,771) | (2,714) | (3,091) | |
| General and administrative expenses | (3,600) | (792) | (982) | (1,977) | (1,879) | (2,140) | |
| Share of profits of equity accounted investee | 2,545 | (662) | (1,133) | 501 | 31 | 35 | |
| Other income, net | 884 | 69 | - | 73 | - | - | |
| Operating profit (loss) | 2,910 | (360) | (1,641) | (400) | (757) | (862) | |
| Financing income | 2,936 | 475 | 480 | 1,588 | 870 | 991 | |
| Financing expenses in connection with derivatives | |||||||
| and other assets, net | 494 | 737 | 29 | 285 | 460 | 524 | |
| Financing expenses | (5,521) | (1,769) | (1,972) | (2,789) | (4,457) | (5,076) | |
| Financing expenses, net | (2,091) | (557) | (1,463) | (916) | (3,127) | (3,561) | |
| Profit (loss) before taxes on income | 819 | (917) | (3,104) | (1,316) | (3,884) | (4,423) | |
| Tax benefit (taxes on income) | (215) | 193 | (325) | 182 | (514) | (585) | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 604 | (724) | (3,429) | (1,134) | (4,398) | (5,008) | |
| Profit (loss) attributable to: | |||||||
| Owners of the Company | 1,057 | (642) | (2,040) | (898) | (2,751) | (3,132) | |
| Non-controlling interests | (453) | (82) | (1,389) | (236) | (1,647) | (1,876) | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 604 | (724) | (3,429) | (1,134) | (4,398) | (5,008) | |
| Other comprehensive income (loss) items that after initial recognition in comprehensive income (loss) were or will be transferred to profit or loss: |
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| Foreign currency translation differences for foreign | |||||||
| operations | (787) | 499 | (250) | (799) | 982 | 1,119 | |
| Effective portion of change in fair value of cash flow hedges |
(1,008) | 202 | (718) | (724) | (368) | (419) | |
| Net change in fair value of cash flow hedges | |||||||
| transferred to profit or loss | 643 | (277) | (94) | 478 | (1,104) | (1,257) | |
| Total other comprehensive income (loss) | (1,152) | 424 | (1,062) | (1,045) | (490) | (557) | |
| Total comprehensive loss for the period | (548) | (300) | (4,491) | (2,179) | (4,888) | (5,565) | |
| Basic net earnings (loss) per share | 0.10 | (0.06) | (0.19) | (0.08) | (0.26) | (0.29) | |
| Diluted net earnings (loss) per share | 0.10 | (0.06) | (0.19) | (0.08) | (0.26) | (0.29) | |
* Convenience translation into US\$ (exchange rate as at June 30, 2019: euro 1 = US\$ 1.139)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (in thousands)
| Attributable to shareholders of the Company | Non controlling Interests |
Total Equity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital |
Share Premium |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
Treasury shares |
Translation reserve from foreign operations € in thousands |
Hedging Reserve |
Transaction reserve with non controlling Interests |
Total | |||
| For the six month ended June 30, 2019: |
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| Balance as at January 1, 2019 | 19,980 | 58,344 | 758 | (1,736) | 1,396 | (227) | - | 78,515 | (1,558) | 76,957 |
| Loss for the period | - | - | (2,751) | - | - | - | - | (2,751) | (1,647) | (4,398) |
| Other comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | - | - | 1,459 | (1,472) | - | (13) | (477) | (490) |
| Total comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | (2,751) | - | 1,459 | (1,472) | - | (2,764) | (2,124) | (4,888) |
| Transactions with owners of the Company, recognized directly in equity: |
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| Sale of shares in subsidiaries to non-controlling interests |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 5,614 | 5,614 | 4,899 | 10,513 |
| Options exercise | 8 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | 19 |
| Share-based payments | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Balance as at June 30, 2019 | 19,988 | 58,358 | (1,993) | (1,736) | 2,855 | (1,699) | 5,614 | 81,387 | 1,217 | 82,604 |
| Attributable to shareholders of the Company Transaction |
Non controlling Interests |
Total Equity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital |
Share Premium |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
Treasury Shares |
Translation reserve from foreign operations |
Hedging Reserve |
reserve with non controlling Interests |
Total | |||
| US\$ in thousands* | ||||||||||
| For the six month ended June 30, 2019: |
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| Balance as at January 1, 2019 | 22,757 | 66,453 | 862 | (1,977) | 1,590 | (259) | - | 89,426 | (1,775) | 87,651 |
| Loss for the period | - | - | (3,132) | - | - | - | - | (3,132) | (1,876) | (5,008) |
| Other comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | - | - | 1,662 | (1,676) | - | (14) | (543) | (557) |
| Total comprehensive loss for the | ||||||||||
| period | - | - | (3,132) | - | 1,662 | (1,676) | - | (3,146) | (2,419) | (5,565) |
| Transactions with owners of the Company, recognized directly in equity: |
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| Sale of shares in subsidiaries to non-controlling interests |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 6,394 | 6,394 | 5,580 | 11,974 |
| Options exercise | 9 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | 22 |
| Share-based payments | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Balance as at June 30, 2019 | 22,766 | 66,469 | (2,270) | (1,977) | 3,252 | (1,935) | 6,394 | 92,699 | 1,386 | 94,085 |
* Convenience translation into US\$ (exchange rate as at June 30, 2019: euro 1 = US\$ 1.139)
| Attributable to shareholders of the Company | Total Equity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital |
Share Premium |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
Treasury shares |
Translation reserve from foreign operations |
Hedging Reserve € in thousands |
Transaction reserve with non controlling Interests |
Total | |||
| For the three month ended June 30, 2019: |
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| Balance as of March 31, 2019 | 19,988 | 58,356 | 47 | (1,736) | 2,710 | (887) | - | 78,478 | (1,898) | 76,580 |
| Loss for the period | - | - | (2,040) | - | - | - | - | (2,040) | (1,389) | (3,429) |
| Other comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | - | - | 145 | (812) | - | (667) | (395) | (1,062) |
| Total comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | (2,040) | - | 145 | (812) | - | (2,707) | (1,784) | (4,491) |
| Transactions with owners of the Company, recognized directly in equity: |
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| Sale of shares in subsidiaries to non-controlling interests |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 5,614 | 5,614 | 4,899 | 10,513 |
| Options exercise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Share-based payments | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Balance as at June 30, 2019 | 19,988 | 58,358 | (1,993) | (1,736) | 2,855 | (1,699) | 5,614 | 81,387 | 1,217 | 82,604 |
| Attributable to shareholders of the Company | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital |
Share premium |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
Treasury shares |
Translation reserve from foreign operations € in thousands |
Hedging Reserve |
Total | Interests | Equity | |
| For the year ended December 31, 2018: |
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| Balance as at January 1, 2018 Profit for the year Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year |
19,980 - - |
58,339 - - |
(299) 1,057 - |
(1,736) - - |
2,219 - (823) |
138 - (365) |
78,641 1,057 (1,188) |
(1,141) (453) 36 |
77,500 604 (1,152) |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year |
- | - | 1,057 | - | (823) | (365) | (131) | (417) | (548) |
| Transactions with owners of the Company, recognized directly in equity: |
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| Share-based payments | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| Balance as at December 31, 2018 | 19,980 | 58,344 | 758 | (1,736) | 1,396 | (227) | 78,515 | (1,558) | 76,957 |
| Attributable to shareholders of the Company | Total Equity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital |
Share Premium |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
Treasury shares |
Translation reserve from foreign operations € in thousands |
Hedging Reserve |
Total | ||||
| For the six month ended June 30, 2018: |
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| Balance as at January 1, 2018 | 19,980 | 58,339 | (299) | (1,736) | 2,219 | 138 | 78,641 | (1,141) | 77,500 | |
| Loss for the period | - | - | (898) | - | - | - | (898) | (236) | (1,134) | |
| Other comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | - | - | (822) | (246) | (1,068) | 23 | (1,045) | |
| Total comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | (898) | - | (822) | (246) | (1,966) | (213) | (2,179) | |
| Transactions with owners of the Company, recognized directly in equity: |
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| Share-based payments | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Balance as at June 30, 2018 | 19,980 | 58,341 | (1,197) | (1,736) | 1,397 | (108) | 76,677 | (1,354) | 75,323 |
| Attributable to shareholders of the Company | Total Equity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital |
Share Premium |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
Treasury shares |
Translation reserve from foreign operations € in thousands |
Hedging Reserve |
Total | Interests | |||
| For the three month ended June 30, 2018: |
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| Balance as of March 31, 2018 | 19,980 | 58,340 | (555) | (1,736) | 877 | (33) | 76,873 | (1,250) | 75,623 | |
| Loss for the period | - | - | (642) | - | - | - | (642) | (83) | (725) | |
| Other comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | - | - | 520 | (75) | 445 | (21) | 424 | |
| Total comprehensive loss for the | ||||||||||
| period | - | - | (642) | - | 520 | (75) | (197) | (104) | (301) | |
| Transactions with owners of the Company, recognized directly in equity: |
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| Share-based payments | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Balance as at June 30, 2018 | 19,980 | 58,341 | (1,197) | (1,736) | 1,397 | (108) | 76,677 | (1,354) | 75,323 |
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flow (in thousands)
| For the year ended December 31, 2018 |
For the three months ended June 30, 2018 |
For the three months ended June 30, 2019 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2018 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2019 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2019 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audited | Unaudited | Unaudited | Unaudited | Unaudited | Unaudited | ||
| € in thousands | Convenience Translation into US\$* |
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| Cash flows from operating activities | |||||||
| Loss for the period | 604 | (725) | (3,429) | (1,134) | (4,398) | (5,008) | |
| Adjustments for: | |||||||
| Financing expenses, net | 2,091 | 557 | 1,463 | 916 | 3,127 | 3,561 | |
| Depreciation | 5,816 | 1,409 | 1,465 | 2,767 | 3,043 | 3,466 | |
| Share-based payment transactions | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Share of profits of equity accounted investees | (2,545) | 662 | 1,133 | (501) | (31) | (35) | |
| Payment of interest on loan from an equity accounted | |||||||
| investee | 3,036 | - | 370 | 1,176 | 370 | 421 | |
| Change in trade receivables and other receivables Change in other assets |
(17) | (525) | (48) | 156 | (1,744) (708) |
(1,986) (806) |
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| Change in receivables from concessions project | 37 1,431 |
(536) 372 |
- 475 |
135 622 |
646 | 736 | |
| Change in accrued severance pay, net | 15 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 9 | |
| Change in trade payables | 633 | (21) | 556 | 328 | 1,065 | 1,212 | |
| Change in other payables | (1,565) | 113 | 638 | (310) | 1,054 | 1,202 | |
| Taxes on income | 215 | (193) | 325 | (182) | 514 | 585 | |
| Income taxes paid | (77) | (15) | - | (16) | - | - | |
| Interest received | 1,835 | 493 | 420 | 888 | 835 | 951 | |
| Interest paid | (4,924) | (2,215) | (2,450) | (2,597) | (2,655) | (3,024) | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 6,590 | 606 | 924 | 2,267 | 1,129 | 1,287 | |
| Cash flows from investing activities | |||||||
| Acquisition of fixed assets | (3,708) | (1,494) | (37,230) | (2,606) | (44,519) | (50,706) | |
| Acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash acquired | (1,000) | - | - | - | (1,000) | (1,139) | |
| Repayment of loan from an equity accounted investee | 1,540 | - | - | 490 | - | - | |
| Proceeds from marketable securities | 3,316 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Proceed from settlement of derivatives, net | 664 | 208 | - | 223 | 532 | 606 | |
| Proceed (investment) in restricted cash, net | (3,107) | 1,525 | (5,306) | 1,604 | (5,219) | (5,944) | |
| Repayment (grand) Loan to others | (3,500) | - | 3,500 | - | 3,500 | 3,986 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (5,795) | 239 | (39,036) | (289) | (46,706) | (53,197) | |
| Cash flows from financing activities | |||||||
| Repayment of long-term loans and finance lease | |||||||
| obligations | (17,819) | (14,550) | (3,652) | (14,727) | (4,158) | (4,736) | |
| Repayment of Debentures | (4,668) | - | (4,532) | - | (4,532) | (5,162) | |
| Proceeds from options | - | - | - | - | 19 | 22 | |
| Sale of shares in subsidiaries to non-controlling | |||||||
| interests | - | 34,461 | 14,062 | - | 14,062 | 16,016 | |
| Proceeds from long term loans, net | 34,745 | - | 41,470 | 34,501 | 58,894 | 67,079 | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 12,258 | 19,911 | 47,348 | 19,774 | 64,285 | 73,219 | |
| Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash | |||||||
| equivalents | (133) | 97 | (54) | (104) | (55) | (64) | |
| Increase in cash and cash equivalents | 12,920 | 19,641 | 9,182 | 21,648 | 18,653 | 21,245 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the | |||||||
| period | 23,962 | 25,969 | - | 23,962 | 36,882 | 42,008 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 36,882 | 45,610 | 9,182 | 45,610 | 55,535 | 63,253 |
* Convenience translation into US\$ (exchange rate as at June 30, 2019: euro 1 = US\$ 1.139)
| For the year ended December 31, |
For the six months ended June 30, | For the six months ended June 30, |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Unaudited | |||||||||
| € in thousands | Convenience Translation into US\$* |
||||||||
| 604 | (725) | (3,429) | (1,134) | (4,398) | (5,008) | ||||
| 2,091 | 557 | 1,463 | 916 | 3,127 | 3,561 | ||||
| 215 | (193) | 325 | (182) | 514 | 585 | ||||
| 5,816 | 1,409 | 1,465 | 2,767 | 3,043 | 3,466 | ||||
| 8,726 | 1,048 | (176) | 2,367 | 2,286 | 2,604 | ||||
| For the three months ended June 30, |
* Convenience translation into US\$ (exchange rate as at June 30, 2019: euro 1 = US\$ 1.139)
Pursuant to the Deeds of Trust governing the Company's Series A, B and C Debentures (together, the "Debentures"), the Company is required to maintain certain financial covenants. For more information, see Item 5.B of the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F.
As of June 30, 2019, the Company's Net Financial Debt (as such term is defined in the Deeds of Trust of the Company's Debentures) was approximately €44.8 million (consisting of approximately €137.8 million of short-term and long-term debt from banks and other interest bearing financial obligations and approximately €49.8 million in connection with the Series A Debentures issuances (in January and September 2014) and the Series B Debentures issuance (in March 2017), net of approximately €57.7 million of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities and net of approximately €85.1 million of project finance and related hedging transactions of the Company's subsidiaries).
The following is an internal pro forma consolidated statement of financial position of the Company as at June 30, 2019. This information is required under the Series B Deed of Trust in connection with the adoption of IFRS 16 "Leases" by the Company and provides the consolidated statement of financial position of the Company as of the date set forth below after elimination of the effects of adoption of IFRS 16. Based on the pro forma statement of financial position, the ratio of the Company's equity to balance sheet as of June 30, 2019 was 29.2%, triggering a right of the holders of our Series B Debentures to an increase in the annual interest rate applicable to the Series B Debentures of 0.5% until such time as we publish financial results reflecting an increase in such ratio to a minimum of 30%. As a result, the annual interest rate on the Company's Series B Debentures will be 4.19%. The Company will provide further information concerning the updated interest rate in a Form 6-K to be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
| June 30, 2019 |
|
|---|---|
| Unaudited | |
| Pro Forma € in thousands |
|
| Assets | |
| Current assets | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 55,535 |
| Marketable securities | 2,204 |
| Restricted cash and marketable securities | 1,315 |
| Receivable from concession project | 1,390 |
| Financial assets | 1,354 |
| Trade and other receivables | 11,407 |
| 73,205 | |
| Non -current assets |
|
| Investment in equity accounted investee | 29,158 |
| Advances on account of investments | 843 |
| Receivable from concession project | 26,510 |
| Fixed assets | 128,766 |
| Intangible asset | 4,987 |
| Restricted cash and deposits | 10,917 |
| Deferred tax | 1,872 |
| Long term receivables | 6,658 |
| 209,711 | |
| Total assets | 282,916 |
| Liabilities and Equity | |
| Current liabilities | |
| Current maturities of long term loans | 6,932 |
| Debentures | 9,266 |
| Trade payables | 3,191 |
| Other payables | 2,759 |
| 22,147 | |
| -current liabilities Non |
|
| Long -term loans |
120,818 |
| Debentures | 40,542 |
| Deferred tax | 5,461 |
| Other long -term liabilities |
11,318 |
| 178,139 | |
| Total liabilities | 200,286 |
| Equity | |
| Share capital | 19,988 |
| Share premium | 58,358 |
| Treasury shares | (1,736 ) |
| Transaction reserve with non -controlling Interests |
5,614 |
| Reserves | 1,156 |
| Accumulated deficit | (1,967 ) |
| Total equity attributed to shareholders of the Company | 81,413 |
| Non -Controlling Interest |
1,217 |
| Total equity | 82,630 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 282,916 |
_____________________________
In July 2019, the Company issued NIS 89,065,000 Series C Debentures in a public offering in Israel. The Deed of Trust governing the Series C Debentures includes an undertaking by the Company to maintain certain financial covenants, whereby a breach of such financial covenants for two consecutive quarters is a cause for immediate repayment. As of June 30, 2019, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in the Series C Deed of Trust as follows: (i) the Company's shareholders' equity was € 82.6 million, (ii) the ratio of the Company's Net Financial Debt (as set forth above) to the Company's CAP, Net (defined as the Company's consolidated shareholders' equity plus the Net Financial Debt was 35.2% and (iii) the ratio of the Company's Net Financial Debt to the Company's Adjusted EBITDA(1) was 3.8.
(1) The term "Adjusted EBITDA" is defined in the Series C Deed of Trust as earnings before financial expenses, net, taxes, depreciation and amortization, where the revenues from the Company's operations, such as the Talmei Yosef project, are calculated based on the fixed asset model and not based on the financial asset model (IFRIC 12), and before share-based payments. The Series C Deed of Trust provides that for purposes of the financial covenant, the Adjusted EBITDA will be calculated based on the four preceding quarters, in the aggregate. The Adjusted EBITDA is presented in this press release as part of the Company's undertakings towards the holders of its Series C Debentures. For a general discussion of the use of non-IFRS measures, such as EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA see above under "Use of NON-IFRS Financial Measures."
The following is a reconciliation between our net profit (loss) and the Adjusted EBITDA for the four-quarter period ended June 30, 2019:
| For the four quarter period ended June 30, 2019 |
|
|---|---|
| Unaudited | |
| € in thousands | |
| Net loss for the period | (2,660) |
| Financing expenses, net | 4,302 |
| Taxes on income | 911 |
| Depreciation | 6,092 |
| Adjustment to revenues of the Talmei Yosef project due to calculation based on the fixed asset model | 3,043 |
| Share-based payments | 6 |
| Adjusted EBITDA as defined the Series C Deed of Trust | 11,694 |
Exhibit 99.2
Ellomay Capital Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements As at June 30, 2019 (Unaudited)
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Interim Statements of Financial Position | F-2 |
| Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) | F-3 |
| Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Interim Statements of Changes in Equity | F-4 - F-7 |
| Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Interim Statements of Cash Flows | F-8 |
| Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Interim Financial Statements | F-9 - F-28 |
| June 30, 2019 |
December 31, 2018 |
June 30, 2019 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Unaudited) | (Audited) | (Unaudited) | |||
| Note | € in thousands | Convenience Translation into US\$ in thousands* |
|||
| Assets | |||||
| Current assets | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 55,535 | 36,882 | 63,253 | ||
| Marketable securities | 5 | 2,204 | 2,132 | 2,510 | |
| Restricted cash and marketable securities | 5 | 1,315 | 4,653 | 1,498 | |
| Receivable from concession project | 1,390 | 1,292 | 1,583 | ||
| Financial assets | 1,354 | 1,282 | 1,542 | ||
| Trade and other receivables | 6 | 11,407 | 12,623 | 12,992 | |
| 73,205 | 58,864 | 83,378 | |||
| Non-current assets | |||||
| Investment in equity accounted investee | 7 | 29,158 | 27,746 | 33,210 | |
| Advances on account of investments | 843 | 798 | 960 | ||
| Receivable from concession project | 26,510 | 25,710 | 30,194 | ||
| Fixed assets | 128,766 | 87,220 | 146,662 | ||
| Right-of-use asset | 4,134 | - | 4,709 | ||
| Intangible asset | 4,987 | 4,882 | 5,680 | ||
| Restricted cash and deposits | 5 | 10,917 | 2,062 | 12,434 | |
| Deferred tax | 2,903 | 2,423 | 3,306 | ||
| Long term receivables | 6 | 6,658 | 1,455 | 7,583 | |
| 214,876 | 244,738 | ||||
| 152,296 | |||||
| Total assets | 288,081 | 211,160 | 328,116 | ||
| Liabilities and Equity | |||||
| Current liabilities | |||||
| Current maturities of long term loans | 6,932 | 5,864 | 7,895 | ||
| Debentures | 9,266 | 8,758 | 10,554 | ||
| Trade payables | 3,191 | 2,126 | 3,632 | ||
| Other payables | 2,985 | 3,103 | 3,400 | ||
| 22,374 | 19,851 | 25,481 | |||
| Non-current liabilities | |||||
| Lease liability | 3,940 | - | 4,488 | ||
| Long-term loans | 120,818 | 60,228 | 137,609 | ||
| Debentures | 40,542 | 42,585 | 46,176 | ||
| Deferred tax | 6,485 | 6,219 | 7,386 | ||
| Other long-term liabilities | 11,318 | 5,320 | 12,891 | ||
| 183,103 | 208,550 | ||||
| 114,352 | |||||
| Total liabilities | 205,477 | 134,203 | 234,031 | ||
| Equity | |||||
| Share capital | 19,988 58,358 |
19,980 | 22,766 66,469 |
||
| Share premium | 58,344 | ||||
| Treasury shares | (1,736) | (1,736) | (1,977) | ||
| Transaction reserve with non-controlling Interests | 5,614 | - | 6,394 | ||
| Reserves | 1,156 | 1,169 | 1,317 | ||
| Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) | (1,993) | 758 | (2,270) | ||
| Total equity attributed to shareholders of the Company | 81,387 | 78,515 | 92,699 | ||
| Non-Controlling Interest | 1,217 | (1,558) | 1,386 | ||
| Total equity | 82,604 | 76,957 | 94,085 | ||
| Total liabilities and equity | 288,081 | 211,160 | 328,116 |
* Convenience translation into US\$ (exchange rate as at June 30, 2019: EUR 1 = US\$ 1.139)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
| For the six months ended June 30, 2019 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2018 |
For the year ended December 31, 2018 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2019 (Unaudited) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Audited) | |||
| € in thousands (except per share amounts) | Convenience Translation into US\$* |
||||
| Revenues | 10,303 | 8,151 | 18,117 | 11,735 | |
| Operating expenses | (3,455) | (2,610) | (6,342) | (3,935) | |
| Depreciation and amortization expenses | (3,043) | (2,767) | (5,816) | (3,466) | |
| Gross profit | 3,805 | 2,774 | 5,959 | 4,334 | |
| Project development costs | (2,714) | (1,771) | (2,878) | (3,091) | |
| General and administrative expenses | (1,879) | (1,977) | (3,600) | (2,140) | |
| Share of profits of equity accounted investee | 31 | 501 | 2,545 | 35 | |
| Other income, net | - | 73 | 884 | - | |
| Operating profit (Loss) | (757) | (400) | 2,910 | (862) | |
| Financing income | 870 | 1,588 | 2,936 | 991 | |
| Financing income in connection with derivatives, net | 460 | 285 | 494 | 524 | |
| Financing expenses | (4,457) | (2,789) | (5,521) | (5,076) | |
| Financing expenses, net | (3,127) | (916) | (2,091) | (3,561) | |
| Profit (loss) before taxes on income | (3,884) | (1,316) | 819 | (4,423) | |
| Tax benefit (Taxes on income) | (514) | 182 | (215) | (585) | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | (4,398) | (1,134) | 604 | (5,008) | |
| Profit (loss) attributable to: | |||||
| Owners of the Company | (2,751) | (898) | 1,057 | (3,132) | |
| Non-controlling interests | (1,647) | (236) | (453) | (1,876) | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | (4,398) | (1,134) | 604 | (5,008) | |
| Other comprehensive income (loss) items that | |||||
| after initial recognition in comprehensive income | |||||
| (loss) were or will be transferred to profit or loss: | |||||
| Foreign currency translation differences for foreign | |||||
| Operations | 982 | (799) | (787) | 1,119 | |
| Effective portion of change in fair value of cash flow | |||||
| Hedges | (368) | (724) | (1,008) | (419) | |
| Net change in fair value of cash flow hedges | |||||
| transferred to profit or loss | (1,104) | 478 | 643 | (1,257) | |
| Total other comprehensive loss | (490) | (1,045) | (1,152) | (557) | |
| Total comprehensive loss for the period | (4,888) | (2,179) | (548) | (5,565) | |
| Basic earnings (loss) per share | (0.26) | (0.08) | 0.10 | (0.29) | |
| Diluted earnings (loss) per share | (0.26) | (0.08) | 0.10 | (0.29) |
* Convenience translation into US\$ (exchange rate as at June 30, 2019: EUR 1 = US\$ 1.139)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
| Attributable to shareholders of the Company | Non controlling Interests |
Total Equity |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital |
Share Premium |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
Treasury shares |
Translation reserve from foreign operations |
Hedging Reserve € in thousands |
Transaction reserve with non controlling Interests |
Total | |||
| For the six month ended June 30, 2019 | ||||||||||
| (unaudited) Balance as at January 1, 2019 |
19,980 | 58,344 | 758 | (1,736) | 1,396 | (227) | - | 78,515 | (1,558) | 76,957 |
| Loss for the period | - | - | (2,751) | - | - | - | - | (2,751) | (1,647) | (4,398) |
| Other comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | - | - | 1,459 | (1,472) | - | (13) | (477) | (490) |
| Total comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | (2,751) | - | 1,459 | (1,472) | - | (2,764) | (2,124) | (4,888) |
| Transactions with owners of the Company, recognized directly in equity: |
||||||||||
| Sale of shares in subsidiaries to | ||||||||||
| non-controlling interests (see Note 7) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5,614 | 5,614 | 4,899 | 10,513 |
| Options exercise | 8 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | 19 |
| Share-based payments | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Balance as at June 30, 2019 | 19,988 | 58,358 | (1,993) | (1,736) | 2,855 | (1,699) | 5,614 | 81,387 | 1,217 | 82,604 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
| Attributable to shareholders of the Company | Non controlling Interests |
Total Equity |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital |
Share Premium |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
Treasury shares |
Translation reserve from foreign operations € in thousands |
Hedging Reserve |
Total | ||||
| For the six month ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited) |
||||||||||
| Balance as at January 1, 2018 | 19,980 | 58,339 | (299) | (1,736) | 2,219 | 138 | 78,641 | (1,141) | 77,500 | |
| Loss for the period | - | - | (898) | - | - | - | (898) | (236) | (1,134) | |
| Other comprehensive loss for the period | - | - | - | - | (822) | (246) | (1,068) | 23 | (1,045) | |
| Total comprehensive loss for the period | - | - | (898) | - | (822) | (246) | (1,966) | (213) | (2,179) | |
| Transactions with owners of the Company, recognized directly in equity: |
||||||||||
| Share-based payments | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Balance as at June 30, 2018 | 19,980 | 58,341 | (1,197) | (1,736) | 1,397 | (108) | 76,677 | (1,354) | 75,323 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
| Attributable to shareholders of the Company | Non controlling Interests |
Total Equity |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital |
Share premium |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
Treasury shares |
Translation reserve from foreign operations € in thousands |
Hedging Reserve |
Total | |||
| For the year ended December 31, 2018 | |||||||||
| (audited) | |||||||||
| Balance as at January 1, 2018 | 19,980 | 58,339 | (299) | (1,736) | 2,219 | 138 | 78,641 | (1,141) | 77,500 |
| Profit for the year | - | - | 1,057 | - | - | - | 1,057 | (453) | 604 |
| Other comprehensive income (loss) for the | |||||||||
| year | - | - | - | - | (823) | (365) | (1,188) | 36 | (1,152) |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) for the | |||||||||
| year | - | - | 1,057 | - | (823) | (365) | (131) | (417) | (548) |
| Transactions with owners of the | |||||||||
| Company, recognized directly in equity: | |||||||||
| Share-based payments | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| Balance as at December 31, 2018 | 19,980 | 58,344 | 758 | (1,736) | 1,396 | (227) | 78,515 | (1,558) | 76,957 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements
| Attributable to shareholders of the Company | Non controlling Interests |
Total Equity |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital |
Share Premium |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
Treasury shares |
Translation reserve from foreign operations |
Hedging Reserve US\$ in thousands* |
Transaction reserve with non controlling Interests |
Total | |||
| For the six month ended June 30, 2019 (unaudited) |
||||||||||
| Balance as at January 1, 2019 | 22,757 | 66,453 | 862 | (1,977) | 1,590 | (259) | - | 89,426 | (1,775) | 87,651 |
| Loss for the period | - | - | (3,132) | - | - | - | - | (3,132) | (1,876) | (5,008) |
| Other comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | - | - | 1,662 | (1,676) | - | (14) | (543) | (557) |
| Total comprehensive loss for the period |
- | - | (3,132) | - | 1,662 | (1,676) | - | (3,146) | (2,419) | (5,565) |
| Transactions with owners of the Company, recognized directly in equity: |
||||||||||
| Sale of shares in subsidiaries to | ||||||||||
| non-controlling interests (see Note 7) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6,394 | 6,394 | 5,580 | 11,974 |
| Options exercise | 9 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | 22 |
| Share-based payments | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Balance as at June 30, 2019 | 22,766 | 66,469 | (2,270) | (1,977) | 3,252 | (1,935) | 6,394 | 92,699 | 1,386 | 94,085 |
* Convenience translation into US\$ (exchange rate as at June 30, 2019: EUR 1 = US\$ 1.139)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements
| For the six months ended June 30, 2019 (Unaudited) |
For the six months ended June 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
For the year ended December 31, 2018 (Audited) |
For the six months ended June 30, 2019 (Unaudited) Convenience Translation into US\$* |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| € in thousands | |||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | |||||
| Income (loss) for the period | (4,398) | (1,134) | 604 | (5,008) | |
| Adjustments for: | |||||
| Financing expenses, net | 3,127 | 916 | 2,091 | 3,561 | |
| Depreciation | 3,043 | 2,767 | 5,816 | 3,466 | |
| Share-based payment transactions | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Share of losses (profits) of equity accounted investees | (31) | (501) | (2,545) | (35) | |
| Payment of interest on loan from an equity | |||||
| accounted investee | 370 | 1,176 | 3,036 | 421 | |
| Change in trade receivables and other receivables | (1,744) | 156 | (17) | (1,986) | |
| Change in other assets | (708) | 135 | 37 | (806) | |
| Change in receivables from concessions project | 646 | 622 | 1,431 | 736 | |
| Change in accrued severance pay, net | 8 | 17 | 15 | 9 | |
| Change in trade payables | 1,065 | 328 | 633 | 1,212 | |
| Change in other payables | 1,054 | (310) | (1,565) | 1,202 | |
| Income tax expense (tax benefit) | 514 | (182) | 215 | 585 | |
| Income taxes paid | - | (16) | (77) | - | |
| Interest received | 835 | 888 | 1,835 | 951 | |
| Interest paid | (2,655) | (2,597) | (4,924) | (3,024) | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 1,129 | 2,267 | 6,590 | 1,287 | |
| Cash flows from investing activities | |||||
| Acquisition of fixed assets | (44,519) | (2,606) | (3,708) | (50,706) | |
| Acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash acquired | (1,000) | - | (1,000) | (1,139) | |
| Repayment of loan from an equity accounted investee | - | 490 | 1,540 | - | |
| Proceeds from marketable securities | - | - | 3,316 | - | |
| Proceeds from settlement of derivatives, net | 532 | 223 | 664 | 606 | |
| Proceeds (investment) in restricted cash, net | (5,219) | 1,604 | (3,107) | (5,944) | |
| Repayment (grant) of loan to others | 3,500 | - | (3,500) | 3,986 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (46,706) | (289) | (5,795) | (53,197) | |
| Cash flows from financing activities | |||||
| Repayment of long-term loans and finance lease | |||||
| Obligations | (4,158) | (14,727) | (17,819) | (4,736) | |
| Repayment of Debentures | (4,532) | - | (4,668) | (5,162) | |
| Proceeds from options | 19 | - | - | 22 | |
| Sale of shares and shareholders loan in subsidiaries to non-controlling interests | 14,062 | - | - | 16,016 | |
| Proceeds from long term loans, net | 58,894 | 34,501 | 34,745 | 67,079 | |
| Net cash from financing activities | 64,285 | 19,774 | 12,258 | 73,219 | |
| Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash | |||||
| equivalents | (55) | (104) | (133) | (64) | |
| Increase in cash and cash equivalents | 18,653 | 21,648 | 12,920 | 21,245 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning | |||||
| of the period | 36,882 | 23,962 | 23,962 | 42,008 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 55,535 | 45,610 | 36,882 | 63,253 | |
* Convenience translation into US\$ (exchange rate as at June 30, 2019: EUR 1 = US\$ 1.139)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Ellomay Capital Ltd. (hereinafter - the "Company"), is an Israeli Company involved in the production of renewable and clean energy. The Company owns seventeen PV Plants that are operating and connected to their respective national grids as follows: (i) twelve photovoltaic plants in Italy with an aggregate installed capacity of approximately 22.6 MWp, (ii) four photovoltaic plants in Spain with an aggregate installed capacity of approximately 7.9 MWp and (iii) one photovoltaic plant in Israel with an installed capacity of approximately 9 MWp. In addition, the Company owns: (i) 9.375% of Dorad Energy Ltd. (hereinafter - "Dorad"), which owns an approximate 850 MWp bi-fuel operated power plant in the vicinity of Ashkelon, Israel, (ii) 51% of Groen Gas Goor B.V and of Groen Gas Oude-Tonge B.V., project companies developing anaerobic digestion plants with a green gas production capacity of approximately 375 Nm3/h, in Goor, the Netherlands and 475 Nm3/h, in Oude Tonge, the Netherlands, respectively, (iii) 51% Talasol Solar S.L.U (hereinafter – "Talasol"), which is involved in a project to construct a photovoltaic plant with a peak capacity of 300 MW in the municipality of Talaván, Cáceres, Spain (hereinafter – the "Talasol Project"), and (iv) 75% of Chashgal Elyon Ltd., Agira Sheuva Electra, L.P. and Ellomay Pumped Storage (2014) Ltd., all of which are involved in a project to construct a 156 MW pumped storage hydro power plant in the Manara Cliff, Israel.
The ordinary shares of the Company are listed on the NYSE American and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (under the symbol "ELLO"). The address of the Company's registered office is 9 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv, Israel.
In April 2019, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ellomay Luxembourg Holdings, S.à.r.l. sold 49% of the outstanding shares of Talasol to GSE 3 UK Limited and Fond-ICO Infraestructuras II, FICC (24.5%, respectively) (together, the "Partners") pursuant to a Credit Facilities Assignment and Sale and Purchase of Shares Agreement (the "SPA"). Following consummation of the transactions contemplated by the SPA, the Company indirectly owns 51% of Talasol's shares. For further information see Note 7.
On April 30, 2019, the Talasol Project reached financial closing. Total CAPEX of the Talasol Project is expected to be approximately €228 million, of which an aggregate amount of approximately €131 million will be provided by a term loan under the project finance obtained by Talasol from Rabobank, ABN AMRO and Deutsche Bank (commercial tranche) and the European Investment Bank. For more information see Note 10.
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting and do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements. They should be read in conjunction with the financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2018 (hereinafter – "the annual financial statements").
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements were authorized for issue on September 25, 2019.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to exercise judgment when making assessments, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Except as described below and that mentioned in Note 3.A, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Company's accounting policies and the principal assumptions used in the estimation of uncertainty were the same as those that applied to the annual financial statements.
| Estimate/judgment | Principal assumptions | Possible effects |
|---|---|---|
| Determining whether an arrangement contains a lease |
In order to determine whether an arrangement contains a lease, the Company assesses whether the arrangement conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration, while examining whether throughout the lease term it has the right to obtain substantially all the economic benefits from use of the identified asset and the right to direct the identified asset's use. |
Recognition of right-of-use asset and lease liabilities or recognition of current expenses. |
| Determining the lease term | In order to determine the lease term, the Company takes into consideration the period over which the lease is non-cancellable, including renewal options that it is reasonably certain it will exercise and/or termination options that it is reasonably certain it will not exercise. |
An increase or decrease in the initial measurement of a right-of-use asset and lease liability and in depreciation and financing expenses in subsequent periods. |
Except as described below, the accounting policies applied by the Company in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those applied by the Company in its annual financial statements. Presented hereunder is a description of the changes in accounting policies applied in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements and their effect:
As from January 1, 2019 the Company applies the new standards and amendments to standards described below:
As from January 1, 2019 (hereinafter: "the date of initial application") the Company applies International Financial Reporting Standard 16, Leases (hereinafter: "IFRS 16" or "the standard"), which replaced International Accounting Standard 17, Leases (hereinafter: "IAS 17" or "the previous standard").
The main effect of the standard's application is reflected in annulment of the existing requirement from lessees to classify leases as operating (off-balance sheet) or finance leases and the presentation of a unified model for lessees to account for all leases similarly to the accounting treatment of finance leases in the previous standard. Until the date of application, the Company classified most of the leases in which it is the lessee as operating leases, as it did not substantially bear all the risks and rewards from the assets.
In accordance with IFRS 16, for agreements in which the Company is the lessee, the Company recognizes a right-of-use asset and a lease liability at the inception of the lease contract for all the leases in which the Company has a right to control identified assets for a specified period of time, other than exceptions specified in the standard. Accordingly, the Company recognizes depreciation and amortization expenses in respect of a right-of-use asset, tests a right-of-use asset for impairment in accordance with IAS 36 and recognizes financing expenses on a lease liability. Therefore, as from the date of initial application, lease payments relating to assets leased under an operating lease, which were presented as part of general and administrative expenses in the income statement, are capitalized to assets and written down as depreciation and amortization expenses.
The Company elected to apply the standard using the modified retrospective approach, with an adjustment to the balance of retained earnings as at January 1, 2019 and without a restatement of comparative data. In respect of all the leases, the Company elected to apply the transitional provisions such that on the date of initial application it recognized a liability at the present value of the balance of future lease payments discounted at its incremental borrowing rate at that date calculated according to the average duration of the remaining lease period as from the date of initial application, and concurrently recognized a right-of-use asset at the same amount of the liability, adjusted for any prepaid or accrued lease payments that were recognized as an asset or liability before the date of initial application. Therefore, application of the standard did not have an effect on the Company's equity at the date of initial application.
Furthermore, as part of the initial application of the standard, the Company has chosen to apply the following expedients:
The table below presents the cumulative effects of the items affected by the initial application on the statement of financial position as at January 1, 2019:
| According to | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAS 17 | The change | IFRS 16 | ||
| (Unaudited) | ||||
| € in thousands | ||||
| Right-of-use asset | - | 4,192 | 4,192 | |
| Deferred tax assets | - | 1,040 | 1,040 | |
| Lease liabilities | - | 4,192 | 4,192 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | - | 1,040 | 1,040 |
In measurement of the lease liabilities, the Company discounted lease payments using the nominal incremental borrowing rate at January 1, 2019. The discount rates used to measure the lease liability range between 2.56% and 4.57% (weighted average of 3.4%). This range is affected by differences in the lease term, differences between asset groups, and so forth.
As a result of applying IFRS 16, in relation to the leases that were classified as operating leases according to IAS 17, the Company recognized right-of-use assets and lease liabilities as at June 30, 2019 in the amount of EUR 4,134 thousand and EUR 4,167 thousand, respectively. Furthermore, instead of recognizing lease expenses in relation to those leases, during the six month period ended June 30, 2019 the Company recognized additional depreciation expenses in the amount of EUR 144 thousand, and additional financing expenses in the amount of EUR 110 thousand.
Presented hereunder are the main changes in accounting policies following the application of IFRS 16 as from January 1, 2019.
On the inception date of the lease, the Company determines whether the arrangement is a lease or contains a lease, while examining if it conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. In its assessment of whether an arrangement conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset, the Company assesses whether it has the following two rights throughout the lease term:
Contracts that award the Company control over the use of a leased asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration, are accounted for as leases. Upon initial recognition, the Company recognizes a liability at the present value of the balance of future lease payments (these payments do not include certain variable lease payments), and concurrently recognizes a right-of-use asset at the same amount of the lease liability, adjusted for any prepaid or accrued lease payments.
Since the interest rate implicit in the Company's leases is not readily determinable, the incremental borrowing rate of the lessee is used. Subsequent to initial recognition, the right-of-use asset is accounted for using the cost model, and depreciated over the shorter of the lease term or useful life of the asset.
The Company elected to apply the practical expedient by which short-term leases of up to one year and/or leases in which the underlying asset has a low value, are accounted for such that lease payments are recognized in profit or loss on a straight-line basis, over the lease term, without recognizing an asset and/or liability in the statement of financial position.
The lease term is the non-cancellable period of the lease plus periods covered by an extension or termination option if it is reasonably certain that the lessee will or will not exercise the option, respectively.
Variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate, are initially measured using the index or rate existing at the commencement of the lease and are included in the measurement of the lease liability. When the cash flows of future lease payments change as the result of a change in an index or a rate, the balance of the liability is adjusted against the right-of-use asset.
Other variable lease payments that are not included in the measurement of the lease liability are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which the event or condition that triggers payment occurs.
After lease commencement, a right-of-use asset is measured on a cost basis less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses and is adjusted for remeasurements of the lease liability. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the useful life or contractual lease period, whichever earlier, for Lands of PV sites- 20- 25 years.
IFRIC 23 clarifies how to apply the recognition and measurement requirements of IAS 12 for uncertainties in income taxes. According to IFRIC 23, when determining the taxable profit (loss), tax bases, unused tax losses, unused tax credits and tax rates when there is uncertainty over income tax treatments, the entity should assess whether it is probable that the tax authority will accept its tax position. Insofar as it is probable that the tax authority will accept the entity's tax position, the entity will recognize the tax effects on the financial statements according to that tax position. On the other hand, if it is not probable that the tax authority will accept the entity's tax position, the entity is required to reflect the uncertainty in its accounts by using one of the following methods: the most likely outcome or the expected value. IFRIC 23 clarifies that when the entity examines whether or not it is probable that the tax authority will accept the entity's position, it is assumed that the tax authority with the right to examine any amounts reported to it will examine those amounts and that it has full knowledge of all relevant information when doing so. Furthermore, according to IFRIC 23 an entity has to consider changes in circumstances and new information that may change its assessment. IFRIC 23 also emphasizes the need to provide disclosures of the judgments and assumptions made by the entity regarding uncertain tax positions. IFRIC 23 is applied using the cumulative effect approach. The application of IFRIC 23 did not have a material effect on the financial statements.
The Amendment clarifies that for long-term interests that form part of the entity's net investment in the associate or joint venture, the entity shall first apply the requirements of IFRS 9 and then apply the instructions of IAS 28 with respect to the remainder of those interests, so that the long-term interests are in the scope of both IFRS 9 and IAS 28. The Amendment clarifies that for long-term interests that form part of the entity's net investment in the associate or joint venture, the entity shall first apply the requirements of IFRS 9 and then apply the instructions of IAS 28 with respect to the remainder of those interests, so that the long-term interests are in the scope of both IFRS 9 and IAS 28. The application of the Amendment did not have a material effect on the financial statements.
Solar power production has a seasonal cycle due to its dependency on the direct and indirect sunlight and the effect the amount of sunlight has on the output of energy produced. Thus, low radiation levels during the winter months decrease power production.
| June 30, | December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | ||
| € in thousands | |||
| Unaudited | Audited | ||
| Marketable securities (1) | 2,204 | 2,132 | |
| Short-term restricted cash (2) | 1,315 | 4,653 | |
| Long-term restricted non-interest bearing bank deposits (3) | 3,222 | 408 | |
| Restricted cash, long-term bank deposits (4) | 7,695 | 1,654 | |
| Long-term restricted cash and deposits | 10,917 | 2,062 |
The Company invested in a traded Corporate Bond (rated Baa3 by Moody's) with a coupon rate of 4.435% and a maturity date of December 30, 2020 and in 5.8% WACHOVIA Fixed Interest Float.
Current accounts securing short term obligations.
Deposits used to secure obligations towards the Israeli Electricity Authority for the license for the pumped-storage project in the Manara Cliff in Israel and to secure obligations under loan agreements.
Bank deposits used to secure obligations under loan agreements and to secure the Company's forward contracts.
| June 30, 2019 |
December 31, 2018 |
|
|---|---|---|
| € in thousands | ||
| Unaudited | Audited | |
| Current Assets: | ||
| Other receivables | ||
| Government authorities | 2,728 | 2,706 |
| Income receivable | 5,490 | 3,830 |
| Interest receivable | 19 | 6 |
| Current tax | 218 | 195 |
| Current maturities of loan to an equity accounted investee | - | 415 |
| Trade receivable | 451 | 156 |
| Forward contracts | - | 529 |
| Inventory | 351 | - |
| Loan to others | - | 3,500 |
| Prepaid expenses and other | 2,150 | 1,286 |
| 11,407 | 12,623 | |
| Non-current Assets: | ||
| Long term receivables | ||
| Advance tax payment | 861 | 996 |
| Financial asset (1) | 5,326 | - |
| Annual rent deposits | 59 | 27 |
| Other | 412 | 432 |
| 6,658 | 1,455 |
(1) Power financial hedge in respect of approximately 80% of the output of the Talasol Project for a period of 10 years. The power produced by the Talasol Project is expected to be sold in the open market for the then current market power price. The hedge transaction is expected to hedge the risks associated with fluctuating electricity market prices.
The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ellomay Clean Energy Ltd. ("Ellomay Energy"), entered into an Investment Agreement (the "Dori Investment Agreement") with Amos Luzon Entrepreneurship and Energy Group Ltd. (formerly - Dori Group Ltd.) (the "Luzon Group"), and Dori Energy, with respect to an investment in Dori Energy. Dori Energy holds 18.75% of the share capital of Dorad, which owns an approximate 850 MWp bi-fuel operated power plant in the vicinity of Ashkelon, Israel (the "Dorad Power Plant"). Dorad holds production and supply licenses, both expiring in May 2034 and commenced commercial operation in May 2014.
Dorad provided guarantees in favor of the Israeli Electricity Authority, the Israeli Electric Company and the Israel Natural Gas Lines Ltd. These guarantees were provided through Dorad's shareholders at their proportionate holdings, as required by the financing agreements executed by Dorad. Total performance guarantees provided by Dorad amounted to approximately NIS 172,000 thousand (approximately €40,400 thousand). The Company's indirect share of guarantees that Dorad provided through its shareholders is approximately NIS 16,000 thousand (approximately €3,800 thousand).
On February 14, 2018, Standard & Poor's Maalot announced that it had upgraded its rating of Dorad's senior debt. As a result of the increase in the rating and in accordance with Dorad's financing agreements with its financing corporations, the annual interest rate of Dorad's loans was reduced by 0.4% to 8.1% as from July 13, 2018.
In connection with the description of the petition to approve a derivative claim filed by Dory Energy and Hemi Raphael included in Note 6 to the annual financial statements, in January 2019, Dori Energy, Eilat Ashkelon Infrastructure Services Ltd. ("EAIS"), which holds 37.5% of Dorad's shares, and Dori Energy's representative on the Dorad board of directors filed their response to the request for permission to file an appeal submitted by Edelcom and Zorlu to the Israeli Supreme Court. On January 30, 2019, the arbitrator ruled to cancel the evidentiary hearings scheduled for March and April 2019 and determined that the parties are to immediately schedule new hearing dates. Following requests submitted by Zorlu and the Edelsburg Group in connection with discovery on behalf of Dori Energy and EAIS, on January 23, 2019 the parties filed a notice of an agreed-upon process in the matter pursuant to which Dori Energy and EAIS will submit updated discovery on January 24, 2019. In February 2019, the Edelsburg Group submitted a request to delete sections of EAIS response and EAIS and Dori Energy submitted a request to remove redactions from discovery. On February 12, 2019, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled by a majority ruling that the appeal submitted should be accepted by removing the arbitrator from her position and determined that the respondents in the proceedings will pay expenses to Zorlu in the amount of NIS 10,000. In May 2019, a new arbitrator was appointed and dates were set for the discovery process. The evidentiary hearings are scheduled during March-June 2020.
The Company estimates (after consulting with legal counsel), that at this early stage it is not yet possible to assess the outcome of the proceeding.
Please see above under "Petition to Approve a Derivative Claim filed by Dori Energy and Hemi Raphael" for updates in connection with the description of the petition to approve a derivative claim filed by Edelcom included in Note 6 to the annual financial statements. The Company estimates (after consulting with legal counsel), that at this early stage it is not yet possible to assess the outcome of the proceeding.
In connection with the description of the statement of claim filed by Edelcom included in Note 6 to the annual financial statements, on July 31, 2019, Edelcom (together with Edeltech and Mr. Edelsburg) submitted a notice of withdrawal of the statement of claim. On August 11, 2019, Dori Energy submitted its response to the notice requesting that the claim be rejected and expenses and legal fees will be determined for the benefit of Dori Energy. In light of the notice of withdrawal, the Company estimates (after consultation with its legal counsel) that the claim will be deleted or rejected.
On April 8, 2019, Zorlu filed an opening motion with the District Court in Tel Aviv against Dorad and the directors serving on Dorad's board on behalf of Dori Energy and EAIS. In the opening motion, Zorlu asked the court to instruct Dorad to convene a shareholders meeting and to include a discussion and a vote on the planning and construction of an additional power plant adjacent to the existing power plant (the "Dorad 2 Project") on the agenda of this meeting. Zorlu claimed that while the articles of association of Dorad provides that the planning and construction of an additional power plant requires a unanimous consent of the Dorad shareholders, and while Zorlu and Edelcom Ltd. ("Edelcom"), which holds 18.75% of Dorad, are opposed to this project, including due to the current disagreements among Dorad's shareholders, Dorad continued taking actions to advance the project, which include spending substantial amounts our of Dorad's funds. Zorlu further claims that the representatives of Dori Energy and EAIS on the Dorad board have acted to prevent the convening of a shareholders meeting as requested by Zorlu. On April 16, 2019, Edelcom submitted a request to join the opening motion as an additional respondent as Edelcom claims that it is another shareholder in Dorad that opposes the advancement of the project at this stage. In addition, Edelcom joined Dori Energy and EAIS as additional respondents to its request, claiming that these entities are required to be part of the proceeding in order to reach a complete and efficient resolution. All parties agreed to the joining of Edelcom, Dori Energy and EAIS to the proceeding. On June 15, 2019, Edelcom filed its response to the petition, requesting that the court accept the petition. On August 13, 2019, Dorad, EAIC and the Dorad board members submitted their responses and requested that the petition be dismissed. The petition is scheduled for hearings during December 2019. The Company estimates (after consulting with legal counsel), that at this early stage it is not yet possible to assess the outcome of the proceeding. To the Company's knowledge, the Dorad 2 Project is currently under internal examination by Dorad and there can be no assurance as to if, when and under what terms it will be advanced or promoted by Dorad.
In April 2019, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ellomay Luxembourg Holdings, S.à.r.l. sold 49% of the outstanding shares of Talasol to GSE 3 UK Limited and Fond-ICO Infraestructuras II, FICC (24.5%, respectively) (together, the "Partners") pursuant to a Credit Facilities Assignment and Sale and Purchase of Shares Agreement (the "SPA"). The SPA provides that Ellomay Luxembourg will assign to the Partners, in equal parts, 49% of its rights and obligations under the agreements executed in connection with the project finance obtained for the Talasol Project. The SPA provides that the legal risks will be transferred to the Partners on the closing date and the economic yields and results of operations of Talasol's business will be transferred to the Partners as from December 31, 2018. The aggregate purchase price of approximately EUR 16.1 million represents 49% of the amounts withdrawn and interests accrued from and by Talasol under its shareholder development costs credit facility in connection with the Talasol Project's financing as of the closing date of the SPA (approximately EUR 4.9 million), plus a payment for 49% of Talasol's shares (approximately EUR 4.9 million) plus a premium of approximately EUR 6.3 million. Of such aggregate purchase price, the payment of €1.4 million was deferred until the achievement of a preliminary acceptance certificate under the engineering, procurement and construction ("EPC") agreement of the Talasol Project. Ellomay Luxembourg and the Partners also entered into a Partners' Agreement (the "PA") setting forth the relationship between the prospective shareholders of Talasol, the governance and management of Talasol, the funding and financing of Talasol and the mechanism for future transfers of Talasol's shares. As these changes in the Company's ownership interest in Talasol did not result in loss of control, they were accounted for as equity transactions and the Company therefore recognized in Equity an amount of approximately EUR 6.3 million, less associated expenses in the amount of approximately EUR 0.7 million.
In addition, following consummation of the transactions contemplated by the SPA in April 2019, the Partners also provided shareholder loans to finance the construction costs of the Talasol Project in the aggregate amount of approximately EUR 37.7 million and an additional aggregate amount of EUR 2.8 million as contingent equity intended to cover unexpected CAPEX should they occur.
The carrying amounts of certain financial assets and liabilities, including cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, other receivables, other short-term investments, deposits, derivatives, bank overdraft, short-term loans and borrowings, trade payables and other payables are the same or proximate to their fair value.
The fair values of the other financial assets and liabilities, together with the carrying amounts shown in the statement of financial position, are as follows:
| June 30, 2019 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair value | ||||||
| Carrying amount |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Valuation techniques for determining fair value |
Inputs used to determine fair value |
|
| € in thousands | ||||||
| Non-current liabilities: | ||||||
| Debentures | 49,808 | 51,619 | - | - | ||
| Loans from banks and others (including current maturities) |
Future cash flows by the market interest rate on the date of measurement. |
Discount rate of Euribor+ 2.53%, fixed rate for 5 years 2.9%-3.1%, Discount rate of Euribor+ 2%, and 4.65% Linkage to Consumer |
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| 127,750 | - | 130,512 | - | price index in Israel | ||
| 177,558 | 51,619 | 130,512 | - | |||
| December 31, 2018 | ||||||
| Fair value | ||||||
| Carrying amount |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Valuation techniques for determining fair value |
Inputs used to determine fair value |
|
| € in thousands | ||||||
| Non-current liabilities: | ||||||
| Debentures | 51,343 | 49,190 | - | - | ||
| Loans from banks and others (including current maturities) |
Discounting future cash flows by the market interest rate on the date of measurement. |
Discount rate of Euribor+ 2.53%, Discount rate of Euribor + 1.85%, fixed rate for 5 years 2.9%-3.1% and 4.65% Linkage to |
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| 66,092 | - | 66,233 | - | Consumer price index in Israel | ||
| 117,435 | 49,190 | 66,233 | - | |||
Fair value (cont'd)
The table below presents an analysis of financial instruments measured at fair value on the temporal basis using valuation methodology in accordance with hierarchy fair value levels. The various levels are defined as follows:
| June 30, 2019 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||
| € in thousands | ||||||
| Income receivable in connection with the Erez electricity pumped storage project | - | - | 1,354 | 1,354 | ||
| Marketable securities | - | 2,204 | - | 2,204 | ||
| Forward contracts | - | (597) | - | (597) | ||
| Swap contracts | - | (8,486) | - | (8,486) | ||
| Currency swap | - | (993) | - | (993) | ||
| Power financial hedge | - | 5,326 | - | 5,326 | ||
| Loans granted to associates | - | - | 9,877 | 9,877 |
| December 31, 2018 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
| € in thousands | |||||||
| Income receivable in connection with the Erez electricity pumped storage project | - | - | 1,282 | 1,282 | |||
| Marketable securities | - | 2,132 | - | 2,132 | |||
| Forward contracts | - | 977 | - | 977 | |||
| Swap contracts | - | 632 | - | 632 | |||
| Currency swap | - | 2,117 | - | 2,117 | |||
| Loans granted to associates | - | - | 9,189 | 9,189 |
There have been no transfers from any Level to another Level during the six months ended June 30, 2019.
Fair value (cont'd)
Income receivable in connection with the Erez electricity pumped storage project - The fair value of the income receivable in connection with the Erez electricity pumped storage project was calculated according to the cash flows expected to be received in 4.5 years following the financial closing of the project, discounted at a weighted interest rate of 2.36% reflecting the credit risk of the debtor.
Forward contracts – Fair value measured on the basis of discounting the difference between the forward price in the contract and the current forward price for the residual period until redemption using market interest rates appropriate for similar instruments, including the adjustment required for the parties' credit risks.
Swap contracts – Fair value is measured by discounting the future cash flows, over the period of the contract and using market interest rates appropriate for similar instruments, including the adjustment required for the parties' credit risks.
Currency swap – Fair value is measured by discounting the future cash flows, over the period of the contract and using market interest rates appropriate for similar instruments, including the adjustment required for the parties' credit risks.
Power financial hedge – Fair value is measured by discounting the future cash flows, over the period of the contract and using market interest rates appropriate for similar instruments and the expected electricity prices, including the adjustment required for the parties' credit risks.
Loans granted to associates - Fair value is measured by discounting the expected future cash flows derived from Dorad's financial model, over the period of the loan and using interest rates based on CAPM model.
The basis of segmentation and the measurement basis for the segment profit or loss are the same as that presented in Note 22 regarding operating segments in the annual financial statements.
Segment assets consist of current assets, fixed assets and intangible assets, as included in reports provided regularly to the chief operating decision maker.
| PV | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reportable | Total | |||||||||
| Italy | Spain | Israel | Talasol | Bio Gas | Dorad | Manara | segments | Reconciliations | consolidated | |
| For the period ended June 30, 2019 | ||||||||||
| € in thousands | ||||||||||
| Revenues | 5,274 | 1,553 | 2,151 | - | 2,941 | 29,890 | - | 41,809 | (31,506) | 10,303 |
| Operating expenses | (582) | (274) | (169) | - | (2,430) | (23,755) | - | (27,210) | 23,755 | (3,455) |
| Depreciation expenses | (1,710) | (450) | (1,107) | - | (659) | (2,414) | - | (6,340) | 3,297 | (3,043) |
| Gross profit (loss) | 2,982 | 829 | 875 | - | (148) | 3,721 | - | 8,259 | (4,454) | 3,805 |
| Project development costs | (2,714) | (2,714) | ||||||||
| General and | ||||||||||
| administrative expenses | (1,879) | (1,879) | ||||||||
| Share of profits of equity | ||||||||||
| accounted investee | 31 | 31 | ||||||||
| Other income, net | - | - | ||||||||
| Operating loss | (757) | |||||||||
| Financing income | 870 | 870 | ||||||||
| Financing income in connection | ||||||||||
| with derivatives, net | 460 | 460 | ||||||||
| Financing expenses, net | (4,457) | (4,457) | ||||||||
| Loss before taxes | ||||||||||
| on Income | (3,884) | |||||||||
| Segment assets as at | ||||||||||
| June 30, 2019 | 54,194 | 18,591 | 37,104 | 105,228 | 18,808 | 109,492 | 2,631 | 346,048 | (57,967) | 288,081 |
| PV | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Spain | Israel | Talasol | Bio Gas | Dorad | Manara | reportable segments |
Reconciliations | Total consolidated |
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| For the period ended June 30, 2018 | ||||||||||
| € in thousands | ||||||||||
| Revenues | 4,830 | 1,472 | 2,001 | - | 1,391 | 27,718 | - | 37,412 | (29,261) | 8,151 |
| Operating expenses | (804) | (290) | (254) | - | (1,262) | (21,742) | - | (24,352) | 24,742 | (2,610) |
| Depreciation expenses | (1,779) | (416) | (1,031) | - | (391) | (2,364) | - | (5,981) | 3,214 | (2,767) |
| Gross profit (loss) | 2,247 | 766 | 716 | - | (262) | 3,612 | - | 7,079 | (4,305) | 2,774 |
| Project development costs | (1,771) | (1,771) | ||||||||
| General and | ||||||||||
| administrative expenses | (1,977) | (1,977) | ||||||||
| Share of profits of equity | ||||||||||
| accounted investee | 501 | 501 | ||||||||
| Other income, net | 73 | 73 | ||||||||
| Operating loss | (400) | |||||||||
| Financing income | 1,588 | 1,588 | ||||||||
| Financing expenses in connection | ||||||||||
| with derivatives, net | 285 | 285 | ||||||||
| Financing expenses, net | (2,789) | (2,789) | ||||||||
| Loss before taxes on Income |
(1,316) | |||||||||
| Segment assets as at June 30, 2018 |
56,376 | 15,956 | 35,651 | - | 19,546 | 106,293 | 2,244 | 236,066 | (19,317) | 216,749 |
| PV | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reportable | Total | |||||||||
| Italy | Spain | Israel | Talasol | Bio Gas | Dorad | Manara | segments | Reconciliations | consolidated | |
| For the year ended December 31, 2018 | ||||||||||
| € in thousands | ||||||||||
| Revenues | 9,560 | 3,033 | 4,011 | - | 4,483 | 58,063 | - | 79,150 | (61,033) | 18,117 |
| Operating expenses | (1,579) | (574) | (507) | - | (3,682) | (44,600) | - | (50,942) | 44,600 | (6,342) |
| Depreciation expenses | (3,569) | (828) | (2,042) | - | (1,081) | (4,811) | - | (12,331) | 6,515 | (5,816) |
| Gross profit (loss) | 4,412 | 1,631 | 1,462 | - | (280) | 8,652 | - | 15,877 | (9,918) | 5,959 |
| Project development costs | (2,878) | (2,878) | ||||||||
| General and | ||||||||||
| administrative expenses | (3,600) | (3,600) | ||||||||
| Share of profits of equity | ||||||||||
| accounted investee | 2,545 | 2,545 | ||||||||
| Other income, net | 884 | 884 | ||||||||
| Operating profit | 2,910 | |||||||||
| Financing income | 2,936 | 2,936 | ||||||||
| Financing income in connection | ||||||||||
| with derivatives, net | 494 | 494 | ||||||||
| Financing expenses, net | (5,521) | (5,521) | ||||||||
| Profit before taxes on Income |
819 | |||||||||
| Segment assets as at | ||||||||||
| December 31, 2018 | 54,539 | 16,799 | 34,258 | 15,169 | 18,879 | 105,246 | 2,318 | 247,208 | (36,048) | 211,160 |
A. Presented hereunder are details of new loans received during the six month period ended June 30, 2019, relating to the Company's principal loans and borrowings:
| June 30, 2019 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | Interest | Payment | Face | Carrying | ||
| Identity of | Loan | amount of | Mechanism | date of | value | amount |
| borrower | date | loan | and rate | principal | € in thousands | |
| Four of the Company's Spanish subsidiaries |
March 2019 | 17.6 million EUR | Annual interest rate equal to the Euribor 6 month rate plus a margin of 2% |
June 30 and December 31 of each of the years 2019-2037 |
16,961 | 19,949 |
| Less current maturities | 1,041 | 1,375 | ||||
| Total material Company loans issued in the period |
15,920 | 18,574 |
On March 12, 2019, four of the Company's Spanish indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into a facility agreement governing the procurement of project financing in the aggregate amount of approximately €18.4 million with Bankinter, S.A., or the Facility Agreement. The Facility Agreement amount consists of four tranches in the aggregate amount of €17.6 million and a revolving credit facility to attend the debt service if needed, for a maximum amount of €0.8 million granted to any of the four Spanish Subsidiaries.
The termination date of the Facility Agreement is December 31, 2037 and an annual interest at the rate of Euribor 6 months plus a margin of 2% (with a zero interest floor) is repaid semiannually on June 30 and December 31. The principal is repaid on a semi-annual basis based on a pre-determined sculptured repayment schedule.
The Facility Agreement provides for mandatory prepayment upon the occurrence of certain events and includes various customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants to maintain a DSCR on an aggregate basis not lower than 1.05:1, and not to make distributions unless, among other things: (i) the DSCR, on an aggregate basis, is equal to or higher than 1.15:1.0, (ii) the first instalment of the Project Finance has been repaid, (iii) no amount under the revolving credit tranche has been withdrawn and not fully repaid and no drawdowns of the revolving credit tranche are expected within the next six months, and (iv) the Spanish Subsidiaries' net debt to regulatory value (as such terms are defined in the Facility Agreement) ratio is equal to or higher than 0.7:1.
The Facility Agreements includes a cash-sweep payment mechanism and obligation that applies in the event the Spanish Subsidiaries' net debt to regulatory value ratio is equal to or higher than 0.7:1.
The four Spanish Subsidiaries entered into the swap agreements on March 12, 2019 with respect to approximately €17.6 million (with a decreasing notional principal amount based on the amortization table) until December 2037, replacing the Euribor 6 month rate with a fixed 6 month rate of approximately 1%, resulting in a fixed annual interest rate of approximately 3%.
The Project Finance documents require that security interests be provided in connection with the following: (i) the Spanish Subsidiaries' shares (held by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Ellomay Luxemburg Holdings S.àr.l. ("Ellomay Lux"), (ii) pledges over accounts, (iii) pledges over relevant agreements including hedging agreements; and (iv) promissory equipment mortgage.
B. The Talasol Project Finance –
On April 30, 2019, the Talasol Project reached financial closing. The Talasol Project Finance includes the following facilities:
B. The Talasol Project Finance (cont'd) –
During the construction period, interest payments on the term, revolving debt and VAT facilities will be made on a monthly basis, and semi-annually thereafter (commencing March 31, 2021). The VAT facilities' interest period, however, remains on a monthly basis. The agreements executed in connection with the Talasol Project Finance provide for mandatory prepayment upon the occurrence of certain events and various customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants to maintain a Historic and Projected DSCR not lower than 1.05:1, and not to make distributions in the event that: (i) the Historic and Projected DSCR will be lower than 1.15:1.0 and (ii) the Loan Life Cover Ratio will be lower than 1.20:1.0. The facilities provided by the EIB include certain other representations and undertakings mandated by applicable EU regulation.
The Talasol Project Finance documents require that security interests be provided in connection with the following: (i) Talasol's shares (held by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Ellomay Luxemburg), (ii) pledges over accounts, (iii) pledges over Talasol Project's documents, (iv) pledges over receivables under the shareholders loans, (v) security assignment of hedging claims and (vi) promissory equipment mortgage.
In connection with the Talasol Project Finance, Ellomay Luxemburg, our wholly-owned subsidiary and the parent company of Talasol and the Company undertook separately to (indirectly) retain at least 50.1% of the shares in Talasol and not to buy any debt of, or hedging claims against, Talasol from the entities providing the financing to the Talasol Project.
On April 30, 2019, Talasol entered into a swap agreement, replacing the Euribor 6 month rate with a fixed 6 month rate of approximately 0.9412%.
As the financing was structured for the term of the PPA signed in connection with the Talasol Project (ten years) plus additional three years beyond the term of the PPA, the Talasol Project Finance documentation requires Talasol to prepay the term loans via cash-sweeps to ensure that the term loans are repaid in full until the termination date of the PPA. Talasol has the option to place the relevant cash sweep amounts on a reserve account instead, and, in the event it enters into a satisfactory new power purchase agreement or power hedge agreement, the amounts on the reserve account may be transferred to the operating account of Talasol, to the extent they are not required in prepayment of the term loans to ensure that during the remainder of the term loans the base case ratios are complied with.
The following discussion and analysis is based on and should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the six month period ended June 30, 2019 (unaudited) furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2 and in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements, including the related notes, and the other financial information included in our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018, or the Annual Report, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 29, 2019. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our current plans, estimates and beliefs and involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those discussed below and in the Annual Report.
Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, as issued by the IASB, which differ in certain respects from U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or U.S. GAAP.
We are involved in the production of renewable and clean energy. We own seventeen photovoltaic plants, or PV Plants, that are operating and connected to their respective national grids as follows: (i) twelve PV Plants in Italy with an aggregate installed capacity of approximately 22.6 MWp, (ii) four PV Plants in Spain with an aggregate installed capacity of approximately 7.9 MWp and (iii) one PV Plant in Israel with an installed capacity of approximately 9 MWp. In addition, we own: (i) 9.375% of Dorad Energy Ltd., or Dorad, which owns an approximate 850 MWp bifuel operated power plant in the vicinity of Ashkelon, Israel, (ii) 51% of Groen Gas Goor B.V and of Groen Gas OudeTonge B.V., project companies operating anaerobic digestion plants with a green gas production capacity of approximately 375 Nm3/h, in Goor, the Netherlands and 475 Nm3/h, in Oude Tonge, the Netherlands, respectively, as of June 30, 2019 (subsequent to such date, our ownership percentage increased to 100%), (iii) 51% of Talasol Solar S.L., or Talasol, which is involved in a project to construct a photovoltaic plant with a peak capacity of 300 MW in the municipality of Talaván, Cáceres, Spain, or the Talasol Project, and (iv) 75% of Chashgal Elyon Ltd., Agira Sheuva Electra, L.P. and Ellomay Pumped Storage (2014) Ltd., all of which are involved in a project to construct a 156 MW pumped storage hydro power plant in the Manara Cliff, Israel, or the Manara Project.
| Plant Title | Installed/ production Capacity1 |
Location | Type of Facility | Connection to Grid | FiT (€/kWh)2 | Revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2018 (in thousands)3 |
Revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands)3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Troia 8" | 995.67 kWp | Province of Foggia, Municipality of Troia, Puglia region, Italy |
PV – Fixed panels | January 14, 2011 | 0.318 | €255 | €273 |
| "Troia 9" | 995.67 kWp | Province of Foggia, Municipality of Troia, Puglia region, Italy |
PV – Fixed panels | January 14, 2011 | 0.318 | €262 | €281 |
| "Del Bianco" | 734.40 kWp | Province of Macerata, Municipality of Cingoli, Marche region, Italy |
PV – Fixed panels | April 1, 2011 | 0.322 | €175 | €196 |
| "Giaché" | 730.01 kWp | Province of Ancona, Municipality of Filotrano, Marche region, Italy |
PV – Duel Axes Tracker panels |
April 14, 2011 | 0.322 | €223 | €246 |
| "Costantini" | 734.40 kWp | Province of Ancona, Municipality of Senigallia, Marche region, Italy |
PV – Fixed panels | April 27, 2011 | 0.322 | €189 | €210 |
| "Massaccesi" | 749.7 kWp | Province of Ancona, Municipality of Arcevia, Marche region, Italy |
PV – Duel Axes Tracker panels |
April 29, 2011 | 0.322 | €214 | €242 |
| "Galatina" | 994.43 kWp | Province of Lecce, Municipality of Galatina, Puglia region, Italy |
PV – Fixed panels | May 25, 2011 | 0.318 | €198 | €280 |
| Plant Title | Installed/ production Capacity1 |
Location | Type of Facility | Connection to Grid | FiT (€/kWh)2 | Revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2018 (in thousands)3 |
Revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands)3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Pedale (Corato)" | 2,993 kWp | Province of Bari, Municipality of Corato, Puglia region, Italy |
PV – Single Axes Tracker panels |
May 31, 2011 | 0.266 | €801 | €842 |
| "Acquafresca" | 947.6 kWp | Province of Barletta Andria-Trani, Municipality of Minervino Murge, Puglia region, Italy |
PV – Fixed panels | June 2011 | 0.268 | €204 | €214 |
| "D'Angella" | 930.5 kWp | Province of Barletta Andria-Trani, Municipality of Minervino Murge, Puglia region, Italy |
PV – Fixed panels | June 2011 | 0.268 | €204 | €221 |
| "Soleco" | 5,923.5 kWp | Province of Rovigo, Municipality of Canaro, Veneto region, Italy |
PV – Fixed panels | August 2011 | 0.219 | €1,067 | €1,157 |
| "Tecnoenergy" | 5,899.5 kWp | Province of Rovigo, Municipality of Canaro, Veneto region, Italy |
PV – Fixed panels | August 2011 | 0.219 | €1,038 | €1,112 |
| "Rinconada II" | 2,275 kWp | Municipality of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain |
PV – Fixed panels | July 2010 | N/A | €414 | €459 |
| "Rodríguez I" | 1,675 kWp | Province of Murcia, Spain PV – Fixed panels | November 2011 | N/A | €306 | €317 | |
| "Rodríguez II" | 2,691 kWp | Province of Murcia, Spain PV – Fixed panels | November 2011 | N/A | €508 | €522 | |
| "Fuente Librilla" | 1,248 kWp | Province of Murcia, Spain PV – Fixed panels | June 2011 | N/A | €244 | €255 |
| Plant Title | Installed/ production Capacity1 |
Location | Type of Facility | Connection to Grid | FiT (€/kWh)2 | Revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2018 (in thousands)3 |
Revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands)3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Talmei Yosef" | 9,400 kWp | Talmei Yosef, Israel | PV – Fixed panels | November 2013 | 0.98574 (NIS/kWh) |
€4585 | €5355 |
| "Groen Gas Goor" | 475 Nm3/h | Goor, the Netherlands | Biogas | November 2017 | N/A | €1,203 | €1,409 |
| "Goren Gas Oude-Tonge" | 375 Nm3/h | Oude-Tonge, the Netherlands |
Biogas | June 2018 | N/A | €1886 | €1,532 |
The actual capacity of a photovoltaic plant is generally subject to a degradation of 0.5%-0.7% per year, depending on climate conditions and quality of the solar panels.
In addition to the FiT payment, our Italian PV Plants have entered into agreements with energy brokers who purchase the electricity generated by our Italian PV Plants in consideration for the contractually agreed prices.
These results are not indicative of future results due to various factors, including changes in the climate and the degradation of the solar panels.
The tariff of NIS 0.9631/kWh is fixed for a period of 20 years and is updated once a year based on changes to the Israeli CPI of October 2011. The tariff increased from NIS 0.976/kWh in November 2013 to NIS 0.9975/kWh in 2019.
As a result of the accounting treatment of the Talmei Yosef project as a financial asset, out of total proceeds from the sale of electricity of approximately €2 million and approximately €2.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2019, respectively, only revenues related to the ongoing operation of the plant in the amount of approximately €0.5 million for each of the six month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2019, are recognized as revenues.
This facility has been operational since June 2018 and therefore revenues for the prior periods are not reflected herein.
Our ordinary shares are listed on the NYSE American and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the symbol ELLO. The address of our registered office is 9 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our condensed consolidated interim financial statements (unaudited), which have been prepared in accordance with IFRS. While all the accounting policies impact the financial statements, certain policies may be viewed to be critical. These policies are most important for the fair portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and are those that require our management to make difficult, subjective and complex judgments, estimates and assumptions, based upon information available at the time that they are made, historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of expenses during the periods presented. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The critical accounting policies described in Item 5 of our Annual Report and in notes 2 and 3 of our condensed consolidated interim financial statements as at June 30, 2019, are those that require management's more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Our reportable segments, which form our strategic business units, are as follows: (i) photovoltaic power plants presented per geographical areas (Italy, Spain and Israel), (ii) 9.375% indirect interest in Dorad, (iii) anaerobic digestion plants (Bio Gas) in the Netherlands and (iv) pumped storage hydro power plant in Manara, Israel. For more information see note 7 of our condensed consolidated interim financial statements as at June 30, 2019.
In April 2019, we, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Ellomay Luxembourg Holdings, S.à.r.l., sold an aggregate of 49% of the outstanding shares of Talasol. The aggregate purchase price of approximately €16.1 million represented 49% of the amounts withdrawn and interests accrued from and by Talasol under its shareholder development costs credit facility in connection with the Talasol Project's financing as of the closing date of the SPA (approximately €4.9 million), plus a payment for 49% of Talasol's shares (approximately €4.9 million) plus a premium of approximately €6.3 million. Of such aggregate purchase price, the payment of €1.4 million was deferred until the achievement of a preliminary acceptance certificate under the engineering, procurement and construction agreement of the Talasol Project. As these changes in our ownership interest in Talasol did not result in loss of control, they were accounted for as equity transactions and we therefore recognized in Equity during the six month ended June 30, 2019 an amount of approximately €6.3 million, less associated expenses in the amount of approximately €0.7 million.
Revenues were approximately €10.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €8.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase in revenues is mainly a result of the commencement of operations of our waste-to-energy project in Oude Tonge, the Netherlands in June 2018 and relatively higher levels of radiation in Italy during 2019 compared to 2018.
Italian PV Segment. Revenues from our Italian PV segment were approximately €5.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €4.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase is mainly due to relatively higher levels of radiation compared to the first half of 2018.
Spanish PV Segment. Revenues from our Spanish PV segment were approximately €1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €1.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Israeli PV Segment. The segment results for our PV Plant located in Israel are presented under the fixed asset model and not under the IFRIC 12 financial asset model as applied in our financial statements. Proceeds for electricity produced by our Israeli PV segment were approximately €2.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase is mainly due to an increase in the tariff as a result of changes in the Israeli CPI.
Dorad Segment. Our share in the revenues of Dorad was approximately €29.9 million (approximately NIS 122.3 million) for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €27.7 million (approximately NIS 118.1 million) for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase in Dorad's revenues is mainly due to a slight tariff increase and an increase in the electricity sold to Dorad's customers for the six months ended June 30, 2019.
Netherlands Biogas Segment. Revenues from our Netherlands biogas segment were approximately €2.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €1.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase is due to the commencement of operations of our waste-to-energy project in Oude Tonge, the Netherlands, in June 2018.
Operating expenses were approximately €3.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €2.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase in operating expenses is mainly attributable to additional operating expenses resulting from the commencement of operations at our waste-to-energy project in Oude Tonge, the Netherlands. Depreciation expenses were approximately €3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €2.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Italian PV Segment. Operating expenses in connection with our Italian PV segment were approximately €0.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The decrease is mainly due to improvements implemented in 2018.
Spanish PV Segment. Operating expenses in connection with our Spanish PV segment were approximately €0.3 million for each of the six month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018.
Israeli PV Segment. Operating expenses in connection with our Israeli PV segment were approximately €0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Dorad Segment. Operating expenses in connection with our Dorad segment were approximately €23.8 million (approximately NIS 97.2 million) for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €21.7 million (approximately NIS 92.6 million) for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase in Dorad's operating expenses is mainly due to increased production, higher electricity quantities purchased from Israel's electricity company and slightly increased maintenance expenses.
Netherlands Biogas Segment. Operating expenses in connection with our Netherlands biogas segment were approximately €2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase is due to the commencement of operations of our waste-to-energy project in Oude Tonge, the Netherlands, in June 2018.
Project development costs were approximately €2.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase in project development costs is mainly attributable to consultancy expenses in connection with the Manara Project.
General and administrative expenses were approximately €1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Our share of profits of equity accounted investee, after elimination of intercompany transactions, was approximately €0.03 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €0.5 million in the six months ended June 30, 2018. The decrease in our share of profit of equity accounted investee is mainly attributable to higher financial expenses incurred by Dorad as a result of the CPI indexation of loans from banks and related parties.
Financing expenses, net was approximately €3.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €0.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase in financing expenses was mainly due to expenses in connection with exchange rate differences amounting to approximately €1.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2019, mainly in connection with our NIS denominated Debentures and the loan to an equity accounted investee, caused by the 5.4% devaluation of the euro against the NIS during this period, compared to income in connection with exchange rate differences amounting to approximately €0.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2018, mainly in connection with our NIS denominated Debentures and the loan to an equity accounted investee, caused by the 2.5% revaluation of the euro against the NIS during this period.
Taxes on income was approximately €0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to a tax benefit of approximately €0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The tax benefit for the six months ended June 30, 2018 resulted mainly from deferred tax income included in connection with the application of a tax incentive in the Netherlands claimable upon filing the relevant tax return by reducing the amount of taxable profit.
Net loss was approximately €4.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €1.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Total other comprehensive loss was approximately €0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to a profit of approximately €1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The change was mainly due to changes in fair value of cash flow hedges and from foreign currency translation differences on New Israeli Shekel denominated operations, as a result of fluctuations in the euro/NIS exchange rates.
Total comprehensive loss was approximately €4.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to approximately €2.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018.
We hold cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted cash in various currencies, mainly in euro and NIS. Our investments in our Italian and Spanish PV Plants, in the Waste-to-Energy projects in the Netherlands and in the Talasol Project are denominated in euro and our investments in Dori Energy, in the Talmei Yosef PV Plant and in the Manara Project are denominated in NIS. Our Debentures are denominated in NIS and the interest and principal payments are made in NIS, the financing of the Talmei Yosef PV Plant is denominated in NIS and the financing we have obtained in connection with five of our PV Plants is denominated in euro and bears interest that is based on EURIBOR rate. We therefore are affected by changes in the prevailing euro/NIS exchange rates. We entered into various swap transactions to minimize our currency risks. We cannot predict the rate of appreciation/depreciation of the NIS against the euro in the future, and whether these changes will have a material adverse effect on our finances and operations.
The table below sets forth the annual and semi-annual rates of appreciation (or depreciation) of the NIS against the Euro.
| Year ended December 31, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2017 | 2019 | 2018 | ||
| Appreciation (Depreciation) of the Euro against the NIS | 3.3% | 2.7% | (5.4)% | 2.5% |
The semi-annual rate of inflation in Israel was 1.17% in the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to an inflation rate of approximately 0.9% in the six months ended June 30, 2018.
The representative NIS/euro exchange rate was NIS 4.062 for one euro on June 30, 2019 and NIS 4.255 for one euro on June 30, 2018. The average exchange rates for converting NIS to euro during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were NIS 4.092 and NIS 4.259 for one euro, respectively. The exchange rate as of September 1, 2019 was NIS 3.9029 for one euro.
Our PV Plants and other energy manufacturing facilities are subject to comprehensive regulation and we sell the electricity and energy produced for rates determined by governmental legislation and to local governmental entities. Any change in the legislation that affects facilities such as our facilities could materially adversely affect our results of operations. A continued economic crisis in Europe and specifically in Italy and Spain or continued financial distress of the IEC could cause the applicable legislator to reduce benefits provided to operators of PV plants or other privately-owned energy manufacturing facilities or to revise the incentive regimes that currently govern the sale of electricity in Italy, Spain and Israel.
For more information see "Item 3.D: Risk Factors - Risks Related to our Renewable Energy Operations," "Item 3.D: Risk Factors - Risks Related to our Investment in Dori Energy," "Item 3.D: Risk Factors - Risks Related to our Other Operations", "Item 4.B: Material Effects of Government Regulations on the PV Plants," "Item 4.B: Material Effects of Government Regulations on Dorad's Operations," "Item 4.B: The Netherlands Waste-to-Energy Market and Regulation" and "Item 4.B: Material Effects of Government Regulations on The Manara PSP" of our Annual Report.
Israeli companies are generally subject to company tax on their taxable income. The Israeli corporate tax rate was reduced from 26.5% to 25% as of January 1, 2016. On December 22, 2016, the Knesset plenum passed the Economic Efficiency Law (Legislative Amendments for Achieving Budget Objectives in the Years 2017 and 2018) – 2016, by which, inter alia, the corporate tax rate would be reduced from 25% to 23% in two steps. The first step was a rate of 24% as from January 2017 and the second step was a rate of 23% as from January 2018.
As of September 1, 2019, we held approximately €75.1 million in cash and cash equivalents, approximately €2.2 million in marketable securities and approximately €11.1 million in restricted short-term and long-term cash and marketable securities.
Although we now hold the aforementioned funds, we may need additional funds if we seek to acquire certain new businesses and operations and if we seek to advance large development projects that require substantial funds. If we are unable to raise funds through public or private financing of debt or equity, we will be unable to fund certain projects, investments or business combinations that could ultimately improve our financial results. We cannot ensure that additional financing will be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all.
We entered into various financing agreements in connection with the financing of several of our PV Plants. In January and June 2014, we issued our Series A Debentures and in March 2017 we issued our Series B Debentures. The Talmei Yosef PV Plant and our waste-to-energy facilities also obtained project financing. For more information concerning the various financing arrangements our facilities are subject to and our Series A and Series B Debentures, please refer to "Item 5.B. Liquidity and Capital Resources" of our Annual Report. In March 2019, four of our Spanish indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into a facility agreement in the amount of approximately €18.4 million and in April 2019 we achieved financial closing of the project finance in the amount of approximately €131 million in connection with the Talasol Project. For more information see note 1.B. and note 10 of our condensed consolidated interim financial statements as at June 30, 2019. In addition, in July 2019 we issued our Series C Debentures.
On July 17, 2019, we issued 800,000 ordinary shares to several Israeli classified investors in a private placement undertaken in accordance with Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share was set at NIS 39.20 and our gross proceeds were approximately NIS 31.3 million.
On July 25, 2019, we issued approximately NIS 89.1 million (approximately €22.7 million, as of the issuance date) of unsecured non-convertible Series C Debentures due June 30, 2025 through a public offering in Israel. The gross proceeds of the offering were approximately NIS 89.1 million and the net proceeds of the offering, net of related expenses such as consultancy fee and commissions, were approximately NIS 1.5 million (approximately €0.4 million). The Series C Debentures are traded on the TASE.
The principal amount of Series C Debentures is repayable in five (5) unequal annual installments as follows: on June 30, 2021 10% of the principal shall be paid, on June 30 of each of the years 2022 and 2023, 15% of the principal shall be paid and on June 30 of each of the years 2024 and 2025, 30% of the principal shall be paid. The Series C Debentures bear a fixed interest at the rate of 3.3% per year (that is not linked to the Israeli CPI or otherwise), payable semi-annually on June 30 and December 31 commencing December 31, 2019 through June 30, 2025 (inclusive).
The Series C Deed of Trust includes customary provisions, including a negative pledge such that we may not place a floating charge on all of our assets, subject to certain exceptions. The Series C Deed of Trust does not restrict our ability to issue any new series of debt instruments, other than in certain specific circumstances, and enables us to expand the Series C Debentures provided that: (i) we are not in default of any of the immediate repayment provisions included in the Series C Deed of Trust or in breach of any of our material obligations to the holders of the Series C Debentures pursuant to the terms of the Series C Deed of Trust, (ii) the expansion will not harm our compliance with the financial covenants included in the distribution undertaking Series C Deed of Trust and (iii) to the extent the Series C Debentures are rated at the time of the expansion, the expansion will not harm the rating of the existing Series C Debentures.
The Series C Deed of Trust includes a number of customary causes for immediate repayment, including a default with certain financial covenants for two consecutive financial quarters. The financial covenants for purposes of immediate repayment are as follows:
Our equity, on a consolidated basis, shall not be less than €50 million;
The ratio of (a) the short-term and long-term debt from banks, in addition to the debt to holders of debentures issued by us and any other interest-bearing financial obligations, net of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments and net of financing of projects, including hedging transactions in connection with such financing, of our subsidiaries, or, together, the Net Financial Debt, to (b) our equity, on a consolidated basis, plus the Net Financial Debt, or our CAP, Net, to which we refer herein as the Ratio of Net Financial Debt to CAP, Net, shall not exceed the rate of 67.5%; and
The ratio of (a) our Net Financial Debt, to (b) our earnings before financial expenses, net, taxes, depreciation and amortization, where the revenues from our operations, such as the Talmei Yosef project, are calculated based on the fixed asset model and not based on the financial asset model (IFRIC 12), and before share-based payments, based on the aggregate four preceding quarters, or our Adjusted EBITDA, to which we refer to herein as the Ratio of Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA, shall not be higher than 12.
The Series C Deed of Trust includes a mechanism for the update of the annual interest rate of the Series C Debentures in the event we do not meet certain financial standards, with an increase of 0.25% for the period in which we do not meet each standard and up to a maximum increase of 0.5% as follows: (i) our equity, on a consolidated basis, shall not decrease below €60 million, (ii) Ratio of Net Financial Debt to CAP, Net, shall not exceed the rate of 60%, and (iii) Ratio of Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA, shall not be higher than 10.
The Series C Deed of Trust includes similar conditions to our ability to make distributions (as such term is defined in the Companies Law, e.g. dividends), to our shareholders as are included in the Series A and Series B Deeds of Trust and set forth above. We are also required to maintain the following financial ratios after the distribution: (i) equity not lower than €70 million, (ii) Ratio of Net Financial Debt to CAP, Net not to exceed 60%, and (iii) Ratio of Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA, shall not be higher than 8, and not to make distributions if we do not meet all of our material obligations to the holders of the Series C Debentures and if on the date of distribution and after the distribution a cause for immediate repayment exists.
For further information see the Series C Deed of Trust attached hereto as exhibit 99.4.
We currently have no agreements, commitments or understandings for additional financing, however we will require additional funds in order to advance the Manara Project.
As of June 30, 2019, we had working capital of approximately €50.8 million. In our opinion, our working capital is sufficient for our present requirements.
We currently invest our excess cash in cash and cash equivalents that are highly liquid and in marketable securities.
As of June 30, 2019, we held approximately €55.5 million in cash and cash equivalents, approximately €2.2 million in marketable securities and approximately €12.2 million in short-term and long-term restricted cash and deposits, compared with approximately €36.9 million in cash and cash equivalents, approximately €2.1 million in marketable securities and approximately €6.7 million in restricted marketable securities, short-term and long-term restricted cash and deposits we held at December 31, 2018. The increase in cash and cash equivalents mainly resulted from the financing of our Spanish PV Plants in March 2019 and the financing and investment in the Talasol Project in April 2019.
From 2015 through September 1, 2019, we made capital expenditures of an aggregate amount of approximately NIS 48.6 million (approximately €12.5 million, based on the NIS/euro exchange rate as of June 30, 2019) in connection with the acquisition of the Talmei Yosef PV Plant. Our aggregate capital expenditure in connection with the acquisition of shares in U. Dori Energy Infrastructure Ltd., including the exercise of options to acquire additional shares of U. Dori Energy during 2015 and 2016, which increased our percentage holding to 50%, after principal loan repayments from Dori Energy, is approximately NIS 107.3 million (approximately €27.5 million, based on the NIS/euro exchange rate as of June 30, 2019). The aggregate capital expenditures in connection with the Manara Project, including amounts recorded in the general and administrative expenses, through September 1, 2019 were approximately NIS 39.6 million (approximately €10.1 million). From 2016 through September 1, 2019, capital expenditures incurred by the project companies in connection with the Waste-to-Energy projects in the Netherlands was approximately €18.8 million. From September 30, 2018 through September 1, 2019, capital expenditures incurred by Talasol was approximately €55.6 million.
| Six months ended June 30, | ||
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| 2018 | 2019 | |
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| Net cash from operating activities | 2,267 | 1,129 |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (289) | (46,706) |
| Net cash from financing activities | 19,774 | 64,285 |
| Exchange differences on balances of cash and cash equivalents | (104) | (55) |
| Increase in cash and cash equivalents | 21,648 | 18,653 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 23,962 | 36,882 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 45,610 | 55,535 |
In the six months ended June 30, 2019, we had a net loss of approximately €4.4 million. Net cash from operating activities was approximately €1.1 million.
In the six months ended June 30, 2018, we had a net loss of approximately €1.1 million. Net cash from operating activities was approximately €2.3 million.
Net cash used in investing activities was approximately €46.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2019, primarily due to the acquisition of fixed assets in connection with the Talasol Project and investment in restricted cash due to the financing and investment in the Talasol Project in April 2019.
Net cash used in investing activities was approximately €0.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to the acquisition of fixed assets in connection with the Wasteto-Energy projects in the Netherlands partially offset by proceeds from restricted cash, settlement of derivatives and the repayment of loan from an equity accounted investee.
Net cash from financing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2019 was approximately €64.3 million, resulting mainly from amounts withdrawn on account of the facility agreement executed by four of our Spanish subsidiaries and from the closing of the project finance agreement of the Talasol Project, in the aggregate amount €58.9 million, and from consideration in the amount of €14.1 million received in connection with the sale of 49% of the Talasol Project (the payment of the remaining €1.4 million was deferred until the achievement of a preliminary acceptance certificate under the engineering, procurement and construction agreement of the Talasol Project).
Net cash from financing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2018 was approximately €19.8 million, resulting mainly from an amount of €33.7 million withdrawn on account of the facility agreement executed by five of our Italian subsidiaries, partially offset by the termination and early repayment of leasing agreements in the amount of approximately euro €4.2 million by two of our Italian subsidiaries and the termination and early repayment of a bank loan in the amount of approximately euro €9.2 million by an additional Italian subsidiary.
As of June 30, 2019, we were not in default of any financial covenants for immediate repayment under the various financing agreements we executed or under the Deeds of Trust for our Debentures.
As of June 30, 2019, our total current assets amounted to approximately €73.2 million, of which approximately €55.5 million was in cash and cash equivalents and approximately €2.2 million was in marketable securities, compared with total current liabilities of approximately €22.4 million. Our assets held in cash equivalents are held in money market accounts and short-term deposits, substantially all of which are highly liquid investments readily convertible to cash with original maturities of three months or less at the date acquired.
As of June 30, 2018, our total current assets amounted to approximately €64.4 million, of which approximately €45.6 million was in cash and cash equivalents and approximately €2.2 million was in marketable securities, compared with total current liabilities of approximately €14.4 million.
The increase in our cash balance is mainly attributable to the proceeds received in connection with the facility agreement executed by four of our Spanish subsidiaries, from the closing of the project finance agreement of the Talasol Project and from the sale of 49% of the Talasol Project.
As of June 30, 2019, except as detailed above there have been no material changes to the contractual obligations we disclosed in our Annual Report.
We are exposed to a variety of risks, including foreign currency fluctuations and changes in interest rates. We regularly assess currency and interest rate risks to minimize any adverse effects on our business as a result of those factors and periodically use hedging transactions in order to attempt to limit the impact of such changes.
We hold cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted cash in various currencies, including euro and NIS. Our holdings in the Italian and Spanish PV Plants and in the Netherlands waste-to-energy projects are denominated in euro and our holdings in the Talmei Yosef PV Plant and in Dori Energy are denominated in NIS. The financing we have in connection with our PV Plants and the waste-to-energy projects is denominated in euro and the financing we have in connection with our PV Plants bears interest that is based on EURIBOR rate. Our Debentures and the project finance debt of the Talmei Yosef PV Plant are denominated in NIS and are to be repaid (principal and interest) in NIS.
As detailed in our Annual Report, we previously utilized forward transactions to manage the foreign exchange risk resulting from our euro based operations and we entered into two Cross Currency Swap transactions in connection with the issuance of our Series B Debentures.
As detailed in our Annual Report, we utilize interest rate swap derivatives to convert certain floating-rate debt to fixed-rate debt. Our interest rate swap derivatives involve an agreement to pay a fixed-rate interest and receive a floating-rate interest, at specified intervals, calculated on an agreed notional amount that matches the amount of the original loan and paid on the same installments and maturity dates. In the future, we may enter into additional interest rate swaps or other derivatives contracts to further hedge our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates.
For more information concerning hedging transaction, including transactions entered into in connection with the financing agreement entered into by four of our Spanish subsidiaries and the project finance agreement of the Talasol Project, see note 1.B and note 10 of our condensed consolidated interim financial statements as at June 30, 2019.
With the exception of historical facts, the matters discussed in this report and the financial statements attached hereto are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may relate to, among other things, future actions, future performance generally, business development activities, future capital expenditures, strategies, the outcome of contingencies such as legal proceedings, future financial results, financing sources and availability and the effects of regulation and competition. When we use the words "believe," "intend," "expect," "may," "will," "should," "anticipate," "could," "estimate," "plan," "predict," "project," or their negatives, or other similar expressions, the statements which include those words are usually forward-looking statements. When we describe strategy that involves risks or uncertainties or include statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, we are making forward-looking statements.
Achievement of future results is subject to risks, uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. Please see Item 3.D. "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report, in which we have identified important factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made by us; any such statement is qualified by reference to the following cautionary statements. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all risk factors. Consequently, you should not consider the said section to be a complete discussion of all potential risks or uncertainties. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
We warn you that forward-looking statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ as a result of risks that we face. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made and we undertake no obligation to update them.
Exhibit 99.4
THE BINDING VERSION IS THE HEBREW VERSION
Dated July 15, 2019
| By and between: | Ellomay Capital Ltd. | |
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| 52-003986-8 | ||
| of 9 Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv | ||
| (hereinafter: the "Company") | ||
| Of the first part; | ||
| And: | Hermetic Trust (1975) Ltd. | |
| 51-070519-7 | ||
| of 113 HaYarkon Street, Tel-Aviv | ||
| (hereinafter: the "Trustee") | ||
| Of the second part; | ||
| Whereas: | the Company's Board of Directors resolved on July 10, 2019 to approve the issuance of the Debentures (as hereinafter defined), the terms of which are as set forth in this Deed of Trust and which shall be offered to the public by the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined); |
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| And whereas: | the Trustee is a company limited by shares that was incorporated in Israel in 1975 in accordance with the Companies Ordinance, whose main object is to engage in trusts, and it meets the eligibility requirements established by law, and in particular the requirements of the Securities Law (as hereinafter defined) to serve as a trustee of the debentures which are the subject of this deed; |
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| And whereas: | the Trustee declared that there is no hindrance in accordance with the Securities Law or any other law barring it from entering into this Deed of Trust with the Company, including pertaining to conflicts of interests preventing him from engaging with the Company as stated, and that it meets all of the demands and eligibility requirements set forth in the Securities Law to serve as Trustee for the issuance of the Debentures; |
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| And whereas: | the Trustee has no material interest in the Company, and the Company has no personal interest in the Trustee, which exceeds from the Trustee being the trustee of additional Company debentures; |
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| And whereas: | the Company has made a request to the Trustee that subject to the issuance of the debentures (Series C), he shall serve as Trustee for the holders of the Debentures (Series C) and the Trustee has agreed, all subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Deed of Trust; |
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| And whereas: | the Trustee has agreed to sign this Deed of Trust and to act as Trustee for the holders of Debentures; | |
| And whereas: | the Company declares that as of the date of signing this Deed of Trust, all approvals required for the purpose of performing the issuance have been obtained, and there is no hindrance by law and/or agreement to perform the issuance of the Debentures (Series C) and/or to engage with the Trustee in accordance with the Deed of Trust; |
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| And whereas: | the parties wish to arrange the terms of the Debentures (Series C) in this Deed of Trust, in light of the Company's intention to make a first public offering of the Debentures (Series C) in accordance with the Prospectus, as shall be set forth in the Prospectus and the complementary notice, which the Company shall publish, in a way that the Deed of Trust will apply to the Debentures (Series C) alone; |
| Topic | Clause in the Deed | |
|---|---|---|
| Preamble; Interpretation; Definitions and Entry into Force | 1 | |
| Issuing the Debentures; the Terms of Issuance; Equal Ranking | 2 | |
| Appointment of the Trustee; Commencement of Term; Term of Office of the Trustee; Expiration of the Office of the Trustee; Resignation; Dismissal; the Duties of the Trustee; the Powers of the Trustee |
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| Purchasing Debentures by the Company or by an Affiliated Holder | 4 | |
| Issuance of Debentures from New Series; Expanding a Series | 5 | |
| The Company's Undertakings | 6 | |
| Not Securing the Debentures; Negative Pledge | 7 | |
| Early Redemption | 8 | |
| Right for Immediate Repayment and/or Realization of Collaterals | 9 | |
| Claims and Proceedings by the Trustee 1 | 10 | |
| Order of Priority of Creditors; Dividing the Intakes | 11 | |
| Authority to Demand Financing | 12 | |
| Authority to Delay the Division of Funds | 13 | |
| Notice of Distribution and Deposit with the Trustee | 14 | |
| Avoidance from Payment for a Reason that is not Dependent on the Company; Deposit with the Trustee | 15 | |
| Receipt from the Debenture Holders and the Trustee | 15A | |
| Presenting Debentures to the Trustee and Registration pertaining to Partial Payment | 15B | |
| Reserved | 16 | |
| Investment of Funds | 17 |
| Topic | Clause in the Deed |
|---|---|
| Urgent Representing Body for the Debenture Holders | 18 |
| Confidentiality | 19 |
| Other Agreements | 20 |
| Reporting by the Trustee | 21 |
| Fees and Covering the Trustee's Expenses | 22 |
| Reserved | 23 |
| Liability | 24 |
| The Authority of the Trustee to Employ Agents | 25 |
| Indemnification | 26 |
| Notices | 27 |
| Waiver; Settlement; Changes in the Terms of the Deed of Trust, Debentures | 28 |
| Proxies | 29 |
| Registry of Debenture Holders | 30 |
| Meetings of Debenture Holders | 31 |
| Applicability of the Law | 32 |
| Exclusive Authority | 33 |
| General | 34 |
| Topic | Clause in the Deed |
|---|---|
| Addresses | 35 |
| Authorization to Magna | 36 |
| The Date of Payment of the Debentures Principal | Clause 3 of the First Addendum |
| The Interest | Clause 4 of the First Addendum |
| The Linkage Terms of the Principal and the Interest | Clause 5 of the First Addendum |
| Deferral of Appointed Times | Clause 6 of the First Addendum |
| Payments of the Principal and Interest of the Debentures | Clause 7 of the First Addendum |
| Interest in Arrears | Clause 8 of the First Addendum |
| Avoidance from Payment for a Reason that does not Depend on the Company | Clause 9 of the First Addendum |
| Registry of Debenture Holders | Clause 10 of the First Addendum |
| Splitting Debenture Certificates and Transferring Them | Clause 11 of the First Addendum |
| Replacing the Debenture Certificate | Clause 12 of the First Addendum |
| Early Redemption | Clause 13 of the First Addendum |
| Purchasing Debentures by the Company or an Affiliated Holder | Clause 14 of the First Addendum |
| Waiver; Settlement and Changes in the Debenture Terms | Clause 15 of the First Addendum |
| Debenture Holders Meetings | Clause 16 of the First Addendum |
| Receipts as Proof | Clause 17 of the First Addendum |
| Immediate Repayment | Clause 18 of the First Addendum |
| Notices | Clause 19 of the First Addendum |
| The Trustee's Duties | Appendix 3 |
| Conditions for Expanding the Series of Debentures | Appendix 5.2 |
| Financial Covenants and Undertakings | Appendix 6.2 |
| Confidentiality Undertaking | Appendix 19.2 |
| The Trustee's Fee and Covering his Expenses | Appendix 22 |
| Meetings of Debenture Holders | Second Addendum |
1.5. In this Deed of Trust the following expressions shall have the meaning set beside them:
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1.5.15 "Magna"- the Electronic Proper Disclosure System of the Israel Securities Authority.


3.3. The Trust for the Debenture Holders and the duties of the Trustee according to this Deed of Trust shall come into force upon the issuance of the Debentures pursuant to the Deed by the Company.
3.12. The Trustee is permitted in the framework of performing the Trusteeship matters according to this Deed of Trust, to order an opinion and/or the advice of any lawyer, accountant, appraiser, assessor, surveyor, broker or any other expert (the "Consultants"), whether such opinion and/or advice was prepared at the Trustee's request and/or at the Company's request, and to act in accordance with its conclusion, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any loss or damage that shall occur as a result of any action and/or omission that were made by it based on such advice or opinion as aforesaid, unless it was determined in a final judgment that the Trustee acted negligently (apart from negligence which is exempt by law a shall be from time to time) and/or in bad faith and/or maliciously. The Trustee shall provide a copy of the opinion or advice as mentioned for the viewing of Debenture Holders and the Company, at their request. The Company shall bear the full fee and reasonable expenses of hiring the Consultants appointed as stated. The Trustee and the Company shall reach an agreement over a list of no more than three consulting firms with relevant reputation and expertise, which the Trustee shall approach for receiving fee quotes as stated. The Company shall select one of the offers submitted, and shall be entitled to negotiate with the firms regarding their quote for a period of up to 5 business days, provided that the delay due to the negotiation shall not risk, at the Trustee's opinion, the rights of the Holders of Debentures.
Any advice and/or opinion such as this can be given, sent or received by letter, telex, facsimile and/or any other electronic means for transferring information and the Trustee may act based on them, even if it turns out afterwards that errors occurred in them or that they were not authentic, unless it was possible to detect the errors or the lack of authenticity in a reasonable examination, provided that it has not acted negligently (apart from negligent exempt by law, as it shall be from time to time) and/or in bad faith and/or maliciously. It is clarified that the documents could be transferred, on the one hand, and that the Trustee is entitled to rely upon them, on the other hand, only where they are received clearly, and when they are legible. In any other case, the Trustee shall be responsible to request their receipt in a manner enabling their proper reading and understanding as stated.
4.1. Subject to any law, and without derogating from the Company's right to redeem the Debentures by early redemption as set forth in this Deed, the Company reserves the right to purchase at any time, whether on the Stock Exchange or outside of the Sock Exchange, Debentures which shall be in circulation from time to time from other sellers apart from the Company (which shall be selected at its discretion and without the duty of approaching and/or notifying all Holders), at any price and quantity that it shall see fit, all without harming the duty of repayment imposed on it pertaining to the remaining Debentures (Series C) in circulation. In the event of such purchase by the Company, the Company shall notify this in an Immediate Report, inasmuch as it is required by law.
Debentures purchased by the Company shall be revoked and delisted from trade on the Stock Exchange, and the Company shall not be entitled to re-issue them. In case the Debentures are purchased in the framework of Stock Exchange trade, the Company shall approach the Stock Exchange clearing house in a request to withdraw the Debenture Certificates purchased by it as stated.
4.5. The stated in this clause 4, in and of itself, does not bind the Company or the Debenture Holders to purchase Debentures or to sell the Debentures they hold.
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Despite the stated in this clause 5.2 above, the Company shall not be entitled to issue, whether by issuance to the public according to a prospectus, and whether in any other manner, additional Debentures of Series C, unless all of the terms set forth in Appendix 5.2 of this Deed have been fulfilled or after receiving the approval of the Debenture Holders Meeting at the majority required for the purpose of adopting a Special Resolution, provided that for the purpose of adopting the resolution, the legal quorum shall be determined in accordance with the provisions applying to an Ordinary Resolution.
For the avoidance of doubt it shall be clarified, that all of the provisions of the Deed of Trust that apply to the Debentures in Circulation shall apply to additional Debentures of Series C that shall be issued, as mentioned, and the existing Debentures of Series C and the additional Debentures of that series (as of the time of their issuance) shall constitute a single series for all matters and purposes, and the Deed of Trust shall also apply to all additional Debentures (Series C) as stated. For the avoidance of doubt, holders of additional Debentures of Series C, which shall be issued in a series expansion as mentioned, shall not be entitled to payment of any Principal and/or interest and/or any other payment that the record date for payment is prior to their date of their issuance. (It is clarified, in this respect, that in the event that additional Debentures of Series C shall be issued, after any time that entitlement has been stipulated in this Deed to the payment of interest, the interest for them shall be paid at the next payment date of interest, after the date of their issue, for the period from the date of their issue, at a relative rate from the payment of interest paid for the Debentures at that time, that is equal to the ratio between the period that passed from the time of their issue and between the original period for which the interest is paid at that time). Subject to the provisions of any law and the Deed of Trust, the Trustee shall hold office as trustee for the Debentures (Series C), as they shall be from time to time in circulation, even in case of a series expansion, and the Trustee's consent for his office as stated pertaining to the expanded series shall not be required.
The Company's right to expand a series, as stated above, does not detract from the Trustee's right to inspect the implications of an issuance as stated, and does not detract from the rights of the Trustee and/or the Debenture Holders in accordance with this Deed, including their right to make the Debentures (Series C) immediately repayable in accordance with the provisions of the Deed of Trust.
5.4. The Company shall notify in an Immediate Report regarding the issuance of debentures as mentioned in this clause above.
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The Company hereby undertakes towards the Trustee and the Debenture Holders, for as long as the Debentures were not fully paid (including interest), and for as long as all the undertakings towards the Debenture Holders and the Trustee were not fulfilled according to this Deed, as follows:
6.9. To deliver to the Trustee in writing, notices regarding the purchase of Debentures by the Company or an Affiliated Holder, immediately upon the Company becoming informed of this.
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6.10. On December 31st of each year, and for as long as this Deed is in effect, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee a confirmation of the Company signed by the Company CEO or the senior financial officer in the Company, that in the period starting from the date of the Deed and/or from the date of the prior confirmation that was given to the Trustee, whichever is later, and until the date of the confirmation, the Company has not breached this Deed, including a breach of the terms of the Debenture, unless expressly mentioned otherwise.
Any report or information that shall be published by the Company in the Magna system shall be considered as a report or information or summons, as the case may be, which was given to the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this clause. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, at the request of the Trustee, the Company shall transfer a printed copy of the report or information as mentioned.
It shall be clarified, that the confidentiality provisions in clause 19 hereinafter shall also apply to information given to the Trustee and/or his authorized representative and/or his agents, in accordance with the provisions of this clause 6.
1 The Regulation Codex – Business Management Principles, Volume 5, Part 2 – Capital, Measurement and Risk Management, Chapter 4 – Investment Assets Management, published by the Department of Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings at the Ministry of Finance, which entered into effect on May 1, 2014 (which appears, as of 07/09/2019 at: https://mof.gov.il/hon/Documents/%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%95%d7%97%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%94/Codex/Gate5_Part2_Chapter4.pdf as it shall be updated from time to time.
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7.4. Notwithstanding the aforesaid in clause 7.2 above, for as long as the Debentures (Series C) have not yet been fully repaid in any manner, including by way of a self-purchase and/or early redemption, the Company undertakes not to create a floating charge on all of its assets and rights, existing and future, in favor of any third party to secure any debt or undertaking and this is as opposed to a fixed charge or floating charge on a certain asset or a floating charge on a certain number of assets that the Company may create. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the Company shall be entitled to create a floating charge on all of its assets in favor of a third party, in each one of the following cases:
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(3) The Company shall make available in favor of the Holders of Debentures (Series C), by the Trustee, an irrevocable autonomous bank guarantee which shall be issued by bank/s or financial institution/s in Israel, rated at no less than ilAA (in the rating of Standard & Poor's or an equivalent rating), at a total equaling the amount guaranteed by the floating charge created in favor of the third party, or a total constituting the non-paid balance of the debt to Holders of Debentures (Series C), taking into account the amount of the interest until the date of the final repayment of the Debentures, according to the lower of them at the time of creating the pledge.
Despite the foregoing, it is clarified that the Company's undertaking to not create a floating charge shall not apply to any of the following actions and pledges and that the Company has the right, at any time (subject to the restrictions according to any law and/or any other agreement that the Company is party to), to: (a) pledge its assets, including its rights, in whole or in part, by any other pledge except for a floating charge on all of its assets, including, but not limited to, fixed pledges, including the creation of floating charges on specific assets, one or more, of the Company with respect to creating these charges (and bank accounts that can be pledged by a floating charge even without a fixed charge); (b) create a floating charge on all Company assets to guarantee the recycling (or re-recycling) of a loan guaranteed by a floating charge on all Company assets (and which met upon its creation, one or more of the conditions set forth in clauses 7.4(1) to 7.4(3) above), provided that the debt guaranteed by the new pledge as stated shall not exceed the unpaid balance of the debt guaranteed by the original debt; and (c) pledge on assets or rights purchased (or which shall be purchased) in a way that they were pledged prior to their purchase.
It is clarified that all fixed charges and/or floating charges set forth in this clause shall be detracted from the applicability of a floating charge insofar as this shall be imposed according to the provisions of this sub-clause above.
Except for the aforesaid no restrictions shall apply to the Company in imposing all kinds of charges on its assets.
It is clarified that the stated in this sub-clause 7.4 does not limit the Company in selling its assets and/or its businesses (without detracting from the stated in clause 9.1 of this Deed and from the provisions of this Deed). It is further clarified, for the avoidance of doubt, that this clause cannot restrict the companies held by the Company (including subsidiaries and affiliates) from creating any charges, floating or fixed, on their assets, including on all of their assets.
The Company declares that as of the date of signing this Deed, there is no floating charge in favor of a third party on all of the Company's assets. As of the date of signing this Deed there are charges on the assets of the subsidiaries of the Company in the framework of project financing, pledges on deposits in the framework of hedging transactions and additional pledges to Discount Bank as set forth in Note 14 of the Company's financial statements as of December 31, 2018, included in the annual report which the Company filed with the Israeli Securities Authority on March 31, 2019.
The Company undertakes that if it shall create a floating charge on all of its assets in accordance with the exceptions set forth above, it shall notify the Trustee on the matter prior to creating the pledge, and shall specify in its notice, the clause due to which the Company is entitled to create a pledge as stated.
7.5. If and insofar as a floating charge shall be given as a security, as mentioned in clause 7.4 above, the following provisions shall apply:
Without derogating from any right that the Trustee has according to any law, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive instructions with respect to the Manner of Enforcing the Collaterals also by a Special Resolution that shall be adopted in a Meeting of the Debenture Holders, on the agenda of which is the giving of instructions to the Trustee regarding the Manner of Enforcing the Collaterals. The Meeting of the Debenture Holders as mentioned, shall be entitled to authorize a representing body of the Debenture Holders for advising the Trustee regarding the Manner of Enforcing the Collaterals.
Whenever the Company shall create a charge as mentioned in this sub-clause in favor of the Debenture Holders, and this is a charge that requires registration in the Registry of Charges managed at the Registrar of Companies for its perfection or any other registry as shall be required by any law, the charge shall be considered as legally registered only after the Company has furnished to the Trustee all the following documents:
(1) A charge document according to which the charge was registered in favor of the Trustee, bearing an original signature by the Company and stamped with an original "received" stamp by the office of the Registrar of Companies, and bearing a date which is not later than twenty one (21) days after the signature date on the charge document;
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(2) A notice of details of mortgages and pledges (Form 10) signed with an original "received" stamp from the office of the Registrar of Companies, which bears a date that is not later than twenty one (21) days after creating the notice;
If it is decided by the Stock Exchange to delist the Debentures (Series C) from trade as the value of the series has decreased from the sum that was determined in the Stock Exchange instructions regarding delisting from trade, the Company shall allow early redemption as mentioned of the series due to the delisting from trade of the Debentures as mentioned above, and it shall act as follows:
At the early redemption day the Company shall redeem the Debentures that the Debenture Holders requested to redeem. The redemption consideration shall not be less than the sum of the nominal value of the certificates of undertaking with additional interest that has accumulated until the date of actual payment, as set forth in the terms of the Debentures.

The Company shall be entitled, at its sole discretion, to perform early redemption, full or partial, of the Debentures (Series C) and this is at its sole discretion commencing on the end of 60 days from the date on which the Debentures (Series C) were listed for trade, and in this case the following provisions shall apply, all subject to the instructions of the Israeli Securities Authority and the provisions of the Stock Exchange regulations and the instructions pursuant thereto, as they shall be at the relevant time:
If an early redemption is scheduled in a quarter in which payment of interest is also scheduled, or payment of partial redemption or payment of final redemption, the early redemption shall be performed at the time that was scheduled for payment as mentioned.
The early redemption date shall not apply in a period between the record date for the payment of interest for the Debentures and the date of actual payment of interest.
The Company shall publish, in the aforementioned Immediate Report, the sum of the Principal that shall be repaid in the early redemption and the interest that has accumulated for it until the date of the early redemption in accordance with the provisions in clause 8.2.5 hereinafter. Upon making a partial early redemption, the Company shall pay the Holders of Debentures (Series C) the interest accumulated for the part paid by partial redemption, and not for the entire non-paid balance of the Debentures' Principal.

For this matter: "Government Debenture Yield" means the weighted average return (gross) for redemption, in a period of seven Business Days, that ends two Business Days prior to the date of notice of early redemption, of two series of governmental debentures with an average duration closest to the average duration of the Debentures (Series C) at the relevant time.
For example: if the average duration of government debenture A is four (4) years, the average duration of government debenture B is two (2) years and the average duration of the balance of cash flow for the Debentures (series C) up for early repayment (Principal with the addition of interest) is three and a half (3.5) years, the weighted average yield of the government debentures will be calculated as follows:
4x + 2(1-x) = 3.5
Where:
x – weight of the yield of government debenture A
(1-x) – weight of the yield of government debenture B
According to the calculation in the example specified above, the annual yield of government debenture A will be weighted at the rate of seventy five percent (75%) from the "yield" and the annual yield of government debenture B will be weighted at a rate of twenty five percent (25%) of the "yield".
8.2.8 The early redemption of the Debentures as mentioned above shall not confer upon a Holder of Debentures that shall be redeemed as mentioned, the right to receive interest for the period after the redemption date.

Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the Company shall not be given any cure period with respect to the motions or orders that were filed or granted, respectively, by the Company or with its consent.
For this matter, "most of the Company assets" – the assets of the Company as well as of companies consolidated in its financial statements, with an aggregated value which exceeds 50% of the total consolidated assets of the Company, in accordance with its recent consolidated financial statements or its recently published consolidated financial results.
Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the Company shall not be given any cure period with respect to motions filed or given, respectively, by the Company or with its consent.
Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the Company shall not be given any cure period with respect to motions or orders that were filed or given, respectively, by the Company or with its consent.

For this matter, "most of the Company assets" – as this term is defined hereinafter.
"Transfer of Control" for the purpose of this clause – any transactions, as a result of which, none of the Messrs. Shlomo Nehama, Ran Fridrich and Hemi Raphael, directly or indirectly, shall be a holder of controlling interest in the Company.
For the matter of this clause, "Control" – as the term is defined in the Securities Law.
For the purpose of this clause, "Transaction" – a transaction in which framework the holdings of Messrs. Shlomo Nehama, Ran Fridrich and Hemi Raphael (hereinafter: the "Current Holders of Controlling Interests") in the Company, directly or indirectly (via companies in their ownership and their control), shall be transferred, including a transaction as stated, after which one (or both) of the following shall not occur:
But, for the avoidance of doubt, apart from a transaction as stated which is the result of a change in legislation and/or regulatory requirement and/or inheritance, when for the matter of changes in legislation and regulation – provided that the Company acts to the best of its efforts to avoid a result as stated. If the conditions set forth above in this clause are fulfilled in the aggregate, the Company shall submit an Immediate Report of this.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that the right to declare the Debentures immediately repayable as mentioned above and/or declaring the Debentures immediately repayable and/or for realizing pledges cannot derogate from or injure any other or additional remedy that the Debenture Holders (Series C) have or that the Trustee has according to the terms of the Debentures and the provisions of this Deed or according to the law, and failure to declare the debt immediately repayable upon the occurrence of any of the cases set forth in clause 9.1 of the Deed, shall not constitute any waiver whatsoever of the rights of the Holders of Debentures or the Trustee as stated.
In this clause:
"Material Asset" means: an asset or several assets cumulatively, whose aggregate book value exceeds 55% of the total consolidated assets of the Company according to its last consolidated financial statements or its last consolidated financial results that were published.
"Financial Statement" means: the consolidated financial statements or consolidated financial results of the Company that were published before the time of the event.
"Material Debt" means: a debt or a number of cumulative debts at an amount which constitutes 10% of the Company's aggregate balance sheet, in accordance with the Company's financial statements (as they are defined above) which were published prior to the occurrence of the event. It is clarified that a debt for which fixed charges were placed for securing it or a non- recourse debt, namely a debt with no right of recourse to the Company or a project debt shall not be considered as a Debt.
"Merger" means a merger as the term is defined in the Companies Law, including in accordance with the provision of the Ninth Part of the Companies Law, apart from a merger between companies consolidated in the Company's financial statements, when in this case there shall be no requirement for a declaration by the Company or the surviving company as stated above, or a prior approval of the Holders of Debentures as stated above.
Selling "Most of the Company Assets" means selling assets of the Company or of the consolidated companies in its financial statements, over a period of 12 consecutive months, with a value, after deduction of assets purchased by the Company or by the consolidated companies in its financial statements during the same period of 12 consecutive months, which exceed the rate of 50% of the consolidated Company assets, according to its last consolidated financial statements or its last consolidated financial results published.
The time of convening a Meeting as stated shall be at the end of 21 days from the day on which it was summoned (or a shorter period of time in accordance with the provisions of clause 9.2.6 hereinafter).
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9.2.3 If a reasonable period was determined in clause 9.1 above or in a resolution of a Holders' meeting, as the case may be, with respect to a certain clause, in which the Company is entitled to perform an action or to adopt a decision which as a result the cause for declaring immediate repayment or realization of the Collaterals, insofar as created, is dropped, the Trustees or the Debenture Holders are entitled to declare the Debentures immediately payable and/or to realize collaterals according to these clauses only if the period that was determined as mentioned has passed and the cause was not dropped; however, the Trustee is entitled to shorten the period that was determined as mentioned if it thought that it will materially harm the rights of the Debenture Holders.
9.2.7 The sending of a notice to the Company of the declaration of immediate repayment of the Debentures and/or realizing collaterals, inasmuch as any have been given, can be done also by way of publishing a notice of the decision of the Meeting or the decision of the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of clause 27 hereafter and it shall constitute a declaration of the Debentures immediately payable.
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9.2.8 In the event that the Debentures were declared immediately payable according to the provisions of clause 9, the Company undertakes:
9.3. After declaring the Debentures immediately payable in accordance with the provisions of clause 9.1 of the Deed, the Trustee and/or the Debenture Holders shall be entitled to immediately take all steps that they shall see fit. Inter alia, the Trustee and/or the Debenture Holders shall be entitled to enforce and to realize the Collaterals, insofar as created, (in whole or in part) that were given to secure the Company's undertakings to the Debenture Holders and to the Trustee according to this Deed. The Trustee shall be entitled to act in any manner that it shall see fit and effective, including in accordance with the relevant law in the relevant territory for each Collateral and within such actions it shall be entitled to appoint by itself and/or by the court, a trustee, receiver or manager on assets that were provided as Collateral, in whole or part of them and insofar as such assets were provided.
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Any intake which shall be received by the Trustee, except for its fees and the payment of any debt towards it, in any manner, including but not only as a result of declaring the Debentures immediately payable and/or as a result of proceedings that it shall institute, if it shall institute proceedings, inter alia, against the Company, shall be held by it in trust and shall serve for the purposes according to the order of priority of creditors as follows:
First – for the payment of any debt for the fees of the Trustee and its reasonable expenses; second – for the payment of any other debt according to undertakings to indemnify (as this term is defined in clause 26 hereafter); third – for paying the Debenture Holders who paid payments according to clause 26 hereafter; fourth – for paying the Debenture Holders late payment interest for delays in paying the interest that are due to them according to the terms of the Debentures, pari passu and in a proportionate manner to the sum of the interest that is delayed that is due to each of them without preference or right of priority regarding any of them; fifth – for paying the Debenture Holders sums of the interest in arrears for delays in paying the Principal, due to them in accordance with the terms of the Debentures, pari passu and relative to the amount of the Principal in delay which is due to each of them, without preference or right of precedence regarding either of them; sixth – for paying the Debenture Holders the amounts of the interest that are due to them according to the Debentures held by them pari passu, the payment date of which has not yet arrived and in a proportionate manner to the sums due to them, without any preference with respect to priority in time of issuing the Debentures by the Company or in any other manner; seventh – for paying the Debenture Holders the debt of amounts of the Principal which are due to them in accordance with the Debentures which are held by them pari passu, which payment date has not yet arrived and relative to the amounts which are due to them, without any preference pertaining to the precedence in time of issuing the Debentures by the Company or otherwise; and eighth – the surplus, if such shall exist, the Trustee shall pay the Company or to its substitutes, as the case may be.
Withholding tax shall be deducted from the payments to the Debenture Holders, insofar as there is a duty to deduct it according to any law.
The Debenture Holders Meeting is entitled to determine in a resolution in a special majority that the Company shall transfer to the Trustee a sum (or part of it) that is designed for a certain payment on account of the Principal and/or certain payment of interest for the Debentures for the finance required for matters that were determined in the Meeting as mentioned (the "Finance Sum"), and provided that such resolution was adopted before the record date determining the entitlement of the Debenture Holders to receive the Principal or interest as mentioned.
If a resolution of the Meeting was adopted as mentioned above, the following provisions shall apply, unless the Company shall transfer to the Trustee, before the record date as mentioned above, a sum equal to the Finance Sum and this not out of the specific payment as mentioned above:
The aforesaid does not release the Company from its liability to pay costs and fees as mentioned where it is liable to pay them according to this Deed and/or according to the law.

15.1. Any sum that is due to a Debenture Holder and that was not actually paid on the record date for its payment, for a reason that is not dependent on the Company, while the Company was willing and able to pay it fully and on time, shall cease to bear interest from the time that was determined, for its payment and the Debenture Holder shall be entitled, only to those amounts to which he was entitled at the time set for repayment or payment on account of the Principal and the interest.
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15.2. The Company shall deposit with the Trustee, no later than 10 Business Days after the time that was scheduled for that payment, the payment sum which was not paid on time as stated in clause 15.1 of the Deed and shall notify the Debenture Holders in an Immediate Report regarding a deposit as mentioned, and the aforementioned deposit shall be considered as paying that payment, and in the event of payment of everything due for that Debenture, also as the redemption of the Debenture.
Upon the transfer of the funds from the Trustee to the Company, to the Trustee's satisfaction, the Trustee shall be exempt from payment of such sums to the entitled Debenture Holders.
15B(1) The Trustee shall be entitled to request a Debenture Holder to present to the Trustee, upon paying any interest whatsoever or a partial payment of the amount of the Principal and the interest, should there be any, in accordance with the provisions of clauses 13-15A above, the Debenture certificates for which the payments are made, and the Debenture Holder shall be required to present the Debenture certificate as stated, provided that it does not bind the Debenture Holders to any payment and/or expense and/or impose on the Debenture Holders any responsibility and/or liability. 15B(2) The Trustee shall be entitled to register a comment on the Debenture certificates regarding the amounts paid as stated above, as well as their payment date. 15B(3) The Trustee shall be entitled, in any special case, at its discretion, to waive the presentation of the Debenture certificates after the Debenture Holder has given it a letter of indemnification and/or sufficient guarantee to its satisfaction for damages which might be caused due to failure to register the comment as stated, all as it shall see fit. 15B(4) Despite the foregoing, the Trustee shall be entitled, at its discretion, to hold records in another manner regarding partial payments as stated.
All funds which the Trustee is entitled to invest in accordance with this Deed, shall be invested by it, in a banking corporation in Israel which was rated by a rating company at a rating that is no less than AA of Standard & Poor's Maalot Ltd. or an equivalent rating by another rating company, in its name or payable to it, at its discretion, in Israeli government debentures or daily banking deposits as it shall see fit, all subject to the terms of this Deed of Trust and the provisions of any law, and provided that any investment in securities shall be in securities rated by a rating company at a rating that is no less than AA by Standard & Poor's Maalot Ltd. or an equivalent rating. It shall be clarified, that apart from Israeli government debentures or banking deposits as set forth in this clause, the Trustee shall not perform an investment in other securities. If the Trustee has done so, it shall not owe to the persons eligible for those amounts anything other than the consideration received from realizing the investment, with the deduction of its fees and expenses, commissions and expenses related to the stated investment and the management of the trust accounts, commissions and with the deduction of the mandatory payments applying to the trust account, and with regards to the remaining funds the Trustee shall act in accordance with the provisions of this Deed, as the case may be.

Subject to the provisions of the Law and the restrictions imposed on the Trustee in the Law the fulfillment of the Trustee's duties according to this Deed of Trust, or its status as Trustee, shall not prevent it from entering into different contracts with the Company or from performing transactions with it in the ordinary course of its business.
21.3. The Trustee must submit a report regarding the actions that it performed according to the provisions of chapter E.1 of the Law, according to a reasonable demand of the Debenture Holders that hold at least ten percent (10%) of the balance of the nominal value of the Debentures of that series, within a reasonable time of the demand, all subject to the confidentiality obligation of the Trustee towards the Company as set forth in Section 35J(d) of the Law.
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21.4. The Trustee shall update the Company before a report according to Section 35H1 of the Law.

Subject to giving the Company advance notice, and provided that the Trustee does not believe it shall injure the rights of the Debenture Holders, the Trustee shall be entitled to appoint agent(s) that will act in its place, whether attorneys or others, in order to do or participate in the performance of special actions that must be performed with respect to the trust and to pay reasonable fees to any agent as stated, and without derogating from the generality of the aforesaid instituting legal proceedings or representing in the Company's merger or split proceedings.
The Company shall be entitled to oppose an appointment as stated in case the agent is a competitor, whether directly or indirectly, with the Company's business (including companies consolidated in its financial statements) and/or in case there is concern that the agent might be, directly or indirectly, in a state of conflict of interests between his appointment and his position as agent and his personal interests, his other positions or his affinity to the Company and to corporations in its control, provided that a notice regarding the Company's objection as stated, which includes detailed reasons, has been given to the Trustee no later than seven (7) Business Days from the day on which the Trustee has given the Company a notice regarding its intention to appoint an agent as stated. It is clarified, that the appointment of an agent as stated shall not detract from the Trustee's responsibility for its actions and its agents' actions. In addition, the Trustee shall be entitled to pay, at the Company's expense, the reasonable fee of any such agent, and the Company shall repay the Trustee upon its request any such expense, provided that prior to appointing an agent as stated, the Trustee shall notify the Company in writing regarding the appointment, in addition to details about the agent's fees and the purpose of his appointment, and under the circumstances the cost of the agents' fees does not exceed reasonable and acceptable limits. It is clarified, that publishing the results of a resolution by the Debenture Holders regarding the appointment of agents shall constitute giving notice as stated, provided that prior to an appointment as stated, the Trustee has given the Company all information and details as set forth above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not repay to the Trustee the agent's fees or expenses if he has been present in Debenture Holders' Meetings on behalf of the Trustee, or of an agent who has fulfilled the regular actions which the Trustee is required to perform pursuant to this Deed of Trust, whereas the performance of these actions is included in the fee which the Trustee receives from the Company in accordance with the provisions of clause 21 above. For the avoidance of doubt, in case of declaring the Debentures immediately repayable, the actions which the Trustee shall be required to take in this regard shall not be considered as regular actions which the Trustee must perform pursuant to this Deed of Trust for the purpose of this clause. It shall be clarified, that the objection of the Company to appoint a certain agent who was appointed at a Holders meeting, shall not delay the beginning of employment of the agent, insofar as the delay might damage the rights of the Holders.
26.1. The Company and the Debenture Holders (at the relevant record date as mentioned in clause 26.5 of the Deed, each for its undertaking as mentioned in clause 26.3 of the Deed) hereby undertake to indemnify the Trustee, each Office Holder in it, its employees, agents and experts that the Trustee shall appoint in accordance with the provisions of the Deed of Trust or according to a resolution adopted by an Ordinary Resolution of the Debenture Holders ("Persons Entitled to Indemnification"), provided there is no double indemnification or compensation, as follows:
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And all provided that one of the cases set forth in the sub-clauses (a) to (f) hereinafter does not occur:
Even in case it shall be claimed against the Persons Entitled to Indemnification that they are not entitled to indemnification for any reason whatsoever, the Persons Entitled for Indemnification shall be entitled, upon their first demand for the payment of the sum that is due to them in connection with the "Indemnification Undertaking". In the event that it shall be determined in a peremptory judicial decision that the Persons Entitled for Indemnification do not have the right to be indemnified, the Persons Entitled for Indemnification shall return the sums of the Indemnification Undertaking that were paid to them.
The undertaking to indemnify in accordance with this clause 26.1 shall be referred to as the "Indemnification Undertaking".
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26.2. Without derogating from the validity of the "Indemnification Undertaking" in clause 26.1 of the Deed and subject to the provisions of the Securities Law, as long as the Trustee shall be required according to the terms of the Deed of Trust and/or according to Law and/or instruction of an authorized authority and/or any law and/or according to the demand of Debenture Holders and/or the Company's demand, to perform any action, including but not limited to, instituting proceedings or submitting claims according to the demand of Debenture Holders, as mentioned in this Deed, the Trustee shall be entitled to refrain from taking any such action, until it receives a money deposit to its satisfaction from the Company, and in case the Company fails to provide any financial deposit for any reason whatsoever, from the Debenture Holders for covering the Indemnification Undertaking (the "Financing Deposit"). The Trustee shall approach the Debenture Holders that held at the record date (as mentioned in clause 26.5 of the Deed) to request that they deposit with it the sum of the Financing Deposit, each according to their Relative Share (as this term is defined hereafter). In the event that the Debenture Holders will not deposit the entire Financing Deposit the Trustee will not have the obligation to take any action or relevant proceedings. The aforesaid cannot exempt the Trustee from taking any urgent action required to prevent adverse material harm to the rights of the Debenture Holders.
The "Relative Share" means: the relative share of the Debentures which the Debenture Holder held at the relevant record date as mentioned in clause 26.5 hereafter of the total nominal value of the Debentures in Circulation at that time. It is clarified that the calculation of the relative share shall remain fixed even if after that time a change shall occur in the nominal value of the Debentures held by the Debenture Holder.

27.3. Any notice or demand to the Trustee shall be given in one of the ways set forth in clause 27.2 above.
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30.2. The Company shall not be obligated to register in the Debenture Holders' registry, any notice regarding trust, expressed, implied or assumed, or any lien or pledge of any sort and type whatsoever or any right in equity, claim or offset or any other right pertaining to the Debentures. The Company shall only acknowledge the ownership of the person in whose name the Debentures were registered. The legal successors, estate managers or executors of the will of the registered Holder, and any person who shall be entitled to Debentures due to the bankruptcy of any registered Holder (and if the Holder is a corporation – due to its liquidation), shall be entitled to be registered as Holders thereof after giving proof which the Company finds sufficient to show their right to be registered as their Holders.
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Convening a Meeting of the Debenture Holders, the manner of conducting it and different terms regarding it, shall be in accordance with the second addendum.
The only court that shall be competent to hear matters connected to the Deed of Trust and its appendixes shall be the competent court in Tel Aviv – Jaffa.
Without derogating from the other provisions of this Deed of Trust, and of the Debentures, any waiver, extension, discount, silence, avoidance from action ("waiver") by the Trustee concerning the default or partial performance or incorrect performance of any undertaking towards the Trustee or towards the Debenture Holders according to this Deed and the Debenture, shall not be considered as a waiver by the Trustee of any right, but rather as a consent limited to this certain waiver and it shall apply only with respect to the specific time in which it was given and it shall not apply to other times or to other waivers.
Without derogating from the other provisions of this Deed of Trust and the Debenture, any reduction of undertakings towards the Trustee, that were set forth in this Deed or that were made according to it, requires receiving the Trustee's consent in advance and in writing and no other consent shall be valid, whether verbal or by conduct regarding such reduction.
The Trustee's rights according to this agreement are independent from each other and they are in addition to any right that currently exists and/or that the Trustee shall have according to law and/or other agreement.

The parties' addresses shall be as set forth in the preamble of this Deed, or any other address in respect to which a notice shall be given according to clause 27 above, to the other party. The addresses of the Debenture Holders shall be as mentioned in the registry or as shall be delivered by them by notice according to clause 27 above.
In accordance with the provisions of the Securities Regulations (Signature and Electronic Reporting), 5763- 2003, the Trustee hereby authorizes the party authorized for this on behalf of the Company, to electronically report to the Securities Authority of this Deed of Trust, the engagement and the signature thereon inasmuch as it is required by law.
/s/ Shlomo Nehama, /s/ Ran Fridrich /s/ Ellomay Capital Ltd. Hermetic Trusts (1975) Ltd.
I the undersigned Odeya Brick-Zarsky, Adv. confirm that this Deed of Trust was signed by Ellomay Capital Ltd. via Messrs. Shlomo Nehama and Ran Fridrich and their signature binds Ellomay Capital Ltd. with respect to this Deed of Trust.
/s/ Odeya Brick-Zarsky
Odeya Brick-Zarsky, Adv.
The issue of a series of registered Debentures (Series C), bearing annual interest of ___ not linked (Principal and interest) that shall be repaid in 5 annual non-equal installments on June 30th in each of the years 2021 to 2025 (inclusive) as follows: on payment of the principal in 2021, a rate of 10% of the principal shall be paid, on each one of the two principal payments in 2022 to 2023 a rate of 15% of the principal shall be paid, and on each one of the principal payments in 2024 to 2025 a rate of 30% of the principal shall be paid. The interest on the Debentures (Series C) shall be paid twice a year, on June 30 of each of the years 2020 until 2025 (inclusive) and on December 31 of each of the years 2019 to 2024 (inclusive) commencing from the 31st of December 2019 and until the final repayment date of the Debentures (Series C) on June 30, 2025.
Number ____
Nominal value in NIS _________
Signed by the Company on ____________
______________ Ellomay Capital Ltd.
By its authorized signatories:
Director: _____________________ Director: ____________________
In this Debenture the terms in clause 1.5 of the Deed of Trust shall have the meaning given to them there, unless expressly provided otherwise.
The Debentures do not include any collateral or pledges and include an undertaking for negative pledge as set forth in clause 7 of the Deed of Trust, and an undertaking to meet the financial standards and restrictions regarding the distribution of dividends as set forth in appendix 6.2 of this Deed.
The Principal of the Debentures (Series C) shall be payable in five (5) annual non-equal installments which shall be paid on June 30th of each of the years 2021-2025 (inclusive) as follows: the first installment, at a rate of 10% of the principal, shall be paid in 2021; the second and third installment, at rate of 15% of the principal, shall be paid in 2022 and 2023; and the fourth and the fifth installments, at a rate of 30% of the principal, shall be paid in 2024 and 2025.
Without derogating from the provisions of clause 9.1.13 of the Deed of Trust, the interest rate which the Debentures shall bear shall be adjusted due to failure to meet the financial standards set forth in clauses 2(b), 3(b) and 4(b) of Appendix 6.2 of the Deed of Trust, at the times set forth in this clause, as specified hereinafter:
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a. In case the Company fails to meet any of the financial standards set forth in clauses 2(b), 3(b) and 4(b) of Appendix 6.2 of the Deed of Trust (hereinafter in this clause: "the Standards"), the annual interest rate which the unpaid balance of the Debenture Principal shall bear, shall increase by an annual rate of 0.25% beyond the annual interest rate as it shall be at that time, for breaching each of the Standards (hereinafter in this clause: "the Additional Interest") until a maximal Additional Interest at a rate of 0.5%, for the period of time beginning upon publishing the financial statements or the financial results, as the case may be, according to which the Company has failed to meet any of the Standards, and until the full repayment of the unpaid balance of the Debentures Principal or until the Company meets the financial standard, the deviation from which has led to the Additional Interest (as stated in sub-clause (d) hereinafter), the earlier of these dates. It is clarified, that increasing the interest rate as stated above shall be done only once for breaching each of the Standards, inasmuch as it shall occur, and that the interest rate shall not increase once more in case the deviation from that Standard continues, inasmuch as it shall continue.
e. In any case, the Additional Interest shall not increase, as a result of failure to meet the Standards, over 0.5%.
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The interest and the Principal of the Debentures (Series C) are not linked to the index or to any currency.
If the date of payment of any payment of Principal and/or interest falls on a day which is not a Trading Day, the date stipulated shall be postponed to the next Trading Day after it without any additional payment and the "Record Date" for the purpose of determining entitlement to redemption and to interest shall not change as a result.
7.8. Any mandatory payment insofar as required according to law shall be deducted from any payment for the Debentures (Series C).
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For any payment on account of the Principal and/or interest, which shall be paid in arrears exceeding seven (7) Business Days from the effective day for its payment according to the terms of the Debentures (Series C) for a reason dependent on the Company, the Company shall pay the Debenture Holders interest in arrears (calculated pro rata for the period after the date scheduled for payment until the actual date of payment). "Interest in Arrears" shall mean additional annual interest at a rate of 3.25% which shall be added to the interest rate which the Debentures (Series C) shall bear at that time. The Company shall notify of the rate of the interest in arrears and of the date of payment as mentioned in an Immediate Report and this two (2) Trading Days before the actual payment date.
With respect to avoiding payment for any reason that is not dependent on the Company, while the Company could have paid it fully and timely, the provisions of clause 15 of the Deed of Trust shall apply and which are included in this addendum by reference.
With respect to the registry of Debenture Holders, the provisions of clause 30 of the Deed of Trust shall apply and that are included in this addendum by reference.
11.7. Each Debenture certificate may be split to a number of Debenture certificates that their total Principal sum is equal to the Principal sum of the certificate the split of which is requested, and provided that such certificates shall not be issued unless this is by a reasonable quantity at the discretion of the Company's board of directors. The split shall be made against the delivery of that Debenture certificate to the Company at its registered office for the purpose of performing the split together with a split request lawfully signed by the applicant. Any costs involved in the split, including taxes and levies, if such shall exist, shall apply to the split applicant.
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In the event a Debenture certificate shall become worn out, shall be lost or shall be destroyed, the Company shall be entitled to issue a new Debenture certificate in its place, and this is under the same conditions with respect to proof, indemnification and covering the reasonable costs incurred by the Company for clarifying regarding the ownership right of the Debentures, as the Company shall see fit, provided that in the event of the certificate becoming worn out, the worn out Debenture certificates shall be returned to the Company before a new certificate is issued. Levies and other expenses involved in issuing the new certificate, insofar as existing, shall apply to the person requesting such certificate.
With respect to early redemption of the Debentures, the provisions of clause 8 of the Deed of Trust shall apply and which are included in this addendum by reference.
With respect to the purchase of Debentures by the Company or by an Affiliated Holder, see the provisions of clause 4 of the Deed of Trust which are included in this addendum by reference.
With respect to a waiver, settlement and changes in the terms of the Debentures, the provisions of clause 28 of the Deed of Trust shall apply which are included in this addendum by reference.
With respect to the general meetings of the Debenture Holders, they shall be convened and conducted in accordance with the provisions of clause 31 of the Deed of Trust which are included in this addendum by reference.
For this matter see clause 15A of the Deed.
With respect to immediate repayment of the Debentures, the provisions of clause 9 of the Deed of Trust shall apply and which are included in this addendum by reference.
With respect to notices, the provisions of clause 27 of the Deed of Trust shall apply and which are included in this addendum by reference.

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The conditions for expanding the series of Debentures (Series C), which are required to be met in full for the purpose of the expansion, are as follows:
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to holding the tender for classified investors, a written approval signed by a senior financial officer in the Company regarding the existence of these terms including calculations, all in a format to the Trustee's satisfaction. The Trustee shall rely upon an approval as stated and shall not be required to perform an additional inspection on its behalf.
It is clarified that the Company's undertaking as mentioned in this appendix shall apply only with respect to additional issues of the Debentures (Series C) by way of expanding the series, and not with respect to issuing other series of debentures in circulation existing at that time by way of expanding the series or with respect to issuing other new securities, whether these are rated or not.

As long as Debentures (Series C) exist in circulation (in other words as long as they were not paid in full in any manner, including by way of self-purchase and/or early redemption), the Company undertakes (for the duration of the Examination Period, as defined hereafter) as follows:
In this appendix the following terms shall have the meaning set beside them:
"Net Cap" means – the Balance Sheet Equity of the Company according to its last consolidated annual financial statements or last consolidated quarterly financial results published before the day of calculation, with the addition of the Net Financial Debt.
"Balance Sheet Equity" means – the consolidated equity according to the international finance reporting standards (IFRS), and including minority rights, capital note and shareholders' loans which are inferior to the rights of Holders of Debentures (Series C). For the purpose of this clause, a shareholders' loan shall be considered as inferior to the Debentures only if according to its terms – (a) the repayment of a loan shall be conditioned on the fact that immediately upon the actual repayment of the loan, the Company shall meet the financial standards pertaining to the performance of a distribution; and (b) in case of declaring immediate repayment of the Debentures (Series C) or in case of liquidation, it shall be repaid only after the complete repayment of the Debentures (Series C).
"Net Financial Debt" - short term and long term debt from banks with the addition of debt towards holders of debentures that the Company issued and other interest-bearing financial obligations after deducting cash and cash equivalents and short terms investments and after deducting financing of projects, including hedging transactions for such finance, at the level of the Company's subsidiaries.
"Adjusted EBITDA" means – earnings before financing expenses, net, taxes, depreciation and amortization, where the revenues incomes from the Company's operations, for example for the Talmei Yosef project, are calculated in accordance with the fixed asset model and not in accordance with the financial asset model (IFRIC 12), and neutralizing expenses for share-based payment. The Adjusted EBITDA shall be calculated in accordance with the data of the four quarters prior to the time of the test, cumulatively, in accordance with the Company's consolidated annual financial statements or its consolidated quarterly financial results.
b. For the purpose of adjusting the interest as set forth in clause 4.3.1 in the Terms on the Other Side of the Page: the Balance Sheet Equity of the Company, as defined above, according to the consolidated financial statements or the consolidated quarterly financial results last published, shall be not less than 60 million Euros.
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The test of the Company's meeting each of the financial standards shall be performed upon publishing each financial statements or each financial results, as the case may be, when in each of the stated reports, the Company shall state its meeting or its failure to meet each of the financial standards, including the numerical data.
As long as the Debentures (Series C) have not yet been fully paid, the Company undertakes to inform the Trustee by a written notice signed by a senior financial officer in the Company with a calculation, all in a format to the Trustee's satisfaction, within 10 Business Days after publishing any financial statement or financial results of the Company, regarding its meeting the terms of clauses [2] to [4] above. The Trustee shall rely on the Company's confirmation and it shall not be required to perform another examination.
If it turns out that according to the financial statements or the financial results, the Company did not meet any of its undertakings mentioned in sub-clauses [2] – [4] above, and its failure to fulfill its undertakings as mentioned continued during the Examination Period (as defined hereafter), then the provisions of clause 9.1.13 of the Deed of Trust shall apply. It is clarified that for the purposes of clause 9 of the Deed of Trust, the date of the relevant breach shall be considered the date of publishing the relevant financial statements for the end of the Examination Period.
In this deed, the "Examination Period" means two consecutive quarters, based on the relevant financial results for the end of each of these quarters.
The Company's meeting any of the financial standards set forth in clauses 2-4 above, shall be calculated according to the accounting standard that applies to the Company in accordance with the financial results for 31/03/2019 (hereinafter: the "Previous Accounting Principles"). The Company shall publish in the framework of publishing its annual financial statements or financial results, as the case may be, the figures on which it based the calculation of the ratio of Net Financial Debt to Net Cap and the data on which it has based the calculation of the Adjusted EBITDA.
If there shall be a Material Change to the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and/or regulatory changes pertaining to the Previous Accounting Principles, the relevant tests in this Appendix 6.2 above shall be implemented in accordance with the financial statements (as they are defined in clause 9 of the Deed of Trust) prepared in accordance with the Previous Accounting Principles, ignoring the changes as stated, and the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, upon transferring the approval of its meeting the financial standards as stated in this clause above, a report of adjustment to the accounting principles applying to the Company in accordance with the Previous Accounting Principles, all in a format to the Trustee's satisfaction.
For the purpose of this clause, "Material Change" – means a change of at least 10% cumulatively, pertaining to all changes in accounting standards and regulation which have applied, between the relevant standard as stated, as of the date of the financial statements, as it shall be calculated in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles which shall apply to the Company at the time of the financial statements, and between the relevant standard, as of such date, as it shall be calculated in accordance with the Previous Accounting Principles.
As long as Debentures (Series C) shall exist in circulation (in other words as long as they were not fully paid, including by way of a self-purchase and/or early redemption), the Company shall be entitled to perform a distribution (as this term is defined in the Companies Law) including the distribution of dividends, to its shareholders at any time, provided that in any event of such distribution all following conditions are met: (a) the Balance Sheet Equity of the Company according to its consolidated financial statements or its consolidated financial results, after such distribution, shall not be less than 70 million Euros, (b) the ratio of Net Financial Debt to Net Cap shall not exceed 60% after performing the distribution; (c) the ratio of Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA after performing the distribution shall not exceed 8; (d) the Company shall not distribute more than 75% of the profit appropriate for distribution; (e) the Company shall not distribute a dividend on the basis of revaluation profits which were not yet realized (for the avoidance of doubt, negative goodwill shall not be considered as revaluation profit); (f) the Company meets all its material undertakings to the Debenture Holders in accordance with the provisions of this Deed; and (g) at the time of the distribution as well as after the distribution there is no cause for immediate repayment.
It shall be clarified that in case of adopting a plan for repurchase of shares by the Company, the Company shall be required to meet the conditions set forth above upon adopting the repurchase plan and with regards to the scope of the plan in its entirety and no additional check shall be performed of meeting any of the aforementioned conditions in any case of performing a purchase under the plan adopted as stated.
It is hereby clarified, that any amount not actually distributed in a certain calendar year, out of the maximal amount for distribution which the Company was entitled to distribution in accordance with the stated in this sub-clause above, shall accumulate to the Company's credit, which shall be entitled to distribute it at later times and until the full repayment of the Debentures, all subject to the provisions of Section 302 of the Companies Law and subject to its meeting the limitations of distribution set forth in this appendix above.
No later than seven business days after a decision is made regarding the distribution as mentioned, the Company shall transfer to the Trustee confirmation signed by a senior financial officer in the Company, regarding the Company meeting the limitations in this paragraph including detailed calculations, all in the format to the Trustee's satisfaction. The Trustee shall rely on the Company's confirmation and shall not be required to perform an additional examination on its behalf. Beyond the aforesaid in this clause, the Company has no restrictions with respect with performing distributions and distributions shall be made (insofar as made) at the Company's sole discretion and for any reason that it shall see fit.
Except as set forth in this clause, the Company declares that as of the date of signing this Deed of Trust, it is not aware of any restrictions that could affect its ability to perform a distribution in the future or to perform a repurchase of its shares, except for legal general restrictions that apply to performing distributions in the Companies Law and except for restrictions that apply to the Company by the Deeds of Trust regarding the Debentures (Series A) and the Debentures (Series B) of the Company.
It shall be clarified, that for the purpose of inspecting the Company's meeting the terms set forth in this clause, the provisions stated in this appendix above regarding the change in accounting standards shall apply.
Inasmuch as the Company shall fail to meet any of the financial standards set forth in clauses 2, 3 or 4 above, and so long as that failure has not been remedied, the Company shall not be entitled to enter into new transactions with controlling parties without receiving the approval of the Debenture Holders in an Ordinary Resolution. It shall be clarified that this limitation shall not apply in any of the following cases: (a) renewal of transactions under identical terms or terms which do not benefit the controlling parties compared to the transactions existing on the date of the failure to meet the financial standards, (b) transactions pertaining to the terms of office or employment or providing management services on behalf of the controlling party, his relative or anyone on his behalf which do not deviate from the transactions existing on the date of the failure to meet the financial standards or which do not deviate from the compensation policy of the Company as shall be in effect at the relevant time, (c) investments in the Company's capital or loans or providing financing in any other way, (d) transactions which are under market terms as shall be determined by the Company's audit committee, (e) transactions which are not extraordinary transactions as such term is defined in the Companies Law, and (f) transactions which fall under the categories of reliefs which are set forth in the Companies Regulations (Reliefs for Transactions with Interested Parties), 5760-2000, or any other reliefs as they shall be from time to time in accordance with any law regarding transactions with controlling parties.
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1.2. Annual payment for each trust year in the sum of 20,000 NIS if the Trustee shall serve as Trustee only regarding a single series of Debentures of the Company.
The sums according to clauses 1.1 and/or 1.2 shall be referred to as the "Annual Fee".
The Annual Fee shall be paid to the Trustee at the beginning of each trust year. The Annual Fee shall be paid to the Trustee for the period until the end of the trust period according to the terms of the Deed of Trust, even if a receiver and/or receiver manager was appointed for the Company and/or if the trust according to the Deed of Trust shall be managed under the supervision of the court.

Subject to the provisions of the Securities Law, convening a Meeting of Debenture Holders, the manner of conducting it and various terms regarding it, shall be as follows:

If a Debenture Holders Meeting was deferred without changing its agenda, summons shall be given regarding the new time for the Continued Meeting, as early as possible, and no later than 12 hours before the Continued Meeting; the summons as mentioned shall be given according to clauses 14 and 15 above.
A voting deed in which the Debenture Holder noted the manner of his vote, and which reached the Trustee by the last date determined for this, shall be considered as presence in the Meeting with respect to the existence of a legal quorum as mentioned in clause 25 above.
The voting deed that was received by the Trustee regarding a certain matter in respect to which a vote was not held in the Debenture Holders Meeting, shall be considered as having abstained in the vote in that Meeting regarding a resolution to convene a deferred Debenture Holders Meeting according to the provision of clause 26 above, and it shall be counted in the deferred Meeting that shall be convened according to the provisions of clauses 26 or 25.3 and 25.4 above.

In such meeting a vote shall not take place, no resolutions shall be adopted in it and the provisions of clauses 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26, 28, 30 and 45 shall not apply to it and as set forth in the law.
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