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BATM Advanced Communications Ltd.

Report Publication Announcement Apr 3, 2024

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LEI: 213800FLQUB9J289RU66

3 April 2024

BATM Advanced Communications Limited ("BATM", the "Group" or the "Company")

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT - DTR 6.3.5 Disclosure

Following the release on 12 March 2024 of the Group's preliminary results announcement for the financial year ended 31 December 2023 (the "Preliminary Announcement"), BATM announces that the Company's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 (the "2023 Annual Report and Accounts") have been published today and is publicly available in the Investor Relations section under Financial Reports on the BATM website (www.batm.com). The direct link is http://www.batm.com/investorrelations/financial-statements/.

In compliance with 9.6.1 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts will shortly be available for inspection on the FCA's National Storage Mechanism website: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

The primary purpose of this announcement is to inform the market of the publication of the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts.

The information below, which is extracted from the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts, is included solely for the purpose of complying with DTR 6.3.5 and the requirements it imposes on issuers as to how to make public annual financial reports. It should be read in conjunction with the Group's Preliminary Announcement. Together these constitute the material required by DTR 6.3.4 to be communicated to the media in unedited full text through a Regulatory Information Service. This material is not a substitute for reading the full 2023 Annual Report and Accounts. References to page numbers and notes to the accounts set out in the Appendices below refer to page numbers and notes to the accounts in the Group's 2023 Annual Report and Accounts.

The Preliminary Announcement includes an indication of the important events that occurred during the year and a condensed set of the financial statements.

The Group's auditor has reported on the accounts and its report is unqualified. The Independent Auditor's Report on the Group financial statements is set out in full on pages 63-66 of the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts.

APPENDIX A - DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The 2023 Annual Report and Accounts contain a responsibility statement in compliance with paragraph 4.1.12 of the DTR. The directors' responsibility statement is set out on pages 61-62 of the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts for the Group. This statement is set out below in full and unedited text:

The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report, the Directors' Remuneration Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The Directors are required to prepare financial statements for the Company in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. Israeli company law holds the Directors responsible for preparing such financial statements and requires the Directors to approve them.

International Accounting Standard 1 requires that financial statements present fairly for each financial year the Company's financial position, financial performance and cash flows. This requires the faithful representation of the effects of transactions, other events and conditions in accordance with the definitions and recognition criteria for assets, liabilities, income and expenses set out in the International Accounting Standards Board's 'Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements'. In virtually all circumstances, a true and fair presentation will be achieved by compliance with all applicable International Financial Reporting Standards.

Directors are also required to:

  • properly select and apply accounting policies;
  • present information, including accounting policies, in a manner that provides relevant, reliable, comparable and understandable information;
  • make an assessment of the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and disclose where they consider it appropriate; and
  • provide additional disclosures when compliance with the specific requirements in IFRS is insufficient to enable users to understand the impact of particular transactions, other events and conditions on the entity's financial position and financial performance.

The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company, for safeguarding the assets, for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities and for the preparation of a Directors' Report and Directors' Remuneration Report that comply with the Listing Rules and the Disclosure and Transparency rules.

Legislation in Israel governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Each of the Directors confirms to the best of his or her knowledge:

    1. the financial statements, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole;
    1. the strategic report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties they face; and
    1. the annual report and financial statements, taken as a whole, are fair, balanced, and understandable, and provide the information necessary for shareholders to assess the Company's position, performance, business model and strategy.

APPENDIX B - RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The principal risks and uncertainties are set out on pages 28-29 of the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts. The full and unedited text relating to these disclosures are set out below:

The risks outlined below are those that the Board considers to be material to the Group. The Board routinely monitors risks that could materially adversely affect the ability of the Group to achieve its strategic goals and to maintain financial stability, assisted by the senior management team.

Risk How we manage the risk Risk change
Political and
economic
There is a risk of harm
to the business from
political unrest or
disruption, particularly
in emerging markets,
and from a deterioration
of economic conditions.
The Group's operations are dispersed
over a number of locations so that should
a material adverse political or economic
event arise in one location, the Group can
continue with its operations elsewhere,
thereby helping to mitigate the impact on
its overall business.
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Legal and
compliance
There is a risk that legal
and/or regulatory
requirements are not
met, leading to the loss
The Group retains experienced high
calibre legal advisers for the Company
and main subsidiaries in the Group who
provide ongoing advice and updates on
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Business
continuity
of licence to operate,
reputational damage or
financial loss.
There are risks to
business continuity
relevant legal compliance requirements.
The Group monitors the regulations
relevant to its activities and, when
needed, makes the necessary
adjustments to maintain compliance.
The Group operates in numerous
locations and its manufacturing
No change
from specific events,
such as natural
disasters and
pandemics.
contractors are also located in multiple
locations, which would help to mitigate the
impact of a business disaster. The key
employees in the workforce have been
positioned such that they are able to work
without interruption by working remotely
from their homes. The Group also keeps a
cash cushion to ensure that unexpected
events don't cause unnecessary indirect
adverse effects beyond the direct
outcomes.
Supply chain A disruption in the
supply of key raw
materials or services to
a manufacturing site
could affect the Group's
ability to make and
deliver products to
customers, leading to
interruption in supply,
lost revenue and
damage to its
reputation as a reliable
supply partner. This
could be resulting from
market shortages,
disruption due to global
events and physical
climate-related
disruption of upstream
supply chains.
The Group has established strong
supplier relationships and collaborates
with multiple vendors globally to broaden
the geographical coverage of its access to
available components. The Group
requests that customers provide long-term
committed forecasts and itself provides
multi-year forecasts to its contract
manufacturers. In addition, where
appropriate, it reengineers products to
enable them to have replaceable
component alternatives. At times when
availability of components is constrained,
the Group seeks alternative sources and
to increase inventory levels of both
components and finished goods.
No change
Competition There is a risk that
BATM is unable to build
and maintain
competitive advantage
in its focus markets. In
particular, there is a risk
that competitors with
greater financial
resources may develop
technology that is
superior to that of the
Group and they may
also adopt more
aggressive pricing
models or undertake
more extensive
advertising and
marketing campaigns.
The Group operates in large markets, but
with a focus on areas where it can
establish a leadership position through
technological expertise and innovation.
The diversification of its end markets
reduces its exposure to a large competitor
in any one sector. The Group ensures that
its products remain world-leading through
investment in R&D. It maximises its
resources and enhances its routes-to
market by establishing partnerships,
collaborations and joint ventures.
No change
Customers and
partners
There is a risk of harm
to the Group's
revenues as a result of
termination of business
relationships with
material customers or
partners and sales
agents. This risk is
increased by the
challenging global
macroeconomic
conditions and the
impact that this could
have on the business
and viability of
customers and
partners.
The Group maintains ongoing dialogue
with its customers and business partners
in order to identify ahead of time any
potential problems arising on the part of
the customer and in order to maintain a
close relationship with its customers. The
Group also does not have a significant
reliance on one or few customers or
partners.
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Research &
Development
(R&D)
There is a risk that R&D
programmes overrun or
do not deliver the
expected benefits.
With respect to its R&D, the Group's
strategy has been to diversify its R&D
operations among a variety of teams,
internally and externally (through
universities and hospitals that carry out
clinical tests) and by using different R&D
funding sources – thus reducing the R&D
risk. In addition, any significant new R&D
projects are brought to the Board for
consideration. Still, the Group considers
certain level of risk as inherent to R&D
activity, and views R&D activity as
valuable to the Group despite that risk.
No change
Information
security
(including cyber
security)
There is a risk of
information security,
data loss and
corruption, and physical
damage to IT
infrastructure.
The Group routinely carries out proactive
measures, such as IT evaluations, to
ensure that its IT systems have the latest
cyber security tools and security
procedures in place. These procedures
include implementing security controls
and staff training.
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Market risk There is a risk that
changes in market
prices, such as foreign
exchange, inflation and
interest rates, will lead
to financial loss.
The Group's finance department at the
corporate level manages and monitors
market conditions and exposure. Most of
the cash, income and expenses in each
company or subsidiary is held in a way to
reduce the Group's exposure to currency
fluctuations. When this is not possible, the
Group uses hedging transactions when
needed to protect itself against potential
currency risk. However, this is only done
to a certain extent as the Board believes it
is very difficult to hedge against currency
fluctuations arising from translation in
consolidation in a cost-effective manner.
The Group also monitors the impact of the
inflation and adjusts sales prices to
maintain its margins. The Group's
exposure to interest rate risk is low as it
has relatively low bank debt. However,
No change
due to the impact of changes in interest
rates on the financial markets, the Group
closely monitors possible indirect impacts.

All of the risk categories have elements related to climate change. For further information on the Group's climate-related risk management, please see the 'Strategy' and 'Risk Management' sections of the TCFD Report on pages 21 to 26.

Enquiries

BATM Advanced Communications
Moti Nagar, Chief Executive Officer +972 9866 2525
Ran Noy, Chief Financial Officer
Shore Capital
Mark Percy, Anita Ghanekar, James Thomas (Corporate Advisory) +44 20 7408 4050
Gracechurch Group
Harry Chathli, Claire Norbury +44 20 4582 3500

contains forward-looking statements. Those statements reflect the current opinions, evaluations and estimations of the Group's management, and are based on the current data regarding the Group's business as is detailed in this document and in the Group's periodical, interim and immediate reports. The Group does not undertake any obligation or make any representation that actual results and events will be in line with those statements, and stresses that they may differ materially from those statements, due to changes in the Group's business, market, competition, demand for the Group's products or services, general economic factors or other factors that can influence the Group's business and results, due to the risk factors that are detailed in the Group's Annual Report, and due to information and factors that are currently unknown to the Group's management and that, if known, would affect the management's opinions, evaluations or estimations. The Group will report the actual results and events according to its legal, accounting and regulatory obligations, and does not undertake any other obligation to report them or their deviations from the forwardlooking statements, or to update any of the forward-looking statements in this document or to report that it is not valid anymore.

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