M&A Activity • Aug 18, 2025
M&A Activity
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(Company Registration No. 511332207) (Incorporated in Israel) (the "Company")
The Transaction involves the purchase of Kitov.ai shares from the Sellers for the amount of US\$ 2.34 million and additional cash infused into Kitov.ai as working capital of US\$ 1.75 million, bringing total investment of US\$ 4.1 million in consideration of a 33.02% stake in Kitov.ai, which was sold to the Company free from encumbrances.
The Company is also lending Kitov.ai an additional US\$ 2.6 million, in the form of a convertible loan, which not before 01 January 2027 and not after 15 February 2028 can be converted, at Sarine's sole discretion, into additional equity shares, bringing Sarine's total stake in Kitov.ai to 51%.
The Consideration was arrived at by the Company, Kitov.ai and the Sellers on a willing buyer willing seller basis, and the terms were commercially negotiated.
The Company intends to fund the cash portion of the Consideration by way of the internal cash resources of the Group.
The Company has conducted legal, financial and business due diligence on Kitov ai.
The closing of the sale and purchase of the shares ("Completion") was on 18 August, 2025.
Substantially all the persons employed by the Kitov.ai prior to Completion have confirmed their consent to continue their employment with Kitov.ai following the closing.
Sarine and the Sellers undertook not to compete with Kitov.ai's business, as long as they act as employees and/or officers of Kitov.ai and/or appoint directors and/or observers to Kitov.ai's Board of Directors, and/or as long as their holdings in Kitov.ai exceed a certain threshold.
If, and only if, the aforementioned convertible loan is converted to equity:
appraiser, at a consideration not to exceed US\$12 million. This Put Option will not be in force, if before mid-2029 equity altering events occur, such as a merger, a public offering, etc.
If the Company does not convert the aforesaid convertible loan, the aggregate consideration payable by Sarine for 33.02% of Kitov.ai's shares shall be ~US\$ 4.1M and the said convertible loan shall bear interest and be payable to the Company.
The transaction documents also include minority-protection provisions effective throughout the various phases of the transaction.
The purpose of this investment is the diversification of the Company focus to additional industries, also in light of the current challenges the diamond jewellery industry faces. Being a company engaged in technologies similar to those employed by the Company (optical inspection, AI, software, etc.), thus "speaking" the same language, Kitov.ai provides the Group with the means to diversify into new fields separate from the diamond industry. Kitov ai has many industry-leading customers in their many varied industries.
The relative figures for the Transaction computed on the bases set out in Rule 1006 are as follows:
| Rule 1006 |
Bases | Relative Figures (%) |
|---|---|---|
| (a) | The net asset value of the assets to be disposed of, compared with the Group's net asset value |
Not applicable(1) |
| (b) | The net profits attributable to the assets acquired or disposed of, compared with the Group's net profit(2) |
Loss |
| (c) | The aggregate value of the consideration given, compared with the Company's market capitalisation based on the total number of issued shares in the share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares), including convertible loan. |
11.9%(3) |
| (d) | The aggregate number of consideration shares issued by the Company as consideration for the Proposed Transaction, compared with the number of equity securities previously in the issue |
Not applicable |
| (e) | Aggregate volume of proved and probable reserves to be disposed of compared with the Group's proved and probable reserves |
Not applicable(4) |
Notes:
Since the relative figures computed on the applicable bases as set out in Rule 1006 exceed 5%, the Transaction will be classified as a "Disclosable Transaction."
The unaudited pro forma financial effects of the Transaction on the Group as set out below are purely for illustrative purposes only, and they are neither indicative of, nor do they represent actual financial effects of the Transaction on the net tangible assets ("NTA") per Share or the earnings per Share ("EPS") of the Group, nor do they represent the actual future financial position or financial performance of the Group after Completion of the Transaction.
For illustrative purposes only, the unaudited pro forma financial effects set out below are based on the latest audited accounts of the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2022, subject to the following bases and assumptions:
The pro forma financial effects set out in this Announcement are theoretical in nature and are therefore not necessarily reflective of the results of the Group or the related effects on its financial position that would have been attained had the Proposed Transaction taken place in accordance with the main assumptions set out herein.
Assuming that the Transaction would have been completed on 30 June 2025, the Group's NTA per share would have been US cents14.56 (same as the Group's H1 2025 audited financial statements).
Assuming that the Transaction had been completed on 1 July 2025, the Group's H1 2025 EPS would have been US cents 0.12 loss on a fully diluted basis (as compared to the reported fully diluted EPS of US cents 0.05 loss, based on the Group's unaudited financial statements).
The Proposed Transaction will not have any impact on the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company.
As at the date of this Announcement, none of the Directors or Shareholders of the Company has any interest, direct or indirect, in the Transaction other than through their respective shareholding interests, direct or indirect, in the Company.
As at the date of this Announcement, Mr. Uzi Levami and Mrs. Neta Zruya-Hashai both current directors of the Company are proposed to be appointed as a director and an observer, respectively, to the new Board of Directors of Kitov.ai. No service contract is proposed to be entered into between the Company and any such person.
A copy of the Agreement will be made available for inspection during normal business hours at the Company's registered office 4 Haharash Street, Hod Hasharon, Israel for a period of three (3) months from the date of this Announcement.
The Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information given in this Announcement, and confirm after making all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge and belief, this Announcement constitutes full and true disclosure of all material facts about the Transaction and the Group, and the Directors are not aware of any facts the omission of which would make any statement in this Announcement misleading. Where information in this Announcement has been extracted from published or otherwise publicly available sources or obtained from a named source, the sole responsibility of the Directors has been to ensure that such information has been accurately and correctly extracted from those sources and/or reproduced in this Announcement in its proper form and context.
The Company will update the Shareholders if there are any material developments and will make the necessary announcements on SGXNet in compliance with the Listing Rules of the SGX-ST.
Amir Zolty Company Secretary 18 August 2025
This announcement has not been examined or approved by the SGX-ST and the SGX-ST assumes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, including the correctness of any of the statements or opinions made or reports contained in this announcement.
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