TIDMPLAZ
RNS Number : 6143U
Plaza Centers N.V.
29 March 2023
29 March, 2023
PLAZA CENTERS N.V.
RESULTS FOR THE YEARED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Plaza Centers N.V. ("Plaza" / "Company" / "Group") today
announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2022.
Financial highlights:
-- Reduction in total assets by EUR1.5 million to EUR8.3 million
mainly as a result of the decrease in equity accounted investees as
detailed below, administrative expenses and costs of
operations.
-- Consolidated cash position as of December 31, 2022 increased
by circa EUR3.1 million to app. EUR7.8 million (December 31, 2021:
EUR4.7 million) as result of received consideration after the sale
of plot in Bangalore, India.
-- EUR0.4 million gain recorded at an operating level (December
31, 2021: EUR2.9 million loss) mainly due to share in results of
equity accounted investees and administrative expenses.
-- Recorded loss of EUR8.5 million (December 31, 2021: EUR27.1
million), mainly due to finance expenses on bonds.
-- Basic and diluted loss per share of EUR1.24 (31 December 2021: loss per share of EUR3.95).
Material events during the period:
Sale agreement of plot in Bangalore, India:
On September 2, 2022 the Company announced that on September 1,
2022 the transaction for the sale of EPI's whole rights in the
Asset was completed for a total of INR 117 crores (approximately
EUR 14.3 million) and that EPI received the full consideration as
mentioned.
The total amount that the Company received from the transaction
is about EUR 7.2 million and included the Company's share of the
advances that the Purchaser has transferred in the months preceding
the completion of the transaction.
Update regarding a change in Elbit Imaging Ltd holdings
On January 13, 2022, the Company announced that Elbit Imaging
Ltd. ("Elbit Imaging") sold about 77 thousand shares of the
Company, which are held in escrow account, for a total
consideration of approximately NIS 150 thousand. Following, the
last announcement date till November 2, 2022 Elbit Imaging sold
about 34 thousand shares of the Company thus, Elbit Imaging
holdings in the Company have diminished to 20.06% of the Company's
issued and paid-up capital.
Deferral of payment of Debentures and partial interests'
payment:
Refer to the below in Liquidity & Financing.
Dutch statutory auditor:
Refer to Note 16 (b)(6) in the annual consolidated financial
statements.
Annual General Meeting:
Annual general meeting of the Shareholders of the Company was
held on July 20, 2022, all the proposed resolutions were
passed.
Information regarding proposal from G.C. Hevron Capital Ltd:
In the period since July 9, 2021 till August 10, 2021, the
Company received proposals from G.C. Hevron Capital Ltd ("Hevron
Capital"). According to revised proposal received on August 10,
2021 the Company's assets will be transferred to a trustee and/or
will be managed exclusively for the benefit of the bondholders, in
order to create a mechanism according to which the bondholders will
exclusively benefit from any expected income from the existing
assets.
On August 11, 2021, the bondholders decided to approve that the
Company's Board of Directors can conduct a negotiation with G.C.
Hevron Capital Ltd regarding the sale of the Company's public
structure and to grant a no shop for a period of 60 days during
which due diligence will be carried out by G.C. Hevron Capital Ltd
and its advisor.
On October 4(th) , 2021 the Company received a request from G.C
Hevron Capital Ltd. to extend the "NO-SHOP" period, as Hevron
Capital and its attorneys might not succeed to submit the agreement
within the designated time schedules, due to the holiday's period
and the complexity of the transaction.
The Company's Board of Directors has discussed Hevron Capital's
request, as stated above, and decided to approve an extension of
the "NO-SHOP" period by an additional 30 days, until November 12,
2021.
On March 30, 2022 the Company announced that Hevron Capital
submitted to the Company a request to extend the No-Shop period,
due to the complexity and the vast amount of data that needs to be
procced in order to evaluate the proposed settlement ("Hevron
Capital' Request"). Following the above, the Company's Board of
Directors approved Hevron Capital's Request to extend the "No-Shop"
which expired as of May 20, 2022.
Update regarding an Engagement letter with a law firm in London
in connection with the legal proceedings in the "Casa Radio"
project:
On January 14, 2022 the Company announced, that further to the
Company's bondholders meeting dated November 25, 2021 and the
Company's bondholders' approval to initiate legal procedures in
connection with the "Casa Radio" project (the "Project"); that on
January 13, 2022, the Company signed an engagement letter with a
law firm in London in order to take any relevant actions in
connection with the Project. For details in connection with the
legal proceedings in the "Casa Radio" project please refer to Note
5 i n the annual consolidated financial statements .
Update regarding the issuance of a notice of dispute and
acceptance of offer and consent to arbitrate to Romania with
respect to the "Casa Radio" project:
On February 15, 2022 the Company announced, further to the
Company's bondholders meeting dated November 25, 2021 and the
Company's bondholders' approval to initiate legal procedures in
connection with the "Casa Radio" project (the "Project"); that on
January 13, 2022, the Company signed an engagement letter with a
law firm in London in order to take any relevant actions in
connection with the Project. For details in connection with the
legal proceedings in the "Casa Radio" project please refer to Note
5 in the annual consolidated financial statements .
Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures ("TCFD"):
The Company notes the TCFD recommendations on climate-related
financial disclosures.
(1) BACKGROUND
Released in 2017, the TCFD recommendations set out eleven
recommended disclosures around four core areas for companies to
report material climate-related information to the market via the
mainstream financial report, as shown in Figure 1, below. In
focusing on these four core areas of business practice and
disclosure, the TCFD sought to ensure that consideration for
climate-related matters were adequately embedded throughout the
organization's governance, strategy, and risk management processes
and transparently reflected for both preparers and users alike. In
doing so, this addresses the demand for information that is
consistent, comparable, reliable and clear. The TCFD
recommendations also promoted the use of climate scenario analysis
for the assessment of corporate strategic resilience. Climate
scenario analysis is offered as a means to inform users about a
company's strategic resilience, and enable companies to prepare and
respond to the uncertainties of climate change and decarbonization
efforts over different time horizons, both in terms of the timings
of potential impacts as well as their magnitudes. By exploring a
range of plausible and coherent climate futures and assessing the
potential corporate risks and opportunities of each, companies can
test their thinking and strategies, better understand the key
drivers that will likely affect their business going forward, and
adapt their strategies and ambitions accordingly. Whilst
potentially challenging, scenario analysis is an essential
component to TCFD reporting. It brings considerations of the
short-, medium-, and long-term impacts of climate change into the
present day, enabling companies and investors can act in a more
informed and effective manner
The UK took the pioneer status and local firms will be required
to disclose climate-related financial information, ensuring they
consider the risks and opportunities they face as a result of
climate change.
-- The UK is the first G20 country to make it mandatory for
Britain's largest businesses to disclose their climate-related
risks and opportunities, in line with TCFD recommendations
-- new legislation will require firms to disclose
climate-related financial information, with rules set to come into
force from April 2022
-- follows publication of UK's landmark Net Zero Strategy and
forms part of the government's commitment to making the UK
financial system the greenest in the world
The UK is becoming the first G20 country to enshrine in law
mandatory TCFD-aligned requirements for Britain's largest companies
and financial institutions to report on climate-related risks and
opportunities.
From 6 April 2022, over 1,300 of the largest UK-registered
companies and financial institutions will have to disclose
climate-related financial information on a mandatory basis - in
line with recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-Related
Financial Disclosures. This will include many of the UK's largest
traded companies, banks and insurers, as well as private companies
with over 500 employees and GBP500 million in turnover.
The TCFD is an industry-led group which helps investors
understand their financial exposure to climate risk and works with
companies to disclose this information in a clear and consistent
way. It was launched at the Paris COP21 in 2015 by the Financial
Stability Board (FSB) and Mark Carney, the UN Special Envoy on
Climate Action and Finance and UK Finance Adviser for COP26, and
has since published a clear and achievable set of recommendations
on climate-related financial disclosures.
TCFD Recommendations
The TCFD Recommendations, first launched in 2017, are designed
to encourage consistent and comparable reporting on climate-related
risks and opportunities by companies to their stakeholders. The
TCFD Recommendations are structured around four content pillars:
(i) Governance; (ii) Strategy; (iii) Risk Management; and (iv)
Metrics & Targets; and eleven recommendations to support
effective disclosure under each pillar.
Why it is important to respond to the TCFD recommendations
now?
The UK's Green Finance Strategy sets out the Government's
expectations for all listed companies to disclose in line with the
TCFD recommendations by 2022.
CDP has already amended its disclosures to include a section
related to the risks and opportunities arising from climate change,
which is based on the TCFD recommendations.
According to a 2019 TCFD status report, 340 investors with
nearly $34 trillion in assets under management are asking companies
to report under the recommendations.
(2) CORPORATE INFORMATION
For the details please refer to the Note 1 in the annual
consolidated financial statements.
(3) GOVERNANCE
In relation to the above trend and legislation, the Company
finds itself, as a premium traded firm, in the reporting category.
However, the intention was to regulate the way the largest firms in
the UK are reporting in relation to the climate change. The
legislation clearly specifies "companies with over 500 employees
and GBP500 million in turnover".
The Company with its five employees, directors and the 1 land it
holds, clearly falls far behind the regulator's criteria for
reporting firms. The Company does not have its own offices, but
sharing two offices in business hubs.
The Company is a very small company and cannot be compared with
the above-mentioned giant scales. In fact, we are under the
impression, the Company has by far an insignificant impact over the
climate change, compared even with a micro company.
Just like the rest of the western world, the Company takes
climate changes very seriously and is taking measures in order to
increase its climate change orientation and to decrees negative
effect on it in areas that are in the company's control.
Previously, the Company, was not very active on the topic of
global warming, mainly due to is type and limited operations. Due
to new reporting requirements and world trends, the Company is much
more aware of the topic and is taking a proactive approach.
The Company is carefully looking into its own operation and
constantly strives to reduce carbon footprint and improve the
impact of its operations have on the environment, even though, that
impact is negligible.
The Company has written an environmental sustainability policy
that is being reviewed and adopted in Q4 of 2022. That policy
creates a commitment of the Company to global climate change and
will influence the company's operations in favor of minimalizing
carbon footprint.
(4) STRATEGY
As the board of the Company is made aware of the climate change
issues and the TFCD reporting, it starts to embed climate changing
considerations into board daily decisions.
The first challenge was to study the issue and the board
empowered the Chairman to study the issue and educate the
Board.
The second challenge, was to create an environmental
sustainability policy that will set the company in the right
direction in terms of climate change countering.
Despite of the very limited current level of operations the
company experiences, a provisional environmental policy was drafted
and will be adopted by the Board on next Board meeting.
This policy will add the environmental consideration to every
business decision the company takes in the future.
As the Company is in a runoff mode, climate related risks are
potentially relevant in the short and maybe medium time frame.
In both terms, the company sees a small risk of higher level of
maintenance attributed to the four plots it has, due to extreme
weather events. These are included but not limited to: cleaning,
evacuating and maintaining the plots.
The first impact of environmental study and climate change, was
on the company's Board. After the adoption of the environmental
policy by the Board, the Company will observe the management taking
actions accordingly and having the environment in mind in daily
operations, according to the new policy.
In light if the above mentioned, resilience, is very limited to
absence, when taking into account the current operations of the
Company.
(5) RISK MANAGEMENT
Risks analysis requires a sufficient amount of data in order to
produce an accurate analysis.
In the Company case, there is only so much data that can be used
for such a study. While the company does not build, develop or
produce anything, the risks study is very limited.
Physical risks
As long as the Company is not developing its lands, there is no
value chain that might be affected by storms, extreme weather or
weather changes. Not even whether related disasters.
The Company does not see how changes such as floods, extreme
waves or droughts can have a major impact on its office related
work.
The consequences of the above phenomena are limited to an
increase in either cooling or warming expenses.
One low factor risk is identified in an extreme weather
condition, when any of a Company's plot is damaged due to such
weather. That will lead to some expenses of cleaning, evacuating
and restoring expenses.
A further related risk study is advised to the BOD to be
performed in the current lands where the Company have the four
plots. Any new risk identified locally, will be imbedded to the
financial planning ahead.
Transition risks
Just like Physical risks, transitional risks are minimized when
dealing with a five office n]based people, rather than a productive
firm with mage processes and output.
Figure 1 - non-exhaustive list of climate-related risks and
opportunities:
Risk type Risk example Opportunity example
Technology Technology related risks The Company does not see
are considered very limited any opportunity in technology
in affecting the Company in relations to current
operations at the moment. operations.
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Policy Regulatory changes can only Currently, the Company
have an impact of the way does not identify any opportunity
the Company reports at the in weather related policy
moment. change.
Local regulatory changes
may affect to some effect,
some of the plots the Company
holds.
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Market In current situation, where The Company is not operating
the Company operates as in B to C markets and therefore
B to B, rather than B to the market opportunity
C, it does not recognize is irrelevant.
a market relevant risk.
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Legal and A climate-related incident The Company does not recognize
reputational affecting an opportunity in this
an industry can and might section.
affect a more comprehensive
look into the plots the
Company has.
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(6) METRIC AND TARGETS
Taking into account the limited scope of company's operations,
it is clear that the metrics and targets are somewhat irrelevant
for these operations. So is the disclosing of scopes 1-3 and the
GHG emission. One needs sufficient operations in order to be able
to produce, analyse and counter measures. The Company is by far not
having significant operations in order to demonstrate the study and
the cure. The Company's impact on climate change is negligible.
Key highlights since the period end:
Tax authority investigation
On March 27, 2023 the Company announced that the Tax Authority
of the state of India initiated certain actions at the office of
Elbit Plaza India Management Services Private Limited (which is a
private company wholly owned by Elbit Plaza India Real Estate
Holdings Limited) (hereinafter: "EPM") including a search and
seizer of certain documents relating to EPM's
activities/transactions in India in recent years. At this stage it
is not yet clear what the purpose of the investigation is,
including whether EPM is the purpose of the investigation or
whether the investigation is related to any third party.
Commenting on the results, executive director Ron Hadassi
said:
"Our active focus has continued to centre on asset disposals,
accordingly we have managed to execute the sale of our project in
Bangalore, India following which the company received an amount of
approximately EUR 7.2 million. In connection with Casa Radio
Project, the Company has submitted with the International Centre
for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") a Request for
Arbitration (the "Request") against Romania for compensation of
losses incurred due to failure of the Romanian authorities to
cooperate, negotiate and adjust the PPP agreement."
For further details, please contact:
Plaza
Ron Hadassi, Executive Director 972-526-076-236
Notes to Editors
Plaza Centers N.V. ( www.plazacenters.com ) is listed on the
Main Board of the London Stock Exchange, on the Warsaw Stock
Exchange (LSE: "PLAZ", WSE: "PLZ/PLAZACNTR") and, on the Tel Aviv
Stock Exchange.
Forward-looking statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements with
respect to Plaza Centers N.V. future (financial) performance and
position. Such statements are based on current expectations,
estimates and projections of Plaza Centers N.V. and information
currently available to the Company. Plaza Centers N.V. cautions
readers that such statements involve certain risks and
uncertainties that are difficult to predict and therefore it should
be understood that many factors can cause actual performance and
position to differ materially from these statements.
MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
During 2022 the management's focus has been on executing of the
transaction for the sale of Bangalore project in India. The Company
also continued cost reductions and partial repayments to its
bondholders.
In connection with Casa Radio Project, as stated above, the
Company submitted the Request and we hope this will help us to
unblock the current status of the Project. In addition, on December
13, 2022 the Company and AFI Europe N.V. ("AFI Europe") agreed to
extend the Long Stop Date, which is the date on which the parties
will execute a share purchase agreement, subject to the
satisfaction of conditions precedent (the "SPA"), until December
31, 2023.
Due to the board and management estimation that the Company is
unable to serve its entire debt according to the current redemption
date (July 1, 2023) in its current liquidity position, the Company
intends to request from the bondholders of both series (Series A
and Series B) postponement of the repayment of the remaining
balance of the bonds.
Results
During the year, Plaza recorded a EUR8.5 million loss
attributable to the shareholders of the Company. This is a decrease
compared to the losses reported in 2021 (loss of EUR27.1 million).
The losses were mainly from the Net Finance Costs which were
decreased to EUR8.9 million in 2022, from EUR24.2 million in 2021
mainly due to foreign currency losses on bonds (including
inflation) and interests' expenses accrued on the debentures
(partly due to penalty interest calculated on the deferred
principal); and from administrative expenses and share in results
of equity-accounted investees.
Total result of operations excluding finance income and finance
cost was a gain of EUR0.4 million in 2022 compared to the reported
loss of EUR2.8 million in 2021.
The consolidated cash position (cash on standalone basis as well
as fully owned subsidiaries) as of 31 December 2022 was EUR7.8
million (31 December 2021: EUR4.7 million).
Liquidity & Financing
Plaza ended the period with a consolidated c ash position of
circa EUR7.8 million, compared to EUR4.7 million at the end of
2021.
As of December 31, 2022, the Group's outstanding obligation to
bondholders (including accrued interests) are app. EUR128.6
million.
As disclosed by the Company in Note 8 in the annual consolidated
financial statements, the Company was not able to meet its final
redemption obligation to its (Series A and Series B) bondholders,
due on July 1, 2022. On June 16, 2022 the bondholders of Series A
and Series B approved to postpone the final redemption date to
January 1, 2023.
On November 8, 2022, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to July 1,
2023; (ii) that on January 1, 2023 the Company will pay to its
bondholders a partial interest payment in the total amount of EUR
2,000,000 and to deferral all other unpaid interest. The amount
reflected 6.08% of accrued interest as of that date.
Due to the board and management estimation that the Company is
unable to serve its entire debt according to the current bonds
repayment schedule in its current liquidity position, the Company
intends to request the bondholders of both series for postponement
of the repayment of the remaining balance of the bonds. However,
there is an uncertainty if the bondholders will approve the
request. In the case that the bondholders would declare their
remaining claims to become immediately due and payable, the Company
would not be in a position to settle those claims and would need to
enter to an additional debt restructuring or might cease to be a
going concern.
Strategy and Outlook
The Company's priorities are focused on efforts to unblock the
current status of the Casa Radio project. The Company also intends
to seek for bondholders' approval for postponement of the repayment
of the bonds.
OPERATIONAL REVIEW
Over the course of the year to date, Plaza has continued to make
progress against its operational and strategic objectives. The
Company's current assets are summarized in the table below (as of
balance sheet date):
Asset/ Location Nature of Plaza's Status
Project asset effective
ownership
%
Casa Radio Bucharest, Mixed-use retail, 75 for further information
Romania hotel and leisure refer to note 5 (2) in
plus office the annual consolidated
scheme financial statements )
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
Results
Finance income of EUR2.8 million in 2022 was mainly due to
foreign exchange movements on the debentures, which did not occur
in the end of December 31, 2021.
Finance costs decreased from EUR24.2 million in 2021 to EUR11.7
million in 2022. The main components of finance costs were foreign
currency losses on bonds (including inflation) and interests'
expenses accrued on the debentures which includes also penalty
interest calculated on the deferred principal.
As a result, the loss for the period amounted to circa EUR8.5
million in 2022, representing a basic and diluted loss per share
for the period of EUR1.24 (2021: EUR3.95 loss).
Balance sheet and cash flow
The balance sheet as of 31 December 2022 showed total assets of
EUR8.3 million compared to total assets of EUR9.8 million at the
end of 2021, mainly as a result of the decrease in Equity accounted
investees and administrative expenses and costs of operations.
The consolidated cash position (cash on standalone basis as well
as fully owned subsidiaries) as of 31 December 2022 increased to
EUR7.8 million (31 December 2021: EUR4.7 million).
Investments in equity accounted investee companies has decreased
by EUR5.05 million to circa EUR0.06 million (31 December 2021:
EUR5.11 million) mainly as a result of cash distribution and a
result on sale of Bangalore project.
As of 31 December 2022, Plaza has a balance sheet liability of
app. EUR98.7 million from issuing bonds on the Tel Aviv Stock
Exchange. Additionally, Plaza recorded provision for interests on
bonds as of December 31, 2022, in amount of EUR29.9 million (31
December 2021: EUR21.7 million).
Disclosure in accordance with Regulation 10(B)14 of the Israeli
Securities Regulations (periodic and immediate reports),
5730-1970
1. General Background
According to the abovementioned regulation, upon existence of
warning signs as defined in the regulation, the Company is obliged
to attach its report's projected cash flow for a period of two
years, commencing with the date of approval of the report
("Projected Cash Flow").
The material uncertainty related to going concern was included
in the independent auditors' report and in Note 1(b) in the
consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022. In light
of the material uncertainty that the SPA between the Company and
AFI Europe N.V. will eventually be executed and/or that the
transaction will be consummated as presented above or at all (refer
to Note 5 in the consolidated financial statements as of December
31, 2022), the board and management estimates that the Company is
unable to serve its entire debt according to the due date the bond
holders approved to postpone the final redemption date.
Accordingly, it is expected that the Company will not be able to
meet its entire contractual obligations in the following 12
months.
With such warning signs, the Company is providing projected cash
flow for the period of 24 months following for the coming two
years.
2. Projected cash flow
The Company has implemented the restructuring plan that was
approved by the Dutch Court on July 9, 2014 (the "Restructuring
Plan"). Under the Restructuring Plan, principal payments under the
bonds issued by the Company and originally due in the years 2013 to
2015 were deferred for a period of four and a half years, and
principal payments originally due in 2016 and 2017 were deferred
for a period of one year. During first three months 2017, the
Company paid to its bondholders a total amount of NIS 191.7 million
(EUR 49.2 million) as an early redemption. Upon such payments, the
Company complied with the Early Prepayment Term (early redemption
at the total sum of at least NIS 382 million) and thus obtained a
deferral of one year for the remaining contractual obligations of
the bonds.
In January 2018, a settlement agreement was signed by and among
the Company and the two Israeli Series of Bonds.
On November 22, 2018 the Company announced based on its current
forecasts, that the Company expected to pay the accrued interest on
Series A and Series B Bonds on December 31, 2018, in accordance
with the repayment schedule determined in the Company's
Restructuring Plan and Settlement Agreement with Series A and
Series B Bondholders from 11 January 2018 (the "Settlement
Agreement"). The Company noted that it will not meet its principal
repayment due on December 31, 2018 as provided for in the
Settlement Agreement. On February 18, 2019 the Company paid
principal of circa EUR 250,000 and Penalty interest on arrears of
EUR 150,000 following the bondholder's approval to defer principal
repayment to July 1, 2019.
In addition, during June 2019 the bondholders approved the
deferral of the full payment of principal due on July 1, 2019 and
of 58% ("deferred interest amount") of the sum of interest
(consisting of the total interest accrued for the outstanding
balance of the principal, including interest for part of the
principal payment which was deferred as of February 18, 2019, plus
interest arrears for part of the principal which was fixed on
February 18, 2019 and was not paid by the Company and all in
accordance with the provisions of the trust deed; "the full amount
of interest"), the effective date of which is June 19, 2019, and
the payment date was fixed as of July 1, 2019. The company paid on
the said date a total amount of circa EUR 1.17 million, which is
only 42% of the full amount of interest.
On July 11, 2019, the Company announced that its Romanian
subsidiary had signed a binding agreement to sell a land in
Romania, and that the Company would use part of the proceeds now
received by it EUR 0.75 million (hereinafter: "the amount
payable"), in order to make a partial interest payment to the
bondholders (Series A) and (Series B) issued by the Company. The
payment required changes in the repayment schedule and amendments
of the trust deeds which was approved unanimously by the
Bondholders. The amount payable was paid on August 14, 2019 and
reflects 30% of accrued interest as of that date.
On November 17, 2019, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved a deferral of all the scheduled Principal payment and app.
87% of deferral of the scheduled Interest payment, both, as of
December 31, 2019 to July 1, 2020.
On May 4, 2020, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to January 1,
2021 of all the scheduled Principal; (ii) that on July 1, 2020 the
Company will pay to its bondholders a partial interest payment in
the total amount of EUR 250,000 and to deferral all other unpaid
scheduled Interest payment.
Following receiving the Settlement Amount related to the final
price adjustment of the sale of Belgrade Plaza and in light of the
potential negative impact of the Covid-19 on the possibility to
receive future proceeds from the Company's plots in India, the
Company decided to increase the amount to be paid to the
bondholders on July 1, 2020, from EUR 250,000 to EUR 500,000. The
amount reflected 6.74% of accrued interest as of that date.
On November 12, 2020, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to July 1, 2021
of all the scheduled Principal; that on January 1, 2021 the Company
will pay to its bondholders a partial interest payment in the total
amount of EUR 200,000 and to deferral all other unpaid scheduled
Interest payment. The amount reflected 1.84% of accrued interest as
of that date.
On April 12, 2021, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to January 1,
2022; (ii) that on July 1, 2021 the Company will pay to its
bondholders a partial interest payment in the total amount of EUR
125,000 and to deferral all other unpaid interest. The amount
reflected 0.84% of accrued interest as of that date.
On November 25, 2021, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to July 1,
2022; (ii) that on January 1, 2022 the Company will pay to its
bondholders a partial interest payment in the total amount of EUR
200,000 and to deferral all other unpaid interest. The amount
reflected 0.92% of accrued interest as of that date.
On June 16, 2022, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved to postpone the final redemption date to January 1,
2023.
On November 8, 2022, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to July 1,
2023; (ii) that on January 1, 2023 the Company will pay to its
bondholders a partial interest payment in the total amount of EUR
2,000,000 and to deferral all other unpaid interest. The amount
reflected 6.08% of accrued interest as of that date.
The materialization, occurrence consummation and execution of
the events and transactions and of the assumptions on which the
projected cash flow is based, including with respect to the
proceeds and timing thereof, although probable, are not certain and
are subject to factors beyond the Company's control as well as to
the consents and approvals of third parties and certain risks
factors. Therefore, delays in the realization of the Company's
assets and investments or realization at a lower price than
expected by the Company, as well as any other deviation from the
Company's Assumptions (such as additional expenses due to
suspension of trading, delay in submitting the statutory reports
etc.), could have an adverse effect on the Company's cash flow and
the Company's ability to service its indebtedness in a timely
manner.
In EUR millions 2023 2024
Cash - Opening Balance (2) 7.77 4.62
Proceeds from sales transactions, price
adjustments (6) - -
Proceeds from other income (7) 0.15 -
Total Sources 7.92 4.62
Debentures - principal - -
Debentures - interest (3) 1.0 -
Other operational costs (4) 1.5 1.5
G&A expenses (including property maintenance)
(5) 0.8 0.8
Total Uses 3.3 2.3
Cash - Closing Balance (2) 4.62 2.32
(1) The above cash flow is subject to the approval of the
bondholders of both series to postponement of the repayment of the
remaining balance of the bonds which are due on July 1, 2023.
(2) Total cash on standalone basis as well as fully owned subsidiaries.
(3) The amount includes the payment the Company forecasts to
distribute in 2023, which is subject to the approval of the
bondholders of both series.
(4) Includes provision for legal costs/Arbitrations.
(5) Total general and administrative expenses includes both cost
of the Company and of all the subsidiaries.
(6) The Company did not include any proceeds from pre-sale
agreement signed with AFI, due to the uncertainty as to the
fulfilment of the conditions set out in the preliminary agreement
as mentioned in Note 5(1)(e) of the consolidated financial
statements as of 31.12.2022, thus there can be no certainty an SPA
will eventually be executed and/or that the Transaction will be
completed.
(7) Proceeds in amount of EUR 0.15 million from expected
settlement agreement which is expected to be conducted with two
Directors who are the defendants in the lawsuit described in Note
16(b)(5) of the consolidated financial statements.
Ron Hadassi
Executive Director
29 March 2023
PLAZA CENTERS N.V.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2022
IN 000 EUR
CONTENTS
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Independent Auditors' report 2 - 6
Consolidated statement of financial position 7
Consolidated statement of profit or loss 8
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 9
Consolidated statement of changes in equity 10
Consolidated statement of cash flows 11
Notes to the consolidated financial statements 12 - 55
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Kost Forer Gabbay Tel: +972-3-6232525
& Kasierer Fax: +972-3-5622555
144 Menachem Begin ey.com
Road
Tel-Aviv 6492102,
Israel
Report on the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements
Independent Auditors' Report
To the shareholders of Plaza Centers N.V.
Opinion
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Plaza
Centers N.V. and its subsidiaries ("the Company"), which comprise
the consolidated statement of financial position as at December 31,
2022 and the consolidated statements of profit or loss,
comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year
then ended, and notes to the consolidated financial statements,
including a summary of significant accounting policies.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial
statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of the Company as at December 31,
2022, and its consolidated financial performance and its
consolidated cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with
International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the
European Union.
Basis for Opinion
As mentioned in note 2(a) in the consolidated financial
statements, these consolidated financial statements, with our
report included, are not intended for Netherlands statutory filing
purposes.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International
Standards on Auditing. Our responsibilities under those standards
are further described in the Auditors' Responsibilities for the
Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our
report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the
International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' International
Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including
International Independence Standards) ("IESBA Code"), and we have
fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the
IESBA Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern
We draw your attention to Note 1(b) in the consolidated
financial statements which discloses the Company's financial
position and board and management's future plans to meet its
financial liabilities.
The board and management estimate that the Company is unable to
serve its entire debt to bondholders according to the current
repayment schedule in total amount of EURO 128.6 million as of
December 31, 2022 which is due on July 1, 2023). The Company is
dependent on the bondholders' approval for any postponement of
payments. In addition, the Company is not in compliance with the
main Covenants as defined in the restructuring plan (for more
details refer also to Note 8), hence in default which could trigger
early repayment by the bondholders.
The abovementioned conditions indicates the existence of a
material uncertainty that casts significant doubt about the
Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is
not modified in respect of this matter.
Kost Forer Gabbay Tel: +972-3-6232525
& Kasierer Fax: +972-3-5622555
144 Menachem Begin ey.com
Road
Tel-Aviv 6492102,
Israel
Emphasis of Matter
We draw your attention to Note 5(3)(c) which discloses the risk
that the public authorities may seek to terminate the Public
Private Partnership Agreement ("PPP Agreement") and/or relevant
permits and/or could seek to impose delay penalties on the basis of
perceived breaches of the Company's commitments under the PPP
Agreement.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional
judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the
consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2022. Except for the matter described in the Material Uncertainty
Related to Going Concern section, we have determined that there are
no other matters to communicate in our report.
Other information included in The Company's 2022 Annual
Report
Other information consists of the information included in the
Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our
auditor's report thereon. Management is responsible for the other
information.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other
information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion
thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements,
our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing
so, consider whether the other information is materially
inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge
obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially
misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude
that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we
are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this
regard.
Responsibilities of Management and the Board of Directors for
the Consolidated Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair
presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the
European Union, and for such internal control as management
determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated
financial statements that are free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management
is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a
going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going
concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless
management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease
operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The board of directors is responsible for overseeing the
Company's financial reporting process.
Kost Forer Gabbay Tel: +972-3-6232525
& Kasierer Fax: +972-3-5622555
144 Menachem Begin ey.com
Road
Tel-Aviv 6492102,
Israel
Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated
Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue
an auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance
is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit
conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing
will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.
Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered
material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could
reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users
taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with International Standards
on Auditing, we exercise professional judgment and maintain
professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
-- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the
consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,
design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and
obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide
a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material
misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting
from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional
omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal
control.
-- Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the
audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in
the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control.
-- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and
the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures
made by management.
-- Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the
going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence
obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events
or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a
material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in
our auditors' report to the related disclosures in the consolidated
financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to
modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence
obtained up to the date of our auditors' report. However, future
events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as
a going concern.
-- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of
the consolidated financial statements, including the disclosures,
and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the
underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair
presentation.
-- Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the
financial information of the entities or business activities within
the group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial
statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and
performance of the group audit. We remain solely responsible for
our audit opinion.
We communicate with the board of directors regarding, among
other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and
significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies
in internal control that we identify during our audit.
Kost Forer Gabbay Tel: +972-3-6232525
& Kasierer Fax: +972-3-5622555
144 Menachem Begin ey.com
Road
Tel-Aviv 6492102,
Israel
We also provide the board of directors with a statement that we
have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding
independence and to communicate with them all relationships and
other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our
independence, and where applicable, actions taken to eliminate
threats or safeguards applied.
From the matters communicated with the board of directors, we
determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit
of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2022 and are therefore the key audit matters. We
describe these matters in our auditors' report unless law or
regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in
extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not
be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of
doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public
interest benefits of such communication.
The partner in charge of the audit resulting in this independent
report is Mr. Itay Bar-Haim.
March 28, 2023 KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER
Tel Aviv, Israel A member of Ernst & Young
Global
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION IN '000 EUR
December 31,
--------------------
Note 2022 2021
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ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents 3 7,769 4,688
Restricted bank deposits 422 -
Prepayments and other receivables 48 39
Total current assets 8,239 4,727
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Equity - accounted investees 6 63 5,113
Total non-current assets 63 5,113
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Total assets 8,302 9,840
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Bonds at amortized cost 8 98,738 99,999
Accrued interests on bonds 8 29,893 21,693
Trade payables 28 110
Other liabilities 7 431 425
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Total current liabilities 129,090 122,227
--------- ---------
Share capital 10 6,856 6,856
Translation reserve 10 (30,742) (30,838)
Other reserves (19,983) (19,983)
Share based payment reserve 10 35,376 35,376
Share premium 10 282,596 282,596
Accumulated deficit (394,891) (386,394)
--------- ---------
Total equity (120,788) (112,387)
--------- ---------
Total equity and liabilities 8,302 9,840
========= =========
The notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
March 28, 2023
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Ron Hadassi David Dekel
Date of approval of Executive Officer
the Chairman of the Board
financial statements of Directors
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS IN '000 EUR
Year ended
December 31,
------------------
Note 2022 2021
---- -------- --------
Gains and other
Other income 4 181 386
-------- --------
Total gains 181 386
Total revenues and gains 181 386
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Expenses and losses
Cost of operations (81) (77)
Share in results of equity-accounted
investees 6 1,786 (1,903)
Administrative expenses 13 (1,454) (1,243)
Other expenses - (14)
-------- --------
Expenses and losses 251 (3,237)
Finance income 14 2,795 -
Finance costs 14 (11,724) (24,238)
Finance income (costs), expenses and
losses (8,678) (27,475)
-------- --------
Loss before income tax (8,497) (27,089)
Loss for the year (8,497) (27,089)
-------- --------
Loss attributable to:
Equity holders of the Company (8,497) (27,089)
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Earnings per share
Basic and diluted loss per share (EUR) 11 (1.24) (3.95)
======== ========
The notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME IN '000 EUR
Year ended
December 31,
-----------------
2022 2021
------- --------
Loss for the year (8,497) (27,089)
Other comprehensive income
Items that are or may be reclassified to profit
or loss:
Foreign currency translation differences - foreign
operations (Equity accounted investees) 96 454
Other comprehensive profit for the year, net of
income tax 96 454
Total comprehensive loss for the year (8,401) (26,635)
======= ========
The notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY IN '000 EUR
Capital
reserve from
Share acquisition
based of
Share Share payment Translation non-controlling Accumulated
capital Premium reserves Reserve interests deficit Total
-------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------------- ----------- ---------
Balance on
January 1,
2021 6,856 282,596 35,376 (31,292) (19,983) (359,305) (85,752)
Comprehensive
income for the
year
Net loss for
the year - - - - - (27,089) (27,089)
Foreign
currency
translation
differences - - - 454 - - 454
Total
comprehensive
loss for the
year - - - 454 - (27,089) (26,635)
-------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------------- ----------- ---------
Balance on
December 31,
2021 6,856 282,596 35,376 (30,838) (19,983) (386,394) (112,387)
Comprehensive
income for the
year
Net loss for
the year - - - - - (8,497) (8,497)
Foreign
currency
translation
differences - - - 96 - - 96
-------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------------- ----------- ---------
Total
comprehensive
loss for the
year - - - 96 - (8,497) (8,401)
-------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------------- ----------- ---------
Balance on
December 31,
2022 6,856 282,596 35,376 (30,742) (19,983) (394,891) (120,788)
-------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------------- ----------- ---------
The notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS IN '000 EUR
Year ended
December 31,
-----------------
2022 2021
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Cash flows from operating activities
Loss for the year (8,497) (27,089)
Adjustments necessary to reflect cash flows used
in operating activities
Net finance costs 8,929 24,238
Share of loss/gain of equity-accounted investees,
net of tax (1,786) 1,903
Cash flow from operations before changes in working
capital (1,354) (948)
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Changes in:
Trade receivables 3 (10)
Other receivables (12) 61
Trade payables (82) 52
Other liabilities, related parties' liabilities
and provisions 6 16
Cash flow from operations (85) 119
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Interest paid (2,000) (325)
Net cash used in operating activities (3,439) (1,154)
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Cash from investing activities
Distribution received from Equity Accounted Investees 6,932 4,175
Investment in restricted deposit (422) -
Net cash provided by investing activities 6,510 4,175
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Net cash used in financing activities - -
------- --------
Increase in cash and cash equivalents during
the year 3,071 3,021
Effect of movement in exchange rate fluctuations
on cash held 10 (42)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 4,688 1,709
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 7,769 4,688
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The notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
NOTE 1: - CORPORATE INFORMATION
a. Plaza Centers N.V. ("the Company" and together with its
subsidiaries, "the Group") was incorporated and is registered in
the Netherlands. The Company's registered office is at
Pietersbergweg 283 , 1105 BM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In past
the Company conducted its activities in the field of establishing,
operating and selling of shopping and entertainment centres, as
well as other mixed-use projects (retail, office, residential) in
Central and Eastern Europe (starting 1996) and India (from 2006).
Following debt restructuring plan approved in 2014 the Group's main
focus is to reduce corporate debt by early repayments following
sale of assets and to continue with efficiency measures and cost
reduction where possible.
The consolidated financial statements for each of the periods
presented comprise the Company and its subsidiaries (together
referred to as the "Group") and the Group's interest in jointly
controlled entities.
The Company is listed on the premium segment of the Official
List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market
of the London Stock Exchange ("LSE"), the Warsaw Stock Exchange
("WSE") and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange ("TASE").
Until December 19, 2018 the Company's immediate parent company
was Elbit Ultrasound (Luxemburg) B.V./ s.a.r.l ("EUL"), which held
44.9% of the Company's shares. At that date EUL informed the
Company that it had signed a trust agreement according to which EUL
will deposit all of its outstanding investment with a trustee and
no longer consider itself to be the controlling shareholder of the
Company. As of December 31, 2022 EUL holds 20.06% of the Company's
shares (please refer to note 17 regarding the sale of app. 0.5% of
the Company's shares held by EUL).
b. Going concern and liquidity position of the Company:
As of December 31, 2022, the Company's outstanding obligations
to bondholders (including accrued interests) are app. EUR 128.6
million with due date that was postponed to July 1, 2023 (the
"Current Due date") (please refer to note 8).
Due to the above Company's primary need is for liquidity. The
Company's current and future resources include the following:
1. Cash and cash equivalents (including the cash of fully owned
subsidiaries) of approximately EUR 7.769 million.
2. As detailed in note 5(1)(e), the Company and AFI Europe N.V.
entered into an addendum to the pre-sale agreement entered into
between the Parties in connection with the sale of its subsidiary
(the "SPV") which holds 75% in the Casa Radio Project (the
"Project") (the "Addendum" and the "Agreement", respectively)
pursuant to which the Parties agreed to extend the Long Stop Date,
which is the date on which the parties will execute a share
purchase agreement, subject to the satisfaction of conditions
precedent (the "SPA"(, until December 31, 2023. There can be no
certainty that the SPA will eventually be executed and/or that the
transaction will be consummated as presented above or at all.
NOTE 1: - CORPORATE INFORMATION (Cont.)
3. In addition, as detailed in note 5(2), the Company has
submitted with the International Centre for Settlement of
Investment Disputes ("ICSID") a Request for Arbitration (the
"Request") against Romania for compensation of losses incurred due
to failure of the Romanian authorities to cooperate, negotiate and
adjust the PPP agreement as described in the note 5(1)(c) which
include the Company's investment in the Project SPV, loss of
potential profit, and costs and expenses of the arbitration. At
this early stage there is no certainty about the result of the
dispute, hence no resources are expected to be available in the
foreseeable future.
As of December 31, 2022, the Company is not in compliance with
the main Covenants as defined in the restructuring plan (for more
details refer also to Note 8), hence constituting an event of
default which could also trigger early repayment demand by the
bondholders.
Due to the abovementioned and due to the board and management
estimation that the Company is unable to serve its entire debt on
the updated due date, the Company intends to request the
bondholders of both series an additional postponement of the
repayment of the remaining balance of the bonds. However, there is
no certainty that the bondholders will approve the request. In the
case that the bondholders would declare their remaining claims to
become immediately due and payable, the Company would not be in a
position to settle those claims and would need to enter to an
additional debt restructuring.
Due to the abovementioned conditions, a material uncertainty
exists that casts significant doubt about the Company's ability to
continue as a going concern.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a. Basis of preparation of these financial statements:
The following accounting policies have been applied consistently
in the financial statements for all periods presented, unless
otherwise stated.
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards
("IFRS"), as adopted by the European Union ("EU").
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the
historical cost basis.
These consolidated financial statements are not intended for
statutory filing purposes. The Company is required to file
consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with
the Netherlands Civil Code.
At the date of approval of these financial statements the
Company had not yet submitted consolidated financial statements for
the year ended December 31, 2019, December 31, 2020, December 31,
2021 and December 31, 2022 in accordance with the Netherlands Civil
Code (for more details refer to Note 16(b)(6)).
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
The consolidated financial statements were authorized to be
issued by the Board of Directors on March 28, 2023.
b. Functional and presentation currency:
These consolidated financial statements are presented in EURO
("EUR"), which is the Company's functional currency. All financial
information presented in EUR has been rounded to the nearest
thousand, unless otherwise indicated.
c. Investment property vs. trading property classification:
The Group has designated all its properties for sale. The
Company is actively seeking buyers and does not hold the properties
with the intention to gain from capital appreciation. Therefore,
management also believes that these are appropriately classified as
trading properties.
d. Functional and presentation currency
The EUR is the functional currency for Group companies (with the
exception of Indian companies - in which the functional currency is
the Indian Rupee - INR) since it is the currency of the economic
environment in which the Group operates. This is because the EUR
(and in India the INR) is the main currency in which management
determines its pricing with potential buyers and suppliers,
determine its financing activities and budgets and assesses its
currency exposures.
e. Operating cycle determination:
The Group is unable to clearly identify its actual operating
cycle with respect to trading properties. As such, the Group's
operating cycle relating to trading properties and corresponding
liabilities is 12 months. Trading properties and liabilities
associated therewith are presented as non-current assets and
non-current liabilities, respectively.
f. Use of estimates and judgments:
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in
conformity with IFRS as adopted by the EU requires management to
make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the
application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities, income and expenses.
The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical
experience and various other factors that are believed to be
reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the
basis of making the judgments about carrying values of assets and
liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Information about assumptions and estimation uncertainties that
have a significant risk of resulting in a material adjustment
within the next financial year are included in the following
notes:
- Notes 5, 6 - key assumptions used in determining the net
realisable value of trading properties;
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
- Notes 5,16 - recognition and measurement of provisions and
contingencies: key assumptions about the likelihood and magnitude
of an outflow of resources.
g. Basis of consolidation:
1. Subsidiaries:
Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Group. The Group
controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has rights to,
variable returns from its involvement with the entity
and has the ability to affect those returns through its power
over the entity. The financial statements of subsidiaries are
included in the consolidated financial statements from the date on
which control commences until the date on which control ceases.
Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements
of the subsidiaries in order to bring the accounting policies used
in line with the ones used by the Group in the consolidated
financial statements.
2. Interests in equity-accounted investees:
The Group's interests in equity-accounted investees comprise
interests in associates and joint ventures.
Associates are those entities in which the Group has significant
influence, but not control or joint control, over the financial and
operating policies. A joint venture is an arrangement in which the
Group has joint control, whereby the Group has rights to the net
assets of the arrangement, rather than rights to its assets and
obligations for its liabilities.
Interests in associates and the joint venture are accounted for
using the equity method. They are recognised initially at cost,
which includes transaction costs. Subsequent to initial
recognition, the consolidated financial statements include the
Group's share of the profit or loss and other comprehensive income
of equity-accounted investees, until the date on which significant
influence or joint control ceases.
When the equity attributable to the owners of an associate
changes as a result of the associate selling or buying shares of
its subsidiaries (that are consolidated in its financial
statements) to third parties while retaining control in those
subsidiaries, the balance of the investment in the associate that
is presented on the Company's books
on the equity basis changes. The Company has chosen the
accounting policy of recognizing the change in the balance of the
investment in these cases directly in profit or loss.
3. Loss of control:
When the Group loses control over a subsidiary, it derecognises
the assets and liabilities of the subsidiary, and any related NCI
and other components of equity.
Any resulting gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss. Any
interest retained in the former subsidiary is measured at fair
value when control is lost.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
4. Transactions eliminated on consolidation:
Intra-group balances and transactions, and any unrealised income
and expenses arising from intra-group transactions, are eliminated.
Unrealised gains arising from transactions with equity-accounted
investees are eliminated against the investment to the extent of
the Group's interest in the investee. Unrealised losses are
eliminated in the same way as unrealised gains, but only to the
extent that there is no evidence of impairment.
h. Foreign currency:
1. Foreign currency transactions:
Transactions in foreign currencies are translated to the
respective functional currencies of Group companies at exchange
rates at the dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and
liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated to the
functional currency at the exchange rate at the reporting date.
Non-monetary assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value
in a foreign currency are translated to the functional currency at
the exchange rate when the fair value was determined.
Foreign currency differences are generally recognised in profit
or loss. Non-monetary items that are measured based on historical
cost in a foreign currency are translated at the exchange rate at
the date of the transaction. Foreign currency differences are
generally recognised in profit or loss.
2. Foreign operations:
The assets and liabilities of foreign operations, including
goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on acquisition, are
translated into euro at the exchange rates at the reporting date.
The income and expenses of foreign operations are translated into
euro at the exchange rates at the dates of the transactions.
Foreign currency differences are recognised in other comprehensive
income, and accumulated in the translation reserve, except to the
extent that the translation difference is allocated to
non-controlling interest.
When a foreign operation is disposed of in its entirety or
partially such that control, significant influence or joint control
is lost, the cumulative amount in the translation reserve related
to that foreign operation is reclassified to profit or loss as part
of the gain or loss on disposal.
If the Group disposes of part of its interest in a subsidiary
but retains control, then the relevant proportion of the cumulative
amount is reattributed to non-controlling interest.
When the Group disposes of only part of an associate or joint
venture while retaining significant influence or joint control, the
relevant proportion of the cumulative amount is reclassified to
profit or loss.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
If the settlement of a monetary item receivable from or payable
to a foreign operation
is neither planned nor likely to occur in the foreseeable
future, then foreign currency differences arising from such item
form part of the net investment in the foreign operation.
Accordingly, such differences are recognised in other comprehensive
income and accumulated in the translation reserve.
3. Index-linked monetary items:
Monetary assets and liabilities linked to the changes in the
Israeli Consumer Price Index ("Israeli CPI") are adjusted at the
relevant index at each reporting date according to the terms of the
agreement.
i. Cash equivalents:
Cash equivalents are considered as highly liquid investments,
including unrestricted short-term bank deposits with an original
maturity of three months or less from the date of investment or
with a maturity of more than three months, but which are redeemable
on demand without penalty and which form part of the Group's cash
management.
j. Financial instruments:
1. Financial assets:
Financial assets are measured upon initial recognition at fair
value plus transaction costs that are directly attributable to the
acquisition of the financial assets, except for
financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss
in respect of which transaction costs are recorded in profit or
loss.
Debt instruments are measured at amortized cost when:
The Company's business model is to hold the financial assets in
order to collect their contractual cash flows, and the contractual
terms of the financial assets give rise on specified dates to cash
flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the
principal amount outstanding. After initial recognition, the
instruments in this category are measured according to their terms
at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method, less
any provision for impairment.
2. Impairment of financial assets:
The Company evaluates at the end of each reporting period the
loss allowance for financial debt instruments which are not
measured at fair value through profit or loss.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
3. De-recognition of financial assets:
A financial asset is derecognized only when:
- The contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset has expired; or
- The Company has transferred substantially all the risks and
rewards deriving from the contractual rights to receive cash flows
from the financial asset or has neither transferred nor retained
substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has
transferred control of the asset; or
- The Company has retained its contractual rights to receive
cash flows from the financial asset but has assumed a contractual
obligation to pay the cash flows in full without material delay to
a third party.
4. Financial liabilities:
a) Financial liabilities measured at amortized cost:
Financial liabilities are initially recognized at fair value
less transaction costs that are directly attributable to the issue
of the financial liability.
After initial recognition, the Company measures all financial
liabilities at amortized cost using the effective interest rate
method.
5. De-recognition of financial liabilities:
A financial liability is derecognized only when it is
extinguished, that is when the obligation specified in the contract
is discharged or cancelled or expires. A financial liability is
extinguished when the debtor discharges the liability by paying in
cash, other financial assets, goods or services; or is legally
released from the liability.
6. Offsetting financial instruments:
Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the
net amount is presented in the statement of financial position if
there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognized
amounts and there is an intention either to settle on a net basis
or to realize the asset and settle the liability
simultaneously.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
k. Fair value measurement
A number of the Group's accounting policies and disclosures
require the measurement of fair value, for both financial and
non-financial assets and liabilities.
When measuring the fair value of an asset or a liability, the
Group uses market observable
data as far as possible. The Company's finance department
reviews significant unobservable inputs and valuation adjustments.
If third party information, such as broker quotes, is used to
measure fair values, then the finance department assesses the
evidence obtained from the third parties to support the conclusion
that such valuations meet the requirements of IFRS, including the
level in the fair value hierarchy in which such valuations should
be classified. Fair values are categorized into different levels in
a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used in the valuation
techniques as follows:
- Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
- Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1
that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly
(i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices)
- Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based
on observable market data (unobservable inputs)
Further information about the assumptions made in measuring fair
values is included in the following notes:
Note 15 - Financial instruments
l. Share capital:
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs
directly attributable to issue of ordinary shares and share options
are recognized as a deduction from equity. Income tax relating to
transaction costs of an equity transaction is accounted for in
accordance with IAS 12. Costs attributable to listing existing
shares are expensed as incurred.
m. Trading properties:
Trading properties are being designated for sale in the ordinary
course of business and as such are classified as trading properties
(inventory) and measured at the lower of cost and
net realizable value.
Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the
ordinary course of business less the estimated costs to complete
construction and selling expenses. If net realizable value is less
than the cost, the trading property is written down to net
realizable value.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
In each subsequent period, a new assessment is made of net
realizable value. When the circumstances that previously caused
trading properties to be written down below cost no longer exist or
when there is clear evidence of an increase in net realizable value
because of changed economic circumstances, the amount of the
write-down is reversed so that the new carrying amount is the lower
of the cost and the revised net realizable value.
The amount of any write-down of trading properties to net
realisable value and all losses of trading properties are
recognised as a write-down of trading properties expense in the
period the write-down or loss occurs. The amount of any reversal of
such write-down arising from an increase in net realizable value is
recognized as a reduction in the expense in the period in which the
reversal occurs.
Costs comprise all costs of purchase, direct materials, direct
labor costs, subcontracting costs and other direct overhead costs
incurred in bringing the properties to their present condition.
Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition or
construction of a qualifying asset are capitalized as part of the
costs of the asset. A qualifying asset is an asset that necessarily
takes a substantial period of time to get ready for its intended
use or sale. Other borrowing costs are recognized as an expense in
the period in which they incurred.
n. Impairment of non-financial assets:
The Company evaluates the need to record an impairment of
non-financial assets whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying amount is not recoverable. If the
carrying amount of non-financial assets exceeds their recoverable
amount, the assets are reduced to their recoverable amount. The
recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs of sale
and value in use. In measuring value in use, the expected future
cash flows are discounted using a pre-tax discount rate that
reflects the risks specific to the asset. The recoverable amount of
an asset that does not generate independent cash flows is
determined for the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
Impairment losses are recognized in profit or loss.
An impairment loss of an asset is reversed only if there have
been changes in the estimates used to determine the asset's
recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognized.
Reversal of an impairment loss, as above, shall not be increased
above the lower of the carrying amount that would have been
determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset in
prior years and its recoverable amount. The reversal of impairment
loss of an asset presented at cost is recognized in profit or
loss.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
The following criteria are applied in assessing impairment of
these specific assets:
Investment in associate or joint venture:
After application of the equity method, the Company determines
whether it is necessary to recognize any additional impairment loss
with respect to the investment in associates or joint ventures. The
Company determines at each reporting date whether there is
objective evidence that the carrying amount of the investment in
the associate or the joint venture is impaired. The test of
impairment is carried out with reference to the entire investment,
including the goodwill attributed to the associate or the joint
venture.
o. Provisions:
Provisions are determined by discounting the expected future
cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market
assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to
the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognized as
finance cost.
Warranties
A provision for warranties is recognized when the underlying
products or services are sold, based on historical warranty data
and a weighting of possible outcomes against their associated
probabilities.
Legal claims:
A provision for claims is recognized when the Group has a
present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past
event, it is more likely than not that an outflow of resources
embodying economic benefits will be required by the Group to settle
the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of
the obligation.
p. Revenue recognition:
Revenue from contracts with customers is recognized when the
control over the goods or services is transferred to the customer.
Revenues from trading properties are taken into account at the
moment the trading property is sold. The company considers the
moment of sale being the latest of a) receiving the payment for the
trading property; or b) the transfer of the deed at the public
notary. The transaction price is the amount of the consideration
that is expected to be received based on the contract terms,
excluding amounts collected on behalf of third parties (such as
taxes).
In determining the amount of revenue from contracts with
customers, the Company evaluates whether it is a principal or an
agent in the arrangement. The Company is a principal when the
Company controls the promised goods or services before transferring
them to the customer.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
In these circumstances, the Company recognizes revenue for the
gross amount of the consideration. When the Company is an agent, it
recognizes revenue for the net amount of the consideration, after
deducting the amount due to the principal.
Variable consideration:
The Company determines the transaction price separately for each
contract with a customer. When exercising this judgment, the
Company evaluates the effect of each variable amount in the
contract, taking into consideration discounts, penalties,
variations, claims, and non-cash consideration. In determining the
effect of the variable consideration, the Company normally uses the
"most likely amount" method described in the Standard. Pursuant to
this method, the amount of the consideration is determined as the
single most likely amount in the range of possible consideration
amounts in the contract.
Variable consideration is included in the transaction price only
to the extent that it is highly probable that a significant
reversal in the amount of revenue recognized will not occur when
the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is
subsequently resolved.
q. Finance income and cost:
Interest income and expense which are not capitalized are
recognized in the income statement as they accrue, using the
effective interest method.
r. Income tax:
Income tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. It is
recognized in profit or loss.
Current tax
Current tax comprises the expected tax payable or receivable on
the taxable income or loss for the year and any adjustment to tax
payable or receivable in respect of previous years. It
is measured using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at
the reporting date.
Current tax also includes any tax arising from dividends.
Current tax assets and liabilities are offset only if certain
criteria are met.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognized in respect of temporary differences
between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for
financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation
purposes.
Deferred tax assets are recognized for unused tax losses, unused
tax credits and deductible Temporary differences to the extent that
it is probable that future taxable profits will be available
against which they can be used. Deferred tax assets are reviewed at
each reporting date and are reduced to the extent that it is no
longer probable that the related tax benefit will be realized. Such
reduction is reversed when the probability of future taxable
profits improved.
Unrecognized deferred tax assets are reassessed at each
reporting date and recognized to the extent that it has become
probable that future taxable profits will be available against
which they can be used.
Deferred tax is measured at the tax rates that are expected to
be applied to temporary differences.
When they reverse, using tax rates enacted or substantively
enacted at the reporting date.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset only if certain
criteria are met.
s. Employee benefits :
1. Bonuses:
The Group recognizes a liability and an expense for bonuses,
which are based on agreements with employees or according to
management decisions based on Group performance goals and on
individual employee performance. The Group recognizes a liability
where contractually obliged or where past practice has created a
constructive obligation to pay this amount as a result of past
service provided by the employee and the obligation can be
estimated reliably.
2. Share-based payment transactions:
The fair value of options granted to employees to acquire shares
of the Company is recognized as an employee expense or capitalized
if directly associated with development of trading property, with a
corresponding increase in equity. The fair value is measured at
grant date and spread over the period during which the employees
become unconditionally entitled to the options. The amount
recognized as an expense is adjusted to reflect the actual number
of share options that vest.
Where the terms of an equity-settled award are modified, the
minimum expense recognized is the expense as if the terms had not
been modified. An additional expense is recognized for any
modification, which increases the total fair value of the
share-based payment arrangement or is otherwise beneficial to the
employees as
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
measured at the date of modification. The fair value of the
amount payable to employees in respect of share-based payments,
which may be settled in cash, at the option of the holder, is
recognized as an expense, with a corresponding increase in
liability, over the period in which the employees become
unconditionally entitled to payment. The fair value is re-measured
at each reporting date and at settlement date.
Any changes in the fair value of the liability are recognized as
an additional cost in salaries and related expenses in the income
statement.
t. Disclosure of new standards in the period prior to their adoption:
1. Amendment to IAS 1, "Presentation of Financial Statements":
In January 2020, the IASB issued an amendment to IAS 1,
"Presentation of Financial Statements" regarding the criteria for
determining the classification of liabilities as current or
non-current ("the Original Amendment"). In October 2022, the IASB
issued a subsequent amendment ("the Subsequent Amendment").
According to the Subsequent Amendment:
-- Only covenants with which an entity must comply on or before
the reporting date will affect a liability's classification as
current or non-current;
-- An entity should provide disclosure when a liability arising
from a loan agreement is classified as non-current and the entity's
right to defer settlement is contingent on compliance with future
covenants within twelve months from the reporting date. This
disclosure is required to include information about the covenants
and the related liabilities. The disclosures must include
information about the nature of the future covenants and when
compliance is applicable, as well as the carrying amount of the
related liabilities. The purpose of this information is to allow
users to understand the nature of the future covenants and to
assess the risk that a liability classified as non-current could
become repayable within twelve months. Furthermore, if facts and
circumstances indicate that an entity may have difficulty in
complying with such covenants, those facts and circumstances should
be disclosed.
According to the Original Amendment, the conversion option of a
liability affects the classification of the entire liability as
current or non-current unless the conversion component is an equity
instrument.
The Original Amendment and Subsequent Amendment are both
effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024
and must be applied retrospectively. Early application is
permitted.
The Company is evaluating the possible impact of the Amendment
on its current loan agreements.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
2. Amendment to IAS 8, "Accounting Policies, Changes to Accounting Estimates and Errors":
In February 2021, the IASB issued an amendment to IAS 8,
"Accounting Policies, Changes to Accounting Estimates and Errors"
("the Amendment"), in which it introduces a new definition of
"accounting estimates".
Accounting estimates are defined as "monetary amounts in
financial statements that are subject to measurement uncertainty".
The Amendment clarifies the distinction between changes in
accounting estimates and changes in accounting policies and the
correction of errors.
The Amendment is to be applied prospectively for annual
reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023 and is
applicable to changes in accounting policies and changes in
accounting estimates that occur on or after the start of that
period. Early application is permitted.
The Company is evaluating the effects of the Amendment on its
financial statements.
3. Amendment to IAS 12, "Income Taxes":
In May 2021, the IASB issued an amendment to IAS 12, "Income
Taxes" ("IAS 12"), which narrows the scope of the initial
recognition exception under IAS 12.15 and IAS 12.24 ("the
Amendment").
According to the recognition guidelines of deferred tax assets
and liabilities, IAS 12 excludes recognition of deferred tax assets
and liabilities in respect of certain temporary differences arising
from the initial recognition of certain transactions. This
exception is referred to as the "initial recognition exception".
The Amendment narrows the scope of the initial recognition
exception and clarifies that it does not apply to the recognition
of deferred tax assets and liabilities arising from transactions
that are not a business combination and that give rise to equal
taxable and deductible temporary differences, even if they meet the
other criteria of the initial recognition exception.
The Amendment applies for annual reporting periods beginning on
or after January 1, 2023, with earlier application permitted. In
relation to leases and decommissioning obligations, the Amendment
is to be applied commencing from the earliest reporting period
presented in the financial statements in which the Amendment is
initially applied. The cumulative effect of the initial application
of the Amendment should be recognized as an adjustment to the
opening balance of retained earnings (or another component of
equity, as appropriate) at that date.
The Company estimates that the initial application of the
Amendment is not expected to have a material impact on its
financial statements.
NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
4. Amendment to IAS 1 - Disclosure of Accounting Policies:
In February 2021, the IASB issued an amendment to IAS 1,
"Presentation of Financial Statements" ("the Amendment"), which
replaces the requirement to disclose 'significant' accounting
policies with a requirement to disclose 'material' accounting
policies. One of the main reasons for the Amendment is the absence
of a definition of the term 'significant' in IFRS whereas the term
'material' is defined in several standards and particularly in IAS
1.
The Amendment is applicable for annual periods beginning on or
after January 1, 2023. Early application is permitted.
The Company is evaluating the effects of the Amendment on its
financial statements.
5. Amendment to IFRS 16, "Leases":
In September 2022, the IASB issued an amendment to IFRS 16,
"Leases" ("the Amendment"), which provides guidance on how a
seller-lessee should measure the lease liability arising in a sale
and leaseback transaction with variable lease payments that do not
depend on an index or rate. The seller-lessee has to choose between
two accounting policies for measuring the lease liability on the
inception date of the lease. The accounting policy chosen must be
applied consistently.
The Amendment is applicable for annual periods beginning on or
after January 1, 2024. Early application is permitted. The
Amendment is to be applied retrospectively.
The Company is evaluating the effects of the Amendment on its
financial statements.
NOTE 3:- CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
December 31,
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Bank deposits and cash denominated in 2022 2021
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EUR - bank balances (1) 7,763 3,679
United States Dollar (USD) - bank balances - 909
New Israeli Shekel (NIS) - bank balances 3 92
Other currencies 3 8
7,769 4,688
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(1) As of December 31, 2022, including call deposit of EUR 6,4
million - 1,57% interests rate.
NOTE 4:- OTHER INCOME
December 31,
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2022 2021
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Sale of receivables (1) - 200
Other income 181 186
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181 386
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(1) On August 10, 2021 the Company announced that Plaza Centers
Czech Republic s.r.o ("Plaza Centers CR"), a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, has signed an agreement for the sale of
its receivables to a third party, for a total consideration of EUR
200,000, regarding an advance payment for the purchase of a Czech
project company which Plaza Centers CR paid in the past.
NOTE 5:- TRADING PROPERTIES
(1) Casa Radio:
(a) General:
In 2006 the Company entered into a PPP agreement with the
Government of Romania to develop the Casa Radio site in the city
center of Bucharest ("Project") and acquired 75% interest in the
joint venture company developing the Project ("Project SPV"). After
signing the PPP agreement, the Company holds indirectly 75% of the
shares in the Project SPV, the remaining shares are held by the
Romanian authorities (through CNI, a Romanian company ultimately
owned by the Romania authorities)(15%) and a third-party private
investor (10%).
Pursuant to the PPP agreement, the Project SPV was granted
development and exploitation rights in relation to the site for a
period of 49 years, starting December 2006 (34 years remaining at
the end of the reporting period). As part of its obligations under
the PPP agreement, the Project SPV has committed to construct a
public authority building ("PAB") measuring approximately 11.000
square meters for the Romanian Government at its own cost.
Large scale demolition, design and foundation works were
financed by loans given to the Project SPV by the Company. These
works were performed on site until 2010. Construction and
development were put on hold due to difficulties procuring further
financing because of the global financial crisis and later, as well
as, the lack of progress in the renegotiation of the PPP agreement
with the Romanian authorities, as detailed in subsection (c) below.
These circumstances (and mainly the bureaucratic deadlock with the
Romanian authorities to deal with the issues specified below)
caused the Project SPV not to meet the development timeline of the
Project as specified in the PPP agreement. However, management
believes that it had legitimate reasons for the delays in this
timeline, as discussed in subsection (c) below.
NOTE 5:- TRADING PROPERTIES (Cont.)
(b) Obtaining of the Detailed Urban Plan ("PUD") permit:
The Project SPV obtained the PUD for the Project in September
2012. On December 13, 2012, the Court took note of the waiver of
the claim submitted by certain plaintiffs and rejected the
litigation aiming to cancel the approval of the Zonal Urban Plan
("PUZ") for the Project. The Court decision is irrevocable.
(c) Discussions with the Romanian authorities:
Following the Court decision with respect to the PUZ, the
Project SPV was required to submit a request for building permits
within 60 days from the approval date of the PUZ/PUD and commence
development of the Project within 60 days after obtaining the
building permits. The building permits have not been obtained.
Due to substantial differences between the approved PUD and
stipulations in the PPP agreement and changes in EU law concerning
environmental considerations in buildings used by public bodies,
the Project SPV attempted to renegotiate the future development of
the Project with the Romanian authorities on items such as
timetable, structure, milestones and adaptation of the PAB
development to the current EU requirements. Despite many
notifications sent to the Romanian authorities, expressing a wish
to renegotiate the existing PPP agreement, no major breakthrough
has been achieved. The Company may be subject to significant delay
penalties under the terms of the PPP agreement if it is determined
that the Company was at fault in causing the delays.
Because of the failure of the Romanian authorities to cooperate,
negotiate and adjust the PPP agreement, the Project SPV was not
able to meet its obligations under the PPP agreement. This resulted
in a situation where the Project SPV could not "de facto" continue
the execution of the Project and created a risk that the Romanian
authorities could attempt to terminate the PPP agreement and/or to
impose penalties on the Company and the Project SPV. As of the date
of approval of these consolidated financial statements, the Project
SPV has not received any termination notification from the Romanian
authorities.
Still, in the case of termination of the PPP agreement, any
disputes regarding the relationship and compensation between the
parties is to be determined by way of arbitration. Management,
believes that, in the case of termination, the Company has a good
case to claim compensation for damages.
The Romanian authorities undertook to discuss in good faith the
restructuring of the Project and the PPP agreement in situations
where significant unexpected circumstances arise. Further, the
unresponsiveness of the Romanian authorities is a violation of the
general undertaking to support the Project SPV in the execution of
the Project as agreed in the PPP agreement.
NOTE 5:- TRADING PROPERTIES (Cont.)
Management has taken a number of steps in order to unblock the
development of the project and mitigate the risk of termination of
the PPP agreement, including commencing a process to identify third
party investors willing and capable to join in the development of
the Project and/or potential buyers of the Company's interest in
the Project. Management believes that reputable investors with
considerable financial strength can enhance negotiation position
vis-Ã -vis the Romanian authorities and assist in advancing an
amicable agreement with the relevant authorities with respect to
the development of the Project. As a result of the Company's
ongoing efforts, a pre-sale agreement for the sale of its
shareholding in the Project SPV and its interests in the Project
was signed on 3 July 2019 (see subsection (e) below).
(d) Provision in respect of PAB:
As mentioned in point (a) above, when the Company entered into
an agreement to acquire 75% interest in the Project SPV it assumed
a commitment to construct the PAB at its own costs for the benefit
of the Romanian Government. As detailed in note 5(2) below, the
carrying amount of the trading property was fully written off as of
December 31, 2020. Accordingly, the Company also fully reduced the
provision in respect of the construction of the PAB as of December
31, 2020.
(e) On 3 July 2019 the Company's wholly owned subsidiary
Dambovita Center Holding B.V ("Dambovita NL") as seller, the
Company as guarantor and AFI Europe N.V. as buyer entered into a
pre-sale agreement for the sale of the shareholding in Dambovita
Center S.R.L ("Dambovita RO") (the "Pre-Sale Agreement"). Pursuant
to the terms of the Pre-Sale Agreement, AFI Europe N.V. shall carry
out a due diligence review which shall be completed no later than 5
September 2019 following which, subject to the satisfaction of the
other Conditions precedent in the Pre-Sale Agreement, the parties
to the Pre-Sale Agreement will execute a share purchase agreement
in the short form being Annex 3 to the Pre-Sale Agreement (the
"SPA") and an intragroup loan assignment/novation agreement.
Conditions precedent in the Pre-Sale Agreement comprise inter
alia (i) the satisfactory completion of a due diligence
investigation by AFI Europe N.V. by the latest on 5 September 2019;
(ii) the Romanian competition council having issued competition
approval for the transaction; (iii) publication of the contemplated
sale of the shares in Dambovita RO by Dambovita NL in the Official
Gazette of the Romanian Government and the lapse of a 30-day
objection period with no opposition being lodged; (iv) no pending
or imminent material adverse change (which includes insolvency of
Dambovita RO, termination of the PPP Agreement or a significant
amendment of the terms and conditions of the PPP Agreement
rendering the fulfilment thereof more onerous; (v) issuance of a
Government Decision confirming that Dambovita NL may transfer the
shares to AFI Europe N.V.(or any of its affiliates) and that the
Company and Elbit Imaging Ltd. may transfer their rights and
obligations under the PPP Agreement to AFI Europe N.V.(vi);
amendment of the PPP Agreement in order to transfer the rights of
Elbit Imaging Limited and the Company to AFI Europe N.V.; (vii)
obtaining a written confirmation that the 49 years term of the PPP
Agreement shall be calculated, the earliest, starting from
2012,
NOTE 5:- TRADING PROPERTIES (Cont.)
however, in case the 49 years concession term is calculated from
any other previous date, the parties to the Pre-Sale Agreement will
try to find an amicable compromise, discounting the Purchase Price
(as defined below) to reflect the shorter concession term; in case
of such parties' failure to reach an agreement with respect to the
discounted Purchase Price, AFI Europe N.V. has the right to
consider this condition precedent as not being fulfilled; and
(viii) the receipt of approval of the General Meeting and the
Company's bondholders for the Transaction.
Upon satisfactory completion of the due diligence to be carried
out by AFI Europe, there will be a down payment of EUR 200,000,
which shall be repaid upon the occurrence of (i) cancellation of
the PPP Agreement; (ii) initiation of Dambovita RO's dissolution
due to negative equity requirements; (iii) the existence of
elements of criminal investigation against Dambovita RO, beyond the
information as disclosed to AFI Europe or, if such investigation
would be held against Dambovita RO's directors of employees, in
case this would trigger a significant impact on the Dambovita
Project or (iv) Dambovita NL refuses to proceed to closing or is
not present at the closing date, although all the conditions
precedent were fulfilled or waived. The fulfilment of the
Conditions precedent relating to the approval of the Company's
shareholders and bondholders as referred to above must occur no
later than 5 September 2019. On 30 July 2019, the bondholders of
Bonds series A and Bonds Series B decided to authorize the Company
to enter into the agreement and execute the transaction contained
therein. In addition, an extraordinary general meeting of
Shareholders of the Company held on 29 August 2019 approved the
transaction as detailed in the Notice of EGM.
On 5 September 2019 in accordance with the pre-sale agreement,
AFI has paid the down payment of EUR 200,000.
PRE-SALE AGREEMENT - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
The long stop date as referred to in the Pre-Sale Agreement
(i.e. the date on which all conditions precedent must be fulfilled
and closing of the Transaction must occur) is 15 months after the
lapse of the due diligence period (5 September 2019).
Pursuant to the Pre-Sale Agreement, Dambovita NL will transfer
its interest in Dambovita RO and will assign the Intragroup Loans
to AFI Europe N.V. for the maximum consideration of EUR 60 million,
subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions (the "Purchase
Price").
The Purchase Price is defined in the Pre-Sale Agreement as EUR
60 million minus 75% of Dambovita RO's liabilities computed based
on the closing accounts (being the financial statements of
Dambovita RO for the period from 1 January of the year in which the
closing of the Transaction will occur) and excluding the Intragroup
Loan, plus 75% of Dambovita RO's available cash and other current
assets as shown in the closing accounts (as referred to above) and
minus (insofar applicable) an amount agreed upon by the parties to
the Pre-Sale Agreement to be reduced from the Purchase Price if the
49-year PPP-rights period will be calculated from any date prior to
the year 2012. The loan assignment amount (as part of the Purchase
Price) will be
calculated on the Closing Date as the balance between the
Purchase Price and the
NOTE 5:- TRADING PROPERTIES (Cont.)
price for the shares sold (being the nominal value of these
shares RON 44,050,380, which is the equivalent of USD
14,778,862).
Subject to fulfilment of the conditions precedent in the
Pre-Sale Agreement as detailed above which includes, among others,
the execution of the SPA, AFI Europe N.V. is bound to make a
payment of EUR 20 million to Dambovita NL. A further EUR 22 million
is to be paid later upon the issuance by the competent authorities
of a building permit for the first stage of the Dambovita Project
(the development of the shopping mall or the office building,
excluding the public authority building as referred to above). The
balance between the Purchase Price and the payments already made,
will be paid out to Dambovita NL upon all permits required for the
operation of any of the components (office building or shopping
mall) of the first stage of the Dambovita Project including a fire
permit and the operation permit having been obtained. In addition
the Company and Dambovita NL, granted the AFI Europe N.V.
indemnification, jointly and severally, for some warranties under
the Pre-Sale Agreement, which customary in such transactions.
On November 2, 2020, the Company, Dambovita NL and AFI Europe
N.V. ("AFI", and together with the Company, the "Parties") entered
into an addendum to the pre-sale pursuant to which the Parties
agreed to extend the Long Stop Date, which is the date on which the
parties will execute a share purchase agreement, subject to the
satisfaction of conditions precedent, until December 31, 2021.
The Parties have further agreed that in case of any litigation
and/or arbitration process to which the Company is a party, will
result in the loss of any of their rights under the PPP Agreement
with the Government of Romania to develop the Casa Radio site in
the city center of Bucharest, AFI shall no longer be bound by its
obligations under the Agreement and the Company shall reimburse AFI
with the entire advance payment of EUR 200,000 already paid by AFI.
The prepayment of EUR 200,000 is included in Other Liabilities in
the consolidate statement of financial position. The Addendum was
subject to the approval of the Company's bondholders which was
obtained on 12 November 2020.
On December 20, 2021 the Company, Dambovita NL and AFI have
signed an additional addendum to the Agreement (the "Addendum 2")
which pursuant to the Addendum 2 the Parties agreed to extend the
Long Stop Date until December 31, 2022.
Further to the above, on December 13, 2022 the Company,
Dambovita NL and AFI have signed an additional addendum to the
Agreement (the "Addendum 3") which pursuant to the Addendum 3 the
Parties agreed to extend the Long Stop Date until December 31,
2023.
As of the date hereof, there can be no certainty that either the
conditions precedent in the Pre-Sale Agreement as detailed above
will be met, that the Sale Agreement will be executed and/or that
the Transaction will be consummated as presented above or at
all.
NOTE 5:- TRADING PROPERTIES (Cont.)
(2) Write-down of trading properties:
Trading properties are measured at the lower of cost and net
realizable value.
Determining net realizable value is inherently subjective as it
requires estimates of future events and takes into account special
assumptions in the valuations, many of which are difficult to
predict.
Actual results could be significantly different than the
Company's estimates and could have a material effect on the
Company's financial results.
These valuations become increasingly difficult as they relate to
estimates and assumptions for projects in the preliminary stage of
development.
Management is responsible for determining the net realizable
value of the Group's trading properties.
As detailed above, despite many notifications sent to the
Romanian authorities expressing a wish to renegotiate the existing
PPP agreement, no major breakthrough could be achieved, in
addition, the Romanian authorities have not cooperated
substantively with the Company's request to approve the transfer of
the Company's shares in the Project SPV and its interest in the
Project to AFI.
Because of the abovementioned issues surrounding the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent in the pre-sale agreement,
it is currently not certain whether the sale agreement as
contemplated in the pre-sale agreement would be entered into and
whether therefore the transaction with AFI would proceed. As such
the Company, Dambovita NL and AFI Europe N.V. agreed to extend the
Long Stop Date until December 31, 2023. Additionally, as the
external appraisers, in their opinion from the previous years did
not reflect the risk related to the uncertainty in respect of
fulfilment of the conditions precedent set out in the pre-sale
agreement, as described above, management has concluded that it
can't measure the net realizable value of the Project based on
either the pre-sale agreement or based on the residual value
approach as management would need to assume that it would receive
the Romanian authorities approval to restructure and adjust the PPP
agreement. As a result, the value of the trading property of the
Project was fully reduced.
Still, the Company believes that despite this reduction there is
no change in the value of the Company's rights under the PPP
Agreement. In addition, management, believes that the Company has a
good case to claim compensation for economic damages. On the other
hand, if the Company comes to an understanding with the Romanian
authorities, it will measure the Casa Radio NRV to reflect its
updated financial projections.
NOTE 5:- TRADING PROPERTIES (Cont.)
In light of the above the Company is exploring all its options
in order to obtain progress, including among others its legal
options. Accordingly, as of May 16, 2022 the Company has submitted
with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
("ICSID") a Request for Arbitration (the "Request") against
Romania. In the Request the Company seeks full compensation of the
losses it incurred due to failure of the Romanian authorities to
cooperate, negotiate and adjust the PPP agreement as described in
the note 5(1)(c) which include but not limited to the Company's
investment in the Project SPV, loss of potential profit, and costs
and expenses of the arbitration. The Request was registered by
ICSID on June 3, 2022. The Tribunal was constituted on November 1,
2022. The parties confirmed that the Tribunal was properly
constituted and that no party has any objection to the appointment
of any Member of the Tribunal. The first session of the Tribunal
was held on December 7, 2022
At the current stage, the Company is in the process of
preparation for the Claimant's Memorial which is set to be filed in
April 2023.
NOTE 6:- EQUITY ACCOUNTED INVESTEES
a. The Group has the following interest in the below joint ventures.
Interest of holding
(percentage)
as of December
31,
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Company name Country Activity 2022 2021
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Elbit Plaza India Real Mixed-use
Estate Holdings Ltd. large-scale
("EPI") (*) Cyprus projects 47.5% 47.5%
(*) Though EPI is 47.5% held by the Company, the Company is
accounted for 50% of the results, as the third party holding 5% in
EPI is deemed not to participate in accumulated losses, hence Elbit
and the Company, the holders of the remaining 95% each account for
50% of the results of EPI.
The movement in equity accounted investees (in aggregation) was
as follows:
2022 2021
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Balance as of 1 January 5,113 10,737
Distribution received from equity-accounted
investees (6,932) (4,175)
Share in results of equity-accounted
investees, net of tax (6b) 1,786 (1,903)
Effect of movements in exchange rates 96 454
Balance as of 31 December 63 5,113
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NOTE 6:- EQUITY ACCOUNTED INVESTEES (Cont.)
b . Material joint ventures:
The summarized financial information of the material joint
venture EPI (due to holding of major schemes in Bangalore) is as
follows:
2022 2021
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Current assets (*) 275 183
Trading properties-non current - 20,441
Other current liabilities (149) (10,398)
Net assets (100%) 126 10,226
Group share of net asset (50%) (**) 63 5,113
Carrying amount of interest in joint
venture 63 5,113
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(*) Including cash and cash equivalents in the amount of EUR 201
thousand (2021 - EUR 40 thousand);
(**) Refer to remark on EPI holding rate in section (a) above.
2022 2021
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Write-downs/ gain on sale of trading
properties (1) 3,630 (3,153)
Other expenses (58) (653)
Total gain/loss (100%) 3,572 (3,806)
Group share of gain/loss (50%) 1,786 (1,903)
Total results from investees 1,786 (1,903)
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(1) Bangalore:
In March, 2008 Elbit Plaza India Real Estate Holdings Limited (a
subsidiary held by the Company (50%) and Elbit Imaging ltd.(50%))
("EPI") entered into a share subscription and framework agreement
(the "Agreement"), with a third-party local developer (the
"Partner"), and a wholly owned Indian subsidiary of EPI which was
designated for this purpose ("SPV"), to acquire together with the
Partner, through the SPV, up to 440 acres of land in Bangalore,
India (the "Project") in certain phases as set forth in the
Agreement.
As a result of the failure of the Partner to complete the
transaction under the Agreement and in accordance with the
provisions thereto, EPI has 100% control over the SPV and the
partner is no longer entitled to receive the 50% shareholding.
The Partner has surrendered sale deeds to the SPV for
approximately 54 acres (the "Plot"). The Plot is registered in the
name of a third party land owner who transferred 100% ownership
right in the Plot to the Partner ( 90% ownership rights acquired
through Joint Development Agreement & Power of Attorney and
balance 10% ownership rights acquired through sale). The Partner in
turn transferred 100% Development rights and 90% rights in the Plot
and constructed area therein to the SPV through Joint Development
Agreement & Power of Attorney while the balance 10% rights in
the Plot and constructed area held by the Partner.
NOTE 6:- EQUITY ACCOUNTED INVESTEES (Cont.)
On December 2, 2015 EPI has signed an agreement to sell 100% of
its interest in the SPV to the Partner (the "Sale Agreement"). The
total consideration upon completion of the transaction was INR 321
crores (approximately EUR 44 million) which should have been paid
no later than September 30, 2016 ("Long Stop Date"). On November
15, 2016, the Partner informed EPI that it will not be able to
execute the aforesaid payment.
As a result of the foregoing, the SPV has received from the
escrow agent the sale deeds in respect of additional 8.7 acres (the
"Additional Property") which has been mortgaged by the Partner in
favor of the SPV in order to secure the completion of the
transaction on the Long Stop Date. The Additional Property has not
yet been registered in favor of the SPV for cost-benefit reasons.
In addition, as per the Sale Agreement, the Company took actions in
order to get full separation from the Partner with respect to the
Plot and specifically the execution of the sale deed with respect
of the 10% undivided interest, all as agreed in the Sale
Agreement.
In light of the above, and after lengthy negotiations between
the parties, new understandings were formulated and the parties
signed a revised agreement that substantially altered the outline
of the original transaction (and this agreement was amended several
more times, the last of which in April 2019), and concluded that:
(i) the closing date for the transaction will be extended to
November 2019, and may be further extended to August 2020 (the
"Closing Date"). It should be clarified that the postponement of
the closing date to November 2019 and August 2020 was subject to
receipt of payments as agreed in the Sale Agreement and subject to
mutually agreed payment terms; and (ii) the consideration was
increased to INR 356 crores (approximately EUR 49 million) (Plaza
part approximately EUR 24.5 million) (the "Consideration").
After August 2019, the Partner was unable to pay any further
amounts nor was able to give firm commitment on payment of the
remaining amount. In the absence of clarity on payment of the
remaining amount and failure of the Partner to give full separation
with respect to the Plot, on January 10, 2020, the Company
announced that a notice has been issued to the Partner to file its
response in the insolvency proceedings initiated for the recovery
of the amounts due.
On May 18, 2021, the Company announced that the insolvency
proceedings initiated against the Purchaser for the recovery of the
due amounts has been dismissed by the National Company Law Tribunal
in Bangalore since the case is not maintainable before it and
therefore the SPV should claim for the recovery of its debt or for
the resolution of its dispute in any other forum.
In addition, criminal cases for dishonor of the cheques
aggregating INR 15 crores which were given as security for payment
of certain installments, the Court had issued arrest warrants and
the local police were on the lookout for the accused persons. On
May 18, 2021, the Company announced that all the accused persons
appeared before the court and were granted bail. In addition, all
further proceedings continue in the matter.
On July 29, 2021 the Company announced that the SPV has
submitted an appeal before the National Company Law Appellate
Tribunal, Chennai, India against the decision of the National
Company Law Tribunal, Bengaluru, India, which dismissed
NOTE 6:- EQUITY ACCOUNTED INVESTEES (Cont.)
the insolvency proceedings initiated against the Partner for the
recovery of the amounts due.
On April 13, 2022 the Partner submitted to EPI an unformal
non-binding proposal to purchase 100% of EPI's interest in the
Project and the completion of the transaction in exchange for a
payment of INR 112-117 crores (approximately EUR 13.6-14.2 million)
in lieu of the remain amount of consideration according to the Sale
Agreement (INR 269 crores (approximately EUR 32.6 million)).
In the period since May 19, 2022 till August 24, 2022 the
Partner deposited in the SPV INR 22.5 crores (approximately EUR
2.77 million).
On September 1, 2022 the transaction for the sale of EPI's whole
rights in the Asset was completed for a total of INR 117 crores
(approximately EUR 14.3 million) and EPI received the full
consideration as mentioned.
NOTE 7:- OTHER LIABILITIES
December 31,
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2022 2021
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Prepayments (*) 200 200
Salaries and related expenses (**) 16 16
Accrued expenses 215 209
Total 431 425
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(*) Including EUR 200 thousand payable due to down payment in
regard to pre-sale agreement for the sale of Casa Radio Project
(refer to note 5(1)(e)).
(**) Refer to Note 17.
NOTE 8:- BONDS
a. Composition:
Carrying
amounts
Effective as at
interest Contractual Principal December
rate interest rate final maturity 31 2022
--------- -------------- --------------- ---------
Series A Bonds 11.58% CPI+8%(*) 2023 40,755
Series B Bonds 13.83% CPI+8.9%(*) 2023 57,983
98,738
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(*) Including 2% interest on arrears
NOTE 8:- BONDS (Cont.)
b. Mandatory repayments subsequent to the reporting date (without early repayments):
2023 98,738
98,738
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(1) Pursuant to the Company's Restructuring Plan, the Company
will assign 78% of the net proceeds received from the sale or
refinancing of any of its assets as early repayment.
(2) Approved amendment to an early prepayment term under the Restructuring Plan
The Company has implemented the restructuring plan that was
approved by the Dutch Court on July 9, 2014 (the "Restructuring
Plan"). Under the Restructuring Plan, principal payments under the
bonds issued by the Company and originally due in the years 2013 to
2015 were deferred for a period of four and a half years, and
principal payments originally due in 2016 and 2017 were deferred
for a period of one year.
During the first three months of 2017, the Company paid to its
bondholders a total amount of NIS 191.7 million (EUR 49.2 million)
as an early redemption. Upon such payments, the Company complied
with the Early Prepayment Term (early redemption at the total sum
of at least NIS 382,000,000 (approximately EUR 98 million)) and
thus obtained a deferral of one year for the remaining contractual
obligations of the bonds.
In addition to the above, the following terms were approved by
the bondholders:
(a) Casa Radio proceeds - If the Company shall sell the Casa
Radio project located in Romania (hereinafter: the "Project") to a
third party, including by way of selling its holdings in any of the
entities through which the Company holds the project (and said sale
shall be carried out before the full repayment of the
bonds and until no later than December 31, 2019, and for an
amount which exceeds EUR 45 million net (i.e. after brokerage fees
(if any), taxes, fees, levies or any other obligatory payment due
to any authority in respect to the said sale) which shall actually
be received by the Company, then the holders of bonds shall be
eligible for a one-time payment (which shall come in addition to
the principal and interest payments in accordance with the
repayment schedule), in certain amounts specified in tranches.
(b) Registering of Polish bonds for trade - the Company has
committed to undertake best efforts to admit the Polish bonds for
trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchanges and proceeding in this
respect are ongoing.
NOTE 8:- BONDS (Cont.)
(c) Deferred debt ratio of Series B bonds - were reduced to 68.24% from 70.44%
following the cancellation of the treasury bonds. The ratio has
been changed for Series B bonds in order to maintain a distribution
ratio between the three series.
( c) Settlement agreement with Bondholders of Israeli Series of Bonds:
In January 2018, a settlement agreement was signed by and among
the Company and the two Israeli Series of Bonds ("Settlement
Agreement"). In the Settlement Agreement it was agreed, inter alia,
to approve:
- New repayment ratios between the two Israeli Series of Bonds
(new ratio: Bond A- 39% Bond B- 61%);
- An increase in the level of the mandatory early repayments
from 75% to 78% of the relevant net income;
- New repayment schedule;
- An increase in the compensation to be paid to the Bondholders
in the event of successful disposal of Casa Radio Project;
- A waiver of claims to the Company and its directors and officers; and
- To waive the request for publication of quarterly financial reports by the Company.
As a result of settlement agreement signing, Series A
Bondholders withdraw their request for immediate repayment.
It is clarified that the Settlement Agreement is a separate
agreement among the parties thereto with respect to the Company's
restructuring plan, and as such has no effect on the Polish
Bondholders.
On January 31, 2018 the Company paid the bondholders a total
amount of principal and interest of EUR 38,487 thousand.
(1) The net cash flow received by the Company following an exit
or raising new financial indebtedness (except if taken for the
purpose of purchase, investment or development of real estate
asset) or refinancing of real estate assets after the full
repayment of the asset's related debt that was realized or in
respect of
a loan paid in case of debt recycling (and in case where the
exit occurred in the subsidiary - amounts required to repay
liabilities to the creditors of that subsidiary) and direct
expenses in respect of the asset (any sale and tax costs, as
incurred), will be used for repayment of the accumulated interest
till that date in all of the series (in case of an exit which is
not one of the four shopping centres only 50% of the interest) and
78% of the remaining cash (following the interest payment) will be
used for an early repayment of the close principal payments for
each of the series (A, B, Polish) each in accordance with its
relative share in the deferred debt. Such prepayment will be real
repayment and not in bond purchase.
NOTE 8:- BONDS (Cont.)
(2) On November 22, 2018 the Company announced based on its
current forecasts, the Company expected to pay the accrued interest
on Series A and Series B Bonds on December 31, 2018, in accordance
with the repayment schedule determined in the Company's
Restructuring Plan and Settlement Agreement with Series A and
Series B Bondholders from 11 January 2018 (the "Settlement
Agreement"). The Company noted that it will not meet its principal
repayment due on December 31, 2018 as provided for in the
Settlement Agreement. The Company may be able to partially pay the
said principal depending, among other things, on the actual sale of
assets and taking into consideration the cash needs in accordance
with the scope of the forecasted activity.
2019
Following the announcement of the Company from January 2019, the
Company repaid in February 2019 circa EUR 400,000 (principal of
circa EUR 250,000 and penalty interests of circa EUR 150,000) to
its Series A and Series B. As provided for in the Settlement
Agreement, the bondholders approved the deferral of payment to July
1, 2019.
In addition, during June 2019 the bondholders approved the
deferral of the full payment of principal due on July 1, 2019 and
of 58% ("deferred interest amount") of the sum of interest
(consisting of the total interest accrued for the outstanding
balance of the principal, including interest for part of the
principal payment which was deferred as of February 18, 2019, plus
interest arrears for part of the principal which was fixed on
18.2.2019 and was not paid by the Company and all in accordance
with the provisions of the trust deed; "the full amount of
interest"), the effective date of which is 19.06.2019, and the
payment date was fixed as of 01.07.2019. The Company paid on the
said date a total amount of circa EUR 1.17 million of which is only
42% of the full amount of interest.
On July 11, 2019, the Company announced that its Romanian
subsidiary had signed a binding agreement to sell land in Miercurea
Ciuc, Romania, and that the Company would use part of the proceeds
now received by it EUR 0.75 million (hereinafter: "the amount
payable"), in order to make a partial interest payment to the
bondholders (Series A) and (Series B) issued by the Company. The
payment required changes in the repayment schedule and amendments
of the trust deeds which was approved unanimously by the
Bondholders. The amount payable was paid on August 14, 2019 and
reflects 30% of accrued interest as of that date.
On November 17, 2019 the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved a deferral of all the scheduled Principal payment and app.
87% of deferral of the scheduled Interest payment, both, as of
December 31, 2019 to July 1, 2020.
Accordingly, in December 2019, Company made a partial interest
payment in amount of circa EUR 0.6 million of which is only 13% of
the full amount of interest.
NOTE 8:- BONDS (Cont.)
2020
On May 4, 2020, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to January 1,
2021 of all the scheduled Principal; (ii) that on July 1, 2020 the
Company will pay to its bondholders a partial interest payment in
the total amount of EUR 0.25 million and to defer all other unpaid
scheduled Interest payment.
Following receiving the Settlement Amount related to the final
price adjustment of the sale of Belgrade Plaza and in light of the
potential negative impact of the Covid-19 on the possibility to
receive future proceeds from the Company's plots in India, the
Company decided to increase the amount to be paid to the
bondholders on July 1, 2020, from EUR 0.25 million to EUR 0.5
million. The amount reflected 6.74% of accrued interest as of that
date.
On November 12, 2020, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to July 1, 2021
of all the scheduled Principal; that on January 1, 2021 the Company
will pay to its bondholders a partial interest payment in the total
amount of EUR 0.2 million and to defer all other unpaid scheduled
Interest payment. The amount reflected 1.84% of accrued interest as
of that date.
2021
On April 12, 2021, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to January 1,
2022; (ii) that on July 1, 2021 the Company will pay to its
bondholders a partial interest payment in the total amount of EUR
125,000 and to defer all other unpaid interest. The amount
reflected 0.84% of accrued interest as of that date.
On November 25, 2021, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to July 1,
2022; (ii) that on January 1, 2022 the Company will pay to its
bondholders a partial interest payment in the total amount of EUR
200,000 and to defer all other unpaid interest. The amount
reflected 0.92% of accrued interest as of that date.
2022
On June 16, 2022, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved to postpone the final redemption date to January 1,
2023.
On November 8, 2022, the bondholders of Series A and Series B
approved: (i) to postpone the final redemption date to July 1,
2023; (ii) that on January 1, 2023 the Company will pay to its
bondholders a partial interest payment in the total amount of EUR
2,000,000 and to defer all other unpaid interest. The amount
reflected 6.08% of accrued interest as of that date.
NOTE 8:- BONDS (Cont.)
As detailed in Note 1(b) the Company expects that it will not be
able to meet its entire contractual obligations in the following 12
months.
Accordingly, it intends to request the bondholders of both
series to postponement of the repayment of the remaining balance of
the Bonds.
d. Covenants:
The bonds' covenants are detailed in Note 16(b)(1).
In respect of the Coverage Ratio Covenant ("CRC"), as defined in
the restructuring plan, as at December 31, 2022 the CRC is not in
compliance with 118% minimum ratio required.
e. Credit rating:
In January 2018, Standard & Poor's Maalot, the Israeli
credit rating agency which is a division of International Standard
& Poor's has discontinued tracking Plaza's rating at the
Company's request.
NOTE 9:- INCOME TAXES
a. Unrecognized deferred tax assets:
Deferred tax assets have not been recognized in respect of tax
losses in a total amount of EUR 97,118 thousand (2021: EUR 95,094
thousand). Deferred tax assets have not been recognized in respect
of these items because it is not probable that future taxable
profit will be available against which the Group can utilize the
benefits. From January 1, 2022 onwards, an indefinite loss carry
forward applies.
Tax losses are mainly generated from operations in the
Netherlands. Tax settlements may be subject to inspections by tax
authorities. Accordingly, the amounts shown in the financial
statements may change at a later date as a result of the final
decision of the tax authorities.
c. Reconciliation of effective tax rate:
2022 2021
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Dutch statutory income tax rate 25.8% 25%
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Loss from continuing operations before
income taxes (8,497) (27,089)
Tax benefit at the Dutch statutory
income tax rate (2,192) (6,722)
Effect of tax rates in foreign jurisdictions (641) 376
Current year tax loss and other timing
differences for which no deferred
taxes are created 3,054 6,162
Non-deductible expenses (exempt income) (221) 234
Tax Expense - -
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NOTE 9:- INCOME TAXES (Cont.)
d. The main tax laws imposed on the Group companies in their countries of residence:
The Netherlands:
a. Companies resident in the Netherlands are subject to
corporate income tax at the general rate of 25.8% (2021 - 25%). The
first EUR 395,000 of profits is taxed at a rate of 15%. In 2021,
2020, and 2019 tax losses may be carried back for one year and
carried forward for six years (for 2018 and before - nine years).
From January 1, 2022 onwards, an indefinite loss carry forward
applies. For the carry forward of losses, losses incurred in
financial years that started on or after 1 January 2013 also fall
under the new scheme that comes into effect on 1 January 2022, so
these losses will be indefinite.
b. Starting January 1, 2022 losses will be offset (forward or
backward) in accordance with the following restrictions:
1. Up to 1 million EUR - unlimited
2. Over 1 million EUR - against 50% of the remaining profit in that year
b. The Dutch participation exemption gives a full exemption from
corporation tax applies to benefits such as dividends and capital
gains derived from a qualifying participation. The participation
exemption generally applies if the parent Company holds at least 5
percent of the shares in the participation. The
requirements to meet the participation exemption are as
follows:
1. The parent Company has an interest of at least 5 percent in the participation; and
2. At least one of the following three tests is met:
a) The parent Company's objective with respect to its
participation is to obtain a return that is higher than a return
that may be expected from normal active asset management ("Motive
Test"); or
b) The participation is subject to a "reasonable taxation"
according to Dutch tax standards ("Subject-to-Tax Test"); or
c) The direct and indirect assets of the participation generally
consist of less than 50 percent of 'low taxed free passive
investments' ("Asset Test").
NOTE 10:- EQUITY
December 31,
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2022 2021
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Remarks Number of shares
--------
Authorized ordinary shares of par
value EUR 1 each 10,000,000 10,000,000
========== ==========
Issued and fully paid 6,855,603 6,855,603
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Translation reserve
The translation reserve comprises, as of December 31, 2022, all
foreign currency differences arising from the translation of the
financial statements of foreign operations in India.
Restriction of dividend
The Company shall not make any dividend distributions, unless
(i) at least 75% of the Unpaid Principal Balance of the Bonds has
been repaid and the Coverage Ratio on the last Examination Date
prior to such Distribution is not less than 150% following such
Distribution, or (ii) a Majority of the Plan Creditors consents to
the proposed Distribution.
Notwithstanding the aforesaid, in the event an additional
capital injection of at least EUR 20 million occurs, then after one
year following the date of the additional capital injection, no
restrictions other than those under the applicable law shall apply
to dividend distributions in an aggregate amount of up to 50% of
such additional capital injection.
NOTE 11:- EARNINGS PER SHARE
The calculation of basic earnings per share ("EPS") at December
31, 2022 was based on the loss attributable to ordinary
shareholders of EUR 8,497 thousand (2021: loss of EUR 27,089
thousand) and a weighted average number of ordinary shares
outstanding of 6,856 thousand (2021: 6,856 thousand).
Weighted average number of ordinary shares basic and
diluted:
In thousands of shares with a EUR 1 par
value December 31,
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2022 2021
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Issued ordinary shares at 1 January 6,856 6,856
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Weighted average number of ordinary shares
at 31 December 6,856 6,856
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NOTE 12:- EMPLOYEE SHARE OPTION PLAN
Number Number
of options of options
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2022 2021
Outstanding at the beginning
of the year 39,970 235,520
Share options expired during
the year (18,760) (195,550)
Outstanding at the end of
the year 21,210 39,970
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Exercisable at the end of
the year 21,210 39,970
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During 2022 and 2021 there were no employee costs for the share
options granted.
NOTE 13:- ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Year ended
December 31
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2022 2021
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Salaries and related expenses 401 435
Professional services (1) 1,003 770
Offices and office rent 34 20
Travelling and accommodation 9 2
Others 7 16
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Total 1,454 1,243
====== ======
(1) Expenses include Arbitration costs incurred in 2022 in amount of 676 thousand EUR.
NOTE 14:- FINANCE INCOME AND FINANCE COSTS
Year ended
December 31
------------------
2022 2021
-------- --------
Recognized in profit or loss
Foreign currency gain on bonds (including
inflation) 2,784 -
Other finance income 11 -
-------- --------
Finance income 2,795 -
-------- --------
Interest expense on bonds (11,695) (9,612)
Foreign currency losses on bonds (including
inflation) - (14,600)
Other finance expenses (29) (26)
Finance costs (11,724) (24,238)
-------- --------
Net finance costs (8,929) (24,238)
======== ========
NOTE 15:- FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Financial Risk Management:
Overview
The Group has exposure to the following risks from its use of
financial instruments:
-- Credit risk
-- Liquidity risk
-- Market risk
This Note presents information about the Group's exposure to
each of the above risks, the Group's objectives, policies and
processes for measuring and managing risk, and the Group's
management of capital.
The Board of Directors has established a continuous process for
identifying and managing the risks faced by the Group (on a
consolidated basis), and confirms that it is responsible to take
appropriate actions to address any weaknesses identified.
The Group's risk management policies are established to identify
and analyse the risks faced by the Group, to set appropriate risk
limits and controls, and to monitor risks and adherence to limits.
Risk management policies and systems are reviewed regularly to
reflect changes in market conditions and the Group's
activities.
The Company's Audit Committee oversees how management monitors
compliance with the Group's risk management policies and procedures
and reviews the adequacy of the risk management framework in
relation to the risks faced by the Group.
a. Credit risk:
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Group if a
counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its
contractual obligations, and arises principally from the Group's
financial instruments held in banks and from other receivables.
Management had a credit policy in place and the exposure to
credit risk is monitored on an ongoing basis.
Cash and deposits and other financial assets
The Group limits its exposure to credit risk in respect to cash
and deposits, by investing mostly in deposits and other financial
instruments with counterparties that have a credit rating of at
least investment grade from international rating agencies. Given
these credit ratings, management does not expect any counterparty
to fail to meet its obligations.
b. Liquidity risk:
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will not be able to
meet its financial obligations as they fall due. For detailed
information refer to Note 1(b).
NOTE 15:- FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Cont.)
Liquidity risk
The following are the contractual maturities of financial
liabilities, including estimated interest payments and excluding
the impact of netting agreements:
December 31, 2022
Non-derivative 6-12
financial Carrying Contractual 6 months months
liabilities amount cash flow or less (*)
----------------- ----------- -------- ---------
Bonds issued
(*) (128,631) (134,106) - (134,106)
Trade and
other payables (144) (144) (144) -
128,775 (134,250) (144) (134,106)
================= =========== ======== =========
December 31, 2021
Non-derivative
financial liabilities Carrying amount Contractual cash flow 6 months or less 6-12 months (*)
---------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ----------------
Bonds issued (*) (121,692) (126,870) - (126,870)
Trade and
other payables (202) (202) (202) -
121,894 (127,072) (202) (126,870)
================ ====================== ================= ================
(*) Refer to Note 8.
c. Market risk:
Currency risk :
Currency risk is the risk that the Group will incur significant
fluctuations in its profit or loss as a result of utilizing
currencies other than the functional currency of the respective
Group Company.
The Group is exposed to currency risk mainly on borrowings
(Bonds issued in Israel) that are denominated in NIS.
The following exchange rate of EUR/NIS applied during the
year:
Reporting date
----------------
Average rate Spot rate
-------------- ----------------
EUR 2021 2021 2022 2021
------ ------ ------- -------
NIS 1 0,283 0,262 0,266 0,284
NIS denominated bonds - a change of 5 percent in EUR/NIS rates
at the reporting date would increase/decrease loss by circa EUR 4.8
million, as a result of having issued NIS linked Bonds.
This effect assumes that all other variables, in particular CPI
index, remain constant.
NOTE 15:- FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Cont.)
Interest Rate Risk (including inflation):
The Group's interest rate risk arises mainly from Bonds issued
at fixed interest rate expose the Group to changes in fair value,
if the interest is changing. Pursuant to the Company's
Restructuring Plan, as described in note 8, the Company executes
only partial interests payments based on current sources and
subject to approval of bondholders of both series.
Sensitivity analysis - effect of changes in Israeli CPI on
carrying amount of NIS bonds
A change of 3 percent in Israeli Consumer Price Index ("CPI") at
the reporting date (and in 2021) would have increased (decreased)
profit or loss by the amounts shown below. This analysis assumes
that all other variables, in particular foreign currency rates,
remain constant.
Profit (loss) effect
------------------------------
For the year ended Carrying amount CPI increase CPI
December 31, of bonds effect decrease effect
------------------- --------------- ------------ ----------------
2022 98,738 (2,962) 2,962
2021 99,999 (3,000) 3,000
Shareholders' equity management:
Refer to Note 10 in respect of shareholders equity components in
the restructuring plan including dividend policy. The Company's
Board of Directors is updated on any possible equity issuance, in
order to assure (among other things) that any changes in the
shareholders equity (due to issuance of shares, options or any
other equity instrument) is to the benefit of both the Company's
bondholders and shareholders.
Fair values:
The table below is a comparison between the carrying amount and
fair value of the Company's financial instruments that are
presented in the financial statements not at fair value:
Carrying amount Fair value (*)
----------------- ----------------
2022 2021 2022 2021
-------- ------- ------- -------
Bonds A at amortized
cost - Israeli bonds 40,755 41,275 4,007 6,025
Bonds B at amortized
cost - Israeli bonds 57,983 58,724 6,154 8,849
(*) The fair value is based on Level 1 in fair value hierarchy
and measured based on market quote.
Management believes that the carrying amount of cash,
receivables and trade payables approximate their fair value due to
the short-term maturities of these instruments.
NOTE 16:- CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS
a. Contingent liabilities and commitments to related parties:
1. The Company entered into an indemnity agreement with all of
the Company's directors and senior management - the maximum
indemnification amount to be granted by the Company to the
directors shall not exceed 25% of the shareholders' equity of the
Company based on the shareholders' equity set forth in the
Company's last consolidated financial statements prior to such
payment. No consideration was paid by the Company in this respect
since the agreement was signed.
2. The Company maintains Directors' and Officers' liability
cover, presently at the maximum amount of USD 5 million for a term
of 12 months commencing on May 1, 2022. Pursuant to the terms of
this policy, all the Directors and Senior Managers are insured.
b. Contingent liabilities and commitments to others:
1. As part of the completion of the restructuring plan (refer
also to Note 8), the Group has taken the following commitments and
collaterals towards the creditors:
a) Restrictions on issuance of additional bonds - The Company
undertakes not to issue any additional bonds other than as
expressly provided for in the Restructuring Plan.
b) Restrictions on amendments to the terms of the bonds - The
Company shall not be entitled to amend the terms of the bonds, with
the exception of purely technical changes, unless such amendment is
approved under the terms of the relevant series and the applicable
law and the Company also obtains the approval of the holders of all
other series of bonds issued by the Company by ordinary majority.
Refer to Note 8 for recent amendments.
c) Coverage Ratio Covenant ("CRC") - the CRC is a fraction
calculated based on known Group valuation reports and consolidated
financial information available at each reporting period. The CRC
to be complied with by the Group is 118% ("Minimum CRC") in each
reporting period. For December 31, 2022 the calculated CRC is not
in compliance with Minimum CRC (also refer to Note 8(d) regarding
breach of covenant). In the event that the CRC is lower than the
Minimum CRC, then as from the first cut-off date on which a breach
of the CRC has been established and for as long as the breach is
continuing, the Company shall not perform any of the following: (a)
a sale, directly or indirectly, of a Real Estate Asset ("REA")
owned by the Company or a subsidiary, with the exception that it
shall be permitted to transfer REA's in performance of an
obligation to do so that was entered into prior to the said cut-off
date, (b) investments in new REA's; or (c) an investment that
regards an existing project of the Company or of a subsidiary,
unless it does not exceed a level of 20% of the construction cost
of such project (as approved by the lending bank of these projects)
and the certain loan to cost ratio of the projects are met.
NOTE 16:- CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS (Cont.)
If a breach of the Minimum CRC has occurred and continued
throughout a period comprising two consecutive quarterly reports
following the first quarterly/year-end report on which such breach
has been established, then such breach shall constitute an event of
default under the trust deeds, and the Bondholders shall be
entitled to declare that all or a part of their respective
(remaining) claims become immediately due and payable.
d) Minimum Cash Reserve Covenant ("MCRC") - cash reserve of the
Company has to be greater than the amount estimated by the
Company's management required to pay all administrative and general
expenses and interest payments to the bondholders falling due in
the following six months, minus sums of proceeds from transactions
that have already been signed (by the Company or a subsidiary) and
closed and to the expectation of the Company's management have a
high probability of being received during the following six months.
MCRC is not maintained as of December 31, 2022.
e) Negative Pledge on REA of the Company - The Company
undertakes that until the bonds have been repaid in full, it shall
not create any encumbrance on any of the REA, held, directly or
indirectly, by the Company except in the event that the encumbrance
is created over the Company's interests in a subsidiary as
additional security for financial indebtedness ("FI") incurred by
such subsidiary which is secured by encumbrances on assets owned by
that subsidiary.
f) Negative Pledge on the REA of Subsidiaries - The subsidiaries
shall undertake that until the bonds have been repaid in full, none
of them will create any encumbrance on any of REA except in the
event that:
(i) the subsidiary creates an encumbrance over a REA owned by
such subsidiary exclusively as security for new FI incurred for the
purpose of purchasing, investing in or developing such REA;
Notwithstanding the aforesaid, subsidiaries shall be entitled to
create an encumbrance on land as security for FI incurred for the
purpose of investing in and developing, but not for purchasing, an
REA held by a different Group company (hereinafter: a "Cross
Pledge"), provided the total value of the lands owned by the Group
charged with Cross Pledges after the commencement date of the plan
does not exceed EUR 35 million, calculated on the basis of book
value (the "Sum of Cross Pledges"). When calculating the Sum of
Cross Pledges, lands that were charged with Cross Pledges created
prior to the commencement date of the plan or created solely for
the purpose of refinancing an existing FI shall be excluded. The
Group did not have cross-pledge as of December 31, 2022.
(ii) The encumbrance is created over an asset as security for
new FI that replaces existing FI and such asset was already
encumbered prior to the
NOTE 16:- CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS (Cont.)
refinancing. Any excess net cash flow generated from such
refinancing, shall be subject to the mandatory early prepayment of
75%.
The encumbrance is created over interests in a Subsidiary as
additional security for FI incurred by such subsidiary which is
secured by encumbrances on assets owned by that subsidiary as
permitted by sub-section (i) above.
The encumbrance is created as security for new FI that is
incurred for purposes other than the purchase of and/or investment
in and development of a REA, provided that at least 75% of the net
cash flow generated from such new FI is used for mandatory early
prepayment.
g) Limitations on incurring new FI by the Company and the
subsidiaries - The Company undertakes not to incur any new FI
(including by way of refinancing an existing FI with new FI) until
the outstanding bonds debt (as of November 30, 2014) have been
repaid in full, except in any of the following events:
(i) the new FI is incurred for the purpose of investing in the
development of a REA, provided that: (a) the Loan To Cost ("LTC")
Ratio of the investment is not less than 50% (or 40% in special
cases); (b) the new FI is incurred by the subsidiary that owns the
REA or, if the FI is incurred by a different subsidiary, any
encumbrance created as security for such new FI is permitted under
the negative pledge stipulation above; and (c) following such
investment the consolidated cash is not less than the MCRC;
(ii) The new FI is incurred by a subsidiary for the purpose of
purchasing a new REA by such Subsidiary, provided that following
such purchase the cash reserve is not less than the MCRC.
(iii) At least 75% of the net cash flow resulting from the
incurrence of new FI is used for a 75% early prepayment of the
bonds. Subject to the terms of the plan, the Group may also
refinance existing FI if this does not generate net cash flow.
h) No distribution policy - The Company's ability to pay
dividend is limited unless certain conditions are met.
i) 75% mandatory early repayment - Refer to Note 8 and to other
sections in this note regarding changes in increase of repayment to
78%.
2. General commitments and warranties in respect of trading property disposals:
In the framework of the transactions for the sale of the Group's
real estate assets, the Group has provided indemnities which are
customary for such transactions to the respective purchasers.
Such indemnifications are limited in time and amount. No
indemnifications were
NOTE 16:- CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS (Cont.)
exercised against the Group till the date of the statement and
approval of the financial position
3. The Company is liable to the buyer of its previously owned
shopping centre in the Czech Republic ("NOVO") - sold in June 2006
- in respect to one of its tenants ("Tesco"). Tesco leased an area
within the shopping centre for a period of 30 years, with an option
to extend the lease period for an additional 30 years, in
consideration for EUR 6.9 million which was paid in advance.
According to the lease agreement, the tenant has the right to
terminate the lease agreement subject to fulfilment of certain
conditions as stipulated in the agreement.
In case Tesco leaves the mall before expiration of lease period
the Company will be liable to repay the remaining consideration in
amount of EUR 1.29 million as of balance sheet date, unless the
buyer finds another tenant that will pay higher annual lease
payment than Tesco. The management does not expect to bear a
material loss.
4. Contingent liabilities due to legal proceedings:
The Company is involved in litigation arising in the ordinary
course of its business. Although the final outcome of each of these
cases cannot be estimated at this time, the Company's management
believes, that the chances these litigations will result in any
material outflow of resources to settle them is remote, and
therefore no provision or disclosure is required.
5. Lawsuit against entities involved in the sale of U.S. shopping centers in 2011:
In March 2018, a shareholder of the Company (hereinafter: "the
Plaintiff") filed a motion with the Economic Department of the
District Court in Tel-Aviv to reveal and review internal documents
of the Company and of Elbit Imaging Ltd. (hereinafter: "Elbit")
(hereinafter: "the Motion"), in which the Court was asked to
instruct the Company and Elbit (hereinafter together: "the
Respondents") to provide the plaintiff with certain documents of
the respondents in connection with the Casa Radio project in
Romania and with the sale of the U.S. Shopping Centers in 2011.
In February 2020, an agreement was reached between the Plaintiff
and the Respondents according to which the motion will be dismissed
by consent and the plaintiff and the respondents (hereinafter: "the
Parties") will jointly examine the feasibility of the lawsuit in
connection with the above events.
In light of the aforesaid, an agreement was signed between the
Plaintiff, the Respondents and First Libra Israel Ltd.
(hereinafter: "Libra") according to which Libra will finance all
the expenses of filing and managing of a new lawsuit by the
Respondents against certain parties (certain officers in the
Respondents, a portion of the heirs of Motti Zisser (the former
controlling shareholder of the Respondents and other parties)) who
were involved in the Respondents' transaction for the sale of real
estate in the United States in 2011 and for which funds (brokerage
fees) were allegedly illegally transferred to private companies
controlled by the late Mr. Motti Zisser (hereinafter: "Financing
Agreement" and "New Lawsuit", respectively).
NOTE 16:- CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS (Cont.)
The parties to the Financing Agreement agreed, inter alia, that
any consideration received as a result of the New Lawsuit (to the
extent received) (hereinafter: "the Lawsuit Funds") will first be
used to reimburse Libra's expenses for the New Lawsuit (plus
interest and VAT) and the balance after deduction of such expenses
(hereinafter: "the Balance of the Lawsuit Funds") will be divided
among all those involved in the New Lawsuit, so that each of the
Company and Elbit will be entitled to circa 20.75% of the Balance
of the Lawsuit Funds.
In order to ensure the distribution of the Lawsuit Funds as
stated above, both the Company and Elbit signed lien documents in
favor of Libra, the Plaintiff and the attorneys representing them
(hereinafter collectively: "the Eligibles") with respect to the
reimbursement of expenses and their portion in the Lawsuit Funds
(hereinafter: "the Lien").
On October 18, 2020 the parties filed the New Lawsuit (in the
amount of circa NIS 60 million (approximately EUR 15 million)).
On February 2, 2021, Ran Shtarkman filied a motion to dismiss
the lawsuit against him in limine. On April 5, 2021, the court
rejected the defendant Ran Shtarkman's motion to dismiss the
lawsuit against him in limine. An appeal that was filed to the
Supreme Court in respect of this decision was denied.
On April 4, 2021, one of the defendants, Philip Meyer, filed a
motion for dismissal in limine of the lawsuit against him. On
August 10, 2021, the motion was accepted. On November 14, 2021, the
Company and Elbit filed an appeal to the Supreme Court upon this
court decision. In addition, Mr. Philip Meyer filed an appeal in
respect of the court expenses which were ruled in his favor in the
court ruling. The Supreme Court scheduled dates on submission of
summaries by the parties and a court hearing with regard to the
appeals filed, to be held on May 11, 2023.
On September 14, 2021, the defendant David Zisser also filed a
motion to dismiss in limine the lawsuit against him. Following the
Company's and Elbit's motions, on November 4, 2021, the court
ordered that the discussion on the abovementioned motion will be
stayed until a decision of the Supreme Court on the appeal against
Philip Meyer.
6. Dutch statutory auditor:
As described in Note 2(a) these consolidated financial
statements are not intended for statutory filing purposes. The
Company is required to file consolidated financial statements
prepared in accordance with The Netherlands Civil Code. During 2019
the Company has been informed by the audit firm, Baker Tilly
(Netherlands) N.V., that they would cancel their license to audit
public interest entities (such as the Company) and that, as a
consequence, they are not in the position to provide the Company
with their audit services for the 2019 statutory annual accounts.
As a listed company, the Company needs to engage a Dutch audit firm
that is licensed to perform audits for public interest entities.
The choice for such firms in the Netherlands is very limited as
only six firms have the appropriate license.
NOTE 16:- CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS (Cont.)
Despite extensive effort of the Company to find a new Dutch
auditor, none of those six firms has been found prepared to accept
the Company as their client. The Company approached in writing the
Dutch Ministry of Finance, The Royal Dutch Institute of Chartered
Accountants, the Authority for the Financial Markets to indicate
the severe adverse consequences the Company would suffer if this
problem will not be solved but none of those authorities has been
able to find the solution. The Royal Dutch Institute of Chartered
Accountants has put considerable effort in helping the Company by
approaching audit firms and assessing their procedures for client
acceptance but has no legal possibilities at its disposal to force
audit firms to accept a specific client. This leaves the Company in
the awkward position of not being able to meet its obligations
regarding the statutory audit.
The Company has proposed to the authorities various alternative
solutions to get the annual accounts of 2019 audited. It appeared
that none of those are legally feasible and none of the addressees
came up with any alternatives. It is now time to emphasize that the
Company exhausted its sources to comply with the requirements of
mandatory Dutch law.
Due to the above and in order to avoid an outright violation of
applicable stock exchange regulations, the Company decided to
engage EY Israel to audit its IFRS consolidated annual accounts and
to issue an auditor statement on that. The Company submitted the
annual consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019,
December 31, 2020 and as of December 31, 2021 which were filed to
the London Stock Exchange, the Warsaw Stock Exchange and the Tel
Aviv Stock Exchange, to the Authority for the Financial Markets and
to other relevant Dutch authorities.
As of the date of approval of these consolidated financial
statements the Company still didn't find any solution to get the
annual accounts of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 audited therefore, it
will submit the annual consolidated financial statements as of
December 31, 2022 that are filed to the London Stock Exchange, the
Warsaw Stock Exchange and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, to the
Authority for the Financial Markets and to any other relevant Dutch
authorities.
NOTE 17:- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Related party transactions
Transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries have been
eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed in this note.
Details of transactions between the Group and other related parties
are disclosed below.
NOTE 17:- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Cont.)
During the year, Group entities had the following trading
transactions with related parties that are not members of the
Group:
Year ended
December 31,
--------------
2022 2021
------ ------
Costs and expenses
Recharges - Elbit Imaging Ltd. 22 13
Compensation to key management personnel 117 170
Compensation to board members (1) 245 224
The amounts disclosed in the table are the amounts recognised as
an expense during the reporting period related to key management
personnel.
(1) 2022 - two board members; 2021 - two board members.
Year ended
December 31,
--------------
2022 2021
------ ------
Other liabilities
Elbit Imaging Ltd - 26
Due amounts to directors and key management
personnel 37 44
As of December 31, 2022, the Company identified Davidson Kempner
Capital Management LLC ("DK") among the Company's related
parties.
DK holds 26.3% of the Company's outstanding shares of the
Company as of the reporting date. DK has no outstanding balance as
of the reporting date with any of the Group companies.
Update regarding a change in Elbit Imaging Ltd holdings
Following the last announcement dated January 13, 2022 Elbit
Imaging sold about 30 thousand shares of the Company, thus, Elbit
Imaging holdings in the Company have diminished to 20.06% of the
Company's issued and paid-up capital.
NOTE 18:- DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL EVENTS DURING AND AFTER THE
REPORTING PERIOD
a. Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures ("TCFD")
The Financial Conduct Authority listing rules require
premium-listed and standard-listed companies to make disclosures
under the TCFD framework. Such companies are required to include a
statement in their annual report stating whether they have made
disclosures consistent with the TCFD framework on a 'comply or
explain' basis. For premium-listed companies this requirement has
been in effective since 1 January 2021 while for standard-listed
companies it came into effect from 1 January 2022.
NOTE 18:- DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL EVENTS DURING AND AFTER THE
REPORTING PERIOD (Cont.)
The Company notes the TCFD recommendations on climate-related
financial disclosures. Company's disclosure regarding above
mentioned is included in non-financial information.
b. Tax authority investigation
On March 27, 2023 the Company announced that the Tax Authority
of the state of India initiated certain actions at the office of
Elbit Plaza India Management Services Private Limited (which is a
private company wholly owned by Elbit Plaza India Real Estate
Holdings Limited) (hereinafter: "EPM") including a search and
seizer of certain documents relating to EPM's
activities/transactions in India in recent years. At this stage it
is not yet clear what the purpose of the investigation is,
including whether EPM is the purpose of the investigation or
whether the investigation is related to any third party.
NOTE 19:- LIST OF GROUP ENTITIES
As of December 31, 2022 , the Company owns the following
companies (all are 100% held subsidiaries at the end of the
reporting period presented unless otherwise indicated):
Activity Remarks
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Romania
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Indirectly or jointly
owned
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Dambovita Center S.R.L. Mixed-use project 75% held by Dambovita Centers
Holding B.V.
Casa Radio project
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
The Netherlands
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Directly wholly owned
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Plaza Dambovita Complex Holding company
B.V.
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Plaza Centers Enterprises Finance company 100% held by Plaza Dambovita
B.V. Complex B.V.
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Mulan B.V. (Fantasy Park Holding company Holds Fantasy Park subsidiaries
Enterprises B.V.) in CEE
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Plaza Centers Management Holding company
B.V.
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Dambovita Centers Holding Holding company 100% held by Plaza Centers
B.V. N.V.
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Cyprus - India
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Indirectly or jointly
owned
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Elbit Plaza India Real Holding company Equity accounted investee
Estate Holdings Ltd. 47.5% held by Plaza Centers
N.V.
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Polyvendo Ltd. Holding company 100% held by Elbit Plaza
India Real Estate Holdings
Ltd.
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Elbit Plaza India Management Management company 99.99% held by Polyvendo
Services Pvt. Ltd. Ltd.
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Vilmadoro Ltd. Holding company 100% held by Elbit Plaza
India Real Estate Holdings
Ltd.
---------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------
Entities disposed or dissolved in 2022
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Activity Remarks
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The Netherlands
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Plaza Bas B.V. Inactive Company dissolved 01/2022
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Cyprus - India
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Aayas Trade Services Pvt. Mixed-use project Company sold 09/2022
Ltd.
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