Internet Gold Announces Update to Anticipated Schedule for Closing of the Searchlight Transaction
November 04 2019 - 6:12AM
Internet Gold - Golden Lines Ltd. (the “
Company” or
“
Internet Gold”) (NASDAQ Global Select Market and
TASE: IGLD) today announced, further to the Company’s report dated
October 27, 2019 regarding B Communications Ltd.'s (“
BComm”)
announcement of an updated anticipated schedule for closing of the
Searchlight Transaction, that on November 1, 2019 BComm
announced an additional update to the anticipated schedule for
closing of the Searchlight Transaction. According to BComm's
announcement, the updated expected date for the closing of the
Searchlight Transaction is November 21, 2019.
There is no guarantee that all conditions to the
closing of the Searchlight Transaction will be satisfied,
including, among others, the issuance of a control permit to the
Purchasers by the Israel Ministry of Communications.
Accordingly, there is no guarantee that the Searchlight Transaction
will be completed, and if completed, the timing of closing of the
transaction.
As previously announced, if the Searchlight
Transaction is completed, the Company will not be able to fully pay
its debts, and the Company intends to initiate a creditors’
arrangement which would be submitted to the applicable Israeli
court. The Company anticipates that pursuant to such arrangement
the existing shares of the Company will be nullified and that the
creditors of the Company will receive, inter alia, 100% of the
shares of the Company.
Note
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities
described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities
in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction. We will not make any
public offering of the securities in the United States. The
securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
About Internet Gold
Internet Gold is a telecommunications-oriented
holding company whose principal asset is a 51.95% stake in B
Communications Ltd., the owner of 26.34% of outstanding shares of
Bezeq The Israel Telecommunication Corporation Limited, the leading
communications group in Israel. On June 2019, Internet Gold entered
into a transaction for the sale of its entire holdings in B
Communications Ltd. For more information, please visit the
following Internet sites:
www.igld.com www.bcommunications.co.il www.ir.bezeq.co.il
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking
statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties including
statements regarding completion of the Searchlight Transaction and
the timing of such closing. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to, the risk that regulatory approvals required
for the Searchlight Transaction will not be obtained or that the
Searchlight Transaction will not close for any reason, general
business conditions in the industry, changes in the regulatory and
legal compliance environments, the failure to manage growth and
other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings
with the Securities Exchange Commission. These documents contain
and identify other important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in our
projections or forward-looking statements. Stockholders and other
readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on
which they are made. We undertake no obligation to update publicly
or revise any forward-looking statement.
There is no certainty that the Searchlight Transaction will be
consummated.
For further information, please contact:
Doron Turgeman- CEO doron@igld.com / Tel: +972-3-924-0000
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