Koor Industries Announces the Closing of the Majority of its Holdings of Elbit Systems for Approx. $70 Million
27 Noviembre 2006 - 5:49AM
PR Newswire (US)
TEL AVIV, Israel, November 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Koor
Industries Ltd. (NYSE:KOR) ("Koor" or "the Company"), a leading
Israeli holding company, announced today that it has completed the
transaction signed on November 22, to sell the majority of its
investment (5.5%) in Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLTTASE:ESLT)
("Elbit") to Federmann Enterprises ("Federmann") for total
consideration of approximately US$70 million to be received in five
equal quarterly installments, of which the first installment was
made at the closing. Prior to the closing Federmann bought
additional 50 thousand shares (approx. 0.2%) of Elbit from Koor at
the current market price. Following the transactions Koor holds
1.9% of Elbit. About Koor Industries Koor Industries is a leading
Israeli holding company, focusing on high-growth, internationally
oriented, Israeli companies. Koor actively invests in agrochemicals
through Makhteshim Agan Industries; in telecommunications through
its holdings in ECI Telecom, ECTel and Telrad Networks; and in
venture capital through Koor Corporate Venture Capital. Koor's ADSs
(American Depositary Shares) are traded on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE:KOR) and Koor's Ordinary Shares are traded on the
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE:KOR). For additional information on
Koor please access our website http://www.koor.com/. COMPANY
CONTACT IR CONTACTS Avital Lev, CPA, Investor Relations Ehud
Helft/Kenny Green Koor Industries Ltd. GK Investor Relations Tel:
+972-3-607-5111 Tel: +1-866-704-6710 Fax: +972-3-607-5110 Fax:
+972-3-607-4711 ; Forward looking statements in this release
involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not
limited to, international market conditions, domestic political
factors, technological developments, ability to finance operations,
and other factors which are detailed in the Company's SEC filings.
DATASOURCE: Koor Industries Ltd CONTACT: COMPANY CONTACT: Avital
Lev, CPA, Investor Relations, Koor Industries Ltd. , Tel:
+972-3-607-5111, Fax: +972-3-607-5110, ; IR CONTACTS: Ehud
Helft/Kenny Green, GK Investor Relations, Tel: +1-866-704-6710,
Fax: +972-3-607-4711, ;
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