YAVNE, Israel, Nov. 24,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- G. Willi-Food International Ltd.
(NASDAQ: WILC) (TASE: WILF) (the "Company" or "Willi-Food"), a
global company that specializes in the development, marketing and
international distribution of kosher foods, today announced that
the Company's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend
distribution of approximately NIS
1.08 per ordinary share and an aggregate dividend of
NIS 15 million (approximately
US$0.32 and US$4.386 million respectively, based on
representative rate of exchange as of November 24, 2022).
The dividend is payable to shareholders of record as of the
close of business on December 6, 2022
and will be payable on December 14,
2022. For shareholders who will receive the dividend payment
in US dollars, the amount of the dividend per share is not final
and is subject to change due to the need to convert the amount from
NIS to US dollars in accordance with the Bank of Israel's representative rate of exchange on
December 6, 2022. The final dividend
amount is also subject to change based on the number of ordinary
shares outstanding on the record date.
About G. Willi-Food International Ltd.
G. Willi-Food International
Ltd. (http://www.willi-food.com) is an Israeli-based company
specializing in high-quality, great-tasting kosher food products.
Willi-Food is engaged directly and through its subsidiaries in the
design, import, marketing and distribution of over 600 food
products worldwide. As one of Israel's leading food importers, Willi-Food
markets and sells its food products to over 1,500 customers and
3,000 selling points in Israel and
around the world, including large retail and private supermarket
chains, wholesalers and institutional consumers. The Company's
operating divisions include Willi-Food in Israel and Euro European Dairies, a wholly
owned subsidiary that designs, develops and distributes branded
kosher, dairy-food products.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 relating to future events or our
future performance, such as statements regarding trends, demand for
our products and expected sales, operating results, and earnings.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements expressed or implied in those forward-looking
statements. These risks and other factors include but are not
limited to: war in Ukraine, the
COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions to international commercial shipping
and disruptions in commodity pricing monetary risks including
changes in marketable securities or changes in currency exchange
rates- especially the NIS/U.S. Dollar exchange rate, payment
default by any of our major clients, the loss of one of more of our
key personnel, changes in laws and regulations, including those
relating to the food distribution industry, and inability to meet
and maintain regulatory qualifications and approvals for our
products, termination of arrangements with our suppliers, loss of
one or more of our principal clients, increase or decrease in
global purchase prices of food products, increasing levels of
competition in Israel and other
markets in which we do business, changes in economic conditions in
Israel, including in particular
economic conditions in the Company's core markets, our inability to
accurately predict consumption of our products and changes in
consumer preferences, our inability to protect our intellectual
property rights, our inability to successfully integrate our recent
acquisitions, insurance coverage not sufficient enough to cover
losses of product liability claims, and risks associated with
product liability claims. We cannot guarantee future results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements. The matters
discussed in this press release also involve risks and
uncertainties summarized under the heading "Risk Factors" in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2021, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March
15, 2022. These factors are updated from time to time
through the filing of reports and registration statements with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not assume any obligation
to update the forward-looking information contained in this press
release.
Company Contact:
G. Willi - Food International Ltd.
Yitschak Barabi, Chief Financial
Officer
(+972) 8-932-1000
itsik.b@willi-food.co.il
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