TEL AVIV, Israel, May 21, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ --
Elbit Imaging Ltd. ("EI" or the "Company") (TASE, NASDAQ: EMITF) announced today, further to the Company's announcement dated March 20, 2013, that it has received a notice from Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. (the "Bank"), which the Company vigorously reject, stating that the Bank plans to exercise its rights to withdraw the securities deposited by the Company in its securities accounts with the Bank as security for the Company's obligations to the Bank (and which has market price value equals to approximately NIS 8 million (approximately $2.2 million)), and sell such securities to partially offset the Company's outstanding obligations to the Bank in the approximate amount of $12.9 million. The Company denies the Bank's rights and in particular, its claim that allegedly, the Bank holds the securities as a security.
In addition, the Company has received a series of notices from the Bank stating that, beginning May 27, 2013, the Bank will terminate the credit lines provided by the Bank to certain accounts maintained by the Company and two of its subsidiaries at the Bank and that following such date any outstanding interest remaining in such accounts will begin accruing interest at an extraordinary rate, despite the fact that those subsidiaries have credit balance in those accounts. The Company intends to vigorously reject and defend such claims and demands.
About Elbit Imaging Ltd.
Elbit Imaging Ltd. operates in the following principal fields of business: (i) Commercial and Entertainment Centers - Initiation, construction and sale of shopping and entertainment centers and other mixed-use real property projects, predominantly in the retail sector, located in Central and Eastern Europe and in India, primarily through its subsidiary Plaza Centers N.V. In certain circumstances and depending on market conditions, the Company operate and manage commercial and entertainment centers prior to their sale; (ii) Hotels - Hotel operation and management; (iii) Medical Industries - (a) research and development, production and marketing of magnetic resonance imaging guided focused ultrasound treatment equipment and (b) development of stem cell population expansion technologies and stem cell therapy products for transplantation and regenerative medicine; (iv) Residential Projects - Initiation, construction and sale of residential projects and other mixed-use real property projects, predominately residential, located primarily in India; and (v) Fashion Apparel - Distribution and marketing of fashion apparel and accessories in Israel.
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