DGAP-HV: Electronics Line 3000 Ltd. / Bekanntmachung der Einberufung zur Hauptversammlung Electronics Line 3000 Ltd.: Bekanntmachung der Einberufung zur Hauptversammlung am 29.08.2013 in Rishon LeZion, Israel mit dem Ziel der europaweiten Verbreitung gemäß §121 AktG 29.07.2013 / 15:46 =-------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTRONICS LINE 3000 LTD. ('Company') 14 Hachoma Street, Rishon LeZion, Israel Telephone: +972-3-9637777, Fax: +972-3-9616584 www.electronics-line.com NOTICE OF AN ANNUAL AND SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS Rishon LeZion, Israel July 25, 2013 Dear Shareholder, You are hereby invited to attend the Annual and special General Meeting of Shareholders ('the Meeting') of Electronics Line 3000 Ltd. (the 'Company') to be held at 11:00 on Thursday, August 29, 2013, at the Company's offices at 14 Hachoma Street, Rishon LeZion, Israel. The purpose of this Meeting is set forth in the accompanying 'Statement of the Company' for voting by means of Proxy. For the reasons set forth in the Statement of the Company, the Company's Board of Directors recommends that you vote 'FOR' the proposals set forth and specified on the enclosed form for voting by means of Proxy (AppendixB). A copy of the Proxy is also available on the Company's web site: www.electronics-line.com The determining date to the eligibility of shareholders to vote at the Meeting, as stated in Section 182 of the Israeli Companies Law, 1999, is the end of the day of trading in Frankfurt, Germany, the exchange on which the shares of the Company are traded, on August 12, 2013. If no trading of the Company's shares takes place on such date the determining date shall be the last day of trading preceding such date ('Record Date'). Shareholders, whose shares are securitized by a global share certificate deposited at Clearstream Banking AG, and who wish to exercise their voting rights, may choose one of the following two alternative voting procedures approved by a recognized financial institution: 1. To send their Ownership Certificate in the form attached hereto as Appendix A ('Ownership Certificate') confirming their ownership of shares of the Company on the Record Date approved by a recognized financial institution together with the notice of appointment and instructions for voting by means of Proxy in the form attached hereto as Appendix B ('Proxy') directly to the Company. The Ownership Certificate and the Proxy must be received by the Company at its offices no later than 48 hours before the Meeting, via the Company's fax number, +972-3-9616584 or mail as an alternative, or 2. To send their Ownership Certificate approved by a recognized financial institution together with the notice of appointment and instructions for voting by means of Proxy via their depository bank to BANKHAUS NEELMEYER AG, Am Markt 14-16, 28195 Bremen, GERMANY, fax number +49-(0) 421-3603-153, no later than 48 hours before the Meeting. BANKHAUS NEELMEYER AG will forward the shareholders' Proxies together with the Ownership Certificate to the Company. Shareholders who wish to vote in person shall arrive the Meeting at the said time and place with their original Ownership Certificate, provided that they have delivered their Ownership Certificate approved by a recognized financial institution directly to the Company and that their Ownership Certificate was received by the Company at its offices no later than 48 hours before the Meeting, via the said Company's fax number or mail as an alternative. By Order of the Board, Mr. Moshe Alkelai Chairman of the Board ELECTRONICS LINE 3000 LTD. STATEMENT OF THE COMPANY The enclosed Statement is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors (the 'Board') of Electronics Line 3000 Ltd. (the 'Company') for use at the Company's Annual and special General Meeting of Shareholders (the 'Meeting') to be held at 11:00 on Thursday, August 29, 2013, at the Company's offices at 14 Hachoma Street, Rishon LeZion, Israel or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, for the purposes set forth herein. It is proposed that at the Meeting, the shareholders of the Company (the 'Shareholders') approve the following resolutions: (1) To re-appoint Mr. Moshe Alkelai, Mr. Yigal Fatran, Ms. Mazal Alkelai and Ms. Sharon Sheep to continue to serve as directors of the Company until the next Annual General Meeting. (2) To re-appoint the accounting firm of Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Kasierer (Ernst & Young Group), as the Company's auditor until the next Annual Meeting, and to authorize the Board to determine the auditor's fees following recommendation of the Audit Committee, according to the nature and the scope of services given to the Company. (3) To approve and ratify the re-appointment of Prof. Dan Elnathan to continue to serve as an external director of the Company with accounting and financial expertise for a second tenure commencing at the end of his first tenure (August 10, 2013). Prof. Dan Elnathan will be entitled to Compensation in accordance with the Israeli Companies law, 1999 (the 'Companies Law') and Companies Regulations (Rules regarding Compensation and Expense Reimbursement of External Directors), 2000. (4) To approve and ratify the re-appointment of Mr. Rafi Durst to continue to serve as an external director of the Company with accounting and financial expertise for a third tenure commencing at the end of his second tenure (May 22, 2012). Mr. Rafi Durst will be entitled to Compensation in accordance with the Israeli Companies law and Companies Regulations (Rules regarding Compensation and Expense Reimbursement of External Directors), 2000. (5) To approve the Company's Compensation Policy as recommended by the Company's compensation committee and approved by the Board, attached hereto as Appendix C, for a period of three years. (6) To approve the Employment terms of the Company's chief executive officer, Douglas Luscombe, in accordance with the Company's Compensation Policy, attached hereto as Appendix C. (7) To approve, in accordance with the Company's articles of association, that the Company's Board shall be composed of up to ten (10) members. (8) To approve an amendment to the Management Services Agreement between the Company and Risco Ltd ('Risco'), the largest and controlling shareholder of the Company, the details of which are set forth below. Following the Company's special general meeting of the shareholders approval as of August 12, 2010, authorizing the Company to enter into a Management Services Agreement with Risco (the 'Management Services Agreement'), the Company requests to amend the Management Services Agreement. The amendment of the Management Services agreement includes; (i) additional services which will be rendered by Risco to the Company (ii) revises the annual amount payable to Risco so that the base amount will be an amount of $ 800,000 instead of $ 300,000, and (iii) the Management Services agreement has been extended for an additional three years period. The existing Management Services agreement provides for the following services: * Sales administration services; * IT and computerized systems; * Finance management and accounting; * Human resource; * Directors and consulting services; * Legal and company secretarial services. The additional services that will be charged include: * Site facilities and rental fees; * Marketing & Marcom services; * Standardization and technical writing services; * Customer support services; The Base Amount which is currently US$ 300,000 + VAT will be modified to US$ 800,000 + VAT, in order to reflect the charge for the above additional services rendered by Risco, in addition to services already rendered: The modified Base Amount will be composed of the following: The Service Compensation Management salaries $ 232,000 IT and Computerized systems $ 108,000 Finance Management and Accounting $ 103,000 Legal and company secretarial $ 35,000 Site facilities and rental fees $ 154,000 Marketing & Marcom $ 59,000 Standardization and technical writing $ 31,000 Customer support $ 78,000 Total US$ 800,000 The Company recommends approving such amendment to increase the Base Amount after the Company's Board and Audit Committee reviewed Risco's costs, examined the alternative of hiring additional employees to carry out the Services by the Company
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