§
|
Total
Revenues from services increased approx. 9% to NIS 1,413 million
($352 million)
|
§
|
Revenues
from content and value added services (including SMS) increased
approx. 47% and reached 8.4% of
revenues
|
§
|
Total
Revenues (including handset and accessories revenues) increased
approx. 7% to NIS 1,572 million ($392
million)
|
§
|
EBITDA1 increased
approx. 11% to NIS 559 million ($139 million); EBITDA
margin 35.6%, up from
34.3%
|
§
|
Operating
profit increased approx. 23% to NIS 366 million ($91
million)
|
§
|
Net
income increased approx. 105% to NIS 270 million ($67
million)2
|
§
|
Free
Cash Flow1 increased approx. 50%
to NIS 348 million ($87 million)
|
§
|
Subscriber
base increased by approx. 57,000 during the quarter, reaching
approx. 3.02 million at the end of
Q3
|
§
|
3G
subscribers reached approx. 281,000 at the end of
Q3
|
§
|
The
Company Declared NIS 2.63 dividend per share for
the third quarter
|
Q3/2007
|
Q3/2006
|
%
Change
|
Q3/2007
|
Q3/2006
|
|
million
NIS
|
million
US$
(convenience
translation)
|
||||
Total
services
revenues
|
1,413
|
1,300
|
8.7%
|
352.1
|
324.0
|
Revenues
from
content and value added services
|
132
|
90
|
46.7%
|
32.9
|
22.4
|
Handset
and
accessories revenues
|
159
|
167
|
-4.8%
|
39.6
|
41.6
|
Total
revenues
|
1,572
|
1,467
|
7.2%
|
391.7
|
365.6
|
Operating
Profit
|
366
|
297
|
23.2%
|
91.2
|
74.0
|
Net
Income
|
270
|
132
|
104.5%
|
67.3
|
32.9
|
Cash
Flow from
Operating Activities, net of Investing Activities
|
348
|
232
|
50.0%
|
86.7
|
57.8
|
EBITDA
|
559
|
503
|
11.1%
|
139.3
|
125.3
|
EBITDA,
as
percent of Revenues
|
35.6%
|
34.3%
|
3.8%
|
35.6%
|
34.3%
|
Subscribers
end of period
(in
thousands)
|
3,017
|
2,828
|
6.7%
|
3,017
|
2,828
|
Estimated
Market Share3
|
34%
|
34%
|
-
|
34%
|
34%
|
Churn
Rate (in
%)
|
3.6%
|
3.8%
|
-5.3%
|
3.6%
|
3.8%
|
Average
Monthly MOU (in minutes)
|
353.7
|
348.4
|
1.5%
|
353.7
|
348.4
|
Monthly
ARPU
|
155.5
|
154.2
|
0.8%
|
38.7
|
38.4
|
US
Dial-in
Number: 1 888 407 2553
|
UK
Dial-in
Number: 0 800 051 8913
|
|
Israel
Dial-in
Number: 03 918 0609
|
International
Dial-in Number: +972 3 918
0609
|
Company
Contact
Shiri
Israeli
Investor
Relations Coordinator
investors@cellcom.co.il
Tel:
+972 52
998 9755
|
Investor
Relations Contact
Ehud
Helft /
Ed Job
CCGK
Investor
Relations
ehud@gkir.com
/
ed.job@ccgir.com
Tel:
(US) 1
866 704 6710 / 1 646-213-1914
|
Convenience
translation
into
US dollar
|
||||||||||||||||
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
US$
millions
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Audited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Audited)
|
|||||||||||||
Current
assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash
equivalents
|
522
|
56
|
130
|
14
|
||||||||||||
Trade
receivables, net
|
1,356
|
1,242
|
338
|
309
|
||||||||||||
Other
receivables
|
106
|
123
|
27
|
31
|
||||||||||||
Inventory
|
145
|
131
|
36
|
33
|
||||||||||||
2,129
|
1,552
|
531
|
387
|
|||||||||||||
Long-term
receivables
|
511
|
526
|
127
|
131
|
||||||||||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
2,345
|
(**)(*)2,550 |
584
|
(**)(*)635 | ||||||||||||
Other
assets, net
|
657
|
(**)695 |
164
|
(**)173 | ||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
5,642
|
5,323
|
1,406
|
1,326
|
(*)
|
Restated
due
to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting
Standard.
|
(**)
|
Reclassified
due to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting
Standard.
|
Convenience
translation
into
US dollar
|
||||||||||||||||
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
US$
millions
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Audited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Audited)
|
|||||||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Short-term
bank credit
|
238
|
-
|
59
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Trade
payables
|
787
|
819
|
196
|
204
|
||||||||||||
Other
current
liabilities
|
524
|
496
|
131
|
123
|
||||||||||||
1,549
|
1,315
|
386
|
327
|
|||||||||||||
Long-term
liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Long-term
loans from banks
|
938
|
1,208
|
234
|
301
|
||||||||||||
Debentures
|
2,039
|
1,989
|
508
|
496
|
||||||||||||
Deferred
taxes
|
191
|
(*)212 |
47
|
(*)53 | ||||||||||||
Other
long
term liabilities
|
16
|
2
|
4
|
-
|
||||||||||||
3,184
|
3,411
|
793
|
850
|
|||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
909
|
(*)597 |
227
|
(*)149 | ||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
5,642
|
5,323
|
1,406
|
1,326
|
(*)
|
Restated
due
to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting
Standard.
|
Convenience
translation into
US
dollar
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine-month
period ended September 30,
|
Three-month
period ended September 30,
|
Nine-month
period ended September 30,
|
Three-month
period ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
US$
millions
|
|||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
4,466
|
4,191
|
1,572
|
1,467
|
1,113
|
392
|
||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of
revenues
|
2,414
|
*
2,430
|
846
|
*
837
|
602
|
211
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
2,052
|
1,761
|
726
|
630
|
511
|
181
|
||||||||||||||||||
Selling
and
marketing expenses
|
506
|
473
|
193
|
168
|
126
|
48
|
||||||||||||||||||
General
and
administrative expenses
|
488
|
486
|
167
|
165
|
122
|
42
|
||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income
|
1,058
|
802
|
366
|
297
|
263
|
91
|
||||||||||||||||||
Financial
expenses, net
|
(137 | ) | (128 | ) | (75 | ) | (53 | ) | (34 | ) | (19 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other
income
(expenses), net
|
(2 | ) | * (4 | ) | (2 | ) |
*
2
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Income
before income tax
|
919
|
670
|
289
|
246
|
229
|
72
|
||||||||||||||||||
Income
tax
|
229
|
*
250
|
19
|
*
114
|
57
|
5
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
690
|
420
|
270
|
132
|
172
|
67
|
||||||||||||||||||
Earnings
per share
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
earnings
per share (in NIS)
|
7.08
|
*
4.31
|
2.77
|
*
1.35
|
1.76
|
0.69
|
||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
earnings per share (in NIS)
|
7.02
|
*
4.31
|
2.74
|
*
1.35
|
1.75
|
0.68
|
||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares used in the calculation of basic earnings
per
share (in thousands)
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares used in the calculation of diluted earnings
per
share (in thousands)
|
98,250
|
97,500
|
98,380
|
97,500
|
98,250
|
98,380
|
(*)
|
Restated
due
to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting
Standard.
|
Nine-month
period ended
September
30,
|
||||||||||||
Convenience
translation
into
US dollar
|
||||||||||||
2007
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2007
US$
millions
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from
operating
activities
|
|
|||||||||||
Net
income
|
690
|
*
420
|
172
|
|||||||||
Adjustments
required to present cash flows from operating activities
(Appendix
A)
|
584
|
*
647
|
145
|
|||||||||
Net
cash
provided by
operating
activities
|
1,274
|
1,067
|
317
|
|||||||||
Cash
flows from
investing
activities
|
||||||||||||
Additions
to
property, plant and equipment
|
(364 | ) | **(406 | ) | (90 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds
from
sales of
property,
plant and equipment
|
2
|
12
|
-
|
|||||||||
Investment
in
other assets
|
(63 | ) | **(117 | ) | (16 | ) | ||||||
Net
cash used
in
investing
activities
|
(425 | ) | (511 | ) | (106 | ) | ||||||
Cash
flows from
|
||||||||||||
financing
activities
|
||||||||||||
Borrowings
under short-term bank credit facility
|
-
|
263
|
-
|
|||||||||
Borrowings
of
long-term loans from banks
|
-
|
2,155
|
-
|
|||||||||
Payment
of
long-term loans from banks
|
-
|
(1,088 | ) |
-
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from
issuance of debentures, net of issuance cost
|
-
|
290
|
-
|
|||||||||
Paid
dividend
|
(383 | ) | (3,830 | ) | (95 | ) | ||||||
Net
cash used by financing activities
|
(383 | ) | (2,210 | ) | (95 | ) | ||||||
Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
466
|
(1,654 | ) |
116
|
||||||||
Balance
of cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the
period
|
56
|
1,772
|
14
|
|||||||||
Balance
of cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
|
522
|
118
|
130
|
(*)
|
Restated
due
to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting
Standard.
|
(**)
|
Reclassified
due to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting
Standard.
|
Nine-month
period ended
September
30,
|
||||||||||||
Convenience
translation
into
US dollar
|
||||||||||||
2007
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2007
US$
millions
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||
Income
and expenses not involving cash flows
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
575
|
*
627
|
144
|
|||||||||
Deferred
taxes
|
(8 | ) | *(14 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||||
Exchange
and
linkage differences on long-term liabilities
|
13
|
(68 | ) |
3
|
||||||||
Capital
losses
|
4
|
*
4
|
1
|
|||||||||
Change
in
liability for employee severance benefits
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Stock
based
compensation
|
25
|
-
|
6
|
|||||||||
610
|
549
|
152
|
||||||||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities
|
||||||||||||
Decrease
(increase) in trade receivables (including long-term
amounts)
|
(100 | ) | (80 | ) | (25 | ) | ||||||
Decrease
(increase) in other receivables (including long-term
amounts)
|
10
|
26
|
2
|
|||||||||
Decrease
(increase)
in
inventories
|
(14 | ) | (19 | ) | (4 | ) | ||||||
Increase
(decrease) in trade payables (including
long-term
amounts)
|
66
|
(26 | ) |
17
|
||||||||
Increase
in
other payables and credits (including long-term amounts)
|
12
|
197
|
3
|
|||||||||
(26 | ) |
98
|
(7 | ) | ||||||||
Total
|
584
|
647
|
145
|
Acquisition
of
property, plant and equipment and other assets on credit
|
109
|
94
|
27
|
|||||||||
Tax
withheld
regarding cash dividend
|
16
|
-
|
4
|
(*)
|
Restated
due
to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting
Standard.
|
|
The
following
is a reconciliation of net income to
EBITDA:
|
Three-month
period ended September
30,
|
||||||||||||
Convenience
translation
into
US dollar
|
||||||||||||
2007
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2007
US$
millions
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
270
|
132
|
67
|
|||||||||
Financial
expense (income), net
|
75
|
53
|
19
|
|||||||||
Other
expenses
(income)
|
2
|
(2 | ) |
0
|
||||||||
Income
taxes
|
19
|
114
|
5
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
193
|
207
|
48
|
|||||||||
EBITDA
|
559
|
503
|
139
|
|
The
following
table shows the calculation of free cash
flow:
|
Three-month
period ended September
30,
|
||||||||||||
Convenience
translation
into
US dollar
|
||||||||||||
2007
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2007
US$
millions
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows
from operating activities
|
500
|
366
|
125
|
|||||||||
Cash
flows
from investing activities
|
(152 | ) | (134 | ) | (38 | ) | ||||||
Free
Cash
Flow
|
348
|
232
|
87
|
Cellcom
Israel Ltd.
and
Subsidiaries
Financial
Statements
As
at September 30, 2007
(Unaudited)
|
Contents
|
|
Page
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interim
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
Interim
Consolidated Statements of Income
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
Interim
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
Interim
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
Condensed
notes to the Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
|
13
|
Convenience
|
||||||||||||||||
translation
|
||||||||||||||||
into
US dollar
|
||||||||||||||||
(Note
2C)
|
||||||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2007
|
2006
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Audited)
|
|||||||||||||
Current
assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
522
|
130
|
118
|
56
|
||||||||||||
Trade
receivables, net
|
1,356
|
338
|
1,259
|
1,242
|
||||||||||||
Other
receivables
|
106
|
27
|
121
|
123
|
||||||||||||
Inventory
|
145
|
36
|
137
|
131
|
||||||||||||
2,129
|
531
|
1,635
|
1,552
|
|||||||||||||
Long-term
receivables
|
511
|
127
|
515
|
526
|
||||||||||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
2,345
|
584
|
(**)(*) 2,545 | (**)(*) 2,550 | ||||||||||||
Other
assets, net
|
657
|
164
|
(**) 701 | (**) 695 | ||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
5,642
|
1,406
|
5,396
|
5,323
|
(*)
|
Restated
due to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting Standard
(See
Note 2B(2))
|
(**)
|
Reclassified
due to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting Standard
(See
Note 2B(4))
|
Convenience
|
||||||||||||||||
translation
|
||||||||||||||||
into
US dollar
|
||||||||||||||||
(Note
2C)
|
||||||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2007
|
2006
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Audited)
|
|||||||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Short-term
bank credit
|
238
|
59
|
333
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Trade
payables
|
787
|
196
|
707
|
819
|
||||||||||||
Other
current liabilities
|
524
|
131
|
415
|
496
|
||||||||||||
1,549
|
386
|
1,455
|
1,315
|
|||||||||||||
Long-term
liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Long-term
loans from banks
|
938
|
234
|
1,238
|
1,208
|
||||||||||||
Debentures
|
2,039
|
508
|
2,017
|
1,989
|
||||||||||||
Deferred
taxes
|
191
|
47
|
(*)222 | (*)212 | ||||||||||||
Other
long term liabilities
|
16
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
||||||||||||
3,184
|
793
|
3,479
|
3,411
|
|||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
909
|
227
|
(*)462 | (*)597 | ||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
5,642
|
1,406
|
5,396
|
5,323
|
Nine-month
period ended
|
Three-month
period ended
|
Year
ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Convenience
translation
into
US
dollar
(Note
2C)
|
|
|
Convenience
translation
into
US
dollar
(Note
2C)
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2007
|
2006
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Audited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
4,466
|
1,113
|
4,191
|
1,572
|
392
|
1,467
|
5,622
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of revenues
|
2,414
|
602
|
*
2,430
|
846
|
211
|
*
837
|
*
3,273
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
2,052
|
511
|
1,761
|
726
|
181
|
630
|
2,349
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Selling
and marketing expenses
|
506
|
126
|
473
|
193
|
48
|
168
|
656
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
488
|
122
|
486
|
167
|
42
|
165
|
659
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income
|
1,058
|
263
|
802
|
366
|
91
|
297
|
1,034
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Financial
expenses, net
|
(137 | ) | (34 | ) | (128 | ) | (75 | ) | (19 | ) | (53 | ) | (155 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other income
(expenses), net
|
(2 | ) |
-
|
*(4 | ) | (2 | ) |
-
|
2
|
*(6 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Income
before income tax
|
919
|
229
|
670
|
289
|
72
|
246
|
873
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Income
tax
|
229
|
57
|
*
250
|
19
|
5
|
*
114
|
*
314
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
690
|
172
|
420
|
270
|
67
|
132
|
559
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings
per share
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
earnings per share (in NIS)
|
7.08
|
1.76
|
*
4.31
|
2.77
|
0.69
|
*
1.35
|
*
5.73
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
earnings per share (in NIS)
|
7.02
|
1.75
|
*
4.31
|
2.74
|
0.68
|
*
1.35
|
*
5.73
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares used in the calculation of basic earnings
per
share (in thousands)
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares used in the calculation of diluted earnings
per
share (in thousands)
|
98,250
|
98,250
|
97,500
|
98,380
|
98,380
|
97,500
|
97,500
|
Share
capital amount
|
Capital
reserve
|
Capital
reserve
regarding
employee
options
|
Cash
dividend
declared
subsequent
to
balance
sheet
date
|
Retained
earnings
|
Total
|
Convenience
translation
into
U.S.
dollar
(Note
2C)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
For
the nine-month
period
ended
September
30, 2007
(Unaudited)
Balance
as of
January
1, 2007
(Audited)
|
1
|
(24 | ) |
-
|
-
|
*620
|
597
|
149
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Influence
of first time
implementation
of
new
accounting
standards
as of
January
1, 2007
(Unaudited)
(Note
2B(2))
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(5 | ) | (5 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Movement
in
capital
reserve in
respect
of hedging
transactions,
net
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of
compensation
related
to employee
stock
option grants
|
-
|
-
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
25
|
6
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend
Paid
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(399 | ) | (399 | ) | (99 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend declared subsequent to balance sheet date
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
256
|
(256 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income for the
Period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
690
|
690
|
172
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of
September
30, 2007
(Unaudited)
|
1
|
(23 | ) |
25
|
256
|
650
|
909
|
227
|
Share
capital amount
|
Capital
reserve
|
Capital
reserve
regarding
employee
options
|
Cash
dividend
declared
subsequent
to
balance
sheet
date
|
Retained
earnings
|
Total
|
Convenience
translation
into
U.S.
dollar
(Note
2C)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
For
the nine -month
period
ended
September
30, 2006 (Unaudited)
Balance
as of
January
1, 2006
(Audited)
|
**
-
|
5
|
-
|
3,400
|
*492
|
3,897
|
971
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Movement
in
capital
reserve in
respect
of hedging
transactions,
net
|
-
|
(25 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
(25 | ) | (6 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend paid
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,400 | ) | (430 | ) | (3,830 | ) | (954 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Net
income for the
Period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
420
|
420
|
104
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of
September
30, 2006
(Unaudited)
|
**
-
|
(20 | ) |
-
|
-
|
482
|
462
|
115
|
(*)
|
Restated
due to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting Standard
(See
Note 2B(2))
|
(**)
|
Less
than 1 million NIS
|
Share
capital
amount
|
Capital
reserve
|
Capital
reserve
regarding
employee
options
|
Cash
dividend
declared
subsequent
to
balance
sheet
date
|
Retained
earnings
|
Total
|
Convenience
translation
into
U.S.
dollar
(Note
2C)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
For
the three-month
period
ended
September
30, 2007
(Unaudited)
Balance
as of
July
1, 2007
(Unaudited)
|
1
|
(10 | ) |
18
|
201
|
636
|
846
|
211
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Movement
in
capital
reserve in
respect
of hedging
transactions,
net
|
-
|
(13 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
(13 | ) | (3 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of
compensation
related
to employee
stock
option grants
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
2
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend
paid
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(201 | ) |
-
|
(201 | ) | (50 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend declared subsequent to balance sheet date
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
256
|
(256 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income for the
period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
270
|
270
|
67
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of
September
30, 2007
(Unaudited)
|
1
|
(23 | ) |
25
|
256
|
650
|
909
|
227
|
||||||||||||||||||||
For
the three-month
period
ended
September
30, 2006 (Unaudited)
Balance
as of
July
1, 2006
(Unaudited)
|
**
-
|
(10 | ) |
-
|
100
|
*
350
|
440
|
110
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Movement
in
capital
reserve in
respect
of hedging
transactions,
net
|
-
|
(10 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
(10 | ) | (3 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend paid
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(100 | ) |
-
|
(100 | ) | (25 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Net
income for the
period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
132
|
132
|
33
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of
September
30, 2006
(Unaudited)
|
**
-
|
(20 | ) |
-
|
-
|
482
|
462
|
115
|
(*)
|
Restated
due to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting Standard
(See
Note 2B(2))
|
(**)
|
Less
than 1 million NIS
|
Share
capital amount
|
Capital
reserve
|
Capital
reserve
regarding
employee
options
|
Cash
dividend
declared
subsequent
to
balance
sheet
date
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Total
|
Convenience
translation
into
U.S.
dollar
(Note
2C)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
US$
millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
For
the year
ended
December
31, 2006
(Audited)
Balance
as of
January
1, 2006
(Audited)
|
**
-
|
5
|
-
|
3,400
|
*
492
|
3,897
|
971
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Allotment
to
dividend
shares
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Movement
in
capital
reserve in
respect
of hedging
transactions,
net
|
-
|
(29 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
(29 | ) | (7 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend paid
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,400 | ) | (430 | ) | (3,830 | ) | (954 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Net
income for the
year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
559
|
559
|
139
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of
December
31,
2006
(Audited)
|
1
|
(24 | ) |
-
|
-
|
620
|
597
|
149
|
(*)
|
Restated
due to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting Standard
(See
Note 2B(2))
|
(**)
|
Less
than 1 million NIS
|
Nine-month
period ended
|
Three-month
period ended
|
Year
ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2007
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
Convenience
translation
into
US
dollar
(Note
2C)
2007
US$
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2007
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
Convenience
translation
into
US
dollar
(Note
2C)
2007
US$
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Audited)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
flows from
operating
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
690
|
172
|
*
420
|
270
|
67
|
*
132
|
*
559
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustments
required to present cash flows from operating activities
(Appendix
A)
|
584
|
145
|
*
647
|
230
|
57
|
*
234
|
*
918
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Net
cash provided by
operating
activities
|
1,274
|
317
|
1,067
|
500
|
124
|
366
|
1,477
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
flows from
investing
activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additions
to property, plant and equipment
|
(364 | ) | (90 | ) | **(406 | ) | (136 | ) | (34 | ) | **(122 | ) | **(526 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from sales of
property,
plant and equipment
|
2
|
-
|
12
|
1
|
-
|
7
|
15
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Investment
in other assets
|
(63 | ) | (16 | ) | **(117 | ) | (17 | ) | (4 | ) | **(19 | ) | **(122 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net
cash used in
investing
activities
|
(425 | ) | (106 | ) | (511 | ) | (152 | ) | (38 | ) | (134 | ) | (633 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Cash
flows from
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
financing
activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borrowings
under short-term bank credit facility
|
-
|
-
|
263
|
-
|
-
|
(52 | ) |
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Borrowings
of long-term loans from banks
|
-
|
-
|
2,155
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,155
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Payment
of long-term loans from banks
|
-
|
-
|
(1,088 | ) |
-
|
-
|
(6 | ) | (1,175 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of debentures, net of issuance cost
|
-
|
-
|
290
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
290
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Paid
dividend
|
(383 | ) | (95 | ) | (3,830 | ) | (198 | ) | (49 | ) | (100 | ) | (3,830 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net
cash used by financing activities
|
(383 | ) | (95 | ) | (2,210 | ) | (198 | ) | (49 | ) | (158 | ) | (2,560 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
466
|
116
|
(1,654 | ) |
150
|
37
|
74
|
(1,716 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance
of cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the
period
|
56
|
14
|
1,772
|
372
|
93
|
44
|
1,772
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
of cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
|
522
|
130
|
118
|
522
|
130
|
118
|
56
|
(*)
|
Restated
due to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting Standard
(See
Note 2B(2))
|
(**)
|
Reclassified
due to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting Standard
(See
Note 2B(4))
|
Nine-month
period ended
|
Three-month
period ended
|
Year
ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2007
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
Convenience
translation
into
US dollar
(Note
2C)
2007
US$
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2007
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
Convenience
translation
into
US dollar
(Note
2C)
2007
US$
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Audited)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Income
and expenses not involving cash flows
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
575
|
144
|
*
627
|
193
|
48
|
*
207
|
*830
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
taxes
|
(8 | ) | (2 | ) | *(14 | ) | (6 | ) | (1 | ) | *(1 | ) | *(20 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Exchange
and linkage differences on long-term liabilities
|
13
|
3
|
(68 | ) |
9
|
2
|
(21 | ) | (109 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Capital
losses (gains)
|
4
|
1
|
*
4
|
2
|
-
|
*(2 | ) |
*6
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in liability for employee severance benefits
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
25
|
6
|
-
|
7
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
610
|
152
|
549
|
206
|
51
|
183
|
707
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Increase
in trade receivables (including long-term amounts)
|
(100 | ) | (25 | ) | (80 | ) | (44 | ) | (11 | ) | (108 | ) | (75 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Decrease
in other receivables (including long-term amounts)
|
10
|
2
|
26
|
24
|
6
|
4
|
22
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Increase
in
inventories
|
(14 | ) | (4 | ) | (19 | ) | (20 | ) | (5 | ) | (9 | ) | (13 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in trade payables (including
long-term
amounts)
|
66
|
17
|
(26 | ) |
74
|
19
|
85
|
4
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in other payables and credits (including long-term
amounts)
|
12
|
3
|
197
|
(10 | ) | (3 | ) |
79
|
273
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
(26 | ) | (7 | ) |
98
|
24
|
6
|
51
|
211
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
584
|
145
|
647
|
230
|
57
|
234
|
918
|
Nine-month
period ended
|
Three-month
period ended
|
Year
ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2007
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
Convenience
translation
into
US dollar
(Note
2C)
2007
US$
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2007
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
Convenience
translation
into
US dollar
(Note
2C)
2007
US$
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Unaudited)
|
2006
NIS
millions
(Audited)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition
of property, plant and equipment and
other
assets on credit
|
109
|
27
|
94
|
71
|
18
|
89
|
197
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Tax
withheld regarding cash dividend
|
16
|
4
|
-
|
16
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
A.
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Cellcom
Israel Ltd. (hereinafter – “the Company”) was incorporated in Israel on
January 31, 1994. The Company commenced its operations on
June 27, 1994, after receiving a license from the Ministry of
Communications (hereinafter – “the MOC”) to establish, operate and
maintain a cellular mobile telephone system and provide cellular
mobile
telephone services in Israel. The Company began providing cellular
mobile
telephone services to the Israeli public on December 27, 1994. The
license is in effect until 2022.
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|
On
February 2007, the Company completed its initial public offering
in the
NYSE, of ordinary shares par value NIS 0.01 per share, in which
DIC and
Goldman Sachs International sold 20,000,000 of the Company's ordinary
shares. Following completion of the initial public offering and
registration of its ordinary shares for trading in the NYSE, the
Company
became a public company.
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|
On
July 1, 2007, the Company listed its ordinary shares, which are
traded on
the NYSE, on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (“TASE”) and began applying the
reporting leniencies offered under the Israeli Securities Law to
companies
whose shares are listed both on the NYSE and on the
TASE.
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B.
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These
interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in Israel with respect
to the
preparation of interim financial statements in accordance with
Accounting
Standard No. 14 of the Israel Accounting Standards
Board.
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C.
|
These
interim financial statements have been prepared as at September
30, 2007
and for the nine and three- month periods then ended. They should
be
reviewed in conjunction with the Company's annual financial statements
and
accompanying notes as at December 31, 2006 and for the year then
ended
(hereinafter - "annual financial
statements").
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D.
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Exchange
rates and Consumer Price Indices are as
follows:
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Exchange
rates
of
US$
|
Consumer
Price
Index
(points)
|
||
As
of September 30, 2007
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4.013
|
189.1
|
|
As
of September 30, 2006
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4.302
|
186.5
|
|
As
of December 31, 2006
|
4.225
|
184.9
|
|
Increase
(decrease) during the period:
|
|||
January
– September, 2007
|
(5.0%)
|
2.3%
|
|
January
–September, 2006
|
(6.5%)
|
0.8%
|
|
July
–September, 2007
|
(5.6%)
|
1.3%
|
|
July
– September, 2006
|
(3.1%)
|
(0.7%)
|
|
January
- December, 2006
|
(8.2%)
|
(0.1%)
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A.
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The
accounting policies that were applied in the preparation of these
interim
financial statements are consistent with those applied in the preparation
of the Company's annual financial statements as at December 31,
2006,
except for those mentioned in Note 2B as
follows.
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B.
|
Effect
of new Israeli Accounting
Standards
|
|
1.
|
Israeli
Accounting Standard No 26, “Inventory” (“Standard No.
26”)
|
|
2.
|
Israeli
Accounting Standard No. 27, “Property, plant and equipment” (“Standard
No. 27”)
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B.
|
Effect
of new Israeli Accounting Standards
(cont’d)
|
|
2.
|
Israeli
Accounting Standard No. 27, “Property, plant and equipment” (cont'd)
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|
(a)
|
It
measured the said liability as at January 1, 2007 in accordance
with
generally accepted accounting principles, at the amount of NIS
12
million.
|
|
(b)
|
It
calculated the amount that would have been included in the cost
of the
asset on the date on which the liability was initially incurred
by
capitalizing the amount of the liability mentioned in item (a)
above to
the date on which the liability was initially incurred (hereinafter
- the
capitalized amount) at the amount of NIS 9 million. The liability
was
capitalized using the best estimate of the historical capitalization
rates
suitable to the risk that was relevant to that liability during
the
expired period; and,
|
|
(c)
|
It
calculated the accumulated depreciation on the capitalized amount
as at
January 1, 2007 on the basis of the useful life of the asset as
at that
date at the amount of NIS 4
million;
|
|
(d)
|
It
recorded a tax asset in the amount of NIS 2
million.
|
|
(e)
|
The
difference between the amount that was charged to the asset in
accordance
with items (b) and (c) above, and the amount of the liability in
accordance with item (a) above, and the tax asset in accordance
with item
(d) above, in the amount of NIS 5 million, was included in retained
earnings as at January 1, 2007.
|
As
originally
|
Effect
of
|
As
reported in these
|
||||
reported
|
restatement
|
financial
statements
|
||||
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
|
(1)
|
The
effect on the consolidated balance sheet as at September 30, 2006
(unaudited):
|
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
**2,163
|
382
|
2,545
|
||||
Long-term
liabilities -
|
|||||||
Deferred
taxes
|
118
|
104
|
222
|
||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
184
|
278
|
462
|
The
effect on the consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2006
(audited):
|
|||||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
**
2,153
|
397
|
2,550
|
||||
Long-term
liabilities -
|
|||||||
Deferred
taxes
|
105
|
107
|
212
|
||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
307
|
290
|
597
|
|
**
|
Reclassified
due to initial implementation of a new Israeli Accounting Standard
(See
Note 2B(4))
|
B.
|
Effect
of new Israeli Accounting Standards
(cont’d)
|
|
2.
|
Israeli
Accounting Standard No. 27, “Property, plant and equipment” (cont'd)
|
|
(2)
|
The
effect on net income
|
For
the nine
|
For
the three
|
For
the year
|
|||||||||||
month
period
|
month
period
|
ended
|
|||||||||||
ended
September 30
|
ended
September 30
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||
2006
|
2006
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Audited)
|
|||||||||||
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
NIS
millions
|
|||||||||||
Net
income as reported in the past
|
390
|
120
|
517
|
||||||||||
Effect
of restatement:
|
|||||||||||||
Decrease
in depreciation expenses
|
40
|
16
|
53
|
||||||||||
Increase
in capital losses
|
(3 | ) |
-
|
(1 | ) | ||||||||
Increase
in deferred tax expenses
|
(7 | ) | (4 | ) | (10 | ) | |||||||
Net
income as reported in these financial statements
|
420
|
132
|
559
|
|
(3)
|
The
effect on basic and diluted earnings per ordinary
share
|
Basic
and diluted earnings per ordinary share as reported in the
past
|
4.00
|
1.23
|
5.30
|
||||||||||
Effect
of restatement
|
0.31
|
0.12
|
0.43
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Basic
and diluted earnings per ordinary share as reported in these financial
statements
|
4.31
|
1.35
|
5.73
|
|
3.
|
Israeli
Accounting Standard No. 23, “The Accounting Treatment of Transactions
between an Entity and the Controlling Interest Therein” (“Standard No.
23”)
|
B.
|
Effect
of new Israeli Accounting Standards
(cont’d)
|
|
3.
|
Israeli
Accounting Standard No. 23, “The Accounting Treatment of Transactions
between an Entity and the Controlling Interest Therein” (“Standard No.
23”) (cont’d)
|
|
4.
|
Israeli
Accounting Standard No. 30, "Intangible Assets" ("Standard No.
30")
|
Note
2 - Significant Accounting Policies
(cont’d)
|
A.
|
Contingent
Liabilities
|
|
1.
|
In
April 2007, a purported class action lawsuit was filed against
the Company
in the District Court of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa ("the Court"), by two plaintiffs
who claim to be subscribers of the Company. The claim alleges that
the
Company unlawfully and in violation of its license raised its rates,
in
pricing plans that include a commitment to purchase certain services
for a
fixed period. In May 2007, another purported class action lawsuit
alleging
claims of similar nature was filed against the Company in the Court,
by
two plaintiffs who claim to be subscribers of the Company. If the
claims
are recognized as class actions, the amounts claimed are approximately
NIS
230 million and NIS 875 million, respectively.
Based
on the advice of the Company's legal counsel, management believes
that the
Company has a good defense against the certification of the lawsuits
as
class actions. Accordingly, no provision has been included in the
Company's financial statements in respect of these
claims.
|
|
2.
|
In
May 2007, a purported class action lawsuit, filed against the Company
in
February 2007, alleging that the Company unlawfully collected VAT
amounts
from subscribers who are residents of the city of Eilat in Israel,
was
withdrawn. Had the lawsuit been certified as a class action, the
amount
claimed from the Company was estimated by the plaintiff at approximately
NIS 33 million.
For
more information refer to Note 17A.20. to the Company's annual
financial
statements as at December 31, 2006.
|
|
3.
|
In
May 2007, a purported class action lawsuit was filed against the
Company
and another cellular operator in Israel ("the defendants"), in
the
District Court of Jerusalem, by plaintiffs who claim to be subscribers
of
the defendants. The claim alleges that the defendants charged the
subscribers for calls initiated or received while in Israel, through
a
foreign cellular network, with roaming rates which are higher than
those
agreed in the defendants' pricing plans for local calls. If the
claim is
recognized as a class action, the amount claimed from the defendants
is
estimated by the plaintiffs as approximately NIS 34 million, of
which the
amount attributed to the Company is estimated to be approximately
NIS 12
million.
Based
on the advice of the Company's legal counsel, management believes
that the
Company has a good defense against the certification of the lawsuit
as a
class action. Accordingly, no provision has been included in the
Company's
financial statements in respect of this
claim.
|
4.
|
In
July 2007, the Company received a Magistrates' Court ruling determining
that the exemption from the requirement to obtain a building permit
for
radio access devices, according to the Communication Law (Bezeq
and
Transmissions), 1982 ("the Exemption"), does not apply to radio
access
devices in a cellular network, and, as such, the Company is required
to
receive permits for the erection and use of the facility and accompanying
equipment. This ruling contradicts previous and later Magistrates'
Court
rulings, which determined that the Exemption also applies to radio
access
devices in a cellular network. This issue is under consideration
in the
court of appeals (the District
Court).
|
|
5.
|
In
July 2007, pursuant to an appeal regarding the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District
Court's decision in June 2004 to deny a purported class action
lawsuit
filed against the Company in August 2001 by one of the Company's
subscribers, in connection with the Company's outgoing call tariffs
for
the "Talkman" (pre-paid) plan and the collection of a distribution
fee for
"Talkman" calling cards, the Israeli Supreme Court granted a petition
filed by both parties with mutual consent, in light of the Israeli
Class
Action Law, 2006, to resubmit the purported class action lawsuit
for
consideration in the District Court of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. If the claim
is
recognized as a class action, the amount claimed is approximately
NIS 135
million, as at the filing date thereof.
Based
on the advice of the Company's legal counsel, management believes
that the
Company has a good defense against the certification of the lawsuit
as a
class action. Accordingly, no provision has been included in the
financial
statements in respect to this claim. For more information refer
to Note
17A.4. to the Company's annual financial statements as at December
31,
2006.
|
6.
|
In
September 2007, a purported class action lawsuit was filed against
the
Company and two other cellular operators in the District Court
of
Jerusalem, by three plaintiffs who claim to be subscribers of the
defendants. The plaintiffs claim that the defendants charged their
subscribers for SMS messages sent by them to subscribers who chose
to
disable receipt of SMS messages and/or misled the senders by an
indication
on their cell phones that such messages were sent. If the claim
is
certified as a class action, the amount claimed from all three
defendants
is estimated by the plaintiffs to be approximately NIS 182 million,
without specifying the amount claimed from the Company
specifically.
At
this preliminary stage, management is unable to assess the lawsuits'
chances of success. Accordingly, no provision has been made in
the
financial statements in respect of this
claim.
|
7.
|
In
October 2007, subsequent to the balance sheet date, a purported
class
action lawsuit filed against the Company, two other cellular operators
and
two landline operators in the District Court of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa,
in
November 2006, in connection with sums allegedly unlawfully charged
for a
segment of a call that was not actually carried out, was withdrawn
by the
plaintiffs with regards to the Company and the other two cellular
operators, following a procedural agreement reached between the
plaintiffs
in the above lawsuit and the plaintiffs in another, similar pending
purported class action which was filed against the Company and
two other
cellular operators in August 2006 (the two lawsuits will be heard
together). Had the withdrawn lawsuit been certified as a class
action, the
amount claimed from the Company and each of the other cellular
operators
by the plaintiffs would have been approximately NIS 53 million
(the amount
claimed from all five defendants was estimated by the plaintiffs
to be
approximately NIS 159 million).
|
B.
|
Effects
of new legislation and
standards
|
1.
|
In
May 2007, the Ministry of Communications notified its intention
to impose
monetary sanctions on telephony companies, including the Company
and
Cellcom Fixed Line Communications L.P. ("Cellcom Partnership"),
following
non-implementation and operation of Number Portability, as of
September 1, 2006. The intended monetary sanction applicable to
the
Company and Cellcom Partnership for the period commencing September
1,
2006 and ending November 30, 2007, is approximately NIS 3 million
for each
of the Company and Cellcom Partnership (totaling approximately
NIS 6 million). Commencing December 1, 2007 (the new date determined
by
the Ministry of Communications for the implementation of Number
Portability), insofar as the Number Portability is not implemented,
the
intended monetary sanction for each additional day that Number
Portability
is not implemented by the Company and Cellcom Partnership, will
equal
approximately NIS 0.3 million. The Company and Cellcom Partnership
have
submitted their objection to the aforementioned intended sanctions,
to the
Ministry of Communications.
For
more information refer to Note 17B.3. to the Company's annual financial
statements as at December 31, 2006.
|
2.
|
In
September 2007, the Company's general license was amended to the
effect
that prevents the Company from offering subscribers calling plans
using
airtime charging units other than the basic airtime charging unit
set in
the general license (which is currently up to a 12-second unit
and as of
January 1, 2009 will become a one-second unit).
The
Company has been taking steps to address the effects of the amendment
to
the license and at this time is unable to assess the potential
effect of
the amendment to the results of
operations.
|
3.
|
On
June 7, 2007 and on September 6, 2007 the Company distributed to
its
shareholders a cash dividend totaling approximately NIS 198 million
and
NIS 201 million, respectively.
|
4.
|
In
October 2007, subsequent to the balance sheet date, the Israeli
Supreme
Court issued two new rulings readdressing its previous ruling of
November
2006 regarding the deductibility of financing expenses for tax
purposes,
that might be attributed by the Israeli Tax Authority to a financing
of
dividends. As of June 30, 2007 the Company had an accumulated tax
provision in the amount of approximately NIS 72 million, that was
based on
the possibility that part of the Company's financing expenses will
not be
recognized as a deductible expense for tax purposes.
As
a
result of the Supreme Court's new rulings of October 2007 and based
on the
Company's legal counsels' opinion, the Company has released the
aforesaid
tax provision and reduced the income tax expenses during the three
month
period ended September 30, 2007, by approximately NIS 72
million.
|
1.
|
In
October 2007, subsequent to balance sheet date, the Company’s board of
directors decided on a voluntary partial prepayment of the term
loan
provided by the Company's credit facility from a bank syndicate,
in a
principal amount of US$ 140 million (comprising of approximately
US$ 85
million principal amount denominated in US$ and approximately NIS
253
million principal amount denominated in NIS). The prepayment will
be made
during November 2007, in accordance with the terms of the facility
agreement. Pursuant to the aforesaid partial prepayment, the outstanding
principal amount of the term loan will be US$ 140 million (comprising
of
approximately US$ 85 million denominated in US$ and approximately
NIS 253
million denominated in NIS).
For
more information refer to Note 13C of the Company's annual financial
statements as at December 31, 2006.
|
2.
|
In
October 2007, subsequent to balance sheet date, the Company issued
to the
public in Israel two series of debentures. The debentures are
listed on
the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Debentures
(Series C) in a principal amount of NIS 245,000,000 is payable
in nine
semiannual payments commencing March 2009, and the interest is
payable
semiannually commencing March 2008. The annual interest rate
was set to
4.60%. Both the principal amount and interest are linked to the
Israeli
Consumer Price Index for August 2007.
Debentures
(Series D) in a principal amount of NIS 826,968,000 is payable
in five
annual payments commencing July 2013 and the interest is payable
annually
commencing July 2008. The annual interest rate was set to 5.19%.
Both the
principal amount and interest are linked to the Israeli Consumer
Price
Index for August 2007.
|
3.
|
On
November 7, 2007 the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend
in the amount of NIS 2.63 per share, totaling approximately NIS
256
million, to be paid on December 3, 2007, to the shareholders of
the
Company of record at the end of the trading day in the NYSE on
November
19, 2007. The dividend is presented under a separate item of shareholders’
equity.
|
CELLCOM
ISRAEL LTD.
|
||||||
Date:
|
November
8, 2007
|
By:
|
/s/
Liat Menahemi Stadler
|
|||
Name:
|
Liat
Menahemi Stadler
|
|||||
Title:
|
General
Counsel
|