NOTE 9 — LOSS OF CONTROL OF SUBSIDIARY
As of December 31, 2018, we held 49.89% of
Micronet's issued and outstanding shares, and together with an irrevocable proxy in our benefit from Mr. David Lucatz, our
President and Chief Executive Officer, we held 50.07% of the voting interest in Micronet as of such date. On February 24, 2019,
Micronet closed a public equity offering on the TASE. As a result of Micronet's offering, our ownership interest in Micronet
was diluted from 49.89% to 33.88%. On February 24, 2019, Mr. David Lucatz, our President and Chief Executive Officer, executed
an irrevocable proxy assigning his voting power over 1,980,000 shares of Micronet for our benefit. As a result, the voting interest
in Micronet stood at 39.53% of the issued and outstanding shares of Micronet. The decrease in the Company's voting interest
in Micronet resulted in the loss of control of Micronet. As a result, effective as of February 24, 2019, we no longer include Micronet's
operating results in our financial statements. Therefore, commencing from February 24, 2019, the Company began to account for the
investment in Micronet in accordance with the equity method.
On September 5, 2019, Micronet closed a public
equity offering on the TASE. As a result, our ownership interest in Micronet was diluted from 33.88% to 30.48%, and our current
voting interest in Micronet stands at 37.79% of the issued and outstanding shares of Micronet.
The Company recorded
an impairment of its investment in Micronet and change in fair value in loan to Micronet as of December 31, 2019 in the total amount
of $281.
The method used for
determining fair value of the investment in Micronet was based on a quoted market price on the TASE.
While Micronet is
a publicly traded company in Israel, its shareholder base is widely spread and we continue to be Micronet's largest shareholder,
as of September 5, 2019 maintaining a voting interest of 37.79% of its issued and outstanding shares as of September 5, 2019.
We believe that since most items that may require shareholder approval required majority consent, we exert significant influence
over such voting matters which may include the appointment and removal of directors. In that regard, to date, we have appointed
a majority of the directors of Micronet's board of directors.
Based on the above, although we do
not control Micronet and thus do not consolidate Micronet's financial statements according to U.S. GAAP. We also do not consider
Micronet to be a discontinued operation since we did not view the dilution of our interesta as a strategic shift that had or will
have a major effect on our operations. .
The following is a summary of Micronet's operation for
the year ended December 31, 2019, and the impact on the Company:
| |
Year ended December 31, | |
| |
2019 | |
Revenues | |
$ | 8,747 | |
| |
| | |
Gross profit | |
| 1,361 | |
Loss from operations | |
| (3,052 | ) |
| |
| | |
Net Loss | |
$ | (3,268 | ) |
| |
| | |
Net loss in equity method (*) | |
| (608 | ) |
| |
| | |
Impairment of equity method investment | |
| (187 | ) |
*including Gain from change of ownership interests | |
| 101 | |
|