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Publications

November / 2010

Advising the underwriters in a $84 million public offering by Orbotech of ordinary shares

Meitar represented JP Morgan and Barclays Capital as underwriters of the $84 million public offering of ordinary shares by Orbotech on Nasdaq.

November / 2010

Representation of Altice securities in the sale of Mirs Communication to Hot Communication

Meitar represented the Altice Fund of Patrick Drahi in the sale of Mirs Communications, an Israeli cellular operator, to Hot Telecommunications, Israel’s largest cable television company, for a price of up to $300 million.

November / 2010

Advising the underwriters in a $5 billion debt offering by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

Meitar represented Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as underwriters of the $5 billion debt offering by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (November 2011).

November / 2010

Cool Holding in the acquisition of Hot Communication

Meitar represented the Altice Fund of Patrick Drahi in the purchase of a substantial shareholding in Hot Telecommunications from Yediot Communications, one of Israel’s largest news companies.

November / 2010

Advising the underwriters in a $750 million debt offering by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

Meitar represented Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as underwriters of the $750 million debt offering by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (March 2011).

November / 2010

Answer Corporation in its acquisition by AFCV Holdings

Meitar represented Answers.com, (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine Answers.com®, in its acquisition by AFCV Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of growth equity investor Summit Partners for approximately $127 million in cash or $10.50 per share.

November / 2009

Representation of Emblaze in its sale of Formula Systems to Asseco for $140 million

Emblaze, is an LSE traded Israeli company that operates in the mobile technology market and that held a controlling stake in Formula Systems, an Israeli public company that controls a number of public companies traded on NASDAQ and the TASE that provide various IT solutions. Asseco is a Polish company traded on the Warsaw stock exchange that operates various IT solutions companies in Eastern Europe.