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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
NOTE 18:       COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
 
a.
Guarantees:
 
As of September 30, 2024, contingent liabilities exist regarding guarantees in the amounts of $10,871, and $1,502 in respect of office rent lease agreements and other transactions, respectively.
 
b.
Contractual purchase obligations:
 
The Company has contractual obligations to purchase goods and raw materials. These contractual purchase obligations relate to inventories and other purchase orders, which cannot be canceled without penalty. In addition, the Company acquires raw materials or other goods and services, including product components, by issuing authorizations to its suppliers to purchase materials based on its projected demand and manufacturing needs.
 
As of September 30, 2024, the Company had non-cancellable purchase obligations totaling approximately $443,830, out of which the Company recorded a provision for loss in the amount of $46,617.
 
As of September 30, 2024, the Company had contractual obligations for capital expenditures totaling approximately $18,452. These commitments reflect purchases of automated assembly lines and other machinery related to the Company’s general manufacturing process and are primarily for its new manufacturing sites in the U.S.
 
c.
Legal claims:
 
From time to time, the Company may be involved in various claims and legal proceedings. The Company reviews the status of each matter and assesses its potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, the Company accrues a liability for the estimated loss. These accruals are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impact of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter.
 
On November 3, 2023, Daphne Shen, a purported stockholder of the Company, filed a proposed class action complaint for violation of federal securities laws, individually and punitively on behalf of all others similarly situated, in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York against the Company, the Company’s CEO and the Company’s CFO. The complaint alleges violations of Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act, as well as violations of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the individual defendants. The complaint seeks class certification, damages, interest, attorneys’ fees, and other relief. On December 13, 2023, Javier Cascallar filed a similar proposed class action. On February 7, 2024, the Court consolidated the two actions (the "Consolidated Securities Litigation"), and appointed co-lead plaintiffs (the "Plaintiffs") and lead counsel. On April 22, 2024, the co-lead Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint adding two additional officers. The amended complaint makes substantially similar allegations and claims. Defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaint on July 15, 2024 (the “Motion”). The Motion was fully briefed as of September 16, 2024, and the parties are awaiting a decision. Due to the early stage of this proceeding, the Company cannot reasonably estimate the potential range of loss, if any, or the likelihood of a potential adverse outcome. The Company disputes the allegations of wrongdoing and intends to vigorously defend against them.

 

On March 15, 2024, Abdul Hirani (“Hirani”) filed a purported derivative complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against certain current and former Company executive officers and board members, including Zvi Lando, Ronen Faier, Nadav Zafrir, Betsy Atkins, Marcel Gani, Dana Gross, Dirk Hoke, Avery More, and Tal Payne (collectively, “Defendants”). The Hirani complaint makes largely the same allegations as those in the Consolidated Securities Litigation described above, namely, that the Company failed to disclose information about its inventory in Europe and cancellation rates from European distributors, which allegedly resulted in material misstatements about the Company’s business and prospects in its quarterly filings. On June 10, 2024, Jonathan Blaufarb (“Blaufarb”) filed a second purported derivative complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the same Defendants as those named in the Hirani Complaint. The Blaufarb complaints makes largely the same allegations as well. It also pleads the same counts as those in the Hirani complaint, as well as additional counts for abuse of control and gross mismanagement.  Defendants accepted service of the Hirani and Blaufarb complaints via stipulation that was so-ordered on July 12, 2024, and the two cases were consolidated (the “Consolidated Derivative Actions”) with the Hirani matter designated as the lead case. On September 9, 2024, the parties agreed to stay the Consolidated Derivative Actions pending a decision on the motion to dismiss in the Consolidated Securities Litigation.
 
On August 7, 2024, Edwin Isaac (“Isaac”) filed a purported derivative complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against the same Defendants as those named in the Consolidated Securities Litigation. The Isaac complaint makes largely the same allegations as those included in the amended complaint in the Consolidated Securities Litigation and Consolidated Derivative Actions. It also pleads the similar counts to those in the Consolidate Securities Litigation, including (i) breach of fiduciary duty, (ii) contribution, (iii) violation of Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and SEC Rule 14a-9, (iv) unjust enrichment, (v) waste of corporate assets, and (vi) aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty. The parties are conferring on service of process and a possible stay of proceedings pending resolution of the motion to dismiss in the Consolidated Securities Litigation.
 
In August 2019, the Company was served with a lawsuit filed in the civil courts of Milan, Italy against the Italian subsidiary of SolarEdge e-Mobility S.r.l (previously SMRE S.p.A) that purchased the shares of SolarEdge e-Mobility S.r.l in the tender offer that followed the SolarEdge e-Mobility S.r.l Acquisition by certain former shareholders of SolarEdge e-Mobility S.r.l who tendered their shares. The lawsuit asked for damages of approximately $3,000, representing the difference between the amount for which they tendered their shares (6 Euro per share) and 6.7 Euros per share. In December 2023, the court of Milan, rendered a decision ordering SolarEdge to pay, in favor of each plaintiff, the difference between the price paid (6 Euro per share) and 6.44 Euro per share, (i.e. 0.44 euros per share) for a total payment of approximately $1,700, which consists, in addition to the shareholders' compensation, legal expenses, court fees, VAT, and CPA expenses per local law. The Company filed an appeal to this decision on May 30, 2024 in the Court of Appeals of Milan, First Civil Chamber.
 
As of September 30, 2024, the Company recorded an accrual of $391 for legal claims which was recorded under accrued expenses and other current liabilities.