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GENERAL | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
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| a. | B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. ("BOS" or "the Company") is an Israeli corporation.
The Company's shares are listed on NASDAQ under the ticker BOSC.
| b. | In the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 the Company incurred losses of $ 549, $3,214, and profit of 635 respectively. In the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 the Company generated positive cash flow from operating activities from continuing operations amounting to $ 1,709 in 2012, negative cash flow of $365 in 2011, and positive cash flow of $1,460 in 2010. Due to the above, the Company's cash and cash equivalent decreased from $ 411 as of December 31, 2011 to $ 354 as of December 31, 2012. The Company had negative working capital of $739 as of December 31, 2012 and $349 as of December 31, 2011. As of December 31, 2012, the Company was not in compliance with certain financial covenants. The Company received a waiver from the lender with respect to the covenants as of December 31, 2012, valid through May 1, 2014.
| c. | All share and per share data in this report is reported after giving effect to the 1 for 4 reverse split that occurred on December14, 2012 (see Note 14).
| d. | The Company has two operating segments: the RFID and Mobile Solutions segment and the Supply Chain Solutions segment (see Note 17).
The Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries include:
| (1) | BOS-Dimex Ltd. (previously "Dimex Solutions Ltd"), an Israeli company that provides comprehensive turn-key solutions for Automatic Identification and Data Collection. BOS-Dimex comprises the RFID and Mobile Solutions segment.
| (2) | BOS-Odem Ltd. ("BOS-Odem"), an Israeli company, is a distributor of electronic components and advanced technologies worldwide. BOS-Odem is a part of the Supply Chain Solutions segments; and
| (3) | Ruby-Tech Inc., a New York corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BOS-Odem and a part of the Supply Chain Solutions segments;
| e. | Discontinued operations:
| On November 23, 2010 the Company announced that its two U.S. subsidiaries that were part of its Supply Chain Solutions division, Lynk and its subsidiary Summit, have filed a Chapter 7 petition with the US Bankruptcy Court. Summarized selected financial information of the discontinued operations is as follows:
|  | 2010 |
Revenues |  | $ | 8,338 |
Cost of revenues |  |  | 6,990 |
Gross profit |  |  | 1,348 |
Impairment of goodwill |  |  | - |
Total operating costs and expenses |  |  | 1,487 |
Operating loss |  |  | (139 | )
Financial expenses, net |  |  | (213 | )
Other expenses, net (*) |  |  | (496 | )
Loss before taxes on income |  |  | (848 | )
Tax benefit (taxes on income) |  |  | 42 |
Net loss |  | $ | (806 | )
| (*) | In 2010, other expenses include $ 554 related to the write off of net assets and liabilities related to discontinued operations.

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