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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. | The Company has two operating segments: the RFID and Mobile Solutions segment, and the Supply Chain Solutions segment (see Note 18).
The Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries include:
| 1. | BOS-Dimex Ltd., ("BOS-Dimex"), an Israeli company that provides comprehensive turn-key solutions for Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC), combining a mobile infrastructure with software application of manufacturers that we represent. In addition, following the acquisition in January 2016 by BOS-Dimex of the business operations of iDnext Ltd. and its subsidiary Next-Line Ltd., BOS-Dimex also offers on-site inventory count services in the fields of apparel, food, convenience, pharma, asset tagging and counting services for corporate and governmental entities. BOS-Dimex comprises the RFID and Mobile Solutions segment.
| 2. | BOS-Odem Ltd. ("BOS-Odem"), an Israeli company, is a distributor of electronic components to customers in the defense high technology industry and a supply chain service provider for aviation customers that seek a comprehensive solution to their components-supply needs. BOS-Odem is 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.
| c. | In January 2016, the Company and its Israeli subsidiaries entered into a refinancing agreement with an Israeli Bank, which converted all of the short term bank debt into long term loans. Refer to Note 13 for further information.

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