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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS [Abstract] 
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
NOTE 7: - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
 
a.
On October 30, 2011, the Company's wholly owned Israeli subsidiary, Pluristem Ltd. ("Pluristem"), entered into an agreement for the design and construction of a manufacturing facility of bio-pharmaceutical products (the "Agreement") with Biopharmax Group (1996) Ltd., a company specializing in the design and construction of biotechnological and pharmaceutical facilities  (the "Contractor"). Under the terms of the Agreement, the Contractor is required to design and construct Pluristem's new manufacturing facility, in a space to be leased as of January 2012, as a turn key project (the "Project") that will meet the requirements of the U.S., Canadian, Israeli and European regulatory authorities and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). The Project is planned to be completed in the fourth calendar quarter of 2012. The Contractor is required to pay certain penalties for not meeting the time schedule agreed between the parties.
 
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Contractor is eligible to receive aggregate consideration of NIS 22,800 (approximately $6,247 based on current exchange ratio of $1=NIS3.65) plus value added tax. Pluristem has the option to pay a certain portion of the said consideration in up to 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the "Shares"). The net cash consideration received by Contractor from the immediate sale of the Shares shall be deducted from the aggregate consideration owed to the Contractor; or in the event that Contractor elects to hold the Shares rather than selling them, the value of the Shares based on the closing price of the Company's shares of common stock on Nasdaq on the date in which the Shares have been issued to Contractor shall be deducted from the aggregate consideration owed to the Contractor. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Contractor shall provide Pluristem certain guarantees in connection with the performance of the Contractor's obligations under the Agreement.

Pluristem may terminate the Agreement at any time by a written notice to the Contractor. In case of termination by Pluristem for convenience, Pluristem shall be required to pay penalty of $250 in addition to the payment for the services provided by the Contractor prior to the termination date.
 
 
b.
In early November 2011, a Memorandum of Law for Socioeconomic Change (Legislative Amendments) (Taxes), 2011 (the "Memorandum of Law"), was published. The Memorandum of Law proposes, among others, to cancel, effective from 2012, the scheduled progressive reduction in the corporate tax rate. The Memorandum of Law also proposes to raise the corporate tax rate to 25% in 2012. In view of the proposed increase in the corporate tax rate to 25% in 2012, the real capital gains tax rate and the real betterment tax rate will also be increased.
 
The Company estimates that the approval by the Israeli Parliament of the Memorandum of Law as described above is not expected to have a material effect on the financial statements of Pluristem Ltd.