Further re Settlement

Orad Hi-Tec Systems 16 December 2003 16 December 2003 ORAD Hi-Tec Systems Ltd. (the Company) Update re settlement Orad is pleased to announce that on 12 December 2003 CRESTCo Limited published an operational bulletin regarding the ability of CREST members to hold and transfer interests in Orad shares using the CREST system. From 12 December 2003, CREST members will be able to hold and transfer their interests in the Company within CREST through entitlements to co-ownership interests in global certificates of the Company. The practical effect of this facility is that CREST members will be able to hold and transfer interests in Orad in a similar way to any other share in a UK Listed or AIM traded company. The full text of the operational bulletin is set out below. Operational Bulletin No. 839 With effect from Friday, 12 December 2003 CREST members will be able to hold and transfer interests in entitlements (ISIN number IL0010838071) to co-ownership interests in global share certificates (the 'Shares') of Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd. ('Orad'). Orad is incorporated in Israel with registered number 52-004439-7. The Shares, which are issued under the laws of the State of Israel, are dual listed on the Deutsche Boerse Prime Standard in Germany and the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange Plc. Clearstream Banking AG ('Clearstream') is the registered holder of the Shares and co-ownership interests arise under German law ('Entitlements') to represent them. The Entitlements are held and settled in Clearstream. The holding in Clearstream is in the name of Deutsche Bank AG but in an account held for Capita IRG Trustees Limited (the 'Issuer'). The Entitlements will not themselves be admitted to CREST; rather Orad has arranged for the Issuer to issue depositary interests (the 'Depository Interests') in respect of the Entitlements. These Depository Interests may be held and transferred within CREST. The Depository Interests will be created and issued pursuant to a Deed Poll executed by the Issuer under English law, copies of which are available from it, and the provisions of the Deed Poll are expressed to bind all holders, future and present. In CREST, the Depository Interests will carry the same ISIN as the Entitlements. If CREST members wish to avail themselves of this facility, they can do so by transferring their existing stock by Clearstream settlement on a free of payment basis into the Issuer's Clearstream account with Deutsche Bank AG in Germany, account number 100 9641093 00. A completed transfer to the Issuer's Clearstream account will be deemed to constitute a transfer of Entitlements to the Issuer, who will then issue corresponding Depository Interests in CREST to the depositing member/transferee. Stock withdrawals will be switched off within CREST. If a CREST member wishes to undertake a stock withdrawal they should telephone Capita Registrars on 020 8639 2274. The CREST member will then be advised as to the Issuer's CREST account that the stock should be transferred to and also issued with a form requesting the details of the Clearstream account that the stock is to be credited to. The CREST member will also be advised of the likely timescale for the transfer of the equivalent amount of stock to the member's specified Clearstream account. Once the Depositary Interests have been transferred to the Issuer's specified CREST account it will then be amended using a Negative Registrar's Adjustment Instruction and as soon as practical the equivalent amount of stock will be credited to the specified member's Clearstream account. We have been advised by the Issuer that the Depository Interests will not be subject to SDRT. This is because the Depository Interests meet all the criteria set out for the SDRT exemption granted in Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 2383 (as amended) (The Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (UK Depositary Interests in Foreign Securities) Regulations 1999). About ORAD Founded in 1993, ORAD is a world leader in TV production technology and is rapidly increasing it's position in the Vissim (visual simulation) industry. ORAD's lines of products include virtual sets, on-air graphics systems, virtual advertising, sports production solutions and hardware for the Vissim industry. ORAD has received extensive worldwide recognition for its systems at a wide-range of events including the 1999/2000 Emmy Award for the 'Implementation of Real Time Virtual Imaging for Live Events on Television'. ORAD is a publicly traded company on Frankfurt's Prime Standard and the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange Plc (symbol OHT). www.orad.tv For more information please contact: ORAD Hi-Tec Systems Avi Sharir Tel: + 972 976 768 62 E-mail : avi@orad.tv Shore Capital Jonathan Nelson Tel: + 44 20 7408 4090 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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