TEL AVIV, Israel, September 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —

Elbit Imaging Ltd. (“EI“ or the “Company“) (TASE, NASDAQ: EMITF) announced today that Plaza Centers N.V. (“Plaza”) (LSE:PLAZ) an indirect subsidiary of the Company, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary has won a tender to buy the loan in respect of the Liberec Plaza commercial centre in the Czech Republic.

The €20.4 million bank loan was granted by two commercial banks which Plaza has agreed to buy for €8.5 million, reflecting a discount of 58%. The closing of the transaction is subject to the approval of the Hungarian National Bank (as one of the lending banks is Hungarian) which is expected to be received by the end of October 2015.

Plaza expects to record a profit from this transaction of approximately €12 million in its financial statements for the second half of 2015. Plaza expects that the mall will deliver a net operating income of approximately €850,000 in 2015, which would reflect a yield of approximately 10% on the loan purchase price.

About Elbit Imaging Ltd.

Elbit Imaging Ltd. operates in the following principal fields of business: (i) Commercial centers – initiation, construction, and sale of commercial centers and other mixed-use property projects, predominantly in the retail sector, located in Central and Eastern Europe and in India. In certain circumstances and depending on market conditions, the Group operates and manages commercial centers prior to their sale. (ii) Hotels – hotels operation and management. (iii) Medical industries and devices – (a) research and development, production and marketing of magnetic resonance imaging guided focused ultrasound treatment equipment, and (b) development of stem cell population expansion technologies and stem cell therapy products for transplantation and regenerative medicine. (iv) Residential projects – initiation, construction and sale of residential units or plots designated for residential located primarily in India.

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Company Contact
Ron Hadassi
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Tel: +972-3-608-6048
Fax: +972-3-608-6050
ron@elbitimaging.com

SOURCE Elbit Imaging Ltd.