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Arotech Increases Size of
Shelf Registration Statement
Increase Addresses Additional Opportunities
and Positive Response Of Investors
December 4, 2003 - Arotech Corporation
(NasdaqNM: ARTX) today amended its shelf registration statement to enable
it to offer up to $30 million in shares of common stock and/or warrants.
The original filing enabled the Company to offer up to $20 million.
Arotech Chairman and CEO Robert S.
Ehrlich commented, "Since we filed the initial shelf registration
last month, we have seen a very positive response from potential investors.
This positive response, combined with the number of potential acquisition
opportunities that we are seeing, encouraged us to increase the size
of our shelf," noted Ehrlich. "Additionally, funds raised
in a shelf offering would make additional borrowing under our remaining
debenture line less necessary, thereby saving on financing costs,"
concluded Ehrlich.
About Arotech Corporation
Arotech's corporate mission is to
provide quality defense and security products for the military, law
enforcement and homeland security markets, including advanced zinc-air
batteries, multimedia interactive simulators/trainers and lightweight
armoring.
Arotech Corporation (www.arotech.com)
operates two business divisions: Electric Fuel Batteries - developing
and manufacturing zinc-air batteries for military and homeland security
applications and developing electric vehicle batteries for zero emission
public transportation; and Arotech Defense - consisting of IES Interactive,
which provides advanced high-tech multimedia training systems for law
enforcement and paramilitary organizations, MDT Armor, which provides
vehicle armoring for the military, industrial and private sectors, and
Arocon Security, which provides homeland security consulting and other
services.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware
and has corporate and sales offices in New York and Denver with research,
development and production subsidiaries in Alabama, Colorado and Israel.
Except for
the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this news
release include forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as they
are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause actual
results to vary significantly. These risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, risks relating to: product and technology development;
the uncertainty of the market for Arotech's products; changing economic
conditions; delay, cancellation or non-renewal, in whole or in part,
of contracts or of purchase orders; significant future capital requirements;
the outcome of the claims made by the I.E.S. Group; and other risk factors
detailed in Arotech's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 and other filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Arotech assumes no obligation to update the
information in this release. Reference to the Company's website above
does not constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon
into this press release.
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