HAIFA, Israel, Oct. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT) (the "Company") announced today that at its Extraordinary and Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held on October 18, 2018 at the Company's offices in Haifa, the proposed resolutions described in the Proxy Statement to the Shareholders dated September 12, 2018 (the "Proxy") and detailed hereunder were approved by the respective required majority:
- To approve the grant of options in the framework of the Company's equity-based plan to the Company's President and CEO as described in the Proxy;
- To re-elect Mr. M. Federmann, Mrs. Baum, Mr. Ben-Zeev, Mr. D. Federmann, Mr. Ninveh, Prof. Nisan and Prof. Tamir, as members of the board of directors of the Company until the close of next Shareholder's Annual General Meeting of the Company.
- To appoint the Company's independent auditor, Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, as independent auditor of the Company for the fiscal year 2018 and until the close of the next Shareholders' Annual General Meeting of the Company.
About Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international high technology company engaged in a wide range of defense, homeland security and commercial programs throughout the world. The Company, which includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ("C4ISR"), unmanned aircraft systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, signal intelligence systems, data links and communications systems, radios and cyber-based systems. The Company also focuses on the upgrading of existing platforms, developing new technologies for defense, homeland security and commercial applications and providing a range of support services, including training and simulation systems.
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Contacts:
Company Contact:
Joseph Gaspar, Executive VP & CFO
Tel: +972-4-8316663
j.gaspar@elbitsystems.com
David Vaaknin, VP, Head of Corporate Communications
Tel: +972-77-2946691
david.vaaknin@elbitsystems.com