تضاعف أرباح شركة أمبال الصهيونيه بفضل الغاز الطبيعي القادم من الأراضي المصرية , دا الكلام اللي بمنتهى البساطه مذكور في التقرير المُعلن على موقع الشركه عن ألأرباح في الفتره الأخيره …

شكرة أمبال هي شركة إسرائيلية أمريكية مركزها في إسرائيل و لها فروع في أنحاء العالم تهدف جميعها للحصول على المصالح التجارية بشتى الطرق لضخ الأموال و الإستثمارات في الإقتصاد الإسرائيلي … دا التعريف بالشركه كما هو معلن على موقعهم .

التالي هو التقرير الذي يوضح تضاعف أرباح الشركة بفضل الغار الطبيعي المصري الذي تم ضخه مؤخرا لإسرائيل ( التقرير بالأنجليزي هترجمه و أعيد نشره بالعربي بعد دقائق )

Ampal-American Israel Corporation Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Revenues Increased to $128.7 Million

EMG Pipeline Began Commercial Operation

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –

Ampal-American Israel Corporation (Nasdaq:AMPL), a holding company with experience in acquiring interests in various businesses with emphasis in recent years on energy and related fields, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, revenues increased to $128.7 million, compared to revenues of $1.1 million for the same period of 2007.

Net loss for the quarter was ($10.3) million, or ($0.18) per basic and diluted share compared to a net loss of ($5) million, or ($0.11) per basic and diluted share, for the comparable period in 2007.

Weighted average shares outstanding used in the calculation for the periods were approximately 57.7 million and 45.8 million shares, respectively.

As of March 31, 2008, the Company had cash and cash equivalents, including short-term investments, of $52.6 million.

Ampal ended the quarter with total assets of $820.1 million and shareholders’ equity of $255.9 million, as compared to $400 million and $204.2 million, respectively at March 31, 2007.

Yosef Maiman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ampal said, “The first quarter of 2008 emphasized the growing diversity of our investment portfolio, notably our acquisition of a 65.5% stake in Gadot Chemical Tankers, which in its first full quarter contributing to our growth accounted for nearly all of the increase in revenue that we saw this quarter.”

“The EMG Pipeline, which declared commercial operation on May 1, 2008 is expected to transport approximately 7.0 BCM per annum of natural gas from El-Arish, Egypt to Ashkelon, Israel. This is a landmark project that opens a new source of gas supply that will help to meet the region’s growing demand for natural gas.“

“Progress continues to be made with our other strategic investment opportunities; particularly our wind and ethanol clean fuel technology projects,” added Mr. Maiman.

Mr. Maiman concluded, “We look forward to building on our successes over the course of the year and we are committed to expanding our investment portfolio to achieve long-term, profitable growth. Heading into the second quarter, Ampal is even better positioned to support its broader growth initiatives and pursue a strategy and to develop and acquire significant interests in profitable, cash generating businesses.”

About Ampal:

Ampal and its subsidiaries acquire interests primarily in businesses located in the State of Israel or that are Israel-related. The Company is seeking opportunistic situations in a variety of industries, with a focus on energy and related sectors. The Company’s goal is to develop

or acquire majority interests in businesses that are profitable and generate significant free cash flow that Ampal can control. For more information about Ampal please visit our web site at www.ampal.com.

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Certain information in this press release includes forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and information relating to Ampal that are based on the beliefs of management of Ampal as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the management of Ampal. When used in this press release, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” and similar expressions as they relate to Ampal or Ampal’s management, identify forward-looking statements. Such

statements reflect the current views of Ampal with

respect to future events or future financial performance of Ampal, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements, including among others, the economic and political conditions in Israel, the Middle East, including the situation in Iraq, and the global business and economic conditions in the different sectors and markets where Ampal’s portfolio companies operate. Should any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcome may vary from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned. Subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Ampal or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the

cautionary statements in this paragraph. Please refer to the Ampal’s annual, quarterly and periodic reports on file with the SEC for a more detailed discussion of these and other risks that could cause results to differ materially. Ampal assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

SOURCE: Ampal-American Israel Corporation