The Company reported today that, yesterday, January 14, 2009, a fire broke at a warehouse within the Company's subsidiary Agan facility in Ashdod.
Eight people, of which five employees of the facility, were affected by smoke and according to the Company's procedures, underwent medical examination and were released to their homes shortly thereafter.
Personnel of the facility followed the emergency procedures and, together with firefighting personnel rapidly brought the incident to an end.
Agan appointed an internal committe to examine the circumstances of the incident.
The facility is fully operational and the incident is not expected to have any material impact on the Company's operations and profitability.