Tower Semiconductor Ltd Announces Successful Completion Of Rights Offering

Tower Semiconductor Ltd announced the completion of its previously announced rights offering to eligible security holders. The Company received gross proceeds of $22 million out of maximum possible amount of approximately $24 million offered, representing a 90% participation rate. Israel Corporation Ltd., a major shareholder of the Company, exercised its Rights in full and has further committed to exercise all of its Series 8 warrants on or before July 22, 2013, for an additional investment in TowerJazz of approximately $10 million. total of approximately 1.1 million rights were exercised in the rights offering. Each right is exercisable for four ordinary shares, six short-term Series 8 warrants exercisable at $5.00 per share until July 22, 2013 and five Series 9 warrants exercisable at $7.33 per share until June 27, 2017. Both the Series 8 warrants and the Series 9 warrants will be listed for trade on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and its CUSIP numbers are M87915 407 and M87915 415, respectively.