COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 5     COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

A. On February 11, 2009, a lawsuit was filed in the Jerusalem District Court, or the Court, against our subsidiary, Achidatex Nazareth Elite (1977) Ltd., or Achidatex, Mr. Avraham Haztor,  the then chief executive officer of Achidatex, and our subsidiary Export Erez USA Inc., or Export Inc. Our subsidiary Export Erez Ltd., or Export Erez, was subsequently added as a defendant in the action. The suit alleges that Achidatex materially breached its February 22, 2000 agreement with the plaintiff, relating to the development of inflatable mine-field crossing enabling sandals, by failing to register patents for the technology underlying the sandals, worldwide as it only registered patents in the United States. The plaintiff further claims that the defendants, jointly and severally, committed a breach of trust. The plaintiff is seeking damages in the amount of NIS 10 million (approximately $2.7 million). We filed a statement of defense rejecting the plaintiff's claims and asserted a claim against the plaintiff and others for a declaratory judgment that the plaintiff breached his contractual undertakings towards Achidatex. The petition to consolidate the counter-claim with the plaintiff's claim was ordered by the Court and the claims are now being heard together. Our subsidiaries filed a statement of defense and the proceedings are currently at the stage at which the parties have submitted affidavits stating evidence to support their case. We believe that the risk under the above lawsuit is not material to the business of our subsidiaries. We intend to vigorously defend our position against the lawsuit. Recently the plaintiff requested court permission to amend its statement of claims to increase the amount of damages sought to NIS 20 million (approximately $5.4 million). This motion was rejected recently by the court.

B. On July 12, 2010, a lawsuit was filed in the Tel-Aviv Regional Labor Court, or the Labor Court against our company, our subsidiaries, Mayotex Ltd, or Mayotex and Export Erez, and against an officer of our company, by a former employee. The plaintiff alleged that we breached her employment agreement and violated certain Israeli labor related legislation by not paying her severance payment in lieu of vacation, recuperation payments, contribution to a study fund, payments due during a prior notice period and compensation for unpaid overtime. The plaintiff also claimed that she was the subject of sexual harassment and consequently we violated certain applicable Israeli legislation. The plaintiff sought damages of $414,775.  On June 6, 2011, we entered into a settlement agreement with the former employee in which we paid a total of NIS 244,856 NIS (approximately $71,700) in full settlement of her claims.

On October 24, 2011, Mrs. Tzipi Moldovan, a director and former employee of the company, filed     an action against the company with the labor court in Be'er-Sheva, Israel. Ms. Moldovan alleged that the company is improperly withholding payments and certain documents that she requires in order to obtain certain rights allegedly due to her as a former employee of the company. The company has until November 16, 2011 to file an appeal and intends to vigorously oppose the claim as it believes that it has fully complied with the applicable law. Management believes that the Company's exposure in this matter is not material to the business of the Company.