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Exhibit 99.1
ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROL LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
 
ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROL LTD. PRESENTS
RESULTS FOR THE FULL YEAR & FOURTH QUARTER 2015

Record Subscriber Growth of 131k in 2015 with Revenue of $176m & EBITDA of $53m

AZOUR, Israel – February 24, 2015 – Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (NASDAQ: ITRN, TASE: ITRN), today announced its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015.

Highlights of 2015
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Record net subscribers adds during 2015 amounted to 131 thousand, ending the year with 948 thousand subscribers;
·
Full year revenue reached $176 million;
·
Gross and operating margins of 51.2% and  23.1%, respectively;
·
EBITDA of $52.6 million or 30.0% of revenues;
·
Generated $35.9 million in operating cash flow;
·
Total dividends of $16 million issued to shareholders for 2015;
·
Ended 2015 with $28.9 million in net cash (including marketable securities);

Highlights of the Fourth Quarter
·
Strong net subscribers adds in the quarter amounting to 33 thousand;
·
Revenue of $43.8 million;
·
Gross margins of 50.9% and operating margins at 23.6%;
·
EBITDA of $14.2 million or 32.3% of revenues;
·
Generated $7.7 million in operating cash flow;
·
Dividend of $6.5 million declared for the quarter;

Fourth Quarter 2015 Results
Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2015 were $43.8 million, representing an increase of 1% from revenues of $43.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. The significant strengthening of the US Dollar versus the Brazilian Real, Argentinean Peso as well as the Israeli Shekel, compared with the level during the fourth quarter of 2014 reduced the overall revenue level in US Dollars. Excluding the exchange rate impact, the increase in revenues would have been 20% over the fourth quarter of last year. 73% of revenues were from location based service subscription fees and 27% from product revenues.

Revenues from subscription fees decreased 3% over the same period last year. In local currency terms, subscription fees increased 22%, primarily due to the growth in the subscriber base which expanded from 817,000 as of December 31, 2014, to 948,000 as of December 31, 2015.

Product revenues increased by 10% compared with the same period last year. In local currency terms, product revenues grew by 14% compared with product revenues reported in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Gross profit for the fourth quarter of 2015 was $22.3 million (50.9% of revenues), a decrease of 6% compared with $23.7 million (54.4% of revenues) in the fourth quarter of 2014. The decrease in the gross margin was mainly due to the weakening of the Brazilian Real and the Israeli Shekel versus the US Dollar. In addition, costs of service revenue increased due to the fast growth in subscribers in the past few quarters.

 
 

 
 
ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROL LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

Operating profit for the fourth quarter of 2015 was $10.3 million (23.6% of revenues), an increase of 3% compared with an operating profit of $10.0 million (22.9% of revenues) in the fourth quarter of 2014. Excluding the impact of the change in exchange rates over the period, the operating profit would have increased 30% over the fourth quarter of 2014.

EBITDA for the quarter was $14.2 million (32.3% of revenues), an increase of 1% compared to an EBITDA of $14.1 million (32.3% of revenues) in the fourth quarter of 2014. Excluding the impact of the change in exchange rates over the period, the EBITDA would have increased 27% over the fourth quarter of last year.

Net profit was US$6.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 (14.1% of revenues) or fully diluted EPS of US$0.29. This is compared with a net profit of US$7.0 million (16.1% of revenues) or fully diluted EPS of US$0.33 in the fourth quarter of 2014. Excluding the impact of the change in exchange rates over the period, the net profit would have increased 15% over the fourth quarter of last year.

Cash flow from operations during the quarter was $7.7 million.

Full Year Results
Revenues for 2015 reached $175.6 million, a decrease of 4% compared with revenues of $182.1 million in 2014. The subscriber base grew by a record 131,000, net during 2015. Excluding the impact of the change in exchange rates over the past year, the revenues would have increased 15% over 2014.

Gross profit for 2015 was $89.9 million (51.2% of revenues), compared with $97.1 million (53.3% of revenues) in 2014.

Operating profit for 2015 was $40.6 million (23.1% of revenues) compared with an operating profit of $45.9 million (25.2% of revenues) in 2014. Excluding the impact of the change in exchange rates over the period, the operating profit would have increased 11% over last year.
 
EBITDA for the year was $52.6 million (30.0% of revenues) compared to an EBITDA of $58.1 million (31.9% of revenues) in 2014, a decrease of 9%.  Excluding the impact of the change in exchange rates over the past year, the EBITDA would have increased 14% over last year.

Share in the loss of affiliates, net was $2.4 million in 2015, compared with $0.4 million last year. The increase was due primarily to the investment in IRT, Ituran’s joint venture providing Telematic services in Brazil. This business is expected to become accretive in 2017.

Net income in 2015 was $25.0 million (14.2% of revenues) or fully diluted earnings per share of $1.19. This is compared with a net income in 2014 of $30.4 million (16.7% of revenues) or fully diluted earnings per share of $1.45. Excluding the impact of the change in exchange rates over the period, the net profit would have increased 5% over the fourth quarter of last year.

Cash flow from operations for 2015 was $35.9 million.
 
 
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As of December 31, 2015, the Company had net cash, including marketable securities, of $28.9 million or $1.38 per share. This is compared with $40.8 million or $1.94 per share as at December 31, 2014.

Dividend
For the fourth quarter of 2015, a dividend of $6.5 million was declared in line with the Company’s stated policy of issuing at least 50% of net profits in a dividend, on a quarterly basis.

For the full year of 2015, the dividend issued including that of the fourth quarter of 2015, was $16.0 million, representing 64% of the full year net income.

Eyal Sheratzky, Co-CEO of Ituran said, “Despite the currency headwinds which affected our financial results in 2015, we had an excellent year, showing strong growth in local currency terms in the main territories in which we operate. In particular, we grew our subscriber base by 131 thousand, net, since last year, which is well ahead of our previous average of between 60 and 80 thousand per year. This very fast growth has led us to increase operating expenses in 2015, and in the fourth quarter we already began to reap the fruits of our current accelerated subscriber growth.”
 
Conference Call Information


The Company will also be hosting a conference call later today, February 24, 2015 at 9am Eastern Time. On the call, management will review and discuss the results, and will be available to answer investor questions.

To participate, please call one of the following teleconferencing numbers. Please begin placing your calls a few minutes before the conference call commences. If you are unable to connect using the toll-free numbers, please try the international dial-in number.

US Dial-in Number: 1 888 407 2553
ISRAEL Dial-in Number: 03 918 0610
CANADA Dial-in Number: 1 866 485 2399
INTERNATIONAL Dial-in Number:  +972 3 918 0610
at:
9:00am Eastern Time, 6:00am Pacific Time, 4:00pm Israel Time

For those unable to listen to the live call, a replay of the call will be available from the day after the call in the investor relations section of Ituran’s website.

Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements contained in this report that are not historical facts as well as statements identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "seeks", "estimates" or words of similar meaning. These statements are based on our current beliefs or expectations and are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and changes in circumstances, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory factors.

 
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ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROL LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
 
About Ituran

Ituran provides location-based services, consisting predominantly of stolen vehicle recovery and tracking services, as well as wireless communications products used in connection with its location-based services and various other applications. Ituran offers mobile asset location, Stolen Vehicle Recovery, management & control services for vehicles, cargo and personal security. Ituran’s subscriber base has been growing significantly since the Company’s inception to over 948,000 subscribers distributed globally. Established in 1995, Ituran has over 1,500 employees worldwide, provides its location based services and has a market leading position in Israel, Brazil, Argentina and the United States.

Company Contact
 
International Investor Relations
Udi Mizrahi
udi_m@ituran.com
VP Finance, Ituran
(Israel) +972 3 557 1348
 
Ehud Helft
ituran@gkir.com
GK  Investor Relations
(US) +1 646 201 9246
 
 
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ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROL LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
 
Consolidated Financial Statements
as of December 31, 2015

 
 

 
ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROL LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
 
Consolidated Financial Statements
As of December 31, 2015
 
Table of Contents
 
 
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Consolidated Financial Statements:
 
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

   
US dollars
 
   
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
 
2015
   
2014
 
             
Current assets
           
Cash and cash equivalents
    27,016       38,418  
Investment in marketable securities
    2,035       2,362  
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts)
    27,436       27,960  
Other current assets
    22,437       22,318  
Inventories
    12,781       12,164  
      91,705       103,222  
                 
Long-term investments and debit balances
               
Investments in affiliated company
    4,705       1,016  
Investments in other company
    78       79  
Other non-current assets
    1,166       2,091  
Deferred income taxes
    2,279       2,886  
Funds in respect of employee rights upon retirement
    7,174       6,642  
      15,402       12,714  
                 
Property and equipment, net
    31,514       31,908  
                 
Intangible assets, net
    26       452  
                 
Goodwill
    3,356       4,041  
                 
Total assets
    142,003       152,337  

 
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

   
US dollars
 
   
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
 
2015
   
2014
 
             
Current liabilities
           
Credit from banking institutions
    155       -  
Accounts payable
    10,466       11,658  
Deferred revenues
    9,210       9,401  
Other current liabilities
    21,750       25,253  
      41,581       46,312  
                 
Long-term liabilities
               
Liability for employee rights upon retirement
    10,637       10,229  
Provision for contingencies
    622       -  
Deferred revenues
    973       1,063  
Deferred income taxes
    -       150  
Other non-current liabilities
    369       -  
      12,601       11,442  
                 
Equity:
               
Stockholders' equity
    83,698       90,696  
Non - controlling interest
    4,123       3,887  
Total equity
    87,821       94,583  
                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
    142,003       152,337  

 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

   
US dollars
   
US dollars
 
(in thousands
 
Year ended
December 31,
   
Three months period
ended December 31,
 
except per share data)
 
2015
   
2014
   
2015
   
2014
 
                         
Revenues:
       
 
             
Location-based services
    127,683       133,692       32,088       32,955  
Wireless communications products
    47,945       48,435       11,703       10,592  
      175,628       182,127       43,791       43,547  
Cost of revenues:
                               
Location-based services
    46,823       46,852       11,897       11,325  
Wireless communications products
    38,924       38,142       9,616       8,531  
      85,747       84,994       21,513       19,856  
                                 
Gross profit
    89,881       97,133       22,278       23,691  
Research and development expenses
    2,401       2,526       702       631  
Selling and marketing expenses
    9,303       9,264       2,391       2,481  
General and administrative expenses
    37,801       38,617       9,126       9,667  
Other expenses, net
    (268 )     856       (251 )     919  
Operating income
    40,644       45,870       10,310       9,993  
Financing income, net
    1,189       1,704       415       489  
Income before income taxes
    41,833       47,574       10,725       10,482  
Income tax expenses
    (12,822 )     (14,246 )     (3,165 )     (2,873 )
Share in losses of affiliated company, net
    (2,439 )     (421 )     (957 )     (113 )
Net income for the period
    26,572       32,907       6,603       7,496  
Less:Net income attributable to non-controlling interest
    (1,601 )     (2,478 )     (421 )     (482 )
Net income attributable to the  company
    24,971       30,429       6,182       7,014  
                                 
Basic and diluted earnings  per Share  of attributable  to company’s Stockholders
    1.19       1.45       0.29       0.33  
                                 
Basic and diluted weighted average Number of shares outstanding
    20,968       20,968       20,968       20,968  

 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

   
US dollars
   
US dollars
 
   
Year ended
December 31,
   
Three months period
ended December 31,
 
(in thousands)
 
2015
   
2014
   
2015
   
2014
 
Cash flows from operating activities
       
 
         
 
 
Net income for the period
    26,572       32,907       6,603       7,496  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                               
Depreciation, amortization and impairment of goodwill
    11,962       12,219       3,840       4,088  
Gain from sale of subsidiary, net (Appendix A)
    (951 )     -       (951 )     -  
Exchange differences on principal of deposit and loans, net
    -       (23 )     -       -  
Loss (gains) in respect of trading marketable securities
    (666 )     (133 )     (238 )     138  
Increase in liability for employee rights upon retirement
    717       1,655       215       361  
Share in losses of affiliated company, net
    2,439       421       957       113  
Deferred income taxes
    1,731       (737 )     791       472  
Capital (gain) losses  on sale of property and equipment, net
    (31 )     (270 )     (21 )     (251 )
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable
    117       (1,864 )     201       1,004  
Decrease (increase) in other current and non-current assets
    (2,695 )     (4,749 )     (2,610 )     (3,979 )
Decrease (increase) in inventories
    (658 )     783       (909 )     (1,454 )
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
    (1,176 )     927       (84 )     1,839  
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenues
    (246 )     749       618       961  
Increase (decrease) in other current and non-current liabilities
    (1,201 )     (4,154 )     (739 )     (3,601 )
Net cash provided by operating activities
    35,914       37,731       7,673       7,187  
                                 
Cash flows from investment activities
                               
Increase in funds in respect of employee rights upon retirement
                               
Net of withdrawals
    (804 )     (708 )     (229 )     (168 )
Capital expenditures
    (18,724 )     (14,976 )     (3,986 )     (5,611 )
Investment in marketable securities
    (11 )     (2,771 )     (11 )     -  
Investments in affiliated company
    (5,966 )     -       (1,327 )     -  
Subsidiary no longer consolidated (Appendix A)
    (266 )     -       (266 )     -  
Deposit in escrow
    -       5,005       -       -  
Sale of (investment in) deposit
    (341 )     (283 )     (20 )     (160 )
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
    406       489       117       363  
Net cash used in investment activities
    (25,706 )     (13,244 )     (5,722 )     (5,576 )
                                 
Cash flows from financing activities
                               
Short term credit from banking institutions, net
    160       (38 )     (287 )     (2 )
Acquisition of non-controlling interests
    -       (500 )     -       -  
Dividend payment
    (17,590 )     (19,324 )     (2,861 )     (3,843 )
Dividend payment to non-controlling interest
    (1,229 )     (2,564 )     -       (502 )
Net cash used in financing activities
    (18,659 )     (22,426 )     (3,148 )     (4,347 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    (2,951 )     (5,340 )     (1,221 )     (1,850 )
Net Increase(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (11,402 )     (3,279 )     (2,418 )     (4,586 )
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    38,418       41,697       29,434       43,004  
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at end of period
    27,016       38,418       27,016       38,418  

 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
Appendix A – Company no longer consolidated
 
   
US dollars
 
   
Year ended
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
       
Working capital (excluding cash and cash equivalents), net
    1,215  
Funds in respect of employee rights upon retirement
    (250 )
Property and equipment , net
    (23 )
Liability for employee rights upon retirement
    275  
Gain from sale of subsidiary
    (951 )
      266  

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