Elbit Imaging Announces an Update Regarding a Commitment to Purchase the Scheme in Chennai, India

TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 15, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Elbit Imaging Ltd. (“EI” or the “Company”) (TASE:EMITF) (NASDAQ:EMITF) announced today further to its announcement dated on September 16, 2015 in which EI announced that its subsidiary, Elbit Plaza India Real Estate Holdings Limited (“EPI”), has obtained a backstop commitment for the sale of Chennai, India Scheme that the Sale Transaction, which was due to be completed by January 15, 2016 (the “Long Stop Date”), has not been completed.

In line with the Sale Transaction agreement, since the local Indian partner (the “Partner”) failed to complete the transaction by the Long Stop Date, EPI shall exercise its right to get the Partner’s 20% holdings in the Indian company, Kadavanthara Builders Private Limited.

About Elbit Imaging Ltd.

Elbit Imaging Ltd. operates in the following principal fields of business: (i) Commercial centers - initiation, construction, and sale of commercial centers and other mixed-use property projects, predominantly in the retail sector, located in Central and Eastern Europe. In certain circumstances and depending on market conditions, the Group operates and manages commercial centers prior to their sale. (ii)  Hotels - hotels operation and management. (iii) Medical industries and devices - (a) research and development, production and marketing of magnetic resonance imaging guided focused ultrasound treatment equipment, and (b) development of stem cell population expansion technologies and stem cell therapy products for transplantation and regenerative medicine. (iv) Residential projects - initiation, construction and sale of residential units or plots designated for residential located primarily in India.

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