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Anna Bossong

Pointer Telocation - Strong foundations for future growth

Pointer Telocation (PNTR) achieved a strong performance in both product and services revenues in the third quarter supported by 16% y-o-y organic subscriber growth and a boost to product margins from increased sales of higher-quality telematics units. PNTR looks set to derive substantial cost synergies in 2018 from the integration of Cielo Telecomâ€™s operations in Brazil and we foresee the potential for the new CelloTrack Nano IoT tracker product to emerge as a major profit driver following strong recent interest in the market. We have increased our 2017 and 2018 EBITDA forecasts and reduced our fair discount to peer multiples, resulting in an increase in our peer multiple valuation from $15.4 to $19.3 (NIS 67.8) per share, and an 11% increase in our DCF valuation to $18.1 (NIS 63.6)per share.

27/11/2017 8 EN

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Pointer Telocation Ltd.

Pointer Telocation is a provider of mobile resource management (MRM) products and services for the automotive, insurance industries and other mobile tracking markets. Co.'s products segment Cellocator, is focused on the design, development and production of MRM products including: devices for asset tracking; fleet management and security products. MRM. Communication systems contained within Co.'s products and tracking hardware utilize either radio frequency or GPRS/GSM technologies. Co.'s services segment MRM, offers a range of services including inter alia: asset tracking; fleet management services; and stolen vehicle retrieval services.

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Anna Bossong

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