NOTE 1 - GENERAL:

The Company’s operations and the operations of the Company’s suppliers, channel partners and customers were disrupted to varying degrees by a range of external factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of which are not within the Company’s control. Many governments imposed, and may yet impose, a wide range of restrictions on the physical movement of people in order to limit the spread of COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and likely will continue to have, an impact on the attendance and productivity of the Company’s employees, and those of our suppliers, channel partners or customers, resulting in negative impacts to the Company’s results of operations and overall financial performance. We suffered delays in realization of certain new orders from customers, delay in testing of some new technologies in customer premises and difficulty conducting business development activities in an effective way (face-to-face). In addition, we had to increase credit lines by $2.0 million in 2021 to support the loss of revenue and profit. Additionally, COVID-19 has resulted, and likely will continue to result, in delays in non-residential construction, non-crisis-related IT purchases, electronic components including chip manufacturing and project completion schedules in general, all of which can negatively impact results in both current and future periods.

The duration and extent of the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic or any future epidemic or pandemic depends on future developments that cannot be accurately predicted at this time, such as the severity and transmission rate of the virus, the extent and effectiveness of containment actions, the effects of measures enacted by policy makers and central banks around the globe, and the impact of these and other factors on the Company’s employees, customers, channel partners and suppliers. If we are not able to respond to and manage the impact of such events effectively, our business will be affected.