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      <h3>Formula Systems Reports Expected Payment of the Full Amount of the Formula Vision Debt on December 31st, 2006</h3>
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      <i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By: Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.<br>
      Posted: 2006-12-27 00:09:41</i>
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      Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. (Nasdaq: FORTY) a leading provider of information technology products, solutions and services, announced today that it has been notified by Formula Vision Technologies (F.V.T.) Ltd., ("Formula Vision") a former subsidiary, that it intends to execute full payment of the principle and interest of the debt owed by Formula Vision to the Company, approximately US$51 million, on December 31st, 2006. <br><br>Gad Goldstein CEO of the Company commented: "The full and punctual payment of the loan, as stated in the contract between the companies, will position the company at the beginning of 2007 with a new level of certainty and free capital resources. We hope that the strong beginning of 2007 will be the harbinger of a successful year." <br><br>Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. <br><br>Formula Systems Ltd. is a global information technology company principally engaged, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, in providing software consulting services, developing proprietary software products and providing computer-based business solutions. <br><br>Formula Vision Technologies (F.V.T.) Ltd. <br><br>Formula Vision is a managing and holding company, guiding a group of privately held IT companies with innovative, proprietary technologies and solutions targeting international markets. Formula Vision holds a controlling interest in some of these privately held companies and a minority interest in the other members of the group. [For a brief description of Formula Vision's principal affiliated companies, please see Item 4 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005] <br><br>Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: <br><br>Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve various risks that may cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: successful completion of the transactions contemplated in this press release, market demand for the companies' products, dependence on strategic partners, integration of new business, successful implementation of the companies' products, economic and competitive factors, international market conditions, management of growth, technological developments, the ability to finance operations and other factors which are detailed in Formula's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including its most recent annual report on Form 20-F. Formula undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revision to any forward looking statement.  
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