UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 20-F
| ☐ | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the fiscal year ended December 31,2025
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| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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| ☐ | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Commission File Number:001-36761
KENON HOLDINGS LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Singapore (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Company Registration No. 201406588W) 4911 (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) 1 Temasek Avenue #37-02B Millenia Tower Singapore 039192 +65 6351 1780 | Not Applicable (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Copies to:
James A. McDonald
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom (UK) LLP
22 Bishopsgate
London EC2N 4BQ
Telephone: +44 20 7519 7000
Facsimile: +44 20 7519 7070
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile Number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
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| Ordinary Shares, no par value | KEN | The New York Stock Exchange |
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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:
52,108,397 shares
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such a shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large accelerated filer ☒ | Accelerated filer ☐ | Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Emerging growth company ☐ |
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If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards † provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐
† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
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Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
| U.S. GAAP ☐ | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International | Other ☐ |
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| Accounting Standards Board ☒ | |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow:
Item 17☐ Item 18☐
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
| ITEM 1. | Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers | 1 | |
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| A. | Directors and Senior Management | 1 |
| B. | Advisers | 1 |
| C. | Auditors | 1 |
| ITEM 2. | Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable | 1 | |
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| A. | Offer Statistics | 1 |
| B. | Methods and Expected Timetable | 1 |
| ITEM 3. | Key Information | 1 | |
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| A. | Reserved | 1 |
| B. | Capitalization and Indebtedness | 1 |
| C. | Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds | 1 |
| D. | Risk Factors | 1 |
| ITEM 4. | Information on the Company | 39 | |
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| A. | History and Development of the Company | 39 |
| C. | Organizational Structure | 40 |
| D. | Property, Plants and Equipment | 130 |
| ITEM 4A. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 130 | |
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| ITEM 5. | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects | 130 | |
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| A. | Operating Results | 145 |
| B. | Liquidity and Capital Resources | 150 |
| C. | Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, Etc. | 160 |
| D. | Trend Information | 161 |
| E. | Critical Accounting Estimates | 162 |
| F. | Disclosure of Registrant’s Action to Recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation | 162 |
| ITEM 6. | Directors, Senior Management and Employees | 163 | |
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| A. | Directors and Senior Management | 163 |
| B. | Compensation | 165 |
| C. | Board Practices | 166 |
| D. | Employees | 168 |
| E. | Share Ownership | 169 |
| ITEM 7. | Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions | 170 | |
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| A. | Major Shareholders | 170 |
| B. | Related Party Transactions | 171 |
| C. | Interests of Experts and Counsel | 171 |
| ITEM 8. | Financial Information | 171 | |
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| A. | Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information | 171 |
| B. | Significant Changes | 171 |
| ITEM 9. | The Offer and Listing | 171 | |
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| A. | Offer and Listing Details | 171 |
| B. | Plan of Distribution | 171 |
| C. | Markets | 171 |
| D. | Selling Shareholders | 171 |
| E. | Dilution | 171 |
| F. | Expenses of the Issue | 171 |
| ITEM 10. | Additional Information | 172 | |
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| A. | Share Capital | 172 |
| B. | Constitution | 172 |
| C. | Material Contracts | 183 |
| D. | Exchange Controls | 183 |
| E. | Taxation | 183 |
| F. | Dividends and Paying Agents | 190 |
| G. | Statement by Experts | 190 |
| H. | Documents on Display | 190 |
| I. | Subsidiary Information | 190 |
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| ITEM 11. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 191 | |
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| ITEM 12. | Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities | 191 | |
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| A. | Debt Securities | 191 |
| B. | Warrants and Rights | 191 |
| C. | Other Securities | 191 |
| D. | American Depositary Shares | 191 |
PART II
| ITEM 13. | Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies | 192 |
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| ITEM 14. | Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds | 192 |
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| ITEM 15. | Controls and Procedures | 192 |
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| ITEM 16. | RESERVED | 193 |
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| ITEM 16A. | Audit Committee Financial Expert | 193 |
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| ITEM 16B. | Code of Ethics | 193 |
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| ITEM 16C. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 193 |
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| ITEM 16D. | Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees | 194 |
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| ITEM 16E. | Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers | 194 |
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| ITEM 16F. | Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant | 194 |
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| ITEM 16G. | Corporate Governance | 194 |
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| ITEM 16H. | Mine Safety Disclosure | 194 |
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| ITEM 16I. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspection | 194 |
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| ITEM 16J. | Insider Trading Policies | 195 |
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| ITEM 16K. | Cybersecurity | 195 |
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| ITEM 17. | Financial Statements | 195 |
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| ITEM 18. | Financial Statements | 195 |
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| ITEM 19. | Exhibits | 196 |
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INTRODUCTION AND USE OF CERTAIN TERMS
We have prepared this annual report using a number of conventions, which you should consider when reading the information contained herein. In this annual report, the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” shall refer to Kenon Holdings Ltd., or Kenon, and each of our subsidiaries and associated companies, collectively, as the context may require.
This annual report uses the following conventions:
| • | “Ansonia” means Ansonia Holdings Singapore B.V., which owns approximately 62% of the outstanding shares of Kenon; |
| • | “Chery” means Chery Automobile Co. Ltd., a shareholder of Qoros; |
| • | “CPV” means CPV Power Holdings LP, Competitive Power Ventures Inc. and CPV Renewable Energy Company Inc., a business engaged in the development, construction and management of power plants running conventional energy (powered by natural gas) in the United States which are part of Energy Transition and Renewables, which is owned by CPV Group LP, an entity in which OPC holds an indirect interest of approximately 70.69%; |
| • | “CPV Renewables” is CPV Renewable Power LLC, a limited liability company through which CPV’s renewable energy activity is held and which is 66.7% owned by CPV Group; |
| • | “CPV Group” means CPV Group LP and its investees; |
| • | “IC Power” means IC Power Ltd., formerly IC Power Pte. Ltd, a Singaporean company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kenon; |
| • | “Inkia” means Inkia Energy Limited, a Bermuda corporation, which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of IC Power. In December 2017, Inkia sold all of its Latin American and Caribbean businesses and has since been wound up; |
| • | “Inkia Business” means Inkia’s Latin American and Caribbean power generation and distribution businesses, which were sold in December 2017; |
| • | “Majority Qoros Shareholder” means the China-based investor related to Shenzhen Baoneng Investment Group Co., Ltd. (“Baoneng Group”) which owns 63% of Qoros; |
| • | “OPC” means OPC Energy Ltd., an owner, developer and operator of power generation facilities in the Israeli and United States power markets, in which Kenon has an approximately 46% interest; |
| • | “our businesses” shall refer to each of our subsidiaries and associated companies, collectively, as the context may require; |
| • | Qoros Automotive Co., Ltd. (“Qoros”), a Chinese company, in which Kenon, through its 100%-owned subsidiary Quantum (as defined below), has a 12% interest; |
| • | “Quantum” means Quantum (2007) LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kenon, which is the direct owner of our interest in Qoros; |
| • | “Spin-Off” shall refer to the following transactions conducted in January 2015 (i) Israel Corporation Ltd.’s (“IC”) contribution to Kenon of its interests in IC Power, Qoros, ZIM and other entities, and (ii) IC’s subsequent distribution of Kenon’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares, via a dividend-in-kind, to IC’s shareholders; |
| • | “ZIM” means ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd., an Israeli global container shipping company, in which Kenon used to hold an interest until December 2024. |
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Additionally, this annual report uses the following conventions for OPC.
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| • | “availability factor” refers to the number of hours that a generation facility is available to produce electricity divided by the total number of hours in a year; |
| • | “BCM” means a billion cubic meters of natural gas, a unit of energy, specifically natural gas production and distribution; |
| • | “carbon capture” technology refers to a set of chemical processes that are designed to capture CO2 from the exhaust gas stream of a fossil fuel power generation or industrial process, often referred to as point source carbon capture technology; the primary goal of this technology is to reduce the release of CO2 into the atmosphere; |
| • | “COD” means the commercial operation date of a development project; |
| • | “CPI” means the Consumer Price Index. Unless the context otherwise requires or as otherwise specified, references to CPI herein refer to the Consumer Price Index in Israel; |
| • | “distribution” refers to the transfer of electricity from the transmission lines at grid supply points and its delivery to consumers at lower voltages through a distribution system; |
| • | “dunam” means a measure of land area used in Israel (1 dunam = 1,000m2); |
| • | “EA” means Israeli Electricity Authority; |
| • | “EPC” means engineering, procurement and construction; |
| • | “Energean” means Energean Israel Ltd which holds a 100% interest in Karish Reservoir; |
| • | “firm capacity” means the amount of energy available for production that, pursuant to applicable regulations, must be guaranteed to be available at a given time for injection to a certain power grid; |
| • | “Gat Partnership” means Alon Energy Centers—Gat Limited Partnership, a limited partnership that holds interests in the Gat Power Plant; |
| • | “GWh” means gigawatt hour (one GWh is equal to 1,000 MWh); |
| • | “Hadera” is an Israeli corporation, in which OPC Israel has a 100% interest; |
| • | “Hadera 2” means OPC Hadera Expansion Ltd., a privately-held company which is advancing the construction of a gas-fired power plant on land adjacent to the Hadera Power Plant; |
| • | “Hadera Energy Center” means Hadera’s boilers and a steam turbine. The Hadera Energy Center currently serves as back-up for the Hadera power plant’s supply for steam; |
| • | the “IEC” means Israel Electric Corporation; |
| • | “IEC Reform” means a reform pursuant to which, in 2018, the Israeli government resolution was received with respect to the matter of the reform in the electricity sector and the restructuring of the IEC (Government Resolution No. 3859), and an amendment to the Electricity Sector Law (Electricity Sector Law (Amendment No. 16 and Temporary Order), 2018 was published). Further to the IEC Reform, among other things, the system management activity was moved from IEC to Noga, the Alon Tavor, East Hagit and Eshkol (the sale of which was completed in June 2024) generation sites were sold, and competition in the supply segment has intensified through a series of decisions and ministerial policies to fully open the supply segment to competition; |
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| • | “ILA” means The Israel Lands Authority; |
| • | “Infinya” means Infinya Ltd. (formerly Hadera Paper Ltd.), an Israeli corporation which became a privately-held company wholly-owned by Veridis and Israel Infrastructure Fund; |
| • | “INGL” means Israel National Gas Lines Ltd., a government company holding a license for the transmission of high-pressure gas; |
| • | “installed capacity” means the intended full-load sustained output of energy that a generation unit is designed to produce (also referred to as name-plate capacity); |
| • | “IPP” means independent power producer, excluding co-generators and generators for self-consumption; |
| • | “Kallpa” means Kallpa Generación SA, a company within the Inkia Business. Kallpa was owned by Inkia until December 2017; |
| • | “Karish Reservoir” refers to the Karish and Tanin natural gas fields situated in the Mediterranean Sea offshore Israel and are owned and operated by Energean; |
| • | “Gat Power Plant” or “Gat” means a combined-cycle power plant powered by conventional energy with installed capacity of 75 MW located in the Kiryat Gat area, which began commercial operation in November 2019; |
| • | “kWh” means kilowatt hour; |
| • | “Market Concentration Committee” is a statutory body established under the Law for Promotion of Competition and Reduction of Concentration (2013); |
| • | “Minimum Price” means the minimum price of gas in USD set forth in gas purchase agreements between Tamar Group and each of Hadera and Rotem based on a natural gas price formula described in the agreements; |
| • | “MW” means megawatt (one MW is equal to 1,000 kilowatts or kW); |
| • | “MWdc” means megawatts, direct current; |
| • | “MWh” means megawatt hour; |
| • | “National Infrastructure Committee” is an Israeli statutory planning body responsible for accelerating and approving major national projects, such as power plants, transportation networks, and waste facilities; |
| • | “National Infrastructure Plan” means an Israeli government large-scale infrastructure project; |
| • | “Noga” or the “System Operator” means Noga – Independent System Operator Ltd, which acts as the System Operator in Israel; |
| • | “capacity” or “installed capacity” means, with respect to each asset, 100% of the capacity of such asset, regardless of OPC’s ownership interest in the entity that owns such asset; |
| • | “OPC Israel” or OPC Holdings Israel Ltd., is an Israeli corporation which owns and operates OPC’s businesses in Israel, in which OPC holds an 80% interest; |
| • | “OPC Power Ventures” means OPC Power Ventures LP, a limited partnership held by ICG energy (a wholly owned subsidiary of OPC, incorporated under the laws of New Jersey), and by financial investors; |
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| • | “OPC Power Plants” means OPC Power Plants Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of OPC Energy Ltd., which generates and supply electricity and energy in Israel; |
| • | “Operation Lion’s Roar” means the military actions commenced on February 28, 2026 between Israel and the United States against Iran and includes military actions by Iran against other countries in the Middle East; |
| • | “Operation Rising Lion” means the outbreak of a large-scale military conflict between Israel and Iran in June 2025; |
| • | “PPA” means power purchase agreement; |
| • | “Ramat Bekka Project” means a consolidated solar and storage project for the construction of renewable energy power- generation facilities using photovoltaic technology co-located with energy storage across compounds won in the Neot Hovav Industrial Local Council, which are the subject matter of OPC power plants’ winning bid in the EA’s tenders through Ramat Bekka Solar; |
| • | “Ramat Bekka Solar” means OPC Solar Ramat Bekka Ltd., a privately-held special-purpose company, which is developing the Ramat Bekka Project; and OPC shall act to transfer the lease rights to Ramat Bekka Solar subject to ILA’s approval; |
| • | “Rotem” means OPC Rotem Ltd., an Israeli corporation, in which OPC Israel has a 100% interest; |
| • | “SOFR” or Secured Overnight Financing Rate, a benchmark interest rate for dollar-denominated loans and derivatives, representing the cost of borrowing cash overnight secured by U.S. Treasury securities; |
| • | “Sorek 2” means OPC Sorek 2 Ltd., a privately-held company, which completed the construction of a gas-fired energy generation facility in the premises of the Sorek B Desalination Facility, and after the facility’s delivery inspections are completed, it will operate and provide the energy required for the Sorek B Desalination Facility upon completion of the delivery inspections and obtaining the permits and licenses required by law; |
| • | the “System Operator” has the meaning as defined in Section 1 of the Israeli Electricity Sector Regulations (Private Conventional Electricity Producer), 2005 entrusted by the Israeli government to manage and operate Israeli electrical grid; currently Noga acts as the System Operator; |
| • | “Tamar” means Tamar reservoir, a gas field located 90 km west of Haifa, Israel with estimated reserves of natural gas of approximately 13.17 tcf or approximately 373 BCM, owned and operated by the Tamar Group; |
| • | “TASE” means Tel Aviv Stock Exchange; |
“tcf” means trillion cubic feet, a volume measurement of natural gas;
| • | “transmission” refers to the bulk transfer of electricity from generating facilities to the distribution system at load center station in which the electricity is stabilized by means of the transmission grid; |
| • | “Zomet” means Zomet Energy Ltd., an Israeli corporation in which OPC Israel has a 100% interest; |
| • | “Veridis” means Veridis Power Plants Ltd which owns 20% of OPC Israel; OPC and Veridis are party to a shareholders’ agreement which governs the relationship between OPC and Veridis in OPC Israel; Veridis is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Veridis Environment Ltd., whose securities are listed on the TASE and which is indirectly controlled by Delek Automotive Systems Ltd., the securities of which are also listed on the TASE; and |
| • | the “War” refers to the multi-front regional conflict that started with a deadly attack by the Hamas terrorist organization on communities in the Gaza Strip in the southern part of Israel on October 7, 2023 and the military actions that followed and the subsequent military strikes in Iran, Lebanon and the wider Middle East. |
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
We present financial statements in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IFRS, and all financial information included in this annual report is derived from our IFRS financial statements, except as otherwise indicated. In particular, this annual report contains certain non-IFRS financial measures which are defined under “Item 5 Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” and “Item 4.B Business Overview—Our Businesses—OPC’s Business.”
Our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report comprise the consolidated statements of profit and loss, other comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 and the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. We present our consolidated financial statements in U.S. Dollars.
All references in this annual report to (i) “NIS” or “New Israeli Shekel” are to the legal currency of the State of Israel, or Israel; (ii) “RMB” are to Yuan, the legal currency of the People’s Republic of China, or China; and (iii) “U.S. Dollars,” “$” or “USD” are to the legal currency of the United States of America (“United States” or “U.S.”).
This annual report contains translations of certain RMB and NIS amounts into USD at certain foreign exchange rates solely for the convenience of the reader. All convenience translations from RMB or NIS to USD are based on the certified foreign exchange rates published by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and foreign exchange rates published by the Bank of Israel, respectively, on December 31, 2025, which was RMB 6.99 per USD and NIS 3.19 per USD, respectively. In our consolidated financial statements, convenience translations into U.S. Dollars are made at the prevailing exchange rate at the time of the relevant transaction or agreement. The convenience translations contained in this annual report should not be construed as representations that the RMB or NIS amounts referred to herein actually represent the USD amounts in the convenience translations presented or that they could have been or could be converted into USD at the exchange rate used in the convenience translations or at any particular rate.
We have made rounding adjustments to reach some of the figures included in this annual report. Consequently, numerical figures shown as totals in some tables may not be arithmetic aggregations of the figures that precede them.
NON-IFRS FINANCIAL INFORMATION
In this annual report, we disclose non-IFRS financial measures, namely EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA including proportionate share of adjusted EBITDA of associated companies for OPC, each as defined under “Item 5 Operating and Financial Review and Prospects.” Each of these measures are important measures used by us, and our businesses, to assess financial performance. We believe that the disclosure of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA after proportionate consolidation provides transparent and useful information to investors and financial analysts in their review of these businesses’ operating performance and in the comparison of such operating performance to the operating performance of other companies in the same industry or in other industries that have different capital structures, debt levels and/or income tax rates.
MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA
Certain information relating to the industries in which each of businesses operate used or referenced in this annual report were obtained from internal analysis of such businesses, surveys, market research, publicly available information and/or industry publications. Unless otherwise indicated, all sources for industry data and statistics are estimates or forecasts contained in or derived from such businesses or industry sources. Such data, as well as surveys, industry forecasts and market research while believed to be reliable, have not been independently verified. In addition, in certain cases we have made statements in this annual report regarding the industries in which each of our businesses operate based upon the experience of our businesses and their view of the market conditions affecting their operations. We cannot assure you that any of these statements are accurate or correctly reflect the position of our businesses in such industries, and none of these internal surveys or information has been verified by independent sources.
Market data and statistics are inherently predictive and speculative and are not necessarily reflective of actual market conditions. Such statistics are based upon market research, which itself is based upon sampling and subjective judgments by both the researchers and the respondents. In addition, the value of comparisons of statistics for different markets is limited by many factors, including that (i) the markets are defined differently, (ii) the underlying information was gathered by different methods and (iii) different assumptions were applied in compiling the data. Accordingly, the market statistics included in this annual report should be viewed with caution.
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PRESENTATION OF OPC CAPACITY AND PRODUCTION FIGURES
Unless otherwise indicated, statistics provided throughout this annual report with respect to power generation units are expressed in MW, in the case of the capacity of such power generation units, and in GWh, in the case of the electricity production of such power generation units. One GWh is equal to 1,000 MWh, and one MWh is equal to 1,000 kWh. Statistics relating to aggregate annual electricity production are expressed in GWh and are based on a year of 8,760 hours. Unless otherwise indicated, OPC’s capacity figures provided in this annual report reflect 100% of the capacity of all of OPC’s assets, regardless of OPC’s ownership interest in the entity that owns each such asset. For information on OPC’s ownership interest in each of its operating companies, see “Item 4.B Business Overview—Our Businesses—OPC’s Business.”
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements include statements relating to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts and include statements contained in the sections entitled “Item 4 Information on the Company” and “Item 5 Operating and Financial Review and Prospects.” These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by terms and phrases such as “anticipate,” “should,” “likely,” “foresee,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “continue,” “could,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “will,” and similar expressions.
These forward-looking statements include statements relating to:
| • | our goals and strategies; |
| • | the strategies, business plans and funding requirements of our businesses; |
| • | expected trends and projections in the industries and markets in which our businesses operate; |
| • | our tax status and treatment and expected status and treatment under relevant regulations; |
| • | our share repurchase plan; |
| • | our treasury activities; |
| • | statements relating to litigation and arbitration; and |
| • | critical accounting estimates and the expected effect of new accounting standards on Kenon; |
| • | OPC’s strategies, with respect to Israel and the United States; |
| • | the expected cost and timing of commencement and completion of construction and development projects and projects under development, as well as the anticipated installed capacities and other attributes and expected performance of such projects, including the required license and approvals for the development of and financing for projects; |
| • | expected macroeconomic trends in Israel and the U.S., including the expected growth in energy demand; |
| • | potential new projects and existing projects and future carbon potential; |
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| • | expected trends in energy consumption; |
| • | regulatory developments in Israel and the U.S.; |
| • | anticipated capital expenditures, and the expected sources of funding for capital expenditures; |
| • | projections for growth and expected trends in the electricity market in Israel and the U.S.; and |
| • | the impact of the War, Operation Lion’s Roar and other geopolitical events; |
| • | statements relating to the agreement to sell Kenon’s remaining interest in Qoros to the Majority Qoros Shareholder; and |
| • | statements with respect to the litigation and arbitration relating to Qoros. |
The preceding list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of each of our forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future performance, taking into account the currently available information to us and are based upon current expectations and projections about future events.
There are important factors that could cause actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements which are set forth in “Item 3.D Risk Factors.” Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.
Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should read this annual report with this cautionary note in mind, and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what is indicated in such forward-looking statements.
This annual report includes statements expressed as expectations, beliefs, estimates or similar expressions of OPC. Such statements are expectations, beliefs, estimates (or similar statements) of OPC, as applicable, and are based on statements included in OPC’s annual report, including its board of directors report for the year ended December 31, 2025.
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