Ampal-American Israel Corporation Announces Results of Special Meeting of Shareholders.

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Ampal-American Israel Corporation (Nasdaq:AMPL) announced today the results of its special meeting of shareholders held on February 7, 2007.

The Company's shareholders approved an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation increasing the authorized share capital of the Company from 60,000,000 to 100,000,000 shares of Class A Stock, par value $1.00 per share.

The Company's shareholders also approved the issuance of up to 4,071,352 shares of Class A Stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of warrants sold by the Company in a previously announced private placement transaction to certain institutional investors in Israel.

In connection with the previously announced purchase of a portion of Merhav (m.n.f.) Ltd.'s interest in East Mediterranean Gas Co. S.A.E., the Company's shareholders also approved the issuance of 8,602,151 shares of Class A Stock of the Company to De Majorca Holdings Ltd. and up to 4,476,389 shares of Class A Stock of the Company to Merhav.

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Ampal and its subsidiaries primarily acquire interests in businesses located in the State of Israel or that are Israel-related. Ampal has diversified interests in the following sectors: Energy, Real Estate and others. For more information about Ampal please visit our web site at www.ampal.com.

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