SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS



Statements contained in this Form 10-Q or statements incorporated by reference
from documents we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission may
contain forward-looking statements that are based on our management's
expectations, estimates, projections, beliefs and assumptions in accordance with
information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements
should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements and related notes included in Part 1, Item 1 of this
report. This discussion contains certain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking
statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results
of operations, business strategies, technology developments, new products and
services, financing and investment plans, competitive position, industry and
regulatory environment, effects of acquisitions, growth opportunities and the
effects of competition. Forward-looking statements include statements that are
not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as "anticipate,"
"believe," "could," "seek," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan,"
"potential," "predict," "project," "should," "will," "would" or similar
expressions and the negatives of those terms.

 Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to
be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Given these
uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management's beliefs
and assumptions only as of the date of this filing. Important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include:

  • existing and future responses to and effects of Covid-19;



  • future demand for renewable energy including solar energy solutions;


• changes to net metering policies or the reduction, elimination or expiration

of government subsidies and economic incentives for on-grid solar energy


    applications;


• changes in the U.S. trade environment, including the imposition of import


    tariffs;


• federal, state, and local regulations governing the electric utility industry


    with respect to solar energy;


• the retail price of electricity derived from the utility grid or alternative


    energy sources;


• interest rates and supply of capital in the global financial markets in


    general and in the solar market specifically;


• competition, including introductions of power optimizer, inverter and solar


    photovoltaic ("PV") system monitoring products by our competitors;


• developments in alternative technologies or improvements in distributed solar


    energy generation;



  • historic cyclicality of the solar industry and periodic downturns;



  • defects or performance problems in our products;


• our ability to forecast demand for our products accurately and to match


    production with demand;


• our dependence on ocean transportation to timely deliver our products in a


    cost-effective manner;




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• our dependence upon a small number of outside contract manufacturers and


    limited or single source suppliers;


• capacity constraints, delivery schedules, manufacturing yields, and costs of


    our contract manufacturers and availability of components;



  • delays, disruptions, and quality control problems in manufacturing;


• shortages, delays, price changes, or cessation of operations or production


    affecting our suppliers of key components;


• business practices and regulatory compliance of our raw material suppliers;

• performance of distributors and large installers in selling our products;

• disruption in our global supply chain and rising prices of oil and raw

materials as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine may adversely

affect our business; our customers' financial stability, creditworthiness, and


    debt leverage ratio;



  • our ability to retain key personnel and attract additional qualified
    personnel;


• our ability to effectively design, launch, market, and sell new generations of


    our products and services;


• our ability to maintain our brand and to protect and defend our intellectual


    property;



  • our ability to retain, and events affecting, our major customers;


• our ability to manage effectively the growth of our organization and expansion


    into new markets;



  • our ability to integrate acquired businesses;



  • fluctuations in global currency exchange rates;



  • unrest, terrorism, or armed conflict in Israel;


• general economic conditions in our domestic and international markets;

• consolidation in the solar industry among our customers and distributors;





  • our ability to service our debt; and


• the other factors set forth under "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our annual report

on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent reports on

Form 10-Q and in other documents we file from time to time with the SEC that

disclose risks and uncertainties that may affect our business.





The preceding list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all of our
forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements
as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations
reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee
that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and
circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or
will occur. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if
new information becomes available in the future.

Overview



We are a leading provider of an optimized inverter solution that has changed the
way power is harvested and managed in a solar photovoltaic, known as PV systems.
Our direct current or DC optimized inverter system maximizes power generation at
the individual PV module level while lowering the cost of energy produced by the
solar PV system, for improved return on investment, or ROI. Additional benefits
of the DC optimized inverter system include comprehensive and advanced safety
features, improved design flexibility, and improved operating and maintenance,
or O&M with module-level and remote monitoring. Our future ready SolarEdge
energy hub inverter which supports, among other things, connection to a
DC-coupled battery for full or partial home backup, and optional connection to
the SolarEdge smart EV charger. The typical SolarEdge optimized inverter system
consists of power optimizers, inverters, a communication device which enables
access to a cloud-based monitoring platform and in many cases, additional smart
energy management solutions. Our solutions address a broad range of solar market
segments, from residential solar installations to commercial and small
utility-scale solar installations.


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Since introducing the optimized inverter solution in 2010, SolarEdge has
expanded its activity to other areas of smart energy technology, both through
organic growth and through acquisitions. SolarEdge now offers energy solutions
which include not only residential, commercial and small utility scale PV
systems but also product offerings in the areas of energy storage systems or ESS
and backup including our own SolarEdge home battery, electric vehicle, or EV
components and charging capabilities, home energy management, grid services and
virtual power plants or VPPs, lithium-ion batteries and uninterrupted power
supply, known as UPS solutions. In June 2022, we decided to discontinue our
stand-alone UPS related activities and that the developed technologies will be
integrated in solar products as uninterrupted power supply becomes required or
relevant.

In the third quarter of 2020 we began commercial shipments to the U.S. from our
manufacturing facility in the North of Israel, "Sella 1". The proximity of Sella
1 to our R&D team and labs, enables us to accelerate new product development
cycles as well as define equipment and manufacturing processes of newly
developed products which can then be adopted by our contract manufacturers
world-wide. During the second quarter of 2021, Sella 1 reached full
manufacturing capacity. In May 2022, we announced the opening of "Sella 2", a
2GWh Li-Ion cell factory in Korea. The new factory  is intended to help the
Company meet the growing global demand for Li-Ion cells and batteries,
specifically in the energy storage system ("ESS") and e-Mobility markets. Sella
2 is currently in testing phase, with ramp-up expected to initiate during the
second half of 2022.

We are a leader in the global module-level power electronics ("MLPE") market. As
of June 30, 2022, we have shipped approximately 94.9 million power optimizers,
4.0 million inverters and 45.8 thousand residential batteries. Over 2.75 million
installations, many of which may include multiple inverters, are currently
connected to, and monitored through, our cloud-based monitoring platform. As of
June 30, 2022, we have shipped approximately 34.2 GW of our DC optimized
inverter systems and approximately 411.0 MW of our residential batteries.

Our revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021 were $727.8 million and $480.1 million, respectively. Gross margin for the three months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021 was 25.1% and 32.5%, respectively. Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was $15.1 million and $45.1 million, respectively.



Our revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021 were $1,382.9
million and $885.5 million, respectively. Gross margin for the six months ended
June 30, 2022, and 2021 was 26.1% and 33.5%, respectively. Net income for the
six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was $48.2 million and $75.2 million,
respectively.

Covid-19 Impact & Response

Covid-19 continued to present challenges on our operations and business in 2021,
primarily, operational challenges which we reported on continuously during 2021.
Due to the worldwide growing trend in availability and administration of
vaccines against Covid-19, many restrictions resulted from the pandemic were
gradually lifted by governments across the globe. However, the future impact of
the Covid-19 pandemic remains highly uncertain. Resurgences of Covid-19 cases
and the emergence of new variants may adversely impact our results of
operations. For example, the mandatory government shutdowns resulted from the
increase in Covid-19 cases in Shanghai, that were recently eased, led to delays
in our scheduled shipments from the Shanghai port. Our first priority continues
to be to protect and support our employees while maintaining company operations
and support of our customers with as few disruptions as possible. We follow the
guidance issued by applicable local authorities and health officials in each
region in which we do business, including in our headquarters located in Israel.

      While we have not experienced any new disruptions resulting directly from
Covid-19 in the second quarter of 2022, the pandemic and general global economic
conditions continued to present challenges to our operations and business.  In
the second quarter of 2022, we experienced and expect to continue to experience
in the third quarter of 2022, continued disruptions to our logistics supply
chain caused by constraints in the global transportation system including
limited availability of local ground transportation coupled with congestion in
shipping ports and industry-wide component shortages. These factors have
impacted our ability to accurately plan and forecast the delivery of our
products to customers and have also increased the total shipping time and cost
of ocean freight for components and finished goods. Moreover, industry-wide
component shortages require our R&D teams to focus their attention on
manufacturing and production design workarounds solutions which can impact our
ability to meet our plans to roll out new innovative products and services. Our
operation team is working tirelessly to mitigate the impact of the disruptions
described above.


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Impact of Ukraine's Conflict on the Energy Landscape



The conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which started in early 2022, and the
sanctions and other measures imposed in response to this conflict have increased
the level of economic and political uncertainty. While we do not have any
meaningful business in Russia or Ukraine and we do not have physical assets in
these countries, this conflict has, and is likely to continue to have, a
multidimensional impact on the global economy, the energy landscape in general
and the global supply chain. On one hand, in the first half of 2022,  rising
global interest in becoming less dependent on gas and oil led to higher demand
for our products. On the other hand, the conflict further adversely affected the
prices of raw materials arriving from Eastern Asia and resulted in an increase
in gas and oil prices, leading to additional increases in shipping rates.
Furthermore, various shipment  routes were adversely impacted by the conflict
resulting in increased shipment lead times and shipping costs for our products.
While the impact of this conflict cannot be predicted at this time, the
circumstances described above may have an adverse effect on our business and
results of operations.

Our revenues for the second quarter 2022 of $727.8 million, represent continued growth from revenues of $655.1 million in the first quarter of 2022.


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Key Operating Metrics



In managing our business and assessing financial performance, we supplement the
information provided by the financial statements with other operating metrics.
These operating metrics are utilized by our management to evaluate our business,
measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business and formulate
projections. We use metrics relating to shipments (inverters, power optimizers,
residential batteries and  megawatts shipped1) to evaluate our sales performance
and to track market acceptance of our products. We use metrics relating to
monitoring (systems monitored) to evaluate market acceptance of our products and
usage of our solution.

We provide the "megawatts shipped" metric, which is calculated based on inverter
nameplate capacity shipped, to show adoption of our system on a nameplate
capacity basis. Nameplate capacity shipped is the maximum rated power output
capacity of an inverter and corresponds to our financial results in that higher
total nameplate capacities shipped are generally associated with higher total
revenues. However, revenues increase with each additional unit, not necessarily
each additional MW of capacity sold. Accordingly, we also provide the "inverters
shipped", "power optimizers shipped" and "residential batteries shipped"
operating metrics.

                                    Three Months Ended                Six Months Ended
                                       June 30, 2022                   June 30, 2022
                                   2022            2021             2022            2021
Inverters shipped                   228,389         179,546          439,503         361,451
Power optimizers shipped          5,215,074       5,011,290       10,939,205       8,746,080
Megawatts shipped1                    2,516           1,643            4,646           3,334
Residential batteries shipped        29,437               -           39,422               -


1 Excluding residential batteries, based on the aggregate nameplate capacity of inverters shipped during the applicable period. Nameplate capacity is the maximum rated power output capacity of an inverter as specified by the manufacturer.


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Results of Operations

The results of operations presented below should be reviewed in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report.

The following table sets forth selected consolidated statements of income data for each of the periods indicated.



                                             Three Months Ended            Six Months Ended
                                                  June 30,                     June 30,
                                             2022          2021           2022           2021
                                                              (In thousands)
Revenues                                   $ 727,774     $ 480,057     $ 1,382,854     $ 885,546
Cost of revenues                             545,132       323,865       1,021,254       589,280
Gross profit                                 182,642       156,192         361,600       296,266
Operating expenses:
Research and development                      74,847        52,664         141,196        99,641
Sales and marketing                           38,975        29,458          74,291        56,369
General and administrative                    28,121        19,370          54,550        39,219
Other operating expenses (income), net         4,687          (859 )         4,687         1,350
Total operating expenses                     146,630       100,633         274,724       196,579
Operating income                              36,012        55,559          86,876        99,687
Financial expense, net                       (14,311 )      (1,743 )       (19,760 )      (7,840 )
Income before income taxes                    21,701        53,816          67,116        91,847
Income taxes                                   6,617         8,724          18,909        16,679
Net income                                    15,084        45,092          48,207        75,168


Comparison of three and six months ended June 30, 2022, to the three and six months ended June 30, 2021



Revenues

                           Three months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021                    Six months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021
                       2022              2021                Change                 2022           2021                Change
                                                                     (In thousands)
Revenues                727,774          480,057       247,717         51.6 %      1,382,854       885,546       497,308         56.2 %



Revenues increased by $247.7 million, or 51.6%, in the three months ended
June 30, 2022, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021, primarily
due to (i) an increase in the number of inverters and power optimizers sold,
with significant growth in revenues coming from Europe and the U.S; and (ii) an
increase of $103.4 million related to the number of residential batteries sold
mainly in  Europe and the U.S. Revenues from outside of the U.S. comprised 57.3%
of our revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to 63.4% in
the three months ended June 30, 2021.

The number of power optimizers recognized as revenues increased by approximately
0.3 million units, or 5.5%, from approximately 4.9 million units in the three
months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately 5.2 million units in the three
months ended June 30, 2022. The number of inverters recognized as revenues
increased by approximately 57.3 thousand units, or 32.3%, from approximately
177.3 thousand units in the three months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately
234.6 thousand units in the three months ended June 30, 2022. The number of
residential batteries recognized as revenues in the three months ended June 30,
2022 was approximately 18.9 thousand units.


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    Our blended Average Selling Price ("ASP") per watt for solar products
excluding residential batteries is calculated by dividing the solar revenues,
excluding revenues from the sale of residential batteries, by the name plate
capacity of inverters shipped. Our blended ASP per watt for solar products
shipped excluding residential batteries decreased by $0.034, or 12.5%, in the
three months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the three months ended June 30,
2021. The decrease in blended ASP per watt is mainly attributed to the increase
in all geographies in the sale of commercial products  out of our total solar
product mix that are characterized with lower ASP per watt as well as the
depreciation of the Euro and other currencies against the U.S. Dollar which,
coupled with our increased sales in Europe, accelerated this effect.

This decrease in blended ASP per watt was partially offset by price increases
that went into effect gradually during the second half of 2021 and the first
half of 2022.

Revenues increased by $497.3 million, or 56.2%, in the six months ended June 30,
2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to (i) an
increase in the number of inverters and power optimizers sold, with significant
growth in revenues coming from Europe and the U.S; (ii) an increase of $155.4
million related to the number of residential batteries sold mainly in Europe and
the U.S  ; and (iii) an increase of $20.1 million related to the number of
powertrain kits supplied by SolarEdge e-Mobility. Revenues from outside of the
U.S. comprised 58.3% of our revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2022 as
compared to 61.7% in the six months ended June 30, 2021.

The number of power optimizers recognized as revenues increased by approximately
2.2 million units, or 25.1%, from approximately 8.7 million units in the six
months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately 10.9 million units in the six months
ended June 30, 2022. The number of inverters recognized as revenues increased by
approximately 80.4 thousand units, or 22.3%, from approximately 360.2 thousand
units in the six months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately 440.6 thousand
units in the six months ended June 30, 2022. The number of residential batteries
recognized as revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2022, was approximately
28.6 thousand units.

    Our ASP per watt for solar products excluding residential batteries is
calculated by dividing the solar revenues by the name plate capacity of
inverters shipped. Our blended ASP per watt for solar products shipped excluding
residential batteries increased by $0.005, or 1.9%, in the six months ended
June 30, 2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase in
blended ASP per watt is mainly attributed to a relatively higher number of other
solar products shipped compared to the number of inverters shipped, which
increased our total solar revenues but did not impact the watt amount used for
calculating the ASP per watt, an increase in the sale of products with enhanced
capabilities such as the SolarEdge energy hub inverter that are characterized
with higher ASP per watt, and price increases that went into effect gradually
during the second half of 2021 and the first half of 2022. This increase in
blended ASP per watt was partially offset by the increase in the sale of
commercial products out of our total solar product mix that are characterized
with lower ASP per watt as well as the depreciation of the Euro and other
currencies against the U.S. Dollar which, coupled with our increased sales in
Europe, accelerated this effect.


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Cost of Revenues and Gross Profit



                           Three months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021                    Six months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021
                       2022              2021                Change                 2022           2021                Change
                                                                     (In thousands)
Cost of revenues        545,132          323,865       221,267         68.3 %      1,021,254       589,280       431,974         73.3 %
Gross profit            182,642          156,192        26,450         16.9 %        361,600       296,266        65,334         22.1 %


Cost of revenues increased by $221.3 million, or 68.3%, in the three months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to:

• an increase in the volume of products sold and the increase in the unit cost


    of components used in the manufacturing of our products;


• a significant increase in shipment and logistic costs in an aggregate amount


    of $38.0 million due to (i) an increase in shipment rates; and (ii) an
    increase in volumes shipped;


• an increase in warranty expenses and warranty accruals of $23.3 million

associated primarily with an increase in the number of products in our install

base as well as an increase in costs related to the different elements of our

warranty expenses which include the cost of the products, shipment and other


    related expenses;


• an increase in custom duties of $4.2 million attributed to higher tariff

charges due to an increase in volumes sold and the manufacture of a higher


    portion of our products for the U.S. in China;


• an increase in other production costs of $22.1 million, which is mainly

attributed to charges from our contract manufacturers due to manufacturing

disruptions, related to the global supply constraints, increased logistics


    costs resulting from transportation disruptions and the mobilization of
    components among our different manufacturing sites and ramp up costs
    associated with the new contract manufacturing site in Mexico; and


• an increase of $7.5 million in inventory accrual which is mainly attributed to

changes in inventory valuations related to manufacturing volumes, anticipated

future use of raw materials, and general inventory write-offs including those


    related to the discontinuation of our UPS related activities.



  • an increase in personnel-related costs of $6.0 million related to the

expansion of our production, operations, and support headcount which grew in

parallel to our growing install base worldwide and an increase in the costs


    associated with the production of powertrain units manufactured by the
    SolarEdge e-Mobility division.



Gross profit as a percentage of revenue decreased from 32.5% in the three months
ended June 30, 2021 to 25.1% in the three months ended June 30, 2022 as a result
of the factors summarized above.

Cost of revenues increased by $432.0 million, or 73.3%, in the six months ended
June 30, 2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due
to:

• an increase in the volume of products sold and the increase in the unit cost


    of components used in the manufacturing of our products;


• a significant increase in shipment and logistic costs in an aggregate amount


    of $67.4 million due to (i) an increase in shipment rates; and (ii) an
    increase in volumes shipped;


• an increase in warranty expenses and warranty accruals of $41.2 million

associated primarily with an increase in the number of products in our install

base as well as an increase in costs related to the different elements of our

warranty expenses which include the cost of the products, shipment and other


    related expenses;




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• an increase in custom duties of $14.3 million attributed to higher tariff

charges due to an increase in volumes sold and the manufacture of a higher


    portion of our products for the U.S. in China;


• an increase in other production costs of $37.0 million, which is mainly

attributed to charges from our contract manufacturers due to manufacturing

disruptions, related to the global supply constraints, increased logistics

costs resulting from transportation disruptions and the mobilization of

components between our different manufacturing sites as well as ramp up costs


    associated with our new contract manufacturing site in Mexico; and


• an increase in personnel-related costs of $10.2 million related to the

expansion of our production, operations, and support headcount which grew in

parallel to our growing install base worldwide and an increase in the costs


    associated with the production of powertrain units manufactured by the
    SolarEdge e-Mobility division.



Gross profit as a percentage of revenue decreased from 33.5% in the six months
ended June 30, 2021 to 26.1% in the six months ended June 30, 2022 as a result
of the factors summarized above.

Operating Expenses:

Research and Development



                          Three months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021                   Six months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021
                      2022              2021                Change                2022             2021              Change
                                                                   (In thousands)
Research and
development             74,847            52,664       22,183        42.1 %        141,196         99,641       41,555        41.7 %



    Research and development costs increased by $22.2 million or 42.1%, in the
three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the three months ended June 30,
2021, primarily due to:

• an increase in personnel-related costs of $17.6 million resulting from an

increase in our research and development headcount as well as salary expenses

associated with annual merit increases and employee equity-based compensation.

The increase in headcount reflects our continued investment in enhancements of

existing products as well as research and development expenses associated with


    bringing new products to the market;


• a decrease in reimbursement of costs related to the research and development

activities performed by SolarEdge e-Mobility in an amount of $1.8 million;

• an increase in expenses related to other overhead costs in an amount of $1.5


    million; and


• an increase in depreciation expenses of property and equipment in an amount of

$1.3 million.



    These increases were partially offset by:

• a decrease in expenses related to consultants and sub-contractors in an amount


    of $1.0 million.



Research and development costs increased by $41.6 million or 41.7%, in the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to:

• an increase in personnel-related costs of $33.2 million resulting from an

increase in our research and development headcount as well as salary expenses

associated with annual merit increase and employee equity-based compensation.

The increase in headcount reflects our continued investment in enhancements of

existing products as well as research and development expenses associated with


    bringing new products to the market;




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• a decrease in reimbursement of costs, in an amount of $4.4 million, related to

the research and development activities performed by SolarEdge e-Mobility;

• an increase in depreciation expenses of property and equipment in an amount of

$2.5 million;


• an increase in expenses related to other overhead costs in an amount of $1.8


    million; and


• an increase in expenses related to material consumption in the manufacturing

of prototypes during our development process in an amount of $1.4 million.





    These increases were partially offset by:

  • a decrease in expenses related to consultants and sub-contractors in an amount
    of $3.3 million.



Sales and Marketing

                             Three months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021                   Six months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021
                         2022              2021                Change               2022             2021               Change
                                                                      (In thousands)
Sales and marketing        38,975            29,458        9,517        32.3 %        74,291          56,369       17,922        31.8 %



Sales and marketing expenses increased by $9.5 million, or 32.3%, in the three
months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021,
primarily due to:

  • an increase in personnel-related costs of $5.7 million as a result of an
    increase in headcount supporting our growth in all geographies, as well as
    salary expenses associated with annual merit increase and employee
    equity-based compensation;


• an increase in expenses related to marketing activities by $1.6 million due to


    the renewal of marketing activities, exhibitions and shows, which were
    cancelled or postponed in 2020 and first half of 2021 due to Covid-19
    restrictions; and


• an increase in expenses related to travel in an amount of $1.0 million.

Sales and marketing expenses increased by $17.9 million, or 31.8%, in the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to:

• an increase in personnel-related costs of $11.4 million as a result of an

increase in headcount supporting our growth in all geographies, as well as


    salary expenses associated with annual merit increases and employee
    equity-based compensation;


• an increase in expenses related to marketing activities by $2.8 million due to


    the renewal of marketing activities, exhibitions and shows, which were
    cancelled or postponed in 2020 and first half of 2021 due to Covid-19
    restrictions; and


• an increase in expenses related to travel in an amount of $1.3 million.





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General and Administrative



                          Three months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021                   Six months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021
                      2022              2021                Change               2022             2021               Change
                                                                   (In thousands)
General and
administrative          28,121            19,370        8,751        45.2 %        54,550          39,219       15,331        39.1 %



General and administrative expenses increased by $8.8 million, or 45.2%, in the
three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to the three months ended June 30,
2021, primarily due to:

• an increase in personnel-related costs of $5.7 million resulting from an

increase in our general and administrative headcount, as well as salary

expenses associated with annual merit increases and employee equity-based


    compensation;


• an increase in expenses related to consultants and sub-contractors in an


    amount of $1.0 million; and


• an increase in expenses related to doubtful debt in an amount of $1.0 million.





General and administrative expenses increased by $15.3 million, or 39.1%, in the
six months ended months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the six months ended
months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to:

• an increase in personnel-related costs of $12.5 million resulting from an

increase in our general and administrative headcount, as well as salary

expenses associated with annual merit increases and employee equity-based


    compensation;


• an increase in expenses related to consultants and sub-contractors in an


    amount of $3.3 million;


• an increase in expenses related to doubtful debt in an amount of $1.0 million;


    and


• an increase in expenses related to overhead costs in an amount of $1.0


    million;



    These increases were partially offset by:

  • a decrease of $3.5 million related to a provision for legal claims.


Other operating expenses (income), net



                         Three months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021                   Six months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021
                      2022            2021                 Change                2022             2021              Change
                                                                   (In thousands)
Other operating
expenses
(income), net           4,687            (859 )       5,546       (645.6 )%        4,687            1,350       3,337       247.2 %



    Other operating expenses, net, were $4.7 million, in the three months ended
June 30, 2022, compared to other operating income of $0.9 million in the three
months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to:

• an increase of $4.0 million in expenses related to write-offs of goodwill and


    intangible assets related to the discontinuation of our UPS related
    activities;


• an increase of $0.7 million in expenses related to write-offs of property,


    plant and equipment; and


• a decrease of $0.9 million in income related to a payment made to us from an


    escrow account with regards to a working capital adjustment in connection with
    the Kokam acquisition.




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    Other operating expenses (income), net increased by $3.3 million, in the six
months ended  June 30, 2022, compared to the six months ended  June 30, 2021,
primarily due to:

• an increase of $4.0 million in expenses related to write-offs of goodwill and


    intangible assets related to the discontinuation of our UPS related
    activities; and


• a decrease of $0.9 million in income related to a payment made to us from an

escrow account with regards to a working capital adjustment in connection with


    the Kokam acquisition.



    These increases were partially offset by:

  • a decrease of $1.6 million in expenses related to write-offs of property,
    plant and equipment.



Financial expense, net

                               Three months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021                   Six months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021
                            2022             2021               Change                 2022           2021               Change
                                                                        

(In thousands) Financial expense, net (14,311 ) (1,743 ) (12,568 ) (721.1 )% (19,760 ) (7,840 ) (11,920 ) (152.0 )%





    Financial expenses, net increased by $12.6 million, or 721.1%, in the three
months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021,
primarily due to an increase of $15.1 million in expenses related to foreign
exchange fluctuations, mainly due to the strengthening of the U.S. Dollar
against  the Euro, the New Israeli Shekel and the South Korean Won .

This increase was partially offset by an increase of $2.2 million in financial income related to hedging transactions.



    Financial expenses, net increased by $11.9 million, or 152.0%, in the six
months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021,
primarily due to an increase of $11.1 million in expenses related to foreign
exchange fluctuations, mainly  due to the strengthening of the U.S. Dollar
against the Euro, the New Israeli Shekel and the South Korean Won against the
U.S. dollar.

Please refer to the section entitled "Foreign Currency Exchange Risk" under Item 3 of this report for additional information.

Income taxes



                          Three months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021                    Six months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021
                       2022             2021                Change                2022              2021               Change
                                                                     (In thousands)
Income taxes             6,617            8,724        (2,107 )     (24.2 )%        18,909            16,679       2,230        13.4 %



Income taxes decreased by $2.1 million, or 24.2%, in the three months ended
June 30, 2022, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021, primarily
due to a decrease of $3.1 million in current tax expenses mainly attributed to a
decrease in taxable income. This decrease was partially offset by a decrease of
$1.4 million in deferred tax income.

Income taxes increased by $2.2 million, or 13.4%, in the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to a decrease of $2.3 million in deferred tax income.


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Net Income



                          Three months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021                   Six months ended June 30, 2022 to 2021
                       2022             2021               Change                 2022            2021              Change
                                                                    (In thousands)
Net income               15,084          45,092       (30,008 )     (66.5 )%       48,207         75,168       (26,961 )     (35.9 )%



            As a result of the factors discussed above, net income decreased by
$30.0 million, or 66.5% in the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to
the three months ended June 30, 2021.

As a result of the factors discussed above, net income decreased by $27.0 million, or 35.9% in the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The following table shows our cash flows from operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities for the stated periods:



                                             Three Months Ended June 30,          Six Months Ended June 30,
                                                2022               2021             2022               2021
                                                                     (In

thousands)


Net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities                                         77,415            38,685           (85,574 )         62,768
Net cash used in investing activities            (310,799 )        (182,416 )        (325,933 )       (335,998 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing
activities                                         (3,929 )         (19,144 )         648,406          (21,206 )
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents                                      (237,313 )        (162,875 )         236,899         (294,436 )



As of June 30, 2022, our cash and cash equivalents were $745.5 million. This
amount does not include $859.8 million invested in available for sale marketable
securities, $1.4 million invested in long-term restricted bank deposits and $0.3
million invested in short-term restricted bank deposits. Our principal uses of
cash are for funding our operations, capital expenditures, other working capital
requirements and other investments. As of June 30, 2022, we have open
commitments for capital expenditures in an amount of approximately $92.9
million. These commitments mainly reflect purchases of automated assembly lines
and other machinery related to our manufacturing operations. We also have
purchase obligations in the amount of $1,532.5 million related to raw materials
and commitments for the future manufacturing of our products.

We believe that cash provided by operating activities as well as our cash and
cash equivalents, and available for sale marketable securities will be
sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for at least the next 12 months as
well as in the longer term, including the self-funding of our capital
expenditure and operational commitments.

Operating Activities



Operating cash flows consists primarily of net income adjusted for certain
non-cash items and changes in assets and liabilities. Cash used in operating
activities in the six months ended June 30, 2022, was $85.6 million as compared
to $62.8 million cash provided by operating cash flows in the six months ended
June 30, 2021, mainly due to extended shipping times to customers which extended
the period of time between payment to our vendors and delivery to and collection
from our customers, and a significant increase in inventory procurement in
response to increased demand for our products, including increased purchasing of
battery cells for our residential storage solution, and, increased safety stocks
intended to mitigate supply chain disruptions, all of which resulted in
unfavorable changes in working capital in the six months ended June 30, 2022,
compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021, which was partially offset by
higher net income adjusted for certain non-cash items. The Company returned to
cash generation from operating activities in the second quarter of 2022.


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Investing Activities



Investing cash flows consist primarily of capital expenditures, investment in,
sales and maturities of available for sale marketable securities, investment and
withdrawal of bank deposits and restricted bank deposits, and cash used for
acquisitions. Cash used for investing activities decreased by $10.1 million in
the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the six months ended June 30,
2021, primarily driven by a $82.9 million decrease in purchases of
available-for-sale debt investments, net. This decrease was partially offset by
a $46.6 million decrease in cash provided by withdrawal from bank deposits and
restricted bank deposits as well as an increase of $26.2 million in capital
expenditures, net.

Financing Activities



Financing cash flows consisted primarily of the issuance and repayment of
short-term and long-term debt and proceeds from the sale of shares of common
stock in a public offering and employee equity incentive plans. Cash provided by
financing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2022, was $648.4 million
compared to $21.2 million cash used in financing activities in the six months
ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to a $650.5 million increase in cash provided
by the issuance of common stock, net through a secondary public offering, a
decrease of $16.3 million in repayment of bank loans and an increase of $3.5
million in cash received from the exercise of stock-based awards net of
withholding taxes remitted to the tax authorities.

Secondary public offering



On March 17, 2022, we offered and sold 2,300,000 shares of the Company's common
stock at a public offering price of $295.00 per share. The net proceeds to the
Company after underwriters' discounts and commissions and offering costs were
$650,526. We intend to use the proceeds from the public offering for general
corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions. See Note 11b to our
condensed consolidated financial statements for more information.

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