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[AROTECH LOGO]                                               AROTECH CORPORATION

                                                 250 West 57th Street, Suite 310
                                                        New York, New York 10107
                                     Tel:  (212) 258-3222   Fax:  (212) 258-3281
                                                          http://www.arotech.com
                                                    Nasdaq National Market: ARTX
                                            Writer's e-mail: ehrlich@arotech.com
ROBERT S. EHRLICH
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER




                                   May 7, 2004



Dear Stockholder:

         It is our  pleasure  to  invite  you  to the  2004  Annual  Meeting  of
Stockholders  of  Arotech  Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation,  to be held on
Monday,  June 14, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. local time in the Ballroom of the Shelburne
Murray Hill Hotel, 303 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York.

         Whether  or not you plan to  attend  and  regardless  of the  number of
shares you own, it is important  that your shares be represented at the meeting.
You are accordingly  urged to carefully  review the enclosed proxy materials and
to mark,  date,  sign and return the enclosed proxy card as promptly as possible
in the postage-prepaid  envelope provided,  or vote  electronically  through the
Internet (at  http://www.voteproxy.com)  or by telephone if you hold your shares
in your own name, to ensure your  representation and the presence of a quorum at
the  annual  meeting.  If you submit  your  proxy and then  decide to attend the
annual meeting to vote your shares in person, you may still do so. Your proxy is
revocable in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Proxy Statement.

                                              Sincerely,

                                              /s/ Robert S. Ehrlich

                                              Robert S. Ehrlich
                                              Chairman of the Board of Directors



                                 [AROTECH LOGO]
                         250 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 310
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10107


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                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                           TO BE HELD ON JUNE 14, 2004
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To our Stockholders:

         Our Annual Meeting of Stockholders  will be held in the Ballroom of the
Shelburne  Murray Hill Hotel,  303  Lexington  Avenue,  New York,  New York,  on
Monday,  June 14, 2004 at 10:00 a.m.  local time,  and  thereafter  as it may be
postponed or adjourned from time to time, for the following purposes:

         1.   To fix the  number  of Class III  directors  at three and to elect
              three Class III directors for a three-year term ending in 2007 and
              continuing  until their  successors are duly elected and qualified
              (beginning on page 3).

         2.   To consider and act upon a proposal to ratify the  appointment  of
              Kost,  Forer,  Gabbay & Kassierer,  independent  certified  public
              accountants  in  Israel  and  a  member  firm  of  Ernst  &  Young
              International,  as our independent accountants for the fiscal year
              ending December 31, 2004 (beginning on page 6).

         3.   To  consider  and act upon a  proposal  to amend our  Amended  and
              Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation to increase our authorized
              common  stock  from  100,000,000   shares  to  250,000,000  shares
              (beginning on page 7).

         4.   To consider and act upon a proposal to amend the terms of our 1995
              Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan to increase initial grants
              to new  non-employee  directors  from  25,000  options  to  50,000
              options,  and to increase annual grants to non-employee  directors
              from 10,000 options to 35,000 options (beginning on page 10).

         5.   To consider  and act upon a proposal to approve and adopt the 2004
              Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan (beginning on page
              12).

         6.   To act upon all other  business  that may properly come before the
              meeting or any postponements or adjournments thereof.

         Our Board of  Directors  has fixed the close of  business  on April 16,
2004 as the record  date for  determining  which  stockholders  are  entitled to
notice  of the  meeting  and to vote at the  meeting  and any  postponements  or
adjournments thereof. If you are unable to be present at the meeting personally,
please  mark,  date,  sign and return the  enclosed  proxy card as  promptly  as
possible  in the  postage-prepaid  envelope  provided,  or  vote  electronically
through the Internet (at  http://www.voteproxy.com)  or by telephone if you hold



your shares in your own name. Any  stockholder  who grants a proxy may revoke it
at any time prior to its exercise.  Also,  whether or not you grant a proxy, you
may vote in person if you attend the meeting.

                                  BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

                                  /s/ Yaakov Har-Oz

                                  Yaakov Har-Oz
New York, New York                Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
May 7, 2004




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                 YOUR PROXY FORM IN THE ENCLOSED STAMPED, SELF-
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                                 [AROTECH LOGO]
                         250 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 310
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10107


                       ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
                             OF AROTECH CORPORATION
                           TO BE HELD ON JUNE 14, 2004

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                                 PROXY STATEMENT
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         The  accompanying  proxy is  solicited by and on behalf of the Board of
Directors of Arotech Corporation,  for use at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders
and any postponements and adjournments thereof. The meeting is currently planned
to be held in the Ballroom of the  Shelburne  Murray Hill Hotel,  303  Lexington
Avenue,  New York, New York, on Monday,  June 14, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. local time,
and  thereafter as it may be postponed or adjourned  from time to time,  for the
purposes described in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

         Stockholders  of record at the close of business on April 16, 2004 will
be  entitled to vote at the annual  meeting.  As of April 16,  2004,  there were
63,656,843  shares  of our  common  stock  outstanding  held  of  record  by 308
stockholders.  Each holder of common  stock is entitled to one vote per share on
each matter that comes before the annual meeting.

         This proxy  statement  and the enclosed  form of proxy to  stockholders
will be mailed  commencing  on or about May 7,  2004.  We are also  mailing  our
annual  report for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 2003 to our  stockholders
along with this proxy statement.

VOTING PROCEDURES AND VOTE REQUIRED

         Proxies  that are  properly  marked,  dated,  and signed,  or submitted
electronically via the Internet or by telephone by following the instructions on
the  proxy  card,  and not  revoked  will be  voted  at the  annual  meeting  in
accordance with any indicated directions. If no direction is indicated,  proxies
will be voted FOR the fixing of the number of Class III  directors  at three and
the election of the nominees for director set forth below,  FOR  ratification of
the appointment of Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Kassierer, independent certified public
accountants in Israel and a member firm of Ernst & Young  International,  as our
independent  accountants  for the fiscal  year ending  December  31,  2004,  FOR
amending our  certificate  of  incorporation  to increase our  authorized  share
capital from 100 million  shares of common stock to 250 million shares of common
stock, FOR amending our 1995 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan to increase
initial grants to new directors from 25,000  options to 50,000  options,  and to
increase annual grants to directors from 10,000 options to 35,000  options,  FOR
approving  and adopting the 2004  Employee  Stock  Option and  Restricted  Stock
Purchase  Plan, and IN THE DISCRETION OF THE HOLDERS OF THE PROXIES with respect
to any other  business  that  properly  comes before the annual  meeting and all
matters relating to the conduct of the annual meeting.  If a broker indicates on
the  enclosed  proxy  or its  substitute  that it does  not  have  discretionary



authority  as  to  certain  shares  to  vote  on a  particular  matter  ("broker
non-votes"),  those shares will not be considered as voting with respect to that
matter.  We  believe  that  the  tabulation  procedures  to be  followed  by the
Inspector of Elections are consistent with the general  requirements of Delaware
law concerning voting of shares and determination of a quorum.

         You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is voted by  delivering
to the Secretary of our company a written  revocation  or a duly executed  proxy
bearing a later date than the date of the proxy being revoked (including a proxy
voted over the Internet or by telephone).  Any record stockholder  attending the
annual  meeting in person may revoke his or her proxy and vote his or her shares
at the annual meeting.

         Votes  cast  by  proxy  or in  person  at the  annual  meeting  will be
tabulated by the  Inspector of  Elections,  with the  assistance of our transfer
agent. The Inspector of Elections will also determine whether or not a quorum is
present at the annual meeting.  The presence of a quorum is required to transact
the business  proposed to be transacted at the annual  meeting.  The presence in
person or by proxy of  holders of a majority  of the  outstanding  shares of our
common stock  entitled to vote will  constitute a quorum for the  transaction of
business at the annual  meeting.  Abstentions  and broker  non-votes (as defined
above) will be counted for purposes of determining  the presence or absence of a
quorum.

         Directors  will be  elected  by a  plurality  of the votes  cast by the
holders of our common stock voting in person or by proxy at the annual  meeting.
Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the vote for election of
directors.

         In order to be adopted,  the proposal to amend our Amended and Restated
Certificate  of  Incorporation  to increase our  authorized  share  capital will
require  the  affirmative  vote of a majority of ALL  OUTSTANDING  SHARES OF OUR
COMMON STOCK ENTITLED TO VOTE ON THIS  PROPOSAL.  As a result,  abstentions  and
broker  non-votes will have the same practical effect as a negative vote on this
proposal.  The adoption of all other proposals will require the affirmative vote
of a majority of the shares present,  either in person or by proxy, and entitled
to vote with respect to such proposals.  Abstentions  and broker  non-votes will
each be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum;
abstentions  will have the same  practical  effect as a  negative  vote on these
proposals, and broker non-votes will not have any effect on the outcome of these
proposals.

         The  solicitation of proxies will be conducted by mail and we will bear
all  attendant  costs.  These costs will  include the expense of  preparing  and
mailing proxy  solicitation  materials for the annual meeting and reimbursements
paid to brokerage  firms and others for their  expenses  incurred in  forwarding
solicitation  materials regarding the annual meeting to beneficial owners of our
common stock. We may conduct further solicitation personally,  telephonically or
by facsimile  through our officers,  directors and employees,  none of whom will
receive additional compensation for assisting with the solicitation.

         We are not aware of any  matters  other  than those  described  in this
proxy statement that will be acted upon at the annual meeting. In the event that
any other matters do come before the annual meeting for a stockholder  vote, the


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persons named as proxies in the form of proxy being  delivered to you along with
this proxy  statement will vote in accordance  with their best judgment on those
matters.

         At least ten days  before the annual  meeting,  we will make a complete
list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting open to the examination
of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the annual meeting.  The list will
be open for inspection during ordinary business hours at our offices at 250 West
57th  Street,  Suite  310,  New  York,  New York  10107,  and will  also be made
available to stockholders present at the annual meeting.


                                PROPOSAL NUMBER 1

                              ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

         The annual  meeting  will  consider  the  election  of three  Class III
directors for  three-year  terms that expire in 2007.  Our four other  directors
have  terms  that  end in  either  2005 or  2006,  as  indicated  below.  Unless
instructions  are given to the  contrary,  each of the persons  named as proxies
will vote the shares to which each proxy relates FOR the election of each of the
nominees  listed below for a term of three years  expiring at the annual meeting
of  stockholders  to be held in 2007, and until the nominee's  successor is duly
elected  and  qualified  or  until  the  nominee's  earlier  death,  removal  or
resignation.  The three nominees named below are presently  serving as directors
and all of them are  anticipated  to be  available  for  election  and able to a
serve.  However, if they should become unavailable,  the proxy will be voted for
substitute  nominee(s)  designated by the Board.  The three nominees who receive
the greatest number of votes properly cast for the election of directors will be
elected.

         Our  by-laws  provide  for a Board  of one or more  directors,  and the
number of directors  currently is fixed at seven. Our Board is composed of three
classes of similar  size.  The  members of each class are  elected in  different
years, so that only one-third of the Board is elected in any single year.

         Mr. Ehrlich,  Mr. Wasserman (who was appointed to fill a vacancy in the
Board)  and Mr.  Borey  (who was  appointed  to fill a vacancy in the Board) are
designated as Class III  directors.  Their term expires in 2004. Dr. Eastman and
Mr.  Esses are  designated  as Class I  directors.  Their term  expires in 2006.
Messrs.  Rosenfeld and Miller are  designated as Class II directors.  Their term
expires in 2005.

         The following  table contains  information  concerning the nominees for
Class III directors and the other incumbent directors:



         NAME                AGE                   POSITION WITH AROTECH                          CLASS   DIRECTOR SINCE
         ----                ---                   ---------------------                          -----   --------------
                                                                                               
Robert S. Ehrlich (3)......  66    Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer    III     May 1991
Bert W. Wasserman(1)(2)....  71                           Director                                 III     February 2003
Edward J. Borey............  53                           Director                                 III     December 2003
Dr. Jay M. Eastman(2)(4)...  59                           Director                                  I      October 1993
Steven Esses(3)............  40    Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director   I      July 2002
Jack E. Rosenfeld(1)(2)(4).  65                           Director                                 II      October 1993
Lawrence M. Miller(1)(3)(4)  57                           Director                                 II      November 1996



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(1)  Member of the Audit Committee.
(2)  Member of the Compensation Committee.
(3)  Member of the Executive Committee.
(4)  Member of the Nominating Committee.

NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS CLASS III DIRECTORS

         ROBERT S. EHRLICH has been our Chairman of the Board since January 1993
and our President and Chief Executive  Officer since October 2002. From May 1991
until January 1993, Mr. Ehrlich was our Vice Chairman of the Board, and from May
1991 until October 2002 he was our Chief  Financial  Officer.  Mr. Ehrlich was a
director of Eldat,  Ltd., an Israeli  manufacturer  of electronic  shelf labels,
from June 1999 to July 2003.  From 1987 to June 2003,  Mr.  Ehrlich  served as a
director of PSC Inc.  ("PSCX"),  a manufacturer  and marketer of laser diode bar
code  scanners,  and,  between  April 1997 and June 2003,  Mr.  Ehrlich  was the
chairman of the board of PSCX. PSCX filed a voluntary  petition for relief under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in November 2002; its  pre-negotiated  plan of
reorganization  was confirmed by the Bankruptcy  Court in June 2003. Mr. Ehrlich
received a B.S. and J.D. from Columbia University in New York, New York.

         BERT W.  WASSERMAN  was  added  to the  Board  in  February  2003.  Mr.
Wasserman served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Time
Warner,  Inc. from 1990 until his  retirement in 1995 and served on the Board of
Directors  of  Time   Warner,   Inc.  and  its   predecessor   company,   Warner
Communications, Inc. from 1981 to 1995. He joined Warner Communications, Inc. in
1966 and had been an  officer of that  company  since  1970.  Mr.  Wasserman  is
director of several  investment  companies in the Dreyfus Family of Funds and of
Informedix  Holdings Inc. Mr.  Wasserman is a certified  public  accountant;  he
holds a B.A. from Baruch  College in New York City and an LL.B from Brooklyn Law
School.

         EDWARD J. BOREY was added to the Board in December 2003.  From December
2000 to September 2003, Mr. Borey served as President,  Chief Executive  Officer
and a director of PSCX. PSCX filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter
11 of  the  Bankruptcy  Code  in  November  2002;  its  pre-negotiated  plan  of
reorganization  was  confirmed by the  Bankruptcy  Court in June 2003.  Prior to
joining the Company,  Mr. Borey was President and CEO of TranSenda  (May 2000 to
December  2000).  Previously,  Mr. Borey held senior  positions in the automated
data collection industry. At Intermec Technologies Corporation  (1995-1999),  he
was Executive  Vice President and Chief  Operating  Officer and also Senior Vice
President/General  Manager of the Intermec Media  subsidiary.  Mr. Borey holds a
B.S. in Economics from the State University of New York,  College of Oswego,  an
M.A. in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma,  and an M.B.A. in
Finance from Santa Clara University.


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CLASS I DIRECTORS

         DR. JAY M. EASTMAN has been one of our  directors  since  October 1993.
Since November  1991,  Dr.  Eastman has served as President and Chief  Executive
Officer of Lucid,  Inc., which is developing  laser technology  applications for
medical  diagnosis and  treatment.  Dr.  Eastman is also a director of Dimension
Technologies, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of 3D displays for computer and
video  displays,  and Centennial  Technologies  Inc., a  manufacturer  of PCMCIA
cards.  From 1981 until January 1983, Dr. Eastman was Director of the University
of  Rochester's  Laboratory for Laser  Energetics,  where he was a member of the
staff from  September  1975 to 1981.  Dr.  Eastman  holds a B.S. and a Ph.D.  in
Optics from the University of Rochester in New York.

         STEVEN  ESSES  has been  one of our  directors  since  July  2002,  our
Executive  Vice  President  since January 2003 and our Chief  Operating  Officer
since  February  2003.  From 2000 until 2002,  Mr.  Esses was a  principal  with
Stillwater  Capital  Partners,  Inc., a New York-based  investment  research and
advisory company (hedge fund) specializing in alternative investment strategies.
During this time, Mr. Esses also acted as an  independent  consultant to new and
existing businesses in the areas of finance and business development.  From 1995
to 2000,  Mr. Esses  founded  Dunkin'  Donuts in Israel and held the position of
Managing  Director and CEO.  Prior  thereto,  he was Director of Retail  Jewelry
Franchises  with  Hamilton  Jewelry,  and  before  that he served  as  Executive
Director of Operations for the Conway  Organization,  a major off-price retailer
with 17 locations.


CLASS II DIRECTORS

         JACK E.  ROSENFELD  has been one of our  directors  since October 1993.
Since April 1998, Mr.  Rosenfeld has been President and Chief Executive  Officer
of Potpourri Collection Inc., a specialty catalog direct marketer. Mr. Rosenfeld
was President and Chief Executive Officer of Hanover Direct, Inc., formerly Horn
& Hardart Co., which operates a direct mail marketing  business,  from September
1990 until December 1995, and had been President and Chief Executive  Officer of
its direct marketing  subsidiary since May 1988. Mr. Rosenfeld holds a B.A. from
Cornell  University in Ithaca,  New York and an LL.B. from Harvard University in
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

         LAWRENCE  M.  MILLER was  elected to the Board in  November  1996.  Mr.
Miller has been a senior  partner in the  Washington  D.C. law firm of Schwartz,
Woods and Miller since 1990.  From August 1993 through May 1996,  he served as a
member of the board of  directors  of The Phoenix  Resource  Companies,  Inc., a
publicly traded energy  exploration and production  company,  and as a member of
the Audit and Compensation Committee of that board. That company was merged into
Apache  Corporation in May 1996. Mr. Miller holds a B.A. from Dickinson  College
in  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania  and a  J.D.  with  honors  from  George  Washington
University in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the District of Columbia bar.

VOTE REQUIRED

         Directors  will be  elected  by a  plurality  of the votes  cast by the
holders of our common stock voting in person or by proxy at the annual  meeting.
Abstentions and broker non-votes will each be counted as present for purposes of


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determining  the  presence of a quorum,  but will have no effect on the vote for
election of directors.

             THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR FIXING THE
             NUMBER OF CLASS III DIRECTORS AT THREE AND FOR ELECTION
                    OF THE CLASS III NOMINEES DESCRIBED ABOVE


                                PROPOSAL NUMBER 2

             RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         Kost,  Forer,   Gabbay  &  Kassierer,   independent   certified  public
accountants  in Israel and a member  firm of Ernst & Young  International,  have
served as our  independent  accountants  since January 2000. The Audit Committee
has selected Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Kassierer as our independent  accountants for
the  fiscal  year  ending  December  31,  2004  and has  further  directed  that
management  submit the selection of independent  accountants for ratification by
the stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

         Kost,  Forer,  Gabbay & Kassierer  served as the Company's  independent
accountants during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003. Kost, Forer,  Gabbay
& Kassierer's  report on the financial  statements  for the years ended December
31, 2003 and 2002 did not contain an adverse  opinion or  disclaimer of opinion,
and  were  not  qualified  or  modified  as to  uncertainty,  auditing  scope or
accounting  principles.  We do not  anticipate  that a  representative  of Kost,
Forer, Gabbay & Kassierer will be present at the Annual Meeting.

         Stockholder  ratification  of the  selection of Kost,  Forer,  Gabbay &
Kassierer  as our  independent  accountants  is not  required  by our by-laws or
otherwise.  However,  we are submitting the selection of Kost,  Forer,  Gabbay &
Kassierer to the  stockholders  for  ratification  as a matter of good corporate
practice. If the stockholders fail to ratify the selection,  the Audit Committee
will reconsider whether or not to retain Kost, Forer,  Gabbay & Kassierer.  Even
if the selection is ratified,  the Audit  Committee in its discretion may direct
the  appointment of a different  independent  accounting firm at any time during
the year if it is determined  that such a change would be in the best  interests
of the Company and its stockholders.

VOTE REQUIRED

         The affirmative  vote of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting at
which a quorum  representing a majority of all outstanding  shares of our common
stock is present  and  voting,  either in person or by proxy,  is  required  for
approval of this proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will each be counted
as present for purposes of  determining  the  presence of a quorum;  abstentions
will have the same  practical  effect as a negative vote on this  proposal,  and
broker non-votes will not have any effect on the outcome of this proposal.

          THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR RATIFICATION OF
         KOST, FORER, GABBAY & KASSIERER AS OUR INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS.


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                                PROPOSAL NUMBER 3

                      PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE FOUR OF
              OUR AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
             TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY
                 FROM 100,000,000 SHARES TO 250,000,000 SHARES.

GENERAL

         The Board has  approved a  proposed  amendment  to Article  Four of our
Amended and  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  to increase the number of
shares of common  stock  that we are  authorized  to issue from  100,000,000  to
250,000,000.  The Board has directed that the proposed amendment be submitted to
a vote of our stockholders at the annual meeting.

         Our  Amended  and  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation   currently
authorizes  101,000,000 shares of capital stock consisting of 100,000,000 shares
of common stock, $0.01 par value, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01
par value. The proposed  amendment would increase the authorized common stock to
250,000,000 shares. The holders of common stock are entitled to (i) one vote for
each share of common stock  registered in the name of such holder,  (ii) receive
dividends on their shares of stock when and as declared by the Board,  and (iii)
in the event of liquidation, dissolution or the winding up of our affairs, share
pro rata in the net assets available for distribution to holders of common stock
after  satisfaction of the prior claims of the holders of preferred stock of any
series or any shares of any other class of capital stock  ranking  senior to the
common  stock  as to  assets,  in  accordance  with  the  Amended  and  Restated
Certificate of Incorporation.

         As of April 16, 2004, 63,656,843 shares of common stock were issued and
outstanding.  In  addition:  18,720,040  shares of common stock are reserved for
issuance  upon the  exercise of warrants,  4,898,801  shares of common stock are
reserved for issuance upon the  conversion of  debentures,  7,576,041  shares of
common stock are  reserved  for issuance  upon the exercise of options that have
previously  been granted  under our various  stock  option plans (not  including
1,351,612 options that have been granted  contingent on stockholder  approval of
the adoption of our 2004 Stock Option and  Restricted  Stock Purchase Plan - see
"Proposal  Number 5," below),  and 600,000  shares of common stock are available
for grant upon the  exercise  of stock  options to be granted  under our various
stock  option plans (not  including  up to  7,500,000  options that would become
available for grant upon stockholder  approval of the adoption of our 2004 Stock
Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan - see "Proposal Number 5," below). The
total  potential  common stock issuable upon the warrants,  debentures and stock
options plans above is  31,794,882,  totaling  95,451,725  shares  including the
shares issued and outstanding.

         The Board  believes  that it is in our best  interests  to increase the
authorized number of shares of common stock to 250,000,000  shares,  which would
make available for issuance under our stock option plans as well as for issuance
in the future for other valid corporate  purposes,  including without limitation
future acquisitions,  without further  authorization of the stockholders (except
as may be required by applicable law or regulation). The Board believes that the


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proposed amendment to Article Four will provide several long-term  advantages to
us and our stockholders.  The Board has frequently utilized options as a form of
non-cash compensation to employees and consultants. In addition, increased costs
related  to  our  sales  and  marketing  activities  and  potential  acquisition
opportunities may require us to seek additional  financing over the next several
years. An increase in our authorized shares would enable us to raise cash assets
through  sales of common  stock or other debt or equity  securities  convertible
into  common  stock to public and  private  investors  without  the need to seek
stockholder authorization at that time, which could significantly delay any such
financing.  Finally,  the passage of this proposal would also enable management,
with  the  approval  of  the  Board,  to  pursue   acquisitions  or  enter  into
transactions or other business  combinations  which management  believes provide
the potential for growth and profit.

CERTAIN EFFECTS, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT

         The proposal, if approved,  would strengthen the position of management
and might make the removal of management  more  difficult,  even if such removal
would be generally  beneficial to our  stockholders.  The authorization to issue
the additional  shares of common stock would provide  management with a capacity
to negate the efforts of  unfriendly  tender  offerors  through the  issuance of
securities to others who are friendly or desirable to management.  Moreover,  we
currently have in place certain  provisions which have an anti-takeover  effect.
Under  the terms of our  Amended  and  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation,
directors  are elected for a term of three  years,  and the Board is composed of
three  classes of similar size,  each elected in a different  year, so that only
one-third of the Board is up for election in any single year.  Additionally  our
Amended and  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  provides  for blank check
preferred  stock.  Moreover,  certain  provisions  of our Amended  and  Restated
Certificate of Incorporation permit the directors, in exercising their fiduciary
duties,  including  without  limitation,  evaluating  a tender offer or exchange
offer for our stock or any merger or consolidation or any sale, lease,  exchange
or  transfer  of all or  substantially  all of our assets,  the  acquisition  of
securities  of a  third  party  or  any  reclassification,  recapitalization  or
reorganization of Arotech or any of its securities, to consider various factors,
including,  among others,  other  constituencies  such as employees,  creditors,
customers  and the  economy.  As a  result  of  these  provisions,  a  potential
purchaser of Arotech may be discouraged  from  attempting to acquire us, thereby
possibly  depriving  our  stockholders  of  certain  opportunities  to  sell  or
otherwise  dispose of their  securities  at above market prices as part of those
transactions.  However,  we have elected not to be governed by the provisions of
Section  203 of  the  General  Corporation  Law of the  State  of  Delaware,  an
anti-takeover  statute which prohibits certain business  combinations  between a
Delaware  corporation like us and an "interested  stockholder," which is defined
as a  person  who,  together  with  any of  its  affiliates  and/or  associates,
beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 15% or more of the outstanding voting
shares of a Delaware corporation.

         This  Proposal  is not  the  result  of the  Board's  knowledge  of any
specific effort to obtain control of Arotech by means of a merger, tender offer,
proxy  solicitation  in  opposition  to  management  or  otherwise.  We are  not
submitting  this proposal to enable us to frustrate any efforts by another party
to acquire a  controlling  interest in us or to seek Board  representation.  The
submission of this proposal is not a part of any plan by our management to adopt


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a series of amendments to the Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation
or By-laws so as to render the takeover of Arotech more difficult.

         Other than with  respect to the issuance of shares in  connection  with
our stock option plans,  including if approved by the stockholders,  the Amended
and Restated Non-Employee Directors Plan, we currently have no specific plans or
proposals for the use of the additional  shares,  the  authorization of which is
sought hereby.  However,  we could determine to issue  additional  shares at any
time. We have acquired four  companies  since June 2002,  some of which involved
issuances of stock as part of the  consideration  for the acquisition and others
of which were financed in part through stock issuances, and from time to time we
evaluate  proposals  for  further  acquisitions.  In the event this  proposal is
passed,  stockholder  approval  of the  issuance of the  150,000,000  additional
shares of common stock will not be sought  prior to the  issuance of  additional
securities  unless such issuances  relate to an increase in shares under certain
stock option plans, or to mergers, consolidations, issuances of more than 20% of
our outstanding stock under certain  circumstances,  or other  transactions that
require  stockholder  approval  pursuant to law,  the SEC's  regulations  or the
Nasdaq's rules.

TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT

         If this Proposal is adopted, the amended portion of Article Four of the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation will read as follows:

                  FOUR: The total number of shares of all classes of stock which
         the Corporation  shall have authority to issue is two hundred fifty-one
         million (251,000,000) consisting of two classes of shares designated as
         follows:

                  A. Two hundred  fifty million  (250,000,000)  shares of common
         stock, $0.01 par value, (the "Common Stock"); and

                  B. One million  (1,000,000)  shares of preferred stock,  $0.01
         par value, (the "Preferred Stock").

VOTE REQUIRED

         The  affirmative  vote of the holders of a majority of ALL  OUTSTANDING
SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK  ENTITLED TO VOTE ON THIS  PROPOSAL  will be required
for approval of this proposal.  As a result,  abstentions  and broker  non-votes
will have the effect of votes against the proposal.

     THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
               ARTICLE FOUR OF THE COMPANY'S AMENDED AND RESTATED
                  CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE
                     AUTHORIZED COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY
                 FROM 100,000,000 SHARES TO 250,000,000 SHARES.


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                                PROPOSAL NUMBER 4

              APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
                  1995 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN

GENERAL

         We believe that  stock-based  awards are a key component to our ability
to retain and attract high quality directors to manage our business and affairs.
Our Amended and Restated 1995 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the "1995
Plan")  advances our  interests  by enhancing  our ability to attract and retain
directors who are in a position to make significant contributions to our success
and to reward such directors for such contributions  through ownership of shares
of our common stock.

         The Plan  currently  provides that  non-employee  directors  receive an
initial  grant of options to  purchase  25,000  shares of common  stock upon the
effective  date  of  the  1995  Plan  or  upon  their  election  as a  director.
Thereafter,  these directors receive options to purchase 10,000 shares of common
stock per year of service on the Board.

         The Board believes that in order to retain and attract new and existing
Board members it is necessary to increase the number of shares initially granted
to new board members and to increase the annual grant.

         The Board's  proposal is to  increase  the initial  grant of options to
purchase shares of common stock to 50,000.  Thereafter,  non-employee  directors
will  receive  options to  purchase  35,000  shares of common  stock per year of
service on the Board.

DESCRIPTION OF THE 1995 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR PLAN

         The following  description of the principal terms of the 1995 Plan is a
summary and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the plan.

         Administration.  The  1995  Plan is  administered  by the  Compensation
Committee.  The  Committee's  responsibilities  in respect of this plan  include
adopting,  amending and rescinding rules and regulations for the  administration
of the 1995  Plan,  interpreting  the 1995  Plan,  deciding  any  questions  and
settling all  controversies  and disputes that may arise in connection  with the
1995 Plan. Subject to the limitations of the 1995 Plan and applicable securities
laws,  the Committee may waive  compliance by a  non-employee  director with any
obligation  to be  performed  by him under an option and waive any  condition or
provision  of an option.  Because  the 1995 Plan is a  "formula"  plan under the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  non-employee  directors may be members of the
committee  administering  the 1995 Plan.  Accordingly,  options to  non-employee
directors are granted solely under the 1995 Plan and not under our regular stock
award  plans.  Each  director  who is not an  employee  of Arotech or any of its
subsidiaries will be eligible to receive options under the 1995 Plan.

         Term of 1995 Plan. The 1995 Plan was approved by the Board on September
28,  1995 and was later  amended on March 25,  1996.  No options  may be awarded


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under the 1995 Plan after  September 28, 2005,  but the 1995 Plan shall continue
thereafter while previously awarded options remain subject to the 1995 Plan.

         Shares Subject to 1995 Plan.  Subject to  adjustments  set forth in the
1995 Plan, the aggregate number of shares of common stock available for issuance
in connection with options granted under the 1995 Plan shall be 500,000, subject
to  customary   adjustments  for  stock  splits,   stock  dividends  or  similar
transactions.  If any  option  granted  under the 1995 Plan  terminates  without
having been  exercised in full, the number of shares of common stock as to which
such  option was not  exercised  shall be  available  for future  grants  within
certain limits under the 1995 Plan.

         Terms and Conditions of Options.  The 1995 Plan currently provides that
non-employee  directors  will  receive an initial  grant of options to  purchase
25,000 shares of common stock upon the  effective  date of the 1995 Plan or upon
their election as a director.  Thereafter,  these directors will receive options
to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock per year of service on the Board.  The
Board's  proposal is to increase the initial grant of options to purchase shares
of common  stock to 50,000.  Thereafter,  non-employee  directors  will  receive
options to  purchase  35,000  shares of common  stock per year of service on the
Board.

         The  exercise  price of each  option  shall be 100% of the fair  market
value on the date of the grant which shall equal the closing price of the common
stock as reported  on The Nasdaq  National  Market.  The latest date on which an
option may be exercised  is ten years from the date of the grant.  Each grant of
options  shall become  exercisable  in three equal  installments  on each of the
first,  second and third  anniversaries  of the  grant.  The  exercise  price of
options granted under the 1995 Plan must be paid in cash, or by certified check,
bank draft or money order  payable to our order,  through the delivery of shares
of common stock, or by a combination of the above.

         All  outstanding   options  shall  become   exercisable  prior  to  the
consummation of a merger or consolidation  involving Arotech, any liquidation or
dissolution of Arotech, any sale of substantially all of our assets or any other
transaction  or series  of  related  transactions  as a result of which a single
person  or  several  persons  acting  in  concert  own a  majority  of our  then
outstanding  common stock. The Committee shall determine the exercise period for
these  outstanding  options,  which  shall not be less than 20 days prior to the
consummation of the merger, consolidation or other event. The Committee may also
accelerate  the  exercisability  of such options in accordance  with  applicable
securities  law, in which case,  all then  outstanding  options not so exercised
shall  terminate  and cease to be  exercisable.  These  options shall not become
exercisable  in the event  that (a) the  holders  of common  stock  prior to the
consummation  retain  or  acquire  securities  constituting  a  majority  of the
outstanding  voting  common stock of the acquiring or surviving  corporation  or
other entity and (b) no single  person owns more than half of the voting  common
stock of the acquiring or surviving corporation or other entity.

         Miscellaneous.  Neither  adoption  of the 1995  Plan  nor the  grant of
options  to an  eligible  director  shall  confer  upon any  person any right to
continued  status as a director  with us or any  subsidiary of ours or affect in
any way our right to  terminate  a  director  relationship  at any time or shall


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affect our right to grant to such  director  options that are not subject to the
1995 Plan, to issue to such directors  common stock as a bonus or otherwise,  or
to adopt other plans or  arrangements  under which common stock may be issued to
directors.

FEDERAL INCOME CONSEQUENCES

         Please refer to the description of the federal income tax  consequences
associated  with the grant and  exercise of  nonstatutory  stock  options  under
"Proposal Number 5," below.


VOTE REQUIRED

         The affirmative  vote of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting at
which a quorum  representing a majority of all outstanding  shares of our common
stock is present  and  voting,  either in person or by proxy,  is  required  for
approval of this proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will each be counted
as present for purposes of  determining  the  presence of a quorum;  abstentions
will have the same  practical  effect as a negative vote on this  proposal,  and
broker non-votes will not have any effect on the outcome of this proposal.

            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR AMENDMENT OF
     THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 1995 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN.


                                PROPOSAL NUMBER 5

                        APPROVAL OF THE 2004 STOCK OPTION
                       AND RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

GENERAL

         On  February  9, 2004,  the Board of  Directors  adopted the 2004 Stock
Option and  Restricted  Stock  Purchase Plan (the "2004  Plan"),  subject to the
approval of the stockholders of Arotech.

         The general  purpose of the 2004 Plan is to provide an incentive to our
employees and  consultants,  including our executive  officers and employees and
consultants of our subsidiaries,  by enabling them to share in the future growth
of our  business.  The Board of  Directors  believes  that the granting of stock
options promotes  continuity of management and increases  incentive and personal
interest in the welfare of Arotech by those who are  primarily  responsible  for
shaping  and  carrying  out our long  range  plans and  securing  our growth and
financial success.

         The Board  believes  that the 2004 Stock  Option and  Restricted  Stock
Purchase Plan will advance our interests by enhancing our ability to (a) attract
and retain  employees and consultants who are in a position to make  significant
contributions  to our success;  (b) reward  employees and  consultants for these
contributions;  and (c) encourage employees and consultants to take into account
our long-term interests through ownership of our shares.


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DESCRIPTION OF THE 2004 STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

         The following  description of the principal terms of the 2004 Plan is a
summary  and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by the full text of the 2004 Plan,
which is attached as Appendix A hereto.

         Administration.  The 2004 Plan will be administered by the Compensation
Committee.  The Committee may grant options and make purchase  grants for shares
of common stock to eligible  employees and consultants,  determine the terms and
conditions of each option or purchase  grant and adopt,  amend and rescind rules
and  regulations for the  administration  of the 2004 Plan. The 2004 Plan grants
the Committee the authority to grant options (both  incentive  stock options and
nonstatutory  options)  and make  purchase  grants  to  eligible  employees  and
consultants.  Subject  to  the  limitations  of the  2004  Plan  and  applicable
securities  laws,  the  Committee may waive  compliance  by any  recipient  with
respect to any obligation to be performed by such  recipient.  The Committee may
also exercise any right of repurchase  with respect to common stock issued under
the 2004 Plan  pursuant  to a purchase  grant.  The 2004 Plan was adopted by the
Board,  subject to stockholder  approval,  on February 9, 2004. No awards may be
made under this Plan after  February 9, 2014,  but the 2004 Plan shall  continue
thereafter while previously granted awards remain subject to the 2004 Plan.

         Employees  and  Consultants  Eligible  to Receive  Options or  Purchase
Grants  Under the 2004 Plan.  Persons  eligible  to receive  options or purchase
grants under the 2004 Plan are those  employees and  consultants  of Arotech and
its subsidiaries who, in the opinion of the Committee, are in a position to make
a significant  contribution to our success.  Directors who are not employees are
not eligible to receive awards under the 2004 Plan.

         Shares Subject to the 2004 Plan.  Subject to  adjustments  set forth in
the 2004 Plan,  the  aggregate  number of shares of common stock  available  for
issuance  in  connection  with  options  granted  under  the 2004  Plan  will be
7,500,000, subject to customary adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends or
similar  transactions.  If any  option  granted  under the 2004 Plan  terminates
without  having been  exercised in full, the number of shares of common stock as
to which such option was not  exercised  shall be  available  for future  grants
within certain limits under the 2004 Plan. Except as may be otherwise determined
by the Board,  no employee or  consultant  may receive  awards of or relating to
more than  1,000,000  shares of Arotech's  common stock in the  aggregate in any
year.

         Terms and Conditions of Options.  The Committee determines the exercise
price of options  granted  under the 2004 Plan.  The Committee may determine the
exercise price of nonstatutory  options at the time of grant. The exercise price
of incentive stock options,  however,  must be at least equal to the fair market
value  per share of common  stock (or 110% of fair  market  value in the case of
incentive options granted to a ten-percent  stockholder)  issuable upon exercise
of the option at the time the  incentive  option was  granted.  No option may be
exercisable  for more than ten  years  (five  years in the case of an  incentive
option  granted to a ten-percent  stockholder)  from the date of grant.  Options
issued  under  the 2004 Plan  will be  exercisable  at such time or times as the
Committee prescribes at the time of grant.


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         In the event of a  consolidation  or merger in which Arotech is not the
surviving  corporation or which results in the acquisition of substantially  all
Arotech's  outstanding  stock  by a single  person  or  entity  or by a group of
persons  and/or  entities  acting  in  concert,  or in the  event of the sale or
transfer of  substantially  all  Arotech's  assets,  the 2004 Plan  provides all
outstanding  options will become exercisable unless the successor entity assumes
such options.

         Generally,  the  option  price may be paid (a) in cash or by  certified
check, bank draft or money order, (b) through delivery of shares of common stock
having a fair market value equal to the purchase price,  (c) through delivery of
a promissory  note  acceptable to the  Committee or (d) a  combination  of these
methods.  The  Committee is also  authorized  to  establish a cashless  exercise
program.

         No  option  may be  transferred  other  than by will or by the  laws of
descent and  distribution,  and during a  recipient's  lifetime an option may be
exercised only by the recipient.  Options that are  exercisable at the time of a
recipient's  termination of service with Arotech will continue to be exercisable
for three months,  unless, in the opinion of the Committee,  the reasons for the
termination  of  employment  justify  terminating  the  recipient's  exercisable
options.

         Terms and Conditions of Purchase  Grants.  The purchase price of common
stock  purchased  pursuant to a restricted  stock  purchase grant made under the
2004 Plan must be at least equal to the fair market value of the common stock at
the time the  purchase  grant was made (or 110% of the fair market  value in the
case of purchase grants made to ten-percent stockholders).  Recipients receiving
purchase grants under the 2004 Plan may purchase the common stock subject to the
purchase grant at any time within 60 days after the purchase grant is made.

         In the event of a  consolidation  or merger in which Arotech is not the
surviving  corporation or which results in the acquisition of substantially  all
Arotech's  outstanding  stock  by a single  person  or  entity  or by a group of
persons  and/or  entities  acting  in  concert,  or in the  event of the sale or
transfer of  substantially  all  Arotech's  assets,  the 2004 Plan  provides all
outstanding  purchase grants will become exercisable unless the successor entity
assumes such grants.

         Common stock purchased pursuant to a purchase grant may be paid for (a)
in cash, (b) by certified  check,  (c) by bank draft or money order, or (d) by a
promissory  note. If the  recipient  pays for the common stock with a promissory
note, the note must meet the conditions  specified in the 2004 Plan, in addition
to any other conditions which the Board may establish.

         No purchase grant may be transferred  other than by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution,  and during a recipient's lifetime a purchase grant
may be exercised only by the recipient.  Unexercised  purchased grants held by a
recipient terminate upon the death of the recipient. If a recipient's employment
or  consulting  relationship  terminates  for any reason  other than death,  all
purchase grants held by the recipient will automatically terminate.


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         The  Board  may at any time  amend  the 2004  Plan for the  purpose  of
satisfying the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or
other  applicable  law or  regulation or for any other legal  purpose,  provided
that,  without the consent of our  stockholders,  the Board may not (a) increase
the  number of shares  available  under the 2004  Plan,  (b) change the group of
individuals  eligible to receive options and/or purchase grants,  (c) reduce the
price at which  incentive  options  may be  granted,  (d) extend the time within
which  options may be granted or purchase  grants made,  (e) alter the 2004 Plan
such that  "incentive"  options and purchase  grants would not qualify under the
applicable  provisions  of the Code,  or (f)  adversely  affect  the rights of a
recipient under any option or purchase grant previously granted or made.

         Special  Provisions for Plan  Participants  Who Are Israeli  Residents.
Pursuant to current Israeli tax law, each option and purchase grant,  and shares
issued  pursuant to each option and purchase grant made under the 2004 Plan, are
issued  to,  and held in trust  for the  benefit  of the  grantee  by, a trustee
designated  by the Board,  who holds these  shares in trust for a minimum of two
years. Prior to releasing any securities from the trust, the trustee must ensure
that the recipient  remits an amount of money that is  sufficient  and necessary
for the  discharge  of the  recipient's  tax  obligations  with  respect to such
securities,  if any. Upon the sale of any  securities  held by the trust for the
benefit of a  recipient,  we must  withhold  from the  proceeds of such sale all
applicable  taxes and remit the amount withheld to the  appropriate  Israeli tax
authority.  Each  recipient  who has  shares  held by the trust is  entitled  to
receive dividends with respect thereto and to vote those shares of common stock.

FEDERAL INCOME CONSEQUENCES

         Following is a summary of the federal income tax consequences of option
grants under the 2004 Plan.  Optionees and  recipients  of other awards  granted
under the 2004 Plan are advised to consult  their  personal tax advisors  before
exercising an option or award or disposing of any stock received pursuant to the
exercise of an option or award. In addition, the following summary is based upon
an analysis of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended (the "Code") as
currently in effect, existing laws, judicial decisions,  administrative rulings,
regulations  and  proposed  regulations,  all of which are subject to change and
does not address state, local or other tax laws.

     TREATMENT OF OPTIONS

         The Code treats incentive stock options and nonstatutory  stock options
differently.  However, as to both types of options, no income will be recognized
to the optionee at the time of the grant of the options under the 2004 Plan, nor
will Arotech be entitled to a tax deduction at that time.

         Generally,  upon exercise of a nonstatutory  stock option,  an optionee
will recognize ordinary income tax on the excess of the fair market value of the
stock on the exercise date over the option price.  Arotech will be entitled to a
tax  deduction  in an amount  equal to the  ordinary  income  recognized  by the
optionee in the fiscal year which  includes  the end of the  optionee's  taxable
year. Arotech will be required to satisfy applicable withholding requirements in
order  to be  entitled  to a tax  deduction.  In  general,  if an  optionee,  in


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exercising  a  nonstatutory  stock  option,  tenders  shares of common  stock of
Arotech in partial or full payment of the option price,  no gain or loss will be
recognized  on the tender.  However,  if the  tendered  shares  were  previously
acquired upon the exercise of an incentive stock option and the tender is within
two years from the date of grant or one year after the date of  exercise  of the
incentive stock option,  the tender will be a  disqualifying  disposition of the
shares acquired upon exercise of the incentive stock option.

         For incentive stock options,  there is no taxable income to an optionee
at the time of  exercise.  However,  the excess of the fair market  value of the
stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price will be taken into account
in determining whether the "alternative  minimum tax" will apply for the year of
exercise. If the shares acquired upon exercise are held until at least two years
form the date of grant  and more than one year  from the date of  exercise,  any
gain or loss upon the sale of such shares,  if held as capital  assets,  will be
long-term  capital gain or loss  (measured by the  difference  between the sales
price of the stock and the exercise  price).  Under current  federal  income tax
law,  a  long-term  capital  gain will be taxed at a rate which is less than the
maximum  rate of tax on ordinary  income.  If the  two-year and one year holding
period  requirements are not met (a  "disqualifying  disposition"),  an optionee
will recognize  ordinary income in the year of disposition in an amount equal to
the  lesser of (i) the fair  market  value of the stock on the date of  exercise
minus the exercise price or (ii) the amount  realized on  disposition  minus the
exercise price.  The remainder of the gain will be treated as long-term  capital
gain, depending upon whether the stock has been held for more than a year. If an
optionee makes a  disqualifying  disposition,  Arotech will be entitled to a tax
deduction equal to the amount of ordinary income recognized by the optionee.

         In general,  if an optionee,  in exercising an incentive  stock option,
tenders  shares of common stock in partial or full payment of the option  price,
no gain or loss will be  recognized  on the  tender.  However,  if the  tendered
shares were  previously  acquired upon the exercise of another  incentive  stock
option  and the  tender is within  two years  from the date of grant or one year
after  the  date  of  exercise  of  the  other  option,  the  tender  will  be a
disqualifying  disposition  of the shares  acquired  upon  exercise of the other
option.

         As noted above, the exercise of an incentive stock option could subject
an optionee to the  alternative  minimum tax. The application of the alternative
minimum tax to any particular  optionee  depends upon the  particular  facts and
circumstances  which exist with respect to the optionee in the year of exercise.
However,  as a general  rule,  the amount by which the fair market  value of the
common stock on the date of exercise of an option  exceeds the exercise price of
the option will constitute an item of  "adjustment"  for purposes of determining
the  alternative  minimum  taxable  income on which the  alternative  tax may be
imposed.  As  such,  this  item  will  enter  into  the tax  base on  which  the
alternative  minimum tax is computed,  and may therefore  cause the  alternative
minimum tax to become applicable in any given year.

     POTENTIAL LIMITATION ON COMPANY DEDUCTIONS

         Code Section 162(m) denies a deduction to any publicly held corporation
for compensation  paid to certain  "covered  employees" in a taxable year to the
extent  that  compensation  exceeds $1  million  for a covered  employee.  It is
possible that  compensation  attributable to stock options granted in the future


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under the 2004 Plan, when combined with all other types of compensation received
by a covered employee from Arotech,  may cause this limitation to be exceeded in
any  particular  year.  Certain  kinds  of  compensation,   including  qualified
"performance-based  compensation," are disregarded for purposes of the deduction
limitation.  In accordance with Treasury  regulations  issued under Code Section
162(m),   compensation   attributable   to  stock   options   will   qualify  as
performance-based compensation, provided that: (i) the stock award plan contains
a per-employee limitation on the number of shares for which stock options may be
granted during a specified period; (ii) the per-employee  limitation is approved
by the  stockholders;  (iii) the award is  granted by a  compensation  committee
comprised  solely of "outside  directors";  and (iv) the  exercise  price of the
award is no less than the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant.

TAX WITHHOLDING

         Arotech, as and when appropriate,  shall have the right to require each
optionee  purchasing  shares of common stock to pay any federal,  state or local
taxes required by law to be withheld.

OPTIONS GRANTED UNDER THE 2004 PLAN SUBJECT TO STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL

         The 2004 Plan was  adopted by the Board of  Directors  on  February  9,
2004, subject to stockholder  approval.  An aggregate of 1,351,612 stock options
have been granted under the 2004 Plan at an average  exercise price of $1.25 per
share,  based on the  then-prevailing  fair market  value of our stock.  None of
these options was granted to executive employees. These grants were made subject
to stockholder approval of the 2004 Plan.

         The  following  table  sets  forth  information  with  respect to these
options:

                        OPTION GRANTS UNDER THE 2004 PLAN



                                                         WEIGHTED     POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE
                                           NUMBER OF     AVERAGE        OF ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES
                                          SECURITIES     EXERCISE     OF STOCK PRICE APPRECIATION
                                          UNDERLYING     OR BASE          FOR OPTION TERM(1)
                                           OPTIONS        PRICE      ----------------------------
                NAME                       GRANTED        ($/SH)         5% ($)         10% ($)
--------------------------------------    -----------   -----------  -------------   ------------
                                                                          
All employees who are not executive
  officers, as a group...............      1,351,612      $1.25       $   466,782     $1,031,466


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(1)  Calculated by multiplying the exercise price by an annual appreciation rate
     of 5% and 10%,  respectively  (and compounded for the term of the options),
     subtracting the exercise price per share and multiplying the gain per share
     by the  number of shares  covered by the  options.  The 5% and 10% rates of
     appreciation  are  mandated  by the rules of the  Securities  and  Exchange
     Commission  and do not  represent  our  estimate  or  projection  of future
     increases  in the price of our stock.  There can be no  assurance  that the
     amounts  reflected  in this table will be  achieved,  and unless the market
     price of our common stock  appreciates  over the option term, no value will
     be realized from the option grants made to the executive officers.

         Future grants under the 2004 Plan have not yet been determined.


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VOTE REQUIRED

         The affirmative  vote of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting at
which a quorum  representing a majority of all outstanding  shares of our common
stock is present  and  voting,  either in person or by proxy,  is  required  for
approval of this proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will each be counted
as present for purposes of  determining  the  presence of a quorum;  abstentions
will have the same  practical  effect as a negative vote on this  proposal,  and
broker non-votes will not have any effect on the outcome of this proposal.

                  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR
      ADOPTION OF THE 2004 STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN.


                              CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

         We  operate  within a  corporate  governance  plan for the  purpose  of
defining  responsibilities,  setting high standards of professional and personal
conduct, and assuring compliance with such  responsibilities  and standards.  We
monitor  developments  in the  area  of  corporate  governance.  The  Board  has
initiated actions consistent with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Securities
and Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market.

         In the  fiscal  year  ending  December  31,  2003,  the Board held nine
meetings.  All  directors  attended  at least  75% of the  aggregate  number  of
meetings of the Board and meetings of the  committees of the Board on which such
director serves.

         As of January 1, 2004,  members of the Board of  Directors  satisfy the
applicable independent director requirements of both the Securities and Exchange
Commission  and  Rule  4200  of The  Nasdaq  Stock  Market.  Our  non-management
directors meet regularly in executive session separate from management.

         It is our policy that each of our  directors is invited and  encouraged
to attend our annual meeting of stockholders.  All of our directors attended our
2003 annual meeting of stockholders.

         Our  board  of  directors  has  an  Audit  Committee,   a  Compensation
Committee, a Nominating Committee and an Executive Committee. The composition of
the various  committees of the board of directors is as follows (the name of the
chairman of each committee appears in italics):



  AUDIT COMMITTEE     COMPENSATION COMMITTEE     NOMINATING COMMITTEE     EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  ---------------     ----------------------     --------------------     -------------------
                                                                 
 Bert W. Wasserman       Jay M. Eastman            Jack E. Rosenfeld       Robert S. Ehrlich
Lawrence M. Miller      Jack E. Rosenfeld         Lawrence M. Miller         Steven Esses
 Jack E. Rosenfeld      Bert W. Wasserman           Jay M. Eastman        Lawrence M. Miller


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

         The Executive Committee,  created in July 2001, exercises the powers of
the Board during the intervals  between meetings of the Board, in the management
of  our  property,   business  and  affairs  (except  with  respect  to  certain
extraordinary transactions).


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         The Executive Committee consists of Messrs. Ehrlich (Chair), Miller and
Esses.

         The  Executive  Committee  held three  meetings  during the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2003.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

         Created in  December  1993,  the purpose of the Audit  Committee  is to
review with management and our independent auditors the scope and results of the
annual  audit,  the nature of any other  services  provided  by the  independent
auditors,  changes in the accounting  principles  applied to the presentation of
our financial  statements,  and any comments by the independent  auditors on our
policies  and  procedures  with  respect to internal  accounting,  auditing  and
financial  controls.  The Audit  Committee was  established  in accordance  with
Section  3(a)(58)(A)  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended.  In
addition,  the Audit  Committee  is charged with the  responsibility  for making
decisions on the engagement,  compensation,  retention and oversight of the work
of our independent auditors.

         The Audit Committee consists of Messrs.  Wasserman (Chair),  Miller and
Rosenfeld.  Each member of the Audit Committee is an "independent  director," as
that  term is  defined  in Rule  4200(a)(14)  of the  listing  standards  of the
National  Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and under Item 7(d)(3)(iv) of
Schedule  14A of the proxy rules under the  Exchange  Act.  All Audit  Committee
members possess the required level of financial literacy. Mr. Wasserman has been
designated  as the "Audit  Committee's  Financial  Expert." The Audit  Committee
operates  under a formal  charter  that  governs  its duties,  which  charter is
publicly available through a hyperlink located on the investor relations page of
our website, at http://www.arotech.com/compro/investor.html.

         The Audit  Committee  held six  meetings  during the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2003.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

         The Compensation Committee was established in December 1993. The duties
of the Compensation Committee are to recommend compensation arrangements for our
executive  officers and review annual  compensation  arrangements  for all other
officers and significant employees.

         The  Compensation  Committee  consists of Dr.  Eastman  (Chairman)  and
Messrs. Rosenfeld and Wasserman. Each member of the Compensation Committee is an
independent director as that term is defined in the NASD listing standards.

         The  Compensation  Committee  held six meetings  during the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2003.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

         The  Nominating  Committee,  created in February  2003,  identifies and
proposes  candidates  to serve as  members of the Board of  Directors.  Proposed
nominees  for  membership  on the Board of  Directors  submitted  in  writing by


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stockholders  to  Arotech's  Secretary  will be brought to the  attention of the
Nominating Committee.

         The Nominating Committee held no meetings during the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2003.

         The Nominating  Committee consists of Mr. Rosenfeld (Chair), Mr. Miller
and Dr.  Eastman.  Each member of the  Nominating  Committee  is an  independent
director as that term is defined in the NASD listing  standards.  The Nominating
Committee  makes  recommendations  to  the  Board  of  Directors  regarding  new
directors  to be  selected  for  membership  on the Board of  Directors  and its
various  committees.  The Nominating  Committee  operates under a formal charter
that  governs  its  duties.  The  Nominating  Committee's  charter  is  publicly
available  through a hyperlink  located on the  investor  relations  page of our
website, at http://www.arotech.com/compro/investor.html.

     POLICIES REGARDING DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

         The Board has adopted policies regarding director qualifications. To be
considered for  nomination as a director,  any candidate must meet the following
minimum criteria:

              a. Ability and  willingness  to  undertake a strategic  governance
     role, clear and distinct from the operating role of management.

              b. High-level  leadership experience in business,  government,  or
     other major complex  professional  or non-profit  organizations  that would
     have exposed the  individual to the challenges of leadership and governance
     in a dynamic and highly competitive marketplace.

              c. Highly  accomplished in their respective  field,  with superior
     credentials and recognition.

              d. Demonstrated  understanding of the elements and issues relevant
     to the success of a large  publicly-traded  company in the current volatile
     business, legal and governance environment.

              e. Demonstrated  business acumen and  creative/strategic  thinking
     ability.

              f. Personal Characteristics:

                    >>   Ability   and   willingness   to   contribute   special
                         competencies  to the Board in a  collaborative  manner.
                         The areas of  expertise  required  at any point in time
                         may  vary,  based on the  existing  composition  of the
                         Board.  They may include,  but would not be limited to,
                         capabilities  honed  as a CEO  or a  senior  functional
                         leader in operations,  finance, information technology,
                         marketing,  organizational development,  and experience
                         making step change to transform a business.


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                    >>   Personal   integrity  and  highest  ethical  character.
                         Absence of any  conflicts of  interest,  either real or
                         perceived.

                    >>   Willingness  to apply  sound and  independent  business
                         judgment,  enriching  management and Board proposals or
                         challenging them constructively as appropriate.

                    >>   Willing to exert  influence  through  strong  influence
                         skills and constructive teamwork.  This is essential to
                         effective collaboration with other directors as well as
                         providing constructive counsel to the CEO.

                    >>   Understanding  of and full commitment to our governance
                         principles  and  the  obligation  of each  director  to
                         contribute to good governance,  corporate  citizenship,
                         and corporate image for Arotech.

                    >>   Willingness  to  devote  the time  necessary  to assume
                         broad fiduciary responsibility and to participate fully
                         in Arotech governance requirements with appropriate due
                         diligence and attention.

         In this  regard,  each  nominee will be asked to disclose the boards of
directors on which he or she currently  sits, and each current  director will be
asked  to  inform  the  Nominating   Committee  of  additional  corporate  board
nominations  (both  for-profit and non-profit).  This  notification is to ensure
appropriate  dialogue  about the  impact of the  added  responsibilities  on the
individual's  availability to perform thoroughly his or her duties as an Arotech
director.

         The Board of  Directors  will  consist of a majority  of people who are
active,  primarily in business roles,  and selected retired  individuals.  Those
active in the business  community will bring the most current business thinking,
and retirees will bring their long  experience and seasoned  business  judgment.
Every effort will be made to achieve diversity in the Board's membership.

         From time to time, the particular  capabilities needed to round out the
total Board's  portfolio of competencies  may vary. The Nominating  Committee is
empowered to consider the  demographics  of the total Board as it considers  the
requirements  for  each  Board  vacancy  and  to  identify   particular   unique
capabilities needed at that point in time.

     POLICIES REGARDING DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS

         The  Board's  Nominating  Committee  is  responsible  for the  Board of
Director's  nomination process. New candidates for the Board of Directors may be
sourced  by  existing  directors,  a  third  party  search  firm  (paid  for its
professional services) or may be recommended by stockholders. In considering new
candidates  submitted by stockholders,  the Nominating  Committee will take into
consideration the needs of the Board of Directors and the  qualifications of the
candidate.  However,  all director  nominees will be evaluated  against the same
standards and in the same objective  manner,  based on competencies and personal
characteristics  listed above,  regardless  of how they were sourced.  To have a


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candidate considered by the Nominating Committee,  a stockholder must submit the
recommendation in writing and must include the following information:

          >>   The  name  of  the  stockholder  and  evidence  of  the  person's
               ownership of our stock,  including the number of shares owned and
               the length of time of ownership; and

          >>   The name of the candidate, the candidate's resume or a listing of
               his or her  qualifications  to be a director  of Arotech  and the
               person's  consent to be named as a director  if  selected  by the
               Nominating Committee and nominated by the Board of Directors.

         The stockholder  recommendation and information described above must be
sent to Arotech's  Secretary at 250 West 57th Street,  Suite 310, New York,  New
York 10107,  and must be received by Arotech's  Secretary not less than 120 days
prior to the anniversary date of our most recent annual meeting of stockholders.

         Once a person has been  identified  by the  Nominating  Committee  as a
potential  candidate,  the Committee may collect and review  publicly  available
information  regarding  the  person  to  assess  whether  the  person  should be
considered  further. If the Nominating  Committee  determines that the candidate
warrants further consideration,  the Chairman or another member of the Committee
will contact the person.  Generally, if the person expresses a willingness to be
considered and to serve on the Board of Directors, the Nominating Committee will
request information from the candidate,  review the person's accomplishments and
qualifications,  including in light of any other  candidates  that the Committee
might be considering,  and conduct one or more interviews with the candidate. In
certain instances, Committee members may contact one or more references provided
by the candidate or may contact other members of the business community or other
persons  that  may  have  greater   first-hand   knowledge  of  the  candidate's
accomplishments.  The  Committee's  evaluation  process  does not vary  based on
whether or not a candidate is recommended by a stockholder,  although, the Board
of  Directors  may take into  consideration  the  number  of shares  held by the
recommending stockholder and the length of time that such shares have been held.

CODES OF ETHICS

         We have  adopted  a Code of  Ethics,  as  required  by  Nasdaq  listing
standards  and the rules of the SEC,  that  applies to our  principal  executive
officer,  our principal financial officer, and our principal accounting officer,
as well as a more general  code of conduct that applies to our other  directors,
officers  and  employees.  The Code of Ethics is  publicly  available  through a
hyperlink   located  on  the  investor   relations  page  of  our  website,   at
http://www.arotech.com/compro/investor.html.  If we make substantive  amendments
to the Code of Ethics or grant any waiver,  including any implicit waiver,  that
applies to anyone subject to the Code of Ethics,  we will disclose the nature of
such amendment or waiver on the website or in a report on Form 8-K in accordance
with applicable Nasdaq and SEC rules.


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                         COMPENSATION AND OTHER MATTERS

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

         Non-employee  members of our Board of  Directors  are paid $2,500 (plus
expenses) for each Board of Directors meeting  attended,  $2,000 (plus expenses)
for each meeting of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors attended,  and
$1,000 (plus expenses) for each meeting of all other  committees of the Board of
Directors attended.  In addition,  we have adopted a Non-Employee Director Stock
Option Plan pursuant to which non-employee directors receive an initial grant of
options to purchase 25,000 shares of our common stock upon the effective date of
such plan or upon the date of his or her  election  as a  director.  Thereafter,
non-employee  directors  will receive  options to purchase  10,000 shares of our
common stock for each year of service on the Board. All such options are granted
at fair  market  value and vest  ratably  over three  years from the date of the
grant.  We are submitting for the approval of our  stockholders  an amendment to
our 1995 Plan to increase  the initial  grant to new  non-employee  directors to
50,000 options and to increase annual grants to non-employee directors to 35,000
options. See "Proposal Number 4," above.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

     GENERAL

         Our Chief  Executive  Officer  and the  other  highest  paid  executive
officers (of which there were two) who were  compensated  at a rate of more than
$100,000  in  salary  and  bonuses  during  the year  ended  December  31,  2003
(collectively,  the "Named Executive Officers") are Israeli residents,  and thus
certain  elements  of the  compensation  that we pay  them is  structured  as is
customary in Israel.

         During  2003,  2002  and  2001,  compensation  to our  Named  Executive
Officers took several forms:

          >>   cash salary;

          >>   bonus, some of which was paid in cash in the year in which it was
               earned and some of which was  accrued in the year in which it was
               earned  but  paid  in  cash  in  a  subsequent   year;   >>  cash
               reimbursement  for taxes paid by the Named Executive  Officer and
               reimbursed by us in accordance with Israeli tax regulations;

          >>   accruals  (but not  cash  payments)  in  respect  of  contractual
               termination  compensation  in  excess  of the  Israeli  statutory
               minimum;

          >>   accruals  (but not cash  payments)  in respect of pension  plans,
               which  consist of a savings  plan,  life  insurance and statutory
               severance pay benefits,  and a continuing  education  fund (as is
               customary in Israel);


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          >>   stock options,  including options issued in exchange for a waiver
               of salary  under the  "options-for-salary"  program  discussed in
               more detail below; and

          >>   other benefits,  primarily consisting of annual statutory holiday
               pay.

         The specific  amounts of each form of  compensation  paid to each Named
Executive Officer appear in the summary compensation table and the notes thereto
appearing under "Summary Compensation Table," below.

     SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

         The  following  table,  which  should be read in  conjunction  with the
explanations  provided above,  shows the compensation that we paid (or accrued),
in  connection  with  services  rendered for 2003,  2002 and 2001,  to our Named
Executive Officers.


                          SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE(1)



                                                                            LONG TERM                     ALL OTHER
                                              ANNUAL COMPENSATION          COMPENSATION                  COMPENSATION
                                    -------------------------------------  ------------   -----------------------------------------
                                                                                            CHANGES IN
                                                                                           ACCRUALS FOR
                                                                                            SICK DAYS,      PAYMENT TO
                                                                            SECURITIES    VACATION DAYS,   PENSION AND
                                                                 TAX        UNDERLYING    AND TERMINATION   EDUCATION
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION  YEAR     SALARY      BONUS     REIMBURSEMENT    OPTIONS       COMPENSATION       FUNDS       OTHERS
---------------------------  ----   ---------   ----------- -------------  ------------   ---------------  ----------  ------------
                                                                                               
Robert S. Ehrlich            2003   $ 259,989   $  99,750(2)   $ 27,211    2,035,000      $    80,713(3)   $  48,228   $     678
Chairman of the Board,       2002   $ 202,962   $  99,750      $ 15,232      262,500(4)   $   170,691(5)   $  22,256   $     654
  President, Chief           2001   $ 211,644   $  84,000      $ 17,201      521,000(6)   $   229,800(7)   $  52,841   $  87,113(8)
  Executive Officer and
  director

Steven Esses                 2003   $       0   $       0      $      0    1,035,000      $         0      $        0  $       0
Executive Vice President,    2002   $       0   $       0      $      0            0      $         0      $        0  $ 120,480(9)
  Chief Operating Officer    2001   $       0   $       0      $      0            0      $         0      $        0  $       0
  and director*

Avihai Shen                  2003   $ 123,988   $       0      $  8,653      608,750      $     6,471(10)  $   23,133  $     463
Vice President - Finance     2002   $  93,641   $       0      $ 18,857       48,935      $     9,847(11)  $   20,394  $   6,894(12)
  and Chief Financial        2001   $  82,019   $       0      $  8,804       43,749      $     1,629(13)  $   15,956  $     674
  Officer


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  *  Mr. Esses became an officer in January 2003. His compensation as an officer
     during 2003 consisted  solely of stock options.  Prior to January 2003, Mr.
     Esses was a director  (from  July  2002),  in which  position  he  received
     certain compensation as a consultant,  in addition to the stock options and
     per-meeting  fees payable to directors  generally  (which is not  reflected
     above).

 (1) We paid the  amounts  reported  for each  named  executive  officer in U.S.
     dollars and/or New Israeli Shekels (NIS).  We have translated  amounts paid
     in NIS into U.S.  dollars at the exchange rate of NIS into U.S.  dollars at
     the time of payment or accrual.

 (2) We paid Mr. Ehrlich $67,370 during 2003 in satisfaction of the remainder of
     bonuses  from  2002 to which he was  entitled  according  to his  contract.
     Additionally,  we accrued  $99,750 for Mr. Ehrlich in  satisfaction  of the
     2003 bonus to which he was entitled according to his contract.

 (3) Of this amount, $92,075 represents our accrual for severance pay that would
     be payable to Mr. Ehrlich upon a "change of control" or upon the occurrence
     of certain other events;  $3,451 represents the increase of the accrual for
     sick leave and vacation redeemable by Mr. Ehrlich; and $(14,813) represents
     the decrease of our accrual for  severance pay that would be payable to Mr.
     Ehrlich  under the laws of the State of Israel if we were to terminate  his
     employment.


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(4)  Of this amount, 262,500 options were in exchange for a total of $105,000 in
     salary waived by Mr. Ehrlich during 2002 pursuant to the options-for-salary
     program  instituted  by us beginning in May 2001.  See  "Options-for-Salary
     Program," below.

(5)  Of this amount,  $109,935  represents  our accrual for  severance  pay that
     would be payable to Mr.  Ehrlich  upon a "change  of  control"  or upon the
     occurrence of certain other events;  $17,571 represents the increase of the
     accrual for sick leave and vacation redeemable by Mr. Ehrlich;  and $43,725
     represents  the  increase of our accrual  for  severance  pay that would be
     payable to Mr.  Ehrlich under the laws of the State of Israel if we were to
     terminate his employment.

(6)  Of this amount,  80,000  options were in exchange for a total of $32,000 in
     salary waived by Mr. Ehrlich during 2001 pursuant to the options-for-salary
     program  instituted  by us beginning in May 2001.  See  "Options-for-Salary
     Program," below.

(7)  Of this amount,  $172,360  represents  our accrual for  severance  pay that
     would be payable to Mr.  Ehrlich  upon a "change  of  control"  or upon the
     occurrence of certain other events;  $50,548 represents the increase of the
     accrual for sick leave and vacation  redeemable by Mr. Ehrlich;  and $6,892
     represents  the  increase of our accrual  for  severance  pay that would be
     payable to Mr.  Ehrlich under the laws of the State of Israel if we were to
     terminate his employment.

(8)  Of this amount,  $86,434 represents benefit imputed to Mr. Ehrlich upon the
     purchase by us of certain of his shares for treasury,  and $679  represents
     other  benefits  that  we  paid  to  Mr.  Ehrlich  in  2001.  See  "Certain
     Relationships and Related Transactions - Officer Loans," below.

(9)  Represents consulting fees paid in 2002.

(10) Of this amount,  $8,369 represents the increase of the accrual for vacation
     redeemable by Mr. Shen; and $(1,628) represents the decrease of our accrual
     for  severance  pay that would be payable to Mr. Shen under the laws of the
     State of Israel if we were to terminate his employment.

(11) Of this amount,  $1,062 represents the increase of the accrual for vacation
     redeemable by Mr. Shen;  and $8,785  represents the increase of our accrual
     for  severance  pay that would be payable to Mr. Shen under the laws of the
     State of Israel if we were to terminate his employment.

(12) Of this amount, $6,500 represents the value of shares issued to Mr. Shen as
     a stock bonus and $394  represents  other benefits that we paid to Mr. Shen
     in 2002.

(13) Of this  amount,  $(1.099)  represents  the  decrease  of the  accrual  for
     vacation  redeemable by Mr. Shen; and $2,728 represents the increase of our
     accrual for  severance pay that would be payable to Mr. Shen under the laws
     of the State of Israel if we were to terminate his employment.


     EXECUTIVE LOANS

         In  1999,  2000 and  2002,  we  extended  certain  loans  to our  Named
Executive  Officers.  These loans are summarized in the following table, and are
further  described  under  "Certain  Relationships  and Related  Transactions  -
Officer Loans," below.



                                          ORIGINAL          AMOUNT
                                          PRINCIPAL      OUTSTANDING
  NAME OF BORROWER        DATE OF LOAN  AMOUNT OF LOAN  AS OF 12/31/03              TERMS OF LOAN
  ----------------        ------------  --------------  --------------              -------------
                                                           
Robert S. Ehrlich.......   12/28/99     $    167,975    $    201,570   Ten-year non-recourse loan to purchase our
                                                                         stock, secured by the shares of stock
                                                                         purchased.
Robert S. Ehrlich.......   02/09/00     $    789,991    $    657,146   Twenty-five-year non-recourse loan to
                                                                         purchase our stock, secured by the
                                                                         shares of stock purchased.
Robert S. Ehrlich.......   06/10/02     $     36,500    $     37,810   Twenty-five-year non-recourse loan to
                                                                         purchase our stock, secured by the
                                                                         shares of stock purchased.



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     OPTIONS-FOR-SALARY PROGRAM

         Between May 2001 and December 2002, we conducted an  options-for-salary
program  designed to conserve our cash and to offer  incentives  to employees to
remain with us despite lower cash compensation.  Under this program, most of our
salaried  employees  permanently  waived a portion of their salaries in exchange
for options to  purchase  shares of our common  stock,  at a ratio of options to
purchase  2.5  shares  of our stock for each  dollar  in salary  waived.  Social
benefits (such as pension) and contractual  bonuses for such employees continued
to  be   calculated   based  on  their   salaries   prior  to   reduction.   The
options-for-salary program was ended on December 31, 2002.

         During 2001,  options were accrued  quarterly in advance,  but since no
employees  requested the grant of their options  during the third  quarter,  all
grants were deferred to the beginning of the fourth quarter, during the month of
October.  During 2002,  options were accrued  quarterly in advance for the Named
Executive Officers, and annually in advance for other employees.

         During  2001,  in  exchange  for  waiver of  $265,597  in  salary,  our
employees  other than the Named Executive  Officers  received a total of 663,992
options,  which  options were granted  based on the lowest  closing price of our
common stock during the month of October 2001 ($1.30). Named Executive Officers,
in exchange for waiver of $40,699 in salary, received a total of 101,747 options
during 2001,  which options were granted based on the lowest  closing  prices of
our common stock during the month of October 2001  ($1.30),  as set forth in the
table below.

         During  2002,  in  exchange  for  waiver of  $364,209  in  salary,  our
employees  other than the Named Executive  Officers  received a total of 910,522
options,  which  options were granted  based on the lowest  closing price of our
common  stock  during  the  month of  December  2002  ($0.61).  Named  Executive
Officers,  in exchange  for waiver of  $119,774  in salary,  received a total of
299,435  options  during 2002,  which  options were granted  based on the lowest
closing  prices of our common stock during each quarter of 2002, as set forth in
the table below.

         Following is a table setting forth the number of options that we issued
to each of our Named  Executive  Officers under the  options-for-salary  program
during each fiscal quarter in which the program was in effect,  and the range of
trading prices for our common stock during each such fiscal quarter:


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                                                                                           LOW TRADING                   CLOSING
                            FISCAL      AMOUNT OF     NUMBER OF    NUMBER OF     AVERAGE      PRICE     HIGH TRADING      PRICE
                           QUARTER        SALARY       OPTIONS      OPTIONS     EXERCISE      DURING    PRICE DURING   ON LAST DAY
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER     ENDED         WAIVED       ACCRUED       ISSUED       PRICE      QUARTER       QUARTER     OF QUARTER
-----------------------    --------     ----------    ----------   ---------    --------   -----------  ------------   -----------
                                                                                                  
Robert S. Ehrlich......    06/30/01     $    8,000      20,000            0         --       $2.18         $4.20          $2.54
                           09/30/01     $   12,000      30,000            0         --       $1.10         $3.05          $1.48
                           12/31/01     $   12,000      30,000       80,000      $1.30       $1.30         $2.48          $1.66
                           03/31/02     $   26,250      65,625       65,625      $1.42       $1.35         $2.41          $1.55
                           06/30/02     $   26,250      65,625       65,625      $0.73       $0.73         $1.79          $0.91
                           09/30/02     $   26,250      65,625       65,625      $0.85       $0.79         $1.70          $1.05
                           12/31/02     $   26,250      65,625       65,625      $0.61       $0.61         $1.17          $0.64

Avihai Shen............    06/30/01     $    2,174       5,435            0         --       $2.18         $4.20          $2.54
                           09/30/01     $    3,262       8,153            0         --       $1.10         $3.05          $1.48
                           12/31/01     $    3,262       8,153       21,741      $1.30       $1.30         $2.48          $1.66
                           03/31/02     $    3,262       8,153        8,153      $1.42       $1.35         $2.41          $1.55
                           06/30/02     $    3,262       8,153        8,153      $0.73       $0.73         $1.79          $0.91
                           09/30/02     $    3,262      12,476       12,476      $0.85       $0.79         $1.70          $1.05
                           12/31/02     $    3,262       8,153        8,153      $0.61       $0.61         $1.17          $0.64


STOCK OPTIONS

         The table below sets forth  information  with respect to stock  options
granted to the Named Executive Officers for the fiscal year 2003.

                        OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR



                              INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
                         --------------------------
                                         % OF TOTAL                               POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE
                          NUMBER OF       OPTIONS                                   OF ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES
                         SECURITIES      GRANTED TO    EXERCISE                   OF STOCK PRICE APPRECIATION
                         UNDERLYING      EMPLOYEES     OR BASE                         FOR OPTION TERM(1)
                          OPTIONS        IN FISCAL      PRICE      EXPIRATION    ----------------------------
       NAME               GRANTED           YEAR        ($/SH)        DATE          5% ($)          10% ($)
----------------------   ----------      ----------    --------    ----------    -----------    -------------
                                                                                
Robert S. Ehrlich.....    1,500,000         27%          $0.46      03/14/08     $   190,634      $   421,252
                            500,000          9%          $0.85      06/26/08     $   111,894      $   247,257
                             35,000          6%          $0.42      01/25/13     $     9,245      $    23,428
Steven Esses..........      600,000         11%          $0.43      02/24/08     $    71,281      $   157,512
                            100,000          2%          $0.85      07/09/13     $    53,456      $   135,468
                            300,000          5%          $1.28      12/31/08     $   106,092      $   234,436
                             35,000          1%          $1.28      01/31/13     $    28,174      $    71,400
Avihai Shen...........      120,000          2%          $0.43      02/24/08     $    14,256      $    31,503
                            120,000          2%          $0.85      07/09/13     $    64,147      $   162,562
                            333,750          6%          $1.28      07/09/13     $   268,664      $   680,847
                             35,000          1%          $0.42      01/25/13     $     9,245      $    23,429


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(1)  The potential  realizable  value  illustrates  value that might be realized
     upon exercise of the options  immediately  prior to the expiration of their
     terms,  assuming the  specified  compounded  rates of  appreciation  of the
     market  price  per  share  from the date of grant to the end of the  option
     term.  Actual gains,  if any, on stock option exercise are dependent upon a
     number of factors, including the future performance of the common stock and
     the  timing  of  option  exercises,  as  well  as the  executive  officer's
     continued employment through the vesting period. The gains shown are net of
     the option  exercise  price,  but do not include  deductions  for taxes and
     other  expenses  payable  upon the  exercise  of the  option or for sale of


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     underlying shares of common stock. The 5% and 10% rates of appreciation are
     mandated by the rules of the Securities and Exchange  Commission and do not
     represent our estimate or  projection  of future  increases in the price of
     our stock.  There can be no  assurance  that the amounts  reflected in this
     table will be  achieved,  and unless the market  price of our common  stock
     appreciates over the option term, no value will be realized from the option
     grants made to the executive officers.

         The table below sets forth information for the Named Executive Officers
with respect to aggregated  option  exercises during fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2003
year-end option values.

          AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES



                                                      NUMBER OF SECURITIES             VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
                                                     UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED            IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
                        SHARES                     OPTIONS AT FISCAL YEAR END          AT FISCAL-YEAR-END(1)
                      CQUIRED ON      VALUE        ---------------------------    -------------------------------
        NAME          A EXERCISE     REALIZED      EXERCISABLE   UNEXERCISABLE     EXERCISABLE     UNEXERCISABLE
--------------------  ----------    ----------     -----------   -------------    --------------   --------------
                                                                                 
Robert S. Ehrlich...         --     $       --       1,905,667     1,000,000      $    1,826,171   $    1,185,000
Steven Esses........     99,860     $  183,215         416,807       518,333      $      317,362   $      655,733
Avihai Shen.........     75,000     $  143,500         217,304       421,100      $      119,283   $      286,046


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(1)  Options that are "in-the-money" are options for which the fair market value
     of the  underlying  securities  on December  31, 2003  ($1.82)  exceeds the
     exercise or base price of the option.


SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS

         The following table sets forth certain information,  as of December 31,
2003, with respect to our 1991,  1993, 1995 and 1998 stock option plans, as well
as any other  stock  options and  warrants  previously  issued by us  (including
individual compensation arrangements) as compensation for goods and services:

                      EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION



                                                                           NUMBER OF SECURITIES
                                                                           REMAINING AVAILABLE
                                                                           FOR FUTURE ISSUANCE
                           NUMBER OF SECURITIES                                UNDER EQUITY
                             TO BE ISSUED UPON       WEIGHTED-AVERAGE       COMPENSATION PLANS
                                EXERCISE OF         EXERCISE PRICE OF     (EXCLUDING SECURITIES
                           OUTSTANDING OPTIONS,    OUTSTANDING OPTIONS,    REFLECTED IN COLUMN
                            WARRANTS AND RIGHTS    WARRANTS AND RIGHTS             (a))
       PLAN CATEGORY              (a)(1)                   (b)                    (c)(1)
-----------------------   ---------------------    --------------------   ---------------------
                                                                        
Equity compensation             6,150,677                 $1.38                  (352,708)
  plans approved by
  security holders.....
Equity compensation
  plans not approved
  by security
  holders(2)...........         3,481,236                 $1.65                  (299,374)


----------
(1)  Numbers in  parenthesis  in column (c), which are included in the number in
     column (a), indicate options that have been conditionally granted.



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(2)  In October  1998,  the Board of  Directors  adopted the 1998  Non-Executive
     Stock Option and Restricted  Stock Purchase Plan,  which under Delaware law
     did not require stockholder approval since directors and executive officers
     were  ineligible to  participate in it.  Participation  in the 1998 Plan is
     limited to those of our employees and consultants who are neither executive
     officers nor otherwise subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
     of 1934,  as amended,  or Section  162(m) of the  Internal  Revenue Code of
     1986,  as  amended.  The  1998  Plan is  administered  by the  Compensation
     Committee of our Board of Directors,  which  determined  the  conditions of
     grant. Options issued under the 1998 Plan generally expire no more than ten
     years from the date of grant,  and incentive  options issued under the 1998
     Plan may be granted only at exercise  prices equal to the fair market value
     of our common stock on the date the option is granted. A total of 4,750,000
     shares of our common  stock were  originally  subject to the 1998 Plan,  of
     which 3,181,862  options are  outstanding  and 1,568,138  options have been
     exercised.


EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

         Mr. Ehrlich is party to an employment agreement with us effective as of
January 1, 2000. The term of this employment agreement, as extended,  expires on
December 31, 2005, and is extended  automatically  for  additional  terms of two
years each unless either Mr. Ehrlich or we terminate the agreement sooner.

         The  employment  agreement  provides  for a base  salary of $20,000 per
month, as adjusted annually for Israeli inflation and devaluation of the Israeli
shekel  against  the U.S.  dollar,  if any.  Additionally,  the Board may at its
discretion  raise Mr.  Ehrlich's base salary.  In January 2002, the Board raised
Mr.  Ehrlich's base salary to $23,750 per month  effective  January 1, 2002; Mr.
Ehrlich has elected to waive this increase in his salary and to receive  options
instead, under our salary for options program.

         The  employment  agreement  provides  that if the  results we  actually
attain  in a given  year are at  least  80% of the  amount  we  budgeted  at the
beginning of the year,  we will pay a bonus,  on a sliding  scale,  in an amount
equal to a minimum of 35% of Mr. Ehrlich's annual base salary then in effect, up
to a maximum of 90% of his annual  base  salary then in effect if the results we
actually  attain  for the year in  question  are 120% or more of the  amount  we
budgeted at the beginning of the year.

         The employment  agreement also contains various  benefits  customary in
Israel  for  senior  executives,  tax and  financial  planning  expenses  and an
automobile, and contain confidentiality and non-competition covenants.  Pursuant
to the employment  agreements,  we granted Mr.  Ehrlich  demand and  "piggyback"
registration rights covering shares of our common stock held by him.

         We can terminate  Mr.  Ehrlich's  employment  agreement in the event of
death or  disability or for "Cause"  (defined as  conviction of certain  crimes,
willful  failure  to carry out  directives  of our Board of  Directors  or gross
negligence or willful  misconduct).  Mr.  Ehrlich has the right to terminate his
employment  upon a change in our control or for "Good  Reason," which is defined
to include adverse changes in employment status or compensation, our insolvency,
material breaches and certain other events. Additionally, Mr. Ehrlich may retire
(after age 68) or terminate  his agreement for any reason upon 150 days' notice.
Upon termination of employment, the employment agreement provides for payment of
all  accrued  and  unpaid  compensation,  and  (unless  we have  terminated  the
agreement for Cause or Mr.  Ehrlich has  terminated  the agreement  without Good
Reason and without  giving us 150 days' notice of  termination)  bonuses due for


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the year in which  employment is  terminated  and severance pay in the amount of
three years' base salary (or, in the case of  termination  by Mr. Ehrlich on 150
days' notice,  a lump sum payment of $520,000).  Furthermore,  certain  benefits
will continue and all outstanding options will be fully vested.

         Mr. Esses is not a party to an employment  agreement  with us. Mr. Shen
has signed our standard employee employment agreement, described below.

         Other  employees  (including  Mr. Shen) have  entered  into  individual
employment  agreements with us. These  agreements  govern the basic terms of the
individual's  employment,  such as salary,  vacation,  overtime  pay,  severance
arrangements  and  pension  plans.  Subject to Israeli  law,  which  restricts a
company's  right to  relocate  an  employee  to a work site  farther  than sixty
kilometers  from his or her regular  work site,  we have  retained  the right to
transfer certain  employees to other locations  and/or  positions  provided that
such  transfers do not result in a decrease in salary or benefits.  All of these
agreements also contain provisions  governing the confidentiality of information
and ownership of intellectual  property  learned or created during the course of
the employee's  tenure with us. Under the terms of these  provisions,  employees
must keep  confidential  all  information  regarding our operations  (other than
information  that is  already  publicly  available)  received  or learned by the
employee  during the course of employment.  This provision  remains in force for
five  years  after the  employee  has left our  service.  Further,  intellectual
property created during the course of the employment relationship belongs to us.

         A number of the individual employment agreements,  but not all, contain
non-competition  provisions  that  restrict  the  employee's  rights to  compete
against us or work for an enterprise  that competes  against us. Such provisions
remain  in force  for a period of two  years  after  the  employee  has left our
service.

         Under the laws of Israel,  an employee  of ours who has been  dismissed
from service,  died in service,  retired from service upon attaining  retirement
age, or left due to poor health, maternity or certain other reasons, is entitled
to severance pay at the rate of one month's salary for each year of service.  We
currently fund this  obligation by making monthly  payments to approved  private
provident  funds  and by  its  accrual  for  severance  pay in the  consolidated
financial  statements.  See Note 2.r of the Notes to the Consolidated  Financial
Statements.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

         The  Compensation  Committee  of our  board of  directors  for the 2003
fiscal year consisted until May 8, 2003 of Dr. Jay M. Eastman, Jack E. Rosenfeld
and Lawrence M. Miller;  thereafter, the Compensation Committee consisted of Dr.
Jay M. Eastman, Jack E. Rosenfeld and Bert W. Wasserman. None of the members has
served as our officers or employees.


                      REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

Notwithstanding  anything  to the  contrary  set  forth  in any of our  previous
filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities  Act"), or
the Exchange Act which might  incorporate  future filings,  including this Proxy


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Statement,  in whole or in part, the following report and the Performance  Graph
on page 33 shall not be incorporated by reference into any such filings.

     OBJECTIVES AND PHILOSOPHY

         We maintain  compensation and incentive  programs designed to motivate,
     retain and attract  management  and utilize  various  combinations  of base
     salary,   bonuses  payable  upon  the   achievement  of  specified   goals,
     discretionary  bonuses  and stock  options.  Our Chief  Executive  Officer,
     Robert S. Ehrlich,  is party to an employment  agreement with us. Our Chief
     Operating Officer,  Mr. Steven Esses, has no formal employment agreement at
     present,  though one is in negotiation.  Our Chief Financial  Officer,  Mr.
     Avihai Shen, is a party to a standard  employment  agreement  that we enter
     into with our employees generally.

     EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

         The employment  agreement with Mr. Ehrlich provides that if the results
     we  actually  attain  in a given  year are at least  80% of the  amount  we
     budgeted at the beginning of the year, we will pay a bonus to Mr.  Ehrlich,
     on a sliding  scale,  in an amount  equal to a minimum of 35% of his annual
     base  salary  then in effect,  up to a maximum  of 90% of his  annual  base
     salary  then in effect if the  results we  actually  attain for the year in
     question are 120% or more of the amount we budgeted at the beginning of the
     year.  We paid Mr.  Ehrlich  $67,370  during  2003 in  satisfaction  of the
     remainder of bonuses  from 2002 to which he was  entitled  according to his
     contract.  Additionally, we accrued $99,750 for Mr. Ehrlich in satisfaction
     of the 2003 bonus to which he was entitled according to his contract.

         As of December 31, 2003,  Messrs.  Ehrlich's,  Esses's and Shen's total
     options represented approximately 6.1%, 2.0% and 1.3%, respectively, of our
     outstanding  stock,  which  the  Compensation   Committee  believes  is  an
     appropriate  level of options for them  considering  their  positions  with
     Arotech.

     COMPENSATION OF OTHER EMPLOYEES

         With  respect to  employees  other than the Named  Executive  Officers,
     compensation is determined not by formula,  but based on the achievement of
     qualitative and/or quantitative  objectives  established in advance of each
     year by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer,  who then,
     pursuant to authority  delegated by the Compensation  Committee,  determine
     remuneration of our employees based on such objectives.

         We seek to  promote,  including  through  our  compensation  plans,  an
     environment that encourages  employees to focus on our continuing long-term
     growth.  Employee  compensation is generally  comprised of a combination of
     cash compensation and grants of options under our stock option plans. Stock
     options  are awarded  annually  in  connection  with  annual  bonuses  and,
     occasionally,  during the year on a discretionary  basis. Stock options are
     intended  to offer an  incentive  for  superior  performance  while  basing
     employee  compensation  on the  achievement  of higher share value,  and to
     foster the  retention of key personnel  through the use of schedules  which
     vest  options over time if the person  remains  employed by us. There is no
     set  formula  for the award of options  to  individual  employees.  Factors
     considered in making  option  awards to the employees  other than the Named


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     Executive  Officers in 2003  included  prior grants to the  employees,  the
     importance of retaining the employees services,  the amount of cash bonuses
     received by the  employees,  the  employees  potential to contribute to our
     success and the employees' past contributions to us.

     POLICY ON DEDUCTIBILITY OF COMPENSATION

         Changes  made to the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended (the
     "Code")  in 1993  limit our  ability  to  deduct,  for  Federal  income tax
     purposes,  certain  compensation  in excess of $1,000,000  per year paid to
     individuals  named in the Summary  Compensation  Table. This limitation was
     effective  beginning  in  1994.  Based  on  its  review  of the  facts  and
     circumstances,  the  Committee  has  considered  the  provisions of Section
     162(m)  of the  Code  which,  except  in  the  case  of  "performance-based
     compensation"   and  certain   other  types  of   compensation   (including
     compensation received under a stock option plan approved in accordance with
     Section  162(m) of the Code),  limits to $1,000,000 the amount of Arotech's
     federal income tax deduction for the compensation  paid to any of the chief
     executive  officer and the other four most highly paid executive  officers.
     The Committee believes that our current  compensation  arrangements,  which
     are primarily  based on  performance  measures  expected to be reflected in
     increasing  stockholder  value over time, are  appropriate  and in the best
     interests  of  Arotech  and  its   stockholders,   without  regard  to  tax
     considerations.  Thus,  in the  event of  changes  in the tax laws or their
     interpretation  or other  circumstances  which might render some portion of
     the  executive  compensation  paid by us  non-deductible  for  federal  tax
     purposes,  the Committee would not anticipate making significant changes in
     the basic philosophy and practices reflected in our executive  compensation
     program.

                     SUBMITTED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

                               Dr. Jay M. Eastman
                                Jack E. Rosenfeld
                                Bert W. Wasserman

PERFORMANCE GRAPH

         The  following  graph  compares  the  yearly  percentage  change in our
cumulative  total  stockholder  return on our common  stock with the  cumulative
total  return  on  the  Nasdaq   Market  Index  (Broad   Market   Index)  and  a
self-constructed  peer group index (the "Peer Group  Index")  over the past five
years, from December 31, 1998 through December 31, 2003.

         The cumulative  total  stockholder  return is based on $100 invested in
our common stock and in the  respective  indices on December 31, 1998. The stock
prices on the performance  graph are not necessarily  indicative of future price
performance.


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             CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2003 AMONG
                    AROTECH CORPORATION, NASDAQ MARKET INDEX,
                              AND PEER GROUP INDEX

          [TABLE BELOW REPRESENTS A LINE CHART IN THE ORIGINAL REPORT]

                12/31/98   12/31/99   12/31/00  12/31/01   12/31/02   12/31/03
                --------   --------   --------  --------   --------   --------
AROTECH           100.00     127.27    170.55      60.36      23.27     66.18
PEER GROUP(1)     100.00      62.99     54.83      66.06      61.33     47.30
BROAD MARKET      100.00     185.59    112.67      88.95      60.91     91.37

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(1)  The Peer Group  Index is  comprised  of the  following  companies:  Bio-Key
     International,   Inc.,  Command  Security  Corporation,  Firearms  Training
     Systems, Inc., Guardian International, Inc. and ICTS International N.V. The
     returns of each company have been  weighted  according to their  respective
     stock  market  capitalization  for  purposes  of  arriving  at a peer group
     average.


                          REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

         The Audit  Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Audit  Committee")
consists of three non-employee directors, Bert W. Wasserman, Lawrence M. Miller,
and Jack E.  Rosenfeld,  each of whom has been  determined to be  independent as
defined by the Nasdaq rules and SEC  regulations.  The Audit Committee  operates
under a written charter adopted by the board of directors.

         Management  is  responsible  for  Arotech's  internal  controls and the
financial  reporting  process.  The independent  accountants are responsible for
performing an independent audit of Arotech's  consolidated  financial statements
in accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles  and to issue a
report thereon.  The Audit Committee's  responsibility is to monitor and oversee
these processes.

         In this context the Audit Committee has met and held  discussions  with
management and the independent accountants.  Management represented to the Audit
Committee  that Arotech's  consolidated  financial  statements  were prepared in
accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles,   and  the  Audit
Committee has reviewed and discussed the consolidated  financial statements with


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management and the independent  accountants.  The Audit Committee discussed with
the  independent  accountants  matters  required to be discussed by Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 61.

         Arotech's independent  accountants also provided to the Audit Committee
the written disclosure required by Independence  Standards Board Standard No. 1,
"Independence  Discussions with Audit Committees." The Committee  discussed with
the independent  accountants that firm's independence and considered whether the
non-audit  services provided by the independent  accountants are compatible with
maintaining its independence.

         Based on the  Audit  Committee's  discussion  with  management  and the
independent accountants,  and the Audit Committee's review of the representation
of  management  and the  report  of the  independent  accountants  to the  Audit
Committee,  the Audit Committee  recommended that the board of directors include
the audited consolidated financial statements in Arotech's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

                        SUBMITTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

                                Bert W. Wasserman
                               Lawrence M. Miller
                                Jack E. Rosenfeld


            FEES BILLED FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT

         In accordance with the requirements of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002
and the Audit  Committee's  charter,  all audit and  audit-related  work and all
non-audit work performed by our independent  accountants,  Kost, Forer, Gabbay &
Kassierer, is approved in advance by the Audit Committee, including the proposed
fees for such work.  The Audit  Committee is informed of each  service  actually
rendered.

          >>   Audit  Fees.  Audit fees billed or expected to be billed to us by
               Kost,  Forer,  Gabbay & Kassierer  for the audit of the financial
               statements  included  in our  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K,  and
               reviews of the  financial  statements  included in our  Quarterly
               Reports on Form 10-Q,  for the years ended  December 31, 2002 and
               2003 totaled approximately $151,375 and $177,000, respectively.

          >>   Audit-Related  Fees.  Kost,  Forer,  Gabbay & Kassierer billed us
               $383 and $34,500 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2002 and
               2003,  respectively,  for assurance and related services that are
               reasonably  related to the  performance of the audit or review of
               our financial  statements  and are not reported under the caption
               "Audit Fees," above.


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          >>   Tax Fees. Kost, Forer,  Gabbay & Kassierer billed us an aggregate
               of $12,000 and $24,320 for the fiscal  years ended  December  31,
               2002 and 2003, respectively, for tax services, principally advice
               regarding the preparation of income tax returns.

          >>   Other Matters.  The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has
               considered  whether the provision of the Audit-Related  Fees, Tax
               Fees and all  other  fees are  compatible  with  maintaining  the
               independence of our principal accountant.

         Applicable  law and  regulations  provide  an  exemption  that  permits
certain  services to be provided  by our outside  auditors  even if they are not
pre-approved.  We have  not  relied  on this  exemption  at any time  since  the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted.


           INFORMATION REGARDING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF COMMON STOCK

         The  following  table sets forth  information  regarding  the  security
ownership,  as of April 16, 2004, of those persons  owning of record or known by
us to own beneficially more than 5% of our common stock and of each of our Named
Executive Officers and directors,  and the shares of common stock held by all of
our directors and executive officers as a group.



                                         SHARES BENEFICIALLY  PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL OWNER(1)       OWNED(2)(3)     SHARES OUTSTANDING(3)
---------------------------------------  -------------------  ---------------------
                                                               
Leon S. Gross...........................   3,482,534(4)(13)           5.5%
Robert S. Ehrlich.......................   2,284,213(5)(13)           3.5%
Steven Esses............................     663,475(6)               1.0%
Avihai Shen.............................     267,804(7)                *
Dr. Jay M. Eastman......................      85,001(8)                *
Jack E. Rosenfeld.......................      87,001(9)                *
Lawrence M. Miller......................     533,580(10)               *
Bert W. Wasserman.......................       8,334(11)               *
Edward J. Borey.........................      40,334(12)               *
All of our directors and executive
officers as a group (10 persons**)......   7,349,935(14)             11.0%


----------

*    Less than one percent.

**   Includes  3,482,534  shares owned by Mr. Leon Gross that are subject to the
     Voting  Rights  Agreement  described  in footnote 9, below.  Also  includes
     339,324  shares held of record by Mr. Yehuda Harats that are subject to the
     Voting Rights Agreement described in footnote 9, below.

(1)  The address of each named beneficial owner other than Leon Gross is in care
     of Arotech Corporation, 250 West 57th Street, Suite 310, New York, New York
     10107.

(2)  Unless  otherwise  indicated  in these  footnotes,  each of the  persons or
     entities named in the table has sole voting and sole investment  power with
     respect to all shares shown as beneficially  owned by that person,  subject
     to applicable community property laws.

(3)  Based on  63,656,843  shares of common  stock  outstanding  as of April 16,
     2004. For purposes of determining beneficial ownership of our common stock,
     owners of options  exercisable  within sixty days are  considered to be the
     beneficial  owners of the shares of common stock for which such  securities
     are exercisable. The percentage ownership of the outstanding common stock


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     reported  herein  is based on the  assumption  (expressly  required  by the
     applicable  rules of the Securities and Exchange  Commission) that only the
     person whose  ownership is being  reported has  converted  his options into
     shares of common stock.

(4)  Includes  441,665  shares  held by Leon S. Gross and  Lawrence M. Miller as
     co-trustees of the Rose Gross Charitable Foundation. Mr. Gross's address is
     c/o  Enterprises  Inc.,  River  Park  House,   3600  Conshohocken   Avenue,
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131.

(5)  Includes  50,000  shares held by Mr.  Ehrlich's  wife (in which  shares Mr.
     Ehrlich  disclaims  beneficial  ownership),  161,381  shares  held  in  Mr.
     Ehrlich's  pension  plan,  3,000  shares held by children  sharing the same
     household (in which shares Mr. Ehrlich disclaims beneficial ownership), and
     1,905,667  shares issuable upon exercise of options  exercisable  within 60
     days.

(6)  Consists of 663,475  shares  issuable upon exercise of options  exercisable
     within 60 days.

(7)  Includes  257,304  shares  issuable  upon  exercise of options  exercisable
     within 60 days.

(8)  Consists of 85,001 shares  issuable  upon  exercise of options  exercisable
     within 60 days.

(9)  Includes 85,001 shares issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within
     60 days.

(10) Includes  441,665  shares  held by Leon S. Gross and  Lawrence M. Miller as
     co-trustees  of the Rose Gross  Charitable  Foundation,  and 80,001  shares
     issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days.

(11) Consists of 8,334  shares  issuable  upon  exercise of options  exercisable
     within 60 days.

(12) Includes 8,334 shares issuable upon exercise of options  exercisable within
     60 days.

(13) Messrs.  Ehrlich,  Leon  Gross and Yehuda  Harats  are  parties to a Voting
     Rights  Agreement  pursuant to which each of the parties agrees to vote the
     shares of our common  stock held by that person in favor of the election of
     Messrs.  Ehrlich,  Harats and Miller until the earlier of December 28, 2004
     or our fifth annual  meeting of  stockholders  after December 28, 1999. Mr.
     Harats resigned as a director in 2002;  however, we believe that Mr. Harats
     must  continue to comply with the terms of this  agreement.  As of February
     19, 2004,  4,370,004 shares of our common stock were subject to this Voting
     Rights Agreement.

(14) Includes  3,093,117  shares  issuable upon exercise of options  exercisable
     within 60 days.


             SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Under the securities  laws of the United States,  our directors,  certain of our
officers  and any persons  holding more than ten percent of our common stock are
required to report  their  ownership of our common stock and any changes in that
ownership  to the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission.  Specific due dates for
these reports have been established and we are required to report any failure to
file by these dates  during  2003.  Based  solely on our review of such  reports
furnished to us, we are not aware of any instances  during 2003,  not previously
disclosed  by us,  where such  "reporting  persons"  failed to file the required
reports on or before the specified dates, except as follows:

       (i)    Mr. Borey was required to report his holdings of our securities in
              a Form 3 that should  have been filed on or prior to December  15,
              2003 in  connection  with his  becoming a director  on December 4,
              2003. Additionally,  Mr. Borey was required to file a Form 4 on or
              prior to January 2, 2004 in connection  with his receipt of 35,000
              stock  options on December 30, 2003.  He reported his holdings and
              this transaction in a Form 5 filed on February 17, 2004.


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       (ii)   Mr.  Eastman was  required to file a Form 4 on or prior to January
              2, 2004 in connection  with his receipt of 10,000 stock options on
              December 30, 2003. He reported this  transaction in a Form 5 filed
              on February 17, 2004.

       (iii)  Mr. Ehrlich was required to file a Form 4 on or prior to March 17,
              2003 in connection  with his receipt of 1,500,000 stock options on
              March 14, 2003. He reported this  transaction in a Form 4 filed on
              August 11, 2003.

       (iv)   Mr.  Ehrlich was required to file a Form 4 on or prior to June 30,
              2003 in  connection  with his receipt of 500,000  stock options on
              June 26, 2003. He reported this  transaction  in a Form 4 filed on
              August 11, 2003.

       (v)    Mr.  Ehrlich was  required to file a Form 4 on or prior to January
              27, 2004 in connection with his receipt of 35,000 stock options on
              January 25, 2004. He reported this  transaction  in a Form 5 filed
              on February 17, 2004.

       (vi)   Mr.  Esses was  required  to file a Form 4 on or prior to February
              26, 2003 in  connection  with his receipt of 600,000 stock options
              on February 24, 2003.  He reported  this  transaction  in a Form 4
              filed on August 8, 2003.

       (vii)  Mr.  Esses was  required  to file a Form 4 on or prior to July 11,
              2003 in  connection  with his receipt of 100,000  stock options on
              July 9,  2003,  and a Form 4 on or prior to  October  15,  2003 in
              connection  with his receipt of 335,000  stock  options on October
              13,  2003.  He reported  these  transactions  in a Form 5 filed on
              February 17, 2004 (as amended on February 24, 2004).

       (viii) Mr. Miller was required to file a Form 4 on or prior to January 2,
              2004 in  connection  with his receipt of 10,000  stock  options on
              December 30, 2003. He reported this  transaction in a Form 5 filed
              on February 17, 2004.

       (ix)   Mr. Rosenfeld was required to file a Form 4 on or prior to January
              2, 2004 in connection  with his receipt of 10,000 stock options on
              December 30, 2003. He reported this  transaction in a Form 5 filed
              on February 18, 2004 (after the  required  filing date of February
              17,  2004,  due to a  technical  delay in  filing  with the  EDGAR
              system).

       (x)    Mr. Shen was required to file a Form 4 on or prior to February 26,
              2003 in  connection  with his receipt of 120,000  stock options on
              February 24, 2003. He reported this  transaction in a Form 4 filed
              on August 11, 2003.

       (xi)   Mr.  Shen  was  required  to file a Form 4 on or prior to July 11,
              2003 in  connection  with his receipt of 120,000  stock options on
              July 9,  2003,  and a Form 4 on or prior to  October  15,  2003 in
              connection  with his receipt of 333,750  stock  options on October
              13,  2003.  He reported  these  transactions  in a Form 5 filed on
              February 17, 2004 (as amended on February 24, 2004).


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       (xii)  Mr.   Wasserman  was  required  to  report  his  holdings  of  our
              securities  in a Form 3 that should have been filed on or prior to
              March 6,  2003 in  connection  with his  becoming  a  director  on
              February 24, 2003.  Additionally,  Mr.  Wasserman  was required to
              file a Form 4 on or prior to  January 2, 2004 in  connection  with
              his receipt of 10,000  stock  options on  December  30,  2003.  He
              reported his holdings  and this  transaction  in a Form 5 filed on
              February 19, 2004 (after the required  filing date of February 17,
              2004, due to a technical delay in filing with the EDGAR system).


                 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

VOTING AGREEMENTS

         Pursuant to a securities  purchase  agreement  dated  December 28, 1999
between a group of  purchasers,  including Mr.  Gross,  and us, Mr. Gross agreed
that for a period of five years,  neither he nor his  "affiliates" (as such term
is defined in the Securities Act) directly or indirectly or in conjunction  with
or  through  any  "associate"  (as such  term is  defined  in Rule  12b-2 of the
Exchange  Act),  will (i) solicit  proxies with respect to any capital  stock or
other  voting  securities  of  ours  under  any   circumstances,   or  become  a
"participant"  in  any  "election  contest"  relating  to  the  election  of our
directors  (as such  terms  are used in Rule  14a-11  of  Regulation  14A of the
Exchange Act);  (ii) make an offer for the acquisition of  substantially  all of
our assets or capital stock or induce or assist any other person to make such an
offer; or (iii) form or join any "group" within the meaning of Section  13(d)(3)
of the  Exchange  Act with  respect to any of our capital  stock or other voting
securities for the purpose of  accomplishing  the actions referred to in clauses
(i) and (ii) above, other than pursuant to the voting rights agreement described
below.

         Pursuant to a voting rights  agreement  dated September 30, 1996 and as
amended  December 10, 1997 and December 28, 1999,  between Mr. Gross,  Robert S.
Ehrlich,  Yehuda Harats and us,  Lawrence M. Miller,  Mr.  Gross's  advisor,  is
entitled  to be  nominated  to serve on our  Board of  Directors  so long as Mr.
Gross, his heirs or assigns retain at least 1,375,000 shares of common stock. In
addition,  under the voting rights agreement,  Mr. Gross and Messrs. Ehrlich and
Harats  agreed to vote and take all  necessary  action so that Messrs.  Ehrlich,
Harats and Miller  shall  serve as members of the board of  directors  until the
earlier of December 28, 2004 or our fifth annual meeting of  stockholders  after
December  28,  1999.  Mr.  Harats  resigned as a director in 2002;  however,  we
believe  that  Mr.  Harats  must  continue  to  comply  with  the  terms of this
agreement.  As of February 19, 2004,  4,370,004  shares of our common stock were
subject to this Voting Rights Agreement.

OFFICER LOANS

         On December 3, 1999,  Robert S. Ehrlich purchased 125,000 shares of our
common  stock out of our  treasury at the closing  price of the common  stock on
December  2,  1999.  Payment  was  rendered  by Mr.  Ehrlich  in the  form  of a
non-recourse  promissory note due in 2009 in the amount of $167,975,  secured by
the shares of common stock purchased and other shares of common stock previously


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held by him. As of December 31, 2003, the aggregate amount outstanding  pursuant
to this promissory note was $201,570.

         On February 9, 2000, Mr. Ehrlich exercised  131,665 stock options.  Mr.
Ehrlich paid the exercise  price of the stock  options and certain taxes that we
paid on his behalf by giving us a  non-recourse  promissory  note due in 2025 in
the amount of  $789,991,  secured by the  shares of our  common  stock  acquired
through the exercise of the options and certain  compensation due to Mr. Ehrlich
upon  termination.  As of December 31, 2003,  the aggregate  amount  outstanding
pursuant to this promissory note was $657,146.

         On June 10, 2002,  Mr.  Ehrlich  exercised  50,000 stock  options.  Mr.
Ehrlich paid the exercise price of the stock options by giving us a non-recourse
promissory  note due in 2012 in the amount of $36,500,  secured by the shares of
our common stock  acquired  through the exercise of the options.  As of December
31, 2003, the aggregate amount outstanding  pursuant to this promissory note was
$37,810.

DIRECTOR CONSULTING AGREEMENTS

         Beginning in February  2002,  Mr. Steven  Esses,  who became one of our
directors in July 2002,  entered into an oral  consulting  arrangement  with us,
whereby he performed periodic financial and other consulting for us. We paid Mr.
Esses a total of $120,480 in  consulting  fees in 2002.  Beginning in July 2002,
when Mr. Esses became a director, this consulting arrangement ceased.

         Beginning in January 2004,  Mr. Edward J. Borey,  who became one of our
directors in December 2003, entered into a consulting agreement with us pursuant
to which he agreed to aid us in identifying potential acquisition  candidates in
exchange for  transaction  fees in respect of  acquisitions  in which he plays a
"critical  role" (as  determined by us in our sole and absolute  discretion)  in
identifying  and/or initiating and/or  negotiating the transaction in the amount
of (i) 1.5% of the value of the transaction up to $10,000,000, plus (ii) 1.0% of
the value of the  transaction  in excess of $10,000,000  and up to  $50,000,000,
plus (iii) 0.5% of the value of the  transaction  in excess of  $50,000,000.  We
also agreed to issue to Mr. Borey, at par value, a total of 32,000 shares of our
common  stock,  the value of which is to be deducted from any  transaction  fees
paid.


                    STOCKHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS AND PROPOSALS

STOCKHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         The Board has  established  a process  to receive  communications  from
stockholders.  Stockholders may contact any member (or all members) of the Board
at  directors@arotech.com.  Non-management directors may be contacted as a group
at nonmanagement-directors@arotech.com.  Any Board committee or any chair of any
such   committee   may  be   contacted   as  follows:   audit-chair@arotech.com,
compensation-chair@arotech.com,  or nominating-chair@arotech.com.  If you cannot
send an electronic  message,  you may contact Board members by mail at:  Arotech
Board Members, 250 West 57th Street, Suite 310, New York, New York 10107.


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         The Arotech  Corporation  Investor Relations  Department is responsible
for  forwarding  all such  communications  to the Board of Directors,  and where
appropriate, to management. Communications are screened to exclude certain items
that are  unrelated  to the duties and  responsibilities  of the Board,  such as
spam, junk mail and mass mailings,  product complaints,  product inquiries,  new
product  suggestions,   job  inquiries,   surveys,   business  solicitations  or
advertisements,  and material that is unduly  hostile,  threatening,  illegal or
similarly unsuitable. Communications that are filtered out are made available to
any director  upon  request.  The Board may involve  management in preparing its
responses to stockholder communications.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

         Pursuant  to the  rules  of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,
stockholder  proposals made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act
intended to be included in our proxy  material for the next annual  meeting must
be received by us on or before February 16, 2005. Any proposals must be received
at our principal executive offices,  250 West 57th Street,  Suite 310, New York,
New York 10107, Attention: Corporate Secretary by the applicable date.

         Stockholder  proposals  submitted  outside the  processes of Rule 14a-8
must be received by our Corporate  Secretary in a timely fashion.  To be timely,
such notice and information  regarding the proposal and the stockholder  must be
delivered to or mailed and received by our Corporate  Secretary at our principal
executive  offices,  250 West 57th Street,  Suite 310, New York, New York 10107,
not less  than 45 days  nor  more  than 60 days  prior  to the  annual  meeting;
provided,  however,  that in the event  that less than 60 days'  notice or prior
public  disclosure  of the  date  of the  annual  meeting  is  given  or made to
stockholders,  notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received not later
than the close of business on the 7th day following the day on which such notice
of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made.


                                  ANNUAL REPORT

         Copies of our Annual Report on Form 10-K (including  audited  financial
statements)  filed with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission may be obtained
without charge by writing to Stockholder  Relations,  Arotech  Corporation,  250
West 57th Street,  Suite 310, New York,  New York 10107. A request for a copy of
our Annual Report on Form 10-K must set forth a good-faith  representation  that
the requesting  party was either a holder of record or a beneficial owner of our
common  stock on April 16,  2004.  Exhibits to the Form 10-K will be mailed upon
similar  request and payment of specified fees to cover the costs of copying and
mailing such materials.

         Our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2003 and certain other related financial and business  information are contained
in our 2003  Annual  Report to  Stockholders,  which is being  furnished  to our
stockholders along with this proxy statement,  but which is not deemed a part of
the proxy soliciting material.


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                                  OTHER MATTERS

         We are not aware of any other  matter  that may come  before the annual
meeting of stockholders and we do not currently intend to present any such other
matter.  However,  if any such other matters properly come before the meeting or
any adjournment  thereof,  the persons named as proxies will have  discretionary
authority to vote the shares represented by the accompanying proxy in accordance
with their own judgment.

                                 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

                                 /s/ Yaakov Har-Oz

                                 Yaakov Har-Oz
                                 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

New York, New York
May 7, 2004




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                                                                      APPENDIX A


                               AROTECH CORPORATION

                              2004 STOCK OPTION AND
                         RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

1. Purpose.

         The purpose of the Arotech Corporation 2004 Stock Option and Restricted
Stock  Purchase  Plan (the  "Plan")  is to  advance  the  interests  of  Arotech
Corporation  (the  "Company")  by  enhancing  the ability of the Company and its
subsidiaries (a) to attract and retain executives, employees and consultants who
are in a  position  to make  significant  contributions  to the  success  of the
Company  and  its  subsidiaries;   (b)  to  reward  executives,   employees  and
consultants for such contributions;  and (c) to encourage executives,  employees
and consultants to take into account the long-term  interests of the Company and
its  subsidiaries  through  ownership of shares of the  Company's  common stock,
$0.01 par value (the "Stock").

         Options granted  pursuant to the Plan may, for purposes of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986,  as amended (the  "Code"),  be incentive  stock options as
defined in section 422 of the Code (any option that is intended to qualify as an
incentive  stock option being referred to herein as an "incentive  option"),  or
options that are not incentive options, or both. Options granted pursuant to the
Plan shall be presumed to be non-incentive  options unless expressly  designated
as incentive options.

         The following Plan provisions are subject to the special provisions for
participants  in the Plan who are  Israeli  residents,  attached  in  Addendum I
hereto.

2.       Administration.

         Awards shall be determined,  and the Plan shall be  administered,  by a
Committee  as  appointed  from  time to time by the  Board of  Directors  of the
Company (the "Board") from amongst its members, which Committee shall consist of
not less than two (2) members of the Board. Except as permitted by Rule 16b-3 of
the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended  (the "Act"),  and by Section
162(m) of the Code (or  regulations  promulgated  thereunder),  no member of the
Board may serve on the  Committee if such member:  (i) is or has been granted or
awarded stock,  stock  options,  stock  appreciation  rights or any other equity
security or derivative security of the Company or any of its affiliates pursuant
to the Plan or any other plan of the  Company  or its  affiliates  either  while
serving on the Committee or during the one year period prior to being  appointed
to the  Committee;  (ii) is an employee or former  employee of the  Company;  or
(iii) receives remuneration from the Company, either directly or indirectly,  in
any capacity other than as a director.

         The Committee shall have authority,  not inconsistent  with the express
provisions of the Plan,  (a) to grant  options and make purchase  grants to such
eligible  employees as the Board may select;  (b) to determine the time or times
when options  shall be granted or purchase  grants made and the number of shares
of Stock  subject to each option or purchase  grant;  (c) to determine the terms
and conditions of each option and purchase  grant;  (d) to prescribe the form or
forms of any  instruments  evidencing  options and purchase grants and any other
instruments  required under the Plan and to change such forms from time to time;
(e) to adopt,  amend and rescind rules and regulations for the administration of
the Plan;  and (f) to interpret  the Plan and to decide any questions and settle
all  controversies  and  disputes  that may arise in  connection  with the Plan.
Subject  to  Section  8, the  Committee  shall  also  have the  authority,  both
generally  and in  particular  instances,  to waive  compliance by an executive,


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employee or consultant  with any  obligation to be performed by him or her under
an option or purchase grant, to exercise any right of repurchase with respect to
Stock issued under the Plan pursuant to a purchase grant, to waive any condition
or provision of an option or purchase  grant,  and to amend or cancel any option
or purchase grant (and if an any option or purchase grant is canceled,  to grant
a new option or purchase grant on such terms as the Committee shall specify).

         All  such   determinations  and  actions  of  the  Committee  shall  be
conclusive and shall bind all parties.

3. Effective Date and Term of Plan.

         The Plan  shall  become  effective  on the  date on  which  the Plan is
approved by the  stockholders  of the  Company.  Grants of options and  purchase
grants under the Plan may be made prior to that date, subject to approval of the
Plan by such stockholders.

         No option  shall be granted and no  purchase  grant made under the Plan
after the completion of ten years from the date on which the Plan was adopted by
the Board, but options  previously  granted and purchase grants  previously made
may extend beyond that date.

4. Shares Subject to the Plan.

         (a) Number of Shares.  Subject to  adjustment  as  provided  in Section
4(c), the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be delivered upon
the  exercise of options and  purchase  grants  granted  under the Plan shall be
seven million five hundred thousand (7,500,000). If any option or purchase grant
granted under the Plan terminates without having been exercised in full, or upon
exercise is satisfied  other than by delivery of Stock,  the number of shares of
Stock as to which  such  option or  purchase  grant was not  exercised  shall be
available for future grants within the limits set forth in this Section 4(a). In
addition,  if any shares of Stock  issued  under the Plan  pursuant  to purchase
grants are  subsequently  repurchased  by the Company  pursuant to Section 7(g),
such shares shall be available for future grants under the Plan.

         The maximum  number of shares for which  options or other awards may be
granted  to any  individual  during  any  fiscal  year of the  Company  shall be
1,000,000.  The per-individual  limitation  described in this paragraph shall be
construed and applied  consistent with the rules and  regulations  under section
162(m) of the Code.

         (b) Shares to be Delivered.  Shares  delivered  under the Plan shall be
authorized  but  unissued  Stock  or,  if the  Board  so  decides  in  its  sole
discretion,  previously  issued  Stock  acquired  by the  Company  and  held  in
treasury. No fractional shares of Stock shall be delivered under the Plan.

         (c) Changes in Stock. In the event of a stock dividend,  stock split or
combination of shares,  reorganization,  recapitalization or other change in the
Company's capital stock, the number and kind of shares of Stock or securities of
the  Company  subject  to  options  or  purchase  grants  then   outstanding  or
subsequently  granted or made under the Plan,  the  maximum  number of shares or
securities  that may be delivered  under the Plan,  the exercise price and other
relevant  provisions  shall be  appropriately  adjusted by the Committee,  whose
determination shall be binding on all persons.


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         The  Committee  may  also  adjust  the  number  of  shares  subject  to
outstanding  options, the exercise price of outstanding options and the terms of
outstanding  options, to take into consideration  material changes in accounting
practices or principles,  extraordinary  dividends,  and, except as described in
Sections 6(i) and 7(h), consolidations,  mergers acquisitions or dispositions of
Stock or property or any other event if it is determined  by the Committee  that
such adjustment is appropriate to avoid distortion in the operation of the Plan;
provided  that no such  adjustment  shall  be made in the  case of an  incentive
option,  without  the  consent  of the  participant,  if it would  constitute  a
modification, extension or renewal of the incentive option within the meaning of
section 424(h) of the Code.

         (d) Replacement Options. The Committee may grant options under the Plan
in  substitution  for  options  held by  employees  of another  corporation  who
concurrently  become  employees of the Company or a subsidiary  as a result of a
merger or  consolidation  of the  employing  corporation  with the  Company or a
subsidiary  or the  acquisition  by the Company or a  subsidiary  of property or
stock  of  the  employing  corporation.   The  Committee  may  direct  that  the
replacement  options be granted on such terms and  conditions  as the  Committee
considers appropriate in the circumstances.

5. Eligibility.

         Employees eligible to receive options or purchase grants under the Plan
shall be those  executives,  employees  and  consultants  of the Company and its
subsidiaries  who, in the opinion of the Committee,  are in a position to make a
significant  contribution to the success of the Company or such subsidiaries.  A
subsidiary  for purposes of the Plan shall be a corporation in which the Company
owns, directly or indirectly, stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined
voting  power of all  classes of stock.  Receipt of options or  purchase  grants
under the Plan or of awards under any other employee benefit plan of the Company
or any of  its  subsidiaries  shall  not  preclude  an  executive,  employee  or
consultant from receiving  options or purchase  grants or additional  options or
purchase grants under the Plan.

6. Terms and Conditions of Options.

         (a)  Exercise  Price.  The  exercise  price  of each  option  shall  be
determined by the Committee but in the case of an incentive  option shall not be
less  than  100%  (110%,  in  the  case  of an  incentive  option  granted  to a
ten-percent  stockholder) of the fair market value per share of the Stock at the
time the incentive option is granted; nor shall the exercise price of any option
be less, in the case of an original  issue of authorized  stock,  than par value
per share.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  to the extent required by the Code,
the purchase price per share under each non-incentive option intended to qualify
as  "performance-based  compensation" within the meaning of section 162(m)(3) of
the Code) shall not be less than 100% of the fair  market  value of the Stock at
the time the non-incentive option is granted.

         For purposes of the Plan, "fair market value" shall mean the average of
the  high and low  sales  prices  of a share  of  Stock  on the New  York  Stock
Exchange,  or if the Common  Stock is not listed  thereon,  on another  national
securities  exchange  or on the Nasdaq  National  Market  System,  whichever  is
applicable, on the date the option is granted or other relevant date, or if such
sales  prices are not  available,  the average of the  over-the-counter  bid and
asked prices for a share of the Stock on the date the option is granted or other
relevant  date;  provided,  that if in the opinion of the  Committee the trading
activity of the Stock is deemed not to constitute a representative market price,
the  Committee  shall  have the  discretion  to engage an  independent  party to
determine fair market value for this purpose.


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         (b) In the case of incentive  stock options,  the aggregate fair market
value  (determined  at the time the  incentive  stock  option is granted) of the
Stock with respect to which  incentive  stock  options are  exercisable  for the
first time by an  optionee  during  any  calendar  year  (under all plans of the
Company and any subsidiary) shall not exceed $100,000.

         (c)  Duration  of Options.  Options  shall be  exercisable  during such
period or periods as the  Committee  may specify.  In no case shall an option be
exercisable  more than ten years from the date the  option  was  granted or such
earlier date as the Committee may specify at the time the option is granted (the
"Final Exercise Date").

         (d) Exercise of Options.

                  (1) Each  option  shall be made  exercisable  at such  time or
         times, whether or not in installments,  and upon such conditions as the
         Committee  shall  prescribe  at the time an option is  granted.  In the
         event  that  the  option  agreement  does  not  provide  for a  vesting
         schedule, the applicable option shall vest and become exercisable as to
         40% of the Shares subject to the option on the first anniversary of its
         date of grant, and as to 30% of the Shares subject to the option on the
         second anniversary of its date of grant, and as to the remaining Shares
         subject to the option on the third anniversary of its date of grant.

                  In the case of an option not immediately  exercisable in full,
         the Committee may at any time  accelerate  the time at which all or any
         part of the option may be exercised.

                  (2) Any exercise of an option  shall be in writing,  signed by
         the proper person and  delivered or mailed to the Company,  accompanied
         by (a) the option  certificate and any other documents  required by the
         Committee  and (b)  payment  in full for the number of shares for which
         the option is exercised.

                  (3) The  Committee  shall have the right to  require  that the
         individual  exercising  an  option  remit  to  the  Company  an  amount
         sufficient to satisfy any federal,  state, local or foreign withholding
         tax  requirements  (or  make  other  arrangements  satisfactory  to the
         Company  with regard to such taxes)  prior to the delivery of any Stock
         pursuant to the exercise of the option.  If permitted by the Committee,
         either at the time of the grant of the option or the time of  exercise,
         the  individual  may  elect,  at such  time and in such  manner  as the
         Committee may prescribe,  to satisfy such withholding obligation by (i)
         delivering  Stock to the Company  (which in the case of Stock  acquired
         from the Company shall have been owned by the  individual  for at least
         six months prior to the delivery date) having a fair market value equal
         to such  withholding  obligation,  or (ii)  requesting that the Company
         withhold  from the shares of Stock to be delivered  upon the exercise a
         number of  shares of Stock  having a fair  market  value  equal to such
         withholding obligation.

                  (4) If an option is exercised by the executor or administrator
         of a  deceased  participant,  or by the  person  or  person to whom the
         option has been  transferred by the  employee's  will or the applicable
         laws of  descent  and  distribution,  the  Company  shall  be  under no
         obligation to deliver Stock pursuant to such exercise until the Company
         is  satisfied as to the  authority of the person or persons  exercising
         the option.


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         (e) Payment For and Delivery of Stock.  Stock  purchased under the Plan
upon the  exercise of options  shall be paid for as  follows:  (i) in cash or by
certified check,  bank draft or money order payable to the order of the Company,
or (ii) if so  permitted  by the  Committee,  through the  delivery of shares of
Stock (which,  in the case of Stock  acquired from the Company,  shall have been
held for at least six months  prior to  delivery)  having a fair market value on
the last  business  day  preceding  the date of exercise  equal to the  purchase
price,  or (iii) if so permitted by the Committee by a combination of such types
of  payment,  or  (iv)  if so  permitted  by the  Committee  by  delivery  of an
unconditional and irrevocable undertaking by a broker to deliver promptly to the
Company  sufficient  funds to pay the exercise  price, or (v) if so permitted by
the terms of the  option,  by  delivery  of a  promissory  note of the  employee
containing such terms and conditions,  including  without  limitation,  interest
rate and maturity,  as the Committee may specify in the option  (except that the
option may provide that the rate of interest on the note will be such rate as is
sufficient  at all  times to avoid  the  imputation  of any  interest  under the
applicable provisions of the Code or of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance), or by
a combination of cash (or cash and Stock) and such a promissory note;  provided,
that if the Stock  delivered upon exercise of the option is an original issue of
authorized  Stock,  at least so much of the exercise price as represents the par
value of such Stock shall be paid in cash or by a combination of cash and Stock.
The Committee  may, in its  discretion,  establish a cashless  exercise  program
under the Plan.

         An option holder shall not have the rights of a stockholder with regard
to awards  under the Plan  except as to Stock  actually  received  by him or her
under the Plan.

         The Company  shall not be  obligated to deliver any shares of Stock (a)
until, in the opinion of the Company's counsel,  all applicable  federal,  state
and  foreign  laws and  regulations  have  been  complied  with,  and (b) if the
outstanding Stock is at the time listed on any stock exchange,  until the shares
to be delivered  have been listed or  authorized  to be listed on such  exchange
upon  official  notice of  issuance,  and (c) until all other  legal  matters in
connection  with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been  approved by
the Company's  counsel.  If the sale of Stock has not been registered  under the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the  "Securities  Act") the  Company  may
require,  as a condition  to exercise of the  option,  such  representations  or
agreements  as  counsel  for the  Company  may  consider  appropriate  to  avoid
violation  of such Act and may require  that the  certificates  evidencing  such
Stock bear an appropriate legend restricting transfer.

         (f)  Nontransferability  of  Options.   Except  as  the  Committee  may
otherwise  determine,  no option may be transferred other than by will or by the
laws of descent and  distribution,  and during an employee's  lifetime an option
may be exercised only by him or her.

         (g) Death.  If an employee's  employment or a  consultant's  consulting
arrangement with the Company and its subsidiaries terminates by reason of death,
each  option  held by the  employee  immediately  prior  to death  shall  become
immediately  exercisable  by his or her  executor  or  administrator,  or by the
person or persons to whom the option is  transferred  by will or the  applicable
laws of descent  and  distribution,  at any time  within the  three-year  period
ending with the third  anniversary of the employee's or consultant's  death, but
in no event beyond the Final Exercise Date.

         (h) Other  Termination  of  Employment  or  Service.  If an  employee's
employment with the Company and its subsidiaries  terminates,  or the consulting
arrangement  of an optionee  terminates,  for any reason  other than death,  all
options held by the employee or consultant that are not then  exercisable  shall
terminate. Options that are exercisable on the date of termination of employment


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or the consulting  arrangement  shall continue to be exercisable for a period of
three months  (subject to Section  6(c)) (or such longer period as the Committee
may  determine,  but in no event  beyond  the Final  Exercise  Date)  unless the
employee or  consultant  was  discharged  for cause that,  in the opinion of the
Committee,  casts such discredit on him or her as to justify  termination of his
or her options.  In any event,  if the  individual's  employment  or  consulting
contract  includes a  provision  that  defines  termination  for cause,  and the
individual  was terminated for cause within the meaning of his or her employment
or consulting  contract,  the Committee may terminate the individual's  options.
Furthermore,  the  Committee  may  terminate  an  employee's  options  upon such
employee's  resignation other than following his or her demotion,  loss of title
or office or a substantial  reduction in his or her salary or a change in his or
her place of employment to a location outside of the general area in which he or
she was employed on the date of the grant.  After  completion of the three-month
period following  termination,  options not otherwise  previously  terminated or
expired shall expire without  further  action by the Committee.  For purposes of
this Section 6(h), employment shall not be considered terminated (i) in the case
of sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence  approved  for purposes of the
Plan by the  Committee,  so long as the  employee's  right  to  reemployment  is
guaranteed  either by statute or by contract,  or (ii) in the case of a transfer
of employment between the Company and a subsidiary or between  subsidiaries,  or
to the  employment of a corporation  (or a parent or subsidiary  corporation  of
such  corporation)  issuing  or  assuming  an option in a  transaction  to which
section 424(a) of the Code applies (e.g., a merger or acquisition).

         (i) Mergers,  etc. In the event of a  consolidation  or merger in which
the Company is not the surviving corporation or which results in the acquisition
of  substantially  all the  Company's  outstanding  Stock by a single  person or
entity or by a group of persons  and/or  entities  acting in concert,  or in the
event of the sale or transfer of  substantially  all the Company's  assets,  all
outstanding  options shall  thereupon  terminate,  provided that all outstanding
options  shall become  exercisable  immediately  prior to  consummation  of such
merger,  consolidation  or sale of assets  unless,  if there is a  surviving  or
acquiring corporation,  the Company has arranged, subject to consummation of the
merger,  consolidation  or sale of assets,  for the assumption of the options or
the grant to  participants  of  replacement  options by that  corporation  or an
affiliate of that corporation.

7. Terms and Conditions of Purchase Grants.

         (a) Purchase Price.  The purchase price of Stock purchased  pursuant to
purchase  grants  under the Plan shall be  determined  in the same manner as the
exercise price for options  (subject to appropriate  adjustment by the Committee
upon the  occurrence  of an adjustment  made  pursuant to Section 4(c),  and the
Committee's determination of such matter shall be final and binding).

         (b)  Purchase of Stock  Pursuant to Grants.  An employee or  consultant
receiving a purchase grant under the Plan may purchase the Stock subject to such
purchase  grant at any time within 60 days after the purchase grant is made (or,
in the case of purchase  grants  made  subject to  stockholder  approval of this
Plan,  60 days after such  approval).  If a purchase  grant is  exercised by the
executor or administrator of a deceased employee or consultant, or by the person
or persons to whom the purchase grant has been  transferred by the employee's or
consultant's  will or the  applicable  laws of  descent  and  distribution,  the
Company shall be under no obligation to deliver Stock  pursuant to such exercise
until the  Company is  satisfied  as to the  authority  of the person or persons
exercising the purchase grant.


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         (c) Payment  For and  Delivery of Stock.  Stock  purchased  pursuant to
purchase grants shall be paid for as follows: (i) in cash or by certified check,
bank draft or money  order  payable to the order of the Company in an amount not
less than the par value of the Stock being purchased,  determined on the date of
purchase,  and (ii) by delivery of a nonrecourse promissory note of the employee
in a principal amount equal to the balance of such purchase price and containing
the following terms and conditions together with such other terms and conditions
as the Committee may specify at the time of purchase:

                  (1) The rate of  interest  on the note will be such rate as is
         sufficient at all times to avoid the  imputation of any interest  under
         the  applicable  provisions  of the Code and the rules and  regulations
         promulgated  thereunder,  and of the Income Tax Ordinance of Israel and
         the rules and regulations promulgated  thereunder,  all as from time to
         time in effect.

                  (2) Interest will be payable quarterly, or upon such terms and
         conditions  as the  Committee  may  specify at the time of the  payment
         grant, and at the option of the participant,  interest which is due and
         payable will be treated as a new loan to the  participant  evidenced by
         the same note.

                  (3) The  principal  of the note,  and all  accrued  and unpaid
         interest,  will be due and payable on such date as may be  specified by
         the Committee at the time of the payment grant,  but in no event longer
         than ten years from the date of issuance of the note.

                  (4) The note at all times  will be secured by all of the Stock
         issued upon exercise of the purchase grant.

                  (5)  Except as stated in (4)  above,  the note will be without
         recourse to the participant or any of his or her assets.

                  (6) If the  participant  sells any of the Stock  securing  the
         note, all proceeds from such sale will first be applied,  to the extent
         necessary therefor, to the payment in full of the principal of, and all
         accrued and unpaid interest on, the note.

                  (7) At any  time  or from  time to  time,  a  participant  may
         specify that 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of the original  principal amount of
         the note  delivered  upon  purchase  of the Stock (plus all accrued and
         unpaid interest thereon and all accrued interest that has been added to
         the  principal of the note) shall in the future be with recourse to him
         or her and to all of his or her assets,  in which event the nonrecourse
         note shall be exchanged  for a recourse and a  nonrecourse  note in the
         specified  amounts,  the Stock securing the original  nonrecourse  note
         shall be divided pro rata between the two new notes,  and otherwise the
         two new notes shall be identical to the old note  (except,  in the case
         of the new recourse note,  with respect to recourse to the  participant
         and his or her other assets).

         A  purchase  grantee  shall not have the rights of a  stockholder  with
regard  to awards  under the Plan  except  as to Stock  actually  purchased  and
received by him or her under the Plan.


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         The Company  shall not be  obligated to deliver any shares of Stock (a)
until, in the opinion of the Company's counsel, all applicable federal and state
laws and regulations  have been complied with, and (b) if the outstanding  Stock
is at the time listed on any stock  exchange,  until the shares to be  delivered
have been  listed or  authorized  to be listed on such  exchange  upon  official
notice of issuance, and (c) until all other legal matters in connection with the
issuance  and  delivery  of such  shares  have been  approved  by the  Company's
counsel.  If the sale of Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act,
the Company may require,  as a condition to exercise of the purchase grant, such
representations   or   agreements  as  counsel  for  the  Company  may  consider
appropriate to avoid violation of such Act and may require that the certificates
evidencing  such Stock bear an appropriate  legend  restricting  transfer.  Upon
delivery,  such Stock shall bear a notion in form and substance  satisfactory to
the Company.

         (d)  Nontransferability  of Grants.  Except as provided in Section 7(b)
hereof,  no  purchase  grant may be  transferred,  and a  purchase  grant may be
exercised only by the employee or consultant to whom the grant was made.

         (e) Death.  If an employee's  employment or a  consultant's  consulting
arrangement with the Company and its subsidiaries terminates by reason of death,
each  unexercised  purchase  grant held by the individual  immediately  prior to
death shall immediately terminate.

         (f) Other  Termination  of  Employment  or  Service.  If an  employee's
employment or a  consultant's  consulting  arrangement  with the Company and its
subsidiaries  terminates  for any reason other than death,  all purchase  grants
held by the individual shall immediately terminate. For purposes of this Section
7(f),  employment  shall not be  considered  terminated  (i) in the case of sick
leave or other bona fide leave of absence  approved  for purposes of the Plan by
the Committee,  so long as the employee's  right to  reemployment  is guaranteed
either by statue or by contract, or (ii) in the case of a transfer of employment
between the Company and a subsidiary or between subsidiaries.

         (g) Call Option.  At the time an employee or  consultant  purchases any
Stock under the Plan,  he shall execute and deliver to the Company a Call Option
in substantially  the form of Exhibit I hereto.  The Committee shall specify the
terms and  conditions  to be contained as a Call Option  related to a particular
purchase grant at the time of such purchase grant.

         (h) Mergers,  etc. In the event of a  consolidation  or merger in which
the Company is not the surviving corporation or which results in the acquisition
of  substantially  all the  Company's  outstanding  Stock by a single  person or
entity or by a group of persons  and/or  entities  acting in concert,  or in the
event of the sale or transfer of  substantially  all the Company's  assets,  all
outstanding  purchase  grants  shall  thereupon  terminate,  provided  that  all
outstanding  purchase  grants  shall  become  exercisable  immediately  prior to
consummation of such merger, consolidation or sale of assets unless, if there is
a surviving  or  acquiring  corporation,  the Company has  arranged,  subject to
consummation of the merger,  consolidation or sale of assets, for the assumption
of the purchase  grants or the grant to  participants  of  replacement  purchase
grants by that corporation or an affiliate of that corporation.

8. Employment and Service Rights.

         None of the adoption of the Plan, the grant of options or the making of
purchase  grants  shall  confer  upon any  employee or  consultant  any right to
continued in the employ or service of the Company or any parent or subsidiary or
affect in any way the right of the Company or parent or  subsidiary to terminate


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the  employment of an employee or a consultant's  consulting  arrangement at any
time.  Except as specifically  provided by the Committee in any particular case,
the loss of existing or potential  profit in options  granted or purchase grants
made under this Plan shall not  constitute an element of damages in the event of
termination  of the  employment of an employee or  termination of a consultant's
consulting  arrangement even if the termination is in violation of an obligation
of the Company to the employee or consultant by contract or otherwise.

9. Effects of Discontinuance, Cancellation, Amendment and Termination.

         None of the adoption of the Plan nor the grant of options or the making
of purchase grants to an employee or consultant shall affect the Company's right
to grant to such  employee  or  consultant  options  that are not subject to the
Plan,  to  issue  to such  employees  Stock  or  purchase  grants  as a bonus or
otherwise,  or to adopt  other  plans or  arrangements  under which Stock may be
issued to employees or consultants.

         The Committee may at any time  discontinue  granting options and making
purchase  grants under the Plan. With the consent of the employee or consultant,
the  Committee  may at any time cancel an existing  option or purchase  grant in
whole or in part and grant or make to the employee or consultant  another option
or purchase  grant for such  number of shares as the  Committee  specifies.  The
Committee  may at any time or times amend the Plan for the purpose of satisfying
applicable legal  requirements or for any other purpose which may at the time be
permitted by law, or may at any time terminate the Plan as to any further grants
of options or purchase  grants,  provided  that (except to the extent  expressly
required or permitted herein above) no such amendment shall adversely affect the
rights of any employee or  consultant  (without  his or her  consent)  under any
option previously granted or purchase grant previously made.



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                                   ADDENDUM I

       Special Provisions for Plan Participants who are Israeli Residents.

         (a) Anything to the contrary  herein  notwithstanding,  with respect to
employees  or  consultants  who are  Israeli  residents,  the  Plan  may also be
administered  pursuant to the  provisions of Section 102 ("Section  102") of the
Israeli  Income Tax Ordinance  (New Version),  1961 (the "Tax  Ordinance"),  the
rules  promulgated  thereunder and the Israeli  Companies Law,  5759-1999 or any
substantially  similar  arrangement  under Section  3(tet) of the Tax Ordinance.
Details  regarding  the terms and  conditions  of options  granted and  purchase
grants made  pursuant to the  provisions of Section 102 in addition to those set
forth herein,  will be delivered to the participants  who are Israeli  residents
along with the remaining terms and conditions.

         (b) Anything  herein to the contrary  notwithstanding,  each option and
purchase grant, and each share with respect to which an option or purchase grant
has been exercised by an employee or consultant who is an Israeli resident,  may
be issued by the Company to, and held in trust (the  "Trust") for the benefit of
such employee or consultant by a trustee (the "Trustee") designated by the Board
of Directors of the Company or its  subsidiaries,  as  appropriate,  pursuant to
Section 102. All  certificates  representing  shares issued to the Trustee under
the Plan shall be deposited  with the Trustee,  and shall be held by the Trustee
until such time that such shares are released from the Trust as herein provided.
The Trustee shall hold the same pursuant to the instructions of Directors of the
Company or its  subsidiaries,  as  appropriate,  from time to time.  The Trustee
shall not use the voting  rights  vested in such  shares and shall not  exercise
such rights in any way  whatsoever,  except in cases when at its  discretion and
after consulting with the Board of Directors of the Company or its subsidiaries,
as  appropriate,  the Trustee  believes that the said rights should be exercised
for the  protection  of the option  holders and purchase  grantees as a minority
among the Company's stockholders.

         (c)  Anything  herein  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  no  options
granted,  purchase grants made or shares purchased pursuant to Section 102 shall
be released  from the Trust prior to two years after the grant of the options or
purchase grant to the Trustee on behalf of the employee (the "Release Date"), or
two  years  from the date of  approval  of the Plan by the  Israeli  Income  Tax
authorities,  whichever is later. Subject to the terms hereof, at any time after
the Release Date with respect to any options,  purchase  grants or shares,  each
employee or  consultant  may require (but shall not be obligated to require) the
Trustee to release such  options,  purchase  grants or shares,  provided that no
securities  shall be released  from the Trust to the  employee  unless and until
such employee or consultant  shall have  deposited with the Trustee an amount of
money which,  in the  Trustee's  opinion,  is  sufficient  and necessary for the
discharge of such  employee's or consultant's  tax  obligations  with respect to
such shares,  or other  arrangement for the payment of tax,  satisfactory to the
Trustee, have been made.

         (d) Upon sale by an employee or  consultant of any  securities  held in
Trust,  the Company  shall (or shall cause the  Trustee  to)  withhold  from the
proceeds of such sale all applicable  taxes,  shall remit the amount withheld to
the appropriate Israeli tax authorities,  shall pay the balance thereof directly


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to such employee or consultant,  and shall report to such employee or consultant
the amount so withheld and paid to said tax authorities.

         (e) All shares  issued upon the exercise of options or purchase  grants
granted under the Plan shall entitle the recipient  thereof to receive dividends
with respect thereto, and to vote the same at any meeting of the stockholders of
the  Company.  For as long as  shares  issued  to the  Trustee  on behalf of the
employee  or  consultant  are held in the Trust,  the cash  dividends  paid with
respect  thereto  shall be  remitted  to the  Trustee  for the  benefit  of such
employee or consultant, and the Trustee shall vote all such shares in accordance
with the instructions of such employee.

         (f) At the Board's discretion,  for purposes of simplicity and in order
to ensure compliance with Israel's tax regulations,  the exercise of the options
and the  purchases  and sales of shares  issued  upon the  exercise  of purchase
grants made under the Plan shall be executed by the Company or its subsidiaries,
as appropriate.

         (g) With respect to Plan  participants who are Israeli  residents,  the
Plan and all instruments  issued thereunder or in connection  therewith shall be
governed  by,  and  interpreted  in  accordance  with,  the laws of the State of
Israel.

         (h) Any tax  consequences  arising  from the grant or  exercise  of any
options or purchase grants,  from the payment for shares covered thereby or from
any other event or act (whether of the option  holder or purchase  grantee or of
the Company or its subsidiaries) hereunder,  shall be borne solely by the option
holder or purchase grantee.  Furthermore,  such grantee shall agree to indemnify
the  corporation  that employs or retains the option holder or purchase  grantee
and the Trustee and hold them  harmless  against and from any and all  liability
for any such tax or interest or penalty thereon,  including without  limitation,
liabilities relating to the necessity to withhold, or to have withheld, any such
tax from any payment made to the option holder or purchase grantee.




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                        ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF

                               AROTECH CORPORATION

                                  June 14, 2004


                           Please date, sign and mail
                             your proxy card in the
                            envelope provided as soon
                                   as possible


     Please detach along perforated line and mail in the envelope provided.

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            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND "FOR" PROPOSALS 2, 3, 4 AND 5.
    PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN HERE [X]
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1.   To fix the number of Class III directors  at three                                                    FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN
     and  to  elect  three  Class  III  directors for a
     three-year  term  ending  in  2007  and continuing       2.   To ratify the appointment of Kost,     [ ]     [ ]        [ ]
     until  their  successors  are  duly  elected   and            Forer,    Gabbay    &    Kassierer,
     qualified:                                                    independent     certified    public
                                                                   accountants  in Israel and a member
                                                                   firm     of     Ernst    &    Young
                                   NOMINEES:                       International,  as our  independent
     [ ] FOR ALL NOMINEES          o   Robert S. Ehrlich           accountants  for  the  fiscal  year
                                   o   Bert W. Wasserman           ending December 31, 2004
                                   o   Edward J. Borey

     [ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY FOR                               3.   To amend our Amended and  Restated     [ ]     [ ]        [ ]
         ALL NOMINEES                                              Certificate  of   Incorporation  to
                                                                   increase  our   authorized   common
     [ ] FOR ALL EXCEPT                                            stock  from  100,000,000  shares to
         (See instructions below)                                  250,000,000 shares

                                                              4.   To  amend  the  terms  of  our 1995    [ ]     [ ]        [ ]
                                                                   Non-Employee  Director Stock Option
                                                                   Plan to increase  initial grants to
                                                                   new directors  from 25,000  options
        INSTRUCTION:  To withhold authority to vote for            to 50,000 options,  and to increase
                      any individual  nominee(s),  mark            annual  grants  to  directors  from
                      "FOR ALL  EXCEPT" and fill in the            10,000 options to 35,000 options
                      circle  next to each  nominee you
                      wish to withhold,  as shown here:       5.   To  approve  and adopt the 2004        [ ]     [ ]        [ ]
                      ( )                                          Stock Option and  Restricted  Stock
                                                                   Purchase Plan

                                                              PLEASE SIGN,  DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY FORM  PROMPTLY  USING THE
                                                              ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

                                                              The  undersigned  acknowledges  receipt  of the  Notice  of Annual
                                                              Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement of Arotech Corporation
                                                              dated May 7, 2004 and of Arotech  Corporation's  Annual Report for
                                                              the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.

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                                                                        Mark here if you plan to attend the meeting. [ ]
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    To change the address on your account, please check
    the box at right and  indicate  your new address in
    the address  space above.  Please note that changes
    to the registered name(s) on the account may not be
    submitted via this method.                            [ ]
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                    -------------------------------      --------------               --------------------------------      -------
    Signature of                                    Date:                Signature of                                  Date:
    Stockholder                                                          Stockholder
                    -------------------------------      --------------               --------------------------------      -------

    NOTE: Please sign exactly as name appears on this Proxy. When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. If signing
          as attorney,  executor,  administrator,  trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If you are signing for a
          corporation, please sign in the full corporate name by President or other authorized officer. If you are signing for a
          partnership, please sign in the partnership name by authorized person.





             Proxy Solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of


                               AROTECH CORPORATION

           FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD JUNE 14, 2004

         The  undersigned,  having  received the Notice of the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders  and the Proxy  Statement  on behalf of the Board of  Directors  of
Arotech  Corporation (the "Company"),  hereby  appoint(s)  Robert S. Ehrlich and
Yaakov Har-Oz,  and each of them, proxies of the undersigned (with full power of
substitution)  to attend the Annual Meeting of the Company to be held on Monday,
June 14, 2004 at 10:00 a.m.  local time in the Ballroom of the Shelburne  Murray
Hill Hotel, 303 Lexington Avenue,  New York, New York, and all postponements and
adjournments  thereof  (the  "Meeting"),  and there to vote all shares of common
stock  of the  Company  that  the  undersigned  would be  entitled  to vote,  if
personally  present,  in regard to all matters that may come before the Meeting,
and without  limiting the general  authorization  hereby given,  the undersigned
directs that his or her vote be cast as specified in this Proxy.

         THIS  PROXY,  WHEN  PROPERLY  EXECUTED,  WILL BE  VOTED  IN THE  MANNER
SPECIFIED  HEREIN.  IF NO  SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THE PROXIES INTEND TO VOTE FOR
THE NOMINEES AND FOR THE OTHER  PROPOSALS  SET FORTH HEREIN AND DESCRIBED IN THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS' PROXY STATEMENT.  IF ANY OF THE NOMINEES IS NOT AVAILABLE TO
SERVE,  THIS  PROXY  MAY  BE  VOTED  FOR  A  SUBSTITUTE.  THIS  PROXY  DELEGATES
DISCRETIONARY  AUTHORITY  WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS NOT KNOWN OR DETERMINED AT THE
TIME OF  SOLICITATION OF THIS PROXY.  THE  UNDERSIGNED  HEREBY REVOKES ANY OTHER
PROXY PREVIOUSLY GRANTED TO VOTE THE SAME SHARES OF STOCK FOR SAID MEETING.

SEE REVERSE SIDE. If you wish to vote in accordance with the  recommendations of
the Board of  Directors,  just sign on the reverse  side.  You need not mark any
boxes.

                (CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE)





                        ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF

                               AROTECH CORPORATION

                                  June 14, 2004

                         -------------------------------
                            PROXY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
                         -------------------------------

MAIL - Date, sign and mail your proxy
card in the envelope provided as soon
as possible.

                - OR -

TELEPHONE - Call toll-free               --------------------------------------
1-800-PROXIES (1-800-776-9437) from         COMPANY NUMBER
any touch-tone telephone and follow      --------------------------------------
the instructions. Have your proxy card      ACCOUNT NUMBER
available when you call                  --------------------------------------

                - OR -                   --------------------------------------

INTERNET - Access "www.voteproxy.com"
and follow the on-screen instructions.
Have your proxy card available when
you access the web page.



   Please detach along perforated line and mail in the envelope provided IF you are not voting via telephone or the Internet.

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            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND "FOR" PROPOSALS 2, 3, 4 AND 5.
    PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN HERE [X]
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1.   To fix the number of Class III  directors  at three and                                                  FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
     to elect three  Class III  directors  for a  three-year
     term  ending  in  2007  and   continuing   until  their     2. To ratify the  appointment  of Kost,      [ ]   [ ]     [ ]
     successors are duly elected and qualified:                     Forer,     Gabbay    &    Kassierer,
                                                                    independent     certified     public
                                   NOMINEES:                        accountants  in Israel  and a member
     [ ] FOR ALL NOMINEES          o   Robert S. Ehrlich            firm of Ernst & Young International,
                                   o   Bert W. Wasserman            as our  independent  accountants for
                                   o   Edward J. Borey              the fiscal year ending  December 31,
                                                                    2004
     [ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY FOR
         ALL NOMINEES                                            3. To amend our  Amended  and  Restated      [ ]   [ ]     [ ]
                                                                    Certificate  of   Incorporation   to
     [ ] FOR ALL EXCEPT                                             increase our authorized common stock
         (See instructions below)                                   from    100,000,000     shares    to
                                                                    250,000,000 shares
     INSTRUCTION: To  withhold  authority  to vote  for any
                  individual  nominee(s),   mark  "FOR  ALL      4. To  amend  the  terms  of  our  1995      [ ]   [ ]     [ ]
                  EXCEPT"  and fill in the  circle  next to         Non-Employee  Director  Stock Option
                  each  nominee  you wish to  withhold,  as         Plan to increase  initial  grants to
                  shown here: ( )                                   new directors from 25,000 options to
                                                                    50,000  options,   and  to  increase
                                                                    annual  grants  to  directors   from
                                                                    10,000 options to 35,000 options

                                                                 5. To approve  and adopt the 2004 Stock      [ ]   [ ]     [ ]
                                                                    Option and Restricted Stock Purchase
    ---------------------------------------------------------       Plan


                                                                 PLEASE SIGN,  DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY FORM PROMPTLY  USING THE
                                                                 ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

    ---------------------------------------------------------    The  undersigned  acknowledges  receipt  of the  Notice of Annual
    To change the address on your account, please check the      Meeting  of   Stockholders   and  Proxy   Statement   of  Arotech
    box at  right  and  indicate  your new  address  in the      Corporation dated May 7, 2004 and of Arotech Corporation's Annual
    address  space  above.  Please note that changes to the      Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.
    registered  name(s) on the account may not be submitted
    via this method.                                      [ ]    S
    ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                          Mark here if you plan to attend the meeting. [ ]

                  -------------------------------      --------------               --------------------------------     ----------
    Signature of                                  Date:               Signature of                                  Date:
    Stockholder                                                       Stockholder
                  -------------------------------      --------------               --------------------------------     ----------

    Note: Please sign exactly as name appears on this Proxy. When shares are held by joint tenants,  both should sign. If signing
          as attorney,  executor,  administrator,  trustee or guardian,  please give full title as such. If you are signing for a
          corporation,  please sign in the full corporate name by President or other authorized officer. If you are signing for a
          partnership, please sign in the partnership name by authorized person.