SMA Solar Technology AG / IPO 26.06.2008 Release of a Adhoc News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kassel/Niestetal, June 26, 2008 Today SMA Solar Technology AG, together with the selling shareholders and the Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners Citi and Deutsche Bank, has set the offer price for the shares being offered in its initial public offering at EUR 47.00 per share. The offer price is thus in the upper half of the price range of EUR 40.00 to EUR 52.00 per share. The offering has been over-subscribed several times. In total, 7.7 million shares have been allocated including over-allotments. 2.7 million of those shares came from a capital increase from authorized capital against cash contributions which had been resolved on June 22, 2008. 4 million shares were made available by the selling shareholders. Furthermore 1 million shares which were made available by the selling shareholders for over-allotments have been fully allotted. With a total of 34.7 million outstanding shares and assuming full exercise of the greenshoe option, SMA will have a free float of 21.9 percent excluding shares held by employees or allocated to employees through preferred allotments. The placement volume would amount to EUR 361.9 million assuming full exercise of the greenshoe option. Of this total, SMA would receive gross proceeds of EUR 126.9 million from the capital increase. Trading of the shares of SMA in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange will commence on June 27, 2008. Additional Information: Listing: Regulated Market/Prime Standard, Frankfurt Stock Exchange; Registered office of the company: Germany. ISIN: DE000A0DJ6J9 German Securities Identification Number: A0DJ6J Media contact: SMA Solar Technology AG Volker Wasgindt Head of Media Relations and Public Affairs Phone +49 561 9522-11 21 Fax +49 561 9522-11 03 Volker.Wasgindt@SMA.de Investor Relations: ir@sma.de Hotline: +49 561 9522-22 22 Dr. Lutz Golsch Claudine Schaetzle Phone +49 69 920 37 -110 Phone +49 69 920 37 -185 Disclaimer: This document constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to buy or subscribe for securities of SMA Solar Technology AG. The public offer in Germany has been made exclusively by means and on the basis of the German-language prospectus published by the company in connection with the offering. The information legally required to be provided to investors is contained only in the prospectus. The prospectus is published on the website of SMA Solar Technology AG (www.ipo.sma.de). Upon request, printed copies of the prospectus will be made available free of charge by Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. (Citigroup Centre, 33 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB, United Kingdom) and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Große Gallusstraße 10-14, D-60311 Frankfurt am Main). These materials and the information contained herein are not for distribution in or into the United States of America or to publications with a general circulation in the United States. These materials do not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase any securities in the United States. The securities of SMA Solar Technology AG have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended ('Securities Act') and may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States of America absent registration or an exemption of the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of securities in the United States of America. This document is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom, or (ii) to investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the 'Order') or (iii) high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons in (i), (ii) and (iii) above together being referred to as 'Relevant Persons'). The securities are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities, will be engaged only with Relevant Persons. Any person who is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents. Stabilization/Regulation (EG) 2273/2003 FSA Dr. Lutz Golsch +49 173 6517710 DGAP 26.06.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: SMA Solar Technology AG Sonnenallee 1 34266 Niestetal Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)561 / 9522 - 0 Fax: +49 (0)561 / 9522 - 100 E-mail: info@sma.de Internet: http://www.sma.de ISIN: DE000A0DJ6J9 WKN: A0DJ6J Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard) Notierung vorgesehen / designated to be listed End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: SMA Solar Technology AG: SMA sets offer price at EUR 47.00 per share
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