SolarWorld AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 01.06.2010 13:18 Dissemination of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SolarWorld AG, Bonn, Germany, received on June 1, 2010 a notification of voting rights from BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, London, Great Britain: 1. Pursuant to Sections 21 Paragraph 1 and 24 WpHG the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA, in SolarWorld AG, Bonn, Germany, has been falling below threshold of 3% on May 26, 2010 and amounts to 2.08% (2,324,991 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA, pursuant to Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG. 2. Pursuant to Sections 21 Paragraph 1 and 24 WpHG the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA, in SolarWorld AG, Bonn, Germany, has been falling below threshold of 3% on May 26, 2010 and amounts to 2.08% (2,324,991 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock Holdco2, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA, pursuant to Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG. 3. Pursuant to Sections 21 Paragraph 1 and 24 WpHG the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, in SolarWorld AG, Bonn, Germany, has been falling below threshold of 3% on May 26, 2010 and amounts to 2.11% (2,361,164 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, pursuant to Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.' Bonn, June 2010 SolarWorld AG Management Board SolarWorld AG Martin-Luther-King-Str. 24 D-53175 Bonn Phone: + 49 228 55920 470, Fax: -9470 placement@solarworld.de ; www.solarworld.de 01.06.2010 13:18 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Media Release distributed by DGAP. Medienarchiv at |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap-medientreff.de"|]www.dgap-medientreff.de|[/a|]]]|] and |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap.de"|]www.dgap.de|[/a|]]]|] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: SolarWorld AG Martin-Luther-King-StraÃe 24 53175 Bonn Deutschland Internet: www.solarworld.de End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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