SolarWorld AG / Half Year Results/Miscellaneous 29.07.2010 08:03 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- and Generates Operating Result of EUR 81.2 Million SolarWorld AG continued the sustainable, international growth of the group in the second quarter of 2010. Group-wide shipments went up in comparison with the level of the same period of the previous year of 125 MW by 90 percent to 237 MW. At the same time, the company boosted its revenue by 68.6 percent from EUR 227.1 million in the second quarter of 2009 to EUR 382.8 million in the second quarter of 2010. EBIT rose in comparison to the second quarter of 2009 (EUR 45.5 million) by EUR 10.9 million to EUR 56.4 million in the second quarter of 2010. EBIT margin amounted to 14.7 percent. Profit after tax went up from EUR 27.9 million (second quarter of 2009) to EUR 29.6 million in the second quarter of 2010. In comparison with the first half of 2009 (239 MW), group-wide shipments increased by 58 percent to 377 MW in the first half of 2010. Revenue grew by 50.8 percent from EUR 403.4 million in the first half of 2009 to EUR 608.4 million in the first half of 2010. In the first half of 2010, EBIT amounted to EUR 81.2 million (first half of 2009: EUR 83.3 million). EBIT margin came to 13.3 percent. Profit after tax in the first half of 2010 amounted to EUR 34.8 (first half of 2009: EUR 51.7) million. The expansion of the production capacities will be implemented as scheduled, and the worldwide production locations are working under full load. SolarWorld AG Investor Relations / Corporate Communications Tel.-No.: 0228/55920-470; Fax-No.: 0228/55920-9470, E-Mail: placement@solarworld.de; Internet: www.solarworld.de 29.07.2010 08:03 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Press 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 Phone: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 470 Fax: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 99 E-mail: placement@solarworld.de Internet: www.solarworld.de ISIN: DE0005108401 WKN: 510840 Indices: TecDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Düsseldorf; Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Hamburg, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: SolarWorld AG Increases Shipments by 58 Percent Versus First Half of 2009
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