SolarWorld AG / Key word(s): Preliminary Results/AGM/EGM 17.04.2013 20:19 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ad-hoc Announcement pursuant to § 15 WpHG 04/17/2013 Ad hoc-Service der SolarWorld AG (Securities Code No.: WKN 510 840) (International Securities Identification Number: ISIN DE0005108401) SolarWorld AG: Annual General Meeting - Extraordinary adjustments - Notice of losses The Management Board of SolarWorld AG (ISIN DE0005108401) notifies that a loss has occurred in the amount of one half of the nominal share capital (§ 92 sec. 1 of the German Stock Corporations Act - AktG). According to current estimates, the equity capital for the 2012 fiscal year in the individual financial statements prepared according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) will amount to approximately negative EUR 20 million to negative EUR 50 million. According to current estimates, losses after taxes in the amount of negative EUR 520 million to negative EUR 550 million will be realized for the 2012 fiscal year in the individual financial statements prepared according to HGB. One fifth of the losses are due to negative effects on earnings in connection with business developments in 2012 and in the amount of four fifths due to adjusted valuations for shares in affiliated businesses and for subsidiaries / loans (financial assets in terms of § 266 sec. 2 A.III. HGB), which are not cash relevant. For this reason, the Management Board will at first (instead of the Annual General Meeting of shareholders) convene an extraordinary meeting of shareholders pursuant to § 92 sec. 1 AktG at a new point in time. It is expressly noted that any balance sheet adjustments in the context of the annual audit may significantly modify the estimates noted above. Bonn, April 17, 2013 SolarWorld AG The Management Board Contact: SolarWorld AG Investor Relations Telephone: +49 228/55920-470; Fax-Nr.:+49 228/55920-9470, Email: placement@solarworld.de; Internet: www.solarworld.de 17.04.2013 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: SolarWorld AG Martin-Luther-King-StraÃe 24 53175 Bonn Germany Phone: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 470 Fax: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 9470 E-mail: placement@solarworld.de Internet: www.solarworld.de ISIN: DE0005108401 WKN: 510840 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: SolarWorld AG: SolarWorld AG: Annual General Meeting - Extraordinary adjustments - Notice of losses
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