SolarWorld AG / Key word(s): Mergers & Acquisitions/Miscellaneous 26.11.2013 07:58 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today, SolarWorld AG signed an agreement to acquire parts of Robert Bosch GmbH's solar energy business. As part of the agreement, SolarWorld AG will take over cell production capacity of 700 MW as well as module production capacity of 200 MW from Bosch Solar Energy AG in Arnstadt, a city in the German state of Thuringia. In a so-called 'asset deal', the newly formed SolarWorld Industries-Thüringen GmbH, a 100 percent subsidiary of SolarWorld AG, will take over the major portion of Bosch Solar Energy AG's manufacturing plants and other assets. The Arnstadt site will continue to employ about 800 workers in the cell and module production. The acquisition will not reduce the financial resources of SolarWorld AG. Once the transaction is completed, the SolarWorld group will have production capacities of more than 1 gigawatt along each of the wafer, cell and module stages of the solar value chain. SolarWorld plans to continue to supply existing cell and module customers of Bosch Solar Energy AG. The production plant for high-performance mono-crystalline cells will complement SolarWorld's technological portfolio. Research and development activities aiming to improve high efficiency solar cells will be pooled to create further competitive advantages for the group and enable further cost reductions. The transaction is still subject to the relevant antitrust approval as well as further closing conditions. Closing is expected in late February 2014. Contact for media: SolarWorld AG / Press Phone: +49228/55920-409; Fax: +49228/55920-9409 email: press@solarworld.de; internet: http://www.solarworld.de/presse Contact for capital market: SolarWorld AG / Investor Relations Phone: +49228/55920-470; Fax: +49228/55920-9470 email: placement@solarworld.de; internet: www.solarworld.de/investor-relations 26.11.2013 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, XS0641270045, XS0478864225 WKN: 510840 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------