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Online Report Wins ARC Award
The international capital market is getting more and more demanding when it
comes to good corporate communications. Transparency and a credible equity
story are an important basis for corporate value. SolarWorld AG has again
received accolades for its financial reporting. In the prestigious 'Best
Annual Reports' competition by Manager Magazin, the company came first in
the TecDAX category and eighth in the overall ranking of 160 participating
companies. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Frank Asbeck, chairman and CEO of SolarWorld AG,
'Within a period of barely ten years, we have risen from a ï¢no-nameï¢ to an
established value in the stock market. We have consistently worked very
hard for this goal. This management achievement by my employees makes me
really proud.'
Manager Magazin extensively reports in its current edition about the
competition and the results. For the ranking, the annual reports of the
most important companies listed on the DAX, MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX were
analyzed. According to Manager Magazin, this makes the competition the most
comprehensive one in Germany and one of the largest ones worldwide. Scores
were awarded in the categories content, design and language. The contest
took place under the scientific guidance of Professor Jörg Baetge of the
University of Münster. Design was judged by Gisela Grosse, Professor for
Corporate Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Münster. Language
was analyzed by Rudi Keller, Professor of the German Language Seminar at
the University of Düsseldorf. The four best reports within each index
category were additionally checked by an expert jury for conciseness,
credibility and reporting efficiency.
SolarWorld AG also attaches particular importance to its online
communications. 'The further expansion of all communications channels is a
strategic must', explains Philipp Koecke, chief financial officer of
SolarWorld AG. 'We are a group of companies with international operations.
Especially with a view to our foreign investors and a global public we must
meet the increased demands for information on the internet.' The online
report for fiscal year 2009 received several awards, for example the LACP
Award in gold and more recently an award in the Annual Report Competition
by MerCom Inc./The International Academy of Arts & Sciences.
About SolarWorld AG: The SolarWorld AG Group (ISIN: DE0005108401) is a
worldwide leader in offering brand-name, high quality, crystalline
solar-power technology. Its strength is its fully integrated solar
production. From silicon as the raw material through wafers, cells and
modules all the way to turn-key solar systems, including recycling, the
group combines all stages of the solar value chain. The central business
activity is selling quality modules into the installation and distribution
trades and crystalline wafers to the international solar cell industry.
Group headquarters are located in Bonn, Germany. Production sites are to be
found in Germany, the United States and South Korea. The group's largest
production facilities operate in Freiberg, Germany and Hillsboro in the
U.S. State of Oregon. Sustainability is the basis of the group strategy.
Under the name Solar2World, the group supports care projects using off-grid
solar-power solutions in emerging economies and developing countries,
exemplifying sustainable economic development. Worldwide, SolarWorld
employs more than 2,900 people. SolarWorld AG has been quoted on the stock
exchange since 1999 and today is listed on, among others, the TecDAX,
ÃkoDAX, Dow Jones STOXX 600 as well as in the sustainability indices
DAXglobal Alternative Energy and NAI.
Contact SolarWorld AG
Press: Tel.-No.: 0228/55920-400, E-Mail: press@solarworld.de
Investor Relations: Tel.-No.: 0228/55920-470; Fax-No.: 0228/55920-9470,
E-Mail: placement@solarworld.de
Internet: www.solarworld.de
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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 Hamburg, München, Berlin, Stuttgart;
Terminbörse EUREX
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