DGAP-Adhoc: Managing Board of SMA Again Raises Sales and Earnings Forecast for 2015


SMA Solar Technology AG / Key word(s): Forecast/Change in Forecast

11.11.2015 19:08

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Ad Hoc Notification of SMA Solar Technology AG



Niestetal, November 11, 2015 - Against the backdrop of its positive
business growth from January to October 2015, a significantly better sales
and earnings development in the third quarter compared to the same period
of the last year (sales Q3 2015: EUR269.9 million, Q3 2014: EUR208.1
million; EBIT Q3 2015: EUR18.3 million, Q3 2014: EUR-10.3 million) as well
as a high order backlog, the Managing Board of SMA Solar Technology AG
(SMA/FWB: S92) has again raised its sales and earnings forecast for the
current fiscal year. The new forecast predicts sales of EUR925 million to
EUR975 million (previously: EUR850 million to EUR900 million) and an
operating result (EBIT) of EUR10 million to EUR30 million (previously: EUR0
million to EUR10 million).


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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

About SMA
The SMA Group with sales of more than EUR800 million in 2014 is the global
market leader for solar inverters, a key component of all PV plants and
offers innovative key technologies for future power supply structures. It
is headquartered in Niestetal, near Kassel, Germany, and is represented in
20 countries. The Group employs more than 3,500 people worldwide. SMA's
broad product portfolio includes a compatible inverter for every type of
module on the market and for all PV system sizes. The repeatedly awarded
product range includes system technologies for grid-connected photovoltaic
systems as well as off-grid and hybrid systems. The technology is protected
by more than 740 patents. The range of services is supplemented by
comprehensive services and operational management of large-scale PV power
plants. Since 2008, the Group's parent company, SMA Solar Technology AG,
has been listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (S92)
and also in the TecDAX index.

SMA Solar Technology AG
Sonnenallee 1
34266 Niestetal
Germany

Head of Corporate Communications:
Anja Jasper
Tel.: +49 561 9522-2805
Presse@SMA.de

Press Contact:
Susanne Henkel
Manager Corporate Press
Tel.: +49 561 9522-1124
Fax +49 561 9522-421400
Presse@SMA.de

Disclaimer:
This ad hoc notification serves only as information and does not constitute
an offer or invitation to subscribe for, acquire, hold or sell any
securities of SMA Solar Technology AG (the 'Company') or any present or
future subsidiary of the Company (together with the Company, the 'SMA
Group') nor should it form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection
with, any contract to purchase or subscribe for any securities in the
Company or any member of the SMA Group or commitment whatsoever. Securities
may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent
registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.

This ad hoc notification can contain future-oriented statements.
Future-oriented statements are statements which do not describe facts of
the past. They also include statements about our assumptions and
expectations. These statements are based on plans, estimations and
forecasts which the Managing Board of SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA or
company) has available at this time. Future-oriented statements are
therefore only valid on the day on which they are made. Future-oriented
statements by nature contain risks and elements of uncertainty. Various
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors can lead to
considerable differences between the actual results, the financial
position, the development or the performance of the corporation and the
estimates given here. These factors include those which SMA has discussed
in published reports. These reports are available on the SMA website at
www.SMA.de. The company accepts no obligation whatsoever to update these
future-oriented statements or to adjust them to future events or
developments.

11.11.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,
Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
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Language: English
Company: SMA Solar Technology AG
Sonnenallee 1
34266 Niestetal
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)561 / 9522 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)561 / 9522 - 100
E-mail: info@sma.de
Internet: www.sma.de
ISIN: DE000A0DJ6J9
WKN: A0DJ6J
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart

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