Managing Board Raises Forecast

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

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Ad Hoc Notification From SMA Solar Technology AG

Managing Board of SMA Solar Technology AG Raises Forecast for Current
Fiscal Year

Niestetal, July 9, 2015 - The Managing Board of SMA Solar Technology AG
(SMA/FWB: S92) has raised its sales and earnings forecast for 2015. The new
forecast predicts sales of EUR800 million to EUR850 million (previously:
EUR730 million to EUR770 million) and an operating result (EBIT) of EUR-25
million to EUR0 million (previously: EUR-30 million to EUR-60 million). As
reasons for raising the forecast, the Managing Board cites the
better-than-anticipated development of the global market for photovoltaic
inverters, a significant improvement in SMA's competitiveness and an order
backlog that remains high. Sales and earnings for the first half of the
year are in line with the guidance, with sales expected to exceed EUR420
million (forecast: EUR400 million to EUR450 million) and EBIT of
approximately EUR-15 million (forecast:
EUR-15 million to EUR-25 million).

End of ad hoc notification

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
21 countries. The Group employs more than 4,500 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 550 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

Investor Relations Contact:
Tel. +49 561 9522-2222
Fax +49 561 9522-2223
IR@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.


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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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