Historical price development of Solarworld stock

Positive development since IPO. On 8 November 2009 SolarWorld celebrated its tenth stock exchange anniversary. Since the IPO until the cut-off date 31 December 2009, a stock price increase of 1,683 per cent was recorded. This means that the SolarWorld stock showed the best performance of all listed German companies in the Prime and General Standard in the last ten years. By comparison, the DAX generated growth of only 19 per cent in the same period.

The issue price of our stock amounted to € 13.75 in 1999. By way of several capital increases from the company’s own funds through conversion of part of the revenue reserves created at the time, the capital stock of the company increased through the issue of bonus shares. As a result, the number of shares increased by by a factor of 16 to the current total of 111.72 million units, while the stock price was respectively divided by a factor of 16. Corrected for these effects, the actual issue price of the SolarWorld stock amounted to € 0.86. On 31 December 2009, the stock price was € 15.33.

Our positive development in the capital market reflects the successful corporate growth achieved by SolarWorld. Thus, our revenues went up from € 5.4 million in 1999 to € 1.01 billion in the year under review. This is equivalent to a growth rate of more than 18,603 per cent within a period of ten years. Our EBIT also showed a multiple increase from € 0.07 million in the year 1999 to € 151.8 million in 2009. Chronicle Our shareholders have consistently participated in the success of the company: The dividend distribution rose from € 1.3 million in the year 2000 to € 16.8 million in the year under review.