DGAP-Ad-hoc: SolarWorld AG / Key word(s): Bond/Miscellaneous SolarWorld AG: Special repayment and deferral of interest payment entail change in nominal value of both bonds 17-March-2017 / 12:52 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SolarWorld AG: Special repayment and deferral of interest payment entail change in nominal value of both bonds On March 24, 2017, a special repayment will be made to both bonds of SolarWorld AG. In Q1 2017, the company sold a 50 percent stake in SolarWorld Solicium GmbH, which deals with the exploration of a lithium deposit in Altenberg-Zinnwald in the in the Eastern Ore Mountains, to Bacanora Minerals Ltd. for a price of EUR 5.0 million. EUR 2.0 million of the sales proceeds will go to SolarWorld's financial creditors. The amount will be paid pro rata to the holders of the Senior Facilities and the two bonds. This will reduce the respective nominal values/repayment amounts of each note by the amount of the partial repayment made. Furthermore, SolarWorld will exercise the right provided in the Conditions of Issue of the bonds (Section 3 (4)) to pay accrued interest together with the principal on maturity date. In this context, the total margin will be raised retroactively for the respective interest period from December 30, 2016, to March 30, 2017, to 10 % p. a. plus the base interest rate 3-month EURIBOR of at least 1 % p. a. Thus, on March 31, 2017, the respective nominal values/repayment amounts of bond SolarWorld FRN IS. 2014/2019 Series 1116 (ISIN DE000A1YDDX6) and bond SolarWorld FRN IS. 2014/2019 Series 1017 (ISIN DE000A1YCN14) will increase by the respective interest amount accrued by March 30, 2017. Notes of SolarWorld FRN IS. 2014/2019 Series 1116 (ISIN DE000A1YDDX6) Current nominal value per note: EUR 332.45 Special repayment per note: EUR 1.85 Record date for special repayment: March 23, 2017 (after close of trading) Payment date: March 24, 2017 Nominal value per note as at March 24, 2017: EUR 330.60 Accrued interest per note: EUR 9.11 Record date for accrued interest: March 30, 2017 (after close of trading) Nominal value per note as at March 31, 2017: EUR 339.71 Notes of SolarWorld FRN IS. 2014/2019 Series 1017 (ISIN DE000A1YCN14) Current nominal value per note: EUR 341.78 Special repayment per note: EUR 1.89 Record date for special repayment: March 23, 2017 (after close of trading) Payment date: March 24, 2017 Nominal value per note as at March 24, 2017: EUR 339.89 Accrued interest per note: EUR 9.37 Record date for accrued interest: March 30, 2017 (after close of trading) Nominal value per note as at March 31, 2017: EUR 349.26 Contact: SolarWorld AG Investor Relations Phone: +49 228 55920-470; Fax: +49 228 55920-9470, Email: [email protected]; Web: www.solarworld.de/en/investor-relations --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17-March-2017 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: SolarWorld AG Martin-Luther-King-Straße 24 53175 Bonn Germany Phone: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 470 Fax: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 9470 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.solarworld.de ISIN: DE000A1YCMM2, DE000A1YDDX6, DE000A1YCN14 WKN: A1YCMM, A1YDDX, A1YCN1 Listed: Regulated Market in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of Announcement DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 555179 17-March-2017 CET/CEST