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SMA Solar Technology AG: SMA Managing Board expects considerable earnings increase with sales of EUR950 million to EUR1,050 million in 2016 - Seite 2

flexibility. The SMA Managing Board therefore expects earnings before
interest and taxes (EBIT) to considerably increase to between EUR80 million
and EUR120 million year on year (provisional EBIT 2015: EUR30 million to
EUR33 million).

About 40 analysts, investors and members of the press from Germany and
abroad are expected to attend today's Capital Markets Day. Additional
information and the presentation on Capital Markets Day can be found at
http://www.sma.de/en/investor-relations/publications/presentations.html.

About SMA
The SMA Group with anticipated sales of about EUR1 billion in 2015 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
has an extensive range of products, which offers the right inverters for
all module types and plant sizes; for small residential systems as well as
large-scale plants, grid-connected photovoltaic systems as well as off-grid
and hybrid systems. Moreover, SMA offers system technology for various
battery technologies and system sizes and collaborates with renowned
battery manufacturers and companies from the automotive industry. The SMA
technology is protected by about 700 patents and utility models worldwide.
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 is currently the
only company in the solar industry that is listed in the TecDAX index.

SMA Solar Technology AG
Sonnenallee 1
34266 Niestetal
Germany

Head of Corporate Communications:
Anja Jasper
Tel.: [phone]
[e-mail]

Press contact:
Susanne Henkel
Manager Corporate Press
Tel.: [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]


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This Corporate News 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