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Company Information

19.02.2009

- Revenue up from EUR 166 million to around EUR 375 million (+
126 percent) - EBIT (excluding purchase price allocation) more
than doubled to around EUR 56 million (+ 165 percent)

- Order backlog as of December 31, 2008: EUR 990 million
- New orders won during first weeks 2009
- Strong revenue growth from EUR 500 million to EUR 550 million budgeted
for 2009

Blaubeuren, February 19, 2009 - centrotherm photovoltaics AG,
Blaubeuren, continued its successful growth path in the 2008
financial year. The revenue of the technology and service provider
for the production of solar silicon and solar cells more than doubled
last year to around EUR 375 million (previous year: EUR 166 million).
Operating earnings (EBIT) also more than doubled. Excluding effects
for the purchase prices paid for acquisitions, earnings before
interest and tax rose to EUR 56 million. Including these effects,
EBIT amounted to around EUR 44 million (previous year: EUR 21
million). EBITDA margin* increased to around 15.4 percent (previous
year: 12.9 percent). Excluding acquisition effects (purchase price
allocation), the EBIT margin* amounted prospectively to 14.9 percent
(previous year: 12.7 percent), and to around 11.7 percent including
these effects.

Despite the global financial crisis, centrotherm photovoltaics
reported revenue of around EUR 138 million in the fourth quarter of
2008 (previous year: EUR 75 million). The order intake amounted to
around EUR 123 million (previous year: EUR 211 million). The order
backlog totaled EUR 990 million as of December 31, 2008, of which
around 20 percent is already being processed. Approximately 60
percent of the orders will be realized in 2009, and are consequently
effective in terms of revenue and earnings in the current financial
year.

Of the order book, EUR 445 million was attributable to the solar cell
business area, and EUR 496 million to the silicon area. Orders
totaling EUR 49 million were attributable to the thin-film area.
Orders in the turnkey category amounted to around 33 percent of the
order backlog. Of the total, 67 percent related to specialty and
individual items of equipment from all three business areas.

The company assumes it will achieve significantly double-digit growth
in 2009, and anticipates revenue of EUR 500 million to EUR 550
million despite the difficult market environment. Strong liquidity
of currently EUR around 162 million is a solid base that centrotherm
photovoltaics is able to finance this growth from its own resources.

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Already in the first weeks of 2009, centrotherm photovoltaics has
received further major orders with a volume of around EUR 320 million
from Asia and Europe. The customers include, among others, a silicon
producer, an electronics group and a project development company
active in the renewable energies area. These customers have ordered
individual items of equipment for silicon manufacturing and turnkey
lines for the production of solar cells and thin-film modules.

"We are pleased to report no major order cancellations despite the
global financial crisis and its effects, as well as having achieved
significant growth in revenue and earnings," commented Oliver M.
Albrecht, CFO of centrotherm photovoltaics. With the aim of
identifying and realizing efficiency-enhancement and cost-reduction
potentials across the Group we have launched our "Performance Plus -
Program" in the fourth quarter 2008. As part of this, research and
development work to secure the company's position of technological
leadership is being intensified. Robert Hartung, CEO, went on to add:
"Our figures confirm our strategy and our strong commitment to
helping our customers cutting its production costs. Robert Hartung
commented further: "Thanks to our strong market position we will
continue to grow even in turbulent economic environment."

The above figures are still subject to a final audit by the company's
auditor. The finalized figures and 2008 annual report will be
published on March 31, 2009.

*All margins refer to sales

About centrotherm photovoltaics AG centrotherm photovoltaics AG,
which is based at Blaubeuren, is one of the world's leading
technology and service-providers for the manufacturing of solar cells
and solar silicon. The broad product spectrum comprises key equipment
and turnkey production lines for crystalline and thin-film solar
cells. The product range is supplemented by reactors and converters
for the manufacturing of solar silicon. centrotherm photovoltaics
guarantees its customers important performance parameters such as
production capacity, degree of efficacy, and completion deadlines for
turnkey lines. The company employs over 1,000 members of staff and
operates globally in Europe, Asia, and the USA. In the 2007 financial
year centrotherm photovoltaics achieved revenue of EUR 166.2 million,
EBIT of EUR 21.1 million, and is listed in the TecDax of the
Frankfurt Securities Exchange.

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Further inquiry note:

Company contact:

Saskia Schultz-Ebert

Senior Manager Investor Relations

Tel: +49 7344 918-8890

E-mail: saskia.schultz-ebert@centrotherm.de

Press contact:

Christina Siebels, Grit Pauli

HOSCHKE & CONSORTEN Public Relations GmbH

Tel: +49 40 3690 50-58 /-31

E-mail: c.siebels@hoschke.de; g.pauli@hoschke.de

Branche: Energy
ISIN: DE000A0JMMN2
WKN: A0JMMN
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