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Publisher: Phoenix Solar AG

Phoenix Solar AG releases final figures as per 30 September- Net income for the period reaches EUR 5.4 million- Orders on hand of more than EUR 133 million set a new benchmark - Share of international business sales rises to more than

Sulzemoos - Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic systems integrator, is publishing its final figures on the third quarter of 2007 today. The provisional figures released on 31 October are thereby confirmed.

In the period from 1 January to 30 September 2007, total sales came to EUR 132.0 million, up from the previous year’s figure of EUR 65.3 million, which is an increase of 102 percent. Sales were attributable as follows: EUR 66.0 million to both the Components & Systems segment (January to September 2006: EUR 41.6 million) and the Power Plants segment respectively (January to September 2006: EUR 23.5 million). International business generated sales of EUR 36.2 million which makes up 27.4 percent of total sales revenues.

At the end of nine months, EBIT stood at EUR 8.98 million which is 407 percent higher in a year-on-year comparison (January to September 2006: EUR 1.77 million). Consolidated net income for the period came in at a gratifying EUR 5.40 million, thus outperforming the previous year's figure by 361 percent (January to September 2006: EUR 1.17 million). Accordingly, earnings per share posted EUR 0.89 which is also significantly higher than the year-earlier figure of EUR 0.21. In the period from January to September 2007, the EBIT margin reached 6.80 percent as compared with 2.71 percent in the previous year’s period.

Orders on hand as per 30 September came to EUR 133.5 million which is again a record level in the history of the company. Of this amount, 64 percent or EUR 85.4 million was generated by the Power Plants segment and 36 percent or EUR 48.1 million by the Components & Systems segment. Orders on hand from domestic business and from international business posted EUR 75.8 million and EUR 57.7 million respectively. This also includes orders which cover the period up until and into the year 2008.

The full Interim Report for the period from 1 January to 30 September 2007 has been published on the company’s web site under http://www.phoenixsolar.com.

This is an English translation of the German original. Only the German version is binding.


About Phoenix Solar AG

Phoenix Solar AG, which has its headquarters in Sulzemoos near Munich, is a leading international photovoltaic systems integrator.Until June 2007, the company, which was set up in 1999, went by the name of Phönix SonnenStrom AG.In the financial year 2006, the Phoenix Solar Group achieved sales of EUR 119 million in Germany and abroad and an EBIT of EUR 4.8 million. Phoenix Solar AG plans, builds and operates large photovoltaic plants and is a specialist wholesaler for complete power plants, solar modules and accessories. The Group is a leader in photovoltaic systems technology. It focuses on the consistent lowering of system costs. With a sales network which covers the whole of Germany, and subsidiaries in Spain and Singapore, as well as a participation in Italy, the Group currently has a workforce of more than 130 employees. The shares of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93) are listed on the official market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.



Sulzemoos, 14 November 2007


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