CHANGZHOU, China, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of photovoltaic, or PV, modules, announced today that its follow-on public offering of 4,500,000 American depositary shares, or ADSs, each representing 100 ordinary shares of the Company, was closed on August 3, 2009. The Company received aggregate net proceeds of approximately $123.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions.
Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC acted as joint bookrunners for the offering, and Piper Jaffray & Co acted as a co-manager for the offering.
The offering was being made under Trina Solar's "automatic shelf" registration statement on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2009. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities, and does not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, New York, NY, 10004, telephone: +1(866) 471-2526, facsimile: +1-212-902-9316, or Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, telephone: +1(800) 221-1037.
About Trina Solar Limited
Trina Solar Limited is a well recognized manufacturer of high quality modules and has a long history as a solar PV pioneer since it was founded in 1997 as a system installation company. Trina Solar is one of the few PV manufacturers that have developed a vertically integrated business model from the production of monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of high quality modules. Trina Solar's products provide reliable and environmentally-friendly electric power for a growing variety of end-user applications worldwide.
Trina Solar Limited
CONTACT: Terry Wang, CFO & Thomas Young, Director of Investor Relations,
both of Trina Solar Limited at +86-519-8548-2009 (Changzhou),
ir@trinasolar.com; Caroline Jinqing Cai & Michael Fuchs, both of Brunswick
Group at +86-10-6566-2256, trina@brunswickgroup.com
