ReneSola Announces Pricing of Follow-On Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange
18 Junio 2008 - 5:22AM
PR Newswire (US)
JIASHAN, China, June 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ReneSola
Ltd ('ReneSola' or the 'Company'), a leading global manufacturer of
solar wafers, is pleased to announce further details of its
follow-on public offering of American Depositary Shares ('ADSs')
(the 'Offering'). (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080506/CNTU030 ) Details of
the Offering A total of 9,000,000 ADSs, each representing two
shares of the Company, are being sold in the Offering at a price of
US$20.50 per ADS. Of the ADSs to be sold in the Offering, 8,577,220
ADSs represent new shares being issued by ReneSola and 422,780 ADSs
are being sold by certain selling shareholders (the 'Selling
Shareholders'), including certain directors of the Company, further
details of which are set out below. In addition, the underwriters
have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 972,720
additional ADSs from ReneSola and an aggregate of 377,280
additional ADSs from the Selling Shareholders to cover
over-allotments. The Company's ADSs will be traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 'SOL.' The ticker symbol of
the Company's shares on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange
('AIM') will remain 'SOLA.' Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are acting as joint book runners and
Piper Jaffray & Co., Lazard Capital Markets LLC and Oppenheimer
& Co. Inc. are acting as co-managers for the Offering. The
underwriters expect to deliver the ADSs to purchasers on or about
23 June 2008. ReneSola's registration statement relating to the
ADSs sold in the Offering has been declared effective by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission. This news release does
not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to
buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of
these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction. The Offering is made only by means of a prospectus
forming a part of the effective registration statement. A copy of
the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by
contacting Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison
Avenue, New York, New York 10010-3629, or by telephone at 1-
800-221-1037; or by contacting Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attn:
Prospectus Department, 100 Plaza One, Floor 2, Jersey City, NJ
07311-3901, by telephone at 1-800-503-4611, or by e-mail at .
Separate from the Offering, the Company will issue 28,000 shares to
Panjian Li, Chief Strategy Officer of ReneSola, following his
notification of exercise of options. The shares resulting from the
exercise will be converted into ADSs and sold in the Offering.
Application for admission to AIM has been made for the 17,182,440
new shares represented by the ADSs being sold by the Company and
the new ADSs being sold by Panjian Li in the Offering. Admission is
expected to take place on or about 24 June 2008, following the
anticipated closing of the Offering on or about 23 June 2008. On
closing of the Offering, before any exercise of the over-allotment
option, there will be 135,667,472 shares in issue. Details of the
Selling Shareholders A total of 422,780 ADSs, representing 845,560
shares, are being sold by Selling Shareholders in the Offering. In
addition, under the over-allotment option, the underwriters may
purchase a further 377,280 ADSs from the Selling Shareholders
within 30 days of the date of the final prospectus. Details of the
effect of shares being sold in the Offering (before the exercise of
the over-allotment option) on the ownership interests of the
Selling Shareholders, as well as details of the shares held by the
Selling Shareholders which are subject to the over-allotment
option, are set out below. Ownership interests are calculated based
on each person's proportionate interest in the Company. Shares
Shares Beneficially Shares Shares % held Subject Owned Prior Being
Sold Beneficially following to the Over- to This In This Owned
After the Allotment Offering Offering This Offering Offering Option
Xianshou Li (Director and Chief Executive Officer of ReneSola) (1)
23,863,437 298,604 23,564,833 17.4 298,604 Yuncai Wu (Director and
Vice President of ReneSola) (2) 10,476,505 131,155 10,345,350 7.6
131,155 Zhengmin Lian (Director of Zhejiang Yuhui Solar Energy
Source Co., Ltd.) (1) 13,387,732 167,059 13,220,673 9.7 167,059
Xiangjun Dong (Director of Zhejiang Yuhui Solar Energy Source Co.,
Ltd.) (3) 10,477,355 130,742 10,346,613 7.6 130,742 Charles Xiaoshu
Bai (Chief Financial Officer of ReneSola) 273,333 60,000 213,333
0.16 15,000 Panjian Li (Chief Strategy Officer of ReneSola)(4)
48,000 48,000 -- -- 12,000 Binghua Huang (Director and Chief
Technology Officer of ReneSola) 20,000 10,000 10,000 0.01 -- (1)
The shares held beneficially and expected to be sold in the
Offering are held through Ruixin Holdings Limited, a company owned
and controlled by Xianshou Li. (2) The shares held beneficially and
expected to be sold in the Offering are held through Yuncai
Holdings Limited, a company which is owned and controlled by Yuncai
Wu. (3) The shares held beneficially and expected to be sold in the
Offering are held through Ruixin Holdings Limited and Yuncai
Holdings Limited. (4) Panjian Li has notified the Company of an
exercise of options for 28,000 shares, which, following their
issue, are expected to be sold as part of the Offering. Lock-up
Agreements Each of the Selling Shareholders and the remaining
directors and executive officers of the Company has agreed, subject
to certain exceptions, not to transfer or dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any shares in the Company, in the form of ADSs or
otherwise, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for shares in the Company, in the form of ADSs or
otherwise, for a period of 90 days from the date of the final
prospectus. After the 90-day period, the shares which are subject
to the lock-up agreements may be sold subject to the restrictions
under Rule 144 of the US Securities Act of 1933 or by means of a
registered public offering. About ReneSola ReneSola Ltd
('ReneSola') (AIM: SOLA, NYSE: SOL) is a leading global
manufacturer of solar wafers, which are thin sheets of crystalline
silicon material primarily used in the production of solar cells.
ReneSola has accumulated extensive experience and expertise in
developing and using monocrystalline wafer production technologies,
has expanded operations into multicrystalline wafer production and
has moved upstream into virgin polysilicon manufacturing. ReneSola
maintains dedicated raw material procurement personnel in China,
the United States and Singapore and possesses a global network of
suppliers and customers that include some of the leading global
manufacturers of solar cells and modules. For more information
about ReneSola, please visit http://www.renesola.com/ . For more
information, please contact: In China: Charles Bai, CFO ReneSola
Ltd Tel: +86 573 8477 3061 Email: Derek Mitchell Ogilvy Public
Relations Worldwide (Beijing) Tel: +86-10-8520-6284 Email: In the
United States: Jeremy Bridgman Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
(New York) Tel: +1-212-880-5363 Email: In the UK: Tim
Feather/Richard Baty Hanson Westhouse Limited Tel: +44-207-601-6100
Email:
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ReneSola Ltd CONTACT: In China: Charles Bai, CFO Of ReneSola Ltd,
+86 573 8477 3061, or ; Or Mr. Derek Mitchell of Ogilvy Public
Relations Worldwide (Beijing), +86-10-8520-6284, or ; Or In the
United States: Mr. Jeremy Bridgman of Ogilvy Public Relations
Worldwide (New York), +1-212-880-5363, or ; Or In the UK: Tim
Feather/Richard Baty of Hanson Westhouse Limited, +44-207-601-6100,
or Web site: http://www.renesola.com/
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