Facts and Figures SMA Solar Technology AG Head Office Kassel/Niestetal Company Foundation 1981 Number of Employees over 5 300, plus a number of temporary employees which varies on a seasonal basis Sales 1.9 billion (2010) Managing Board Jürgen Dolle (Chief Human Resources Officer) Roland Grebe (Chief Technology Officer) Pierre-Pascal Urbon (Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) Marko Werner (Chief Sales Officer) Supervisory Board Günther Cramer (Chairman) Peter Drews Dr. Erik Ehrentraut (Deputy Chairman) Dr. Günther Häckl Johannes Häde Dr. Winfried Hoffmann Prof. (em.) Dr. Werner Kleinkauf Ullrich Meßmer Alexander Naujoks Joachim Schlosser Reiner Wettlaufer Mirko Zeidler SMA Worldwide SMA Railway Technology GmbH dtw Sp. z o.o., Poland (Transformers and Chokes) SMA Technology Korea Co., Ltd, Korea (Solar Technology) SMA Technology Australia Pty. Ltd., Australia (Solar Technology) SMA Italia S.r.l., Italy (Solar Technology) SMA Ibérica Tecnología Solar, S.L., Spain (Solar Technology) SMA France S.A.S., France (Solar Technology) SMA Hellas AE, Greece (Solar Technology) SMA America LLC., USA (Solar Technology) SMA America Holdings LLC, USA (Solar Technology) SMA America Production LLC, USA (Solar Technology) SMA Beijing Commercial Company Ltd., China (Solar Technology) SMA Benelux BVBL, Belgium (Solar Technology) SMA Czech Republic s.r.o., Czech Republic (Solar Technology) Niestetal Services, Unipossoal Lda, Portugal (Solar Technology) SMA Middle East Limited, United Arab Emirates (Solar Technology) SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc., Canada (Solar Technology) SMA Solar India PVT. Ltd., India (Solar Technology) SMA Solar UK Ltd., Great Britain (Solar Technology) SMA Japan KK, Japan (Solar Technology) SMA Solar (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Thailand (Solar Technology) Awards 2011: Best Innovator Award categorie Renewables, award by A.T. Kearney and WirtschaftsWoche 2011: Great Place to Work®: TOP 10 Best Workplaces in Europe, category “Companies with more than 500 employees” 2011: Great Place to Work®: No. 1 Best Employers in Germany, category “Companies with more than 5,000 employees” 2010: German Job Investor Price (Deutscher Arbeitsplatzinvestor-Preis) 2010: Great Place to Work®: TOP 5 Best Workplaces in Europe, category “Companies with more than 500 employees” 2010: 1st Prize International Energy Efficiency Award 2010 for the world’s largest and CO2-neutral inverter factory 2010: Great Place to Work®: TOP 5 Best Employers in Germany, category “Companies with 501 to 5,000 employees”, and special prize for “Life Long Learning” 2009: Hessen Champion:, 1st place category “Job Motor” 2009: Great Place to Work®: TOP 10 Best Workplaces in Europe, category “Companies with more than 500 employees”, and special prize for fair salaries 2009: Top Employer for Engineers 2009: Great Place to Work®: TOP 10 Best Employers in Germany, category “Companies with 501 to 5,000 employees”, and special prize for “Life Long Learning” 2008: German Fairness Prize 2008 2008: Great Place to Work®: TOP 10 Best Workplaces in Europe, Category “Companies with more than 500 employees” 2008: Great Place to Work®: TOP 5 Best Employers in Germany, category “Companies with 501 to 5,000 employees” 2007: European Solar Prize, category “Industrial Enterprises” 2006: Winner “Entrepreneur 2006 – Category Industry”, nominated as “World Entrepreneur of the Year 2007” 2006: Great Place to Work® Europe: TOP 5 Best Workplaces in Europe, category “Companies with more than 1,000 employees”, special prize “Best Practices for Involvement of Employees in Corporate Social Responsibility Activities” 2006: Great Place to Work®: 2nd place Best Employers in Germany, category “Companies with 501 to 5,000 employees”, and special prize for “Life Long Learning” .