LDK Solar signs share purchase agreement with Fulai Investment

Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013

XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar") (NYSE: LDK), a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products, today announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement dated January 21, 2013 with Fulai Investments Limited, which has agreed to purchase 17,000,000 newly issued ordinary shares of LDK Solar, at a purchase price of US$1.83 per share with an aggregate purchase price of US$31,110,000, subject to the terms and conditions of the share purchase agreement, including a lock-up for 180 days from the closing date of the contemplated transactions.

Pursuant to the share purchase agreement, the parties will endeavor to fulfill the closing conditions to consummate the transactions prior to February 28, 2013. Fulai Investments also has the right to designate two non-executive directors to the LDK Solar board upon consummation of the transactions.  The net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes in LDK Solar's operations.

About LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK)

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) is a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products. LDK Solar manufactures polysilicon, mono and multicrystalline ingots, wafers, cells, modules, systems, power projects and solutions. LDK Solar's headquarters and principal manufacturing facilities are located in Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China. LDK Solar's office in the United States is located in Sunnyvale, California. For more information about LDK Solar and its products, please visit www.ldksolar.com .

About Fulai Investments

Fulai Investments Limited is company incorporated and existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands wholly owned by Mr. Cheng Kin Ming, a Chinese merchant conducting business in Hong Kong.

SOURCE LDK Solar Co., Ltd.