BAODING, China, July 9 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which holds the brand "Yingli Solar," today announced that its affiliate, Yingli Group Company Limited ("Yingli Group") has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with the Hebei Branch of China Development Bank ("CDB"), a government policy bank solely owned by China's central government, which contemplates potential credit facilities in the aggregate maximum amount of RMB 36 billion to be granted to Yingli Group and its affiliates, including three PRC subsidiaries of Yingli Green Energy--Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd. ("Tianwei Yingli"), a 74%-owned subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy, Yingli Energy (China) Co., Ltd. ("Yingli China"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy, and Fine Silicon Co., Ltd. ("Fine Silicon"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy.
Under the terms of the strategic cooperation agreement, subject to internal procedures to be conducted in accordance with its risk management and operational regulations, CDB expects to grant, among other credit facilities, credit facilities with an aggregate maximum amount of RMB 36 billion to support Yingli Group and its affiliates, in particular, Tianwei Yingli, Yingli China and Fine Silicon, three PRC subsidiaries of Yingli Green Energy, in their PV industry-related domestic and overseas investments. In addition to the internal procedures to be conducted by CDB, detailed terms of the credit facilities and related credit agreements will need to be negotiated before the relevant credit facilities may be granted. Therefore, no assurance can be given that the credit facilities will be eventually granted as currently contemplated in the strategic cooperation agreement or at all.
"We are very pleased with CDB's support and confidence in Yingli Group and Yingli Green Energy, which resulted in this strategic cooperation agreement," commented Mr. Zongwei Li, Chief Financial Officer of Yingli Green Energy. "This agreement raised two parties' cooperation to a new level, which we believe will give us the ability to pursue opportunities that will allow us to strengthen our leadership position in the PV industry."
About Yingli Green Energy
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE), which holds the brand "Yingli Solar", is a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers. Yingli Green Energy's manufacturing covers the entire photovoltaic value chain, from the production of polysilicon through ingot casting and wafering, to solar cell production and module assembly. Currently, Yingli Green Energy maintains a balanced production capacity of over 600 MW per year. Two capacity expansion projects of 300 MW and 100 MW locating in Baoding and Hainan, respectively, has started initial production in early July 2010, and are expected to bring Yingli Green Energy's total capacity to 1 GW by the end of third quarter 2010. In addition, Yingli Green Energy's in-house polysilicon plant, Fine Silicon, which has a designed annual production capacity of 3,000 metric tons, is at the final stage of the segment trial process, and is expected to start fully integrated production from mid-2010. Yingli Green Energy distributes its photovoltaic modules to a wide range of markets, including Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, South Korea, China and the United States. Headquartered in Baoding, China, Yingli Green Energy has more than 7,000 employees and more than 10 subsidiaries and branch offices worldwide. Yingli Green Energy is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: YGE). For more information, please visit http://www.yinglisolar.com .
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For further information, please contact:
In China:
Qing Miao
Director, Investor Relations
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited
Tel: +86-312-310-0502
Email: ir@yinglisolar.com
In the Americas:
Judy Tzeng Lee
Director of Corporate Development
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited
Tel: +1-510-847-3920
Email: pr@yinglisolar.com
In Europe:
Rebecca Jarschel
Brand Manager
Yingli Green Energy Europe GmbH
Tel: +49-89-540-303-412
Email: rebecca.jarschel@ygee.eu
