Roth & Rau AG / Key word(s): Profit Warning28.12.2010 12:40Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmittedby DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Roth & Rau AG: Earnings performance in current 2010 financial yearnegatively affected by write-downsHohenstein-Ernstthal, 28 December 2010 - Given the surprise announcement bySpectraWatt Inc., a US solar cell manufacturer and customer of Roth & RauAG, that it presumably will discontinue trading, for economic reasons, inthe first quarter of 2011, and the resultant risk of insolvency on the partof SpectraWatt, Roth & Rau AG expects to have to post write-downs ofapproximately EUR 12.5 million as of 31 December 2010. In view of thiscircumstance, the company will be unable to meet the level of sales andearnings it has forecast for the 2010 financial year as a whole. TheManagement Board will publish an adjusted forecast following furtheranalysis.Contact:Roth & Rau AGProf. Dr. Silvia Roth Tel.: +49 (0) 174/3439343 or +49 (0) 174/3439340E-Mail: investor@roth-rau.de Haubrok Investor Relations GmbHSimone CujaiTel.: +49 (0) 211/17183537E-Mail: s.cujai@haubrok.de28.12.2010 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: EnglishCompany: Roth & Rau AG An der Baumschule 6-8 09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal DeutschlandPhone: 03723 6685-0Fax: 03723 6685-100E-mail: info@roth-rau.deInternet: www.roth-rau.deISIN: DE000A0JCZ51WKN: A0JCZ5Indices: TecDAXListed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
