Trina Solar Announces Follow-on Public Offering of 7,900,000 American Depositary Shares

CHANGZHOU, China, March 17 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar Limited (NYSE:TSL - News) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 7,900,000 American depositary shares ("ADSs"), each representing 50 ordinary shares of the Company. Trina Solar intends to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to additional 1,185,000 ADSs.

Trina Solar plans to use the net proceeds of the offering to expand manufacturing facilities for the production of PV cells and modules, for research and development purposes, including the expansion of its research and development center, and for downstream projects and general corporate purposes. The Company's management will retain broad discretion over the use of proceeds, and the Company may ultimately use the proceeds for different purposes than what it currently intends.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. and Barclays Capital Inc. are acting as bookrunners.

This offering will be made under Trina Solar's registration statement on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2009. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities and does not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Company's registration statement on Form F-3 and preliminary prospectus supplement are available from the SEC website at: http://www.sec.gov .

Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010, telephone: +1 (800) 221-1037, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone: +1 (212) 902-1171, and Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Integrated Distribution Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, telephone: +1 (888) 603-5847.