Trina Solar Announces Shareholders Vote to Approve Going-Private Transaction

Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) (“Trina Solar”  or the “Company”), a global leader in photovoltaic (“PV”) modules, solutions, and services, today announced that the Company’s shareholders voted in favor of, among others, the proposal to authorize and approve the previously announced agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) dated August 1, 2016 by and among Fortune Solar Holdings Limited (“Parent”), Red Viburnum Company Limited (“Merger Sub”) and the Company, pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company with the Company continuing as the surviving company as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent after the merger (the “Merger”), the plan of merger required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands, substantially in the form attached to the Merger Agreement (the “Plan of Merger”), and any and all transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger. ….