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Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of December, 2007
Commission File Number 1-33208
SOLARFUN POWER HOLDINGS CO., LTD
666 Linyang Road
Qidong, Jiangsu Province 226200
People's Republic of China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (the "Registrant") is furnishing under the
cover of Form 6-K:
99.1 Press release, dated December 31, 2007, regarding Solarfun Appoints New
Board Member
Exhibit 99.1
Solarfun Appoints New Board Member
SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 31, 2007--Solarfun Power Holdings
Co., Ltd. ("Solarfun") (NASDAQ: SOLF), a vertically-integrated
manufacturer of silicon ingots and photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules
based in China, today announced the appointment of Dr. Philip Comberg
as an independent member of the Board of Directors.
The Chairman of Solarfun, Yonghua Lu, commented, "We are pleased
to have Dr. Comberg join our Board of Directors. We believe his
extensive experience in investments and corporate finance, and also in
China-focused corporate law and corporate governance will be
beneficial to our company. We are grateful to our shareholder, Good
Energies, which provided invaluable assistance in helping the company
identify and recruit such a high quality candidate to our Board."
Dr. Philip Comberg is a founding partner of Alcosa Capital GmbH &
Co KG, a Frankfurt based special situations investment firm that was
founded in 2003. Alcosa Capital focuses on control investments in
companies and Dr. Comberg has specialized in investments and
turnarounds in the logistics, financial services and wholesale
industries.
Prior to Alcosa Capital, Dr. Comberg was an investment banker with
the financial institutions group of Deutsche Bank Global Corporate
Finance where he advised on various buy and sell-side, public listing
and restructuring mandates. Prior to his investment banking career,
Philip worked as a lawyer with Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer and
Clifford Chance, where he was involved in numerous M&A and capital
markets transactions while working in Dusseldorf, Hongkong and
Shanghai.
Dr. Comberg holds a German law degree from the University of
Heidelberg and a Chinese Language Degree of Zhong Shan University,
Guangzhou, P.R. China. Furthermore, he holds a Master of Law (LL.M.)
from New York University School of Law where he focused on corporate
finance as well as U.S. and Chinese corporate law. Philip received his
Doctor of Law from the University of Dusseldorf for his comparative
analysis of the corporate governance regime of Chinese stock companies
which was published by the Institute for Asian Studies in Hamburg.
Philip speaks German, Chinese, English and French.
About Solarfun
Solarfun Power Holdings Co, Ltd. manufactures ingots and PV cells
and modules and supplies solar system integration services in China.
The Company produces both monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon
cells and modules, and manufactures 100% of its modules with in-house
produced PV cells. Solarfun sells its products both through
third-party distributors and directly to system integrators. The
Company was founded in 2004 and its products have been certified to
TUV and UL safety and quality standards. SOLF-G
http://www.solarfun.com.cn
CONTACT: Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
Investor Relations, 8621-6306-8907
IR@solarfun.com.cn
or
Christensen
Peter Homstad, +1 480-614-3000
phomstad@ChristensenIR.com
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SOLARFUN POWER HOLDINGS CO., LTD
By: /s/ Mr. Yonghua Lu
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Name: Mr. Yonghua Lu
Title: Chairman and CEO
Date: December 31, 2007