Satcon Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

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BOSTON--(Business Wire)--
Satcon Technology Corporation (NASDAQ CM:SATC), a leading provider of utility
scale power solutions for the renewable energy market, today announced its
results for the third quarter ended October 3, 2009.

(in millions, except per share data) Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

October 3, September 27, % Change October 3, September 27, % Change
2009 2008 2009 2008
Revenue $11.7 $18.5 -37% $35.7 $43.2 -17%
Gross Margin 1% 19% 4% 14%
Operating loss ($7.3) ($3.3) -120% ($19.5) ($10.9) -78%
Net Loss Attributable to Common Shareholders ($8.5) ($3.0) -186% ($27.5) ($16.5) -67%
Net Loss Attributable to Common Shareholders per weighted average share, basic and diluted ($0.12) ($0.06) -100% ($0.47) ($0.33) -42%

"During the quarter we saw a peak in costs associated with the transition of our
manufacturing to China that led to a significant increase in our manufacturing
costs," said Steve Rhoades, Satcon`s President and Chief Executive Officer.
"These transition costs will continue into the fourth quarter, but will be lower
relative to our expected Q4 revenue, and we expect to largely complete the
transition by the end of the year."

"While total sales were down year over year due to the global recession, revenue
for the third quarter increased 27% over the second quarter of 2009," said
Rhoades. "Our top-line growth highlights the successful execution of our
corporate strategy to develop and launch the industry`s most advanced utility
scale solar PV inverter solutions. In addition, we began to see an increase in
bookings in North America, Europe and China, resulting in current backlog of
over $24 million, positioning us for a solid fourth quarter."

Highlights from the third quarter included a number of landmark customer wins
that are significant to the growth of utility scale solar in North America.

* Completion of the nine (9) megawatt First Light installation in Ontario,
Canada, which leveraged 500 kilowatt PowerGate Plus inverters, the largest
system currently deployed under Ontario`s Renewable Energy Standard Offer
Program.
* Order for five (5) megawatts of Satcon Prism which will complete the nine (9)
megawatt solar farm for the nation`s largest urban solar PV power plant in
Chicago, Illinois.
* Shipment of five (5) megawatts of Satcon Prism for CalRENEW, the largest
utility-scale PV solar facility being developed under California`s Renewable
Portfolio Standard program.

The company also secured an order for approximately 23 megawatts of the
company`s PowerGate Plus 500 kilowatt inverters to a large Chinese reseller.
This is Satcon`s largest single order to date, and will be delivered in the
fourth quarter of 2009.

During the quarter Satcon also experienced strong demand for its ARRA and
Ontario FIT compliant inverters, including two projects in California totaling
2.4 megawatts of Satcon PowerGate Plus solutions.

Other recently announced highlights include:

* The general availability of Satcon Solstice, the industry`s first complete
power harvesting and management solution for utility-class solar power plants.
* The recent competitive grant awarded to Satcon under the Solar Energy Grid
Integration System (SEGIS) by the Department of Energy and contract manager,
Sandia National Laboratories.
* Two awards from the Department of Energy (DOE) under the high penetration
initiative, one with the Sunshine State Solar Grid Initiative team (SUNGRIN) to
study high penetration solar PV, and one with the National Renewable Energy Lab
(NREL) and Southern California Edison on high penetration PV in congested grid
environments.
* Approximately 17 megawatts of orders received for Satcon Prism, North
America`s first fully-integrated one megawatt medium voltage solution.
* The partnership with Suntech Power Holdings as part of its Reliathon platform,
a fully integrated solar plant solution designed to speed the development of
utility-scale solar plants.
* The partnership with Canadian Solar for complete large scale solar system
solutions designed to meet the domestic content requirements outlined by the
Ontario government in its recently announced feed-in-tariff program.

"The momentum of our business is steadily improving which is supported by the
growing strength of the large scale solar market and the increasing demand for
utility grade solar solutions," said Rhoades. "We continue to see the trend of
projects growing in both size and sophistication and, most importantly, we have
seen the expansion of large scale projects into new emerging markets both
domestically and worldwide. We continue to target reaching our first key
financial milestone of cash generation on a run-rate basis as we exit 2009."

Conference Call Reminder

The company will hold a conference call to review its financial results and
business highlights today, October 27, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. ET. During the
conference call, the company may answer questions concerning business and
financial developments and trends, and other business and financial matters. The
company`s responses to these questions, as well as other matters discussed
during the conference call, may contain or constitute information that has not
been previously disclosed.

The conference call will be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed
on the Investor Relations section of the company`s website at
http://investor.satcon.com. The conference call also can be accessed by dialing
(877) 407-8289 (U.S. and Canada) or (201) 689-8341 (International). Interested
parties that are unable to listen to the live call may access an archived
version of the webcast on Satcon`s website.

About Satcon

Satcon Technology Corporation is a leading provider of utility scale distributed
power solutions for the renewable energy market, enabling the industry`s most
advanced, reliable, and proven clean energy alternatives. For over 24 years,
Satcon has designed and delivered the next generation of efficient energy
systems for solar photovoltaic, stationary fuel cells, wind-turbines, and energy
storage systems. To learn more about Satcon, please visit www.Satcon.com.

Safe Harbor

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prospectively are forward-looking statements that involve risks and
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terms and phrases such as "will," "intends," "believes," "expects," "plans,"
"anticipates" and similar expressions. Investors should not rely on forward
looking statements because they are subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the company's expectation. Additional information concerning
risk factors is contained from time to time in the company's SEC filings,
including its Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with
the SEC. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only
as of the date of this release. Subsequent events or circumstances occurring
after such date may render these statements incomplete or out of date. The
company expressly disclaims any obligation to update the information contained
in this release.

SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

ASSETS October 3, December 31,

2009 2008
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $16,306,546 $9,957,716
Restricted cash and cash equivalents 84,000 84,000
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $191,217 and $168,219 at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively 11,666,490 11,471,671
Unbilled contract costs and fees 189,675 398,707
Inventory 9,608,123 11,457,532
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,060,465 1,040,441

Total current assets $38,915,299 $34,410,067
Property and equipment, net 3,049,006 1,964,968
Goodwill, net 123,714 123,714
Intangibles, net 102,810 398,526

Total assets $42,190,829 $36,897,275

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
Line of credit $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Accounts payable 10,190,033 8,588,313
Short-term secured note payable 1,297,200 -
Accrued payroll and payroll related expenses 1,854,718 2,042,786
Other accrued expenses 3,181,529 2,825,255
Accrued contract loss - 1,131,370
Accrued restructuring costs 216,483 602,782
Deferred revenue 1,658,291 4,214,389
Total current liabilities $21,398,254 $22,404,895

Warrant liabilities $3,154,817 $2,407,438
Deferred revenue, net of current portion 4,041,571 2,512,794
Redeemable convertible Series B preferred stock (75 and 290 shares issued and outstanding at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively; face value $5,000 per share; liquidation preference $375,000 and $1,450,000 at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively) 375,000 1,450,000
Other long-term liabilities 34,879 58,282
Total Liabilities $29,004,521 $28,833,409
Commitments and contingencies (Note H)
Redeemable convertible Series C preferred stock (25,000 shares issued and outstanding at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008; face value $1,000 per share; liquidation preference $27,295,206 and $26,350,000 at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively) $20,946,365 $17,248,593

Stockholders' deficit:
Common stock; $0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 70,278,812 and 51,479,822 shares issued and outstanding at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively $702,788 $514,798
Additional paid-in capital 218,894,693 182,222,762
Accumulated deficit (225,630,062) (189,962,435)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,727,476) (1,959,852)
Total stockholders' deficit $(7,760,057) $(9,184,727)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit $42,190,829 $36,897,275

SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
October 3, September 27, October 3, September 27,
2009 2008 2009 2008
Revenue
Product revenue $ 10,040,941 $ 17,215,392 $ 31,048,409 $ 36,947,201
Funded research and development and other revenue 1,637,668 1,301,362 4,682,466 6,292,490
Total revenue $ 11,678,609 $ 18,516,754 $ 35,730,875 $ 43,239,691

Cost of revenue:
Cost of product revenue $10,466,120 $ 13,869,078 $ 30,686,604 $ 32,509,593
Cost of funded research and development and other revenue 1,150,805 1,145,719 3,519,056 4,828,139
Total cost of revenue $11,616,925 $ 15,014,797 $ 34,205,660 $ 37,337,732

Gross margin $ 61,684 $ 3,501,957 $ 1,525,215 $ 5,901,959

Operating expenses:
Research and development $2,187,554 $ 1,642,265 $6,302,978 $ 3,619,615
Selling, general and administrative 4,884,613 4,585,771 14,228,431 11,830,775
Restructuring charge 211,267 512,609 211,267 1,119,216
Amortization of intangibles 78,572 78,572 235,716 235,716
Total operating expenses from continuing operations $7,362,006 $6,819,217 $ 20,978,392 $ 16,805,322

Operating loss from continuing operations $(7,300,322) $(3,317,260) $(19,453,177) $(10,903,363)

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities (305,289) 2,041,697 (3,899,623) (822,501)
Other (loss) income, net 384,261 57,734 (241,329) 62,047
Interest income 2,956 56,872 8,523 197,143
Interest expense (38,919) (98,139) (259,103) (241,876)
Net loss from continuing operations $(7,257,313) $(1,259,096) $(23,844,709) $(11,708,550)

Loss from discontinued operations, net - $(990,434) - $ (1,957,837)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations - 327,798 - 327,798
Net loss $(7,257,313) $(1,921,732) $(23,844,709) $(13,338,589)

Deemed dividend and accretion on Series C preferred stock and warrants (961,257) (1,056,093) (2,670,277) $ (2,987,846)
Dividend on Series C preferred stock (320,180) (10,000) (1,028,269) (126,000)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(8,538,750) $(2,987,825) $(27,543,255) $(16,452,435)

Net loss per weighted average share, basic and diluted:
From loss on continuing operations attributable to common stockholders $(0.12) $(0.05) $(0.47) $(0.29)
From loss on discontinued operations - $(0.02) - $(0.04)
From gain on sale of discontinued operations - $0.01 - $0.01
Net loss attributable to common stockholders per weighted average share, basic and diluted $(0.12) $(0.06) $(0.47) $(0.33)

Weighted average number of common shares, basic and diluted 70,239,878 51,013,182 58,831,835 50,454,300

Satcon Technology Corporation
Leah Gibson, 617-897-2400
Investor Relations
leah.gibson@Satcon.com

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