ORA Ormat Technologies Inc

RENO, Nev., May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ORA) (the "Company") today announced that it has agreed to sell 3,100,000 shares of common stock to Lehman Brothers Inc. in a block trade. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective on January 31, 2006. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering dated May 8, 2008 has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040422/LATH066LOGO) A written prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933 may be obtained from Lehman Brothers Inc., c/o Broadridge Integrated Distribution Services, Inc., 1155 Long Island Avenue, Englewood, New York, 11717, by email: or fax: (631) 254-7140. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of any of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. About Ormat Technologies Ormat Technologies, Inc. is the only vertically-integrated company primarily engaged in the geothermal and recovered energy power business. The Company designs, develops, owns and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants around the world. Additionally, the Company designs, manufactures and sells geothermal and recovered energy power units and other power-generating equipment, and provides related services. The Company has more than four decades of experience in the development of environmentally-sound power, primarily in geothermal and recovered-energy generation. Ormat products and systems are covered by more than 75 patents. Ormat currently operates the following geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants: in the United States - Brady, Heber, Mammoth, Ormesa, Puna, Steamboat and OREG 1; in Guatemala - Zunil and Amatitlan; in Kenya - Olkaria; and in Nicaragua - Momotombo. Safe Harbor Statement Information provided in this press release may contain statements relating to current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to Ormat's plans, objectives and expectations for future operations and are based upon its management's current estimates and projections of future results or trends. Actual future results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see "Risk Factors" as described in Ormat Technologies, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2008. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Ormat Technologies Contact: Investor Relations Contact Dita Bronicki Todd Fromer / Marybeth Csaby CEO KCSA Strategic Communications 775-356-9029 212-896-1215/212-896-1236 / http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040422/LATH066LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Ormat Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Dita Bronicki, CEO of Ormat Technologies, Inc., +1-775-356-9029, ; or Investor Relations, Todd Fromer, +1-212-896-1215, , or Marybeth Csaby, +1-212-896-1236, , both of KCSA Strategic Communications, for Ormat Technologies, Inc. Web site: http://www.ormat.com/

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