Canadian Solar Inc. announced Mr. Jianyi Zhang’s retirement as the Company’s Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective immediately. During his seven years at Canadian Solar, Mr. Zhang championed business integrity and led legal team to excellence in complex matters in Canadian Solar’s markets. Mr. Zhang has been succeeded in his roles by Mr. Kah Locke Tham as Corporate Secretary, and Mr. Jeffrey Kalikow as Interim Chief Compliance Officer until a successor is appointed.

Mr. Tham is currently also the Company’s Global Corporate Controller, and Mr. Kalikow is General Counsel of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy. The Company has initiated an executive search process to evaluate candidates for the Chief Legal Officer’s role.