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Appendix 1 - Major Subsidiaries of CSI

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Appendix 1 - Major Subsidiaries of CSI

APPENDIX 1 - Major Subsidiaries of CSI

Appendix 1

Major Subsidiaries of CSI

The following table sets forth information concerning CSI’s major subsidiaries:

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​	​	Place and	​	Attributable	​	​
​	​	Date	​	Equity	​	​
Subsidiary		of Incorporation		Interest Held		Principal Activity
Canadian Solar Solutions Inc.	​	Canada	​	100	%	Developing solar power project and manufacture of solar modules
​	​	June 22, 2009	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar (Australia) Pty Limited	​	Australia	​	100	%	Developing solar power projects
​	​	February 3, 2011	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar O and M (Ontario) Inc.	​	Canada	​	100	%	Solar farm operating and maintenance services
​	​	May 10, 2011	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Projects K.K.	​	Japan	​	100	%	Developing solar power projects
​	​	May 20, 2014	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar UK Projects Ltd.	​	United Kingdom	​	100	%	Developing solar power projects
​	​	August 29, 2014	​	​	​	​
Recurrent Energy, LLC	​	USA	​	100	%	Developing solar power projects
​	​	March 31, 2015	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Energy Singapore Pte. Ltd.	​	Singapore	​	100	%	Development & ownership of solar PV projects
​	​	October 29, 2015	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Netherlands Cooperative U.A.	​	Netherlands	​	100	%	Project holding and financing
​	​	November 8, 2016	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Construction (Australia) Pty Ltd	​	Australia	​	100	%	Providing engineering, procurement and construction services
​	​	July 04, 2017	​	​	​	​
CSUK Energy Systems Construction and Generation JSC	​	Turkey	​	100	%	Project development and management services
​	​	October 30, 2017	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Argentina Investment Holding Ltd.	​	United Kingdom	​	100	%	Developing solar power projects
​	​	January 23, 2018	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar New Energy Holding Company Limited	​	Hong Kong	​	100	%	Project investment, financing, trading of solar modules
​	​	March 20, 2019	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Energy Holding Singapore Pte. Ltd.	​	Singapore	​	100	%	Development & ownership of solar PV projects
​	​	April 22, 2019	​	​	​	​
CSI Solar Co., Ltd. (formerly known as “CSI Solar Power Group Co., Ltd.”)	​	PRC	​	79.59	%	Investment holding and trading
​	​	July 7, 2009	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc.	​	PRC	​	100	%*	Manufacture of solar modules, ingots and wafers
​	​	February 24, 2006	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc.	​	PRC	​	100	%*	Production of solar modules
​	​	August 1, 2006	​	​	​	​
CSI Cells Co., Ltd.	​	PRC	​	100	%*	Manufacture of solar cells
​	​	August 23, 2006	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar (USA) Inc.	​	USA	​	100	%*	Sales and marketing of modules
​	​	June 8, 2007	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Japan K.K.	​	Japan	​	100	%*	Sales and marketing of modules
​	​	June 21, 2009	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar EMEA GmbH	​	Germany	​	100	%*	Sales and marketing of modules
​	​	August 21, 2009	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar International Limited	​	Hong Kong	​	100	%*	Sales and marketing of modules
​	​	March 25, 2011	​	​	​	​
Suzhou Sanysolar Materials Technology Co., Ltd.	​	PRC	​	100	%*	Production of solar module materials
​	​	August 17, 2011	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar South East Asia Pte. Ltd.	​	Singapore		100	%*	Sales and marketing of modules
​	​	September 19, 2011	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Brazil Commerce, Import and Export of Solar Panels Ltd.	​	Brazil	​	100	%*	Sales and marketing of solar modules, and providing solar energy solution
​	​	November 14, 2012	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Construction (USA) LLC		USA		100	%*	Solar farm operating and maintenance services
​	​	May 20, 2014	​	​	​	​
CSI Solar Manufacturing (Funing) Co., Ltd. (formerly known as “CSI&GCL Solar Manufacturing (Yancheng) Inc.”)		PRC May 29, 2014	​	100	%*	Research and development, manufacture and sales of solar cells, and solar power project development
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Changshu Tegu New Material Technology Co., Ltd.	​	PRC	​	100	%*	EVA solar packaging film research and development, production and sales
​	​	September 2, 2014	​	​	​	​
Changshu Tlian Co., Ltd.	​	PRC	​	100	%*	Junction box and connector research, development, production and sales
​	​	December 26, 2014	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd.	​	Vietnam	​	100	%*	Production of solar modules
​	​	June 25, 2015	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Energy Private Limited	​	India	​	100	%*	Sales and marketing of modules
​	​	May 06, 2015	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar MSS (Australia) Pty Ltd.	​	Australia	​	100	%*	Sales and marketing of modules
​	​	August 03, 2015	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.	​	Thailand	​	99.99992	%*	Cells and module production
​	​	November 20, 2015	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Sunenergy (Baotou) Co., Ltd.	​	PRC	​	100	%*	Production of solar modules, ingots and wafers
​	​	August 18, 2016	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar Middle East DMCC	​	United Arab Emirates	​	100	%*	Sales and marketing of modules
​	​	March 28, 2017	​	​	​	​
CSI Investment Management (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.	​	PRC	​	100	%*	Investment management & asset management
​	​	May 5, 2017	​	​	​	​
CSI New Energy Development (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (formerly known as “Suzhou Gaochuangte New Energy Development Co., Ltd.”)	​	PRC	​	90	%*	Design, engineering construction and management of solar power projects
​	​	June 12, 2017	​	​	​	​
CSI Cells (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.	​	PRC	​	70	%*	Production of solar cells
​	​	May 18, 2017	​	​	​	​
CSI Modules (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd.	​	PRC	​	100	%*	Production of solar modules
​	​	November 3, 2017	​	​	​	​
CSI Wafer (Luoyang) Co., Ltd.	​	PRC	​	100	%*	Production of solar cells and wafers
​	​	November 27, 2017	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar SSES (Canada) Inc.	​	Canada	​	100	%*	System solution and energy storage
​	​	Nov 27, 2019	​	​	​	​
Canadian Solar SSES (UK) Ltd	​	United Kingdom	​	100	%*	Intellectual property holding
​	​	December 18, 2019	​	​	​	​

*      Major subsidiaries within the scope of CSI Solar are held through CSI Solar Co., Ltd. of which CSI holds 79.59% equity rights of CSI Solar Co., Ltd.

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The entire disclosure for the information summarizing investments in and advances to majority-owned subsidiaries, other controlled companies, and other affiliates. It reflects specified information about ownership, financial results from, and financial position in such entities.

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