Canadian Solar (CSIQ) 6-KCurrent report (foreign)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of July 2024

Commission File Number: 001-33107

CANADIAN SOLAR INC.

545 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, 

Ontario, Canada N1K 1E6

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x      Form 40-F ¨

CANADIAN SOLAR INC.

Form 6-K

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Explanatory Note

CSI Solar Co., Ltd. (“CSI Solar”), a majority-owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. (“Canadian Solar”) with its shares listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (“SSE”)’s Sci-Tech Innovation Board, has filed with the SSE a voluntary disclosure announcement on performance for the first half of 2024 (the “Announcement”). Currently, Canadian Solar owns approximately 62% of CSI Solar.

Exhibit 99.1 provides an English translation of the Announcement for CSI Solar.

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.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99.1 — CSI Solar Co., Ltd. Voluntary Disclosure Announcement on Performance for the First Half of 2024