[CANADIAN SOLAR INC. 4100 — 66 Wellington Street West — TD Bank Tower Toronto, Canada M5K 1B7 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual meeting (the “Meeting”) of shareholders of Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Corporation”) will be held at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, 11th Floor, HSBC Building, Shanghai IFC, 8 Century Avenue, Pudong] [MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Circular Form 20-F Corporation Certain information contained in this management information circular (the “ VOTING INFORMATION Solicitation of Proxies Meeting Notice This Circular is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by management of the Corporation for use at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (the “ The solicitation of] [FORM 6-K CANADIAN SOLAR INC. No. 199 Lushan Road Suzhou New District Suzhou, Jiangsu 215129 People’s Republic of China Form 20-F x Form 40-F o o o CANADIAN SOLAR INC. Form 6-K TABLE OF CONTENTS]