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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2024 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Emeren Group Ltd [ SOL ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| American Depositary Shares(1) | 56,370 | D | |
| American Depositary Shares(1) | 18,582,856 | I | by Shah Capital Management |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Represents American Depositary Shares of the Issuer, each of which represents ten ordinary shares of the Issuer. |
| /s/ Suzanne Wilson as Power of Attorney | 01/02/2024 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned as a Section 16 reporting person of Emeren Group Ltd. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and
appoints Suzanne Wilson, Yumin Liu and Ke Chen, and each of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
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execute, deliver and file for and on behalf of
the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and other forms or
reports on behalf of the undersigned as may be required to be filed in connection with his or her ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company, including Form 144;
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(2)
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do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 or Form 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any stock exchange or similar authority;
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(3)
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seek or obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s behalf, information on transactions in the
Company’s securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and
ratifies any such release of information; and
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take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.
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The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Exchange Act or to meet the safe harbor requirements of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as amended. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that the attorney-in-fact and the Company are relying on written and oral information
provided by the undersigned to complete such forms and the undersigned is responsible for reviewing the completed forms prior to their filing. The attorney-in-fact and the Company are not responsible for any errors or omissions in such filings. The
attorney-in-fact and the Company are not responsible for determining whether or not the transactions reported could be matched with any other transactions for the purpose of determining liability for short-swing profits under Section 16(b).
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4, and 5 or a Form 144 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this December 20, 2023.
/s/ Himanshu H. Shah
Name: Himanshu H. Shah