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

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FORM 6-K

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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 2017

 

Commission File Number: 001-33911

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RENESOLA LTD
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No. 8 Baoqun Road, YaoZhuang
Jiashan, Zhejiang 314117
People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

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 þ        Form 40-F o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  RENESOLA LTD
     
  By: /s/ Xianshou Li
  Name:  Xianshou Li
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: July 21, 2017

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
Exhibit 99.1   Press Release
Exhibit 99.2   Notice of Annual General Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

ReneSola Announces Notice of Annual General Meeting

 

SHANGHAI, China, July 21, 2017 – ReneSola Ltd (“ReneSola” or the “Company”) (www.renesola.com) (NYSE: SOL), a leading fully-integrated solar project developer and provider of energy-efficient products, today announced that its annual general meeting (the “AGM”) will be held at the office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP at 11th Floor, HSBC Building, Shanghai IFC, 8 Century Avenue, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China at 2:00 p.m. Beijing time (2:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time) on August 30, 2017.

 

Copies of the notice of the AGM, proxy form, poll card and annual report are available on ReneSola’s investor relations website at http://ir.renesola.com.

 

AGM Resolutions

 

The following resolutions to be proposed at the AGM will require a simple majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present in person or by proxy:

 

1.As a resolution of shareholders, to receive, consider and approve the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2016, together with the reports of the auditors thereon.

 

2.As a resolution of shareholders, to re-elect Mr. Tan Wee Seng as a director of the Company, who is retiring by rotation and offering himself for re-election in accordance with the Company’s articles of association.

 

3.As a resolution of shareholders, to authorize the board of directors of the Company to re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP as auditors of the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the shareholders of the Company.

 

About ReneSola

 

Founded in 2005, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2008, ReneSola (NYSE: SOL) is an international leading brand and technology provider of energy efficient products. Leveraging its global presence and expansive distribution and sales network, ReneSola is well positioned to provide its highest quality green energy products and on-time services for EPC, installers, and green energy projects around the world. For more information, please visit www.renesola.com.

 

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

 

In China:

 

ReneSola Ltd

Ms. Rebecca Shen

+86 (21) 6280-9180 x106

ir@renesola.com

 

The Blueshirt Group Asia

Mr. Gary Dvorchak, CFA

+86 (138) 1079-1480

gary@blueshirtgroup.com

 

In the United States:

 

The Blueshirt Group

Mr. Ralph Fong

+1 (415) 489-2195

ralph@blueshirtgroup.com

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of ReneSola Ltd (the “Company”) will be held at the office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP at 11th Floor, HSBC Building, Shanghai IFC, 8 Century Avenue, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China at 2:00 p.m. (Beijing time) on 30 August 2017 for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions by a simple majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present in person or by proxy at this meeting:

 

1.As a resolution of shareholders, to receive, consider and approve the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016, together with the reports of the auditors thereon.

 

2.As a resolution of shareholders, to re-elect Mr. Tan Wee Seng as a director of the Company, who is retiring by rotation and offering himself for re-election in accordance with the Company's articles of association.

 

3.As a resolution of shareholders, to authorise the board of directors of the Company to re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP as auditors of the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the shareholders of the Company.

 

21 July 2017

 

By order of the Board of Directors   Registered office
RENESOLA LTD   Craigmuir Chambers P.O. Box 71, Road
  Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
    Registered No. 1016246

 

Xianshou Li

Chairman

 

 

 

 

Notes

 

1.  

Copies of the Company’s Annual Report 2016, Form of Proxy and Form of Poll Card and this Notice of Annual General Meeting are available for viewing on or about 21 July 2017 on the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.renesola.com. Requests for a copy of the Company’s Annual Report 2016 free of charge can be directed to the Company at ir@renesola.com or ReneSola Ltd, Investor Relations, Level 15, 500 West Yan’an Road, Shanghai, People's Republic of China 200050 (Re: ReneSola Annual Report 2016), or to Capita Asset Services at shareholderenquiries@capita.co.uk or Capita Asset Services, Shareholder Services, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU (Re: ReneSola Annual Report 2016).

  5.   Any alterations made to the Form of Proxy should be initialled.
           
      6.   In the case of a corporation the Form of Proxy should be given under its Common Seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised in writing.
           
      7.   Registered holders of American Depositary Shares at close of business on 31 July 2017 (New York Time) will receive a Depositary Receipt Voting Instruction Card for this purpose and the Depositary Receipt Voting Instruction Card must be completed, signed and returned on or prior to 24 August 2017 at 5:00 p.m. (New York Time). Voting Instruction Cards for registered holders may be returned to the US Depositary (The Bank of New York Mellon) at:
           
2.  A member entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting convened by the above Notice is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak and vote on his behalf. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.      Proxy Tabulator For ReneSola Ltd
P.O. Box 8016
Cary, NC 27512-9903
           
3.  In the case of joint holders, if two or more persons hold shares of the Company jointly each of them may be present in person or by proxy at the meeting of the Shareholders and may speak as a Shareholder, if only one of the joint owners is present in person or by proxy he may vote on behalf of all joint owners and if two or more are present in person or by proxy they must vote as one.  8.  If you hold American Depositary Shares representing shares in the Company indirectly through a financial intermediary (Bank or Brokerage Firm), you must rely on the procedures of the financial intermediary through which you hold your shares to ensure participation in the shareholders meeting.
          
4.  To appoint a proxy you should complete the Form of Proxy enclosed with this Notice of Annual General Meeting. To be valid the Form of Proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or notarially certified or office copy of the same, must be delivered to the offices of Capita Asset Services at PXS1, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4ZF by no later than 48 hours before the time fixed for the meeting or any adjourned meeting (excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holidays in United Kingdom and China).  9.  Pursuant to Regulation 7.4 of the articles of association of the Company, the Board has determined that only those members registered in the relevant register of members of the Company at close of business on 31 July 2017 shall be entitled to attend and vote at the shareholders meeting or, if the meeting is adjourned, close of business on such date being not more than two days prior to the date fixed for the adjourned meeting. Changes to entries in the register of members after close of business on 31 July 2017 shall be disregarded in determining the right of any person to attend or vote at the meeting.

  

ReneSola Ltd is a BVI incorporated company with a registered number of 1016246