[CANADIAN SOLAR INC. NOTICE OF ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS th NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual and special meeting (the “Meeting”) of shareholders of Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Corporation”) will be held at Latham & Watkins LLP, 49th Floor, Jin Mao Tower, 88 Century Boulevard, Pudong, Shanghai 200121, People’s Republic of China, on Monday, September 20 (a)] [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 and special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (the “ The] [CANADIAN SOLAR INC. Form 6-K TABLE OF CONTENTS CANADIAN SOLAR INC. Shawn (Xiaohua) Qu Chairman, President and]