UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
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FORM 20-F
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Date of event requiring this shell company report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Commission file number: 001-33911
RENESOLA LTD |
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British Virgin Islands |
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No. 8 Baoqun Road Yaozhuang Town Jiashan County Zhejiang Province 314117 Peoples Republic of China |
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Henry Wang, Chief Financial Officer No. 8 Baoqun Road Yaozhuang County Jiashan Town Zhejiang Province 314117 Peoples Republic of China Tel: +86-573-8477-3321 Fax: +86- 573-8477-3383 E-mail: henry.wang@renesola.com |
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person) |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Name of each exchange on which registered |
American Depositary Shares, each representing |
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New York Stock Exchange |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
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None |
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Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
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Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the Issuers classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
172,613,664 shares, no par value per share, as of December 31, 2011.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No x
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes o No x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
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International Financial Reporting Standards as issued |
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If Other has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. Item 17 o Item 18 o
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x
(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes o No o
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This Amendment No. 1 (Amendment No. 1) to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2012 (2011 Form 20-F), is being filed for the purposes of:
· amending Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and EmployeesA. Directors and Senior Management of the 2011 Form 20-F to correct certain clerical errors. We hereby replace the subsection titled Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and EmployeesA. Directors and Senior ManagementDirectors Mr. Tan Wee Seng on page 79 of the 2011 Form 20-F in its entirety with the amended subsection included in this Amendment No. 1;
· amending Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees C. Board Practices of the 2011 Form 20-F to correct certain clerical errors. We hereby replace the subsection titled Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees C. Board Practices Committees of the Board of DirectorsCompensation Committee on page 85 of the 2011 Form 20-F in its entirety with the amended subsection included in this Amendment No. 1; and
· furnishing Interactive Data File disclosure as Exhibit 101 in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T and updating Item 19. Exhibits with the exhibits included in this Amendment No. 1.
We are including in this Amendment No. 1 currently-dated certifications by our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer. Other than as expressly set forth above, this Amendment No. 1 does not, and does not purport to, amend, update or restate the information in any other item of the 2011 Form 20-F, or reflect any events that have occurred after the 2011 Form 20-F was originally filed. The Companys 2011 Form 20-F, as amended by this Amendment No. 1, continues to speak as of the initial filing date of the 2011 Form 20-F.
ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
A. Directors and Senior Management
Directors
Mr. Tan Wee Seng has been our independent director since April 2009. Mr. Tan has over 30 years of financial, operation and business management experience and has also held various senior management positions in a number of multi-national corporations. Mr. Tan is an independent director of 7 Days Group Holdings Limited, a company listed on the NYSE. Mr. Tan is also a non-executive director of Sa Sa International Holdings Limited, Xtep International Holdings Limited and an independent non-executive officer of Biostime International Holdings Ltd, all listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Tan served in various executive roles, including as executive director, chief financial officer and company secretary for Li Ning Company Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Tan was the senior vice president of Reuters for the China, Mongolia and North Korea regions, and the chief representative of Reuters in China. Prior to that, he served as the managing director of a Reuters subsidiary, AFE Computer Services Limited in Hong Kong, as director of Infocast Pty Limited, a Reuters subsidiary in Australia, and as the regional finance manager of Reuters East Asia. Mr. Tan is a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the United Kingdom and a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. Mr. Tan has been a member of the audit committee, compensation committee and corporate governance and nominating committee of our board of directors since April 2009.
C. Board Practices
Committees of the Board of Directors
Compensation Committee. Our compensation committee consists of Messrs. Martin Bloom, Jing Wang and Tan Wee Seng. Messrs. Martin Bloom, Jing Wang and Tan Wee Seng satisfy the independence requirements of the New York Stock Exchange Listing Rules and Securities and Exchange Commission regulations. The compensation committee discharges the responsibility of the board of reviewing and approving the compensation structure, including all forms of compensation relating to our directors and executive officers. Our chief executive officer may not be present at any committee meeting during which his compensation is deliberated. The compensation committee is responsible for, among other things:
· reviewing and evaluating at least annually and, if necessary, revising the compensation plans, policies and programs adopted by our management;
· reviewing and evaluating at least annually the performance, and determining the compensation, of our chief executive officer;
· reviewing and approving our chief executive officers employment agreement and amendments thereto, and severance arrangement, if any; and
· reviewing all annual bonus, long-term incentive compensation, stock option, employee pension and welfare benefit plans.
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12.1* |
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CEO Certification, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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12.2* |
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CFO Certification, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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13.1** |
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CEO Certification, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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13.2** |
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CFO Certification, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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101.INS*** |
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XBRL Instance Document |
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101.SCH*** |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
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101.CAL*** |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
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101.DEF*** |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
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101.LAB*** |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
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101.PRE*** |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
* Filed herewith.
** Previously furnished with the Annual Report on Form 20-F on April 27, 2012.
*** XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F on its behalf.
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/s/ Xianshou Li |
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Xianshou Li |
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Director and Chief Executive Officer |
Date: May 7, 2012
[Signature Page to 20-F/A]