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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
o Rule 13d-1(b)
o Rule 13d-1(c)
þ Rule 13d-1(d)
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
| SIGNATURE | ||||||||
CUSIP No. |
136635 10 9 |
| 1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS Shawn (Xiaohua) Qu |
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| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) |
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| (a) o | |||||
| (b) þ | |||||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | ||||
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION | ||||
| Canada | |||||
| 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER | ||||
| NUMBER OF | 13,672,263 ordinary shares | ||||
| SHARES | 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER | |||
| BENEFICIALLY | |||||
| OWNED BY | 0 | ||||
| EACH | 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER | |||
| REPORTING | |||||
| PERSON | 13,672,263 ordinary shares | ||||
| WITH: | 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | |||
| 0 | |||||
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | ||||
| 13,672,263 ordinary shares | |||||
| 10 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | ||||
| o | |||||
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) | ||||
| 50.0% | |||||
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | ||||
| IN | |||||
| ITEM 1(a). | NAME OF ISSUER: | |
| Canadian Solar Inc. | ||
| ITEM 1(b). | ADDRESS OF ISSUER’S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: | |
| 199 Lushan Road Suzhou New District Suzhou 215129 People’s Republic of China |
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| ITEM 2(a). | NAME OF PERSON FILING: | |
| Shawn (Xiaohua) Qu | ||
| ITEM 2(b). | ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE, OR, IF NONE, RESIDENCE: | |
| Shawn (Xiaohua) Qu c/o Canadian Solar Inc. 199 Lushan Road Suzhou New District Suzhou 215129 People’s Republic of China |
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| ITEM 2(c) | CITIZENSHIP: | |
| Canada | ||
| ITEM 2(d). | TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES: | |
| Ordinary Shares | ||
| ITEM 2(e). | CUSIP NUMBER: | |
| 136635 10 9 | ||
| ITEM 3. | Not Applicable | |
| ITEM 4. | OWNERSHIP: | |
| The following information with respect to the ownership of the Ordinary Shares of the issuer by each of the reporting persons is provided as of February 14, 2008: |
| Shared | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sole power | power to | Sole power to | Shared power | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Amount | to vote or | vote or to | dispose or to | to dispose or to | ||||||||||||||||||||
| beneficially | Percent | direct | direct | direct the | direct the | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reporting Person | owned: | of class: | the vote: | the vote: | disposition of: | disposition of: | ||||||||||||||||||
Shawn (Xiaohua) Qu |
13,672,263 | 50.0% | 13,672,263 | 0 | 13,672,263 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ITEM 5. | OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS: | |
| Not applicable | ||
| ITEM 6. | OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON: | |
| Not applicable | ||
| ITEM 7. | IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY: | |
| Not applicable | ||
| ITEM 8. | IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP: | |
| Not applicable | ||
| ITEM 9. | NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP: | |
| Not applicable | ||
| ITEM 10. | CERTIFICATION: | |
| Not applicable |