Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 22, 2024 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Wina Huang - Head of Investor Relations
Shawn Qu - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Yan Zhuang - President, Canadian Solar subsidiary CSI Solar
Ismael Guerrero - Corporate Vice President and President of Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy
Xinbo Zhu - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Colin Rusch - Oppenheimer
Philip Shen - Roth Capital Partners
Praneeth Satish - Wells Fargo
Vikram Bagri - Citi

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Canadian Solar's Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Rob and I'll be your operator for today. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes.

I would now like to turn the call over to Wina Huang, Head of Investor Relations at Canadian Solar. Please go ahead.

Wina Huang

Thank you, operator, and welcome, everyone, to Canadian Solar's second quarter 2024 conference call. Please note that today's conference call is accompanied with slides, which are available on Canadian Solar's Investor Relations website within the Events and Presentation section.

Joining us today are Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and CEO; Yan Zhuang, President of Canadian Solar subsidiary CSI Solar; Ismael Guerrero, Corporate VP and President of Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy; and Xinbo Zhu, Senior VP and CFO.

All company executives will participate in the Q&A session after management's formal remarks. On this call, Shawn will go over some key messages for the quarter. Yan and Ismael will review business highlights for CSI Solar and Recurrent Energy, respectively, and Xinbo will go through the financial results. Shawn will conclude his prepared remarks with the business outlook, after which we will have time for questions.

Before we begin, I would like to remind listeners that management's prepared remarks today, as well as their answers to questions, will contain certain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The company claims protection under the safe harbor for forward-looking statements that is contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ from management's current expectations. Any projections of the company's future performance represent management's estimates as of today.

Canadian Solar assumes no obligation to update these projections in the future unless otherwise required by applicable law. A more detailed discussion of risks and uncertainties can be found in the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.