Company: CNEY
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form Type: F-1/A
Source: 0001477932-25-007791
Chunk: 9

Company: CN ENERGY GROUP. INC.
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form: F-1/A
Chunk 9
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 cause for the suit. However, it would be difficult for foreign shareholders to establish sufficient nexus to the PRC by virtue only of holding our ordinary shares.

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<div align='center'>COMMONLY USED DEFINED TERMS</div>

Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, references in this prospectus or in a prospectus supplement to:

| · | “China” or the “PRC” are to the People’s Republic of China;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| · | “Class A Ordinary Shares” are to the Class A Ordinary Shares, no par value, of CN Energy (as defined below);                                                                                                                                                                                |
| · | “CN Energy,” “we,” “us,” “our Company,” or the “Company” are to CN ENERGY GROUP. INC. (also referred to as 中北能源集团有限公司 in Chinese), a company limited by shares organized under the laws of British Virgin Islands;                                                                          |
| · | “CN Energy Development” are to CN Energy Industrial Development Co., Ltd. (also referred to as 中北能源产业发展有限公司 in Chinese), a company with limited liability organized under the laws of the PRC, which is jointly owned by Zhejiang CN Energy and Manzhouli CN Technology (as defined below); |
| · | “Convertible Preferred Shares” are to the convertible preferred shares of the Company, no par value;                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| · | “Energy Holdings” are to CN Energy’s wholly owned subsidiary, CLEAN ENERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED (also referred to as 清洁能源控股有限公司 in Chinese), a Hong Kong corporation;                                                                                                                           |
| · | “Exchange Act” are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| · | “fiscal year” are to the period from October 1 to September 30 of the next calendar year;                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| · | “Hangzhou Forasen” are to Hangzhou Forasen Technology Co., Ltd. (also referred to as 杭州富来森科技有限公司 in Chinese), a company with limited liability organized under the laws of the PRC, which is wholly owned by CN Energy Development;                                                         |
| · | “Khingan Forasen” are to Greater Khingan Range Forasen Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (also referred to as 大兴安岭富来森能源科技有限