Aiko Solar details growth strategy, expands employee equity incentives

Shanghai Aiko Solar Energy will host its 2025 half-year performance briefing on September 26, 2025, to discuss operating results and financial conditions. Key topics include strategies to capitalize on the solar industry's "anti-internal competition" measures, with plans to introduce 26% efficiency modules by late next year and increase overseas sales to over 50%. The company also highlighted its ABC technology's lead in the European concentrated solar market and its zero-carbon projects.

On the same day, the company approved the grant of restricted shares and stock options as part of its 2025 equity incentive plan. It will issue 3.9825 million restricted shares at 5.68 yuan per share to 76 employees and 635,000 stock options at 9.09 yuan per share to 19 employees. These incentives are tied to performance targets, including a 50% revenue growth by 2025 over 2024.

The total estimated cost for these incentives is 4,318.83 million yuan, to be amortized from 2025 to 2028. This includes 3,898.87 million yuan for restricted shares and 419.96 million yuan for stock options. The company's legal counsel and financial advisors confirmed that all necessary approvals have been secured and the plan complies with relevant regulations.