China Carbon Neutral (01372.HK): Introduces Dizi Green Carbon Technology as a cornerstone investor and subscribes for 40 million shares of China Carbon Neutral.

Gelonghui, March 8 — China Carbon Neutral (01372.HK) announced that the company entered into a legally binding investment agreement with Dizhiv Green Carbon Technology Investment Co., Ltd. (“Dizhiv Green Carbon”) (“Subscriber”) on March 6, 2026. Under this agreement, the subscriber agrees to subscribe, and the company agrees to allot and issue 400 million new shares, representing approximately 5.59% of the enlarged issued share capital of the company (subject to final issuance size determination).

The net proceeds from this placement are intended to be used for expanding the group’s carbon neutrality business, green technology research and development, project investments, and general operational funds. The agreement is subject to approval by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listing Committee, completion of the placement, and other customary conditions before it is considered complete.

The subscriber is an integrated investment platform covering the entire green carbon industry, utilizing artificial intelligence (“AI”) + capital empowerment for ecological environmental governance, green technology, new energy, and data intelligence. It focuses on environmental management, especially investing in and incubating AI hardware and software projects in environmental governance. It organically integrates environmental management with water resources, green energy, land resources, and data resources, providing an intelligent and industrialized platform for implementing China’s “dual carbon” strategy. Through green design, green products, green services, and green finance, it drives innovative, low-carbon, high-quality development, offering comprehensive value chain solutions to help achieve China’s “dual carbon” strategic goals.

The board believes that the addition of the subscriber as a cornerstone investor is not only a capital raise but also a deep industry empowerment. Based on the subscriber’s expertise in AI and ecological governance, this cooperation is expected to bring the following specific technological synergies: tackling water ecology AI governance technology—leveraging the subscriber’s investments in AI hardware and software, both parties will explore applications of artificial intelligence in water environment monitoring, pollutant tracing, and treatment processes to enhance the group’s technological barriers and operational efficiency; introducing intelligent environmental solutions—using the subscriber’s resources to incorporate AI algorithms and smart hardware for real-time data analysis and intelligent scheduling of wastewater treatment and watershed management, promoting environmental governance toward “digital intelligence”; and expanding data-driven carbon asset development—integrating environmental governance with data resources to advance technology in carbon footprint tracking, carbon sink accounting, and other areas, opening new growth points for green low-carbon development based on data.