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CN Energy Group. Inc. – ‘20-F’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-12.1’

On:  Friday, 1/27/23, at 5:11pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1410578-23-45   ·   File #:  1-39978

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 1/27/23  CN Energy Group. Inc.             20-F        9/30/22  120:14M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA2

Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign     HTML   3.72M 
                Non-Canadian Issuer                                              
 2: EX-1.1      Underwriting Agreement or Conflict Minerals Report  HTML    325K 
 3: EX-2.1      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML     37K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 4: EX-2.4      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML     83K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 5: EX-4.11     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    129K 
 6: EX-4.12     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    140K 
 8: EX-4.13     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     72K 
 7: EX-4.14     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     72K 
 9: EX-4.15     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     52K 
10: EX-4.16     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     35K 
11: EX-4.17     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     35K 
12: EX-4.18     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     34K 
13: EX-8.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     38K 
16: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     33K 
17: EX-13.2     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     32K 
14: EX-12.1     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     36K 
15: EX-12.2     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     36K 
18: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     33K 
19: EX-15.2     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     32K 
20: EX-15.3     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     31K 
26: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML    107K 
27: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    166K 
28: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     46K 
29: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income and               HTML    132K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
30: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     96K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
31: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    166K 
32: R7          Organization and nature of business                 HTML     77K 
33: R8          Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     89K 
34: R9          Accounts receivable, net                            HTML     57K 
35: R10         Inventory                                           HTML     45K 
36: R11         Advances to suppliers, net                          HTML     60K 
37: R12         Other Receivables                                   HTML     34K 
38: R13         Property, plant, and equipment, net                 HTML     54K 
39: R14         Prepayment for property, plant and equipment        HTML     56K 
40: R15         Intangible assets, net                              HTML     57K 
41: R16         Long-term deposits                                  HTML     46K 
42: R17         Short-term and long-term bank loans                 HTML    222K 
43: R18         Accrued expenses and other current liabilities      HTML     43K 
44: R19         Related party transactions                          HTML     42K 
45: R20         Taxes                                               HTML     96K 
46: R21         Concentration of major customers and suppliers      HTML     35K 
47: R22         Leases                                              HTML     55K 
48: R23         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     35K 
49: R24         Segment reporting                                   HTML     54K 
50: R25         Shareholders' equity                                HTML     53K 
51: R26         Subsequent events                                   HTML     42K 
52: R27         Condensed financial information of the parent       HTML    199K 
                company                                                          
53: R28         Significant accounting policies (Policies)          HTML    149K 
54: R29         Organization and nature of business (Tables)        HTML     66K 
55: R30         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     42K 
                (Tables)                                                         
56: R31         Accounts receivable, net (Tables)                   HTML     58K 
57: R32         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     45K 
58: R33         Advances to suppliers, net (Tables)                 HTML     61K 
59: R34         Property, plant, and equipment, net (Tables)        HTML     53K 
60: R35         Prepayment for property, plant and equipment        HTML     81K 
                (Tables)                                                         
61: R36         Intangible assets, net (Tables)                     HTML     58K 
62: R37         Long-term deposits (Tables)                         HTML     46K 
63: R38         Short-term and long-term bank loans (Tables)        HTML    217K 
64: R39         Accrued expenses and other current liabilities      HTML     43K 
                (Tables)                                                         
65: R40         Taxes (Tables)                                      HTML     94K 
66: R41         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     54K 
67: R42         Segment reporting (Tables)                          HTML     48K 
68: R43         Condensed financial information of the parent       HTML    197K 
                company (Tables)                                                 
69: R44         Organization and nature of business - Major         HTML     59K 
                subsidiaries (Details)                                           
70: R45         Organization and nature of business - Additional    HTML     90K 
                information (Details)                                            
71: R46         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     44K 
                Property, plant, and equipment (Details)                         
72: R47         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     37K 
                Intangible assets (Details)                                      
73: R48         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     65K 
                Additional details (Details)                                     
74: R49         Accounts receivable, net (Details)                  HTML     39K 
75: R50         Movement of allowance for doubtful accounts         HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R51         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     37K 
77: R52         Advances to suppliers net (Details)                 HTML     36K 
78: R53         Advances to suppliers net - Movement of allowance   HTML     39K 
                for doubtful accounts (Details)                                  
79: R54         Other receivables (Details)                         HTML     47K 
80: R55         Property, plant, and equipment, net (Details)       HTML     53K 
81: R56         Prepayment for property, plant and equipment        HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R57         Prepayment for property, plant and equipment -      HTML     42K 
                Land use right, net (Details)                                    
83: R58         Prepayment for property, plant and equipment -      HTML     49K 
                Estimated future amortization expense (Details)                  
84: R59         Intangible assets, net (Details)                    HTML     47K 
85: R60         Intangible assets, net - Estimated future           HTML     49K 
                amortization expense (Details)                                   
86: R61         Long-term deposits (Details)                        HTML     40K 
87: R62         Short-term and long-term bank loans (Details)       HTML     56K 
88: R63         Short-term and long-term bank loans - Summary       HTML    110K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R64         Accrued expenses and other current liabilities      HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R65         Related party transactions (Details)                HTML     52K 
91: R66         Taxes (Details)                                     HTML     47K 
92: R67         Taxes - Reconciliation of statutory rate to the     HTML     54K 
                Company's effective tax rate (Details)                           
93: R68         Taxes - Provision for income tax (Details)          HTML     42K 
94: R69         Taxes - Components of deferred tax assets           HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
95: R70         Taxes - Additional information (Details)            HTML     37K 
96: R71         Concentration of major customers and suppliers -    HTML     45K 
                Total sales (Details)                                            
97: R72         Concentration of major customers and suppliers -    HTML     44K 
                Accounts receivable (Details)                                    
98: R73         Concentration of major customers and suppliers -    HTML     45K 
                Total purchases (Details)                                        
99: R74         Concentration of major customers and suppliers -    HTML     47K 
                Advance to suppliers (Details)                                   
100: R75         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     56K  
101: R76         Leases - Supplemental balance sheet information     HTML     41K  
                related to operating leases from continuing                      
                operations (Details)                                             
102: R77         Leases - Maturity of operating lease liabilities    HTML     42K  
                (Details)                                                        
103: R78         Commitments and contingencies (Details)             HTML     41K  
104: R79         Segment reporting (Details)                         HTML     51K  
105: R80         Shareholders' equity - Ordinary shares (Details)    HTML     66K  
106: R81         Shareholders' equity - Initial Public Offering      HTML     42K  
                (Details)                                                        
107: R82         Shareholders' equity - Convertible Preferred        HTML     51K  
                Shares (Details)                                                 
108: R83         Shareholders' equity - Private Placement (Details)  HTML     41K  
109: R84         Shareholders' equity - Underwriter Warrants         HTML     45K  
                (Details)                                                        
110: R85         Shareholders' equity - Statutory reserves and       HTML     33K  
                restricted net assets (Details)                                  
111: R86         Subsequent events (Details)                         HTML     88K  
112: R87         Condensed financial information of the parent       HTML    114K  
                company - Parent Company Balance sheets (Details)                
113: R88         Condensed financial information of the parent       HTML     57K  
                company - Parent Company Balance sheets                          
                (Parenthetical) (Details)                                        
114: R89         Condensed financial information of the parent       HTML     70K  
                company - Parent Company Statements of Income and                
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
115: R90         Condensed financial information of the parent       HTML    104K  
                company - Parent Company Statements Of Cash Flows                
                (Details)                                                        
118: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    208K  
116: XML         XBRL Instance -- cney-20220930x20f_htm               XML   2.71M  
117: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    192K  
22: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cney-20220930_cal               XML    199K 
23: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cney-20220930_def                XML    874K 
24: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cney-20220930_lab                     XML   1.56M 
25: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cney-20220930_pre              XML   1.25M 
21: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cney-20220930                         XSD    251K 
119: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              476±   744K  
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‘EX-12.1’   —   Statement re: the Computation of Ratios


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Exhibit 12.1

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Kangbin Zheng, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of CN ENERGY GROUP. INC. (the “Company”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: January 27, 2023

By:

/s/ Kangbin Zheng

 

 

Name: 

Kangbin Zheng

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 



Dates Referenced Herein

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Filed on:1/27/23None on these Dates
For Period end:9/30/22
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3 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/15/24  CN Energy Group. Inc.             20-F        9/30/23  113:10M                                    Discount Edgar/FA
 1/31/23  CN Energy Group. Inc.             424B5                  1:1M                                     Toppan Merrill/FA
 1/30/23  CN Energy Group. Inc.             424B5                  1:1M                                     Toppan Merrill/FA


7 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 1/03/23  CN Energy Group. Inc.             6-K         1/03/23    3:264K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
10/06/22  CN Energy Group. Inc.             6-K        10/06/22    2:171K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
10/03/22  CN Energy Group. Inc.             6-K        10/03/22    2:31K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/04/22  CN Energy Group. Inc.             6-K         4/04/22    2:218K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/15/22  CN Energy Group. Inc.             20-F        9/30/21  120:11M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA2
11/25/20  CN Energy Group. Inc.             F-1/A                 10:3.5M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 7/02/20  CN Energy Group. Inc.             F-1                   20:7.6M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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