Cleantech Solutions International Announces Private Placement

WUXI, China, June 21, 2017/PRNewswire/ -- Cleantech Solutions International, Inc. ("Cleantech Solutions" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: CLNT) today announced that on June 14, 2017, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement with certain accredited investors pursuant to which the investors purchased an aggregate of 290,000 shares of the Company's common stock at a purchase price of $3.00 per share.  The gross proceeds of approximately $870,000 from the private placement are expected to be used to develop various new business initiatives and for working capital purposes.  

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

The securities sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.  The investors have piggyback registration rights until 90 calendar days after the shares are salable under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act in the event that the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of the Company's securities.

About Cleantech Solutions International

Cleantech Solutions, through its affiliated companies, designs, manufactures and distributes a line of proprietary high and low temperature dyeing and finishing machinery to the textile industry.  The Company's latest business initiatives are focused on targeting the technology and sharing economy markets in China.

Safe Harbor Statement

This release contains certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of the Company and its subsidiary and affiliated companies and certain potential transactions that they may enter into. These forward looking statements are often identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website, including factors described in "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or to persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors other than as required under the securities laws. The Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Company Contacts:

Compass Investor Relations
Elaine Ketchmere, CFA
Email: eketchmere@compass-ir.com 
+1-310-528-3031
Web: www.compassinvestorrelations.com

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SOURCE Cleantech Solutions International, Inc.