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Filing Details

Accession Number:: 0001127602-10-021693
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2010-08-18 13:00:00
Reporting Period:: 2010-08-16

Filing Date:: 2010-08-18
Accepted Time:: 2010-08-18 21:58:14
SEC Url:: Form 4 Filing

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
1274494	First Solar Inc.	FSLR	Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674)	204623678

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1256953	Jens Meyerhoff	C/O First Solar, Inc. 350 West Washington Street Suite 600 Tempe AZ 85281-1244	Cfo, Pres, Util. Sys. Bus.	No	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-08-16	1,800	$0.00	12,555	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-08-16	748	$125.05	11,807	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-08-17	5,000	$20.00	16,807	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-08-17	3,800	$125.30	13,007	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-08-17	800	$126.25	12,207	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-08-17	400	$127.41	11,807	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	F	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Restricted Stock Units	Disposition	2010-08-16	1,800	$0.00	1,800	$0.00
Common Stock	Non-Qualified Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2010-08-17	5,000	$0.00	5,000	$20.00

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
3,600			No	4	M	Direct
31,251		2013-11-16	No	4	M	Direct

Footnotes

Represents shares of common stock issued upon vesting of 20% of the restricted stock units granted on August 16, 2007.
Represents shares of common stock withheld by the Issuer to satisfy certain tax withholding obligations associated with the vesting of the restricted stock units.
This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan previously adopted by the reporting person.
This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $125.13 to $125.95. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price for the transactions reported on this line.
This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $126.17 to $126.37. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price for the transactions reported on this line.
A total of 5,000 shares were sold on this date in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $125.13 to $127.41, with a total weighted average sale price of $125.62. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the staff of the SEC, the Issuer, or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, upon vesting, one share of the Issuer's common stock in accordance with the Issuer's 2006 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.
The restricted stock units were granted on August 16, 2007. These units are scheduled to vest annually at a rate of 20% on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, and 40% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date.
This option to purchase 187,501 shares vested with respect to 20% of the underlying shares on June 1, 2007, and has vested or will vest ratably each month during the 48 month period thereafter, subject to Mr. Meyerhoff's continued employment with the Issuer.