form8-k.htm
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 1, 2010
 
FIRST SOLAR, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
  
001-33156
  
20-4623678
         
(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
  
(Commission
 File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.)
 
350 West Washington Street
 Suite 600
 Tempe, Arizona 85281
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (602) 414-9300
 
Not Applicable
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

We held our 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 1, 2010. At the meeting, our stockholders voted on the following four proposals and cast their votes as follows to approve such proposals:
 
    Proposal 1: To elect the following nine nominees to First Solar’s board of directors, each to serve on our board of directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor has been elected and qualified:

Nominees
  
Votes Cast For
  
Votes Withheld
  
Broker Non-Votes
Michael J. Ahearn
  
65,107,980
  
606,508
  
6,667,071
Robert J. Gillette
  
65,466,003
  
248,485
  
6,667,071
Craig Kennedy
  
65,482,861
  
231,627
  
6,667,071
James F. Nolan
  
64,531,516
  
1,182,972
  
6,667,071
William J. Post
  
65,383,743
  
330,745
  
6,667,071
J. Thomas Presby
  
65,256,873
  
457,615
  
6,667,071
Paul H. Stebbins
  
57,219,851
  
8,494,637
  
6,667,071
Michael Sweeney
  
57,091,228
  
8,623,260
  
6,667,071
José H. Villarreal
  
55,392,821
  
10,321,667
  
6,667,071
 
   
    Proposal 2: To approve the adoption of the First Solar, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan:
 
Votes Cast For
  
Votes Cast Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
56,067,547
  
9,587,631
  
59,310
  
6,667,071
 

    Proposal 3: To approve the adoption of the First Solar, Inc. Associate Stock Purchase Plan:

Votes Cast For
  
Votes Cast Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
65,368,325
  
323,956
  
22,207
  
6,667,071
 

    Proposal 4: To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as First Solar’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 25, 2010:
 
Votes Cast For
  
Votes Cast Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
72,098,508
  
240,038
  
43,013
  
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Signature
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
           
   
FIRST SOLAR, INC.
  
           
Date: June 2, 2010
  
By:
  
/s/ Mary Beth Gustafsson
  
           
   
Name:
  
Mary Beth Gustafsson
  
   
Title:
  
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary