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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): April 29, 2009


 
FIRST SOLAR, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
001-33156
(Commission
File Number)
 
20-4623678
(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:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 


 
 

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Item 8.01 Other Events
Signature
EX-99.1: Press Release

 

Item 8.01. Other Events

     On April 29, 2009, First Solar announced that is has initiated a process to recruit its next chief executive officer to succeed Michael J. Ahearn. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

     The information in this Form 8-K and in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
 
 
(d) Exhibits.
     
99.1
 
Press Release of First Solar dated April 29, 2009.
 

 


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: April 30, 2009 
By:  
  /s/  
Mary Beth Gustafsson 
 
 
Name: 
Mary Beth Gustafsson 
 
 
Title:  
Vice President, General Counsel