X0303 4 2009-08-16 0001274494 FIRST SOLAR, INC. FSLR 0001381086 Sohn Bruce C/O FIRST SOLAR, INC. 350 WEST WASHINGTON STREET SUITE 600 TEMPE AZ 85281-1244 1 President Common Stock 2009-08-16 4 M 0 2000 0 A 18201 D Common Stock 2009-08-16 4 F 0 820 141.78 D 17381 D Restricted Stock Units 2009-08-16 4 M 0 2000 0 D Common Stock 2000 6000 D 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. The shares vested on a date which was not a trading day. Therefore, as per the Issuer's Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan, the shares were valued as of the closest preceding date on which there were sales of the Issuer's shares on NASDAQ. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, following vesting, one share of First Solar, Inc. common stock. The restricted stock units were granted on August 16, 2007. The units are scheduled to vest annually at a rate of 20% on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, with the remaining 40% scheduled to vest on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. /s/ Peter C. Bartolino, Attorney-in-fact 2009-08-18