10-K/A 1 b54879kae10vkza.htm EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC. FORM 10-K/A Evergreen Solar, Inc. Form 10-K/A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1
     
þ
  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
    For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
 
OR
 
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  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
    For the transition period from           to          .
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 000-31687
EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
DELAWARE
  04-3242254
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
138 BARTLETT STREET
MARLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS
(Address of principal executive offices)
  01752
(Zip Code)
(508) 357-2221
(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
259 Cedar Hill Street
Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752
(FORMER NAME, FORMER ADDRESS AND FORMER FISCAL YEAR, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
NONE
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days: Yes þ No o
      Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K/A or any amendment to this Form 10-K/ A.     þ
      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes þ No o
      The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2004 was approximately $99 million.
      As of April 28, 2005, there were 60,957,679 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, outstanding.
 
 


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EXPLANATORY NOTE
      This Annual Report on Form 10-K/A is being filed as Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. This Annual Report on Form 10-K/A is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission solely for the purpose of including information that was to be incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The Registrant will not file its proxy statement within 120 days of its fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 and is therefore amending and restating the following items contained herein in their entirety.


PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant:
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions:
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services:
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K:
SIGNATURES
Ex-31.1 Section 302 Certification of CEO
Ex-31.2 Section 302 Certification of CFO
Ex-32.1 Section 906 Certification of CEO
Ex-32.2 Section 906 Certification of CFO


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PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant:
Directors and Executive Officers
      The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our executive officers and directors.
             
Name   Age   Position
         
Richard M. Feldt
    53     Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Richard G. Chleboski
    39     Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
Dr. Jack I. Hanoka
    69     Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
Dr. Terry Bailey
    50     Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales
Mark A. Farber
    52     Vice President, Strategic Planning
John J. McCaffrey, Jr. 
    53     Vice President, Manufacturing and Engineering
Dr. Brown F. Williams
    64     Vice President, Research and Development
Gary T. Pollard
    45     Vice President, Human Resources
Timothy Woodward(1)(3)
    44     Chairman of the Board of Directors
Phillip J. Deutch(1)
    40     Director
Michael El-Hillow(2)
    53     Director
Charles J. McDermott(2)(3)
    54     Director
Dr. Robert W. Shaw, Jr.(1)
    63     Director
Dr. William P. Sommers(2)
    71     Director
 
(1)  Member of the Compensation Committee.
 
(2)  Member of the Audit Committee.
 
(3)  Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
      Richard M. Feldt has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a director since December 2003. Previously he was employed by Perseid, a developer of optical phased array technology created by Raytheon, where he served as Chief Executive Officer in 2002. Prior to that, from 2000 to 2001, Mr. Feldt served as Chief Operating Officer of SupplierMarket.com, a B2B internet supply chain management company that was sold to Ariba. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Feldt was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Operations at Symbol Technologies, a data transaction systems company. In addition, Mr. Feldt has held senior positions at A.T. Cross Company, Eastman Kodak Company and Spectra-Physics, Inc. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University.
      Richard G. Chleboski has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer since August 1994 and our Secretary since May 2000. From June 1995 until May 2003, Mr. Chleboski served as a director. From July 1987 until February 1994, Mr. Chleboski worked at Mobil Solar Energy Corporation, the solar power subsidiary of Mobil Corporation, where he was the Strategic Planner from March 1991 until February 1994 and a Process Engineer from 1987 until 1991. Mr. Chleboski received an M.B.A. from Boston College and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
      Dr. Jack I. Hanoka has served as our Vice President and Chief Technical Officer since August 1994. From December 1978 until February 1994, Dr. Hanoka worked at Mobil Solar Energy Corporation, the solar power division of Mobil Corporation, where he was a Research Associate. Dr. Hanoka received a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics and an M.S. in Ceramic Science from Pennsylvania State University and a B.A. in Liberal Arts and a B.S. in Ceramic Engineering from Rutgers University.
      Dr. Terry Bailey has served as our Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales since August 2004. Prior to this position, Dr. Bailey was a consultant for GE Power Systems from April 2004 to August 2004. From

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February 2003 to April 2004, Dr. Bailey served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales for AstroPower, Inc., a leading solar technology supplier which was acquired by General Electric in August 2004. Prior to that, Dr. Bailey served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Salus Micro Technologies from February 1999 to November 2002. Dr. Bailey served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of NEC Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC. Dr. Bailey earlier served as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales at NEC Technologies. Prior to NEC, Dr. Bailey was an executive at Apple Computer, where he served in various positions, including Senior Vice President and General Manager for Apple’s Imaging Division. Dr. Bailey received a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Florida State University, specializing in nuclear magnetic resonance research and computer system graphics integration, and he received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Alabama.
      Mark A. Farber has served as our Vice President, Strategic Planning since December 2003. Mr. Farber was appointed President at our inception in August 1994 and was later also appointed as our first Chief Executive Officer in May 2000. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer until December 2003. He was also a director from our inception in August 1994 until October 2004. From July 1988 until February 1994, Mr. Farber worked at Mobil Solar Energy Corporation, the solar power subsidiary of Mobil Corporation, where he was responsible for marketing, sales and corporate partnering activities. From June 1976 until June 1988, Mr. Farber was employed by Temple, Barker and Sloane, now Mercer Management Consulting, as a management consultant where he advised electric utilities, equipment manufacturers and government agencies on economic, business and policy issues related to energy. Mr. Farber received an M.S. in Management from the Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Cornell University.
      John J. McCaffrey, Jr. has served as our Vice President, Manufacturing and Engineering since December 2000 and previously served as our Vice President, Manufacturing since June 1999. From June 1979 until June 1999, Mr. McCaffrey worked for Polaroid Corporation where he managed manufacturing, equipment engineering and quality control, including factory start-ups and international operations. Mr. McCaffrey received a B.S. in Chemistry and General Engineering from The United States Naval Academy, Annapolis.
      Dr. Brown F. Williams has served as Vice President, Research and Development since November 2004. Dr. Williams served as a director since 1999 and served as Chairman of our Board of Directors since January 2004. From 1990 to 2003, Mr. Williams served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Princeton Video Image, Inc., a company he founded in 1990. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Williams was an independent consultant to venture capital firms. Dr. Williams has also held several research and managerial positions at RCA Laboratories from 1966 to 1998. He received a Ph.D., M.A. and A.B. and degrees in Physics from the University of California Riverside and was both a University of California Regents Fellow and a National Science Foundation Fellow.
      Gary T. Pollard has served as our Vice President, Human Resources since June 2004. Prior to joining Evergreen, Mr. Pollard worked as an independent consultant for regional and international companies in high technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and food services developing hiring, recruitment and HR programs, and designing benefit plans. From 1996 to 2002, he served as Vice President of Human Resources for The Mentor Network, a Boston-based company with 6,000 employees and 150 locations in 22 states. He was also Vice President of Human Resources for Advantage Health Corporation of Woburn, Massachusetts, and Director of Human Resources for Critical Care America, based in Westborough, Massachusetts. He has also held positions at Signal Capital Corporation, Martin Marietta Aerospace and General Electric Information Services. Mr. Pollard received a B.A. in Economics from Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. He is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management and the Northeast Human Resources Association.
      Timothy Woodward has served as director since May 2003, and he has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors since November 2004. Mr. Woodward is a Managing Director of Nth Power, L.L.C., a venture capital firm dedicated to the global energy sector. Mr. Woodward joined Nth Power in 1998 following eight years of managing venture capital investments at Liberty Environmental Partners, a venture capital firm focused on environmental, industrial and energy technologies. In 1991, Mr. Woodward assisted in the formation of Liberty Environmental Partners, where he co-managed the firm’s venture capital activities. Prior

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to forming Liberty Environmental Partners, Mr. Woodward was part of the founding senior management team of First Source, a company providing industrial solvent recycling services, and from 1982 to 1987 he worked in international marketing at Claude Laval Corporation, an industrial filtration equipment manufacturer. Mr. Woodward serves on the board of directors of AllConnect, Comverge,Wellspring International and H2Gen. Mr. Woodward received an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles and a B.S. in Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
      Philip J. Deutch has served as a director since May 2003. Mr. Deutch is a Managing Director of Perseus, L.L.C., a Washington, D.C. and New York City-based private equity firm and has lead Perseus’s energy technology investing since 1997. Mr. Deutch serves on the board of directors of Beacon Power Corporation. Prior to joining Perseus, Mr. Deutch worked at Williams & Connolly and in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Deutch is a member of the board of directors of the International Center for Research on Women. Mr. Deutch received a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. from Amherst College.
      Michael El-Hillow has served as a director since August of 2004, and our Board of Directors has determined that he qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” for purposes of applicable SEC rules. Mr. El-Hillow has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Energy since September 2001. Prior to joining Advanced Energy, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Helix Technology Corporation, a major supplier of high-vacuum products principally to the semiconductor capital equipment industry, from 1997 until 2001. Prior to Helix, he was Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer at A.T. Cross Company and an audit partner at Ernst & Young. Mr. El-Hillow received an M.B.A. from Babson College in Babson Park, Massachusetts, received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts and he is a certified public accountant.
      Charles J. McDermott has served as a director since May 2003. Mr. McDermott is a Partner in RockPort Capital Partners and Chief Executive Officer of the RockPort Group. From 1990 to 1998, Mr. McDermott was Vice President of Waste Management Inc., overseeing advocacy before the U.S. Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies and the White House. During his tenure from 1984 to 1986 at Citizens Energy, a non-profit energy company, Mr. McDermott helped pioneer the creation of the nation’s first bulk electric power trading company. Mr. McDermott later served as Campaign Director and then as Chief of Staff for Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II from 1986 to 1990 and has served on various EPA advisory councils and presidential task forces. Mr. McDermott serves on the board of directors and as President of the CEO Coalition to Advance Sustainable Technologies, is a member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies and also serves on the board of directors of Cerox Corporation.
      Dr. Robert W. Shaw, Jr. served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors from October 1994 until January 2004 and continues to serve as a director. Since 1983, Dr. Shaw has served as President of Arete Corporation, a venture capital management firm with a focus on the energy technology sector, and has been general partner of six venture capital funds. Prior to that time, Dr. Shaw was a senior vice president and director of Booz-Allen & Hamilton, an international management and technology consulting firm, where he founded the firm’s energy division. Dr. Shaw is Chairman of the board of directors of Distributed Energy Systems Corporation. Dr. Shaw has been a director of Cell Tech Power, Inc. since 2000 and H2Gen Innovations, Inc. since 2001. Dr. Shaw received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University, an M.P.A. from American University, and an M.S. and a B.E.P. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
      Dr. William P. Sommers has served as a director since January 1999. From 1994 to 1998, Dr. Sommers was President and Chief Executive Officer of SRI International, formerly Stanford Research Institute, a not-for-profit contract research and development organization. Dr. Sommers retired in 1998. From 1963 to 1993, he was an Executive Vice President and director of Booz-Allen & Hamilton. Dr. Sommers has served on the board of directors of Litton Industries, Inc., Scudder Mutual Funds, Pressure Systems, Inc., H2Gen Innovations, Inc. and Zassi Medical Evolutions, Inc. Dr. Sommers received a Ph.D. in Aeronautical

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Engineering from the University of Michigan, with highest honors, and an M.S. and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
Audit Committee
      The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, currently consists of Mr. El-Hillow, Mr. McDermott and Dr. Sommers. Each of the members of the Audit Committee is independent within the meaning of the Company’s director independence standards and the applicable standards of Nasdaq and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. El-Hillow is an “audit committee financial expert” under the rules of the SEC.
Compliance with Section 16(A) of the Exchange Act
      Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of our common stock (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”) to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock. Such persons are required by regulations of the SEC to furnish us with copies of all filings. Based on our review of the copies of such filings received by us with respect to the year ended December 31, 2004, we believe that all Reporting Persons complied with Section 16(a) filing requirements during the year ended December 31, 2004.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
      The Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Ethics for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and all other members of management, all Directors and all employees and agents of the Company. The Code is intended to promote the highest standards of honest and ethical conduct throughout the Company, full, accurate and timely reporting, and compliance with law, among other things. A copy of the Company’s Code of Ethics is posted on the Company’s website at www.evergreensolar.com.
      The Code of Ethics prohibits any waiver from the principles of the Code of Ethics without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company intends to post on the Company’s website, www.evergreensolar.com, in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission any amendment of, and any waiver from, the Code of Ethics that applies to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or any person performing similar functions.

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Item 11. Executive Compensation
Executive Compensation Summary
      The following table sets forth the annual and long-term compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and each of our four other most highly compensated executive officers who were serving as executive officers as of December 31, 2004 and whose salary and bonus exceeded $100,000 for fiscal year 2004 (collectively, the “Named Executive Officers”) for fiscal years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002. Mr. Farber served as our Chief Executive Officer and President until December 11, 2003. Mr. Feldt was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer and President on December 11, 2003.
Summary Compensation Table
                                                   
                    Long-Term    
                    Compensation    
            Awards(2)    
        Annual Compensation        
            Securities   All Other
            Bonus   Other Annual   Underlying   Compensation
Name and Principal Position(s)       Salary ($)   ($)(5)   Compensation ($)(1)   Options   ($)(3)
                         
Richard M. Feldt(4)
    2004       242,750       150,000       0       250,000       0  
  Chief Executive Officer,     2003       13,587       0       0       2,000,000       0  
  President and Director     2002       0       0       0       0       0  
Mark A. Farber
    2004       174,386       22,314       0       0       750  
  Vice President, Marketing &     2003       172,093       4,000       0       300,000       0  
  Business Development     2002       167,357       0       0       0       0  
Richard G. Chleboski
    2004       142,343       17,852       0       50,000       750  
  Chief Financial Officer,     2003       136,372       4,000       0       275,000       0  
  Treasurer, and Secretary     2002       130,771       0       0       0       0  
Dr. Jack I. Hanoka
    2004       140,786       17,757       0       0       750  
  Chief Technical Officer     2003       138,120       2,000       0       190,000       0  
        2002       135,982       0       0       0       0  
John J. McCaffrey, Jr. 
    2004       154,265       19,764       0       30,000       750  
  Vice President,     2003       151,687       3,000       0       205,000       0  
  Manufacturing and     2002       146,464       0       0       0       0  
  Engineering                                                
 
(1)  No Named Executive Officers received prerequisites or other personal benefits in excess of the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of their total annual salary and bonus during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002. The compensation described in this table does not include medical, group life insurance and other benefits received by the Named Executive Officers which are available generally to all of our salaried employees and certain perquisites and other personal benefits received by the Named Executive Officers which do not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of any such officer’s total salary and bonus reported in this table.
 
(2)  We did not grant any stock appreciation rights or make any long-term incentive plan payouts to the Named Executive Officers during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002.
 
(3)  Dollar amount represents our matching contributions to the 401(k) plan account of the Named Executive Officers for the fiscal year as indicated.
 
(4)  Mr. Feldt became an employee and executive officer when he was elected Chief Executive Officer, President and Director on December 11, 2003.
 
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Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year
      We did not grant any stock options or stock appreciation rights to our Named Executive Officers during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option Values
      The following table sets forth certain information with respect to options to purchase our common stock granted to the Named Executive Officers, including (i) the number of shares of common stock purchased upon exercise of options in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004; (ii) the net value realized upon such exercise; (iii) the number of unexercised options outstanding at December 31, 2004; and (iv) the value of unexercised options at exercise prices equal to or less than the market value of the common stock at December 31, 2004 (“In-the-Money”).
Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year
and Fiscal Year-End Option Values
                                                 
            Number of Securities    
            Underlying Unexercised   Value of Unexercised
            Options Held at   In-the-Money Options at
    Shares       December 31, 2004   December 31, 2004 ($)(2)
    Acquired on   Value        
Name   Exercise   Realized ($)(1)   Exercisable   Unexercisable   Exercisable   Unexercisable
                         
Richard M. Feldt
    0       0       500,000       1,500,000     $ 1,380,000     $ 4,140,000  
Mark A. Farber
    0       0       247,657       230,000     $ 526,399     $ 559,400  
Richard G. Chleboski
    0       0       197,011       210,000     $ 423,242     $ 512,738  
Dr. Jack I. Hanoka
    0       0       166,041       147,500     $ 355,971     $ 349,575  
John J. McCaffrey, Jr. 
    0       0       162,080       163,750     $ 304,938     $ 385,863  
 
(1)  Amounts calculated by subtracting the aggregate exercise price of the options from the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of exercise, and do not reflect amounts actually received by the Named Executive Officers.
 
(2)  Amounts calculated by subtracting the exercise price of the options from the fair market value of the underlying common stock as quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. on December 31, 2004 of $4.37 per share, multiplied by the number of shares underlying the options, and do not reflect amounts that may be actually received by the Named Executive Officers upon exercise of options.
Director Compensation
      Non-employee directors are reimbursed for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Directors and any committees of the Board of Directors on which they serve. Directors are also eligible to participate in the 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Our Board of Directors put into effect a Compensation Policy for Directors at the Annual meeting of the Board of Directors on August 19, 2004. Under this Compensation Policy for Directors, non-employee directors, including directors affiliated with our stockholders, are entitled to receive options to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock upon their election to the board. These options will vest immediately. All non-employee directors will receive 10,000 options at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors and will receive an additional 10,000 options at each annual meeting thereafter. These annual option grants will vest daily, and directors who join the board between annual meetings will receive a pro-rated number of options based on the date such director joins the board. Directors will also receive, at their option, an additional $2,500 or 2,500 fully vested options at the end of each quarter of service on the board. The Chairman of the Board will receive an additional $5,000 or 5,000 fully vested options, at his option, on the date of the annual meeting each year. If the Chairman is elected between annual meetings, he will receive a pro-rata number based on the date of his election. Each member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will receive an additional 2,500 fully vested options on the date of the annual meeting each year and the chairman

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of each such committee will receive an additional 1,000 fully vested options on such date. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, set lump-sum compensation for special committees.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
      The members of the Compensation Committee are currently Dr. Shaw, Mr. Deutch and Mr. Woodward. No current member of the Compensation Committee or person who was a member of such committee at any time during 2004 was at any time during the past year an officer or employee of the Company (or any of our subsidiaries), was formerly an officer of the Company (or any of its subsidiaries), or had any relationship with the Company requiring disclosure herein. The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors setting out the functions the Compensation Committee is to perform.
      During the last fiscal year, none of our executive officers served as (i) a member of the compensation committee (or other committee of the Board of Directors performing equivalent functions or, in the absence of any such committee, the entire Board of Directors) of another entity, one of whose executive officers served on our Compensation Committee; (ii) a director of another entity, one of whose executive officers served on our Compensation Committee; or (iii) a member of the compensation committee (or other committee of the Board of Directors performing equivalent functions or, in the absence of any such committee, the entire Board of Directors) of another entity, one of whose executive officers served as a director of our Board of Directors.
Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation
      The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors is currently composed of Dr. Robert W. Shaw, Jr., Mr. Phillip J. Deutch, and Mr. Timothy Woodward. Pursuant to authority delegated by the Board of Directors, the Compensation Committee reviews and evaluates the performance of the Company’s executive officers and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding the appropriate level of base compensation and bonus and other incentive compensation for certain senior employees, including all executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, whose base compensation, bonus and other incentive compensation the Compensation Committee establishes and approves. The Compensation Committee is also responsible for establishing general compensation policies and guidelines and for administering and making recommendations and awards under Evergreen’s 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and Evergreen’s 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
      Overview and Philosophy. Evergreen’s executive compensation policies are designed to:
  •  provide compensation that attracts, motivates and retains experienced and well-qualified executives capable of leading Evergreen to meet its business objectives;
 
  •  recognize and reward performance of Evergreen’s executive officers, both as individuals and as members of a cohesive management team, in meeting certain strategic objectives;
 
  •  align the interests of Evergreen’s executive team with those of Evergreen; and
 
  •  align the interests of Evergreen’s executive team with those of Evergreen’s stockholders through long-term equity-based incentives.
Evergreen’s executive officers receive a compensation package consisting of base salary, incentive cash bonuses, long-term incentive awards in the form of stock options, and participation in benefit plans generally available to all of Evergreen’s employees. In setting executive officer compensation levels, the Committee is guided by the following considerations:
  •  a portion of each executive officer’s compensation should be contingent upon the achievement of specific predetermined corporate objectives as well as upon each executive officer’s individual level of performance;
 
  •  compensation levels should reflect Evergreen’s past performance and expectations of future performance;

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  •  compensation levels should be competitive with compensation generally being paid to executives in Evergreen’s industry to ensure Evergreen’s ability to attract and retain experienced and well-qualified executives; and
 
  •  a significant portion of executive officer compensation should be paid in the form of equity-based incentives to link closely stockholder and executive interests.
      The Committee also considered Evergreen’s financial performance in fiscal year 2004, certain milestones achieved by Evergreen, and individual executive officer duties. Additional factors which the Compensation Committee considered with respect to each executive officer’s compensation package for fiscal year 2004 are summarized below. The Compensation Committee may, however, in its discretion, apply different or additional factors in making decisions with respect to executive compensation in future years. Also, the committee does not assign relative weights or rankings to these factors, but instead makes a determination based upon the consideration of all of these factors as well as the progress made with respect to Evergreen’s long-term goals and strategies.
      Base Salary. Fiscal 2004 base salaries for Evergreen’s executive officers were determined by the Compensation Committee after considering the base salary level of the executive officers in prior years, and taking into account for each executive officer the amount of base salary as a component of total compensation. Generally, salary decisions for Evergreen’s executive officers are made after the end of each fiscal year. Base salary, while reviewed annually, is only adjusted as deemed necessary by the Compensation Committee in determining total compensation. Base salary levels for each of Evergreen’s executive officers, other than the Chief Executive Officer, were also based in part upon evaluations and recommendations made by the Chief Executive Officer.
      Bonus Compensation. In determining bonus compensation for Evergreen’s executive officers, the Compensation Committee evaluates Evergreen’s achievement of its strategic objectives, individual performance and the actual performance of each such executive officer. The balance of cash-incentive versus equity-based bonus is driven both by the individual’s performance as well as by the Company’s overall performance and situation. Future bonus compensation, if any, will be awarded based on factors described above as well as any additional factors the Committee deems necessary.
      Long Term Incentive Compensation. The Compensation Committee believes that stock option participation aligns the interests of executive officers with those of the stockholders. In addition, the Compensation Committee believes that equity ownership by executive officers helps to balance the short-term focus of annual incentive compensation with a longer term view and may help to retain such persons. Long-term incentive compensation, in the form of stock options, allows executive officers to share in any appreciation in the value of the Evergreen’s common stock. The Compensation Committee generally grants stock options that become exercisable over a four year period as a means of encouraging executive officers to remain with us and promote Evergreen’s success. In general, the Compensation Committee awards stock options to Evergreen’s executive officers with exercise prices equal to the market price of a share of Evergreen’s common stock on the date of grant. As a result, executive officers will benefit from these stock option grants only to the extent that the price of Evergreen’s common stock increases and Evergreen’s stockholders have also benefited.
      When establishing stock option grant levels, the Compensation Committee considers general corporate performance, individual performance, the Chief Executive Officer’s recommendations (except with respect to his own stock option grant levels), level of seniority and experience, existing levels of stock ownership, previous grants of stock options, vesting schedules of outstanding options and the current stock price.
      The Compensation Committee generally grants an initial stock option award to executive officers at the time they commence employment, consistent with the number of options granted to peers within and outside the industry at similar levels of seniority. In addition, the Compensation Committee may make performance-based grants from time-to-time, as it deems appropriate. In making such performance-based grants, the Compensation Committee considers individual contributions to Evergreen’s financial, operational and strategic objectives. For fiscal year 2004, the Committee awarded certain of Evergreen’s executive officers additional stock option awards in recognition of Evergreen’s performance during fiscal year 2004.

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      Other Benefits. Evergreen also offers various broad-based employee benefit plans. Executive officers participate in these plans on the same terms as eligible, non-executive employees, subject to any legal limits on the amounts that may be contributed or paid to executive officers under these plans. Evergreen offers a stock purchase plan, under which employees may purchase shares of Evergreen’s common stock at a discount, and offers a 401(k) Plan, which allows employees to invest in a wide array of funds on a pre-tax basis. Evergreen also maintains insurance and other benefit plans for its employees, including executive officers.
      Chief Executive Officer Compensation. Compensation for Evergreen’s Chief Executive Officer and President was determined in accordance with the policies applicable to Evergreen’s other executive officers described above. In addition, the Committee considered Evergreen’s overall performance, the performance of the management team, compensation paid by competing companies, and Evergreen’s prospects, among other objective and subjective factors.
      Mr. Feldt’s base salary for fiscal year 2004 was $242,750, which represents an increase of $229,163 over his 2003 base salary. Because Mr. Feldt did not begin his employment with Evergreen until December 2003, his base salary for fiscal year 2003 was $13,587, an annualized rate of $250,000. Mr. Feldt earned bonus compensation of $150,000 for fiscal year 2004, of which $100,000 was due under the terms of his employment agreement and $50,000 was in addition to such amount due, which was paid in 2005. The number of options granted to Mr. Feldt in fiscal 2004 is set forth in the table captioned “Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year” below. The total options held by Mr. Feldt at December 31, 2004 is set forth in the table captioned “Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option Values” below. The Compensation Committee believes Mr. Feldt’s compensation as Chief Executive Officer is consistent with the compensation received by chief executive officers at companies within the same industry in which Evergreen operates, as adjusted to reflect the relative size of Evergreen to such comparable companies.
      Tax Deductibility of Executive Compensation. In general, under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Evergreen cannot deduct, for federal income tax purposes, compensation in excess of $1,000,000 paid to certain executive officers. This deduction limitation does not apply, however, to compensation that constitutes “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The Compensation Committee has considered the limitations on deductions imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code, and it is the Compensation Committee’s present intention that, for so long as it is consistent with its overall compensation objectives, substantially all tax deductions attributable to executive compensation will not be subject to the deduction limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code.
      Respectfully submitted by the Compensation Committee.
  THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE:
 
  Dr. Robert W. Shaw, Jr.
  Phillip J. Deutch
  Timothy Woodward

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STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
      The following graph compares the percentage change in the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock during the period from our initial public offering through December 31, 2004, with the cumulative total return of (i) the Media General Market Weighted Nasdaq Index (the “NASDAQ Market Index”) and (ii) an SIC Index that includes all organizations in our Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 836 — Diversified Electronics (the “SIC Code Index”). The comparison assumes $100 was invested on November 2, 2000 in our common stock and in each of the foregoing indices and assumes any dividends were reinvested, if any.
COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN AMONG
EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC., SIC CODE INDEX
AND NASDAQ MARKET INDEX
LOGO
ASSUMES $100 INVESTED ON NOV. 02, 2000
ASSUMES DIVIDEND REINVESTED
FISCAL YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 2004
                                                               
                                             
      11/2/00     12/29/00     12/31/01     12/31/02     12/31/03     12/31/04  
                                             
 Evergreen Solar, Inc
    $ 100.00       $ 35.53       $ 17.89       $ 6.79       $ 8.84       $ 23.00    
                                                   
 SIC Code Index
    $ 100.00       $ 66.09       $ 38.31       $ 24.21       $ 38.00       $ 37.35    
                                                   
 NASDAQ Market Index
    $ 100.00       $ 73.35       $ 58.47       $ 40.78       $ 61.32       $ 66.47    
                                                   
(1)  Prior to November 2, 2000 our common stock was not publicly traded. Comparative data is provided only for the period since that date. This graph is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference in any of our filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.
 
(2)  The stock price information shown on the graph is not necessarily indicative of future price performance. Information used on the graph was obtained from CoreData, Inc., a source believed to be reliable, but we are not responsible for any errors or omissions in such information.

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
      The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock as of April 28, 2005, or the measurement date , by: (i) each person who is known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock; (ii) each of our directors; (iii) each of our named executive officers; and (iv) all of our current directors and named executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each beneficial owner is c/o Evergreen Solar, Inc., 138 Bartlett Street, Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752.
      The following table is based on information supplied by our officers, directors, principal stockholders and Schedules 13D and 13G filed with the SEC. The number of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by each 5% stockholder, director or executive officer is determined under the rules of the SEC. Under the SEC rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the individual or entity has sole or shared voting power or investment power and also includes any shares that the individual or entity has the right to acquire on or before April 28, 2005 through the exercise of stock options or warrants, and any reference in the footnotes to this table to shares subject to stock options or warrants refers only to stock options or warrants that are so exercisable. For purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding shares of our common stock held by each person or entity, any shares that such person or entity has the right to acquire on or before April 28, 2005 are deemed to be outstanding, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table and subject to community property laws where applicable, we believe that the stockholders named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of our common stock indicated as beneficially owned. The inclusion in the table of any shares deemed beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership of those shares. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes below, the address for the beneficial owners listed in this table is care of Evergreen Solar, Inc., 138 Bartlett Street, Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752.
                   
    Number of   Percentage of
    Shares   Shares of
    Beneficially   Common
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Owned(1)   Stock(2)
         
5% Stockholders:
               
FMR Corp. Entities(3)
    7,246,100       11.9 %
  82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
               
Nth Power Technologies Entities(4)
    4,911,026       8.1 %
  50 California Street
Suite 840
San Francisco, CA 94111
               
RockPort Capital Entities(5)
    5,111,023       8.4 %
  160 Federal Street, 18th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
               
Executive Officers and Directors:
               
 
Richard M. Feldt(6)
    580,900       *  
 
Richard G. Chleboski(7)
    396,165       *  
 
Dr. Jack I. Hanoka(8)
    362,058       *  
 
Mark A. Farber(9)
    445,089       *  
 
John J. McCaffrey(10)
    181,147       *  
 
Gary T. Pollard
          *  
 
J. Terry Bailey
          *  
 
Dr. Brown F. Williams(11)
    144,800       *  
 
Timothy Woodward(12)
    4,957,424       8.1 %
 
Phillip J. Deutch(13)
    1,563,483       2.6 %

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    Number of   Percentage of
    Shares   Shares of
    Beneficially   Common
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Owned(1)   Stock(2)
         
Michael El-Hillow(14)
    28,041       *  
Charles J. McDermott(15)
    5,156,921       8.5 %
Dr. Robert W. Shaw, Jr.(16)
    459,112       *  
Dr. William P. Sommers(17)
    99,864       *  
All executive officers and directors as a group ([14] persons)(18)
    14,375,004       22.9 %
 
  * Less than one percent of the outstanding shares of Class.
  (1)  The persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by them, except as noted in the footnotes below.
 
  (2)  Applicable percentage ownership is based upon 60,957,679 shares of common stock outstanding as of the measurement date. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and includes voting and investment power with respect to shares. Shares of common stock subject to options and warrants currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after the measurement date are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of the person holding such options or warrants, as the case may be, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
 
  (3)  Based solely on reports filed by the entity with the Securities and Exchange Commission, includes 7,210,500 shares of common stock held by Fidelity Management & Research Company and 35,600 shares held by Fidelity Management Trust Company.
 
  (4)  Based solely on reports filed by the entity with the Securities and Exchange Commission, includes 1,016,914 shares of common stock held by Nth Power Technologies Fund I, L.P., 1,947,056 shares of common stock held by Nth Power Technologies Fund II, L.P. and 1,947,056 shares of common stock held by Nth Power Technologies Fund II-A, L.P.
 
  (5)  Based solely on reports filed by the entity with the Securities and Exchange Commission, includes 3,894,113 shares of common stock held by RockPort Capital Partners, L.P. and 1,216,910 shares of common stock held by RP Co-Investment Fund I L.P.
 
  (6)  Includes 438,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date.
 
  (7)  Includes 209,511 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date.
 
  (8)  Includes 53,699 shares of common stock held by Dr. Hanoka and 138,568 shares of common stock held by Hanoka Evergreen Limited Partnership. Includes 169,791 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date.
 
  (9)  Includes 260,157 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date.
(10)  Includes 169,580 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date.
 
(11)  Includes 144,100 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date.
 
(12)  Consists of 46,398 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date and an aggregate of 4,911,026 shares of common stock held by Nth Power Technologies Entities. Mr. Woodward disclaims beneficial ownership of all of the shares of common stock held by the Nth Power Technologies Entities, other than shares in which he has a pecuniary interest.
 
(13)  Consists of 42,898 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date and 1,520,585 shares of common stock held by Perseus 2000,

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L.L.C. Mr. Deutch disclaims beneficial ownership of all of the shares of common stock held by Perseus 2000, L.L.C., other than shares in which he has a pecuniary interest.

(14)  Consists of 28,041 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date.
 
(15)  Includes 45,898 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date and 5,111,023 shares of common stock held by the RockPort Capital Entities. Mr. McDermott disclaims beneficial ownership of all of the shares of common stock held by the RockPort Capital Entities, other than shares in which he has a pecuniary interest.
 
(16)  Includes 58,398 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date and 400,714 shares of common stock of which 9,331 shares of common stock are held by Dr. Shaw’s wife.
 
(17)  Includes 99,864 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date.
 
(18)  For purposes of calculating the Percentage of Shares of common stock outstanding, the number of shares beneficially owned includes 1,712,636, shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that may be exercised within 60 days from the measurement date.
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
      The following table provides information as of December 31, 2004 with respect to shares of our common stock that may be issued under equity compensation plans:
                         
            Number of Securities
            Remaining Available for
    Number of Securities to       Future Issuance Under
    Be Issued upon   Weighted-average   Equity Compensation
    Exercise   Exercise Price of   Plans (Excluding
    of Outstanding Options,   Outstanding Options,   Securities Reflected in
Plan Category   Warrants and Rights   Warrants and Rights   Column (a))
             
    (a)   (b)   (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
    5,749,734     $ 2.41       2,535,142  
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
    0             0  
Total
    5,749,734     $ 2.41       2,535,142  
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions:
      We believe that all transactions set forth below were made on terms no less favorable to us than would have been obtained from unaffiliated third-parties. We have adopted a policy that all transactions between us and any of our officers, directors, principal stockholders and affiliates will be on terms no less favorable to us than could be obtained unaffiliated third-parties, and will be approved by a majority of the disinterested members of our Board of Directors.
Indemnification Agreements
      In November 2000 and May 2003, we entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers and with Mr. Michael El-Hillow as a director in August 2004. These agreements require us to, among other things, indemnify each of our directors and executive officers for any and all expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by us, which approval may not be unreasonably withheld), in connection with any action suit or proceeding arising out of the individual’s status as a director or executive officer of Evergreen and to advance expenses incurred by the individual in connection with any proceeding against the individual with respect to which he or she may be entitled to indemnification by us.

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Changes in Control
      The Company is not aware of any arrangements the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control of the Company.
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Private Placement and Common Stock Private Placement
      On May 15, 2003, we consummated a $29.3 million private placement financing transaction whereby we issued 26,227,668 shares of our series A convertible preferred stock and a warrant to purchase up to 2,400,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to a stock and warrant purchase agreement with certain purchasers (the “Series A Private Placement”). On June 21, 2004, we consummated a $20 million private placement financing transaction whereby we issued 7,662,835 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase up to 2,298,851 shares of our common stock pursuant to a stock and warrant purchase agreement and a warrant agreement with certain purchasers (the “Common Stock Private Placement”). Additionally, in connection with the Common Stock Private Placement we issued a warrant to purchase 125,000 shares of common stock to CRT Capital Group LLC, as compensation for CRT Capital Group’s services as the placement agent for the Common Stock Private Placement. All of the shares of series A convertible preferred stock issued pursuant to the Series A Private Placement were converted into shares of common stock in connection with the consummation of the Common Stock Private Placement. As an incentive to encourage the holders of series A convertible preferred stock to convert all of the outstanding shares of series A convertible preferred stock into shares of common stock in connection with the consummation of the Common Stock Private Placement, the Company agreed to pay each such holder agreeing to so convert a 7% dividend on each share of series A convertible preferred stock so converted. Philip Deutch, Timothy Woodward, Charles McDermott and Dr. Robert W. Shaw, Jr., each of whom is a director of ours, are affiliated with entities that acquired shares of series A convertible preferred stock in the Series A Private Placement and that received the 7% dividend upon the conversion of those shares into shares of common stock in connection with the consummation of the Common Stock Private Placement. The 7% dividend was negotiated by an independent committee of our Board of Directors and neither Messrs. Deutch, Woodward, McDermott nor Dr. Shaw were a member of, nor participated in, any meetings of this independent committee.
      Micro-Generation Technology Fund, LLC, UVCC Fund II, and UVCC II Parallel Fund, L.P., each of which is an investment entity affiliated with Dr. Shaw, invested $3.5 million in the aggregate in the Series A Private Placement in return for shares of series A convertible preferred stock on terms identical to those afforded to each other purchaser in the Series A Private Placement, except that Arete Corporation, as one of the five purchasers who signed the initial term sheet with respect to the Series A Private Placement, had the right to designate a member of our Board of Directors. Dr. Shaw is the President of Arete Corporation, which is the manager of Micro-Generation Technology Fund, LLC. Dr. Shaw is a general partner of Arete Venture Investors II, L.P., which is the general partner of UVCC Fund II. Dr. Shaw is also a general partner of Arete Ventures III, L.P., which is the general partner of UVCC II Parallel Fund, L.P. As of the consummation of the Series A Private Placement, Arete Corporation designated Dr. Shaw as its designee to our Board of Directors.
      Dr. Shaw is a limited partner of Nth Power Management II, L.P., the general partner of Nth Power Technologies Fund II, LP, and in such capacity provides advice as requested to this entity. Dr. Shaw does not serve on this entity’s investment committee nor does he have any decision making authority with respect thereto. Dr. Shaw has also agreed to become a member of, and perform comparable services for, Nth Power Management II-A, LLC, the general partner of Nth Power Technologies Fund II-A, L.P., and will have a similar advisory role with that entity. Nth Power Technologies Fund II, LP and Nth Power Technologies Fund II-A, LP, each of which is an investment entity affiliated with Nth Power Management II, L.P. and Nth Power Management II-A, LLC, invested $4 million in the aggregate in the Series A Private Placement in return for shares of series A convertible preferred stock on terms identical to those afforded to each other purchaser, except that Nth Power Technologies Fund II, LP, as one of the five purchasers signed the initial term sheet with respect to the Series A Private Placement, had the right to designate a member of our Board of Directors. Dr. Shaw did not participate in the decision of either of the two Nth Power-related entities to invest in the Series A Private Placement. As of the consummation of the Series A Private Placement, Nth

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Power Technologies Fund II, LP designated Timothy Woodward, a Managing Director of Nth Power, LLC, as its designee to our Board of Directors.
      Dr. Shaw serves as a member of the investment committee of SAM Private Equity Energy Fund L.P. and SAM Sustainability Private Equity Fund L.P. and he has a limited partnership interest in SAM Private Equity Energy Fund L.P. These entities and another affiliated entity, SAM Smart Energy, invested $3.25 million in the aggregate in the Series A Private Placement in return for shares of series A convertible preferred stock on terms identical to those afforded to each other purchaser. Dr. Shaw recused himself and did not participate in the SAM investment committee decisions to invest in the Series A Private Placement.
      Dr. Shaw has no voting power or dispositive power over any Evergreen shares held by the Nth Power investment entities or the SAM investment entities.
      Dr. Shaw is not a member of, and did not participate in, any meetings of our financing committee that negotiated the Series A Private Placement and did not participate in any discussions with the purchasers concerning the terms of the Series A Private Placement.
      Mason Willrich, a former director of ours, was previously affiliated with Nth Power, LLC. From 1996 through December 1999, Mr. Willrich served as a Principal of Nth Power, LLC, a managerial role that entails reviewing investment candidates and participating in day-to-day operations management, and from January 2000 through February 2002, he was a Special Limited Partner of Nth Power, LLC, an advisory role that entailed reviewing investment candidates and providing insights into market trends and opportunities.
      Mr. Willrich was not a member of, and did not participate in, any meetings of our financing committee that negotiated the terms of the Series A Private Placement and did not participate in any discussions with the purchasers concerning the terms of the Series A Private Placement.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services:
      The following table sets forth a summary of the fees billed to us by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for professional services for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively:
                 
    2004   2003
         
Audit Fees(1)
  $ 379,500     $ 109,600  
Audit-Related Fees(2)
    0       0  
Tax Fees(3)
    39,425       20,000  
All Other Fees
    0       0  
             
Total
  $ 418,925     $ 129,600  
 
(1)  Audit Fees represent fees for professional services relating to the audit of our financial statements and the review of the financial statements included in our quarterly reports.
 
(2)  Audit-Related Fees represent fees for assurance and related services that are reasonably related the performance of the audit or review of financial statements and not reported under “Audit Fees.”
 
(3)  Tax Fees principally represent fees for professional services for tax compliance, tax advice and tax return preparation relating to our fiscal year end.
      The Audit Committee meets regularly with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP throughout the year and reviews both audit and non-audit services performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as well as fees charged by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for such services. In engaging PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the services described above, the Audit Committee has determined that the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s independence in the conduct of its auditing functions pursuant to the auditor independence rules of the SEC.
      Pre-approval Policies and Procedures. The chairman of the Audit Committee is appointed to provide initial approval for further services proposed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP up to $50,000, subject to the approval from the other Audit Committee members. Such an appointment allows PricewaterhouseCoopers

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LLP to commence an engagement without being delayed due to scheduling. The Audit Committee at the next scheduled meeting would make full approval of further services. Approximately $5,000 of services were performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP that were approved under the Company’s pre-approval policy relating to fiscal years 2004 and none in 2003.
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K:
      (a) The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K/ A:
      1. Consolidated Financial Statements. The financial statements were previously filed with the annual report on the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed on March 10, 2005.
      2. Exhibits.
         
Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
  3 .1(1)   Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. (Exhibit 3.2)
  3 .2(1)   Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant. (Exhibit 3.4)
  3 .3(2)   Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 15, 2003. (Exhibit 4.3)
  3 .4(2)   Certificate of the Powers, Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Registrant. (Exhibit 4.4)
  3 .5(3)   Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 30, 2004. (Exhibit 4.5)
  4 .1(8)   Warrant issued to CRT Capital Group LLC.
  4 .2(4)   Warrant to Purchase Stock Issued to Silicon Valley Bank on August 26, 2004. (Exhibit 4.1)
  4 .3(4)   Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 26, 2004. (Exhibit 4.2)
  10 .1(1)*   1994 Stock Option Plan. (Exhibit 10.1)
  10 .2(1)*   2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. (Exhibit 10.2)
  10 .3(2)*   Amended 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. (Exhibit 4.5)
  10 .4(1)*   2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (Exhibit 10.3)
  10 .5(1)   Lease Agreement between Registrant and W9/ TIB Real Estate Limited Partnership dated as of January 31, 2000, as amended. (Exhibit 10.5)
  10 .6(8)   Lease between Registrant and One Hundred Twenty Bartlett Street Marlboro LLC dated as of January 26, 2004.
  10 .7(1)+   Agreement between Registrant and Emanuel M. Sachs dated as of September 30, 1994, as amended. (Exhibit 10.7)
  10 .8(1)   Series D Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of December 28, 1999. (Exhibit 10.8)
  10 .9(1)   Form of Indemnification Agreement between Registrant and each of its directors and executive officers. (Exhibit 10.9)
  10 .10(7)   Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of March 21, 2003. (Exhibit 10.1)
  10 .11(7)   Form of Registration Rights Agreement. (Exhibit 10.3)
  10 .12(7)   Voting Agreement dated as of March 21, 2003. (Exhibit 10.2)
  10 .13(5)   Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated June 16, 2004. (Exhibit 10.1)
  10 .14(5)   Warrant Agreement dated June 21, 2004. (Exhibit 10.2)
  10 .15(5)   Form of Warrants. (Exhibit 10.3)
  10 .16(5)   Registration Rights Agreement dated June 21, 2004. (Exhibit 10.4)
  10 .17(5)   Conversion, Consent, Voting and Lock-Up Agreement dated June 21, 2004. (Exhibit 10.5)
  10 .18(6)++   Master Strategic partnership Agreement entered into as of January 14, 2005 by and between Evergreen Solar, Inc. and Q-Cells AG. (Exhibit 10.1)

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
  10 .19(6)++   License and Technology Transfer Agreement by and between Evergreen Solar, Inc. and EverQ GmbH, dated January 14, 2005. (Exhibit 10.2)
  23 .1(9)   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  24 .1(9)   Power of Attorney. (see Signature Page to Form 10-K)
  31 .1   CEO Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)
  31 .2   CFO Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)
  32 .1   CEO Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)
  32 .2   CFO Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)
 
+ Confidential treatment granted as to certain portions.
 
++ Confidential treatment requested as to certain portions.
 
* Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
 
(1) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-43140). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-1.
 
(2) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated June 9, 2003 (File No. 333-105963). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-8.
 
(3) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated October 21, 2004 (File No. 333-106126). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-3.
 
(4) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004 filed on November 12, 2004. The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 10-Q.
 
(5) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 22, 2004 (File No. 000-31687). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 8-K.
 
(6) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 14, 2005 (File No. 000-31687). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 8-K.
 
(7) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 24, 2003 (File No. 000-31687). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 8-K.
 
(8) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004, filed on March 10, 2005.
 
(9) Previously filed with the annual report on the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed on March 10, 2005.

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SIGNATURES
      Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned on this 29th day of April, 2005, thereunto duly authorized.
  EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC.
  By:  /s/ Richard M. Feldt
 
 
  Richard M. Feldt
  Chief Executive Officer,
  President and Director
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
             
Name   Title   Date
         
 
/s/ Richard M. Feldt
 
Richard M. Feldt
  Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
  April 29, 2005
 
/s/ Richard G. Chleboski
 
Richard G. Chleboski
  Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
  April 29, 2005
 
*
 
Timothy Woodward
  Chairman of the Board of Directors   April 29, 2005
 
*
 
Philip J. Deutch
  Director   April 29, 2005
 
*
 
Charles J. McDermott
  Director   April 29, 2005
 
*
 
Robert W. Shaw, Jr.
  Director   April 29, 2005
 
*
 
William P. Sommers
  Director   April 29, 2005
 
*
 
Michael El-Hillow
  Director   April 29, 2005
 
By:   /s/ Richard G. Chleboski
 
Richard G. Chleboski
 Attorney-in-Fact
       

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
         
Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
  3 .1(1)   Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. (Exhibit 3.2)
  3 .2(1)   Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant. (Exhibit 3.4)
  3 .3(2)   Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 15, 2003. (Exhibit 4.3)
  3 .4(2)   Certificate of the Powers, Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Registrant. (Exhibit 4.4)
  3 .5(3)   Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 30, 2004. (Exhibit 4.5)
  4 .1(8)   Warrant issued to CRT Capital Group LLC.
  4 .2(4)   Warrant to Purchase Stock Issued to Silicon Valley Bank on August 26, 2004. (Exhibit 4.1)
  4 .3(4)   Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 26, 2004. (Exhibit 4.2)
  10 .1(1)*   1994 Stock Option Plan. (Exhibit 10.1)
  10 .2(1)*   2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. (Exhibit 10.2)
  10 .3(2)*   Amended 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. (Exhibit 4.5)
  10 .4(1)*   2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (Exhibit 10.3)
  10 .5(1)   Lease Agreement between Registrant and W9/ TIB Real Estate Limited Partnership dated as of January 31, 2000, as amended. (Exhibit 10.5)
  10 .6(8)   Lease between Registrant and One Hundred Twenty Bartlett Street Marlboro LLC dated as of January 26, 2004.
  10 .7(1)+   Agreement between Registrant and Emanuel M. Sachs dated as of September 30, 1994, as amended. (Exhibit 10.7)
  10 .8(1)   Series D Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of December 28, 1999. (Exhibit 10.8)
  10 .9(1)   Form of Indemnification Agreement between Registrant and each of its directors and executive officers. (Exhibit 10.9)
  10 .10(7)   Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of March 21, 2003. (Exhibit 10.1)
  10 .11(7)   Form of Registration Rights Agreement. (Exhibit 10.3)
  10 .12(7)   Voting Agreement dated as of March 21, 2003. (Exhibit 10.2)
  10 .13(5)   Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated June 16, 2004. (Exhibit 10.1)
  10 .14(5)   Warrant Agreement dated June 21, 2004. (Exhibit 10.2)
  10 .15(5)   Form of Warrants. (Exhibit 10.3)
  10 .16(5)   Registration Rights Agreement dated June 21, 2004. (Exhibit 10.4)
  10 .17(5)   Conversion, Consent, Voting and Lock-Up Agreement dated June 21, 2004. (Exhibit 10.5)
  10 .18(6)++   Master Strategic partnership Agreement entered into as of January 14, 2005 by and between Evergreen Solar, Inc. and Q-Cells AG. (Exhibit 10.1)
  10 .19(6)++   License and Technology Transfer Agreement by and between Evergreen Solar, Inc. and EverQ GmbH, dated January 14, 2005. (Exhibit 10.2)
  23 .1(9)   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  24 .1(9)   Power of Attorney. (see Signature Page to Form 10-K)
  31 .1   CEO Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)
  31 .2   CFO Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)


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Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
  32 .1   CEO Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)
  32 .2   CFO Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)
 
+ Confidential treatment granted as to certain portions.
 
++ Confidential treatment requested as to certain portions.
 
* Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
 
(1) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-43140). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-1.
 
(2) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated June 9, 2003 (File No. 333-105963). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-8.
 
(3) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated October 21, 2004 (File No. 333-106126). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-3.
 
(4) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004 filed on November 12, 2004. The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 10-Q.
 
(5) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 22, 2004 (File No. 000-31687). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 8-K.
 
(6) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 14, 2005 (File No. 000-31687). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 8-K.
 
(7) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 24, 2003 (File No. 000-31687). The number given in parenthesis indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 8-K.
 
(8) Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004, filed on March 10, 2005.
 
(9) Previously filed with the annual report on the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed on March 10, 2005.