SEC Form 4 · accession 0001127602-16-045969

FIRST SOLAR, INC. · FSLR

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — President, International

Period of report

Mar 8, 2016

Accepted (ET)

Mar 10, 2016 · 5:31 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001274494

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock^F1	Mar 8, 2016	S	531	$67.10	D	30,082	D

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Restricted Stock Units^F2,F3	—	Mar 8, 2016	A	17,991	A	—	—	Common Stock	17,991	17,991	D

F1This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan previously adopted by the reporting person on August 31, 2015.
F2Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, upon vesting, one share of the Issuer's common stock in accordance with the Issuer's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.
F3The restricted stock units were granted on March 8, 2016 as part of the Issuer's annual equity grant to executive officers. These units are scheduled to vest annually at a rate of 25% on each anniversary of the grant date, commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date.