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  0001551184
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001274494
  FIRST SOLAR, INC.
  001-33156
  350 WEST WASHINGTON STREET
  SUITE 600
  TEMPE
  AZ
  85288
  (602) 414-9300
  Chapman Richard D
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  7150
  1363626.80
  107041420
  05/09/2024
  NASDAQ
  Common
  12/31/2013
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  572
  12/31/2013
  Compensation
  Common
  06/30/2018
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  760
  06/30/2018
  Compensation
  Common
  03/31/2019
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  758
  03/31/2019
  Compensation
  Common
  09/30/2019
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  371
  09/30/2019
  Compensation
  Common
  12/31/2019
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  715
  12/31/2019
  Compensation
  Common
  06/30/2020
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  809
  06/30/2020
  Compensation
  Common
  06/30/2021
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  442
  06/30/2021
  Compensation
  Common
  09/30/2021
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  420
  09/30/2021
  Compensation
  Common
  12/31/2021
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  459
  12/31/2021
  Compensation
  Common
  03/31/2022
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  478
  03/31/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  06/30/2022
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  588
  06/30/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  09/30/2022
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  303
  09/30/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  12/31/2022
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
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  12/31/2022
  Compensation
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  Compensation
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  03/31/2023
  Compensation
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  Of the shares sold today, 3,985 shares were sold from the Richard D. Chapman 2021 Irrevocable Trust account of which Richard D. Chapman is a trustee.
  05/09/2024
  /s/ Ryan Riviere, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Richard D. Chapman