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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001274494-25-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSLR"
cik: "0001274494"
company_name: "FIRST SOLAR, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T02:53:02.824880+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Solar annual meeting: directors elected, auditor ratified, say-on-pay approved; shareholder proposal rejected

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; largest against vote was Paul H. Stebbins with 15.4M against (20.5%).
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as FY2025 auditor: 78.0M for, 11.4M against, 0.1M abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution passed: 65.5M for, 9.2M against, 0.7M abstain.
- Stockholder proposal to adopt special meeting improvement defeated: 11.7M for, 62.6M against, 1.3M abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001274494-25-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSLR
- cik: 0001274494
- company_name: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449425000036/0001274494-25-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449425000036/fslr-20250514.htm

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