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First Solar Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results

• Net sales of $1 billion

• EPS of $2.25 per fully diluted share

• Cash and Marketable Securities of $795 million

• Revised 2011 EPS guidance of $6.50 - $7.50 per fully diluted share

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011. Net sales were $1,006 million in the quarter, an increase of $473 million from the second quarter of 2011. Quarterly net sales increased from $798 million in the third quarter of 2010.

Third quarter net income per fully diluted share was $2.25, up from $0.70 in the second quarter of 2011 and $2.04 in the third quarter of 2010.

Third quarter Cash and Marketable Securities increased $279 million quarter over quarter to $795 million.

"First Solar's performance in the quarter reflects our superior technology, strong execution capability, and integrated business model - all of which have enabled us to weather a difficult market environment relatively well," said Mike Ahearn, Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer of First Solar. "Going forward, our goal is not just to survive the current environment, but to transcend it by creating and expanding markets worldwide that do not depend on today's subsidy programs. This requires that we re-focus our strategy and commit our resources to solving the pressing energy needs that exist in much of the world."

With respect to Rob Gillette's departure, Ahearn said, "We thank Rob for his service, but the Board of Directors believes First Solar needed a leadership change to navigate through the industry turmoil and achieve our long-term goals."

First Solar's updated 2011 guidance is as follows:

• Net sales of $3.0 to $3.3 billion

• Operating Income of $650 to $760 million

• Effective tax rate of 13% to 14%

• Earnings per fully diluted share of $6.50 to $7.50

• Manufacturing start-up expenses of approximately $35 million and factory ramp costs of $10 to $12 million

In preparation for 2012, the company is reducing capital expenditures and evaluating opportunities to reallocate overhead expenses to fund increased investments in market development, sales, and R&D.

We have scheduled a conference call at 4:30 p.m. EDT on November 3, 2011 to discuss the third quarter results and revised 2011 outlook. Investors may access a live webcast of this conference call by visiting http://investor.firstsolar.com/events.cfm.

An audio replay of the conference call will also be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call. The audio replay will remain available until Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. EST and can be accessed by dialing 888-203-1112 if you are calling from within the United States or 719-457-0820 if you are calling from outside the United States and entering the replay pass code 9081154. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Investors section of the company's web site approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and remain available for approximately 90 calendar days.

About First Solar, Inc.

First Solar manufactures solar modules with an advanced semiconductor technology, and is a premier provider of comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) system solutions. The company is delivering an economically viable alternative to fossil-fuel generation today. From raw material sourcing through end-of-life collection and recycling, First Solar is focused on creating value-driven renewable energy solutions that protect and enhance the environment. For more information about First Solar, please visit www.firstsolar.com.

For First Solar Investors

This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with the company's business involving the company's products, their development and distribution, economic and competitive factors and the company's key strategic relationships and other risks detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. First Solar assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.

26-10-2011 14:00 PRESS RELEASE: First Solar Announces Third -2-

Name Letzter Veränderung

FIRST SOLAR ORD 46.11 2.84 (6.56

Accrued solar module collection and

recycling liability 185,160 132,951

Long-term debt 582,744 210,804

Other liabilities 182,623 112,026

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Total liabilities 1,697,528 925,458

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Stockholders' equity:

Common stock, $0.001 par value per

share; 500,000,000 shares authorized;

86,377,679 and 85,843,511 shares

issued and outstanding at September

30, 2011 and December 31, 2010,

respectively 86 86

Additional paid-in capital 1,965,840 1,815,420

Contingent consideration -- 1,118

Accumulated earnings 2,039,183 1,665,564

Accumulated other comprehensive income

(loss) 20,675 (27,243)

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Total stockholders' equity 4,025,784 3,454,945

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Total liabilities and stockholders'

equity $ 5,723,312 $ 4,380,403

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CONTACT: First Solar, Inc. Investors:

Mark Widmar

Chief Financial Officer

+1

(602) 414-9315

investor@firstsolar.com

or

Larry Polizzotto

Vice

President Investor Relations

+1 (602)

414-9315

lpolizzotto@firstsolar.com

or

Luke Fairborn

Director Investor

Relations

+1 (602)

414-9315

lucas.fairborn@firstsolar.com

or

Media:

First Solar-USA

Ted

Meyer

+1 (602) 427-3318

ted.meyer@firstsolar.com

SOURCE: First Solar, Inc.

Copyright Business Wire 2011

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 26, 2011 08:00 ET (12:00 GMT)

minus 30% in 1 (!!!) monat, in einem jahr sogar minus 60%... das könnte in der tat ein kleines play wert sein. aber die ernsthaft long? niemals. das geht weiter den bach runter. technisch wie auch trend mässig dunkel bis düster.

ich liebe deine motivational speeches bono, aber da müssten jetzt noch 4 atom-werke in die luft fliegen, damit die 60% wieder geschlossen werden... no?

hoffentlich nicht alle in der Schweiz...

Nein nein, long wird sich lohnen. Alle in der Branche meinen, FS wird als einer von 4 -5 Grossen übrigbleiben.

Im Moment gibt es viel zu viel Anbieter. Der Preis wird aussieben.

Gut haben wenigstens vonRoll und OC das noch rechtzeitig eingesehen.

By the way: Derzeit verkaufen ALLE Solarbuden ihre Module unter Preis!

Kurse um 120/150.- liegen da sicher wieder einmal drin. Ich erinnere mich noch an solche um 300.-, ist aber 4 Jahre zurück.

Einstweilen trade ich hier, wenn es was zu traden gibt.

Momentan ist es grad wieder interessant, 26.70

So kann man runterkommen.

Wenn die Zeit dann reif ist und sich so ein Kurs verzehnfacht hat, denkt man oft, hätte ich damals, dann wäre..........

ich glaube euch und der welt dass die zukunft in solchen und ähnlichen energien liegt. aber der weg ist noch lang und steinig, auch für die "riesen"

weiterhin schlachtbank-flavour... vom feinsten...

Ist das gut oder schlecht?

(17.04.2012 / 13:42:59)

 

FRANKFURT (Oder) (awp international) - Der US-Solarkonzern First Solar zieht sich nach einem Bericht der "Märkischen Oderzeitung" komplett aus Deutschland zurück. Im Herbst solle das Werk in Frankfurt (Oder) mit 1200 Beschäftigten aufgegeben werden, schreibt die Zeitung. Der Leiter Öffentlichskeitsarbeit Europa, Brandon Mitchener, wollte das auf Anfrage von dpa am Dienstag nicht dementieren. Er kündigte für den Nachmittag eine Pressemitteilung und eine Pressekonferenz in Berlin an.

Seit 1. März sind die Mitarbeiter in Frankfurt (Oder) aufgrund der schwierigen Situation in der Branche in Kurzarbeit. Auch der Standort Mainz des Konzerns soll der Zeitung zufolge aufgegeben werden./gj/DP/nmu

04-05-2012 01:23  UPDATE: First Solar Swings To 1Q Loss, Names Hughes CEO
 

--First Solar posts loss on $401 million of restructuring costs

--Company names James Hughes CEO

--First Solar plans to install 3 gigawatts of solar-power plants worldwide in 2016

By Cassandra Sweet and Nathalie Tadena

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

First Solar Inc. (FSLR) swung to a first-quarter loss on lower revenue and more than $400 million in restructuring costs, although the company named a new chief executive and said better days lie ahead.

First Solar's new chief executive, James Hughes, was first hired in March as chief commercial officer before being promoted to the top job. Hughes was previously chief executive of AEI, a privately held firm that owns interests in power plants in China and Latin America.

First Solar Chairman Mike Ahearn had been serving as interim chief executive since October, when former Chief Executive Rob Gillette abruptly left the company.

Despite the large write-down, First Solar raised its 2012 earnings forecast to $4 to $4.50 a share, from its prior view of $3.75 to $4.25 a share.

Shares of First Solar were recently down 0.4% at $17.99 in after-hours trade Thursday.

First Solar and its rivals have seen their profits and stock prices plunge as a global oversupply of solar panels and soft demand have sent prices tumbling. The market turmoil has driven several solar companies to file for bankruptcy, among them Solyndra LLC, which received more than $500 million in government funding.

First Solar said last month it would cut 2,000 jobs, or about 30% of its global workforce, and close its solar-panel factory near Berlin this fall as part of a restructuring. The company is also idling some of its manufacturing operations in Malaysia and said it has abandoned plans to open a factory in Vietnam. Those and other restructuring activities cost the company $401.1 million in the first quarter, erasing the 15.4% gross profit margin the company eked out in the quarter and dwarfing the previous quarter's $60.4 million in restructuring costs.

First Solar, of Tempe, Ariz., expects solar-panel production at its factories this year to total 1.4 gigawatts to 1.7 gigawatts, down from 2.4 gigawatts in 2011.

In the short term, the company is focused on completing construction of 2.7 gigawatts of solar-power plants that it has sold to NRG Energy Inc. (NRG), Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (BRKA) MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. unit, Exelon Corp. (EXC) and other companies. For the longer term, First Solar is looking to develop and sell new solar-power plants in countries that have a good amount of sunlight, with plans to sell 3 gigawatts of solar farms in 2016.

Company executives declined to provide details on where those projects would be located, but said First Solar is actively working on potential deals in China, India, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Central America, the Caribbean, Australia and South Africa.

"These are all markets in which we are active today and which we see long-term potential," Hughes said during a conference call with analysts.

First Solar is focused on building large solar farms, rather than smaller rooftop solar systems. Ahearn said the rooftop solar market is overly reliant on government subsidies.

"We're no longer devoting efforts to developing demand in traditional subsidy markets, including rooftop applications, simply because we do not believe these markets offer prospects for sustainable growth," Ahearn said during the conference call.

To compete better against conventional power plants, First Solar aims to cut manufacturing and development costs, increase the rate at which its panels convert sunlight into electricity, and improve power controls at its power plants so that they provide voltage support to the power grids to which they connect, rather than create a drag on grids, Ahearn said.

For the latest quarter, First Solar reported a loss of $449.4 million, or $5.20 a share, compared with a profit of $116 million, or $1.33 a share, a year earlier. Excluding the restructuring costs and other expenses, the latest quarter's loss was 8 cents a share.

Net sales were down 12% to $497.1 million, primarily due to lower average selling prices and lower volumes for sales of panels not related to the company's projects.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected a profit of 59 cents a share and revenue of $682 million.

Shares closed at $18.07 Thursday and were halted after hours. The stock is down 87% over the past 12 months.

-By Cassandra Sweet and Nathalie Tadena, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-3287; nathalie.tadena@dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 03, 2012 19:23 ET (23:23 GMT)

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Es war einmal in Amerika...

Einfach nur tragisch! Dem Staat ist's wohl egal?

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"The stock is down 87% over the past 12 months." - In ein paar Tagen / Wochen mal fällig für einen Rebound!

Bono, ich verstehe dich nicht... Du hast ahnung und einen guten riecher bei vielen titeln. Was hält dich hier?
Wie vor wochen meinerseits erwähnt: dunkel bis düster und kein einstieg bis keine klare trendwende kommt. Hier kannsz du locker erst aufspringen wenn es wieder gedreht hat!!! Und das ist nicht jetzt...

Nö, die Förderung wird vielleicht verifiziert...

Dass sie steigt wurde allerdings auch mal Zeit...

Am 1. August feiert ein weiteres amerikanisches Drama sein 2. Quartal. Wer traden will probiert es mal. Wer hofft, auf alte frohe Solar-Zeiten, frage Mr. Obama, President oft the USA.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments

Freitag, 27. Juli 2012, 12.16 Uhr

MÜNSTER (IT-Times) - Während deutsche Solartechnik-Unternehmen wie Q-Cells centrotherm und Solon reihenweise ins Insolvenzverfahren gehen, will sich US-Wettbewerber First Solar von seinen satten Verlusten im ersten Quartal bald wieder erholt haben. Denn trotz dieser hohen Verluste im ersten Quartal 2012 hob First Solar das Gewinnziel für das laufende Gesamtjahr 2012 an. Ausgenommen etwaiger Sonderbelastungen erwartet First Solar nunmehr ein Nettoergebnis von 4,00 bis 4,50 Dollar je Aktie. Zudem rechnet man auf Jahressicht mit einem operativen Cash-Flow von 850 Mio. bis 950 Mio. Dollar.

Im vergangenen Geschäftsjahr 2011 erwirtschaftete First Solar zum ersten Mal seit 2005 einen Verlust. Das Minus belief sich auf 0,46 Euro je Aktie, nachdem in den zwei vorangegangenen Jahren jeweils ein Gewinn oberhalb von sieben US-Dollar realisiert worden war. Der operative Cash-Flow von First Solar fiel im vergangenen Geschäftsjahr mit minus 33 Mio. US-Dollar ebenfalls negativ aus, nachdem man in 2010 mit 705 Mio. US-Dollar und 2009 mit 675 Mio. US-Dollar jeweils Rekordwerte erzielt hatte.

Während bei Q-Cells derzeit über Restrukturierungen im Insolvenzverfahren nachgedacht wird, spricht man bei First Solar davon, den Gewinn und den Cash-Flow wieder zu steigern. (erw/rem)

18:15:39 25-07-2012 18:35 PRESS RELEASE: First Solar to Announce Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results on Wednesday, August 1, 2012
 

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2012-- 

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) will report financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012, after the market close on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. The Company will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss these results and outlook for 2012 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Investors may access a live webcast of this conference call by visiting http://investor.firstsolar.com/events.cfm.

An audio replay of the conference call will also be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call. The audio replay will remain available until Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. EDT and can be accessed by dialing 888-203-1112 if you are calling from within the United States or 719-457-0820 if you are calling from outside the United States and entering the replay pass code 6064622. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Investors section of the Company's website approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and remain available for approximately 90 calendar days.

Freude herrscht bei 18.87.

19.- war Höchst, gut möglich, dass es noch höher geht. Ich bin aber damit mal zufrieden, für heute. Natürlich, da gibt es viele, die den Kurs hochwünschen, absolut begreiflich. Wenn man bedenkt, wo die FSLR mal stand in den guten Zeiten! Die kommen schon nochmals wieder, ich denke, da lässt sich noch einiges machen.

Ja dass ich das noch erleben darf! Da ist ja fast der Suntech - Verlust wieder drin...

Da sagt man mal: Danke für die News

17:25:39 07-08-2012 16:37 Obama Administration Says Will Expedite Renewable Energy Projects
 

   By Jared A. Favole 
 

WASHINGTON--The Obama administration on Tuesday said it will expedite seven renewable energy infrastructure projects--several in battleground states--to power about 1.5 million homes.

The proposed projects include wind and solar plants in Arizona, California, Wyoming and Nevada to be run by companies such as First Solar Inc. (FSLR) and NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE), the White House said in a press release. The White House said additional projects to be expedited will be announced in the coming weeks.

"As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above strategy to expand domestic energy production and strengthen the economy, we are working to advance smart development of renewable energy on our public lands," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement.

The announcement is part of President Barack Obama's "We Can't Wait" initiative, a series of executive actions he has taken to grow the economy in the face of opposition from Congress. Other steps under the "We Can't Wait" banner include efforts to help homeowners refinance their mortgages and help students lower their college loan payments.

It is unclear exactly how the administration will expedite the projects. In March, Mr. Obama called for expediting the southern portion of TransCanada Corp.'s (TRP, TRP.T) Keystone XL pipeline by quickening a government review of the project.

TransCanada at the time said it had already expected to receive the permit it needs from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in time for it to begin construction by June.

Republicans at the time called the president's move "political opportunism" because he rejected in January the northern portion of the Keystone pipeline. That pipeline would bring oil from Canada to the U.S. and, because it crosses an international border, it needs the approval of the State Department.

   Write to Jared A. Favole at jared.favole@dowjones.com 

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August 07, 2012 10:37 ET (14:37 GMT)

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Da kann man wieder traden, so man will. Das Elend ist, die kommen einfach nicht recht rauf. Aber runter meist wieder. Das heisst: arbeiten. Kurs schaut grad gäbig drein. Der ist allerdings schon fast wieder ein Döller weiter oben wie gestern. Hat aber gehalten bis jetzt.

Nun, dann sollte mit dem Kurs mal was gehen, ja?

First Solar to Build New Mexico Solar Projects Totaling 20 Megawatts for PNM<?xml:namespace prefix = o />

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced agreements to construct four solar power plants totaling 20 megawatts (MW) AC of generating capacity for PNM Resources, Inc. First Solar will provide engineering, procurement and construction services, using its advanced thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules. PNM has the option to expand the agreement to a total of 22 MWAC.

The new solar projects are in addition to five projects totaling 22 MW that First Solar completed for PNM in 2011.

The solar plants could be in service by the end of 2013, although the schedule is dependent on project approval by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, whose decision is expected in the fourth quarter of 2012. The four projects are expected to create a total of up to 450 construction jobs at peak.

"First Solar is very pleased to be working again with a leader in renewable energy like PNM," said Jim Tyler, First Solar Vice President of Engineering, Procurement and Construction. "Our advanced technology and unparalleled experience designing and building solar power plants will help ensure PNM's customers enjoy many years of clean, reliable solar electricity."

The solar plants in aggregate will generate enough clean energy to power up to 7,000 average New Mexico homes, displacing about 31,000 metric tons of CO2 annually—the equivalent of taking some 6,000 cars off the road.

Immerhin hat sich hier seit Mitte Jahr der Kurs verdoppelt und steht bei fast 32.-.

Der Weg zu alten glanzvollen Höhen ist allerdings noch weit.

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/business/2012/12/first-solar-tabbed-as.html