First Solar Adds Two New Members to Its Board of Directors

Phoenix, AZ, based First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR), a manufacturer of thin film solar modules, announced the appointment to its board of directors of Craig Kennedy, president of the German Marshall Fund, and Jose H. Villarreal, partner with the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Mr. Craig Kennedy has been president of the German Marshall Fund since 1995. The German Marshall Fund focuses its activities on bridging U.S.-European differences on foreign policy, economics, immigration and the environment. Mr. Jose H. Villarreal is a partner with the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, and practices primarily in the domestic policy area. "We are pleased to welcome Craig Kennedy and Jose H. Villarreal to our board," said Mike Ahearn, chairman of First Solar.