Insider filing report for Changes in Beneficial Ownership
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
(Amendment No. 3)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
First Solar, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
336433107
(CUSIP Number)
Lukas T. Walton
In care of:
Shilpi Gupta, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
155 N. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 407-0700
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
December 9, 2020
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of
§§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Lukas T. Walton
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
Not applicable
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5
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
7,145,358
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
0
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
7,145,358
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
7,145,358
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
6.7%
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IN
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This filing constitutes Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment”) to the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 26, 2016 (the “Original Schedule
13D”) as previously amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on September 21, 2020 and Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on November 3, 2020 (the Original Schedule 13D as previously amended and as amended and supplemented by this Amendment, the
“Schedule 13D”) by Lukas T. Walton in respect of shares of the common stock (“Shares”) of First Solar, Inc.
Unless set forth below, all previous Items of the Original Schedule 13D as previously amended are unchanged. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall
have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Original Schedule 13D as previously amended.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
The Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of and has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 7,145,358 Shares. Based on 105,976,169 outstanding Shares as of October 23,
2020, as reported by the Issuer in its Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020, filed with the SEC on October 28, 2020, the Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person represent approximately 6.7% of the Issuer’s
outstanding Shares.
On December 2, 2020, the Reporting Person contributed 556,000 Shares to charities. On December 9, 2020, the Reporting Person contributed 1,953,000 Shares to TBI (which Shares remain
beneficially owned by the Reporting Person) and a further 1,140,000 Shares to another charity.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in
this statement is true, complete and correct.
December 10, 2020
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By:
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/s/ Lukas T. Walton
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Name: Lukas T. Walton
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