Tempe, Arizona-Based First Solar's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Raise Was a Blistering 28.8% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are First Solar's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
First Solar	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Widmar CEO	7,033	10,700		10,700	4,630		4,630	2,170		2,170	1,846		1,846	1,951
Bradley CFO	2,451	3,125		3,125	953
Antoun	3,349	4,351		4,351	2,790		2,790	2,160		2,160	1,846		1,846	2,524
Garabedian	3,265	4,211		4,211	2,576		2,576	1,610		1,610	1,240		1,240	1,716
deJong	3,265	4,211		4,211	2,765
Hughes Former CEO							N/A	N/A		4,528	3,776		3,776	3,690
Kishkill Former President							N/A	N/A		1,640	1,295		N/A	N/A
Totals	19,363	26,598		26,598	13,714		9,996	5,940		12,108	10,003		8,708	9,881
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-27.2%			93.9%			68.3%			21.0%			-11.9%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		28.8%