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EXHIBIT 10.6

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made by and between First Solar, Inc., a Delaware corporation having its principal office at 350 West Washington Street, Suite 600, Tempe, Arizona 85281 (hereinafter, “Employer”) and Kuntal Kumar Verma (hereinafter, “Employee”), and is effective as of August 10, 2020 (the “Effective Date”) subject to Section 1.1(b) below.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Employer and Employee wish to enter into this Agreement relating to the employment of Employee by Employer.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and the mutual covenants, terms and conditions set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Employer and Employee hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I. Employment

1.1    Employment Term; Condition Precedent; At-Will Nature of Employment.

(a)Employment Term. The term of this Agreement (the “Employment Term”) shall commence as of the Effective Date and shall end on the date Employee’s employment with Employer terminates for any reason.

(b)Condition Precedent. The effectiveness of this Agreement shall be subject to Employer obtaining a resolution from the Board of Directors of Employer (“Board”) appointing Employee to the position of Head of Manufacturing Engineering.

(c)At Will Nature of Employment. As of the Effective Date, Employer shall employ Employee as a full-time, at-will employee, and Employee shall accept employment with Employer as a full-time, at-will employee. Employer or Employee may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason, with or without cause and with or without notice, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

1.2    Position and Duties of Employee. Employer hereby employs Employee in the initial capacity of Head of Manufacturing Engineering for Employer and Employee hereby accepts such position. In this position, Employee shall report to Employer’s Chief Executive Officer (the “Supervisor”). Employee agrees to diligently and faithfully perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to Employee by the Supervisor, consistent with Employee’s position with Employer. Employee recognizes the necessity for established policies, practices and procedures pertaining to Employer’s business operations, and Employer’s right to change, revoke or supplement such policies, practices and procedures at any time, in Employer’s sole discretion. Employee agrees to comply with such policies, practices and procedures, including those contained in any manuals or handbooks, as may be amended from time to time in the sole discretion of Employer. Employee shall be based in Perrysburg, OH but shall be required to travel to such locations as shall be required to fulfill the responsibilities of his/her position.

1.3    No Salary or Benefits Continuation Beyond Termination. Except as may be required by applicable law or as otherwise specified in this Agreement or the Change in Control Severance Agreement between Employer and Employee dated as of the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time (the “Change in Control Agreement”), Employer shall not be liable to Employee for any salary or benefits continuation beyond the date of Employee’s cessation of employment with Employer.

1.4    Termination of Employment. Employee’s employment with Employer shall terminate upon the earliest of: (a) Employee’s death; (b) unless waived by Employer, Employee’s “Disability” (which for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean either a physical or mental condition (as determined by a qualified physician mutually agreeable to Employer and Employee) which renders Employee unable, for a period of at least six (6) months, effectively to perform the obligations, duties and responsibilities of Employee’s employment with Employer); (c) the termination of Employee’s employment by Employer for Cause (as hereinafter defined); (d) the termination of Employee’s employment by Employer without Cause and (e) the termination of Employee’s employment by Employee for any reason. As used herein, termination shall be for “Cause” if Employee (i) willfully breaches significant and material duties he/she is required to perform; (ii) commits misconduct damaging to the Employer or its affiliates or subsidiaries, its reputation, products, services, or customers; (iii) commits a material act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, dishonesty, misrepresentation or other act of moral turpitude; (iv) violates any law or regulation; (v) commits unauthorized disclosure of any trade secret or confidential information of the Employer or its affiliates or subsidiaries or breaches the Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement between Employer and Employee dated as of the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time (the “Non-Competition Agreement”), the Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Agreement between Employer and Employee dated as of the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) or the Change in Control Agreement; (vi) fails to perform under this Agreement or fails to perform other duties owed to the Employer or its affiliates or subsidiaries; (vii) is convicted of a felony or another crime which is materially injurious to the reputation of the Employer or its affiliates or subsidiaries; (viii) is charged with a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (ix) exhibits gross negligence in the course of his/her employment; (x) is ordered removed by a regulatory or other governmental agency pursuant to applicable law; or (xi) willfully fails to obey a material lawful direction from the Board. Upon termination of Employee’s employment with Employer for any reason, Employee will promptly return to Employer all materials in any form acquired by Employee as a result of such employment with Employer, and all property of Employer.

ARTICLE II. Compensation and Benefits

2.1    Base Salary. Employee shall be compensated at an annual base salary of $330,000 (the “Base Salary”) while Employee is employed by Employer under this Agreement, subject to such periodic modifications that Employer may, in its sole discretion, determine to be appropriate. Such Base Salary shall be paid in accordance with Employer’s standard policies and shall be subject to applicable tax withholding requirements.

2.2    Annual Bonus Eligibility. Employee shall be eligible to participate in Employer’s annual bonus program under which Employee’s target bonus shall equal seventy percent (70%) of Employee’s Base Salary with a maximum bonus of up to two hundred percent (200%) of Employee’s target bonus. Bonus payment in respect of the first year of employment shall be pro- rated based on the number of days employed during such year. Payment of any bonus shall be based upon individual and company performance, as determined by Employer’s Chief Executive Officer and/or the compensation committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”), as well as any applicable terms of the annual bonus program. The terms of the annual bonus program shall be developed by Employer and communicated to Employee as soon as practicable after the beginning of each year.

2.3    Benefits; Vacation. Employee shall be eligible to receive all benefits as are available to similarly situated employees of Employer generally, and any other benefits that Employer may, in its sole discretion, elect to grant to Employee from time to time. In addition, Employee shall be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation per year, which shall be pro-rated for the first partial year of employment and shall accrue in accordance with Employer’s policies applicable to similarly situated employees of Employer.

2.4    Reimbursement of Business Expenses. Employee may incur reasonable expenses in the course of employment hereunder for which Employee shall be eligible for reimbursement or advances in accordance with Employer’s standard policy therefor.

2.5    Equity Grants. Subject to approval by the Compensation Committee, Employee shall be eligible for future equity grants and other long-term incentives.

ARTICLE III. Impact of Termination of Employment on Certain Compensation Elements

3.1    Vacation Pay in the Event of a Termination of Employment. In the event of the termination of Employee’s employment with Employer for any reason, Employee shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the Severance Payments described in Section 3.2(a) below, if any, the dollar value of any earned but unused (and unforfeited) vacation. Such dollar value shall be paid to Employee within fifteen (15) days following the date of termination of employment (or such earlier time as may be required by law).

3.2    Treatment in the Event of a Termination Without Cause.

(a)Severance Payments. If Employee’s employment is terminated by Employer without Cause (other than due to death or due to Disability), then, subject to (A) the Change in Control Agreement (which shall apply in lieu of this Agreement in the event employment is terminated without Cause following a Change in Control (as defined in the Change in Control Agreement)), and (B) Employee’s satisfaction of the Release Condition described in Section 3.2(b) below, Employee shall be entitled to continuation of Employee’s Base Salary (as defined in Section 2.1) (such salary continuation, along with the equity acceleration described in Section 3.2(d) below, the “Severance Payments”) for a period of 12 months (which period shall commence on the thirty-sixth (36th) day following the date employment terminates) in accordance with Employer’s regular payroll practices and procedures.

(b)Release Condition. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless (A) Employee shall have executed and delivered a general release in favor of Employer and its affiliates (which release shall: (1) be submitted to Employee for his/her review by the date of Employee’s termination of employment (or shortly thereafter), (2) be in substantially in the form of the Separation Agreement and Release attached hereto as Exhibit A and (3) otherwise be satisfactory to Employer) and (B) the Release Effective Date shall have occurred on or before the thirty-sixth (36th) day following the date Employee’s employment terminates, (x) no Severance Payments shall be due or made to Employee hereunder, (y) Employer shall be relieved of all obligations to provide or make available any further benefits to the Employee pursuant to Section 3.2(c) and (z) Employee shall be required to repay Employer, in cash, within five business days after written demand is made therefor by Employer, an amount equal to the value of any benefits received by Employee pursuant to Section 3.2(c). The “Release Effective Date” shall be the date the general release becomes effective and irrevocable.

(c)Medical Insurance. If Employee’s employment is terminated by Employer without Cause (other than due to death or due to Disability), subject to the Change in Control Agreement (which shall apply in lieu of this Agreement in the event employment is terminated without Cause following a Change in Control) and Employee’s satisfaction of the Release Condition described in Section 3.2(b) above, then Employer will provide or pay the cost of continuing the medical coverage provided by Employer to Employee and his/her dependents during Employee’s employment at the same or a comparable coverage level, for a period beginning on the date of termination and ending on the earlier of (i) the date that is twelve (12) months following such termination and (ii) the date that Employee is covered under a medical benefits plan of a subsequent employer. Employee agrees to make a timely COBRA election, to the extent requested by Employer, to facilitate Employer’s provision of continuation coverage. Except as permitted by Section 409A (as defined below), the continued benefits provided to Employee pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) during any calendar year will not affect the continued benefits to be provided to Employee pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) in any other calendar year, and the right to such benefits cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit and shall be provided in accordance with Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) or any successor thereto. In the case of any reimbursement payments, such payments shall be made to the Employee on or 

before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the underlying fee, cost or expense is incurred. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent necessary to satisfy Section 105(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act, including the nondiscrimination rules applicable to non-grandfathered plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended, and the related regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder, the Employer will be permitted to alter the manner in which benefits under this Section 3.2(c) are provided to Employee.

(d)Equity Award Vesting. In the event of (A) the termination of Employee’s employment with Employer due to Employee’s death, (B) the termination of Employee’s employment with Employer due to Disability, or (C) the termination of Employee’s employment by Employer without Cause, then, subject to the Change in Control Agreement (which shall apply in lieu of this Agreement in the event employment is terminated without Cause following a Change in Control) and Employee’s satisfaction of the Release Condition described in Section 3.2(b) above, Employee shall on the date of such termination of employment immediately receive an additional twelve (12) months’ vesting credit with respect to the stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and other equity or equity-based compensation of Employer granted to Employee in the course of his/her employment with Employer (other than any performance units granted after the Effective Date under an executive performance equity plan that by its explicit terms in not subject to this Section 3.2(d), for which any acceleration will be solely as provided in the award agreement evidencing such units). The shares of Employer underlying any restricted stock units that become vested pursuant to this Section 3.2(d) shall be payable on the vesting date. Any of Employee’s stock options and stock appreciation rights that become vested pursuant to this Section 3.2(d) shall be exercisable immediately upon vesting. Employee will have one (1) year and ninety (90) days after termination of employment without Cause, death or Disability to exercise any such vested stock options or other equity compensation; provided that, if during such period Employee is under any trading restriction due to a lockup agreement or closed trading window, then such period shall be tolled during the period of such trading restriction; provided further that in no event shall any stock option or stock appreciation right continue to be exercisable after the original expiration date of such stock option or stock appreciation right. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Change in Control Agreement to the contrary, in the case of the termination of Employee’s employment with Employer due to Employee’s death or due to Disability following a Change in Control, this Section 3.2(d) shall continue to apply.

3.3    Clawback. All payments made to the Employee pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to clawback by Employer to the extent required by applicable law or the policies of the Employer as in effect from time to time.

ARTICLE IV. Absence of Restrictions

4.1    Employee hereby represents and warrants to Employer that Employee has full power, authority and legal right to enter into this Agreement and to carry out all obligations and duties hereunder and that the execution, delivery and performance by Employee of this Agreement will not violate or conflict with, or constitute a default under, any agreements or other understandings to which Employee is a party or by which Employee may be bound or affected, including any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency. Employee further represents and warrants to Employer that Employee is free to accept employment with Employer as contemplated herein and that Employee has no prior or other obligations or commitments of any kind to any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, entity or business organization that would in any way hinder or interfere with Employee’s acceptance of, or the full performance of, Employee’s duties hereunder.

ARTICLE V. Miscellaneous

5.1    Withholding. Any payments made under this Agreement shall be subject to applicable federal, state and local tax reporting and withholding requirements.

5.2    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the 

laws of the State of Arizona without reference to the principles of conflicts of laws. Any judicial action commenced relating in any way to this Agreement including the enforcement, interpretation or performance of this Agreement, shall be commenced and maintained in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Phoenix, Arizona. In any action to enforce this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its litigation costs, including its attorneys’ fees. The parties hereby waive and relinquish any right to a jury trial and agree that any dispute shall be heard and resolved by a court and without a jury. The parties further agree that the dispute resolution, including any discovery, shall be accelerated and expedited to the extent possible. Each party’s agreements in this Section 5.2 are made in consideration of the other party’s agreements in this Section 5.2, as well as in other portions of this Agreement.

5.3    No Waiver. The failure of Employer or Employee to insist in any one or more instances upon performance of any terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of any rights granted hereunder or of the future performance of any such terms, covenants or conditions.

5.4    Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered, delivered by facsimile transmission or by courier or mailed, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid as follows:

If to Employer:        First Solar, Inc.
350 West Washington Street
Suite 600
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Attention: Corporate Secretary

If to Employee:        To Employee’s then current address on file with Employer

Or at such other address or addresses as any such party may have furnished to the other party in writing in a manner provided in this Section 5.4.

5.5    Assignability and Binding Effect. This Agreement is for personal services and is therefore not assignable by Employee. This Agreement may be assigned by Employer to any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of Employer. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors, assigns, heirs, executors and legal representatives. If there shall be a successor to Employer or Employer shall assign this Agreement, then as used in this Agreement, (a) the term “Employer” shall mean Employer as hereinbefore defined and any successor or any permitted assignee, as applicable, to which this Agreement is assigned and (b) the term “Board” shall mean the Board as hereinbefore defined and the board of directors or equivalent governing body of any successor or any permitted assignee, as applicable, to which this Agreement is assigned.

5.6    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Change in Control Agreement, the Non-Competition Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement, each dated the date hereof, set forth the entire agreement between Employer and Employee regarding the terms of Employee’s employment and supersede all prior agreements between Employer and Employee covering the terms of Employee’s employment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except in a written instrument signed by Employer and Employee identifying this Agreement and stating the intention to amend or modify it.

5.7    Severability. If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that any of the restrictions or language in this Agreement are for any reason invalid or unenforceable, the parties desire and agree that the court revise any such restrictions or language, including reducing any time or geographic area, so as to render them valid and enforceable to the fullest extent allowed by law. If any restriction or language in this Agreement is for any reason invalid or unenforceable and cannot by law be revised so as to render it valid and enforceable, then the parties desire and agree that the court strike only the invalid and unenforceable language and enforce the balance of this Agreement to the fullest extent allowed by law. Employer and Employee agree that the invalidity or unenforceability 

of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the remainder of this Agreement.

5.8    Construction. As used in this Agreement, words such as “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereby” and “hereunder,” and the words of like import refer to this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

5.9    Survival. The rights and obligations of the parties under the provisions of this Agreement, including Article III, this Article V and Article VI, shall survive and remain binding and enforceable, notwithstanding the termination of Employee’s employment for any reason, to the extent necessary to preserve the intended benefits of such provisions.

ARTICLE VI. Section 409A

6.1    In General. It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code, as amended, and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, “Section 409A”), and all provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A. In addition, references in this Agreement to a termination of employment shall mean a termination that constitutes a separation of service within the meaning of Section 409A.

6.2    No Alienation, Set-offs, Etc. Neither Employee nor any creditor or beneficiary of Employee shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable under this Agreement or under any other plan, policy, arrangement or agreement of or with Employer or any of its affiliates (this Agreement and such other plans, policies, arrangements and agreements, the “Employer Plans”) to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable to or for the benefit of Employee under any Employer Plan may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by Employee to Employer or any of its affiliates.
6.3    Possible Six-Month Delay. If, at the time of Employee’s separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), (a) Employee shall be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by Employer from time to time) and (b) Employer shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable under an Employer Plan constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A, then Employer (or an affiliate thereof, as applicable) shall not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but shall instead accumulate such amount and pay it, without interest, on the first day of the seventh month following such separation from service.

6.4    Treatment of Installments. For purposes of Section 409A, each of the installments of continued Base Salary referred to in Section Article III shall be deemed to be a separate payment as permitted under Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Employer has caused this Agreement to be executed by one of its duly authorized officers and Employee has individually executed this Agreement, each intending to be legally bound, as of the date first above written.

                            EMPLOYEE:

                            /s/ Kuntal Kumar Verma                
                            Kuntal Kumar Verma

                            EMPLOYER:
                            First Solar, Inc.

                            By: /s/ Caroline Stockdale                

                            Name printed: Caroline Stockdale            

                            Title: Chief People and Communications Officer    

                            Date: August 6, 2020                

Exhibit A

SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND RELEASE

I.Release. For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, with the intention of binding himself/herself, his/her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, does hereby release and forever discharge First Solar, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its present and former officers, directors, executives, agents, employees, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, successors, predecessors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, demands, rights, damages, debts, accounts, suits, expenses, attorneys’ fees and liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law, equity, or otherwise, whether now known or unknown (collectively, the “Claims”), which the undersigned now has, owns or holds, or has at any time heretofore had, owned or held against any Released Party, arising out of or in any way connected with the undersigned’s employment relationship with First Solar, Inc., its subsidiaries, predecessors or affiliated entities (collectively, the “Company”), or the termination thereof, including, but not limited to, under (a) that certain Employment Agreement to which the undersigned is a party and pursuant to which this Separation Agreement and Release is being executed and delivered, other than as expressly provided in this Separation Agreement and Release, and any other agreement or arrangement with the Company, whether written or oral, to which the undersigned is a party and (b) any Federal, state or local statute, rule, or regulation, or principle of common, tort, contract or constitutional law, including but not limited to, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended 29 U.S.C. §602(d), the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”), as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq., Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq., the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000ff; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2101 et seq., the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and any other equivalent or similar Federal, state, or local statute; provided, however, that nothing herein shall release the Company (i) from its obligations to provide the undersigned with certain payments and benefits in connection with the undersigned’s termination of employment under Section 1.4 of that certain Employment Agreement to which the undersigned is a party and pursuant to which this Separation Agreement and Release is being executed and delivered, (ii) from any claims by the undersigned arising out of any director and officer indemnification or insurance obligations in favor of the undersigned, (iii) from any director and officer indemnification obligations under the Company’s by-laws, and (iv) from any claim for benefits under the First Solar, Inc. 401(k) Plan. The undersigned understands that, as a result of executing this Separation Agreement and Release, he/she will not have the right to assert that the Company or any other Released Party unlawfully terminated his/her employment or violated any of his/her rights in connection with his/her employment or otherwise.

The undersigned affirms that he/she has not filed or caused to be filed, and presently is not a party to, any Claim, complaint or action against any Released Party in any forum or form and that he/she knows of no facts which may lead to any Claim, complaint or action being filed against any Released Party in any forum by the undersigned or by any agency, group, or class of persons. The undersigned further affirms that he/she has been paid and/or has received all leave (paid or unpaid), compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions, and/or benefits to which he/she may be entitled and that no other leave (paid or unpaid), compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions and/or benefits are due to him/her from the Company, except as specifically provided in this Separation Agreement and Release. The undersigned furthermore affirms that he/she has no known workplace injuries or occupational diseases and has been provided and/or has not been denied any leave requested under the FMLA. If any agency or court assumes jurisdiction of any such Claim, complaint or action against any Released Party on behalf of the undersigned, the undersigned will request such agency or court to withdraw the matter.

[The undersigned furthermore affirms that if the undersigned was employed by the Company at any time in California, or if the undersigned resided in California at any time while employed by the Company, the undersigned waives all rights under California Civil Code Section 1542 (or any similar law, provision or statute of any other jurisdiction or authority), which states:

A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have mutually affected his or her settlement with the debtor.]

The undersigned further declares and represents that he/she has carefully read and fully understands the terms of this Separation Agreement and Release and that he/she has been advised and had the opportunity to seek the advice and assistance of counsel with regard to this Separation Agreement and Release, that he/she may take up to and including 21 days from receipt of this Separation Agreement and Release, to consider whether to sign this Separation Agreement and Release, that he/she may revoke this Separation Agreement and Release within seven calendar days after signing it by delivering to the Company written notification of revocation, and that he/she knowingly and voluntarily, of his/her own free will, without any duress, being fully informed and after due deliberate action, accepts the terms of and signs the same as his/her own free act.

II.Protected Rights. The Company and the undersigned agree that nothing in this Separation Agreement and Release is intended to or shall be construed to affect, limit or otherwise interfere with any non-waivable right of the undersigned under any Federal, state or local law, including the right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) or to exercise any other right that cannot be waived under applicable law. The undersigned is releasing, however, his/her right to any monetary recovery or relief should the EEOC or any other agency pursue Claims on his/her behalf. Further, should the EEOC or any other agency obtain monetary relief on his/her behalf, the undersigned assigns to the Company all rights to such relief. Notwithstanding anything in this Separation Agreement and Release to the contrary, this Separation Agreement and Release is not intended to, and shall be interpreted in a manner that does not, limit or restrict the undersigned from exercising any legally protected whistleblower rights (including pursuant to Rule 21F under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) or receiving an award for information provided to any governmental agency under any legally protected whistleblower rights.

III.Equitable Remedies. The undersigned acknowledges that a violation by the undersigned of any of the covenants contained in this Separation Agreement and Release would cause irreparable damage to the Company in an amount that would be material but not readily ascertainable, and that any remedy at law (including the payment of damages) would be inadequate. Accordingly, the undersigned agrees that, notwithstanding any provision of this Separation Agreement and Release to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled (without the necessity of showing economic loss or other actual damage) to injunctive relief (including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and/or permanent injunctions) in any court of competent jurisdiction for any actual or threatened breach of any of the covenants set forth in this Separation Agreement and Release in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies it may have.

IV.Return of Property. The undersigned shall return to the Company on or before DATE, all property of the Company in the undersigned’s possession or subject to the undersigned’s control, including without limitation any laptop computers, keys, credit cards, cellular telephones and files. The undersigned represents that he/she has not, and shall not, alter any of the Company’s records or computer files in any way after DATE.

V.Severability. If any term or provision of this Separation Agreement and Release is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any applicable law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Separation Agreement and Release shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic and legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Separation Agreement and Release is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party.

VI.GOVERNING LAW. THIS SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND RELEASE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, AND THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND RELEASE IN ALL RESPECTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

Effective on the eighth calendar day following the date set forth below.

FIRST SOLAR, INC.                    EMPLOYEE

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CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

This CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of August 10, 2020, between First Solar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Kuntal Kumar Verma (the "Executive").

RECITALS:

    WHEREAS the Executive is a skilled and dedicated employee of the Company who has important management responsibilities and talents that benefit the Company;

    WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") considers it essential to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to assure that the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) will have the continued dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined below); and

    WHEREAS the Board believes that it is imperative to diminish the distraction of the Executive inherently present by the uncertainties and risks created by the circumstances surrounding a Change in Control, and to ensure the Executive's full attention to the Company and its Subsidiaries during any such period of uncertainty.

    AGREEMENT:

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

    SECTION 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a)"Accrued Rights" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(iv).

(b)"Affiliate(s)" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.

(c)"Annual Base Salary" means the greater of the Executive's annual rate of base salary in effect (i) immediately prior to the Change in Control Date and (ii) immediately prior to the Termination Date.

(d)"Annual Bonus" means the target annual cash bonus the Executive is eligible to earn (assuming one hundred percent (100%) fulfillment of all elements of the formula under which such bonus would have been calculated) for the year in which the Termination Date occurs.

(e)"Bonus Amount" means, as of the Termination Date, the greater of (i) the Annual Bonus and (ii) the average of the annual cash bonuses payable to the Executive in respect of the three (3) calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year that includes the Termination Date or, if the Executive has not been employed for three (3) full calendar years preceding the calendar year that includes the Termination Date, the average of the annual cash bonuses payable to the Executive for the number of full calendar years prior to the Termination Date that Executive has been employed.

(f)"Cause" means that Employee (i) willfully breaches significant and material duties he/she is required to perform; (ii) commits misconduct damaging to the Employer or its Affiliates or subsidiaries, its reputation, products, services, or customers; (iii) commits a material act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, dishonesty, misrepresentation or other act of moral turpitude; (iv) violates any law or regulation; (v) commits unauthorized disclosure of any trade secret or confidential information of the Employer or its Affiliates or subsidiaries or breaches the Non­ Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement between Employer and Employee dated as of the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time (the "Non-Competition Agreement"), the Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Agreement between Employer and Employee dated as of the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time (the "Confidentiality Agreement") or this Agreement; (vi) fails to perform under the Employment Agreement or fails to perform other duties owed to the Employer or its Affiliates or subsidiaries; (vii) is convicted of a felony or another crime which is materially injurious to the reputation of the Employer or its Affiliates or subsidiaries; (viii) is charged with a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (ix) exhibits gross negligence in the course of his/her employment; (x) is ordered removed by a regulatory or other governmental agency pursuant to applicable law; or (xi) willfully fails to obey a material lawful direction from the Board.

(g)"Change in Control" has the meaning set forth in the First Solar, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan or its successor, provided that such event is a change in ownership or effective control of a corporation or a change in ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation, in each case, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A- 3(i)(5).

(h)"Change in Control Date" means the date on which a Change in Control occurs.

(i)"COBRA" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(iii).

(j)"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto, and the regulations promulgated thereunder as in effect from time to time.

(k)"Disability" shall have the meaning set forth in the Employment Agreement.

(l)"Effective Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

(m)"Employment Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.

(n)"Executive Tax Year" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(iii).

(o)"Good Reason" means, without the Executive's express written consent, the occurrence of any one or more of the following:

(i)any material reduction in the authority, duties or responsibilities held by the Executive immediately prior to the Change in Control Date;

(ii)any material reduction in the annual base salary or annual incentive opportunity of the Executive as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control Date;

(iii)any change of the Executive's principal place of employment to a location more than fifty (50) miles from the Executive's principal place of employment immediately prior to the Change in Control Date;

(iv)any failure of the Company to pay the Executive any compensation when due;

(v)delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of a written notice to the Executive of the intent to terminate the Executive's employment for any reason, other than Cause, death or Disability, in each case in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether such termination is intended to become effective during or after the Protection Period; or

(vi)any failure by the Company to comply with and satisfy the requirements of Section 9(c).

    The Executive's right to terminate employment for Good Reason shall not be affected by the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness. A termination of employment by the Executive for Good Reason for purposes of this Agreement shall be effectuated by giving the Company written notice ("Notice of Termination for Good Reason") of the termination setting forth in reasonable detail the specific conduct of the Company that constitutes Good Reason and the specific provisions of this Agreement on which the Executive relied, provided that such notice must be delivered to the Company no later than ninety (90) days after the occurrence of the event or events constituting Good Reason and the Company must be provided with at least thirty (30) days following the delivery of such Notice of Termination for Good Reason to cure such event or events. If such event or events are cured during such period, then the Executive will not be permitted to terminate employment for Good Reason as the result of such event or events. If the Company does not cure such event or events in such period, the termination of employment by the Executive for Good Reason shall be effective on the thirtieth (30th) day following the date when the Notice of Termination for Good Reason is given, unless the Company elects to treat such termination as effective as of an earlier date; provided, however, that so long as an event that constitutes Good Reason occurs during the Protection Period and the Executive delivers the Notice of Termination for Good Reason within ninety (90) days following the occurrence of such event, the Company is provided with at least thirty (30) days following the delivery of such Notice of Termination for Good Reason to cure such event, and the Executive terminates his/her employment as of the thirtieth (30th) day following the date when the Notice of Termination for Good Reason is given (or as of an earlier date chosen by the Company), then for purposes of the payments, benefits and other entitlements set forth herein, the termination of the Executive's employment pursuant thereto shall be deemed to occur during the Protection Period.

(p)"Notice of Termination for Good Reason" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(r).

(q)" Person" shall have the meaning as used in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto, and the regulations promulgated thereunder as in effect from time to time.

(r)"Protection Period" means the period commencing on the Change in Control Date and ending on the second anniversary thereof.

(s)"Qualifying Termination" means any termination of the Executive's employment (i) by the Company, other than for Cause, death or Disability, that is effective during the Protection Period or (ii) by the Executive for Good Reason during the Protection Period; provided that such termination constitutes a separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A.

(t)"Release" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(vi).

(u)"Release Effective Date" means the date the Release becomes effective and irrevocable.

(v)"Subsidiary" means any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, possesses 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock.

(w)"Successor'' shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(c).

(x)''Termination Date" means the date on which the termination of the Executive' s employment, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, is effective.

    SECTION 2. Effectiveness and Term. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date hereof (the "Effective Date") and shall remain in effect until the third (3rd) anniversary of the Effective Date, except that, beginning on the second anniversary of the Effective Date and on each anniversary thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall be automatically extended for an additional one-year period, unless the Company or the Executive provides the other party with sixty (60) days' prior written notice before the applicable anniversary that the term of this Agreement shall not be so extended. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change in Control during the term of this Agreement (whether the original term or the term as extended), this Agreement shall not thereafter terminate, and the term hereof shall be extended, until the Company and its Subsidiaries have performed all their obligations hereunder with no future performance being possible; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only be effective with respect to the first Change in Control that occurs during the term of this Agreement.

    SECTION 3. Impact of a Change in Control on Equity Compensation Awards. In the event of a Qualifying Termination, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary (other than any such provision that expressly provides that this Section 3 of this Agreement does not apply (which provision shall be given full force and effect)) in any of the Company's equity-based, equity­ related or other long-term incentive compensation plans, practices, policies and programs (including the Company's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan or any successor plan) or any award agreements thereunder and subject to the occurrence of the Release Effective Date, (a) all outstanding stock options, stock appreciation rights and similar rights and awards then held by the Executive that are unexercisable or otherwise unvested shall automatically become fully vested and immediately exercisable, as the case may be, (b) unless otherwise specified in the Grant Agreement, all outstanding equity-based, equity-related and other long-term incentive awards then held by the Executive that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria shall automatically become fully vested and earned at a deemed performance level equal to the greater of (i) the projected actual performance through the date of the Qualifying Termination (as determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion) and (ii) target performance level with respect to such awards and (c) all other outstanding equity-based, equity-related and long-term incentive awards, to the extent not covered by the foregoing clause (a) or (b), then held by the Executive that are unvested or subject to restrictions or forfeiture shall automatically become fully vested and all restrictions and forfeiture provisions related thereto shall lapse. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 3 shall not apply to performance units granted after the Effective Date under an executive performance equity plan that by its explicit terms in not subject to this Section 3, for which any acceleration will be solely in accordance with the award agreements evidencing such units.

    SECTION 4. Termination of Employment.

(a)Qualifying Termination. In the event of a Qualifying Termination, the Executive shall be entitled, subject to Section 4(a)(vi), to the following payments and benefits:

(i)Severance Pay. The Company shall pay the Executive, in a lump sum cash payment on the thirty-sixth (36th) day following the Termination Date, subject to the occurrence of the Release Effective Date, an amount equal to two (2) times the sum of (A) the Executive's Annual Base Salary (which, as defined, is determined without regard to any reduction giving rise to Good Reason) and (B) the Bonus Amount; provided, however, that such amount . shall be paid in lieu of, and the Executive hereby waives the right to receive, any other cash severance payment the Executive is otherwise eligible to receive upon termination of employment under any severance plan, practice, policy or program of the Company or any Subsidiary or under any agreement between the Company and the Executive (the "Waived Agreements"). If the Company concludes that a payment or benefit due 

pursuant to the Waived Agreements is subject to Section 409A of the Code (rather than fitting within an exception to Section 409A), the Executive may not elect to receive a payment under this Agreement in lieu of such payment or benefit from the Waived Agreements. In such instance, any payment under this Agreement that is not subject to Section 409A shall be reduced to an amount equal to the amount received pursuant to the Waived Agreements.

(ii)Prorated Annual Bonus. The Company shall pay the Executive, in a lump-sum cash payment on the thirty-sixth (36th) day following the Termination Date, subject to the occurrence of the Release Effective Date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the Executive's Annual Bonus and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the Company's fiscal year containing the Termination Date that the Executive was employed by the Company or any Affiliate, and the denominator of which is three hundred sixty-five (365).

(iii)Continued Health Benefits. The Company shall, at its option and subject to Section 4(a)(vi), either (A) continue to provide medical and dental benefits to the Executive and the Executive's spouse and dependents at least equal to the benefits provided by the Company and its Subsidiaries generally to other active peer executives of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or (B) pay Executive the cost of obtaining equivalent coverage, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), for a period of time commencing on the Termination Date and ending on the date that is eighteen (18) months after the Termination Date; provided, however, that if the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical or dental benefits under another employer-provided plan, the medical and dental benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan during such applicable period of eligibility. Any provision of benefits pursuant to this Section 4(a)(iii) in one (1) tax year of the Executive (the "Executive Tax Year") shall not affect the amount of such benefits to be provided in any other Executive Tax Year. The right to such benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit. Executive agrees to make (and to cause his/her dependents to make) a timely election under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended ("COBRA") to the extent requested by Employer, to facilitate Employer's provision of continuation coverage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent necessary to satisfy Section l05(h) of the Code and Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act, including the nondiscrimination rules applicable to non­ grandfathered plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended, and the related regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder, the Company will be permitted to alter the manner in which benefits under this Section 4(a)(iii) are provided to Executive.

(iv)Accrued Rights. The Executive shall be entitled to (A) payments of any unpaid salary, bonuses or other amounts earned or accrued through the Termination Date and reimbursement of any unreimbursed business expenses incurred through the Termination Date, (B) any payments explicitly set forth in any other benefit plans, practices, policies and programs in which the Executive participates, and (C) any payments the Company is or becomes obligated to make pursuant to Sections 6 and 11 (the rights to such payments, the "Accrued Rights"). The Accrued Rights payable pursuant to Section 4(a)(iv)(A) and Section 4(a)(iv)(B) shall be payable on their respective otherwise scheduled payment dates, provided that any amounts payable in respect of accrued but unused vacation shall be paid in a lump sum within 15 days following the Termination Date. The Accrued Rights payable pursuant to Section 4(a)(iv)(C) shall be payable at the times set forth in the applicable Section hereof.

(v)Outplacement. Subject to Section 4(a)(vi), the Company shall reimburse the Executive for individual outplacement services to be provided by a firm of the Executive's choice or, at the Executive's election, provide the Executive with the use of office space, office supplies, and secretarial assistance satisfactory to the Executive. The aggregate expenditures of the Company pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the outplacement benefits under this Section 4(a)(v) shall be provided to the Executive for no longer than the one-year period following the Termination Date, and the amount of any outplacement benefits or office space, office supplies and secretarial assistance provided to the Executive in any Executive Tax Year shall not affect the amount of any such outplacement benefits or office space, office supplies and secretarial assistance provided to the Executive in any other Executive Tax Year.

(vi)Release of Claims. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, unless on or prior to the thirty-sixth (36th) day following the Termination Date, the Executive has executed and delivered a Separation Agreement and Release (the "Release") substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the employment agreement between the Executive and the Company and the Release Effective Date shall have occurred, (A) no payments shall be paid or made available to the Executive under Section 3, 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(ii); (B) the Company shall be relieved of all obligations to provide or make available any further benefits to the Executive pursuant to Section 4(a)(iii) and 4(a)(v); and (C) the Executive shall be required to repay the Company, in cash, within five business days after written demand is made therefor by the Company, an amount equal to the value of any benefits received by the Executive pursuant to Section 4(a)(iii) and 4(a)(v) prior to such date.

(vii)Clawback. All payments made to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to clawback by Employer to the extent required by applicable law or the policies of the Company as in effect from time to time.

(viii)Section 280G; Best Net. If any of the payments or benefits received or to be received by the Executive (including, without limitation, any payment or benefits received in connection with a Change in Control or the Executive's termination of employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement, or otherwise) (all such payments collectively referred to herein as the "280G Payments" constitute "parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and would, but for this Section 4.9(a)(viii), be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then prior to making the 280G Payments, a calculation shall be made comparing (i) the Net Benefit (as defined below) to the Executive of the 280G Payments after payment of the Excise Tax to (ii) the Net Benefit: to the Executive if the 280G Payments are limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax. Only if the amount calculated under (i) above is less than the amount under (ii) above will the 280G Payments be reduced to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the 280G Payments is subject to the Excise Tax. "Net Benefit" shall mean the present value of the 280G Payments net of all federal, state, local, foreign income, employment, and excise taxes. Any reduction made pursuant to this Section 4(a)(viii) shall be made in a manner determined by the Company that is consistent with the requirements of Section 409A. All calculations and determinations under this Section 4(a)(viii) shall be made by an independent accounting firm or independent tax counsel appointed by the Company (the "Tax Counsel") whose determinations shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Executive for all purposes. For purposes of making the calculations and determinations required by this Section 4(a)(viii), the Tax Counsel may rely on reasonable, good faith assumptions and approximations concerning the application of Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Code. The Company and the Executive shall furnish the Tax Counsel with such information and documents as the Tax Counsel may reasonably request in order to make its determinations under this Section 4(a)(viii). The Company shall bear all costs the Tax Counsel may reasonably incur in connection with its services.

(b)Termination on Account of Death or Disability; Non-Qualifying Termination. In the event of any termination of Executive's employment other than a Qualifying Termination, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional payments or benefits from the Company under this Agreement, other than payments or benefits with respect to the Accrued Rights.

    SECTION 5. Section 409A.

(a)It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code, as amended, and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, "Section 409A"), and all provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted either to (i) exempt any compensation from the application of Section 409A, or (ii) comply with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A.

(b)Neither the Executive nor any creditor or beneficiary of the Executive shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable under this Agreement or under 

any other plan, policy, arrangement or agreement of or with the Company or any of its Affiliates (this Agreement and such other plans, policies, arrangements and agreements, the "Company Plans") to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable to or for the benefit of the Executive under any Company Plan may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by the Executive to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(c)If, at the time of the Executive's separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), (i) the Executive shall be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable under a Company Plan constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A, then the Company (or an Affiliate thereof, as applicable) shall not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but shall instead accumulate such amount and pay it, without interest, on the first day of the seventh month following such separation from service. To the extent required by Section 409A, any payment or benefit that would be considered deferred compensation subject to, and not exempt from, Section 409A, payable or provided upon a termination of the Executive's employment shall only be paid or provided to the Executive upon the Executive's separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A).

    SECTION 6. No Mitigation or Offset; Enforcement of this Agreement.

(a)The Company's obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set­ off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action that the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and, except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment.

(b)The Company shall reimburse, upon the Executive's demand, any and all reasonable legal fees and expenses that the Executive may incur in good faith prior to the second anniversary of the expiration of the term of this Agreement as a result of any contest, dispute or proceeding (regardless of whether formal legal proceedings are ever commenced and regardless of the outcome thereof and including all stages of any contest, dispute or proceeding) by the Company, the Executive or any other Person with respect to the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive regarding the amount of any payment owed pursuant to this Agreement). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) any reimbursement for any fees and expenses under this Section 6 shall be made promptly and no later than the end of the Executive Tax Year following the Executive Tax Year in which the fees or expenses are incurred, (ii) the amount of fees and expenses eligible for reimbursement under this Section 6 during any Executive Tax Year shall not affect the fees and expenses eligible for reimbursement in another Executive Tax Year, and (iii) no right to reimbursement under this Section 6 shall be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other payment or benefit.

    SECTION 7. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. Except as specifically provided in Section 4(a)(i), nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive's continuing or future participation in any plan, practice, policy or program provided by the Company or a Subsidiary for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything in this Agreement limit or otherwise affect any rights the Executive may have under any contract or agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary. Vested benefits and other amounts that the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any incentive compensation (including any equity award agreement), deferred compensation, retirement, pension or other plan, practice, policy or program of, or any contract or agreement with, the Company or a Subsidiary shall be payable in accordance with the terms of each such plan, practice, policy, program, contract or agreement, as the case may be, except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

    SECTION 8. Withholding. The Company may deduct and withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state, local, foreign or other taxes as are required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

    SECTION 9. Assignment.

(a)This Agreement is personal to the Executive and, without the prior written consent of the Company, shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and any assignment in violation of this Agreement shall be void.

(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 9(a), this Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If the Executive should die while any amounts would still be payable to Executive hereunder if Executive had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Executive's devisee, legatee or other designee or, should there be no such designee, to the Executive's estate.

(c)The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company (a "Successor") to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would have been required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. If there shall be a Successor, (i) the term " Company" shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any Successor and any permitted assignee to which this Agreement is assigned and (ii) the term "Board" shall mean the Board as hereinbefore defined and the board of directors or equivalent governing body of any Successor and any permitted assignee to which this Agreement is assigned.

    SECTION 10. Dispute Resolution.

(a)Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Executive and the Company each hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court of Arizona (or, if subject matter jurisdiction in that court is not available, in any state court located within the city of Phoenix, Arizona) over any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the parties undertake not to commence any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in a forum other than a forum described in this Section 10(a); provided, however, that nothing herein shall preclude the Company or the Executive from bringing any suit, action or proceeding in any other court for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this Section 10 or enforcing any judgment obtained by the Company or the Executive.

(b)The agreement of the parties to the forum described in Section 10(a) is independent of the law that may be applied in any suit, action or proceeding and the parties agree to such forum even if such forum may under applicable law choose to apply non-forum law. The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that they now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in an applicable court described in Section 10(a), and the parties agree that they shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court. The parties agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any suit, action or proceeding brought in any applicable court described in Section 10(a) shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction.

(c)The parties hereto irrevocably consent to the service of any and all process in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies of such process to such party at such party's address specified in Section 17.

(d)Each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each party hereto (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such party would not, in the event of any suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waiver and certifications in this Section 10(d).

    SECTION 11. Default in Payment. Any payment not made within ten (10) business days after it is due in accordance with this Agreement shall thereafter bear interest, compounded annually, at the prime rate in effect from time to time at Citibank, N.A., or any successor thereto. Such interest shall be payable at the same time as the corresponding payment is payable.

    SECTION 12. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, AND THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION,CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ALL RESPECTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

    SECTION 13. Amendment; No Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be amended, modified, waived or discharged except by a written document signed by the Executive and a duly authorized officer of the Company. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party's rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement. Except as provided in Section 1(r), no failure or delay by either party in exercising any right or power hereunder will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment of any steps to enforce such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party that are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.

    SECTION 14. Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any applicable law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic and legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon any such determination that any term or provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

    SECTION 15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, along with the employment agreement (the "Employment Agreement"), the Non-Competition Agreement (as defined in the Employment Agreement) and the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined in the Employment Agreement), in each case, entered into with the Company as of the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time, set forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative of any party hereto, and any prior agreement of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein is hereby terminated and canceled. None of the parties shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner by any representations and warranties or covenants relating to such subject matter except as specifically set forth herein.

    SECTION 16. Survival. The rights and obligations of the parties under the provisions of this Agreement, including Sections 6, 10, 11 and 12, shall survive and remain binding and enforceable, notwithstanding the expiration of the Protection Period or the term of this Agreement, the termination of the Executive's employment 

with the Company for any reason or any settlement of the financial rights and obligations arising from the Executive's employment, to the extent necessary to preserve the intended benefits of such provisions.

    SECTION 17. Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted by this Agreement will be made in writing and all such notices or communications will be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or (unless otherwise specified) mailed by United States certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

    If to the Company:    First Solar, Inc.
                350 West Washington Street
Suite 600
                Tempe, AZ 85281
                Attention: Corporate Secretary

    If to the Executive:    To the Executive's then current address on file with the Company

or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

    SECTION 18. Headings and References. The headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and neither constitute a part of this Agreement nor affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. When a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

    SECTION 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including via facsimile), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

    SECTION 20. Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement, the words "include" and "including," and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation." The term "or'' is not exclusive. The word "extent" in the phrase "to the extent" shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply "if."

    SECTION 21. Time of the Essence. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that time is of the essence in the performance of the obligations of this Agreement and that the parties shall strictly adhere to any timelines herein.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties as of the date first written above.

By: /s/ Caroline Stockdale            

Its: Chief People and Communications Officer

Signed: /s/ Kuntal Kumar Verma        
Employee
Printed Name: Kuntal Kumar Verma    

July 28, 2020                
Date

First Solar, Inc.
Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Agreement

Employee:        Kuntal Kumar Verma

Place of Signing:        Perrysburg, Ohio

In consideration of my at-will employment with First Solar, Inc. or one of its subsidiary companies (collectively, the “Company”), for the compensation and benefits provided to me, and for the Company’s agreement to provide me with access to experience, knowledge, and Confidential Information (as defined below) in the course of such employment relating to the methods, plans, and operations of the Company and its suppliers, clients, and customers I enter into the following Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Agreement (the “Agreement”) and agree as follows:

    1.    The Agreement shall be effective as of August 10, 2020, provided that, the Company shall have obtained a resolution from the Board of Directors of the Company appointing me as Head of Manufacturing Engineering.

    2.    Except for any items I have identified and described in a writing given to the Company and acknowledged in writing by an officer of the Company on or before the date of this Agreement, which items are specifically excluded from the operation of the applicable provisions hereof, I do not own, nor have any interest in, any patents, patent applications, inventions, improvements, methods, discoveries, designs, trade secrets, copyrights, and/or other patentable or proprietary rights.

    3.    I will promptly and fully disclose to the Company all developments, inventions, ideas, methods, discoveries, designs, and innovations (collectively referred to herein as “Developments”), whether patentable or not, relating wholly or in part to my work for the Company or resulting wholly or in part from my use of the Company’s materials or facilities, which I may make or conceive, whether or not during working hours, whether or not using the Company’s materials, whether or not on the Company facilities, alone or with others, at any time during my employment or within ninety (90) days after termination thereof, and I agree that all such Developments shall be the exclusive property of the Company, and that I shall have no proprietary, moral or shop rights in connection therewith.

    4.    I will assign, and do hereby assign, to the Company or the Company’s designee, my entire right, title and interest in and to all such Developments including all trademarks, copyrights, moral rights and mask work rights in or relating to such Developments, and any patent applications filed and patents granted thereon including those in foreign countries; and I agree, both during my employment by the Company and thereafter, to execute any patent or other papers deemed necessary or appropriate by the Company for filing with the United States or any other country covering such Developments as well as any papers that the Company may consider necessary or helpful in obtaining or maintaining such patents during the prosecution of patent applications thereon or during the conduct of any interference, litigation, or any other matter in connection therewith, and to transfer to the Company any such patents that may be issued in my name. If, for some reason, I am unable to execute such patent or other papers, I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and its designees and their duly authorized officers and agents, as the case may be, as my agent and attorney in fact to act for and in my behalf and stead to execute any 

documents and to do all other lawfully permitted acts in connection with the foregoing. I agree to cooperate with and assist the Company as requested by the Company to provide documentation reflecting the Company’s sole and complete ownership of the Developments. All expenses incident to the filing of such applications, the prosecution thereof and the conduct of any such interference, litigation, or other matter will be borne by the Company. This Section 4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

    5.    Subject to Section 5 below, I will not, either during my employment with the Company or at any time thereafter, improperly use, disclose or authorize, or assist anyone else to disclose or use or make known for anyone’s benefit, any information, knowledge or data of the Company or any supplier, client, or customer of the Company in any way acquired by me during or as a result of my employment with the Company, whether before or after the date of this Agreement (hereinafter the “Confidential Information”), publicly or outside the Company, its subsidiaries, agents, employees, officers and directors. Such Confidential Information shall include the following:

    (a)    Information of a business nature including financial information and information about sales, marketing, purchasing, prices, costs, suppliers and customers;

    (b)    Information pertaining to future developments including research and development, new product ideas and developments, strategic plans, and future marketing and merchandising plans and ideas;

    (c)    Information and material that relate to the Company’s manufacturing methods, machines, articles of manufacture, compositions, inventions, engineering services, technological developments, “know-how,” purchasing, accounting, merchandising and licensing;

    (d)    Trade secrets of the Company, including information and material with respect to the design, construction, capacity or method of operation of the Company’s equipment or products and information regarding the Company’s customers and sales or marketing efforts and strategies;

    (e)    Software in various stages of development (source code, object code, documentation, diagrams, flow charts), designs, drawings, specifications, models, data and customer information; and

    (f)    Any information of the type described above that the Company obtained from another party and that the Company treats as proprietary or designates as confidential, whether or not owned or developed by the Company.

    6.    It is understood and agreed that the term “Confidential Information” shall not include information that is generally available to the public, other than through any act or omission on my part in breach of this Agreement.

    7.    I acknowledge that: (a) such Confidential Information derives its value to the Company from the fact that it is maintained as confidential and secret and is not readily available to the general public or the Company’s competitors; (b) the Company undertakes great effort and sufficient measures to maintain the confidentiality and secrecy of such information; and (c) such Confidential Information is protected and covered by this Agreement regardless of whether or not such Confidential Information is a “trade secret” under applicable law. I further acknowledge and agree that the obligations and restrictions herein are reasonable and necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests, and that this Agreement does not impose an unreasonable or undue burden on me and will not prevent me from earning a livelihood subsequent to the termination of my employment with the Company. I agree to comply with each of the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement in accordance with its terms, and will not, and I hereby agree to waive and release any right or claim to, challenge the reasonableness, validity or enforceability of any of the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement.

    8.    I will deliver to the Company promptly upon request, and, in any event, on the date of termination of my employment, all documents, copies thereof and other materials in my possession, including any notes or 

memoranda prepared by me, pertaining to the business of the Company, whether or not including any Confidential Information, and thereafter will promptly deliver to the Company any documents and copies thereof pertaining to the business of the Company that come into my possession.

    9.    I represent that I have no agreements with or obligations to others with respect to any innovations, developments, or information that could conflict with any of the foregoing.

    10.    If this Agreement is subject to any applicable local laws, and to the extent of inconsistency with such applicable laws, this Agreement will be construed, to the extent possible, in a manner that is consistent with such applicable laws. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement, whether in whole or in part, shall not in any way affect the validity and/or enforceability of any of the other provisions of this Agreement. Any invalid or unenforceable provision or portion thereof shall be deemed severable to the extent of any such invalidity or unenforceability. The restrictions contained in this Agreement are reasonable for the purpose of preserving for the Company and its affiliates the proprietary rights, intangible business value and Confidential Information of the Company and its affiliates. If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that any of the restrictions or language in this Agreement is for any reason invalid or unenforceable, the parties desire and agree that the court revise any such restrictions or language so as to render it valid and enforceable to the fullest extent allowed by law. If any restriction or language in this Agreement is for any reason invalid or unenforceable and cannot by law be revised so as to render it valid and enforceable, then the parties desire and agree that the court strike only the invalid and unenforceable language and enforce the balance of this Agreement to the fullest extent allowed by law. Pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (18 USC Chapter 90, as amended 11 May 2016), notice is hereby given that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (a) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. 

    11.    I agree that any breach or threatened breach by me of any of the provisions in this Agreement cannot be remedied solely by the recovery of damages. I expressly agree that upon a threatened breach or violation of any of such provisions, the Company, in addition to all other remedies, shall be entitled as a matter of right, and without posting a bond or other security, to emergency, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing herein, however, shall be construed as prohibiting the Company from pursuing, in concert with an injunction or otherwise, any other remedies available at law or in equity for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages.

    12.    This Agreement is made in consideration of my employment with the Company. 

    13.    Upon termination of my employment with the Company, I shall, if requested by the Company, reaffirm my recognition of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of the Company’s Confidential Information and reaffirm all of my obligations set forth herein. The provisions, obligations, and restrictions in this Agreement shall survive the termination of my employment, and will be binding on me whether or not the Company requests a re-affirmation.

    14.    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement is not intended to, and shall be interpreted in a manner that does not, limit or restrict me from exercising my legally protected whistleblower rights (including pursuant to Rule 21F under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

    15.    This Agreement, my Employment Agreement with the Company (the “Employment Agreement”), the Non-Competition Agreement (as defined in the Employment Agreement) and the Change in Control Agreement (as defined in the Employment Agreement), each dated the date hereof, represent the full and complete understanding between me and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior representations and understandings, whether oral or written regarding such subject matter. This Agreement may not 

be changed, modified, released, discharged, abandoned or otherwise terminated, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing signed by both the Company and me. My obligations under this Agreement shall be binding upon my heirs, executors, administrators, or other legal representatives or assigns, and this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Company, its successors, and assigns.

    16.    This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona without reference to principles of conflict of laws. Any judicial action commenced relating in any way to this Agreement including the enforcement, interpretation, or performance of this Agreement, shall be commenced and maintained in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Phoenix, Arizona. In any action to enforce this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its litigation costs, including its attorneys’ fees. The parties hereby waive and relinquish any right to a jury trial and agree that any dispute shall be heard and resolved by a court and without a jury. The parties further agree that the dispute resolution, including any discovery, shall be accelerated and expedited to the extent possible. Each party’s agreements in this Section 16 are made in consideration of the other party’s agreements in this Section 16, as well as in other portions of this Agreement.

    17.    As used in this Agreement, words such as “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereby” and “hereunder,” and the words of like import refer to this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

Signed:

/s/ Kuntal Kumar Verma            
Employee
Printed Name: Kuntal Kumar Verma

July 27, 2020                
Date

Agreed to by First Solar, Inc.

By: /s/Caroline Stockdale            

Its: Chief People and Communications Officer

NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT

    In consideration of Employee's (as defined below) entering into at-will employment with Employer (as defined below) or one of its subsidiary companies, the compensation and benefits provided to Employee including those set forth in the Employment Agreement, Change in Control Severance Agreement and Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Agreement (the "Confidentiality Agreement"), in each case, dated as of the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time, and Employer's agreement to provide Employee with access to Employer' s confidential information, intellectual property and trade secrets, access to its customers and other promises made below, Employee enters into the following non-competition and non-solicitation agreement:

    This Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement ("Agreement") is effective by and between Kuntal Kumar Verma ("Employee") and First Solar, Inc. ("Employer") as of August 10, 2020, provided that Employer has obtained a resolution from the Board of Directors of Employer appointing Employee as Head of Manufacturing Engineering by such date.

    WHEREAS, Employee desires to be employed by Employer and Employer has agreed to employ Employee in the current position of Employee with Employer;

    WHEREAS, because of the nature of Employee's duties, in the performance of such duties, Employee will have access to and will necessarily utilize sensitive, secret and proprietary data and information, the value of which derives from its secrecy from Employer's competitors, which, like Employer, sell products and services throughout the world;

    WHEREAS, Employee and Employer acknowledge and agree that Employee's conduct in the manner prohibited by this Agreement during, or for the period specified in this Agreement following the termination of, Employee's employment with Employer, would jeopardize Employer's Confidential Information (as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement) and the goodwill Employer has developed and generated over a period of years, and would cause Employer to experience unfair competition and immediate, irreparable harm; and

    WHEREAS, in consideration of Employer's hiring Employee as Head of Manufacturing Engineering, Employee therefore has agreed to the terms of this Agreement, the Employment Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement, and specifically to the restrictions contained herein.

    Therefore, Employee and Employer hereby agree as follows:

    THE FOLLOWING ARE IMPORTANT RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYEE IMPOSED BY EMPLOYER AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT. ONCE EMPLOYEE SIGNS THIS AGREEMENT, IT IS BINDING ON EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE'S SIGNATURE ON THIS AGREEMENT SIGNIFIES THAT EMPLOYEE (I) READ THESE RESTRICTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, (II) UNDERSTANDS THE AGREEMENT'S TERMS, AND (III) ASSENTS TO ABIDE BY THESE RESTRICTIONS.

    1.    Nature and Period of Restriction. At all times during Employee's employment and for a period of twelve (12) months after the termination of employment (for any reason, including discharge or resignation) with Employer (the "Restricted Period"), Employee agrees as follows:

    1.1.    Employee agrees not to engage or assist, in any way or in any capacity, anywhere in the Territory (as defined below), either directly or indirectly, (a) in the business of the development, sale, marketing, manufacture or installation that would be in direct competition with of any type of product sold, developed, marketed, manufactured or installed by Employer during Employee's employment with Employer, including photovoltaic modules, or (b) in any other activity in direct competition or that would be in direct competition with the business of Employer as that business exists and is conducted (or with any business planned or seriously considered, of which Employee has knowledge) during Employee's employment with Employer. In addition and in particular, Employee agrees not to sell, market, provide or distribute, or endeavor to sell, market, provide or distribute, in any way, directly or indirectly, on behalf of Employee or any other person or entity, any products or services competitive with those of Employer to any person or entity which is or was an actual or prospective customer of Employer at any time during Employee's employment by Employer . For purposes of this Agreement, Employer acknowledges and agrees that engaging in the electric power business that uses any generation technology other than solar power is not in competition with Employer.

    1.2.    "Territory" for purposes of this Agreement means Africa, Asia (including China and India), Australia, Europe, North America, Latin America, South America, and the United States of America, including Arizona and Ohio.

    1.3.    Employee agrees not to solicit, recruit, hire, employ, or attempt to hire or employ, or assist any other person or entity in the recruitment or hiring of, any person who is (or was) an employee of Employer, and agrees not to otherwise urge, induce or seek to induce any person to terminate his/her employment with Employer.

    1.4.    The parties understand and agree that the restrictions set forth in the paragraphs in this Section 1 also extend to Employee's recommending or directing any such actual or prospective customers to any other competitive concerns, or assisting in any way any competitive concerns in soliciting or providing products or services to such customers, whether or not Employee personally provides any products or services directly to such customers. For purposes of this Agreement, a prospective customer is one that Employer solicited or with which Employer otherwise sought to engage in a business transaction during the time that Employee is or was employed by Employer.

    1.5.    Employee and Employer acknowledge and agree that Employer has expended substantial amounts of time, money and effort to develop business strategies, customer relationships, employee relationships, trade secrets and goodwill and to build an effective organization and that Employer has a legitimate business interest and right in protecting those assets as well as any similar assets that Employer may develop or obtain. Employee and Employer acknowledge that Employer is entitled to protect and preserve the going concern value of Employer and its business and trade secrets to the extent permitted by law. Employee acknowledges and agrees the restrictions imposed upon Employee under this Agreement are reasonable and necessary for the protection of Employer's legitimate interests, including Employer's Confidential Information, intellectual property, trade secrets and goodwill. Employee and Employer acknowledge that Employer is engaged in a highly competitive business, that Employee is expected to serve a key role with Employer, that Employee will have access to Employer's Confidential Information, that Employer's business and customers and prospective customers are located around the world, and that Employee could compete with Employer from virtually any location in the world. Employee acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions set forth in this Agreement do not impose any substantial hardship on Employee and that Employee will reasonably be able to earn a livelihood without violating any provision of this Agreement. Employee acknowledges and agrees that, in addition to Employer's agreement to hire him/her, part of the consideration for the restrictions in this Section 1 consists of Employer's agreement to make severance payments as set forth in the separate Employment Agreement between Employer and Employee.

    1.6.    Employee agrees to comply with each of the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement in accordance with its terms, and Employee shall not, and hereby agrees to waive and release any right or claim to, challenge the reasonableness, validity or enforceability of any of the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement.

    2.    Notice by Employee to Employer. Prior to engaging in any employment or business during the Restricted Period, Employee agrees to provide prior written notice (by certified mail) to Employer in accordance with Section 6, stating the description of the activities or position sought to be undertaken by Employee, and to provide such further information as Employer may reasonably request in connection therewith (including the location where the services would be performed and the present or former customers or employees of Employer anticipated to receive such products or services). To the extent Employer reasonably believes that the proposed engagement violates the restrictive covenants in this Agreement, Employer shall be free to object or not to object, in its unfettered discretion, and the parties agree that any actions taken or not taken by Employer with respect to any other employees or former employees shall have no bearing whatsoever on Employer's decision or on any questions regarding the enforceability of any of these restraints with respect to Employee.

    3.    Notice to Subsequent Employer. Prior to accepting employment with any other person or entity during the Restricted Period, Employee shall provide such prospective employer with written notice of the provisions of this Agreement, with a copy of such notice delivered promptly to Employer in accordance with Section 6.

    4.    Extension of Non-Competition Period in the Event of Breach. It is agreed that the Restricted Period shall be extended by an amount of time equal to the amount of time during which Employee is in breach of any of the restrictive covenants set forth above.

    5.    Judicial Reformation to Render Agreement Enforceable. If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that any of the restrictions or language in this Agreement are for any reason invalid or unenforceable, the parties desire and agree that the court revise any such restrictions or language, including reducing any time or geographic area, so as to render them valid and enforceable to the fullest extent allowed by law. If any restriction or language in this Agreement is for any reason invalid or unenforceable and cannot by law be revised so as to render it valid and enforceable, then the parties desire and agree that the court strike only the invalid and unenforceable language and enforce the balance of this Agreement to the fullest extent allowed by law. Employer and Employee agree that the invalidity or unenforceabllity of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the remainder of this Agreement.

    6.    Notice. All documents, notices or other communications that are required or permitted to be delivered or given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly delivered or given when received.

        If to Employer:        First Solar, Inc.
                    350 West Washington Street
                    Suite 600
                    Tempe, AZ 85281
                    Attention: Corporate Secretary

        If to Employee:        To Employee's then current address on file with Employer

    7.    Enforcement. Except as expressly stated herein, the covenants contained in this Agreement shall be construed as independent of any other provision or covenants of any other agreement between Employer and Employee, and the existence of any claim or cause of action of Employee against Employer, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, or the actions of Employer with respect to enforcement of similar restrictions as to other employees, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by Employer of such covenants. Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employer has invested great time, effort, and expense in its business and reputation, that the products and information of Employer are unique and valuable, and that the services performed by Employee are unique and extraordinary, and Employee agrees that Employer will suffer immediate, irreparable harm and shall be entitled, upon a breach or a threatened breach of this Agreement, to emergency, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief against such activities, without having to post any bond or other security, and in addition 

to any other remedies available to Employer at law or equity. Any specific right or remedy set forth in this Agreement, legal, equitable or otherwise, shall not be exclusive but shall be cumulative upon all other rights and remedies allowed or by law, including the recovery of money damages. The failure of Employer to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, or the provisions of any agreement with any other Employee, shall not constitute a waiver or limit any of Employer's rights.

    8.    At-Will Employment; Termination. This Agreement does not alter the at-will nature of Employee's employment by Employer, and Employee's employment may be terminated by either party, with or without notice and with or without cause, at any time. In addition to the foregoing provisions of this Agreement, upon Employee's termination, Employee shall cease all identification of Employee with Employer and/or the business, products or services of Employer, and the use of Employer's name, trademarks, trade name or fictitious name. All provisions, obligations, and restrictions in this Agreement shall survive termination of Employee's employment with Employer.

    9.    Choice of Law, Choice of Forum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona, without reference to the principles of conflicts of laws. Any judicial action commenced relating in any way to this Agreement including the enforcement, interpretation,or performance of this Agreement, shall be commenced and maintained in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Phoenix, Arizona. In any action to enforce this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its litigation costs, including its attorneys' fees. The parties hereby waive and relinquish any right to a jury trial and agree that any dispute shall be heard and resolved by a court and without a jury. The parties further agree that the dispute resolution, including any discovery, shall be accelerated and expedited to the extent possible. Each party's agreements in this Section 9 are made in consideration of the other party's agreements in this Section 9, as well as in other portions of this Agreement.

    10.    Entire Agreement, Modification and Assignment.

    10.1.    This Agreement, the Employment Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreement, and the Change in Control Severance Agreement, each dated the date hereof, comprise the entire agreement relating to the subject matter hereof between the parties and supersede, cancel, and annul any and all prior agreements or understandings between the parties concerning the subject matter of the Agreement.

    10.2.    This Agreement may not be modified orally but may only be modified in a writing executed by both Employer and Employee.

    10.3.    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of Employer, its successors and assigns, and may be assigned by Employer. Employee's rights and obligations under this Agreement may not be assigned by Employee.

    11.    Construction. As used in this Agreement, words such as "herein," "hereinafter," "hereby," and "hereunder," and the words of like import refer to this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise. The words "include," "includes," and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation."

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement, effective as of the day and year first written above.

EMPLOYER:                        EMPLOYEE:

First Solar, Inc.

By: /s/ Caroline Stockdale                    /s/ Kuntal Kumar Verma                

Its: Chief People and Communications Officer        Printed Name: Kuntal Kumar Verma        

Printed Name: Caroline Stockdale        

FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This First Amendment to the Employment Agreement by and between Kuntal Kumar Verma (“Employee”) and First Solar, Inc. (“Employer”). The sole purpose of this First Amendment is to accurately reflect Employee’s title. All other provisions of the Employment Agreement dated August 10, 2020 (the “Agreement”) shall remain in full force and effect. Employee has been appointed to the position of and shall have the title of Chief Manufacturing Engineering Officer. All references to the position of Head of Manufacturing Engineering in the Agreement are hereby changed to Chief Manufacturing Engineering Officer.

                            EMPLOYEE:

                            /s/ Kuntal Kumar Verma                
                            Kuntal Kumar Verma

Date: September 24, 2020                

                            EMPLOYER:
                            First Solar, Inc.

                            By: /s/ Caroline Stockdale                

                            Name printed: Caroline Stockdale            

                            Title: Chief People and Communications Officer    

Date: October 6, 2020Exhibit 4.4

   

  

  	
           

          T-MOBILE USA, INC.

           

          and

           

          T-MOBILE US, INC.

           

          and

           

          EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

           

        
	
           

          2.250% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2031

           

          FOURTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

           

          Dated as of October 28, 2020

           

        
	
           

          DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

           

          as Trustee

           

        
	
           

          to

           

          INDENTURE

           

          Dated as of April 9, 2020

           

        

   

  
    
      
 

  

  
   

  TABLE OF CONTENTS

  	Article I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	1
	Section 1.01   Definitions	1
	Section 1.02   Other Definitions	3
	Section 1.03   Rules of Construction	3
	Article II THE NOTES	4
	Section 2.01   Creation of the Notes; Designations	4
	Section 2.02   Forms Generally	4
	Section 2.03   Title and Terms of Notes	5
	Section 2.04   Agreement to Guarantee	6
	Article III REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT	6
	Section 3.01   Optional Redemption	6
	Article IV note guarantees	6
	Article V collateral	6
	Article VI MISCELLANEOUS	6
	Section 6.01   Effect of the Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture	6
	Section 6.02   Governing Law	7
	Section 6.03   Waiver of Jury Trial	7
	Section 6.04   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	7
	Section 6.05   Successors	7
	Section 6.06   Severability	7
	Section 6.07   Counterparts	7
	Section 6.08   Table of Contents, Headings, etc.	8
	Section 6.09   Beneficiaries of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture	8
	Section 6.10   No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
            Stockholders	8
	Section 6.11   The Trustee	8

   

  EXHIBITS

   

  Exhibit A          Form of Initial Note

   

  
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  FOURTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as
      of October 28, 2020 (the “Series Issue Date”), among T-Mobile USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), T-Mobile, US, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent,” as a guarantor), and the other guarantors party hereto
      (together with Parent, the “Guarantors”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee.

   

  WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of April 9,
      2020 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Issuer, Parent and the Trustee, providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more Series of the Issuer’s Notes;

   

  WHEREAS, Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture permits the creation of the Notes of any Series
      with the terms and in the form permitted in Sections 2.02 of the Base Indenture to be established in a supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture;

   

  WHEREAS, the Issuer has requested the Trustee to join with it and the Guarantors in the
      execution of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture in order to supplement the Base Indenture by, among other things, establishing the forms and certain terms of a Series of Notes to be known as the Issuer’s “2.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2031” and
      adding certain provisions thereto for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes of such Series;

   

  WHEREAS, the Issuer has furnished the Trustee with a duly authorized and executed Company
      Order dated October 28, 2020 authorizing the execution of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and the issuance of the Notes established hereby; and

   

  WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding
      and enforceable agreement of the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee and a valid supplement to the Base Indenture have been done.

   

  NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit
      of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes established hereby:

   

  Article I

      DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

   

  Section 1.01       Definitions.

   

  (a) The Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented in respect of the Notes by this
      Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture is collectively referred to as the “Indenture.” All capitalized terms which are used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Base Indenture and are used herein with the same meanings as in
      the Base Indenture. If a capitalized term is defined both in the Base Indenture and this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, the definition in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the Notes established hereby (and any Note Guarantee
      in respect thereof).

   

  (b) Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture shall be amended to add new definitions thereto in
      appropriate alphabetical sequence, replace certain definitions in their entirety and to modify certain definitions, as follows:

   

  
    
      
 

  

  
   

  (i) With respect to this Series of Notes, the following definitions shall be added to Section
      1.01 of the Base Indenture:

   

  “Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes” means the U.S. dollar-denominated senior secured
      notes issued by the Issuer on April 9, 2020, June 24, 2020 and October 6, 2020, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including, in each case, by means of sales of
      debt securities) in whole or in part from time to time.

   

  (ii) With respect to this Series of Notes, the definition of “Registration Rights Agreement”
      shall be replaced in its entirety with the following definition:

   

  “Registration Rights Agreement” means (i) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
      of the Issue Date, among the Issuer, Parent, the Subsidiary Guarantors, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, for themselves and as representative of the
      initial purchasers, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and (ii) with respect to the issuance of Notes of any Series issued after the Issue Date and issued in a transaction exempt from the registration
      requirements of the Securities Act, the registration rights agreement, if any, among the Issuer, any guarantors party thereto and the initial purchasers of such Series of Notes.

   

  (iii) With respect to this Series of Notes, Article I of the Base Indenture shall be amended
      as follows:

   

  (1) The definition of “First Priority Debt Documents” shall be amended by replacing
      the words “Bridge Credit Documents” with the words “Bridge Credit Agreement Documents.”

   

  (2) The definition of “First Priority Notes” shall be amended by adding “(including,
      for the avoidance of doubt, the Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes)” at the end thereof.

   

  (3) Clause (8) of paragraph (b) of the definition of “Indebtedness” shall be amended
      to replace the word “Borrower” with the word “Issuer.”

   

  (4) Clause (3) of the definition of “Investment Grade Event” shall be replaced in its
      entirety with the following: “the (i) guarantees by, or direct obligation of, the Guarantors with respect to the Credit Agreement and the Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes have been released or would be released simultaneously with an Investment Grade
      Event Election and (ii) Liens securing the Obligations under the Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes and the Obligations under the Credit Agreement (including related secured interest rate agreements) have been released or would be released
      simultaneously with an Investment Grade Event Election.”

   

  (5) The definition of “Notes Documents” shall be amended to (i) insert the words “the
      Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes, the guarantees of the Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes,” after the words “the Note Guarantees,” and (ii) insert the words “and the Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes” after the words “or documents entered into in
      connection with the Notes”.

   

  (6) Clause (7) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” shall be amended to replace the
      words “date of the consummation of the Merger” with the words “Series Issue Date”.

   

  
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  (7) Clause (12) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” shall be amended to delete the
      words “(including the Notes and the Note Guarantees and loans outstanding under the Bridge Credit Agreement)”.

   

  (8) The definition of “Transactions” shall be amended by replacing the word “Notes”
      with the words “$19.0 billion of Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes on April 9, 2020” immediately before the words “in connection with the refinancing of the Bridge Credit Agreement and the use of proceeds thereof” in clause (vi) thereof.

   

  (9) The definition of “Unsecured SPV Holdco” shall be amended by adding the words “the
      obligations under the Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes and” after the words “other than a Guarantee that is subordinated in right of payment to such SPV Holdco’s Guarantee of”.

   

  Section 1.02        Other Definitions.

   

  

  	Term	Defined in Section
	“Additional Notes”	2.03
	“Base Indenture”	Recitals
	“Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture”	Recitals
	“Guarantors”	Recitals
	“Indenture”	1.01
	“Issuer”	Recitals
	“Parent”	Recitals
	“Series Issue Date”	Recitals

  

  

   

  Section 1.03         Rules of Construction.

   

  Unless the context otherwise requires:

   

  (1)       a term has the meaning assigned to it;

   

  (2)       an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it
      in accordance with GAAP;

   

  (3)       “or” is not exclusive;

   

  (4)       words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
      singular;

   

  (5)       “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

   

  (6)       provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

   

  (7)       “including” means “including, without limitation”;

   

  
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  (8)       references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be
      deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

   

  (9)       all references, in any context, to any interest or other amount payable
      on or with respect to the Notes of any Series shall be deemed to include an Additional Interest pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement; and

   

  (10)       the phrases “in writing” or “written” as used herein shall be deemed to
      include PDFs, e-emails and other electronic means of Transmission, unless otherwise indicated.

   

  Article II

      THE NOTES

   

  Section 2.01         Creation of the
        Notes; Designations.

   

  In accordance with Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture, the Issuer hereby creates a Series of
      Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture. The Notes of this Series shall be known and designated as the “2.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2031” of the Issuer. The Notes of this Series shall be entitled to the benefits of the Note Guarantee of each
      Guarantor signatory hereto, or that may hereafter execute a supplemental indenture in accordance with Section 4.09 of the Base Indenture, each such Note Guarantee to be governed by Article X of the Base Indenture (including, without limitation, the
      provisions for release of such Note Guarantee in respect of the Notes of this Series pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Base Indenture).

   

  Section 2.02         Forms
        Generally.

   

  (a)       General. The Notes of this Series and the Trustee’s certificate of
      authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes of this Series may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note of this Series will be dated the date of its
      authentication. The Notes of this Series shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.

   

  The terms and provisions contained in the Notes of this Series will constitute, and are
      hereby expressly made, a part of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be
      bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any such Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

   

  
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  (b)       Global Notes. Notes of this Series issued in global form will be
      substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes of this Series issued in definitive form will be substantially in
      the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes of this Series
      as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes of this Series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes of this Series
      represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of
      outstanding Notes of this Series represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof.

   

  Section 2.03         Title and Terms
        of Notes.

   

  The aggregate principal amount of Notes of this Series which shall be authenticated and
      delivered on the Series Issue Date under the Indenture shall be $1,000,000,000; provided, however, that subject to the Issuer’s compliance with Section 4.06 of the Base Indenture, the Issuer from time to time, without giving notice to
      or seeking the consent of the Holders of Notes of this Series, may issue additional notes (the “Additional Notes”) in any amount having the same terms as the Notes of this Series in all respects, except for the issue date, the issue price, the
      initial interest payment date and rights under a related registration rights agreement, if any. Any such Additional Notes shall be authenticated by the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order to that effect, and when so authenticated, will constitute
      “Notes” for all purposes of the Indenture and will (together with all other Notes of this Series issued under the Indenture) constitute a single Series of Notes under the Indenture; provided that if such Additional Notes are not
      fungible with the Notes of this Series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as determined by the Issuer, such Additional Notes may have a separate CUSIP number.

   

  (a)       The Notes of this Series issued on the Series Issue Date will be issued at an issue
      price of 99.990% of the principal amount thereof.

   

  (b)       The principal amount of the Notes of this Series is due and payable in full as set
      forth in Exhibit A.

   

  (c)       The rate or rates at which the Notes shall bear interest, the date or dates from
      which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the regular record date for any interest payable on any interest payment date, in each case, shall be as set forth in the form of the Note as
      set forth in Exhibit A.

   

  (d)       Other than as provided in Article III of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture,
      the Notes of this Series shall not be redeemable.

   

  (e)       The Notes of this Series will initially be evidenced by one or more Global Notes
      issued in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company.

   

  
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  (f)       The terms and provisions of Appendix A of the Base Indenture shall apply to
      the Notes of this Series.

   

  Section 2.04         Agreement to
        Guarantee.

   

  The Guarantors hereby agree, jointly and severally, to unconditionally guarantee the Issuer’s
      obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture including but not limited to ARTICLE X of the Base Indenture.

   

  Article III

      REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

   

  Section 3.01         Optional
        Redemption.

   

  The Notes of this Series may be redeemed, in whole, or from time to time in part, subject to
      the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in Section 5 of the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference and made part of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, together with accrued
      and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but not including, the redemption date, and in accordance with Article III of the Base Indenture.

   

  Article IV

      note guarantees

   

  With respect to this Series of Notes, clause (a)(1) of Section 10.04 in Article X of the Base
      Indenture shall be amended by inserting the words “and under the Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes” after “under the Credit Agreement”.

   

  Article V

      collateral

   

  With respect to this Series of Notes, clause (9) of Section 13.03 in Article XIII of the Base
      Indenture shall be replaced in its entirety with the following: “as to any Collateral at such time as such Collateral does not secure the Obligations under the Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes, the Obligations under the Credit Agreement (including
      related secured interest rate agreements) (or such Collateral will no longer secure the Obligations under the Existing T-Mobile Secured Notes or under the Credit Agreement (including related secured interest rate agreements), substantially
      concurrently with such release of Liens on such Collateral),”.

   

  Article VI

      MISCELLANEOUS

   

  Section 6.01         Effect of the
        Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture.

   

  (a)       This Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the
      meaning of Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture, and the Base Indenture shall (notwithstanding Section 12.12 thereof or Section 6.04 hereof) be read together with this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and shall have the same effect over the Notes of
      this Series, in the same manner as if

   

  
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  the provisions of the Base Indenture and this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture were contained in the same
      instrument.

   

  (b)       In all other respects, the Base Indenture is confirmed by the parties hereto as
      supplemented by the terms of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture.

   

  Section 6.02         Governing Law.

   

  THIS FOURTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES OF THIS SERIES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE
      LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

   

  Section 6.03         Waiver of Jury Trial.

   

  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT
      IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS FOURTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

   

  Section 6.04         No Adverse Interpretation of Other
        Agreements.

   

  Subject to Section 6.01, this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret
      any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuer, Parent or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Subject to Section 6.01, any such other indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Fourteenth Supplemental
      Indenture.

   

  Section 6.05         Successors.

   

  All agreements of the Issuer in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes of this
      Series will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors, except as
      otherwise provided in Section 10.04 of the Base Indenture.

   

  Section 6.06         Severability.

   

  In case any provision in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes of this
      Series is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

   

  Section 6.07         Counterparts.

   

  This Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
      the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed will be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture
      and of signature pages by electronic (including PDF) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in

   

  
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  lieu of the original Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by electronic
      (including PDF) transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

   

  Section 6.08         Table of
        Contents, Headings, etc.

   

  The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Fourteenth
      Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

   

  Section 6.09         Beneficiaries
        of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture.

   

  Nothing in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes of this Series, expressed
      or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Holders of the Notes of this Series, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Fourteenth Supplemental
      Indenture.

   

  Section 6.10         No Personal
        Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

   

  No past, present or future director, officer, member, manager, partner, employee,
      incorporator or stockholder of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Notes of this Series, this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Note Guarantees, or for any
      claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes of this Series by accepting a Note of this Series waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
      consideration for issuance of the Notes of this Series.

   

  Section 6.11         The Trustee.

   

  The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for the validity or sufficiency of, or the
      recitals in, this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and all of the provisions contained in the Base Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee and the Agents shall be applicable in respect of the
      Notes of this Series and of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as set forth in full herein.

   

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed,
      all as of the date first written above.

   

  

  	 	T-MOBILE USA, INC.	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Name: Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer	 

   

  	 	T-MOBILE US, INC.	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Name: Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer	 

  

   

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  	 	ALDA WIRELESS HOLDINGS, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING DEVELOPMENT, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF ANCHORAGE, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF COLUMBUS, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF DENVER, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF FORT MYERS, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF FT. COLLINS, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF GREEN BAY, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LANSING, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LINCOLN, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LITTLE ROCK, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LOUISVILLE, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MEDFORD, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MICHIANA, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MONTEREY, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF REDDING, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF SANTA BARBARA, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF SEATTLE, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF SHERIDAN, LLC
	 	AMERICAN TELECASTING OF YUBA CITY, LLC
	 	APC REALTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC
	 	ASSURANCE WIRELESS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
	 	ASSURANCE WIRELESS USA, L.P.
	 	ATI SUB, LLC
	 	BOOST WORLDWIDE, LLC
	 	BROADCAST CABLE, LLC
	 	CLEAR WIRELESS LLC
	 	CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC
	 	CLEARWIRE HAWAII PARTNERS SPECTRUM, LLC 
	 	CLEARWIRE IP HOLDINGS LLC
	 	CLEARWIRE LEGACY LLC
	 	CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS II LLC 
	 	CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS III LLC 
	 	CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS LLC, each as a Guarantor

   

  	 	By: 	/s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Name:  Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Title:    Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer	 

   

  [Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture]

   

  
    
      
 

  

   

  

  	 	CLEARWIRE XOHM LLC
	 	FIXED WIRELESS HOLDINGS, LLC
	 	FRESNO MMDS ASSOCIATES, LLC
	 	IBSV LLC 
	 	INDEPENDENT WIRELESS ONE LEASED REALTY CORPORATION
	 	KENNEWICK LICENSING, LLC
	 	L3TV CHICAGOLAND CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	L3TV COLORADO CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	L3TV DALLAS CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	L3TV DC CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	L3TV DETROIT CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	L3TV LOS ANGELES CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	L3TV MINNEAPOLIS CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	L3TV NEW YORK CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	L3TV PHILADELPHIA CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	L3TV SAN FRANCISCO CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	L3TV SEATTLE CABLE SYSTEM, LLC
	 	LAYER3 TV, INC.
	 	METROPCS CALIFORNIA, LLC
	 	METROPCS FLORIDA, LLC
	 	METROPCS GEORGIA, LLC
	 	METROPCS MASSACHUSETTS, LLC
	 	METROPCS MICHIGAN, LLC
	 	METROPCS NETWORKS CALIFORNIA, LLC
	 	METROPCS NETWORKS FLORIDA, LLC
	 	METROPCS NEVADA, LLC
	 	METROPCS NEW YORK, LLC
	 	METROPCS PENNSYLVANIA, LLC
	 	METROPCS TEXAS, LLC
	 	MINORCO, LLC
	 	NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC, INC.
	 	NEXTEL OF NEW YORK, INC.
	 	NEXTEL RETAIL STORES, LLC
	 	NEXTEL SOUTH CORP.
	 	NEXTEL SYSTEMS, LLC, each as a Guarantor

   

  	 	By:	/s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Name:  Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Title:    Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer	 

   

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  	 	NEXTEL WEST CORP.
	 	NSAC, LLC
	 	PCTV GOLD II, LLC
	 	PCTV SUB, LLC
	 	PEOPLE’S CHOICE TV OF HOUSTON, LLC
	 	PEOPLE’S CHOICE TV OF ST. LOUIS, LLC
	 	PRWIRELESS PR, LLC
	 	PUSHSPRING, INC.
	 	SFE 1, LLC
	 	SFE 2, LLC
	 	SIHI NEW ZEALAND HOLDCO, INC.
	 	SN HOLDINGS (BR I) LLC
	 	SPEEDCHOICE OF DETROIT, LLC
	 	SPEEDCHOICE OF PHOENIX, LLC
	 	SPRINT (BAY AREA), LLC
	 	SPRINT CAPITAL CORPORATION
	 	SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
	 	SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC. 
	 	SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, INC.
	 	SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
	 	SPRINT CONNECT LLC
	 	SPRINT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
	 	SPRINT CORPORATION, a Kansas corporation
	 	SPRINT CORPORATION, a Missouri corporation
	 	SPRINT EBUSINESS, INC.
	 	SPRINT ENTERPRISE MOBILITY, LLC
	 	SPRINT ENTERPRISE NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
	 	SPRINT EWIRELESS, INC., each as a Guarantor

   

  	 	By:	/s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Name:	 Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Title:	 Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer	 

  

   

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  	 	SPRINT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
	 	SPRINT INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, INC.
	 	SPRINT INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
	 	SPRINT INTERNATIONAL NETWORK COMPANY LLC
	 	SPRINT PCS ASSETS, L.L.C.
	 	SPRINT SOLUTIONS, INC.
	 	SPRINT SPECTRUM HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
	 	SPRINT SPECTRUM REALTY COMPANY, LLC
	 	SPRINT/UNITED MANAGEMENT COMPANY
	 	SWV SIX, INC.
	 	TDI ACQUISITION SUB, LLC
	 	THEORY MOBILE, INC.
	 	T-MOBILE CENTRAL LLC 
	 	T-MOBILE LICENSE LLC 
	 	T-MOBILE NORTHEAST LLC 
	 	T-MOBILE PCS HOLDINGS LLC
	 	T-MOBILE PUERTO RICO HOLDINGS LLC 
	 	T-MOBILE PUERTO RICO LLC 
	 	T-MOBILE RESOURCES CORPORATION 
	 	T-MOBILE SOUTH LLC 
	 	T-MOBILE SUBSIDIARY IV LLC
	 	T-MOBILE WEST LLC 
	 	TRANSWORLD TELECOM II, LLC
	 	US TELECOM, INC.
	 	USST OF TEXAS, INC.
	 	UTELCOM LLC
	 	VIRGIN MOBILE USA – EVOLUTION, LLC
	 	VMU GP, LLC
	 	WBS OF AMERICA, LLC
	 	WBS OF SACRAMENTO, LLC
	 	WBSY LICENSING, LLC
	 	WCOF, LLC
	 	WIRELESS BROADBAND SERVICES OF AMERICA, L.L.C.
	 	WIRELINE LEASING CO., INC., each as a Guarantor

   

  

  	 	By:	/s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Name:  Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Title:    Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer	 

  

   

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  	 	SPRINTCOM, INC.
	 	SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.
	 	T-MOBILE FINANCIAL LLC
	 	T-MOBILE LEASING LLC, each as a Guarantor

   

  	 	By: 	/s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Name:	Johannes Thorsteinsson	 
	 	Title:	Assistant Treasurer 	 

   

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        Indenture] 

   

  
    
      
 

  

   

  	 	
          DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee 

           

        
	 	 	By:	
          /s/ Jeffrey Schoenfeld

        
	 	 	Name:	Jeffrey Schoenfeld
	 	 	Title:	Vice President
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	
          /s/ Kathryn Fischer

        
	 	 	Name:	Kathryn Fischer
	 	 	Title:	Vice President

   

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  Exhibit A

   

  [Form of Face of Initial Note]

   

  [Insert the Global Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

   

  THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE
      MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN
      THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
      DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

   

  [Insert Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the
      provisions of the Indenture]

   

  THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
      1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
      DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR
      WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF,
      THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY),] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS
      AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S]
      ONLY (A)(1) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (2) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
      SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING
      MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (4) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF

   

  
    Exhibit A-1

    
      
 

  

   

  REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (5) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”
      WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501 OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (6) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
      SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

   

  BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN, THE
      HOLDER WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (I) NO PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN CONSTITUTES THE ASSETS OF ANY (A) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE
      I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), (B) PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR
      PROVISIONS UNDER ANY OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (COLLECTIVELY, “SIMILAR LAWS”), OR (C) ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE “PLAN
      ASSETS” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF 29 C.F.R. SECTION 2510.3-101 (AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) AND ANY SIMILAR LAWS) OF ANY SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT DESCRIBED IN CLAUSE (A) OR (B) ABOVE (EACH OF (A), (B) AND (C), A “PLAN”), OR (II)(A)
      THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE
      SIMILAR LAWS AND (B) NONE OF THE ISSUER, THE APPLICABLE INITIAL PURCHASER(S) OF THE SECURITY NOR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES, IS, BY HAVING MADE ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT REGARDING THE SECURITY, UNDERTAKING TO PROVIDE IMPARTIAL INVESTMENT ADVICE, OR
      TO GIVE ADVICE IN A FIDUCIARY CAPACITY, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN’S PURCHASE, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITY.

   

  [Insert Additional Restricted Notes Legend for Notes Offered in
      Reliance on Regulation S, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

   

  BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR
      IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

   

  [Insert Definitive Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

   

  
    Exhibit A-2

    
      
 

  

   

  IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
      SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

   

  [Restricted Notes Legend for Definitive Notes, if applicable
      pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

   

  THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
      1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
      DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.

   

  
    Exhibit A-3

    
      
 

  

   

  CUSIP [           ]

  ISIN [           ]

   

  [RULE 144A] [REGULATION S] [GLOBAL] NOTE

   

  2.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2031

   

  		No.___	$

   

  T-MOBILE USA, INC.

   

  promises to pay to ___________________ or registered assigns,
      the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto]1 [__________________ DOLLARS]2 on November 15, 2031.

   

  Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15.

   

  Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.

   

  Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of
      this Note. 

   

  

  
  
     

  

  
  

  1 Insert in Global Notes only. 

  2 Insert in Definitive Notes only.

   

  
    Exhibit A-4

    
      
 

  

   

  Dated: ____________

   

  T-MOBILE USA, INC.

   

  

  	By:	 	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 

   

  
    Exhibit A-5

    
      
 

  

   

  This is one of the Notes referred to

      in the within-mentioned Indenture:

   

  DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

      as Trustee

   

  

  	By:	 	 
	 	Authorized Signatory	 

   

  
    Exhibit A-6

    
      
 

  

   

  [Form of Reverse Side of Initial Note]

   

  2.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”)

   

  Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to
      below unless otherwise indicated.

   

  (1)       INTEREST.

   

  Interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) shall
      accrue on the principal amount of this Note from and including October 28, 2020 until maturity at a rate per annum equal to 2.250%.

   

  The Issuer promises to pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears
      on May 15 and November 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been
      paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next
      succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be May 15, 2021. If an Interest Payment Date or the maturity date falls on a
      day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of principal or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date the payment was due, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

   

  (2)       METHOD OF PAYMENT.

   

  The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are
      registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the May 1 or November 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in
      Section 2.14 of the Base Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose within the City and State of New York,
      or, at the option of the Issuer, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the books and records of the Registrar; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will
      be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuer or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such
      money of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. [The Holder of a Definitive Note is not required to surrender such Definitive Note to the Trustee in order to receive payment of
      principal at maturity. Such Definitive Note, after payment has been made, shall be cancelled without the requirement of presentation.]3

   

  

  
  
     

  

  
  

  3 Insert in Definitive Notes only.

   

  
    Exhibit A-7

    
      
 

  

   

  (3)       PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR.

   

  Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as
      Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

   

  (4)       INDENTURE.

   

  The Issuer issued the Notes pursuant to an Indenture dated as of April
      9, 2020 (the “Base Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, as amended and supplemented with respect to the Notes by the Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 28, 2020 (the “Fourteenth Supplemental
        Indenture”; the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented with respect to the Notes by the Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).

   

  The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those
      made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and to the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this
      Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Issuer. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes
      that may be issued thereunder.

   

  The Issuer’s obligations under the Notes are unconditionally guaranteed
      on a senior secured basis, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and the Security Documents, by each of the Secured Guarantors and on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Unsecured Guarantors to the extent set forth in the Indenture.

   

  (5)       OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

   

  Prior to August 15, 2031, the Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Issuer’s
      option, at any time or from time to time, on at least 15 days’ but not more than 60 days’ prior notice to the holders of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

   

  ●           100% of the principal amount thereof; or

   

  ●           the sum, as calculated by the Issuer, of the present values of the
      remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed (assuming that such Notes matured on August 15, 2031), exclusive of interest accrued to, but not including, the redemption date, discounted to the redemption date on a
      semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 25 basis points (any excess of the amount described in this bullet point over
      the amount described in the immediately preceding bullet point, the “Make-Whole Premium”).

   

  On or after August 15, 2031, the Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the
      Issuer’s option, at any time or from time to time, on at least 15 days’ but not more than 60 days’

   

  
    Exhibit A-8

    
      
 

  

   

  prior notice to the holders of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof.

   

  We will also pay the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to,
      but not including, the redemption date.

   

  “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an
      Independent Investment Bank as having a constant maturity comparable to the remaining term (“Remaining Life”) of the Notes (assuming that the Notes matured on August 15, 2031) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance
      with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes (assuming that the Notes matured on August 15, 2031).

   

  “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the
      average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Bank obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury
      Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

   

  “Independent Investment Bank” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that the
      Issuer appoints to act as the Independent Investment Bank from time to time.

   

  “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit
      Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and their respective successors, unless any of them ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”),
      in which case we will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) the Issuer selects.

   

  “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
      Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Bank, of the bid and asked prices for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing
      to the Independent Investment Bank by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

   

  “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the yield, calculated
      as the average of the five most recent daily rates published in the statistical release(s) designated “H.15” or any successor publication which is published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on
      actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after August 15,
      2031, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the
      nearest month); or (ii) if the release referred to above (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain the yields referred to above, the rate per

   

  
    Exhibit A-9

    
      
 

  

   

  annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the
      Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third business day preceding
      such redemption date. As used in the immediately preceding sentence and in the definition of “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” above, the term “business day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in
      New York City are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

   

  The Trustee shall have no responsibility for calculating the redemption price for the Notes.

   

  Unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to
      accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date. At or before 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the redemption date, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or a paying agent money sufficient to pay the
      redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected in accordance with the procedures of DTC.

   

  For the avoidance of doubt, the requirement to pay any Make-Whole Premium shall not arise in
      connection with any recovery of amounts due as a result of any breach of any covenant contained in the Indenture or the applicable Notes except where the transaction resulting in such breach was consummated with the intent to breach such covenant.

   

  (6)       MANDATORY REDEMPTION.

   

  The Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect
      to the Notes.

   

  (7)       NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

   

  Notice of redemption will be sent at least 15 days but not more than
      60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed, except that redemption notices may be sent or mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes
      or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. In connection with any redemption
      of Notes, any such notice of redemption may, at the Issuer’s discretion, state that such redemption is subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of an equity offering, other offering, issuance of
      Indebtedness or other corporate transaction or event. In addition, if such notice of redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice may state that, in the Issuer’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed
      until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Issuer in its sole discretion), or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been
      satisfied (or waived by the Issuer in its sole discretion) by the redemption date (whether the original redemption date or the redemption date so delayed).

   

  
    Exhibit A-10

    
      
 

  

   

  (8)       REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.

   

  If there is a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Issuer will be required to make a
      Change of Control Offer to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus
      accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date for periods prior to
      such repurchase date pursuant to Section 4.08 of the Base Indenture. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Issuer will send a notice to each Holder and the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions and
      identifying the Rating Event that together constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event, offering to repurchase Notes on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 10 days and no later than 60
      days from the date such notice is sent and setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.

   

  (9)       REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

   

  The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement,
      including with respect to Additional Interest, pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, the Issuer and the Guarantors are obligated to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer, whereby the Exchange Notes, having terms identical
      in all material respects to the Notes (except that the Exchange Note will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions or Additional Interest) will be offered in exchange for surrender of the Notes.

   

  (10)       DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE.

   

  The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and
      integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
      documents and the Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not exchange or register the transfer or exchange of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except
      for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Issuer need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes (i) for a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days immediately preceding the sending of notice of
      redemption of Notes selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day such notice is sent or (ii) during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

   

  (11)       PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as
      its owner for all purposes.

   

  (12)       AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Intercreditor
      Agreement, the Security Documents, the Notes and the Note Guarantees may be amended, supplemented or waived as provided in Article IX of the Base Indenture and in the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents where applicable.

   

  
    Exhibit A-11

    
      
 

  

   

  (13)       DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event
      of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer, any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) and is continuing, the
      Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, in each case, by notice to the Issuer, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and
      payable; provided that no such declaration may be made with respect to or as a result of any action taken, and reported publicly or to holders of Notes, more than two years prior to such declaration. If an Event of Default relating to certain
      events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer, any of its Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
      on all the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind
      any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences. The requirement to pay any Make-Whole Premium shall not arise in connection with any recovery of amounts due as a result of any breach of any covenant contained in the Indenture,
      this Supplemental Indenture or the applicable Notes except where the transaction resulting in such breach was consummated with the intent to breach such covenant.

   

  (14)       TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH ISSUER. The Trustee, in its individual or any other
      capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

   

  (15)       NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer,
      member, manager, partner, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement, the
      Security Documents, the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
      consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

   

  (16)       AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the
      manual, facsimile or electronic (including PDF) signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

   

  (17) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
      assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

   

  (18)       CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on
      Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of
      such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed

   

  
    Exhibit A-12

    
      
 

  

   

  only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. No redemption will be affected by any defect in or omission of such
      numbers.

   

  (19)       GOVERNING LAW. THIS NOTE WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
      YORK.

   

  The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
      Indenture. Requests may be made to:

   

  T-Mobile USA, Inc. 

  12920 SE 38th Street

  Bellevue, Washington 98006

  Attention: General Counsel

      Fax: (425) 383-7040

   

  
    Exhibit A-13

    
      
 

  

   

  ASSIGNMENT FORM

   

  To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

   

  

  	 	(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:   

        	 
	 	 	(Insert assignee’s legal name)

   

  	 	(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

  

   

  and irrevocably appoint _______________to transfer this Note on the
      books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

   

  

  	 	Date: 	 	 

   

  

  	 	  Your Signature:	 	    

        
	 	               (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

   

  Signature Guarantee*:  ____________

    

  * Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or
      other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

   

  
    Exhibit A-14

    
      
 

  

   

  OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

   

  If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.08 of
      the Base Indenture, check the box below:

   

  ☐ Section 4.08

   

  If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to
      Section 4.08 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

   

  $

   

   

  	 	Date: 	 	 

  

  

   

  

  	 	Your Signature:	 	 
	 	               (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

   

  Tax Identification No.: ____________

   

  Signature Guarantee*:  ____________

   

  * Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or
      other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

   

  
    Exhibit A-15

    
      
 

  

   

  SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

   

  The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $[_________].

   

  The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note
      or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

   

  	
          Date of

              Exchange 

        	
          Amount of

              decrease in

              Principal 

                Amount of this 

                Global Note 

        	
          Amount of

              increase in

              Principal 

                Amount of this 

                Global Note 

        	
          Principal 

                Amount of this 

                Global Note 

                following such

              decrease

              (or increase) 

        	
          Signature of

              authorized 

                officer of 

                Trustee or

              Notes Custodian 

        
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 

   

  *       This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

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