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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
______________________________________________________ 
FORM 10-Q
 ______________________________________________________
(Mark One)
x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011
or
o
TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Transition Period from             to             
Commission File No. 001-32919
______________________________________________________ 
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 _______________________________________________________
Delaware
 
20-3672603
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
12300 Grant Street, Thornton, CO
 
80241
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number including area code: 720-872-5000  
_________________________________________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the issuer (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes   x     No   o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).     x   Yes     o   No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer
 
o
  
Accelerated filer
 
o
 
 
 
 
Non-accelerated filer
 
o   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  
Smaller reporting company
 
x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes   o     No   x
As of October 20, 2011 , there were 38,953,948 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding.

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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2011
Table of Contents
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
 
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 6.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1. Condensed Financial Statements

ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
September 30,
2011
 
December 31,
2010
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Current Assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
9,867,496

 
$
27,303,217

Investments
 
17,229,026

 
17,486,409

Trade receivables
 
430,555

 
485,026

Related party receivables
 

 
2,524

Inventories
 
3,122,130

 
1,876,834

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
444,968

 
510,348

Total current assets
 
31,094,175

 
47,664,358

Property, Plant and Equipment:
 
36,699,565

 
110,709,320

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
(6,575,513
)
 
(10,706,478
)
 
 
30,124,052

 
100,002,842

Other Assets:
 
 
 
 
Restricted cash
 
1,472,697

 
3,259,350

Deposits on manufacturing equipment
 
3,377,937

 
8,770,693

Patents, net of amortization of $23,539 and $17,186, respectively
 
316,398

 
259,439

Other non-current assets
 
61,250

 
64,062

 
 
5,228,282

 
12,353,544

Total Assets
 
$
66,446,509

 
$
160,020,744

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Current Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
279,014

 
$
1,092,449

Related party payables
 

 
54,037

Accrued expenses
 
2,401,547

 
1,810,851

Accrued property, plant and equipment
 
1,455,907

 
2,385,301

Deferred revenue
 

 
250,705

Current portion of long-term debt
 
644,010

 
232,257

Current portion of long-term debt – related party
 

 
350,000

Total current liabilities
 
4,780,478

 
6,175,600

Long-Term Debt
 
6,678,624

 
6,863,129

Long-Term Debt - Related Party
 

 
400,000

Accrued Warranty Liability
 
24,873

 
15,900

Commitments and Contingencies (Notes 4, 12 & 18)
 

 

Stockholders’ Equity:
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized, no shares outstanding
 

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 75,000,000 shares authorized; 38,933,607 and 32,265,587 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively
 
3,893

 
3,226

Additional paid in capital
 
232,405,717

 
223,826,191

Deficit accumulated during the development stage
 
(177,449,976
)
 
(77,263,076
)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
 
2,900

 
(226
)
Total stockholders’ equity
 
54,962,534

 
146,566,115

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
 
$
66,446,509

 
$
160,020,744

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Nine Months Ended
 
For the Period from Inception (October 18, 2005) Through September 30, 2011
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
 
Revenues
 
$
988,507

 
$
623,340

 
$
3,199,145

 
$
1,285,550

 
$
9,647,383

Costs and Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Research and development
 
4,144,608

 
6,418,402

 
19,440,379

 
16,904,741

 
75,004,297

Selling, general and administrative
 
1,524,191

 
1,753,910

 
5,619,769

 
5,804,091

 
34,311,270

Impairment loss
 

 

 
78,000,000

 

 
79,769,480

Total Costs and Expenses
 
5,668,799

 
8,172,312

 
103,060,148

 
22,708,832

 
189,085,047

Loss from Operations
 
(4,680,292
)
 
(7,548,972
)
 
(99,861,003
)
 
(21,423,282
)
 
(179,437,664
)
Other Income/(Expense)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
 
(60,065
)
 

 
(60,065
)
 

 
(1,147,358
)
Interest income
 
13,569

 
17,422

 
43,075

 
33,987

 
4,461,302

Contract cancellation loss
 
(566,696
)
 

 
(566,696
)
 

 
(566,696
)
Realized gain on investments
 

 

 

 
193

 
27,474

Realized gain (loss) on forward contracts
 

 

 
63,915

 

 
(1,430,766
)
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss)
 
(69,894
)
 
350,578

 
193,874

 
(88,049
)
 
643,732

 
 
(683,086
)
 
368,000

 
(325,897
)
 
(53,869
)
 
1,987,688

Net Loss
 
$
(5,363,378
)
 
$
(7,180,972
)
 
$
(100,186,900
)
 
$
(21,477,151
)
 
$
(177,449,976
)
Net Loss Per Share (Basic and diluted)
 
$
(0.15
)
 
$
(0.27
)
 
$
(2.99
)
 
$
(0.80
)
 
 
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding (Basic and diluted)
 
35,915,727

 
26,794,143

 
33,562,851

 
26,715,528

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(Unaudited)
For the Period from Inception (October 18, 2005) through September 30, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
 
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
 
 
Common Stock
 
Preferred Stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
 
 
 
Balance at inception, October 18, 2005
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of common stock (11/05 @ $.04 per share)
 
972,000

 
$
97

 

 
$

 
$
38,783

 
$

 
$

 
$
38,880

Stock based compensation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Founders stock
 

 

 

 

 
933,120

 

 

 
933,120

Stock options
 

 

 

 

 
26,004

 

 

 
26,004

Net loss
 

 

 

 

 

 
(1,207,234
)
 

 
(1,207,234
)
Balance, December 31, 2005
 
972,000

 
$
97

 

 
$

 
$
997,907

 
$
(1,207,234
)
 
$

 
$
(209,230
)
Transfer of assets at historical cost (1/06 @ $0.03 per share)
 
1,028,000

 
103

 

 

 
31,097

 

 

 
31,200

Proceeds from IPO (7/06 @ $5.50 per unit)
 
3,000,000

 
300

 

 

 
16,499,700

 

 

 
16,500,000

IPO costs
 

 

 

 

 
(2,392,071
)
 

 

 
(2,392,071
)
Stock issued to bridge loan lenders (7/06 @ $2.75 per share)
 
290,894

 
29

 

 

 
799,971

 

 

 
800,000

Exercise of stock options (9/06 & 12/06 @ $0.10 per share)
 
31,200

 
3

 

 

 
3,117

 

 

 
3,120

Stock based compensation—stock options
 

 

 

 

 
348,943

 

 

 
348,943

Net loss
 

 

 

 

 

 
(4,180,912
)
 

 
(4,180,912
)
Balance, December 31, 2006
 
5,322,094

 
$
532

 

 
$

 
$
16,288,664

 
$
(5,388,146
)
 
$

 
$
10,901,050

Exercise of stock options (1/07 - 12/07 @ $.10) (7/07 - 12/07 @ $4.25) (9/07 - 12/07 @ $2.51 - $2.76)
 
169,963

 
17

 

 

 
346,417

 

 

 
346,434

Conversion of Class A public warrants at $6.60
 
3,098,382

 
310

 

 

 
20,449,011

 

 

 
20,449,321

Redemption of Class A public warrants at $0.25 per share
 

 

 

 

 
(48,128
)
 

 

 
(48,128
)
Conversion of Class B public warrants at $11.00 per share
 
11,000

 
1

 

 

 
120,999

 

 

 
121,000

Stock based compensation—stock options
 

 

 

 

 
1,734,879

 

 

 
1,734,879

Proceeds from private placement:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock (3/07 @ $5.77 and 8/07 @ $7.198)
 
2,534,462

 
254

 

 

 
15,962,003

 

 

 
15,962,257

Class B public warrants (8/07 @ $1.91)
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
3,754,468

 

 

 
3,754,468

Private placement costs
 

 

 

 

 
(75,807
)
 

 

 
(75,807
)
Exercise of representative’s warrants (9/07 - 11/07 @ $6.60 per unit)
 
300,000

 
30

 

 

 
1,979,970

 

 

 
1,980,000

Net loss
 

 

 

 

 

 
(6,503,419
)
 

 
(6,503,419
)
Balance, December 31, 2007
 
11,435,901

 
$
1,144

 

 
$

 
$
60,512,476

 
$
(11,891,565
)
 
$

 
$
48,622,055

Components of comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unrealized gain on investments
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
331,068

 
331,068

Net loss
 

 

 

 

 

 
(13,215,076
)
 

 
(13,215,076
)
Total comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(12,884,008
)
Exercise of stock options (1/08 - 12/08 @ $0.10, $2.73, $2.90 & $4.25)
 
133,137

 
13

 

 

 
120,520

 

 

 
120,533

Issuance of Restricted Stock
 
69,846

 
7

 

 

 
(7
)
 

 

 

Conversion of Class B public warrants at $11.00 per share
 
98,800

 
10

 

 

 
1,086,790

 

 

 
1,086,800

Stock based compensation
 

 

 

 

 
1,881,399

 

 

 
1,881,399

Proceeds from private placement:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock (3/08 @ $9.262 & 10/08 @ $6.176)
 
4,763,698

 
476

 

 

 
36,647,217

 

 

 
36,647,693

Class B public warrants (3/08 @ $3.954)
 

 

 

 

 
6,681,884

 

 

 
6,681,884

Exercise of representative’s warrants (1/08 @ $6.60 per unit)
 
75,000

 
8

 

 

 
494,992

 

 

 
495,000

Proceeds from shareholder under Section 16(b)
 

 

 

 

 
148,109

 

 

 
148,109

Proceeds from secondary public offering (5/08 @ $14.00)
 
4,370,000

 
437

 

 

 
61,179,563

 

 

 
61,180,000

Costs of secondary public offering
 

 

 

 

 
(4,361,358
)
 

 

 
(4,361,358
)
Balance, December 31, 2008
 
20,946,382

 
$
2,095

 

 
$

 
$
164,391,585

 
$
(25,106,641
)
 
$
331,068

 
$
139,618,107

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(Continued)
(Unaudited)
For the Period from Inception (October 18, 2005) through September 30, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
 
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
 
 
Common Stock
 
Preferred Stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Balance, December 31, 2008
 
20,946,382

 
$
2,095

 

 
$

 
$
164,391,585

 
$
(25,106,641
)
 
$
331,068

 
$
139,618,107

Components of comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unrealized loss on investments
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(334,080
)
 
(334,080
)
Net loss
 

 

 

 

 

 
(20,922,717
)
 

 
(20,922,717
)
Total comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(21,256,797
)
Exercise of stock options (1/09 - 12/09 @ $0.10, $2.76 & $4.25)
 
105,169

 
10

 

 

 
339,606

 

 

 
339,616

Issuance of Restricted Stock
 
147,679

 
15

 

 

 
(15
)
 

 

 

Stock based compensation
 

 

 

 

 
2,676,957

 

 

 
2,676,957

Proceeds from private placement:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock (10/09 @ $6.50)
 
769,230

 
77

 

 

 
4,999,918

 

 

 
4,999,995

Proceeds from public offering (10/09 @ $6.50)
 
4,615,385

 
461

 

 

 
29,999,542

 

 

 
30,000,003

Costs of public offering
 

 

 

 

 
(2,062,866
)
 

 

 
(2,062,866
)
Balance, December 31, 2009
 
26,583,845

 
$
2,658

 

 
$

 
$
200,344,727

 
$
(46,029,358
)
 
$
(3,012
)
 
$
154,315,015

Components of comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unrealized gain on investments
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
2,786

 
2,786

Net loss
 

 

 

 

 

 
(31,233,718
)
 

 
(31,233,718
)
Total comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(31,230,932
)
Proceeds from public offering (11/10 @ $4.15)
 
5,250,000

 
525

 

 

 
21,786,975

 

 

 
21,787,500

Costs of public offering
 

 

 

 

 
(1,409,937
)
 

 

 
(1,409,937
)
Exercise of stock options (1/10 – 12/10 @ $0.10, $2.90, $2.73, $2.76 & $3.17)
 
161,330

 
16

 

 

 
390,985

 

 

 
391,001

Issuance of Restricted Stock
 
270,412

 
27

 

 

 
(27
)
 

 

 

Stock based compensation
 

 

 

 

 
2,713,468

 

 

 
2,713,468

Balance, December 31, 2010
 
32,265,587

 
$
3,226

 

 
$

 
$
223,826,191

 
$
(77,263,076
)
 
$
(226
)
 
$
146,566,115

Components of comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unrealized gain on investments
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
3,126

 
3,126

Net loss
 

 

 

 

 

 
(100,186,900
)
 

 
(100,186,900
)
Total comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(100,183,774
)
Proceeds from private offering (8/11 @ $1.15)
 
6,400,000

 
640

 

 

 
7,359,360

 

 

 
7,360,000

Costs of private offering
 

 

 

 

 
(123,973
)
 

 

 
(123,973
)
Exercise of stock options (1/11 – 9/11 @ $0.10)
 
57,000

 
6

 

 

 
5,694

 

 

 
5,700

Issuance of Restricted Stock
 
166,020

 
17

 

 

 
(17
)
 

 

 

Issuance of Commons Stock to service provider (5/11 @ $1.31)
 
45,000

 
4

 

 

 
58,946

 

 

 
58,950

Stock based compensation
 

 

 

 

 
1,279,516

 

 

 
1,279,516

Balance, September 30, 2011
 
38,933,607

 
$
3,893

 

 
$

 
$
232,405,717

 
$
(177,449,976
)
 
$
2,900

 
$
54,962,534

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.


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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
For the Nine Months Ended
 
For the Period 
from Inception
(October 18, 2005)
through
September 30,
 
 
September 30,
 
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
Operating Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
(100,186,900
)
 
$
(21,477,151
)
 
$
(177,449,976
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
6,146,953

 
4,519,779

 
16,952,015

Stock based compensation
 
1,279,516

 
2,152,917

 
11,594,286

Common stock issued for services
 
58,950

 

 
58,950

Realized loss (gain) on forward contracts
 
(63,915
)
 

 
1,430,766

Foreign currency transaction loss (gain)
 
(193,874
)
 
88,049

 
(643,732
)
Charge off of deferred financing costs to interest expense
 

 

 
198,565

Charge off of bridge loan discount to interest expense
 

 

 
800,000

Impairment loss
 
78,000,000

 

 
79,769,480

Cancellation fees and forfeited deposits on equipment
 
566,696

 

 
641,462

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
 
54,471

 
(521,684
)
 
(430,555
)
Related party receivables
 
2,524

 
3,330

 

Inventories
 
(1,245,296
)
 
(772,455
)
 
(3,122,130
)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
65,380

 
204,705

 
(444,968
)
Accounts payable
 
(813,435
)
 
(151,132
)
 
279,014

Related party payable
 
(54,037
)
 
(143,493
)
 

Accrued expenses
 
(436,349
)
 
(91,841
)
 
1,374,501

Deferred revenue
 
(250,705
)
 
293,905

 

Warranty reserve
 
8,973

 

 
24,873

Net cash used in operating activities
 
(17,061,048
)
 
(15,895,071
)
 
(68,967,449
)
Investing Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchases of available-for-sale-securities
 
(26,244,858
)
 
(40,008,641
)
 
(904,509,292
)
Maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities
 
26,505,366

 
54,752,661

 
887,283,166

Purchase of property, plant and equipment
 
(9,077,497
)
 
(1,974,346
)
 
(47,976,786
)
Deposits on manufacturing equipment
 

 
(6,625,491
)
 
(79,948,708
)
Restricted cash for manufacturing equipment
 
1,786,653

 

 
(1,472,697
)
Patent activity costs
 
(63,312
)
 
(58,120
)
 
(314,980
)
Deposit on building
 

 

 
(100,000
)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
 
(7,093,648
)
 
6,086,063

 
(147,039,297
)
Financing Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from bridge loan financing
 

 

 
1,600,000

Repayment of bridge loan financing
 

 

 
(1,600,000
)
Payment of debt financing costs
 

 

 
(273,565
)
Payment of equity offering costs
 

 

 
(10,302,040
)
Proceeds from debt
 

 

 
7,700,000

Repayment of debt
 
(522,752
)
 
(161,748
)
 
(1,127,366
)
Repayment of debt-related party
 

 
(350,000
)
 
(350,000
)
Proceeds from shareholder under Section 16(b)
 

 

 
148,109

Proceeds from issuance of stock and warrants
 
7,241,727

 
55,012

 
230,127,232

Redemption of Class A warrants
 

 

 
(48,128
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
6,718,975

 
(456,736
)
 
225,874,242

Net change in cash and cash equivalents
 
(17,435,721
)
 
(10,265,744
)
 
9,867,496

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
27,303,217

 
21,717,215

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
9,867,496

 
$
11,451,471

 
$
9,867,496

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash paid for interest
 
$
60,065

 
$

 
$
60,489

Cash paid for income taxes
 
$

 
$

 
$

Non-Cash Transactions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
ITN initial contribution of assets for equity
 
$

 
$

 
$
31,200

Note with ITN and related capital expenditures
 
$

 
$
1,100,000

 
$
1,100,000


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (“Ascent” or “the Company”) was incorporated on October 18, 2005 from the separation by ITN Energy Systems, Inc. (“ITN”) of its Advanced Photovoltaic Division and all of that division’s key personnel and core technologies. ITN, a private company incorporated in 1994, is an incubator dedicated to the development of thin-film, photovoltaic (“PV”), battery, fuel cell and nano technologies. Through its work on research and development contracts for private and governmental entities, ITN developed proprietary processing and manufacturing know-how applicable to PV products generally, and to Copper-Indium-Gallium-diSelenide (“CIGS”) PV products in particular. ITN formed Ascent to commercialize its investment in CIGS PV technologies. In January 2006, in exchange for 1,028,000 shares of common stock of Ascent, ITN assigned to Ascent certain CIGS PV technologies and trade secrets and granted to Ascent a perpetual, exclusive, royalty-free worldwide license to use, in connection with the manufacture, development, marketing and commercialization of CIGS PV to produce solar power, certain of ITN’s existing and future proprietary and control technologies that, although non-specific to CIGS PV, Ascent believes will be useful in its production of PV modules for its target markets. Upon receipt of the necessary government approvals and pursuant to novation in early 2007, ITN assigned government-funded research and development contracts to Ascent and also transferred the key personnel working on the contracts to Ascent. Today, ITN provides Ascent a limited amount of technical services.

NOTE 2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The Company’s activities to date have consisted substantially of raising capital, research and development, establishment of its initial production line (“FAB1”) and development of its expansion plant (“FAB2”). Revenues to date have been primarily generated from the Company’s governmental research and development (“R&D”) contracts and have not been significant. The Company’s planned principal operations to commercialize flexible PV modules have commenced, but have generated limited revenue to date. Accordingly, the Company is considered to be in the development stage and has presented its financial statements under the provisions of ASC Topic 915 - Development Stage Entities which requires additional disclosure of inception to date activity in the Condensed Statements of Operations, Condensed Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss) and Condensed Statements of Cash Flows.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these interim financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes typically found in U.S. GAAP audited annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair statement have been included. The Condensed Balance Sheet at December 31, 2010 has been derived from the audited financial statements as of that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 . These condensed financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 .
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2011.

NOTE 3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Company’s significant accounting policies were described in Note 3 to the audited financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 . With the exception of those discussed below, there have been no significant changes to these policies and no recent accounting pronouncements or changes in accounting pronouncements during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 , that are of significance or potential significance to the Company.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) . This ASU provides a consistent definition of fair value and sets forth common requirements for measurement of and disclosure about fair value in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and International

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Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). ASU 2011-04 amends existing fair value measurement and disclosure requirements including application of highest and best use and valuation premise concepts, measuring the fair value of an instrument classified in a reporting entity’s shareholders’ equity, measuring the fair value of financial instruments that are valued within a portfolio and disclosures in measurement categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. This ASU is effective on a prospective basis during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and early application is not permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-04 will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 820). This ASU seeks to improve comparability, consistency and transparency of financial reporting with respect to comprehensive income by eliminating the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity, among other amendments. The amendments of this ASU require all non-owner changes in stockholders’ equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or two separate but consecutive statements. This ASU is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and early adoption is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2011-05 will affect only financial statement presentation and will not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

NOTE 4. LIQUIDITY AND CONTINUED OPERATIONS
As of September 30, 2011 , the Company had approximately $27.1 million in cash and investments. An additional $1.5 million in cash is restricted for future payments on equipment. As discussed in Note 2, the Company is in the development stage and is currently incurring significant losses from operations as it works toward commercialization. The Company made cash payments of approximately $9.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 for property, plant and equipment. The Company has remaining obligations for equipment purchases in the approximate amount of $3.8 million, of which approximately $1.5 million is recorded in “Accrued property, plant and equipment”.
On March 31, 2011, we announced a change in strategy that, in the near term, will focus our solar module technology on applications for emerging and specialty markets. Longer term the Company intends to participate in the building integrated market. The change in strategy resulted in a change in leadership and sizing the company to a new cost structure, primarily through the termination of a portion of the Company’s workforce. The Company incurred a charge of approximately $450,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2011, comprised of severance costs. This charge has been expensed as “Research and development” and “Selling, general and administrative” in the Condensed Statement of Operations in the amounts of approximately $72,000 and $378,000, respectively. The Company made payments of approximately $223,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 . The Company expects to make payments of approximately $100,000 during the quarter ended December 31, 2011 , and the remaining estimated amount of $127,000 over the following four months. Approximately $227,000 is recorded under "Accrued expenses" in the Condensed Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2011.
Due to recent significant adverse changes in market conditions, particularly the decreases in current and expected average selling prices for PV modules, the Company concluded in the quarter ended June 30, 2011 that the carrying value of Property, Plant and Equipment and Deposits on manufacturing equipment may not be recoverable and a non-cash impairment charge of approximately $78.0 million was recorded. See Note 10. Impairment for additional information.
The Company commenced limited production on the FAB1 production line in the first quarter of 2009 and the FAB2 production line in 2010. The Company does not expect that sales revenue and cash flows from the FAB1 and FAB2 production lines will be sufficient to support operations and cash requirements until actual full production capacity on the FAB2 production line is achieved. Changes in the level of expected operating losses, the timing of planned capital expenditures or other factors may negatively impact cash flows and reduce current cash and investments faster than anticipated. The Company may need to raise additional capital in the future. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to raise additional capital on acceptable terms or at all. The Company expects its current cash balance to be sufficient to cover planned capital and operational expenditures for at least the next 12 months based on currently known factors.

NOTE 5. RESTRICTED CASH
The Company established an irrevocable letter of credit with its bank in favor of an equipment vendor in the approximate amount of $3.2 million in February 2011. Approximately $1.7 million was paid in the quarter ending September 30, 2011 and the remainder of approximately $1.5 million is expected to be paid in the first quarter of 2012. The letter of credit is collateralized by an interest bearing account. The amount is reflected as “Restricted cash” under “Other Assets” in the Condensed Balance Sheets.

NOTE 6. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

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Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The Company uses fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, to measure fair value:
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2—Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
The following table represents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and its classification on the balance sheet as of September 30, 2011 :
 
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
Cash
Equivalents
 
Investments
Financial Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. government securities
 
$

 
$
10,105,361

 
$

 
$
10,105,361

 
$

 
$
10,105,361

Municipal bonds
 

 
2,625,514

 

 
2,625,514

 

 
2,625,514

Money market funds
 
1,160,391

 

 

 
1,160,391

 
1,160,391

 

Corporate securities
 

 
4,498,151

 

 
4,498,151

 

 
4,498,151

 
 
$
1,160,391

 
$
17,229,026

 
$

 
$
18,389,417

 
$
1,160,391

 
$
17,229,026

As of the balance sheet date, the Company held securities issued by U.S. government agencies (AA+/Aaa/AAA ratings), municipalities (AA/Aa2/Aa3/AA- ratings) and A-1/A-1+ rated corporate notes. Approximately $17.2 million of these securities are classified as Level 2 because the Company does not believe that it is possible to obtain a firm, up-to-date price of such securities from, for example, a major exchange; and as a result, the Company relies on its brokerage firm and investment manager to report its fair value of such securities at the end of each month. Investments have not been transferred between levels.
In addition to the items measured at fair value on a recurring basis, the Company also measured certain assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. As a result of an impairment analysis, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $78.0 million to write down its long-lived assets to fair value at June 30, 2011 (See Note 10. Impairment for additional information). These fair value measurements rely primarily on Company-specific inputs and the Company’s assumptions about the use of the assets, as observable inputs are not available. Accordingly, the Company determined that these fair value measurements reside primarily within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

NOTE 7. INVESTMENTS
Securities held by the Company as of September 30, 2011 are classified as available-for-sale and consisted of U.S. government securities, municipal bonds and corporate securities. Such investments are carried at fair value, based on quoted market prices with the unrealized holding gains and losses reported as Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the stockholders’ equity section of the Condensed Balance Sheets. Realized gains and losses on sales of securities are computed using the specific identification method. The Company evaluates declines in market value for potential impairment. If the decline results in a value below cost and is determined to be other than temporary, the investment is written down to its impaired value and a new cost basis is established. A summary of available-for-sale securities as of September 30, 2011 is as follows:
 
 
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross Unrealized
Losses
 
Estimated Fair Value
U.S. government securities
 
$
10,102,065

 
$
3,884

 
$
(588
)
 
$
10,105,361

Municipal bonds
 
2,625,991

 
171

 
(648
)
 
2,625,514

Corporate securities
 
4,498,070

 
81

 

 
4,498,151

Total
 
$
17,226,126

 
$
4,136

 
$
(1,236
)
 
$
17,229,026

Contractual maturities of available-for-sale investments as of September 30, 2011 were all one year or less as follows:

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Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Estimated
Fair
Value
One year or less
 
$
17,226,126

 
$
4,136

 
$
(1,236
)
 
$
17,229,026

The Company typically invests in highly rated securities with low probabilities of default. The Company’s investment policy specifies minimum investment grade criteria, types of acceptable investments, concentration limitations and duration guidelines.
All securities having an unrealized loss as of September 30, 2011 have been in a loss position for less than twelve months.

NOTE 8. TRADE RECEIVABLES
Accounts receivable consist of amounts generated from government contracts and sales of PV modules. Accounts receivable totaled $430,555 and $485,026 as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. All accounts receivable as of September 30, 2011 are deemed collectible.
Provisional Indirect Cost Rates —During 2010 and 2011 , the Company billed the government under cost-based R&D contracts at provisional billing rates which permit the recovery of indirect costs. These rates are subject to audit on an annual basis by the government agencies’ cognizant audit agency. The cost audit will result in the negotiation and determination of the final indirect cost rates. In the opinion of management, re-determination of any cost-based contracts will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
Contract Status —The Company has authorized but not completed contracts on which work is in process as follows as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 :
 
 
 
As of September 30,
 
As of December 31,
 
 
2011
 
2010
Total contract price of initial contract awards, including exercised options and approved change orders (modifications)
 
$
11,427,581

 
$
11,426,858

Completed to date
 
(9,942,187
)
 
(7,289,426
)
Authorized backlog
 
$
1,485,394

 
$
4,137,432


NOTE 9. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
The following table summarizes property, plant and equipment as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 :
 
 
 
As of September 30,
 
As of December 31,
 
 
2011
 
2010
Building
 
$
5,763,235

 
$
19,506,814

Furniture, fixtures, computer hardware and computer software
 
339,820

 
1,151,745

Manufacturing machinery and equipment
 
29,711,801

 
72,111,366

Leasehold improvements
 
884,709

 
884,709

Net depreciable property, plant and equipment
 
36,699,565

 
93,654,634

Manufacturing machinery and equipment in progress
 

 
17,054,686

Property, plant and equipment
 
36,699,565

 
110,709,320

Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
(6,575,513
)
 
(10,706,478
)
Net property, plant and equipment
 
$
30,124,052

 
$
100,002,842

During the quarter ended June 30, 2011, an impairment charge in the amount of approximately $74.5 million was taken against Property, Plant and Equipment. This impairment, combined with a charge of approximately $3.5 million taken against Deposits on manufacturing equipment, resulted in a total write-down of $78.0 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2011. See Note 10. Impairment and Note 12. Deposits on Manufacturing Equipment.
Depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $1,370,140 and

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$1,950,727, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $6,137,788 and $4,513,130, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense is recorded under “Research and development” expense and “Selling, general and administrative” expense in the Condensed Statements of Operations.
During the third quarter of 2011, the Company updated its estimates for service lives of certain manufacturing tools in order to better match depreciation expense with the periods these assets are expected to generate revenue. The change in services lives was accounted for prospectively as a change in accounting estimate effective July 1, 2011. The effect of this change on Net Loss and basic and diluted earnings per share was an increase of $438,951 and $0.01, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
The Company incurred and capitalized interest costs related to the FAB2 building loan as follows during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and the year ended December 31, 2010 .
 
 
 
As of September 30,
 
As of December 31,
 
 
2011
 
2010
Interest cost incurred
 
$
350,268

 
$
479,898

Interest cost capitalized
 
(290,203
)
 
(479,898
)
Interest expense, net
 
$
60,065

 
$


NOTE 10. IMPAIRMENT
The Company analyzes its long-lived assets for impairment, both individually and as a group, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. During the quarter ended June 30, 2011, as a result of recent significant adverse changes in market conditions, particularly the decreases in current and expected average selling prices for PV modules, the Company concluded that the carrying value of Property, Plant and Equipment may not be recoverable. This analysis utilized projected selling prices and operating costs under alternative scenarios to arrive at total estimated undiscounted cash flows. As a result of the analysis, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $78.0 million in the carrying value of Property, Plant and Equipment and Deposits on manufacturing equipment. The impairment loss was measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the underlying assets exceeded fair value, as calculated using the expected present value technique. Actual cash flows may differ from the forecasts used in the analysis. This analysis incorporated many different assumptions and estimates which involve a high degree of judgment. These assumptions and estimates, which may change significantly in the future, have a substantial impact on the actual impairment loss recorded.

NOTE 11. INVENTORIES
Inventories consisted of the following at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 :
 
 
 
As of September 30,
 
As of December 31,
 
 
2011
 
2010
Raw materials
 
$
2,868,181

 
$
1,468,425

Work in process
 
35,377

 
317,468

Finished goods
 
218,572

 
90,941

Total
 
$
3,122,130

 
$
1,876,834


During the quarter ended September 30, 2011, the Company recognized a lower of cost or market adjustment on certain raw materials in the amount of $171,255. This expense is included within “Research and development” expense in the Condensed Statements of Operations.

NOTE 12. DEPOSITS ON MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT
As of September 30, 2011 , deposits on manufacturing equipment related to the purchase of equipment not yet delivered to the FAB2 production line were approximately $3.4 million . The equipment purchase agreements are conditional purchase obligations that have milestone-based deliverables, such as the Company’s acceptance of design requirements and successful installation and commissioning of the equipment. During the quarter ended June 30, 2011, an impairment charge in the amount of approximately $3.5 million was taken against deposits on manufacturing equipment. This impairment charge was recorded under Impairment loss in the Condensed Statements of Operations. See Note 10. Impairment.



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NOTE 13. DEBT
On February 8, 2008, the Company acquired an approximately 120,000 square foot manufacturing and office facility in Thornton, Colorado, for approximately $5.5 million. The purchase was financed by a promissory note, deed of trust and construction loan agreement (the “Construction Loan”) with the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (“CHFA”), which provided the Company borrowing availability of up to $7.5 million for the building and building improvements. The Company paid approximately $1.3 million in cash and was advanced approximately $4.2 million from CHFA to fund the initial acquisition of the property. The Construction Loan terms required payments of interest at 6.6% on the outstanding balance. On January 29, 2009, the Construction Loan was converted to a permanent loan pursuant to a Loan Modification Agreement between the Company and CHFA (the “Permanent Loan”). The Permanent Loan has an interest rate of 6.6% and the principal will be amortized over a period of approximately 19 years and one month consistent with a maturity date of 20 years after the incurrence of the promissory note and Construction Loan. A loan commitment fee of $75,000 was paid in 2008 and is reflected on the balance sheet in non-current assets. This fee is being amortized into interest expense over the 20 year life of the Loan. The Company will incur a prepayment penalty if the Permanent Loan is prepaid prior to December 31, 2015 equal to the sum of (i) the present value of the total principal and interest payments due under the Note from the prepayment date to December 31, 2015, and (ii) the present value of the remaining principal balance of the Note that would have been due as of December 31, 2015, less the principal amount of the Note outstanding. Further, pursuant to certain negative covenants contained in the deed of trust associated with the Permanent Loan, until the Permanent Loan is repaid and all of the Company’s secured obligations are performed in full, the Company may not, among other things, without CHFA’s prior written consent (which by the terms of the deed of trust is subject to a reasonableness requirement): create or incur additional indebtedness (other than obligations created or incurred in the ordinary course of business); merge or consolidate with any other entity; or make loans or advances to the Company’s officers, shareholders, directors or employees.
On January 7, 2010, the Company and ITN entered into an equipment purchase agreement whereby the Company purchased seven research and development vacuum and deposition chambers for $1,100,000 from ITN. Payments in the amount of $350,000 were remitted to ITN in January 2010 and January 2011. A final payment, without interest, in the amount of $400,000 is due on January 15, 2012.

As of September 30, 2011 , future principal payments on long-term debt are due as follows:
 
 
 
2011
$
59,505

2012
648,059

2013
264,935

2014
282,960

2015
302,210

Thereafter
5,764,965

 
$
7,322,634


NOTE 14. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company is actively engaged in purchasing manufacturing equipment internationally and is exposed to foreign currency risk. In July 2008 and March 2009, the Company entered into fair value hedges utilizing forward contracts designed to match scheduled contractual payments to equipment suppliers which are denominated in Euros and Yen. The total notional value of the Euro forward contracts was approximately €6.4 million with various contract settlement dates beginning September 15, 2008 through July 31, 2009. The total notional value of the Yen forward contracts was approximately ¥521.4 million with contract settlement dates of March and April 2009. The Company elected not to use hedge accounting and accordingly, the unrealized gain and loss on each forward contract was determined at each balance sheet date based upon current market rates and is reported as an Unrealized gain or loss on forward contracts in the Condensed Statements of Operations. Upon settlement of the forward contracts, a realized gain or loss is reported in the Condensed Statements of Operations as Realized gain (loss) on forward contracts.
Although the hedging activity is designed to fix the dollar amount to be expended, the asset purchased is recorded at the spot rate in effect as of the date of the payment to the supplier. The difference between the spot rate and the forward rate has been reported as Realized gain (loss) on forward contracts. From time to time the Company holds foreign currency options to hedge against equipment payments to be remitted in foreign currencies. Derivative financial instruments are not used for speculative or trading purposes.


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At September 30, 2011 , approximately $1.5 million included in Restricted cash was held in Euros. Accounts denominated in foreign currencies are held in the Company’s bank account for future payments to equipment suppliers. Changes in exchange rates related to foreign currencies on deposit in the Company’s bank accounts are reflected as Foreign currency transaction gain (loss) in the Condensed Statements of Operations.

NOTE 15. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
At September 30, 2011, the Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 75,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value, and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value. Each share of common stock has the right to one vote. On October 27, 2011 the Company's Shareholders approved an increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock to 125,000,000.
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, may be issued in classes or series. Designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions are determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.
Initial Public Offering: The Company completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 3,000,000 units on July 14, 2006. Each unit consisted of one share of common stock, one redeemable Class A warrant and two non-redeemable Class B warrants. The IPO price was $5.50 per unit. The gross proceeds of the offering were $16,500,000. Ascent’s net proceeds from the offering, after deducting the underwriter’s discount of $1,097,250 and other fees and expenses, aggregated approximately $14,000,000.
The common stock and Class A and Class B warrants traded only as a unit through August 9, 2006, after which the common stock, the Class A warrants and the Class B warrants began trading separately.
Class A warrants. On May 24, 2007, the Company publicly announced that it intended to redeem its outstanding Class A warrants. The Class A warrants became eligible for redemption by the Company at $0.25 per warrant on April 16, 2007, when the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock had equaled or exceeded $9.35 for five consecutive trading days. There were 3,290,894 Class A warrants issued in connection with the Company’s IPO, including the warrants issued to the Bridge Noteholders. The Class A warrants were exercisable at a price of $6.60 per share.
The exercise period ended June 22, 2007. During the exercise period, 3,098,382 Class A warrants (94.1% of the total outstanding) were exercised for an equal number of shares of common stock, and the Company received $20,449,321 in proceeds from the warrant exercises. At the end of the exercise period, 192,512 Class A warrants remained outstanding. The Company has set aside funds with its warrant transfer agent to redeem the outstanding warrants for $0.25 per warrant, or a total cost of $48,128. As of September 30, 2011 , 9,090 Class A warrants remained unredeemed.

Class B warrants. The Class B warrants included in the units became exercisable on August 10, 2006. The exercise price of a Class B public warrant is $11.00. The Class B warrants expired on July 10, 2011. The Company does not have the right to redeem the Class B warrants. During the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, 98,800 and 11,000 Class B warrants, respectively were exercised resulting in proceeds to the Company of approximately $1.09 million and $121,000 respectively.
IPO warrants. Warrants to purchase 300,000 units at $6.60 were issued to underwriters of the Company’s IPO in July 2006 (representative’s warrants). A unit consists of one share of common stock, one Class A redeemable warrant and two Class B non-redeemable warrants. The Class B warrants expired on July 10, 2011. Upon exercise of the representative’s warrants, holders will be forced to choose whether to exercise the underlying Class A warrants or hold them for redemption. As noted above, on June 25, 2007, any Class A warrants then outstanding expired and became redeemable.
Representative’s warrants to purchase 150,000 units have been exercised as of December 31, 2007, as have the 150,000 underlying Class A warrants resulting in an issuance of 300,000 shares of common stock and 300,000 Class B warrants for total proceeds to the Company of $1.98 million. During the year ended December 31, 2008 an additional 37,500 units were exercised, as have the 37,500 underlying Class A warrants resulting in an issuance of 75,000 shares of common stock and 75,000 Class B warrants for total proceeds to the Company of $495,000. To the extent that holders of representative’s warrants are entitled to receive Class A warrants upon exercise of the representative’s warrants, those warrants will be immediately subject to call for redemption at $0.25 per warrant. The holders will then have to decide whether to exercise their Class A warrants or hold them for redemption. As of September 30, 2011 , 112,500 representative’s warrants remained unexercised.
Private Placement of Securities: The Company completed a private placement of securities with Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS (“Hydro”) in March 2007. Hydro is a subsidiary of Norsk Hydro ASA. Hydro purchased 1,600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (representing 23% of the Company’s then outstanding common stock post transaction) for an aggregate purchase price of $9,236,000. The Company recorded $75,807 of costs associated with the private placement as a reduction to Additional paid in capital on the Company’s Balance Sheets. In connection with the private placement, Hydro was

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granted options to purchase additional shares and warrants.
In August 2007, Hydro acquired an additional 934,462 shares of the Company’s common stock and 1,965,690 Class B warrants through the exercise of an option previously granted to Hydro and approved by the Company's stockholders in June 2007. Gross proceeds to the Company were $10.48 million, and reflected per share and per warrant purchase prices equal to the average of the closing bids of each security, as reported by NASDAQ, for the five consecutive trading days preceding exercise. After acquiring these additional shares, Hydro again held 23% of the then outstanding common shares, after its holdings were diluted as the result of the redemption of Class A warrants and 23% of total outstanding Class B warrants. Pursuant to a second option that was approved by Ascent’s stockholders in June 2007, beginning December 13, 2007, Hydro was entitled to purchase additional shares and Class B warrants up to a maximum of 35% of each class of security.
In March 2008, Hydro acquired an additional 2,341,897 shares of the Company’s common stock and 1,689,905 Class B warrants through the exercise of the second option previously granted to Hydro and approved by Ascent’s stockholders in June 2007, resulting in Hydro ownership of approximately 35% of each class of security. Gross proceeds to the Company were $28.4 million, and reflected per share and per warrant purchase prices were equal to the average of the closing bids of each security, as reported by NASDAQ, for the five consecutive trading days preceding exercise. As a result of the Company’s Secondary Public Offering in May 2008, Hydro’s holdings were diluted to approximately 27% of the then outstanding common stock.
On October 8, 2008, Hydro acquired an additional 2,421,801 shares of the Company’s common stock. The purchase resulted in a return to Hydro’s ownership of approximately 35% of the Company’s then outstanding common stock. Gross proceeds to the Company from the follow on investment were approximately $15 million, and reflect per share purchase prices equal to the average of the closing bids of each security, as reported by NASDAQ, for the five consecutive trading days preceding the purchase. Until June 15, 2009, the second option entitles Hydro to purchase from the Company additional restricted shares of common stock and Class B warrants to maintain ownership of up to 35% of issued and outstanding common stock and Class B warrants.
On September 29, 2009, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with Hydro under which the Company agreed to sell, and Hydro agreed to purchase, 769,230 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock for approximately $5.0 million in a private placement exempt from registration under the Securities Act. The restricted shares were sold to Hydro at a per share price equal to $6.50. The private placement closed on October 6, 2009, at which time the Company and Hydro executed a Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to which Hydro was granted demand and piggy-back registration rights.
On August 12, 2011, the Company completed a strategic alliance with TFG Radiant Investment Group Ltd. and its affiliates (“TFG Radiant”). As part of this strategic alliance, TFG Radiant acquired 6,400,000 shares of the Company's common stock at a price of $1.15 per share or $7,360,000 in the aggregate. The closing price of the Company's common stock on August 12, 2011 was $0.73. In addition, TFG Radiant received an option to acquire an additional 9,500,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $1.55 per share. The option was approved by the Company's stockholders on October 27, 2011. This approval eliminated certain registration rights which would have been otherwise available to TFG Radiant related to the 6,400,000 share purchase. TFG Radiant may not exercise this option unless and until TFG Radiant meets a specified milestone associated with the construction of the first East Asia FAB. This option expires on February 12, 2014.

Secondary Public Offerings: On May 15, 2008, the SEC declared effective the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-149740), and the Company completed a secondary public offering of 4,370,000 shares of common stock, which included 570,000 shares issued upon the underwriter’s exercise of their overallotment in full. The offering price of $14.00 per share resulted in proceeds of $61.2 million. After deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses of approximately $4.4 million, net proceeds to the Company were approximately $56.8 million.
On October 1, 2009, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Barclays Capital Inc. providing for the sale in a firm commitment offering of 4,615,385 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price to the public of $6.50 per share. The offer and sale of the shares were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-156665), which became effective with the SEC on January 16, 2009. The offering closed on October 6, 2009 with net proceeds to the Company of approximately $27.9 million.
On November 11, 2010, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Cowen and Company, LLC, Rodman & Renshaw LLC and ThinkEquity LLC providing for the sale in a firm commitment offering of 5,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price to the public of $4.15 per share. The offer and sale of the shares were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-156665), which became effective with the SEC on January 16, 2009. The offering closed on November 16, 2010 with net proceeds to the

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Company of approximately $20.4 million.
On February 28, 2011, the Company entered into an At-The-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, or Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, under which the Company may issue and sell from time to time up to $25,000,000 of common stock. The Company filed a prospectus supplement to the prospectus dated January 16, 2009. Sales of common stock, if any, will be made at market prices by any method that is deemed to be an “at the market” offering as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, including sales made directly on the NASDAQ Global Market and any other trading market for the Company’s common stock, and sales to or through a market maker other than on an exchange. The aggregate compensation payable to Stifel Nicolaus Weisel as sales agent shall be equal to 3% of the gross sales price of the shares sold. The offering of common stock pursuant to the sales agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (1) the sale of all the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus or (2) the termination of the sales agreement by the Company or by Stifel Nicolaus Weisel. As of September 30, 2011 , no shares had been sold under this facility.
Other Proceeds: During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Company received proceeds from a greater than 10% stockholder equal to the profits realized by such stockholder on the sale of the Company’s stock that was purchased and sold by such stockholder within six months of such sale. Under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the profit realized from this transaction by the greater than 10% stockholder was required to be disgorged to the Company. The Company recorded the proceeds received on this transaction of $148,109 as Additional paid in capital and is reflected on the Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss).
In May 2011 the Company issued 45,000 shares of common stock to an outside service provider as part of a consulting agreement.
As of September 30, 2011 , the Company had 38,933,607 shares of common stock and no shares of preferred stock outstanding. The Company has not declared or paid any dividends through September 30, 2011 .

NOTE 16. EQUITY PLANS AND SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
Stock Option Plan: The Company’s 2005 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Stock Option Plan”) provides for the grant of incentive or non-statutory stock options to the Company’s employees, directors and consultants. Upon recommendation of the Board of Directors, the stockholders approved increases in the total shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Stock Option Plan at various times from 1,000,000 to 3,700,000 currently.
Restricted Stock Plan: The Company’s 2008 Restricted Stock Plan, as amended (the “Restricted Stock Plan”) was adopted by the Board of Directors and was approved by the stockholders on July 1, 2008. The Restricted Stock Plan initially reserved up to 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for restricted stock awards and restricted stock units to eligible employees, directors and consultants of the Company. Upon recommendation of the Board of Directors, the stockholders approved an increase in the total shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Restricted Stock Plan from 750,000 to 1,550,000 shares.
The Stock Option Plan and the Restricted Stock Plan are administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which determines the terms of the option and share awards, including the exercise price, expiration date, vesting schedule and number of shares. The term of any incentive stock option granted under the Stock Option Plan may not exceed ten years, or five years for options granted to an optionee owning more than 10% of the Company’s voting stock. The exercise price of an incentive stock option granted under the Option Plan must be equal to or greater than the fair market value of the shares of the Company’s common stock on the date the option is granted. An incentive stock option granted to an optionee owning more than 10% of the Company’s voting stock must have an exercise price equal to or greater than 110% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date the option is granted. The exercise price of a non-statutory option granted under the Option Plan must be equal to or greater than 85% of the fair market value of the shares of the Company’s common stock on the date the option is granted.

Grants Outside Existing Equity Plans: Prior to the adoption of the Restricted Stock Plan, the Board of Directors granted 40,000 restricted stock awards in connection with an executive employment agreement. In July 2009, the Board of Directors granted an inducement award (as defined in NASDAQ Rule 5635(c) (4)) made outside of the existing Stock Option Plan for 200,000 stock options.

Share Based Compensation: The Company measures share-based compensation cost at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and recognizes this cost as an expense over the grant recipients’ requisite service periods for all awards made to employees, officers, directors and consultants.
The share-based compensation expense recognized in the Condensed Statements of Operations for the three and nine

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months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was as follows:  

 
 
For the three months ended September 30,
 
For the nine months ended September 30,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
Share-based compensation cost included in:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Research and development
 
$
(566
)
 
$
202,844

 
$
226,476

 
$
428,285

Selling, general and administrative
 
178,790

 
407,099

 
1,053,040

 
1,724,632

Total share-based compensation cost
 
$
178,224

 
$
609,943

 
$
1,279,516

 
$
2,152,917


The following table presents share-based compensation expense by type of award for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 :

 
 
For the three months ended September 30,
 
For the nine months ended September 30,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
Type of Award:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stock Options
 
$
3,968

 
$
336,156

 
$
633,930

 
$
929,491

Restricted Stock Units and Awards
 
174,256

 
273,787

 
645,586

 
1,223,426

Total share-based compensation cost
 
$
178,224

 
$
609,943

 
$
1,279,516

 
$
2,152,917


Stock Options: The Company recognized share-based compensation expense for stock options of approximately $634,000 (approximately $596,000 to officers, directors and employees, and approximately $38,000 to outside providers) for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 related to stock option awards ultimately expected to vest and reduced for estimated forfeitures. Included in this amount is approximately $236,000 in additional expense due to accelerated vesting, resulting from the severance agreement with the Company’s former CEO, Dr. Farhad Moghadam. The weighted average estimated fair value of employee stock options granted for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $1.50 and $2.03 per share, respectively. Fair value was calculated using the Black-Scholes Model with the following assumptions:

 
 
For the nine months ended September 30,
 
 
2011
 
2010
Expected volatility
 
98
%
 
99
%
Risk free interest rate
 
2
%
 
2
%
Expected dividends
 

 

Expected life (in years)
 
6.3

 
5.8


Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s stock. The risk-free rate of return is based on the yield of U.S. Treasury bonds with a maturity equal to the expected term of the award. Historical data is used to estimate forfeitures within the Company’s valuation model. The Company’s expected life of stock option awards is derived from historical experience and represents the period of time that awards are expected to be outstanding.
As of September 30, 2011 , total compensation cost related to non-vested stock options not yet recognized was approximately $1,217,000 which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 3.3 years. As of September 30, 2011 , approximately 1,404,000 shares were vested or expected to vest in the future at a weighted average exercise price of $3.25. As of September 30, 2011 , approximately 1,377,000 shares remained available for future grants under the Option Plan.
Restricted Stock: In addition to the stock options discussed above, the Company recognized share-based compensation expense related to restricted stock grants of approximately $646,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 . Included in this amount is approximately $40,000 in additional expense due to the accelerated vesting, resulting from the severance agreement with the Company’s former CEO, Dr. Farhad Moghadam. The weighted average estimated fair value of restricted stock grants for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $3.19 and $3.71, respectively.

Total unrecognized share-based compensation expense from unvested restricted stock as of September 30, 2011 was approximately $628,000 which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.3 years. As of September 30, 2011 , approximately 245,000 shares were expected to vest in the future. As of September 30, 2011 , approximately 654,000 shares remained available for future grants under the Restricted Stock Plan.

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NOTE 17. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Prior to January 1, 2011, ITN was considered a related party because ITN’s sole owner, Dr. Mohan Misra, was Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors and held various executive positions. Effective January 1, 2011, Dr. Misra was no longer a member of the Board of Directors or an executive of the Company and ITN is no longer considered a related party.
ITN was a related party during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 . Included in Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 were $34,416 and $380,605 respectively, of expenditures to ITN for facility sublease costs and administrative support expenses. Included in Research and development expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 were $143,861 and $460,556, respectively, of expenditures to ITN for supporting research and development and manufacturing activity, including charges for the use of research and development equipment. Related party payables of $54,037 as of December 31, 2010 represented costs remaining to be paid to ITN for these expenditures.
“Property, plant and equipment” as of December 31, 2010 includes $2,296,118 paid to ITN for the construction of manufacturing and research and development equipment and installation labor costs for the Company’s FAB1 and FAB2 production lines.
On January 7, 2010, the Company and ITN entered into an equipment purchase agreement whereby the Company purchased seven research and development vacuum and deposition chambers for $1,100,000 from ITN. Payments in the amount of $350,000 were remitted to ITN in January 2010 and January 2011. A final payment, without interest, in the amount of $400,000 is due on January 15, 2012.

NOTE 18. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Lease Agreement: On June 25, 2010, the Company entered into a lease agreement for the FAB1 facility in Littleton, Colorado; the lease was extended March 1, 2011. As of September 30, 2011 , future minimum payments totaling $185,321 are due through June 2012.
The Company is also responsible for payment of pass-through expenses such as property taxes, insurance, water and utilities. Rent expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $58,140 and $72,605 respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $203,482 and $223,123, respectively.

Litigation: On October 21, 2011, the Company was notified that a $3 million complaint (the “Lawsuit”) was filed by Jefferies & Company, Inc. (“Jefferies”) against the Company in state court located in the County and State of New York. In December 2010, Ascent and Jefferies entered into an engagement agreement (the “Fee Agreement”) pursuant to which Jefferies was hired to act as the Company's financial advisor in relation to certain potential transactions.

Ascent has paid Jefferies the fees it believes are owed under the Fee Agreement, which are a $100,000 retainer and approximately $49,000 of out-of-pocket expenses. Ascent believes that the Lawsuit is without merit. The Company intends to vigorously defend the Lawsuit.

NOTE 19. RETIREMENT PLAN
On July 1, 2006, the Company adopted a qualified 401(k) plan which provides retirement benefits for all of its eligible employees. Under the plan, employees become eligible to participate at the first entry date, provided that they are at least 21 years of age. The participants may elect through salary reduction to contribute up to ceilings established in the Internal Revenue Code. The Company will match 100% of the first six percent of employee contributions. In addition, the Company may make discretionary contributions to the Plan as determined by the Board of Directors. Employees are immediately vested in all salary reduction contributions. Rights to benefits provided by the Company’s discretionary and matching contributions vest 100% after the first year of service for all employees hired before January 1, 2010. For employees hired after December 31, 2009, matching contributions vest over a three-year period, one-third per year. Payments for 401(k) matching totaled $66,667 and $98,392 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 , respectively, and $208,606 and $278,567 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 , respectively. Payments for 401(k) matching are recorded under “Research and development" expense and “Selling, general and administrative" expense in the Condensed Statements of Operations.

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements and the notes to those financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. This discussion and analysis contains statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events or our future financial performance. As a result of many factors, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Overview
We are a development stage company formed to commercialize flexible photovoltaic (“PV”) modules using our proprietary technology. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 , we generated approximately $3,199,000 of revenue. Our revenue from government research and development contracts was approximately $2,742,000 and our revenue from product sales was approximately $457,000 . As of September 30, 2011 , we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $177.4 million . Currently we are in limited production utilizing a combination of equipment from our FAB1 and FAB2 production lines. We are qualifying equipment that has been delivered and additional equipment is scheduled for delivery in 2011 and we have adjusted our utilization of equipment based on our near term forecast. Under our current business plan, we expect losses to continue until annual production reaches approximately 30 MW or more. We intend to augment our own manufacturing capabilities by licensing our proprietary manufacturing processes to others. We plan to continue manufacturing at our current facilities; however, our plans are to have significant future production capacity enabled through partnerships, joint ventures or other commercial or licensing arrangements. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through public and private equity financings.
While focused on speed to market, we believe that quality and consistency of product will be paramount to our success in the marketplace. Our progression also takes into account market conditions, as well as financing options. In keeping with our philosophy, we completed construction of our FAB1 production line in December 2007. In March 2008, we demonstrated initial operating capacity (“IOC”) of the FAB1 production line by initiating production trials as an end-to-end integrated process. Early IOC production trials resulted in average thin-film device efficiencies of 9.5% and small area monolithically integrated module efficiencies of over 7.0%. During 2008 optimization trials resulted in thin-film device efficiencies in the 9.5% to 11.5% range and corresponding module efficiencies in the 7.0% to 9.0% range. The test modules measured approximately 15 centimeters wide by 30 centimeters long.
During 2008, we focused on testing and qualifying our FAB1 production line in anticipation of commencing production. During the first quarter of 2009, we began limited production of monolithically integrated flexible CIGS modules on our FAB1 production line and continued to provide sample modules to potential customers and development partners to explore integration of our products into new applications. In June 2009, we announced the fabrication of a five meter long CIGS module, which we believe is the largest monolithically interconnected CIGS module ever produced on polyimide and possibly the largest CIGS module ever produced regardless of construction. Based on internal test and evaluation, this five meter long module weighed approximately two kilograms and produced 123 watts (under standard test conditions) with an aperture area efficiency of 9.1%.
In July 2009, we obtained independent verification by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (“NREL”) that the modules produced from FAB1 measured 10.4% in conversion efficiency. The modules tested at NREL were approximately 15 centimeters wide by 30 centimeters long and were produced on the Company’s FAB1 production line. In October 2009, NREL verified our achievement of a manufacturing milestone of 14.0% cell efficiency from FAB1. We also announced a peak efficiency of 11.7% for CIGS modules manufactured at FAB1. In December 2010, we achieved 12.1% module efficiency on the same form factor.
In August 2009, we completed internal qualification testing of a flexible packaging solution which successfully passed the rigorous standard of one thousand (1,000) hours of damp heat testing (85% relative humidity and 85° C temperature) guideline set forth by International Electrotechnical Commission (“IEC”) 61646 standards for performance and long term reliability of thin-film solar modules. In February 2010, three of our product configurations were certified by an independent laboratory on a variety of United States Department of Defense (“DOD”) rugged standards known as MIL-STD-810G. In October 2010, we completed full external certification under IEC 61646 at an independent laboratory of a two meter module for BAPV applications. Achieving this certification is required for building integrated photovoltaic (“BIPV”) and building applied photovoltaic (“BAPV”) applications used in commercial, industrial and residential rooftop markets. Based on our new focus and direction, certification activities will continue as required as we introduce new products and make changes or

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improvements to our already certified products.
In June 2010, we announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (“DARPA”) selected us for an award under the Low-Cost Lightweight Portable Photovoltaics (“PoP”) solicitation. The Company led program, entitled “Flexible High-performance Tandem-junction PV Array”, consists of three gated phases that extend over 54 months. We have been informed by DARPA that budget constraints may prevent progression to the second and third phases of this project. The total contract value is approximately $3.8 million. The goal of PoP is to demonstrate low-cost, lightweight PV that can stand up to battle conditions and environmental extremes while delivering a power conversion efficiency of 20% or greater by the end of the program.
In the third quarter of 2011, we were awarded a patent: “Machine and Process for Sequential Multi-Sublayer Deposition of Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide Compound Semiconductors” US 8,021,905.
Commercialization and Manufacturing Expansion Plan
We intend to be the first company to commercialize the manufacture of large, roll-format, PV modules that use CIGS on a flexible, plastic substrate. Our manufacturing expansion plan entails the design, installation, qualification, testing and operation of additional production tools to increase our rated production capacity. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011 , we had product sales of approximately $457,000 which we do not consider sufficient for exiting development stage.
In March 2011, based on market conditions we revised our near-term strategy to focus on applications for emerging and specialty markets, which we believe will better leverage the unique characteristics of our product and carry higher average selling prices. The BIPV/BAPV markets are still important to our long-term growth and success. Our 2011 production volumes are based primarily on market demand for our products in emerging and specialty markets.
During 2010, we applied for funding under the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) Loan Guarantee Program for our planned third production facility (“FAB3”) with a nameplate capacity of 150 MW per year. On February 23, 2011, the DOE informed us that our submission was selected for due diligence review by the DOE. Timing and funding requirements under the loan guarantee program did not correlate with our revised business plan and consequently, in April 2011, we informed the DOE that we were withdrawing our submission from further consideration under the program.
We analyze long-lived assets for impairment, both individually and as a group, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. Due to recent significant adverse changes in market conditions, particularly the decreases in current and expected average selling prices for PV modules, we concluded during the second quarter of 2011 that the carrying value of Property, Plant and Equipment may not be recoverable. This analysis utilized projected selling prices and operating costs under alternative scenarios to arrive at total estimated cash flows. As a result of this analysis, we recorded an impairment loss of $78.0 million in the carrying value of Property, Plant and Equipment and Deposits on manufacturing equipment in the quarter ended June 30, 2011. The impairment loss was measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the underlying assets exceeded fair value, as calculated using the expected present value technique. Actual cash flows may differ from the forecasts used in the analysis. This analysis incorporated many different assumptions and estimates which involve a high degree of judgment. These assumptions and estimates, which may change significantly in the future, have a substantial impact on the actual impairment loss recorded.
The manufacture of photovoltaic modules is a capital-intensive business. Our unique technology enables the manufacture of differentiated PV products with high power density which are light weight and flexible. We believe markets of substantial size will exist long term, requiring significant additional production capacity. We also believe that over time significant production volumes will be required to achieve appropriate product costs.

We intend to augment our own manufacturing, product development and distribution capabilities by licensing our proprietary technology and manufacturing processes to others. We plan to continue manufacturing at our current facilities; however, our plans are to have significant future production capacity enabled through partnerships, joint ventures or other commercial or licensing arrangements. We expect such arrangements would transform our business model to one that is primarily focused on development of technologies. We plan to enable partners to commercialize such technologies in exchange for license fees, consulting revenues, non-recurring engineering fees, royalties, milestone payments, and other similar arrangements. We plan to select our partners based on their capabilities in volume manufacturing, application development, marketing, distribution, sales and service for the relevant technologies and markets.
We plan to continue the development of our current PV technology to increase module efficiency, improve our manufacturing tooling and process capabilities and reduce manufacturing costs. We plan to continue to take advantage of R&D contracts to fund a portion of this development.
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of this strategic alliance, TFG Radiant acquired 6,400,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $1.15 per share or $7,360,000 in the aggregate. The closing price of our common stock on August 12, 2011 was $0.73. In addition, TFG Radiant received an option to acquire an additional 9,500,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.55 per share. The option was approved by our shareholders on October 27, 2011. This approval eliminated certain registration rights which would have been otherwise available to TFG Radiant related to the 6,400,000 share purchase. TFG Radiant may not exercise this option unless and until TFG Radiant meets a specified milestone associated with the construction of the first East Asia FAB. This option expires on February 12, 2014.     In addition, in exchange for the grant by us of exclusive rights to manufacture and sell solar devices based on our proprietary CIGS PV technology in East Asia (comprised of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea and Singapore), TFG Radiant has committed to invest $165 million to build an initial FAB in East Asia using our proprietary processes for manufacturing flexible CIGS PV, will provide consulting fees to us in connection with installation and commissioning of any FABs in East Asia, will provide license fees, royalty payments, and ownership interest in all East Asia FABs, and subject to the East Asia FAB(s) meeting certain milestones related to production and costs, will provide over time incentive payments to us of up to $250 million.
Capital Equipment Expenditures and Manufacturing Costs
Since our formation in October 2005, the majority of our cash outlays have gone toward the investment in capital equipment necessary to develop our manufacturing capabilities for producing the commercial products we envision and for research and development.
As of September 30, 2011 , we have remaining obligations for equipment purchases in the approximate amount of $3.8 million, of which approximately $1.5 million is recorded in “Accrued property, plant and equipment.”
During the first quarter of 2009, we began limited production of monolithically integrated flexible CIGS modules from our FAB1 production line. In mid 2010 we began initial production of monolithically integrated flexible CIGS modules from our FAB2 production plant.
The timing and amount of our production capacity and actual output will depend on customer demand as well as a number of technical factors such as module efficiency, production yield and throughput. Future production in FAB2 will depend on our continuing efforts to successfully ramp up the production equipment.
We are continuing the process of qualifying the production tools that have been delivered into FAB2. We have additional tools on order that have not been delivered into FAB2. We intend to continue to optimize our manufacturing processes including throughput, efficiency and yield to improve product performance and reduce manufacturing costs within the context of our new market focus.
Significant Trends, Uncertainties and Challenges
We believe that the significant trends, uncertainties and challenges that directly or indirectly affect our financial performance and results of operations include:
Our ability to qualify production tools to achieve desired production yields, throughput, module efficiencies and other performance targets, and to obtain in a timely manner necessary or desired certifications for our PV modules;
Our ability to expand production in accordance with our plans set forth above under “Commercialization and Manufacturing Expansion Plan”, including risks and uncertainties relating to our strategic alliance with TFG Radiant and other future potential strategic relationships;
Our ability to maintain the listing of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market and the potential impact of a possible delisting on the market liquidity and price volatility of the Company's stock.
Our ability to achieve projected operational performance and cost metrics;
Our ability to consummate strategic relationships with key partners, including original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) customers, system integrators, value added resellers and distributors who deal directly with manufacturers and end-users in the BIPV/BAPV, portable power, EIPV and government/defense solar panel markets;
Consumer and customer acceptance of and demand for our products;
The effect that currency fluctuations may have on our capital equipment purchases, manufacturing costs and the price of our planned PV modules;
Changes in the supply and demand for PV modules as well as fluctuations in selling prices for PV modules worldwide;
Our ability to raise additional capital on terms favorable to us;

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Our ability to manage the planned expansion of our manufacturing facilities, operations and personnel;
Our ability to enter into commercially viable licensing, joint venture, or other commercial arrangements;
Our ability and the ability of our distributors, suppliers and customers to manage operations and orders and timely delivery of production tools; and
Availability of raw materials.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Critical accounting policies used in reporting our financial results are reviewed by management on a regular basis. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Processes used to develop these estimates are evaluated on an ongoing basis. Estimates are based on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ as outcomes from assumptions may change.
Our significant accounting policies were described in Note 3 to our audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 . There have been no changes to these policies that are of potential significance to us during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 .
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 3, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the Notes to Condensed Financial Statements.

Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
Our activities to date have substantially consisted of raising capital, business and product development, research and development and the development of our FAB1 and FAB2 production lines.
Revenues.  Our revenues were $988,507 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $623,340 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 , an increase of approximately $365,000 . Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2011 include approximately $156,000 of product sales compared to approximately $176,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 , a decrease of approximately $20,000 . Revenues earned on our government contracts increased by approximately $385,000 during the same period as a result of two government contracts that were entered into and began generating revenue in June 2010. Our revenues were $3,199,145 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $1,285,550 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 , an increase of approximately $1,914,000 . Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 include approximately $457,000 of product sales compared to approximately $371,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 , an increase of approximately $86,000 . Revenues earned on our government R&D contracts increased by approximately $1,827,000 during the same period as a result of two government contracts that were entered into and began generating revenue in June 2010.
Research and development. R&D costs were $4,144,608 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $6,418,402 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 , a decrease of approximately $2,274,000 . R&D costs include the costs incurred for pre-production and production activities in FAB1 and FAB2 and facility and equipment infrastructure costs. R&D costs also include costs related to our governmental contracts. Costs related to pre-production and production activities decreased approximately $2,684,000 . The pre-production and production cost decreases were comprised of personnel related costs of approximately $729,000, materials and equipment related costs of approximately $637,000, depreciation and amortization of approximately $457,000, consulting and contract services costs of approximately $446,000, stock option expense of approximately $206,000 and facility related costs of approximately $201,000. Governmental R&D expenditures increased by approximately $410,000 . The R&D cost increase is the result of consulting and contract service costs of approximately $350,000 and personnel related costs of approximately $59,000, offset by a decrease in facilities costs of approximately $16,000. R&D costs were $19,440,379 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $16,904,741 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 , an increase of approximately $2,536,000 . Costs related to pre-production activities increased approximately $1,251,000 . The pre-production cost increases were comprised of depreciation and amortization of approximately $1,978,000 and materials and equipment related costs of approximately $1,547,000, offset by decreases in personnel related costs of approximately $1,274,000, consulting and contract services costs of approximately $439,000, facility related costs of approximately $409,000 and stock option expense of approximately $149,000. Governmental R&D expenditures increased by approximately $1,285,000. The R&D cost increases were comprised of consulting and contract services costs of approximately $1,228,000 and personnel related costs of approximately $186,000, offset by decreases in

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facilities costs of approximately $113,000 and stock option costs of approximately $53,000.
Selling, general and administrative. S,G&A expenses were $1,524,191 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $1,753,910 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 , a decrease of approximately $230,000 . This decrease is comprised of personnel related costs of approximately $296,000 and stock compensation expense of approximately $228,000, offset by increases in facility and IT related expenses of approximately $204,000 and consulting and contract services costs costs of approximately $100,000. S,G&A expenses were $5,619,769 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $5,804,091 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 , a decrease of approximately $184,000 . This decrease is comprised of stock option expense of approximately $672,000 and general supplies expense of approximately $141,000, offset by increases in facility and IT related expenses of approximately $215,000, legal expenses of approximately $137,000, personnel related costs of approximately $120,000, consulting and contract services costs of approximately $105,000, public relations expense of approximately $32,000 and public company expense of approximately $12,000.
Impairment loss.  As a result of significant changes in market conditions, particularly the decreases in current and expected average selling prices for PV modules, an impairment charge was taken against Property, Plant and Equipment during the second quarter of 2011. Impairment loss incurred on the write-down of Property, Plant and Equipment and Deposits on manufacturing equipment was $78,000,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 .
Interest expense.  Interest expense was $60,065 and $0 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Interest costs of $55,741 and $119,535 were incurred and capitalized as property, plant and equipment for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010 , respectively. Interest incurred relates to our CHFA loan utilized for our FAB2 production facility expansion in Thornton, Colorado. Interest costs related to the aforementioned loan in the amount of $290,203 and $361,273 were incurred and capitalized for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010 , respectively.
Interest income.  Interest income was $13,569 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $17,422 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 , a decrease of approximately $4,000 . Interest income was $43,075 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $33,987 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 , an increase of approximately $9,000 . Interest income represents interest on cash and short-term investments. Despite lower average cash balance, interest income increased due to slight improvements in interest rates in 2011 as compared to 2010.
Contract cancellation loss. Due to changes in our requirements, during the third quarter of 2011 we canceled delivery of certain equipment. As a result we recorded a loss of approximately $567,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011.
Realized gain (loss) on forward contracts. Realized gain (loss) on forward contracts includes gains and losses incurred when forward contracts mature. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010 , the realized gain on forward contracts a was $63,915 and $0 , respectively. The gain recorded in 2011 was generated from the exercise of foreign currency options held to hedge future equipment payments to be remitted in Yen.
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss). Foreign currency transaction gain (loss) is calculated on cash held in foreign currencies to reflect the current exchange rate. Foreign currency transaction loss was $69,894 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to foreign currency transaction gain of $350,578 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 , a net change of approximately $420,000 . Foreign currency transaction gain was $193,874 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to foreign currency transaction loss of $88,049 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 , a net increase of approximately $282,000 . The decreases and increases are the result of changes in the exchange rate related to our deposits of foreign currencies.
Net Loss.  Our Net Loss was $5,363,378 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to a Net Loss of $7,180,972 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 , a decrease in Net Loss of approximately $1,818,000 . Our Net Loss was $100,186,900 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to a Net Loss of $21,477,151 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 , an increase in Net Loss of approximately $78,710,000 .

The increase in Net Loss can be summarized in variances in significant account activity as follows:
 

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(Increase) decrease
to Net Loss
For the Three
Months  Ended
September 30, 2011 Compared to the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2010
 
(Increase) decrease
to Net Loss
For the Nine
Months Ended
September 30, 2011
Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
Revenues
 
$
365,167

 
$
1,913,595

Research and development costs
 
 
 
 
Manufacturing R&D
 
(407,051
)
 
(1,264,964
)
Government R&D
 
2,477,436

 
(1,472,483
)
Non-cash stock based compensation
 
203,410

 
201,809

Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
 
 
 
Corporate S,G&A
 
1,410

 
(487,270
)
Non-cash stock based compensation
 
228,309

 
671,592

Impairment loss
 

 
(78,000,000
)
Interest expense
 
(60,065
)
 
(60,065
)
Interest income
 
(3,854
)
 
9,088

Contract cancellation loss
 
(566,696
)
 
(566,696
)
Realized gain (loss) on investments
 

 
(193
)
Realized gain (loss) on forward contracts
 

 
63,915

Foreign currency transaction gain (loss)
 
(420,472
)
 
281,923

(Increase) decrease to Net Loss
 
$
1,817,594

 
$
(78,709,749
)

Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2011 , we had approximately $27.1 million in cash and investments. We also had approximately $1.5 million in restricted cash securing equipment purchases which is included in “Other Assets” on the Condensed Balance Sheets. We have remaining obligations for equipment purchases in the approximate amount of $3.8 million, of which approximately $1.5 million is recorded in “Accrued property, plant and equipment.”
On March 31, 2011, we announced a change in strategy that, in the near term, will focus our solar module technology on applications for emerging and specialty markets. Longer term we intend to participate in the building integrated market. The change in strategy resulted in a change in leadership and sizing the company to a new cost structure, primarily through the termination of a portion of our workforce. We incurred a charge of approximately $450,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2011, comprised of severance costs. This charge has been expensed as “Research and development” and “Selling, general and administrative” in the Condensed Statement of Operations in the amounts of approximately $72,000 and $378,000, respectively. We made payments of approximately $223,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 . We expect to make payments of approximately $100,000 during the quarter ended December 31, 2011, and the remaining estimated amount of $127,000 over the following four months. Approximately $227,000 is recorded under "Accrued expenses" in the Condensed Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2011.
Due to recent significant adverse changes in market conditions, particularly the decreases in current and expected average selling prices for PV modules, we concluded in the quarter ended June 30, 2011, that the carrying value of Property, Plant and Equipment and Deposits on manufacturing equipment may not be recoverable and a non-cash impairment charge of approximately $78.0 million was recorded.
The use of cash for operational expenses averaged approximately $1.5 million per month during the quarter ended September 30, 2011 compared to approximately $2.5 million per month during the quarter ended March 31, 2011, the date of the change in strategy, a decrease of approximately $1.0 million per month. Cash used for operational expenses is related to manufacturing and engineering activities, research and development, business development and general corporate expenses. As of October  31, 2011, we had 75 full-time employees and 8 contractors provided through an employment services provider.
Operating Activities.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 , our cash used in operations was $17,061,048 compared to $15,895,071 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 , an increase of approximately $1.2 million. The increase in cash used in operations is comprised of inventory purchases of approximately $0.5 million and net decreases in other assets and liabilities of approximately $1.0 million. The increase in Net Loss of approximately $78.7 million is offset by the non-cash impairment charge of approximately $78.0 million and contract cancellation fees and forfeited deposits on equipment of approximately $0.6 million. Increases in depreciation and amortization of approximately $1.6 million were offset

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by an increase in foreign currency transaction gains of approximately $0.3 million and a decrease in stock based compensation of approximately $0.9 million.

Investing Activities.  Cash used in investing activities totaled $7,093,648 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to cash provided by investing activities of $6,086,063 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 , a net change of approximately $13.2 million. The net change in investing activities is comprised of a net decrease in sales and maturities of investments of approximately $14.5 million and $7.1 million used for purchases of property, plant and equipments offset by approximately $1.8 million in Restricted Cash and deposits on manufacturing equipment of approximately $6.6 million.
Financing Activities. Cash provided in financing activities totaled $6,718,975 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to cash used of $456,736 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 , a net change of approximately $7.2 million. The increase in cash provided in financing activities is primarily the result of the TFG Radiant investment.
We expect that we may need to raise additional capital to cover our operating losses and future manufacturing capacity expansion. There is no assurance that we will be able to raise additional capital on acceptable terms or at all. We expect our current cash balance to be sufficient to cover planned capital and operational expenditures for at least the next 12 months based on currently known factors.
On January 9, 2009, we filed a “shelf” Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the SEC. The SEC declared the registration statement effective on January 16, 2009. The shelf registration was utilized in connection with our public offering of approximately 4.6 million shares that closed on October 6, 2009 with gross proceeds of approximately $30 million. The shelf registration was further used with a public offering of approximately 5.3 million shares that closed on November 16, 2010 with gross proceeds of approximately $21.8 million. With the shelf registration, we may from time to time sell common stock, preferred stock, warrants or some combination in one or more offerings for up to $98.2 million, the remaining amount available (including potential sales under the At-the-Market offering facility).
On February 28, 2011, we entered into an At-The-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement pursuant to which we may issue and sell through an agent up to $25,000,000 of our common stock from time to time at prevailing market prices on the NASDAQ stock exchange. As of September 30, 2011 , no shares had been sold under this facility.
On August 12, 2011, we completed a strategic alliance with TFG Radiant. As part of this strategic alliance, TFG Radiant acquired 6,400,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $1.15 per share or $7,360,000 in the aggregate. The closing price of our common stock on August 12, 2011 was $0.73. In addition, TFG Radiant received an option to acquire an additional 9,500,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.55 per share. The option was approved by our shareholders on October 27, 2011. This approval eliminated certain registration rights which would have been otherwise available to TFG Radiant related to the 6,400,000 share purchase. TFG Radiant may not exercise this option unless and until TFG Radiant meets a specified milestone associated with the construction of the first East Asia FAB. This option expires on February 12, 2014.
On October 27, 2011, our Shareholders approved an increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock to 125,000,000.
Contractual Obligations
The following table presents our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2011 . Our long-term debt obligation is related to our building loan reflecting both principal and interest. Our purchase obligations include orders for equipment, inventory and operating expenses.
 
 
 
 
 
Payments Due by Year (in thousands)
Contractual Obligations
 
Total
 
Less Than 1
Year
 
1-3 Years
 
3-5 Years
 
More Than 5
Years
Long-term debt obligations
 
$
11,729

 
$
1,093

 
$
2,081

 
$
2,081

 
$
6,474

Operating lease obligations
 
254

 
254

 

 

 

Purchase obligations
 
4,224

 
4,224

 

 

 

Total
 
$
16,207

 
$
5,571

 
$
2,081

 
$
2,081

 
$
6,474

Off Balance Sheet Transactions
As of September 30, 2011 , we did not have any off balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC Regulation S-K.


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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
We are actively engaged in purchasing manufacturing equipment internationally and are exposed to foreign currency risk.
In July 2008 and March 2009, we entered into fair value hedges utilizing forward contracts designed to match scheduled contractual payments to equipment suppliers which are denominated in Euros and Yen. The total notional value of the Euro forward contracts was €6.4 million with various contract settlement dates beginning September 15, 2008 through July 31, 2009. The total notional value of the Yen forward contracts was ¥521.4 million with contract settlement dates of March and April 2009. Those forward contracts had been settled as of December 31, 2009 and the currencies contracted for were delivered to us, however, not all payments have been made to our equipment suppliers and we continue to have foreign currency risk. Included in restricted cash is approximately $1.5 million in Euros held as of September 30, 2011 in our bank account for future payments to our equipment suppliers. Based on our overall currency rate exposure as of September 30, 2011 , a near-term 10% appreciation or depreciation in the United States Dollar, relative to our foreign currencies on deposit, would have a positive or negative impact of approximately $0.1 million on our results of operations.

Although our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar, we may conduct business and incur costs in the local currencies of other countries in which we may operate, make sales and buy materials. As a result, we are subject to currency translation risk. Further, changes in exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar could affect our future net sales and cost of sales and could result in exchange losses.
Generally, our objective is to fix the dollar amount of our foreign currency denominated manufacturing equipment purchases at time of order. Although the hedging activity described above is designed to fix the dollar amount to be expended, the asset purchased is recorded at the spot foreign currency rate in effect as of the date of the payment to the supplier. The difference between the spot rate and the forward rate has been reported as a gain or loss on forward contract. We cannot accurately predict future exchange rates or the overall impact of future exchange rate fluctuations on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Interest Rate Risk
Our exposure to market risks for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our cash equivalents and investment portfolio. As of September 30, 2011 , our cash equivalents consisted of money market funds, investments in U.S. government securities and high quality corporate securities. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal and provide liquidity on demand, while at the same time maximizing the income we receive from our investments without significantly increasing risk. The direct risk to us associated with fluctuating interest rates is limited to our investment portfolio and we do not believe that a change in interest rates will have a significant impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Credit Risk
We have certain financial and derivative instruments that potentially subject us to credit risk. These consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, investments and foreign currency option contracts. We are exposed to credit losses in the event of nonperformance by the counter parties to our financial and derivative instruments. We place cash, cash equivalents, investments and forward foreign currency option contracts with various high-quality financial institutions, and exposure is limited at any one institution. We continuously evaluate the credit standing of our counter party financial institutions.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and forms. Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act as of September 30, 2011 . Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of September 30, 2011 , our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Disclosure and Reporting
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September 30, 2011 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1. Legal Proceedings

On October 21, 2011, we were notified that a complaint (the “Lawsuit”) was filed by Jefferies & Company, Inc. (“Jefferies”) against us in state court located in the County and State of New York.

In December 2010, Ascent and Jefferies entered into an engagement agreement (the “Fee Agreement”) pursuant to which Jefferies was hired to act as our financial advisor in relation to certain potential transactions. In the Lawsuit, Jefferies claims that it is entitled to receive an investment banking fee of $3 million (plus expense reimbursement of approximately $49,000) under the Fee Agreement in connection with the August 2011 investment and strategic alliance transaction (the “Financing”) between Ascent and TFG Radiant Investment Group Ltd. and its affiliates (“TFG Radiant”).

At the August 12, 2011 closing of the Financing, Ascent received aggregate proceeds of $7,360,000 from the sale to TFG Radiant of 6,400,000 shares of our common stock (the “Tranche 1 Shares”) at a price of $1.15 per share. TFG Radiant also received an option to purchase an additional 9,500,000 shares of Ascent stock (the “Tranche 2 Shares”) at a price of $1.55 per share. We have not received any proceeds from the option for the Tranche 2 Shares because such option is not currently exercisable.

Ascent has paid Jefferies the fees it believes are owed under the Fee Agreement, which are a $100,000 retainer and approximately $49,000 of out-of-pocket expenses. Ascent believes that the Financing is not a covered transaction under the Fee Agreement and, accordingly, that the Lawsuit is without merit. We intend to vigorously defend the Lawsuit.

This proceeding is subject to the uncertainties inherent in any litigation. It is subject to many uncertainties and to outcomes that are not predictable with assurance and that may not be known for an extended period of time. We record a liability in our financial statements for costs related to claims, including future legal costs, settlements and judgments, where we have assessed that a loss is probable and an amount can be reasonably estimated. It is not possible to predict the outcome for this legal proceeding. If the Lawsuit is determined adversely to Ascent, the costs associated with this proceeding could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows of a future period.


Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in the updated risk factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2011, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2011 are not the only risks facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results.

Item 6. Exhibits
a. A list of exhibits is found on page 29 of this report.


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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on the 10th day of November, 2011 .
 
 
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/ S / G ARY  G ATCHELL
 
 
Gary Gatchell
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Authorized Signatory)

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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
No.
 
Description
3.1*
 
Certificate of Amendment, dated October 28, 2011, to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
 
 
 
10.1**
 
Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of August 12, 2011
 
 
 
10.2**
 
Stockholders Agreement dated as of August 12, 2011
 
 
 
10.3**
 
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 12, 2011
 
 
 
10.4**
 
Voting Agreement dated as of August 12, 2011
 
 
 
10.5***
 
Joint Development Agreement dated August 12, 2011 between Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. and TFG Radiant New-Energy Group Ltd.
 
 
 
31.1
 
Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
 
 
 
31.2
 
Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
 
 
 
32.1
 
Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
 
 
 
32.2
 
Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
 
 
 
101.INS****
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
 
101.SCH****
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
 
101.CAL****
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
101.DEF****
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
 
101.LAB****
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
 
 
101.PRE****
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
*
Filed herewith
 
 
**
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2011.
 
 
***
Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and have been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commissions.
 
 
****
XBRL information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.



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Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby certifies as follows:
FIRST:  The first sentence of Article 4 of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on October 26, 2005, is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred twenty five million (125,000,000) shares of common stock, having a par value of $0.0001 per share, and twenty-five million (25,000,000) shares of preferred stock, having a par value of $0.0001 per share.”
SECOND:  The foregoing amendment has been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment as of the 28 th day of October, 2011.
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


By:      /s/ Gary Gatchell     
Gary Gatchell
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary



EXHIBIT 10.5

[*] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked with brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment made pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

JOINT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
THIS JOINT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of August 12, 2011 (the “ Effective Date ”) is made by and between TFG RADIANT NEW-ENERGY GROUP LTD. (“ TFG Radiant N-E ”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, and having offices at Block B, Fourth Floor, Building B, No. 1 Binlang Road, Fuitan FTZ, Shenzhen, China 518038, and Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (“Ascent”), a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and having offices at 12300 North Grant Street, Thornton, Colorado 80241

WHEREAS, Ascent is a developer of thin-film photovoltaic modules with substrate materials that are more flexible than most traditional solar panels and that can be directly integrated into standard building materials, commercial transportation, automotive solutions, space applications, consumer electronics for portable power or configured as stand-alone modules for large scale terrestrial installations;
WHEREAS, TFG Radiant N-E is a multi-business group with operations in solar energy development and distribution, wind energy, metal roofing and curtain architectural design and construction, construction materials, international trade, financial investment, real estate development, information industries, and consulting services;
WHEREAS, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Agreement (including the payment by TFG Radiant N-E of amounts specified in this Agreement) Ascent is willing to grant to TFG Radiant N-E a license or licenses to the Ascent IP in the Territory (each as defined below), and provide other consulting services to TFG Radiant N-E in the Territory;
NOW, THEREFORE in view of the foregoing premises and in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement, Ascent and TFG Radiant N-E agree as follows.
Article 1
Definitions
The following words and phrases will have the meanings set forth below where used herein with initial capital letters:
1.1     Affiliate . An “Affiliate” of a subject person or entity means any person or entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with that subject person or entity. “Control” for this purpose shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities or interests, by contract, or otherwise. TFG Radiant N-E and TFG Radiant Investment Group, Ltd. shall be deemed Affiliates regardless of any future changes in ownership within such entities.
1.2     Ascent Core Technology . “Ascent Core Technology” means all hardware, software, process, tools, designs, know-how and any other IP associated with CIGS Photovoltaic Fabrication Facilities and the design and manufacture of CIGS PV.
1.3     Background IP . “Background IP” means all IP owned or controlled by a party or its Affiliates (including Ascent Core Technology) as of the Effective Date.
1.4     CIGS . “CIGS” means Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide.
1.5     CIGS PV . “CIGS PV” means CIGS thin-film photovoltaic modules.
1.6     Copyrights . “Copyrights” means all expressions fixed in a tangible medium, copyrightable material and copyrights (including all other literary and author rights), including software, computer programs, electronic designs and specifications.
1.7     Fab . “Fab” means any Photovoltaic Fabrication Facilities.
1.8     Licensed Products . “Licensed Products” means CIGS PV and materials and services sold in connection therewith that specifically relate to CIGS PV (excluding unrelated materials, products, and services such as a housing structure), inclusive of any encapsulation of such modules or material which utilize Ascent IP and which is made, used, sold, offered for sale, imported,

Contains Confidential Information
1

EXHIBIT 10.5

distributed, or otherwise utilized by or on behalf of TFG Radiant N-E and/or TFG Radiant N-E's licensees and sub-licensees, if any, pursuant to a license granted under this Agreement.
1.9     Net Sales . “Net Sales” means, with respect to Licensed Products, the net revenues received by TFG Radiant N-E or its licensees and sublicensees or their Affiliates, if any, for Licensed Products which are sold, transferred, leased, or otherwise distributed for value to a party other than TFG Radiant N-E or TFG Radiant N-E's licensees or sublicensees or their Affiliates; less any returns, refunds, bona fide credits, discounts, rebates and allowances offered in the trade; and excluding any taxes, charges, or duties levied by any governmental authority, freight, packaging or shipping charges and other non-price items. If Licensed Products are sold or leased in transactions that are not bona fide arm's-length transactions, Net Sales shall be determined by the most recent bona fide arm's-length commercial sale of the identical Licensed Products to an independent party. If a Licensed Product is sold as a part or subassembly of a larger end-item that also performs other functions in addition to those performed by the Licensed Product, Ascent and TFG Radiant N-E will negotiate reasonably and in good faith to determine a prorated value of the larger end-item that reflects the value of the Licensed Product, such prorated value taking into account the portion of the housing structure, balance of system, connectors, and other elements necessary to the installation and operation of the Licensed Product and further taking into account the relative levels of intellectual-property content of each of the elements; provided that to the extent that an identical or equivalent Licensed Product is sold as a standalone device, the prorated value of the Licensed Product shall be established on the basis of the most recent commercial sale of such identical or equivalent Licensed Product sold as a standalone device. For clarity, Net Sales are the actual end selling price of Licensed Products, to unaffiliated distributors, resellers or end customers derived from sales by TFG Radiant N-E's licensees, sublicensees, or their Affiliates.
1.10     Patents . “Patents” means all patent rights and all right title, and interest in all letters patent or equivalent rights and applications for letters patent or rights, industrial and utility models, industrial designs, petty patents, patents of importation patents of addition, certificates of invention and other government issued or granted indicia of invention ownership and all divisions, continuations, reissues, renewals, reexaminations, and extensions thereof, all foreign patents or patent applications that correspond thereto, and any patents that issue thereon.
1.11     Photovoltaic Fabrication Facilities . “Photovoltaic Fabrication Facilities” means facilities and equipment for the design, manufacture and testing of CIGS PV utilizing Ascent IP.
1.12     Prime Rate . The “Prime Rate” means the prime rate published by Bank of America, N.A (or any successor entity) from time to time as its “prime rate,” or any successor interest rate.
1.13     Project . “Project” means work performed by the parties pursuant to this Agreement and the Development Plan
1.14     Project IP . “Project IP” means IP that is first conceived, created, authored, developed by or on behalf of either party or both parties in connection with the Project.
1.15     TFG Radiant N-E Fab . “TFG Radiant N-E Fab” means any Fab that is built, operated, sold or licensed by TFG Radiant N-E pursuant to this Agreement.
1.16     Intellectual Property . “Intellectual Property” or “IP” means any and all intellectual property and proprietary rights throughout the world, whether existing under statute or at common law or equity, now or hereafter in force or recognized, including know-how, processes (including manufacturing and test), computer programs, computer models, technical data, designs, prototypes, components, packaging, inventions, discoveries, techniques, improvements, modifications, technical information, test results and all Patents, Copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, service marks, designs, trade dress, moral rights, mask works and other proprietary rights related thereto whether or not registered
1.17     Territory . “Territory” means Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand and Singapore.
1.18     Tranche 2 Milestone . “Tranche 2 Milestone” shall mean [*]. Upon determination in good faith by TFG Radiant N-E that it has achieved the Tranche 2 Milestone, TFG Radiant N-E will deliver written notification indicating the date of such achievement to the Chief Executive Officer of Ascent and such documentation reasonably necessary to support the achievement of the Tranche 2 Milestone. Ascent shall have the right to verify achievement of the Tranche 2 Milestone. The parties will negotiate in good faith regarding any dispute regarding the achievement of the Tranche 2 Milestone.
Article 2
Joint Development Activities
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such information as each in good faith determines in its sole discretion appropriate to develop and commercialize Fabs and manufacture and sell Licensed Products in the Territory (the “ Development Plan ”). The Development Plan is anticipated to include the terms set forth on Appendix A hereto, and the parties will work together to complete a full Development Plan within a reasonable time following the Effective Date. Until such time as the initial TFG Radiant N-E Fab is operational, Ascent agrees to provide the technical services and support reasonably requested by TFG Radiant N-E to support the construction and operation of the initial TFG Radiant N-E Fab. The expenses of Ascent in connection with providing the services in connection with the Development Plan and/or any Statement of Work will be invoiced on the basis of fully loaded actual cost (as further described in the Development Plan or Statement of Work), including out of pocket costs and expenses such as travel and subcontractor costs, plus [*]. [*]. In addition to this initial work in the Development Plan, the parties may from time to time to negotiate in good faith one or more additional statements of work which reference this Agreement, each of which shall, upon execution by parties, become a part of this Agreement (each a “ Statement of Work ”). The parties acknowledge that the Development Plan contains the parties' current expectations as to the activities, timeline and funding requirements relating thereto and that the Development Plan may require additional time and/or funding to complete and/or involve activities beyond the scope currently contemplated in such Development Plan.
2.2     Contents of Statements of Work . Each Statement of Work will specify (i) the development goals and objectives of the Statement of Work and the activities and tasks to be undertaken by each party hereto in connection with such activities, (ii) any obligations on the part of TFG Radiant N-E to make payments to Ascent so as to provide funding for such activities (“ TFG Radiant N-E Funding ”) and the schedule for the payment of such funds, (iii) the purposes for which, and manner in which, any TFG Radiant N-E Funding is to be utilized by Ascent, (iv) the milestones and deliverables to be achieved or delivered by each party, (v) the respective Project Coordinators for such Statement of Work, and (vi) such other matters as deemed appropriate by the parties. In the event of a conflict between the terms of any Statement of Work and the terms set forth in the body of this Agreement, the terms set forth in the body of this Agreement shall prevail unless the Statement of Work expressly states that the inconsistent term is meant to prevail over the terms of this Agreement, in which case the terms set forth in the Statement of Work shall prevail over the terms of the body of this Agreement solely for purposes of such Statement of Work.
2.3     Performance under Statements of Work . The parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to perform the tasks and activities identified in, and fulfill the responsibilities specified in, the Development Plan and/or each Statement of Work.
2.4     Coordinators . The Project Coordinators for this Agreement will be designated by each of the parties from time to time. Each Project Coordinator will be responsible for overall supervision of activities on behalf of such party pertinent to this Agreement and tasks outlined in the Development Plan and/or Statements of Work. With respect to each Statement of Work, the Project Coordinators will be responsible for (a) arranging meetings, visits and consultations between the parties concerning the technical matters related to such Statement of Work; (b) scheduling and making arrangements for joint meetings and chairing periodic technical status reviews; (c) proposing, assessing and processing changes to such Statement of Work, which must be in writing and signed by authorized representatives of both parties; and (d) coordinating any information exchanges between the parties relating to such Statement of Work. Either party may change its coordinators at any time without prior notice. The coordinators are not authorized to modify or change any term or condition of this Agreement.
2.5     Status Reports and Final Report . The parties shall jointly prepare written quarterly status reports and a final report summarizing, in reasonable detail, the work performed pursuant to this Agreement, the results of all material work performed in connection with each Statement of Work and the status of Project IP developed by each party. The format and contents of the reports will be as agreed upon by the Project Coordinators.
2.6      Non-Recurring Engineering Funding . TFG Radiant N-E shall pay Ascent the non-recurring engineering funding set forth on Appendix B attached hereto.
2.7     Purchase Rights . When commercially feasible, in addition to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Ascent shall have the option to sell to TFG Radiant N-E or its Affiliates, and TFG Radiant N-E and its Affiliates agree to purchase, at a price of [*], CIGS PV; provided, however , that any such sales shall, at a minimum, be for CIGS PV having at least [*] of power production capability on an annual basis.
Article 3
Intellectual Property
3.1     Independently-Developed IP . Each party will retain ownership of any and all IP (including Background IP) and all Confidential Information (defined in Section 6.1) that the party owned on or before the Effective Date. Additionally, any IP developed on or after the Effective Date by either party independently (i.e., outside of development under this Agreement) and

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without the use of any of the Background IP or Confidential Information of the other Party, will be owned solely by the developing party.
3.2     Ownership of Project IP . All Project IP developed solely by a party will be solely owned by that party. All Project IP that is developed jointly by employees or contractors of both Parties (“ Joint Project IP ”) will be jointly owned by the parties.
3.3     Treatment of Joint Project IP . Both parties agree to promptly disclose to one another via the Project Coordinators any Joint Project IP. The parties shall meet through the Project Coordinators to discuss in good faith and agree upon the content and form of any application for a joint Patent right and hereby agree that only the application in the form as agreed between the parties may be filed in respect of the joint Patent rights. The parties shall share the costs equally in respect of the preparation of the application, filing, prosecution, grant, and maintenance of any joint Copyright or Patent rights jointly filed and shall jointly instruct an appropriately qualified attorney to draft, file, and prosecute the application. Each party will have equal control over the prosecution of the filing such that the attorney will only be able to act on unanimous instructions. In the event that one party is not interested, or not willing, to equally share the related cost and expense, with respect to any joint Patent rights in a given country, then the other party shall have the right, at its own cost and expense, and under its sole control, to file and prosecute such joint Copyright or Patent rights in such country in both parties' names, even though each party will have an undivided joint ownership interest in any Copyright or issuing Patent. Alternatively, the parties may mutually agree to hold such Joint IP as a trade secret. Each Party will have the right to grant licenses under a joint Patent within the Joint Project IP to third parties (within the Territory, with respect to TFG Radiant N-E and outside of the Territory, with respect to Ascent) without requiring consent of, or any duty to account to, the other party. Unless agreed otherwise in writing, neither party will have any obligation to account to the other for profits or to obtain the consent of the other party in order to use, license, or otherwise exploit Joint Project IP, and each party will retain for itself the entire returns earned through its use of Joint Project IP. Each party will promptly provide the other party with written notice if the party wishes to transfer any joint Patent within the Joint Project IP. The party receiving the written notice will have the right of first refusal for a period ninety (90) days from the party's receipt of written notice. During the ninety (90) day period, the parties will negotiate in good faith to acquire the other party's ownership rights in such joint Patent within the Joint Project IP which the notifying party wishes to transfer.
3.4     Assistance in Prosecution . Each party shall provide, and cause its employees and subcontractors to provide, to the other party reasonable assistance and cooperation (including prompt execution of documents) with such other party's preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any Copyright or Patent pursuant to Section 3.3.
Article 4
Commercialization License
4.1     Ascent License to TFG Radiant N-E . Ascent hereby grants TFG Radiant N-E a nontransferable, nonassignable, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-bearing, fully sublicensable license, solely in the Territory, under all of Ascent's IP (whether conceived now or in the future including without limitation Background IP and Project IP), to make, have made, use, import, sell, offer for sale, and distribute Photovoltaic Fabrication Facilities and Licensed Products including all enhancements, improvements, and successor versions. The license granted pursuant to this Section 4.1 will be exclusive so long as TFG Radiant N-E continues to meet the Performance Metrics in accordance with Section 4.5 hereof. In the event TFG Radiant N-E does not meet or continue to meet such Performance Metrics, such license will be non-exclusive. TFG Radiant N-E agrees that it will take all commercially reasonable actions necessary to limit the risk that its exercise of the rights granted to it under this Section 4.1 would infringe, violate or misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any third party.
4.2     TFG Radiant N-E License to Ascent . TFG Radiant N-E hereby grants to Ascent a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully sublicensable license under TFG Radiant N-E's interest in the TFG Radiant N-E Project IP, in all jurisdictions other than the Territory, to make, have made, use, import, sell, offer for sale, and distribute Photovoltaic Fabrication Facilities and Licensed Products, including all enhancements, improvements, and successor versions. Ascent agrees that it will take all commercially reasonable actions necessary to limit the risk that its exercise of the rights granted to it under this Section 4.2 would infringe, violate or misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any third party.
4.3     Sublicenses . Each sublicense granted by a licensee pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing, and all such sublicenses shall be consistent with all the terms and conditions of this Agreement. A licensee shall notify the licensor in an annual report of the grant of any and all such sublicenses, the identity of the sublicensees, and the intellectual property sublicensed under each such sublicense. The annual sublicense report shall be a cumulative report and shall identify all current sublicensees. The licensee shall remain responsible to the licensor for all applicable financial and other obligations under the sublicense. The parties acknowledge and agree that neither sublicenses granted to third parties nor a licensee's exercise of its rights shall be considered assignments.

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4.4     Retained Rights . Ascent retains all right, title and interests to the Ascent IP not granted to TFG Radiant N-E pursuant to Section 4.1. TFG Radiant N-E retains all right, title, and interests to the TFG Radiant N-E IP not granted to Ascent pursuant to Section 4.2.
4.5     Performance Metrics . In order to maintain the exclusivity to the License set forth in Section 4.1, in addition to any other terms and conditions set forth herein, TFG Radiant N-E must meet and continue to meet the applicable performance metrics as set forth in Appendix C (the “Performance Metrics”). Failure to meet the Performance Metrics shall give Ascent the right to convert the exclusive license to a non-exclusive license upon notice to TFG Radiant N-E.
4.6     License Consideration .
4.6.1
Milestone Payments . TFG Radiant N-E shall pay to Ascent the following milestone payments:
(a)
[*] when TFG Radiant N-E Fabs (1) sell and ship Licensed Products with a [*] of power production capability and (2) achieve a Terminal Cost (as defined below) of less than or equal to [*];
(b)
[*] when TFG Radiant N-E Fabs (1) sell and ship Licensed Products with an additional [*] of power production capability and (2) achieve a Terminal Cost of less than or equal to [*];
(c)
[*] when TFG Radiant N-E Fabs (1) sell and ship Licensed Products with an additional [*] of power production capability and (2) achieve a Terminal Cost of less than or equal to [*];
(d)
[*] when TFG Radiant N-E Fabs (1) sell and ship Licensed Products with an additional [*] of power production capability and (2) achieve a Terminal Cost of less than or equal to [*];
(e)
[*] when TFG Radiant N-E Fabs (1) sell and ship Licensed Products with an additional [*] of power production capability and (2) achieve a Terminal Cost of less than or equal to [*]; and
(f)
[*] when TFG Radiant N-E Fabs (1) sell and ship Licensed Products with an additional [*] of power production capability and (2) achieve a Terminal Cost of less than or equal to [*].
As used herein, “Terminal Costs” means the average cost per watt of producing the last [*] of the shipped wattage related to each of the applicable milestone set forth above, calculated based on International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) rules. TFG Radiant N-E will work in good faith to lower the Terminal Cost for the Licensed Products and to pay the milestone set forth herein.
4.6.2
Royalties . In addition, TFG Radiant N-E shall pay to Ascent the following royalties on a quarterly basis: an amount equal to [*] of Net Sales; provided, however, for each Fab, TFG Radiant N-E has, at the time of the first royalty payment due from such Fab, the one time right to irrevocably convert up to [*] (representing half of the royalty owed pursuant to this Section 4.6.2) to an in kind payment of a [*] ownership interest in the respective TFG Radiant N-E Fab generating the production. [*]. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Fab for which TFG Radiant N-E elects to make such conversion, from the date Ascent acquires the ownership interest described above, TFG Radiant N-E shall pay to Ascent a royalty of an amount equal to [*] of Net Sales in lieu of the [*] of Net Sales stated above.
4.6.3
License Fee . In addition, at the time of commissioning for each Fab which utilizes the Ascent IP, TFG Radiant N-E shall pay to Ascent a one-time license fee of [*] per [*] production capacity of the Fab. By way of illustration and not limitation, a [*] Fab would require a payment of [*].
4.7     Royalty Report . Within sixty (60) days after the end of each calendar quarter for which any amount is payable pursuant to Section 4.6, TFG Radiant N-E shall deliver to Ascent a written report that shows, for such calendar quarter, the number and type of Licensed Products sold, the country of sale for each such type of Licensed Product, the Net Sales subject to the payment obligations set forth in Section 4.6. Concurrently with the delivery of such report, TFG Radiant N-E shall pay the royalty due for such calendar quarter by wire transfer to the bank account designated by Ascent in writing from time to time.
4.8     Records . For so long as TFG Radiant N-E has obligations under this Article 4 to make payments to Ascent with respect to milestone payments or Net Sales, TFG Radiant N-E will keep accurate business records according to IFRS showing the Net Sales attributable to such Licensed Products. TFG Radiant N-E will maintain such records for a period of at least thirty-six (36) months after the end of the period covered.
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month period), TFG Radiant N-E will permit an accountant chosen by Ascent and reasonably acceptable to TFG Radiant N-E to inspect the records which TFG Radiant N-E is required to maintain pursuant to Article 4 during reasonable business hours, for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the reports sent to Ascent under Article 4, as applicable, during the thirty-six months prior to such inspection. Such accountant will sign a confidentiality agreement with TFG Radiant N-E, and will report to Ascent only as to the accuracy of said reports. In the event that such inspection shows an underreporting and underpayment for any reporting period, then TFG Radiant N-E shall promptly pay the shortfall, together with simple interest on such amount calculated at the Prime Rate, and, if the shortfall is in excess of [*] for any period covered by the audit, TFG Radiant N-E shall reimburse Ascent for actual cost of such examination.
4.10     Currency . TFG Radiant N-E will make all payments to Ascent under this Agreement in United States dollars by wire transfer to the bank account designated by Ascent in writing from time to time. To the extent that payments received by TFG Radiant N-E on account of Net Sales are in currency other than United States dollars, the computation of amounts due hereunder with respect to such Net Sales shall be calculated at the spot rate for the local currency as published in the Wall Street Journal on the date of TFG Radiant N-E's payment to Ascent or, if no spot rate for such local currency is published in the Wall Street Journal on such date, then the spot rate for the local currency as published in the Wall Street Journal on the prior business day.
4.11     Taxes . Ascent is solely responsible and shall indemnify and hold TFG Radiant N-E harmless for any taxes imposed on any payment by TFG Radiant N-E to Ascent under this Agreement. If required by law, TFG Radiant N-E may withhold taxes from any sum payable to Ascent under this Agreement, pay the taxes to the appropriate tax authorities and remit the balance due to licensor; provided TFG Radiant N-E will then obtain and promptly furnish Ascent a receipt evidencing each such tax payment in a form complying with applicable law.
Article 5
Term and Termination
5.1     Term . The term of this Agreement (the “ Term ”) shall commence upon the Effective Date and shall continue in force, unless terminated by either party in accordance with the terms hereof.
5.2     Default . A party will be deemed in default under this Agreement if, subject to Section 10.5, such party fails to perform any obligation required to be performed by it under this Agreement or breaches any representation, warranty or other obligation hereunder and fails to cure any such failure within sixty (60) days after notice from the other party. If a party is in default as specified in this Section 5.2, the other party may terminate this Agreement and may pursue any remedy under this Agreement or otherwise available to such party.
5.3     Termination Consequences .
5.3.1
Termination by TFG Radiant N-E for Ascent's Breach . If TFG Radiant N-E terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2, then all of the following apply on the effective date of termination (“ Termination Date ”):
(a)
The Development Plan shall terminate. All work under outstanding Statements of Work terminates. Any outstanding expenses shall become due and payable to Ascent.
(b)
The commercialization license granted in Section 4.1 to TFG Radiant N-E shall survive.
(c)
The commercialization license granted in Section 4.2 to Ascent shall survive.
(d)
The obligation to pay milestone payments, royalties and license fees applicable to Licensed Products and TFG Radiant N-E Fabs shall remain in effect.
5.3.2
Termination by Ascent for TFG Radiant N-E's Breach . If Ascent terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2, then all of the following apply on the Termination Date:
(a)
The Development Plan shall terminate. All work under outstanding Statements of Work terminates. Any outstanding expenses shall become due and payable to Ascent.
(b)
If TFG Radiant N-E has not invested an aggregate of [*] in TFG Radiant N-E Fabs pursuant to the Development Plan as agreed upon by the parties, the commercialization license granted in Section 4.1 to TFG Radiant N-E shall terminate; provided, however, if at such time TFG Radiant N-E has invested an

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aggregate of [*] in TFG Radiant N-E Fabs pursuant to the Development Plan as agreed upon by the parties, the commercial license granted in Section 4.1 shall survive on a non-exclusive basis.
(c)
Any commercialization license granted in Section 4.2 to Ascent shall survive.
(d)
The obligation to pay milestone payments, royalties and license fees under this Agreement applicable to Licensed Products shall remain in effect.
5.4     Survival . In addition to the Sections indicated in Section 5.3, Articles 1, Article 3, Article 4 (including Section 4.11 and as set forth in Section 5.3), Article 5 (other than Sections 5.1 and 5.2), Article 6-10 shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
5.5     Equitable Relief . The parties each acknowledge that the obligations and restrictions contained in Articles 4, 5 and 9 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the other party and that any breach of any such provisions will result in irreparable injury to the other party and that, therefore, such other party shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction in the event of any such breach, which rights shall be cumulative and in addition to any other rights or remedies to which such other party may be entitled.
5.6     Accrued Obligations . Termination for any reason under this Agreement will not release any party hereto from any liability which, at the time of such termination, has already accrued to the other party or which is attributable to a period prior to such termination, nor preclude either party from pursuing any rights and remedies it may have hereunder and at law and in equity which accrued or are based upon any event occurring prior to such termination.
5.7     Return/Destruction of Confidential Information . Except for Confidential Information required to exercise rights under surviving Licenses, upon the termination of this Agreement, each party shall, upon request of the originating party, promptly destroy or return to the originating party, at the originating party's sole discretion (provided the originating party pays delivery expenses if it elects for the return rather than destruction of such materials), all Confidential Information received from the originating party. If the originating party elects to have such materials destroyed, the other party shall certify in writing to the originating party its compliance with such request.
Article 6
Confidentiality
6.1     Exchange of Confidential Information . During the Term of this Agreement, a party to this Agreement (the “ Provider ”) may provide Confidential Information to the other party (the “ Recipient ”). “ Confidential Information ” shall mean any and all information provided by the Provider to the Recipient regarding the business, operations and assets of the Provider and shall include all confidential reports and communications, client and supplier data, materials or information relating to the business or activities of the Provider, price information, and documents, data, or information relating to methods, materials, ideas, plans, processes, designs and other research, and all modifications, improvements and enhancements which are derived from or relate to a Recipient's access to or knowledge of any of the above materials or information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the definition of Confidential Information shall not include information which is: (i) now or hereafter, through no unauthorized act on the Recipient's part, publicly available; (ii) known to the Recipient without an obligation of confidentiality at the time the Recipient receives the same from the Provider; (iii) hereafter furnished to the Recipient by a third party as a matter of right and without restriction on disclosure; (iv) furnished to others by the Provider without restriction on disclosure; or (v) independently developed by the Recipient without the use of the Provider's Confidential Information.
6.2     Use and Ownership of Confidential Information . The Recipient shall not publish, reproduce, disclose or release the Confidential Information of the Provider, in whole or in part, to any third party (including any contractor, agent, government agency, or customer) without the prior written consent of the Provider in its sole discretion. The Recipient may receive and use Confidential Information pursuant to this Agreement solely for the purposes of this Agreement and shall not use such Confidential Information to the detriment of the Provider or for the benefit of third parties.
6.3     Degree of Care . The Recipient shall employ at least the same degree of care in protecting the Confidential Information of Provider as it employs in protecting its own Confidential Information, but not less than a reasonable degree of care. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Recipient shall not copy any Confidential Information, except as may be reasonably required to perform its duties under this Agreement, and shall store the Confidential Information in a secure place. The Recipient shall ensure that Confidential Information is disclosed only to (i) those of its employees or third parties who require access to such information for the sole purpose of carrying out a party's responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) and to its financial investors (including

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prospective investors), provided such persons have been advised of the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement and who have entered into a confidentiality agreement with Recipient affording the same or a higher level of protection as this Agreement.
6.4     Subpoenas . In the event Recipient receives a subpoena or other validly issued administrative or judicial process requesting the disclosure of Confidential Information, Recipient shall promptly notify Provider and tender to it the defense of such demand. Unless the demand shall have been timely quashed or extended, Recipient shall thereafter be entitled to comply with such demand when and to the extent required by law. If requested by Provider, Recipient shall provide reasonable cooperation (at the expense of Provider) in the defense of a demand.
6.5     Press Releases; Use of Company Name or Logo . Except for information already released in public without breach of this Agreement, neither party will make any public announcement of any kind regarding of this Agreement or the activities undertaken in connection with this Agreement (or any Statement of Work) without the other party's prior written consent, except to the extent required by applicable law. Ascent shall not use the TFG Radiant N-E IP in any printed materials without prior written approval of TFG Radiant N-E. TFG Radiant N-E shall not use the Ascent IP in any printed materials without prior written approval of Ascent.
6.6     Trademark License . In the event a party (“ Owner ”) grants the other party permission to use its trademarks or service marks (collectively, the “Marks”) in accordance with Section 6.5, such party grants to the other arty a limited, non-exclusive and non-transferable license (without the right to sublicense) to use, reproduce and display such Marks solely as may be permitted by the Owner pursuant to Section 6.5, or as may explicitly be agreed upon by the parties in writing. Each party's use of the Owner's Marks will be in compliance with the Owner's then-current trademark usage guidelines, if any, provided to such party in writing, which may be revoked or modified at any time at the sole discretion of the Owner. Any use by the other party of Owner's Marks in a manner not specified in the Agreement requires the Owner's prior written approval in each instance. Each Owner will retain all right, title and interest (including all IP) in and to its Marks, and the other party will do nothing inconsistent with such ownership nor use the Owner's Marks in any way other than as provided for under the Agreement. The other party's rights in and to the Owner's Marks are limited solely to those rights granted expressly herein. The other party's use of the Owner's Marks will inure to the benefit and be on behalf of the Owner, and such use by the other party will not create in the other party any right, title or interest in the Owner's Marks.
Article 7
Warranties and Disclaimers
7.1     By Ascent . Ascent represents and warrants to TFG Radiant N-E that:
7.1.1
Authority . Ascent is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to make, execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly approved and authorized by all necessary corporate actions on behalf of Ascent.
7.1.2
No Violation/Conflict . As of the Effective Date, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Ascent nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby, will constitute a violation of, or be in conflict with: (a) any judgment, decree, order, regulation or rule of any governmental authority; (b) any law, regulation or order of any governmental authority; or (c) any agreement entered into with a third party.
7.1.3
Right to Grant Licenses . Ascent has the full right to grant the rights, assignments and licenses granted to TFG Radiant N-E in this Agreement.
7.1.4
Litigation . As of the Effective Date, there are no lawsuits, proceedings, claims or governmental investigations pending or, to Ascent's knowledge, threatened against, or involving, Ascent Background IP, and there is no basis known to either of Ascent for any such action. There are no judgments, consents, decrees, injunctions, or any other judicial or administrative mandates involving Ascent Background IP outstanding against Ascent.
7.1.5
Intellectual Property . To the knowledge of Ascent, TFG-Radiant N-E's exercise of the rights granted under Sections 4.1 and 6.6 does not and will not infringe, violate or misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any third party. To the knowledge of Ascent, no third party has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Ascent Intellectual Property.
7.1.6
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Products in the form Ascent currently manufactures or currently instructs Radiant to manufacture will not infringe, violate or misappropriate any third party's Patents which have been filed on or before August 12, 2011.
7.2     By TFG Radiant N-E . TFG Radiant N-E represents and warrants to Ascent that:
7.2.1
Authority . TFG Radiant N-E is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to make, execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly approved and authorized by all necessary corporate actions on behalf of TFG Radiant N-E.
7.2.2
No Violation/Conflict . As of the Effective Date, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by TFG Radiant N-E nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby, will constitute a violation of, or be in conflict with: (a) any judgment, decree, order, regulation or rule of any governmental authority; (b) any law, regulation or order of any governmental authority; or (c) any agreement entered into with a third party.
7.2.3
Right to Grant Licenses/Rights . TFG Radiant N-E has the full right to grant the rights, assignments and licenses granted to Ascent in this Agreement.
7.2.4
Acknowledgement and Agreement to the terms of the ITN License Agreement . Solely to the extent TFG Radiant N-E is granted a license to any Technologies (as defined in that certain License Agreement between Ascent and ITN Energy Systems, Inc. dated as of January 17, 2006), in accordance with Section 9.1 thereof, TFG Radiant N-E agrees to be bound to the terms of such agreement as a “Licensee” party thereto.
7.2.5
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Covenant . TFG Radiant N-E warrants and covenants that: (1) it is familiar with and understands the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of the U.S. (the “FCPA”) and that any act by TFG Radiant N-E, or its employees, officers, managers, directors or agents, that would violate the FCPA if done by a U.S. citizen or business may cause Ascent and its Affiliates to be liable under the FCPA; and (2) all information submitted to Ascent by or for TFG Radiant N-E, including, without limitation, any applications, questionnaires and responses to Ascent inquiries provided prior to or after the execution of this Agreement are truthful, accurate and not misleading. TFG Radiant N-E will at all times fully comply with the FCPA and Ascent's then current corporate policies and practices with respect to the FCPA (“Ascent Policies”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither TFG Radiant N-E, nor any of its employees, officers, managers, directors or agents will make any payments, in money or any other item of value or make any offers or promises to pay any money or any other item of value to: (a) any government official (including employees of any state-owned company), (b) any foreign political party, (c) any candidate for foreign political office or (d) any other person or entity, with the knowledge that such payment, offer or promise to pay will be made to any government official, political party or candidate for political office for the purpose of influencing such person or entity to make one or more business decisions favorable to TFG Radiant N-E or Ascent in connection with Ascent's business.
7.2.6
Intellectual Property . Ascent's exercise of the rights granted in Sections 4.2 and 6.6 does not and will not infringe, violate or misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any third party. TFG Radiant N-E will take commercially reasonable measures to protect any of the Intellectual Property licensed to it pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 6.6.
7.3     Disclaimers . EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY NOR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND AFFILIATES MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS AND EXTEND NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
7.4     Limitation of Liability . EXCEPT FOR THE INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS IN ARTICLE 9 OR BREACH OF ARTICLE 6, IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ECONOMIC DAMAGE OR INJURY TO PROPERTY AND LOST PROFITS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY SHALL BE ADVISED, SHALL HAVE OTHER REASON TO KNOW, OR IN FACT SHALL KNOW OF THE POSSIBILITY.
7.5     Allocation of Risk . The parties acknowledges and agrees that the payments set forth in this Agreement reflect the allocation of risk between the parties, limitation of liability and remedies described in this Agreement. A modification of the allocation of

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risks set forth in this Agreement would affect the payments stipulated by this Agreement, and in consideration of such payments, the parties agree to such allocation of risk.
Article 8
Indemnification
8.1     Indemnification by Ascent . Ascent shall indemnify, defend and hold TFG Radiant N-E and its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants and counsel, and the successors and assigns of the foregoing (the “ TFG Radiant N-E Indemnitees ”) harmless from and against any and all liabilities, damages, losses, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' and professional fees and other expenses of litigation and arbitration) resulting from a claim, suit or proceeding brought by a third party against a TFG Radiant N-E Indemnitee, arising from or occurring as a result of:
8.1.1
Ascent's conduct of the development work performed under this Agreement or any activities performed by Ascent under the commercialization licenses granted by TFG Radiant N-E hereunder (including any claims arising out of development performed by Ascent's Affiliates or sublicensees on behalf of Ascent); or
8.1.2
Ascent's breach of Ascent's representation and warranties set forth in Section 7.1.
Notwithstanding Sections 8.1.1 and 8.1.2 Ascent shall have no liability to TFG Radiant N-E pursuant to this Section 8.1 for any liabilities, damages, losses, costs or expenses of TFG Radiant N-E resulting from claims that any TFG Radiant N-E Project IP or Joint Project IP infringes, violates or misappropriates the Intellectual Property of any third party.
8.2     Indemnification by TFG Radiant N-E . TFG Radiant N-E shall indemnify, defend and hold Ascent and its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants and counsel, and the successors and assigns of the foregoing (the “ Ascent Indemnitees ”) harmless from and against any and all liabilities, damages, losses, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' and professional fees and other expenses of litigation and arbitration) resulting from a claim, suit or proceeding brought by a third party against a Ascent Indemnitee, arising from or occurring as a result of:
8.2.1
TFG Radiant N-E's conduct of the development work performed under this Agreement or any activities performed under the commercialization licenses granted by Ascent hereunder (including any claims arising out of development performed by TFG Radiant N-E's Affiliates or sublicensees on behalf of TFG Radiant N-E); or
8.2.2
TFG Radiant N-E's breach of TFG Radiant N-E's representations and warranties set forth in Section 7.2.
Notwithstanding Sections 8.2.1 and 8.2.2, TFG Radiant N-E shall have no liability to Ascent pursuant to this Section 8.2 for any liabilities, damages, losses, costs or expenses of Ascent resulting from claims that any Ascent IP or Joint Project IP infringes, violates or misappropriates the Intellectual Property rights of any third party.
8.3     Procedure . A party that intends to claim indemnification under Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 (the “ Indemnitee ”) shall promptly notify the other Party (the “ Indemnitor ”) of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect of which the Indemnitee intends to claim such indemnification, and the Indemnitor shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the Indemnitor so desires, to assume sole control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the Parties, including, the right to settle the action on behalf of the Indemnitee on any terms the Indemnitor deems desirable in the exercise of its sole discretion, except that the Indemnitor shall not, without the Indemnitee's prior written consent, settle any such claim if such settlement contains a stipulation to or admission or acknowledgment of any liability or wrongdoing on the part of the Indemnitee, or imposes any obligation on the Indemnitee other than a monetary obligation, or otherwise adversely affects Indemnitee, and only to the extent the Indemnitor assumes in full such obligation. The failure to deliver notice to the Indemnitor within a reasonable time after the commencement of any such action will not impair Indemnitor's duty to defend such action but will relieve Indemnitor of any liability to the Indemnitee to the extent the Indemnitor is prejudiced materially by the delay. At the Indemnitor's request and cost, the Indemnitee shall cooperate fully with the Indemnitor and its legal representatives in the investigation and defense of any action, claim or liability covered by this indemnification and provide full information with respect thereto. Subject to the Indemnitee's fulfillment of its obligations under this Section 9.3, the Indemnitor shall pay any damages, costs or other amounts awarded against the Indemnitee, or payable by the Indemnitee pursuant to a settlement agreement entered into by the Indemnitor, in connection with such claim. If there is a claim regarding infringement, violation or misappropriation of Intellectual Property that is subject to indemnification under this Section 8, the Parties agree to cooperate in good faith, at the Indemnitor's expense, to evaluate the claim and, if possible and commercially reasonable, implement a plan to mitigate such claim by reasonable and appropriate means (including potentially modifying the Licensed Product and/or Photovoltaic Fabrication Facilities).


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Article 9
Notices
All notices or other communications required by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by courier, registered, certified or first-class mail, fax, or electronic mail, and shall be regarded as properly given in the case of a courier upon actual delivery to the proper place of address; in the case of a letter, seven (7) days after the registered, certified or first-class mailing date if the letter is properly addressed and postage prepaid; in the case of fax, on the day following the date of transmission if properly addressed and successfully transmitted to the correct number; and in the case of electronic mail, on the day following the date of transmission if properly addressed and if an automatically generated delivery confirmation has been received; and shall be regarded as properly addressed if sent to the parties or their representatives at the addresses given below (or such other address such party may by notice to the other party in accordance with this Article):
If to TFG Radiant N-E:
TFG RADIANT NEW-ENERGY GROUP LTD.
Block B, Fourth Floor, Building B
No. 1 Binlang Road, Fuitan FTZ
Shenzhen, China 518038
Facsimile: +86-755-83251030
Attention: Mr. Xubiao
with a copy to: (which copy shall not constitute notice)
K&L Gates LLP
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98104
Facsimile: (206) 370-6040
Attention: Christopher H. Cunningham
If to Ascent:
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.
123 North Grant Street
Thornton, CO 80241
United States
Facsimile: +1 (720) 872-5077
Attention: Ron Eller
with a copy to: (which copy shall not constitute notice)
Faegre & Benson LLP
3200 Wells Fargo Center
1700 Lincoln Street
Denver, CO 80302
United States
Facsimile: +1 (303) 607-3600
Attention: James Carroll, Esq.

Article 10
Miscellaneous
10.1     Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with the Appendices, the Development Plan, and the Statements of Work executed by the parties from time to time, comprise the entire agreement between TFG Radiant N-E and Ascent and supersedes all other agreements, oral or written, heretofore made with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
10.2     Assignment . Neither party may assign or transfer this Agreement or any of its rights or duties under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that no such consent will be required in connection with a merger, consolidation, reorganization, restructuring, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a party. Subject to the foregoing, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon, the successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
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and will not be deemed a part of this Agreement or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. Common nouns and pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural, as the identify of the person may in the context require. The use of the words “include,” “including” or variations thereof in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation. The parties have participated, or had the opportunity to participate in, the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement or requested, or had the opportunity to request, amendments to this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
10.4     Modification; Waiver . This Agreement may be amended only in writing signed by both parties. No waiver of any right or remedy in respect of any occurrence or event on one occasion will be deemed a waiver of such right or remedy in respect of such occurrence or event on any subsequent occasion. Failure on the part of any party to complain of any act or failure to act of any other party or to declare any other party in default, irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by such party, of its rights hereunder.
10.5     Delay . If Ascent or TFG Radiant N-E is unable to perform or is delayed in performing any of its respective obligations under this Agreement, then the party who is unable to perform or is delayed in performing will give the other party notice of such inability to perform or delay in performing as soon as reasonably possible under the circumstances including information regarding the cause or reasons for such inability to perform or delay in performing. If either Ascent or TFG Radiant N-E is prevented from performing or is delayed in performing any of its respective obligations under this Agreement due to any circumstance beyond its reasonable control (including but not limited to strikes, war, an act of God, a public enemy, interference by any civil or military authority, or inability to secure governmental approval, materials or services or similar cause), but not due to its negligence, and gives notice to the other party, then the time for performance of any such obligation will be extended for a period equal to the number of days during which performance thereof was prevented or delayed and during such period such party will not be deemed in default under this Agreement.
10.6     Remedies . Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement are in addition to, and not in limitation of, other rights and remedies under this Agreement, at law or in equity, and the exercise of one right or remedy will not be deemed a waiver of any other right or remedy.
10.7     Governing Law . The validity, construction, interpretations and enforceability to this Agreement will be determined and governed by the laws of the state of Delaware, without regard to its conflicts of laws.
10.8     Dispute Resolution Procedures . In the event of any controversy or claim between the parties as to any provision of this Agreement, upon the written request of either party, the matter shall immediately be referred jointly to the respective management of each party for decision. The management of each party shall be represented by the President of such party or the executive officer designated by such President). The meeting of such management will be held at a location to be mutually agreed-upon or by telephone. If such persons do not agree upon a decision within ten (10) calendar days after reference of the matter to them (as may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties), then the parties agree to arbitration of the controversy or claim.
After exhausting the procedures set forth in the preceding paragraph, any remaining controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or any breach thereof, shall be resolved by the determination of a board of three (3) arbitrators under the Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The site of the arbitration, unless the parties agree otherwise, shall be in Denver, Colorado. Each party shall designate one arbitrator and the third arbitrator with general knowledge of the subject matter related to the controversy shall be chosen by the two so designated. The arbitration shall be conducted in the English language and the arbitrator's report will be submitted within six (6) months of initiating the proceedings. The award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereover, or application may be made to such court for a judicial acceptance of the award and an order of enforcement, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.8, nothing shall require either party to forego or delay for any reason any action or claim for injunctive relief in the event of any breach or threatened breach by the other party or a violation of the Intellectual Property of either party.
10.9     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts with equal force and effect, and each such counterpart will be deemed an original of this Agreement.
10.10     Severability . The covenants and undertakings of this Agreement are considered by the parties hereto to be reasonable in all circumstances. However, except as explicitly provided in this Agreement, if one or more of such covenants and undertakings should be held invalid for any reason whatsoever by any court, administrative agency, or arbitration board, but would have been

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held valid if part of the wording thereof had been deleted or a period of time thereof reduced or the range of activities or the area dealt with thereby reduced in scope, the said covenants and undertakings shall apply with such modification as may be necessary to make them valid and effective.
10.11     No Third Party Beneficiaries . Nothing in this Agreement is intended nor shall it be construed to give any person, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provisions hereof.
10.12     Independent Status of Parties . Each party shall act as an independent contractor and shall not bind nor attempt to bind the other party to any contract, or any performance of obligations outside of this Agreement. Nothing contained or done under this Agreement shall be interpreted as constituting either party the agent of the other in any sense of the term whatsoever unless expressly so stated.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the Effective Date.
TFG RADIANT NEW ENERGY GROUP LTD.

By: /s/ Victor Lee
Name: Victor Lee
Title:Director
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By: /s/ Ron Eller
Name: Ron Eller
Title:President and CEO



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Appendix A

Anticipated Development Plan Terms


The parties anticipate that the Development Plan will incorporate the following:
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Appendix B

Non-Recurring Engineering


Milestone Payments due 20 days after certification by Ascent that such Milestones have been met.

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Appendix C

TFG Radiant N-E Performance Metrics


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Exhibit 31.1
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Ron Eller, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
 
 
Date: November  10,  2011
 
 
 
 
/s/ RON ELLER
 
 
Ron Eller
President and Chief Executive Officer




Exhibit 31.2
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Gary Gatchell, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
 
 
Date: November  10, 2011
 
 
 
 
/s/ GARY GATCHELL
 
 
Gary Gatchell
Chief Financial Officer




Exhibit 32.1
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date therein specified (the “Report”), I, Ron Eller, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
 
 
 
Date: November  10, 2011
 
 
 
 
/s/ RON ELLER
 
 
Ron Eller
President and Chief Executive Officer




Exhibit 32.2
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date therein specified (the “Report”), I, Gary Gatchell, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
 
 
 
Date : November 10, 2011
 
 
 
 
/s/ GARY GATCHELL
 
 
Gary Gatchell
Chief Financial Officer