Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 27, 2008, Gary Maitland, Esq. was appointed as a member of the board of directors of Solar Thin Films, Inc. (the "Company"). There are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Maitland and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Maitland was selected as a director of the Company. Mr. Maitland does not have any family relationship with any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.

From 1987 to the present, Mr. Maitland has served as Managing Partner of Kreisberg & Maitland, LLP, a law firm based in New York City. He currently serves on the faculty of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law's Intensive Trial Advocacy Program. From 1978 to 1981, Mr. Maitland served as an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County, New York (Brooklyn). Mr. Maitland earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College in 1975. In addition, he earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Boston University School of Law in 1978. Mr. Maitland is a licensed attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Federal District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.

Not applicable.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

Not applicable.

(c) Shell company transactions.

Not applicable.

(d) Exhibits.

None.

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