SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Collett John R

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
64 JACKSON ROAD

(Street)
DEVENS MA 01434

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/12/2010
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ [ AMSC ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SVP, Chief Strategy Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 43,300 D
Common Stock 66(1) I By 401(k) Plan
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to buy) 10/19/2014(2) 10/19/2019 Common Stock 80,000 32.36 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Following all the transactions reported on this Form 4, the reporting person holds 66 shares indirectly through the company's 401(k)plan as of April 30, 2010.
2. The options vest in their entirety on October 19, 2014.
Remarks:
/s/ John R. Collett 05/13/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of David A. Henry, Gregory J. Yurek and Patrick J.
Rondeau, signing singly and each acting individually, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority as hereinafter
described to the extent the undersigned is unavailable to do so himself, to:

1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of American Superconductor Corporation (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder; (the "Exchange Act").

2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such Form 3,
4, or 5, prepare, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely deliver and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority.

3. seek and obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's securities from any
third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any
such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

4. take any action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full  power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledged that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming nor
relieving, nor is the Company assuming nor relieving, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.  The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact assume (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility
to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the
undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 12th day of May, 2010.

				                         /s/ John R. Collett
								Signature



							    John R. Collett
								Print Name

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