UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2010

American Superconductor Corporation

Delaware		0-19672		04-2959321
(State or Other Jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

64 Jackson Road, Devens, MA		01434
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 842-3000

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

     On August 6, 2010, American Superconductor Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at which the Company’s stockholders took the following actions:

          1. American Superconductor’s stockholders elected the following directors to its board:

DIRECTOR		Votes For				Votes Withheld
Gregory J. Yurek			22,850,408				603,183
Vikram S. Budhraja			23,092,337				361,254
Peter O. Crisp			22,885,338				568,253
Richard Drouin			22,890,366				563,225
David R. Oliver, Jr.			23,076,285				377,306
John B. Vander Sande			22,898,259				555,332
John W. Wood, Jr.			23,074,975				378,616

There were 12,855,658 broker non-votes for each director.

          2. American Superconductor’s stockholders voted to ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as American Superconductor’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year by a vote of 35,827,507 shares of common stock for, 361,353 shares of common stock against and 120,389 shares of common stock abstaining.

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 hereunto duly authorized.