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		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM D Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0076 Estimated average burden hours per response: 4.00

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1. Issuer's Identity

CIK (Filer ID Number)	Previous Names	X None	Entity Type
0000880807			X Corporation    Limited Partnership    Limited Liability Company    General Partnership    Business Trust    Other (Specify)
Name of Issuer
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/
Jurisdiction of Incorporation/Organization
DELAWARE
Year of Incorporation/Organization
X Over Five Years Ago    Within Last Five Years (Specify Year)    Yet to Be Formed

2. Principal Place of Business and Contact Information

Name of Issuer
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/
Street Address 1		Street Address 2
64 Jackson Road
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode	Phone Number of Issuer
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434	(978) 842-3539

3. Related Persons

Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
McGahn	Daniel
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Road
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:	X	Executive Officer	X	Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
Henry	David
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Rd.
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:	X	Executive Officer		Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
Poor	Timothy
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Rd.
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:	X	Executive Officer		Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
DiCecco	Susan
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Rd.
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:	X	Executive Officer		Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
Budhraja	Vikram	S.
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Rd.
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:		Executive Officer	X	Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
Wood, Jr.	John	W.
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Rd.
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:		Executive Officer	X	Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
Crisp	Peter	O.
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Rd.
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:		Executive Officer	X	Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
Oliver	David	R.
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Rd.
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:		Executive Officer	X	Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
Vander Sande	John	B.
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Rd.
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:		Executive Officer	X	Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
Drouin	Richard
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Rd.
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:		Executive Officer	X	Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Name
Lenehan	Pamela	F.
Street Address 1	Street Address 2
c/o American Superconductor Corporation	64 Jackson Rd.
City	State/Province/Country	ZIP/PostalCode
Devens	MASSACHUSETTS	01434

Relationship:		Executive Officer	X	Director		Promoter

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

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4. Industry Group

Agriculture Banking & Financial Services    Commercial Banking    Insurance    Investing    Investment Banking    Pooled Investment Fund Is the issuer registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940?    Yes    No    Other Banking & Financial Services    Business Services Energy    Coal Mining    Electric Utilities    Energy Conservation    Environmental Services    Oil & Gas X Other Energy

Health Care    Biotechnology    Health Insurance    Hospitals & Physicians    Pharmaceuticals    Other Health Care    Manufacturing Real Estate    Commercial    Construction    REITS & Finance    Residential    Other Real Estate

Retailing Restaurants Technology    Computers    Telecommunications    Other Technology Travel    Airlines & Airports    Lodging & Conventions    Tourism & Travel Services    Other Travel Other

5. Issuer Size

Revenue Range		OR	Aggregate Net Asset Value Range
	No Revenues			No Aggregate Net Asset Value
	$1 - $1,000,000			$1 - $5,000,000
	$1,000,001 - $5,000,000			$5,000,001 - $25,000,000
	$5,000,001 - $25,000,000			$25,000,001 - $50,000,000
	$25,000,001 - $100,000,000			$50,000,001 - $100,000,000
	Over $100,000,000			Over $100,000,000
X	Decline to Disclose			Decline to Disclose
	Not Applicable			Not Applicable

6. Federal Exemption(s) and Exclusion(s) Claimed (select all that apply)

	Rule 504(b)(1) (not (i), (ii) or (iii))		Rule 505
	Rule 504 (b)(1)(i)	X	Rule 506
	Rule 504 (b)(1)(ii)		Securities Act Section 4(5)
	Rule 504 (b)(1)(iii)		Investment Company Act Section 3(c)
		Section 3(c)(1)    Section 3(c)(9)      Section 3(c)(2)    Section 3(c)(10)    Section 3(c)(3)    Section 3(c)(11)    Section 3(c)(4)    Section 3(c)(12)    Section 3(c)(5)    Section 3(c)(13)    Section 3(c)(6)    Section 3(c)(14)    Section 3(c)(7)

7. Type of Filing

X	New Notice			Date of First Sale	2012-04-04				First Sale Yet to Occur
	Amendment

8. Duration of Offering

Does the Issuer intend this offering to last more than one year?

Yes X No

9. Type(s) of Securities Offered (select all that apply)

	Equity		Pooled Investment Fund Interests
X	Debt		Tenant-in-Common Securities
X	Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Another Security		Mineral Property Securities
X	Security to be Acquired Upon Exercise of Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Security		Other (describe)

10. Business Combination Transaction

Is this offering being made in connection with a business combination transaction, such as a merger, acquisition or exchange offer?

Yes X No

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

11. Minimum Investment

Minimum investment accepted from any outside investor

$0

USD

12. Sales Compensation

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13. Offering and Sales Amounts

Total Offering Amount	$56,862,627	USD	or    Indefinite
Total Amount Sold	$25,000,000	USD
Total Remaining to be Sold	$31,862,627	USD	or    Indefinite

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

Total offering amount is comprised of $40,000,000 of promissory notes and $16,862,627 of Warrants. The Company issued Series A Warrants to purchase 3,094,060 shares Common Stock at an initial exercise price of $5.45 per share (subject to adjustment)

14. Investors

	Select if securities in the offering have been or may be sold to persons who do not qualify as accredited investors, and enter the number of such non-accredited investors who already have invested in the offering.
	Regardless of whether securities in the offering have been or may be sold to persons who do not qualify as accredited investors, enter the total number of investors who already have invested in the offering:	1

15. Sales Commissions & Finder's Fees Expenses

Provide separately the amounts of sales commissions and finders fees expenses, if any. If the amount of an expenditure is not known, provide an estimate and check the box next to the amount.

Sales Commissions	$1,250,000	USD	Estimate
Finders' Fees	$0	USD	Estimate

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

16. Use of Proceeds

Provide the amount of the gross proceeds of the offering that has been or is proposed to be used for payments to any of the persons required to be named as executive officers, directors or promoters in response to Item 3 above. If the amount is unknown, provide an estimate and check the box next to the amount.

$0

USD

Estimate

Clarification of Response (if Necessary):

Signature and Submission

Please verify the information you have entered and review the Terms of Submission below before signing and clicking SUBMIT below to file this notice.

Terms of Submission

In submitting this notice, each issuer named above is:

Notifying the SEC and/or each State in which this notice is filed of the offering of securities described and undertaking to furnish them, upon written request, in the accordance with applicable law, the information furnished to offerees.* Irrevocably appointing each of the Secretary of the SEC and, the Securities Administrator or other legally designated officer of the State in which the issuer maintains its principal place of business and any State in which this notice is filed, as its agents for service of process, and agreeing that these persons may accept service on its behalf, of any notice, process or pleading, and further agreeing that such service may be made by registered or certified mail, in any Federal or state action, administrative proceeding, or arbitration brought against the issuer in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, if the action, proceeding or arbitration (a) arises out of any activity in connection with the offering of securities that is the subject of this notice, and (b) is founded, directly or indirectly, upon the provisions of:  (i) the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, or any rule or regulation under any of these statutes, or (ii) the laws of the State in which the issuer maintains its principal place of business or any State in which this notice is filed. Certifying that, if the issuer is claiming a Rule 505 exemption, the issuer is not disqualified from relying on Rule 505 for one of the reasons stated in Rule 505(b)(2)(iii).

Each Issuer identified above has read this notice, knows the contents to be true, and has duly caused this notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

For signature, type in the signer's name or other letters or characters adopted or authorized as the signer's signature.

Issuer	Signature	Name of Signer	Title	Date
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/	/s/ David A. Henry	David A. Henry	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	2012-04-19

Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number.

* This undertaking does not affect any limits Section 102(a) of the National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996 ("NSMIA") [Pub. L. No. 104-290, 110 Stat. 3416 (Oct. 11, 1996)] imposes on the ability of States to require information. As a result, if the securities that are the subject of this Form D are "covered securities" for purposes of NSMIA, whether in all instances or due to the nature of the offering that is the subject of this Form D, States cannot routinely require offering materials under this undertaking or otherwise and can require offering materials only to the extent NSMIA permits them to do so under NSMIA's preservation of their anti-fraud authority.

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