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): July 30, 2021
American Superconductor Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-19672 | 04-2959321 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 114 East Main Street Ayer, Massachusetts |
01432 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (978) 842-3000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share | AMSC | Nasdaq Global Select Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On July 30, 2021, American Superconductor Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at which the Company’s stockholders took the following actions:
1. The Company’s stockholders elected the following directors to its Board of Directors (the “Board”):
| DIRECTOR | VOTES FOR |
VOTES WITHHELD |
||||||
| Vikram S. Budhraja |
14,554,884 | 1,424,097 | ||||||
| Arthur H. House |
13,448,775 | 2,530,206 | ||||||
| Barbara G. Littlefield |
15,918,868 | 60,113 | ||||||
| Daniel P. McGahn |
14,614,100 | 1,364,881 | ||||||
| David R. Oliver, Jr. |
14,400,460 | 1,578,521 | ||||||
There were 4,749,971 broker non-votes for each director.
2. The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year by a vote of 20,564,880 shares of common stock for, 44,534 shares of common stock against and 119,538 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.
| AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: August 2, 2021 | By: | /S/ JOHN W. KOSIBA, JR. | ||||
| John W. Kosiba, Jr. | ||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||