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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

YUREK GREGORY J

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

TWO TECHNOLOGY DRIVE

(Street)

WESTBOROUGH

01581

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ [ AMSC ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chairman and CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/12/2004

4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	04/12/2004		M		50,000	A	$9.75	0	D
Common Stock	04/12/2004		S⁽¹⁾		50,000	D	$14.95	143,130⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	04/12/2004		S		0	D	$0	11,197⁽³⁾	I	By Family

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option (right to buy)	$9.75	04/12/2004		M			50,000	⁽⁴⁾	03/07/2007	Common Stock	50,000	$0	10,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 17, 2004.

2. Following all the transactions reported on this Form 4, the reporting person holds 143,130 shares directly.

3. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

4. Original option (60,000 shares) exercisable in five annual increments of 12,000 shares beginning on March 7, 1998.

	/s/ Gregory J. Yurek	04/13/2004
	** 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
Kevin M. Bisson, Ross S. Gibson 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:
       (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 undersigne d 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 or 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 other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in
th e 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 acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-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 Exchange Act. 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 16th day of March, 2004.
/s/ Gregory J. Yurek
Signature

Gregory J. Yurek
Print Name

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