8-K

AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION

Date: August 2, 2021

/S/ JOHN W. KOSIBA, JR.

John W. Kosiba, Jr.

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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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).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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.