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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 27, 2018

American Superconductor Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
000-19672 
 
04-2959321
 
 
 
 
 
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
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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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 o

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

On July 27, 2018, 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 the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”):
 
DIRECTOR
VOTES FOR
 
VOTES WITHHELD
 
 
 
 
Vikram S. Budhraja
  6,336,960
 
132,950
 
 
 
 
Arthur H. House
  6,311,584
 
158,326
 
 
 
 
Daniel P. McGahn
  6,340,376
 
129,534
 
 
 
 
David R. Oliver, Jr.
  6,336,020
 
133,890
 
 
 
 
John W. Wood, Jr.
  6,082,988
 
386,922

There were 7,609,918 broker non-votes for each director.
 
2.           The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the selection 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 13,874,668 shares of common stock for, 111,650 shares of common stock against and 93,510 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 1, 2018
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ John W. Kosiba, Jr.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John W. Kosiba, Jr.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer