AMSC American Superconductor Corp

 

 

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 31, 2015

 

 

American Superconductor Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		0-19672		04-2959321
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

64 Jackson Road Devens, Massachusetts		01434
(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):

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On July 31, 2015, 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			4,489,440				639,248
Pamela F. Lenehan			4,830,947				297,741
Daniel P. McGahn			4,793,303				335,385
David R. Oliver, Jr.			4,808,140				320,548
John B. Vander Sande			4,429,984				698,704
John W. Wood, Jr.			4,425,804				702,884

There were 4,871,355 broker non-votes for each director.

2. The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of McGladrey LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year by a vote of 9,724,171 shares of common stock for, 192,043 shares of common stock against and 83,829 shares of common stock abstaining.

 

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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: July 31, 2015				By:		/s/ David A. Henry
						David A. Henry
						Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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