Form 8-K

 

 

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)

 

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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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