AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2013

Aug 2, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ (AMSC)
CIK: 0000880807
Period of Report: 2013-07-31

Reporting Person: Maguire James F (EVP, Operations)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-07-31	Common Stock	A	58000	$0.00	Acquired	271756	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-07-31	Stock Option (Right to buy)	$2.51	A	95000	Acquired	2023-07-31	Common Stock (95000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4471	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: These awards were granted on July 31, 2013, vest in equal annual installments over a 3-year period, and will be fully vested on July 31, 2016.

F2: Following all the transactions reported on this Form 4, the reporting person holds 271,756 shares directly.

F3: Following all the transactions reported on this Form 4, the reporting person holds 4,471 shares indirectly through the company's 401(k) plan as of July 31, 2013.

F4: The options vest in three equal annual installments beginning July 31, 2014.