AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2009

Jun 23, 2009

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	Meeting Information
	Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION	For holders as of: June 08, 2009
	Date: August 06, 2009 Time: 8:30 AM EDT
	Location:	American Superconductor Corp.
		64 Jackson Road Devens, MA 01434
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Voting items

The Board of Directors recommends that you

vote FOR the following:

1.	Election of Directors
	Nominees
01	Gregory J. Yurek	02	Vikram S. Budhraja	03	Peter O. Crisp	04	Richard Drouin	05	David R. Oliver, Jr.
06	John B. Vander Sande	07	John W. Wood, Jr.
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):
2	To approve amendments to American Superconductor’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.
3	To approve an amendment to American Superconductor’s 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
4	To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as American Superconductor’s independent registered public accounting
firm for the current fiscal year.
NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment
thereof.