BROADWIND, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

May 8, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: BROADWIND ENERGY, INC. (BWEN)
CIK: 0001120370
Period of Report: 2012-05-04

Reporting Person: KUSHNER STEPHANIE K (Exec. VP and CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-04	Common Stock	A	341296	$.34	Acquired	627879	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-05-04	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$.34	A	341296	Acquired	2022-05-04	Common Stock (341296)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	8110	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.99	2019-07-29	Common Stock (25000)	25000	Direct
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$5.44	2020-03-09	Common Stock (53233)	53233	Direct
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$1.35	2021-03-07	Common Stock (149107)	149107	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes (i) 12,500 shares of restricted stock units that vest in 6,250 share increments on each of 7/29/12 and 7/29/13; (ii) 7,094 shares of restricted stock units that vest on 3/9/13 and 3/9/14; and (iii) 88,205 shares of restricted stock units that vest 29,402 shares on 3/7/13, 29,401 shares on 3/7/14 and 29,402 shares on 3/7/15 and (iv) 341,296 shares of restricted stock units that vest 85,324 shares on each of 5/4/13, 5/4/14, 5/4/15 and 5/4/16.

F2: 6,250 shares vest on each of 7/29/10, 7/29/11, 7/29/12 and 7/29/13.

F3: 13,309 shares vest on 3/9/11 and 13,308 shares vest on each of 3/9/12, 3/9/13 and 3/9/14.

F4: 37,276 shares vest on 3/7/12 and 37,277 shares vest on 3/7/13, 3/7/14 and 3/7/15.

F5: 85,324 shares vest on 5/4/13, 5/4/14, 5/4/15 and 5/4/16.