FORM 8-K

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): May 14, 2003

 

 

American Superconductor Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

0-19672

   

04-2959321

   

(Commission File Number)

   

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Two Technology Drive, Westborough, MA

   

01581

   

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

   

(Zip Code

 

 

(508) 836-4200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure (Information furnished pursuant to Item 12, “Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition”).

 

On May 14, 2003, American Superconductor Corporation announced its financial results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2003. The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

In accordance with the procedural guidance in SEC Release No. 33-8216, the information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto is being furnished under “Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure” rather than under “Item 12. Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition.” The information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

       

AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION

Date: May 14, 2003        

      

By:

  

/s/    KEVIN M. BISSON        

           

Kevin M. Bisson

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT NO.

   

DESCRIPTION

99.1

   

Press release dated May 14, 2003.

 

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