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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on August 06, 2010

AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
(AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR LOGO)
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
64 JACKSON ROAD
DEVENS, MA 01434-4020

Meeting Information
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: June 07, 2010
Date: August 06, 2010        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 a 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 a vote FOR the following proposal:
 
                
2.
    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.


 

 

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