SEC Form S-8 filed by American Superconductor Corporation
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
American Superconductor Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 04-2959321 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
| 114 East Main Street, Ayer, Massachusetts |
01432 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Amended and Restated 2007 Director Stock Plan, as Amended
2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated
(Full Title of the Plan)
John W. Kosiba, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
American Superconductor Corporation
114 East Main Street
Ayer, Massachusetts 01432
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(978) 842-3000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Peter N. Handrinos
Latham & Watkins LLP
John Hancock Tower
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(617) 948-6000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ | |||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ | |||
| Emerging Growth Company | ☐ | |||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering (i) an additional 150,000 shares of the common stock (“Common Stock”) of American Superconductor Corporation (the “Registrant”) to be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2007 Director Stock Plan, as Amended (the “Director Stock Plan”) and (ii) an additional 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the “2022 Plan”), for which Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to each of the same employee benefit plans (as defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) are effective.
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the contents of (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-145685, filed by the Registrant on August 24, 2007 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022, (ii) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-197971, filed by the Registrant on August 8, 2014 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022, (iii) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-213850, filed by the Registrant on September 28, 2016 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022, (iv) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-233531, filed by the Registrant on August 29, 2019 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022, and (v), the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-266728, filed by the Registrant on August 10, 2022, in each case relating to the Director Stock Plan; as well as (vi) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-266727, filed by the Registrant on August 10, 2022 relating to the 2022 Plan.
| Item 8. | Exhibits. |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| * | Filed herewith. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Ayer, state of Massachusetts, on August 28, 2024.
| AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Daniel P. McGahn | |
| Daniel P. McGahn President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel P. McGahn and John W. Kosiba, Jr., and each of them singly, with full power to act without the other, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Daniel P. McGahn Daniel P. McGahn |
Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | August 28, 2024 | ||
| /s/ John W. Kosiba, Jr. John W. Kosiba, Jr. |
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | August 28, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Arthur H. House Arthur H. House |
Lead Independent Director of the Board | August 28, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Laura A. Dambier Laura A. Dambier |
Director | August 28, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Margaret D. Klein Margaret D. Klein |
Director | August 28, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Barbara G. Littlefield Barbara G. Littlefield |
Director | August 28, 2024 | ||
| /s/ David R. Oliver, Jr. David R. Oliver, Jr. |
Director | August 28, 2024 | ||