UNITED STATES
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): 07/26/2006
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Commission File Number: 0-19672
| Delaware | 04-2959321 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Two Technology Drive, Westborough, MA 01581
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
508-836-4200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Executive Incentive Plan for Fiscal 2007
On July 26, 2006, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors, as well as the Board of Directors, of American Superconductor Corporation (the “Company”) approved an executive incentive plan for the Company’s fiscal year ending March 31, 2007. Participants in the plan include the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and all other executive officers. The Committee is responsible for determining the payout under the plan to each executive officer except the Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors of the Company determines the payout under the plan for the Chief Executive Officer, taking into account the recommendation received from the Committee.
Pursuant to the plan, the Committee designated for each executive officer a target cash incentive amount, expressed as a percentage of the officer’s base salary. In establishing these targets, the Committee based its decision for each officer on the level of total compensation including base salary, cash incentive and equity paid by similar companies for comparable positions based on market data compiled by external consulting firms.
The amount of the incentive award actually paid to each executive officer may be less than or greater than the executive’s target cash incentive with the amount capped at 156% of the target incentive. Individual incentive awards will be determined following the end of fiscal 2007 based on the following factors and their corresponding weightings:
| • | the Company’s net income for fiscal 2007 as compared to the target established by the Committee – 40% |
| • | the executive’s achievement of individual, measurable objectives during fiscal 2007, as determined by the Committee for all executives with the exception of the Chief Executive Officer, who is evaluated by the Board of Directors – 40% |
| • | the executive’s overall contribution during fiscal 2007 towards the achievement of the Company’s financial and non-financial objectives – 20% |
The following table sets forth each current executive officer’s target cash incentive for fiscal 2007.
| Executive Officer | Title |
Target Incentive | |||
| Gregory J. Yurek | Chief Executive Officer and President | $ | 247,500 | ||
| Terry M. Winter | Executive Vice President, Operations | $ | 120,000 | ||
| Charles W. Stankiewicz | Senior Vice President, AMSC Power Systems | $ | 110,000 | ||
| Alexis P. Malozemoff | Executive Vice President & Chief Technical Officer | $ | 76,376 | ||
| Angelo R. Santamaria | VP, General Manager, AMSC Wires Business Unit | $ | 68,800 | ||
| Thomas M. Rosa | VP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $ | 40,000 | ||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: July 28, 2006
American Superconductor Corporation
By: /s/ Thomas M. Rosa
Thomas M. Rosa
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer