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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-10-018278
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100316
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100322
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100322

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOUGLAS KEVIN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001132859

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19672
		FILM NUMBER:		10697878

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4040 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94903

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000880807
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTORS & GENERATORS [3621]
		IRS NUMBER:				042959321
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SIXTY FOUR JACKSON ROAD
		CITY:			DEVENS
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01434
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9788423000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SIXTY FOUR JACKSON ROAD
		CITY:			DEVENS
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01434

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOUGLAS FAMILY TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001268474

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19672
		FILM NUMBER:		10697877

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1101 FIFTH AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 360
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94901
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4155262200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1101 FIFTH AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 360
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94901

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JAMES & JEAN DOUGLAS IRREVOCABLE DESCENDANTS TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001268475

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19672
		FILM NUMBER:		10697876

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1101 FIFTH AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 360
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94901
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4155262200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1101 FIFTH AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 360
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94901

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOUGLAS JAMES E III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001268476

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19672
		FILM NUMBER:		10697879

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1101 FIFTH AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 360
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94901
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>33.00</value>
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            </securityTitle>
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                <value>33.00</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                <value>2010-03-20</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The transactions reported on this Amended Form 4 were incorrectly reported as open market transactions on the original Form 4 filed on March 18, 2010.  This amendment correctly reports those transactions as an exercise of a short put position (obligation to buy).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each of the reporting persons hereunder (individually, a &quot;Reporting Person&quot; and collectively the &quot;Reporting Persons&quot;) may be deemed a memmber of a &quot;group&quot; within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;) or Rule 13d-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act, with one or more of the other Reporting Persons.  Although the Reporting Persons are reporting such securities as if they were members of a &quot;group&quot;, the filing of this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission by any Reporting Person that such Reporting Person is a beneficial owner of any securities other than those directly held by such Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These shares are held directly by the James Douglas and Jean Douglas Irrevocable Descendants' Trust and indirectly by Kevin Douglas. Kevin Douglas and Michelle Douglas, husband and wife, are each a co-trustee of the James Douglas and Jean Douglas Irrevocable Descendants' Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These shares are held directly and jointly by Kevin Douglas and his wife, Michelle Douglas.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Eileen Davis-Wheatman, attorney in fact for Kevin Douglas</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-03-22</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Eileen Davis-Wheatman, attorney in fact  for Douglas Family Trust</signatureName>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Eileen Davis-Wheatman, attorney in fact for James Douglas and Jean Douglas Irrevocable Descendants? Trust</signatureName>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Eileen Davis-Wheatman, attorney in fact  for James E. Douglas III</signatureName>
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