EX-32.1 6 d332463dex321.htm CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE13A-14(B)

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Superconductor Corporation (the “Company”) for the year ended March 31, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, Daniel P. McGahn, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

| (1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

| (2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/S/ DANIEL P. MCGAHN
Daniel P. McGahn
Chief Executive Officer

June 6, 2012