{"url_path":"/sec/amsc/8-k/2026-06-02/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-02","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880807/0001437749-26-019163-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-019163","cik":"0000880807","ticker":"AMSC","issuer_name":"AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880807/0001437749-26-019163-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000880807","primary_entity_name":"AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/"},"word_count":309,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.** \n\n \n\n*(***e) ****Fiscal 2026** **Executive Incentive Plan****.** On June 1, 2026, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the \"Board\") of American Superconductor Corporation (the “Company”) and the Board approved an executive incentive plan for the Company’s fiscal year ending March 31, 2027 (“fiscal 2026”). Participants in the plan include the Company’s chief executive officer and all other current executive officers. Pursuant to the plan, each participant is designated a target cash incentive amount, expressed as a percentage of the participant’s annual base salary. The Committee is responsible for determining the payout under the plan to each participant except the chief executive officer. The Board determines the payout under the plan for the chief executive officer, taking into account the recommendation of the Committee.\n\n \n\nThe amount of the incentive award actually paid to each participant may be less than or greater than the participant’s target cash incentive, with the amount capped at 200% of the target incentive. For each participant, individual incentive awards will be determined following the end of fiscal 2026 based on the following factors and their corresponding weightings:\n\n \n\n \n\n•\n\nthe Company’s non-GAAP net income for fiscal 2026 as compared to the established target – 50%\n\n \n\n \n\n•\n\nthe Company’s revenues for fiscal 2026 as compared to the established target – 25%\n\n \n\n \n\n•\n\nthe Company’s operating expenses for fiscal 2026 as compared to the established target – 25%\n\n \n\nThe following table sets forth the target cash incentive for fiscal 2026 for each current executive officer:\n\n \n\n**Executive** **Officer**\n\n \n\n**Title**\n\n \n\n**Target** **Incentive**\n\n**as** **% of**\n\n**Base** **Salary**\n\n \n \n\n**Target** **Incentive**\n\n \n\nDaniel P. McGahn\n\n \n\nChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer\n\n \n \n\n100\n\n% \n\n \n\n$\n\n754,000\n\n \n\nJohn W. Kosiba, Jr.\n\n \n\nSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer\n\n \n \n\n75\n\n% \n\n \n\n$\n\n351,000"}