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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
A Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), was held on April 30, 2025. The voting results reported herein are the final, certified voting results for each proposal presented at the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, the following proposal was voted on by the stockholders of the Company: to approve an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, from 200,000,000 to 300,000,000. The results of the voting were as follows:
| Number of Votes Voted For | Number of Votes Voted Against | Number of Votes Abstaining | ||||||
| 48,135,454 | 23,904,787 | 1,343,531 | ||||||
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On April 30, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing a product shipment. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference.
On May 1, 2025, the Company issued an additional press release announcing a product shipment. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is hereby incorporated by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 30, 2025. | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued on April 30, 2025. | |
| 99.2 | Press release issued on May 1, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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: April 30, 2025 | |
| OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
| /s/ Philipp Stratmann | |
| Philipp Stratmann | |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |