Current Report Filing (8-k)

  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 Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 19 , 2016

 

 

 

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

001-33417 (Commission File Number)

22-2535818 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

1590 Reed Road Pennington, New Jersey (Address of principal executive offices)

08534 (Zip Code)

 

 

 

[phone]
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

[   ]     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

 

On October 19, 2016, Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) closed its previously announced underwritten offering of 2,760,000 shares of its common stock (the “Offering”), which includes the sale of 360,000 shares of the Company’s common stock sold by the Company pursuant to the exercise, in full, of the over-allotment option by the underwriters.

 

On the same day, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

99.1*

Press Release dated October 19, 2016.

 

* Filed herewith.

 

 

 

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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: October 19, 2016	OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	/s/ George H. Kirby
	George H. Kirby
	Chief Executive Officer