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<P id=PARA2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA49 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>George H. Kirby<BR>President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.<BR></B><B>1590 Reed Road</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA101 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">400,000</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA113 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also registers hereunder an indeterminate number of shares of common stock issuable as a result of the anti-dilution provisions of the Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA115 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c), the registration fee is calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for the common stock on the NYSE MKT on October 24, 2016, $3.25. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the registration fee is calculated only with respect to additional securities registered under the Plan.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA120 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Statement Under General Instruction E &#8212; Registration of Additional Securities</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA122 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 23pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">This registration statement registers an additional 400,000 shares of the common stock of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. related to the 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which are the same class as other securities for which a registration statement on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-208522 (the &#8220;Prior Registration Statement&#8221;), has been previously filed. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement is hereby incorporated by reference.</FONT></P>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 88%">Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-208522, filed with the SEC on December 14, 2015).</TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 88%">First Amendment to the 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Annex A to the Company&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on September 2, 2016). </TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA156 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA157 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 23pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Hopewell, State of New Jersey, on this&nbsp;28<SUP style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: .33em">th</SUP> day of October, 2016.</FONT></P>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 3%" colSpan=2><B>OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA165 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">George H. Kirby</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA171 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA173 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 23pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints George H. Kirby and Matthew T. Shafer, and each of them, either of whom may act without joinder of the other, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all pre- and post-effective amendments and supplements to this registration statement, and to file the same, or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA184 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA186 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">October 28, 2016</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA189 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA190 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA191 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Matthew T. Shafer</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA193 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA195 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">October&nbsp;28, 2016</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA196 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Matthew T. Shafer</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA198 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA202 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Chairman of the Board</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA204 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">October 28, 2016</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA208 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Dean J. Glover</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA210 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Vice Chairman of the Board</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA212 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">October 28, 2016</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA213 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Dean J. Glover</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA216 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Robert J. Burger</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA218 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Director</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA220 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">October 28, 2016</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA221 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Robert J. Burger</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA224 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Steven M. Fludder</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA226 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Director</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA228 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">October 28, 2016</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA229 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Steven M. Fludder</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA236 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">October 28, 2016</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA242 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA246 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 230.85pt 0pt 230.05pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><U><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Description</B></FONT></U></P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 88%">Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-208522, filed with the SEC on December 14, 2015).</TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 6%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: right">4.2&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 88%">First Amendment to the 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Annex A to the Company&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on September 2, 2016). </TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA257 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Opinion of Porter Hedges LLP with respect to the legality of the securities.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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optt20161026_s8.htm
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
22-2535818
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1590 Reed Road
Pennington, NJ 08534
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)
OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
2015 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Name, Address and Telephone
Number of Agent for Service:
Copy of Communications to:
George H. Kirby
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
1590 Reed Road
Pennington, NJ 08534
(609) 730-0400
Robert G. Reedy
Kevin J. Poli
Porter Hedges LLP
1000 Main Street, 36th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002-6336
(713) 226-6000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
☒
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to
be Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price per
Share(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price(2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
400,000
$3.25
$1,308,000
$151
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also registers hereunder an indeterminate number of shares of common stock issuable as a result of the anti-dilution provisions of the Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c), the registration fee is calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for the common stock on the NYSE MKT on October 24, 2016, $3.25. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the registration fee is calculated only with respect to additional securities registered under the Plan.
Statement Under General Instruction E — Registration of Additional Securities
This registration statement registers an additional 400,000 shares of the common stock of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. related to the 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which are the same class as other securities for which a registration statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-208522 (the "Prior Registration Statement"), has been previously filed. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement is hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-208522, filed with the SEC on December 14, 2015).
4.2
First Amendment to the 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Annex A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on September 2, 2016).
*5.1
Opinion of Porter Hedges LLP with respect to the legality of the securities.
*23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*23.2
Consent of Porter Hedges LLP (included in Exhibit5.1).
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement).
*
Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Hopewell, State of New Jersey, on this 28
th
day of October, 2016.
OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ George H. Kirby
George H. Kirby
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints George H. Kirby and Matthew T. Shafer, and each of them, either of whom may act without joinder of the other, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all pre- and post-effective amendments and supplements to this registration statement, and to file the same, or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ George H. Kirby
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
October 28, 2016
George H. Kirby
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Matthew T. Shafer
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
October 28, 2016
Matthew T. Shafer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Terence J. Cryan
Chairman of the Board
October 28, 2016
Terence J. Cryan
/s/ Dean J. Glover
Vice Chairman of the Board
October 28, 2016
Dean J. Glover
/s/ Robert J. Burger
Director
October 28, 2016
Robert J. Burger
/s/ Steven M. Fludder
Director
October 28, 2016
Steven M. Fludder
/s/ Robert K. Winters
Director
October 28, 2016
Robert K. Winters
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-208522, filed with the SEC on December 14, 2015).
4.2
First Amendment to the 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Annex A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on September 2, 2016).
*5.1
Opinion of Porter Hedges LLP with respect to the legality of the securities.
*23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*23.2
Consent of Porter Hedges LLP (included in Exhibit5.1).
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement).
*
Filed herewith.