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<P id=PARA6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B> </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA10 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>FORM S-8</B>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA14 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA18 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Delaware</B>&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA27 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Amended and Restated </B><B>2006 Stock Incentive Plan</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><BR>(Full titles of the Plans) </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA29 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>David L. Keller<BR>Interim Chief Executive Officer</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B><BR>Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.<BR>1590 Reed Road, Pennington, New Jersey 08534</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><BR>(Name and Address of Agent for Service) </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA33 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">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 the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA55 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">800,000 shares</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA64 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Registration Statement also includes any additional number of shares that may be offered and issued as a result of future stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions under the Plan.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA66 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on October 20, 2014, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA73 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">This Registration Statement (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) on Form S-8 registers 8</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">00,000 additional shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) which may be acquired pursuant to the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). The securities subject to this Registration Statement are of the same class of the Registrant for which the Registrant previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;). Accordingly, the contents of the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-142547, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on May 2, 2007 are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, except for Iem 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference and Item 8, &#8220;Exhibits&#8221;, of Part II of such Registration Statement. After giving effect to this Registration Statement, an aggregate of 2,453,215 shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock have been registered for issuance pursuant to the Plan. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA79 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The Board of Directors approved an amendment (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;) to the Plan to increase the number of shares available for the grant of awards under the Plan by 8</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">00,000 shares. The Amendment was subject to stockholder approval. On October 3, 2013, the Amendment was approved by stockholders at the Company&#8217;s annual meeting of stockholders. The Company has filed this Registration Statement to register, under the Securities Act, the offer and sale pursuant to the Plan of an additional 8</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">00,000 shares of Common Stock not previously registered. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA85 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA87 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA89 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference: </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA91 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(a) The Registrant&#8217;s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&#8217;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA93 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the documents referred to in (a) above. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA95 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(c) The description of the securities contained in the Registrant&#8217;s registration statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA97 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA105 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrants Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on August 28, 2013)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA107 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Opinion of Morrison Cohen LLP, counsel to the Registrant</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA122 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>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA125 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 City of Pennington, State of New Jersey, on this 22nd day of October, 2014. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA127 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA128 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">By: &nbsp;<U>/s/ David L. Keller</U>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA132 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>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA135 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint David L. Keller, and Mark A. Featherstone, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below, any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and all amendments thereto. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA137 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities held on the date indicated. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA143 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25">/s/ David L. Keller&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 18.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center">October 22, 2014</TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA147 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25">&nbsp;/s/ Mark A. Featherstone&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 18.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center">October 22, 2014</TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA151 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25">/s/ Terence J. Cryan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA153 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<P id=PARA154 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 28%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Terence J. Cryan</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 0.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 51.4%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Director </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 0.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 18.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center">October 22, 2014</TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA155 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25">&nbsp;/s/ Eileen M. Competti&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA157 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<P id=PARA158 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 28%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Eileen M. Competti</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 0.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 51.4%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Director </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 0.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 18.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center">October 22, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 51.4%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P id=PARA159 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25">&nbsp;/s/ Dean J. Glover&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<P id=PARA161 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<P id=PARA162 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 28%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Dean J. Glover&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 0.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 51.4%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Director </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 0.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 18.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center">October 22, 2014</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA168 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX</U>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA170 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></P>
<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>Number</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA172 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Exhibit*</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA173 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">4.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 85.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA174 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan&nbsp;(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrants Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on August 28, 2013)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 11.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 3%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 85.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA175 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">5.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA176 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Opinion of Morrison Cohen LLP, counsel to the Registrant</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA177 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">23.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA178 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Consent of Morrison Cohen LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA179 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">23.2</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA180 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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optt20141022_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 22
, 201
4
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
22-2535818
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Organization)
1590 Reed Road
Pennington, NJ 08534
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Amended and Restated
2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full titles of the Plans)
David L. Keller
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
1590 Reed Road, Pennington, New Jersey 08534
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(609) 730-0400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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 the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
☐
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
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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 $0.001 per share
800,000 shares
$0.96
$768,000
$ 89.24
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also includes any additional number of shares that may be offered and issued as a result of future stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions under the Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on October 20, 2014, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") on Form S-8 registers 8
00,000 additional shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Registrant") which may be acquired pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). The securities subject to this Registration Statement are of the same class of the Registrant for which the Registrant previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Accordingly, the contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-142547, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 2, 2007 are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, except for Iem 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference and Item 8, "Exhibits", of Part II of such Registration Statement. After giving effect to this Registration Statement, an aggregate of 2,453,215 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock have been registered for issuance pursuant to the Plan.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Board of Directors approved an amendment (the "Amendment") to the Plan to increase the number of shares available for the grant of awards under the Plan by 8
00,000 shares. The Amendment was subject to stockholder approval. On October 3, 2013, the Amendment was approved by stockholders at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders. The Company has filed this Registration Statement to register, under the Securities Act, the offer and sale pursuant to the Plan of an additional 8
00,000 shares of Common Stock not previously registered.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
(a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the documents referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the securities contained in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 8
.Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrants Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on August 28, 2013)
5.1
Opinion of Morrison Cohen LLP, counsel to the Registrant
23.1
Consent of Morrison Cohen LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this Registration Statement on Form S-8).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 City of Pennington, State of New Jersey, on this 22nd day of October, 2014.
OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ David L. Keller
David L. Keller
Interim Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint David L. Keller, and Mark A. Featherstone, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below, any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities held on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ David L. Keller
David L. Keller
Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
October 22, 2014
/s/ Mark A. Featherstone
Mark A. Featherstone
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
October 22, 2014
/s/ Terence J. Cryan
Terence J. Cryan
Director
October 22, 2014
/s/ Eileen M. Competti
Eileen M. Competti
Director
October 22, 2014
/s/ Dean J. Glover
Dean J. Glover
Director
October 22, 2014
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit*
4.1
Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrants Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on August 28, 2013)
5.1
Opinion of Morrison Cohen LLP, counsel to the Registrant
23.1
Consent of Morrison Cohen LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this Registration Statement on Form S-8).