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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 August 30, 2024. 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 100,000,000 to 200,000,000. The results of the voting were as follows:
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of Votes Voted For |
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of Votes Voted Against |
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of Votes Abstaining |
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| 23,072,754 | 12,195,824 | 320,826 |
Item 9.01 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 August 30, 2024. |
| 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: August 30, 2024
| OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
| /s/ Philipp Stratmann | |
| Philipp Stratmann | |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |