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): August 15, 2018

 

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.)

 

28 Engelhard Drive

Monroe Township, New Jersey

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

08831

(Zip Code)

 

(609) 730-0400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On August 15, 2018, Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. issued a press release announcing a contract with Enel Green Power S.p.A. Under the terms of the contract, Ocean Power Technologies will evaluate a PB3 PowerBuoy™ deployment along the coast of Chile through a detailed feasibility study of the PowerBuoy™ as an offshore autonomous platform hosting oceanographic sensor systems. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Exhibit Number   Description
     
*99.1   Press release dated August 15, 2018 announcing contract to conduct a detailed feasibility study with Enel Green Power S.p.A.

 

*Furnished herewith.

 

   

 

 

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 16, 2018

 

  OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
  /s/ George H. Kirby III
  George H. Kirby III
  President and Chief Executive Officer