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): December 7, 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 |
28 Engelhard Drive, Suite B Monroe
Township, NJ 08831 |
08831 (Zip Code) |
(609)
730-0400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) for the year ended April 30, 2018 (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on December 7, 2018.
At the Annual Meeting, the following proposals were voted on by the stockholders of the Company.
| 1) | To elect six persons to the Company’s Board of Directors; | |
| 2) | To approve an amendment to the 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for grant under the 2015 Plan from 640,703 to 2,640,703 in order to ensure that adequate shares will be available under the 2015 Plan for future grants; | |
| 3) | 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 (the “Common Stock”), from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000; | |
| 4) | To consider and take action on the ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2019; and | |
| 5) | To vote on an advisory resolution to approve the Company’s executive officer compensation. |
The results of the voting were as follows:
Six directors were elected for terms expiring on the date of the annual meeting for the year ended April 30, 2019. As to each nominee for director, the results of the voting were as follows:
| Name of Nominee | Number of Votes Voted For |
Number of Votes Withheld |
Number of Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Terence J. Cryan | 3,143,899 | 954,922 | 10,408,581 | |||
| Dean J. Glover | 3,521,363 | 577,458 | 10,408,581 | |||
| George H. Kirby III | 3,170,128 | 928,693 | 10,408,581 | |||
| Steven M. Fludder | 3,194,390 | 904,431 | 10,408,581 | |||
| Robert K. Winters | 3,294,112 | 804,709 | 10,408,581 | |||
| Kristine S. Moore | 3,523,662 | 575,159 | 10,408,581 |
The result of the vote to approve an amendment to the 2015 Plan to increase the number of shares of the Common Stock available for grant under the 2015 Plan from 640,703 to 2,640,703 in order to ensure that adequate shares will be available under the 2015 Plan for future grants was as follows:
| Number
of Votes Voted For |
Number
of Votes Voted Against |
Number
of Votes Abstaining |
Number
of Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 2,119,971 | 1,869,051 | 109,799 | 10,408,581 |
The result of the vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Common Stock from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 was as follows:
| Number
of Votes Voted For |
Number
of Votes Voted Against |
Number
of Votes Abstaining |
Number
of Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 9,437,203 | 4,693,737 | 376,462 | 0 |
The result of the vote to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2019 was as follows:
| Number
of Votes Voted For |
Number
of Votes Voted Against |
Number
of Votes Abstaining |
Number
of Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 12,955,865 | 854,330 | 697,207 | 0 |
The result of the vote on the advisory resolution to approve the Company’s executive officer compensation was as follows:
| Number
of Votes Voted For |
Number
of Votes Voted Against |
Number
of Votes Abstaining |
Number
of Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 2,224,821 | 1,772,278 | 101,722 | 10,408,581 |
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| *3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation |
*Filed 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: December 7, 2018
| OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
| /s/ George H. Kirby III | |
| George H. Kirby III | |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |