<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001437749-14-007942.txt : 20140505
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-14-007942
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140424
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140505
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140505

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001378140
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				222535818
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1590 REED ROAD
		CITY:			PENNINGTON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08534
		BUSINESS PHONE:		609-730-0400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1590 REED ROAD
		CITY:			PENNINGTON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08534

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Ocean Power Technologies, INc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061012

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Competti Eileen M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001607074

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33417
		FILM NUMBER:		14812694

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2951 MUD HOUSE ROAD, NE
		CITY:			LANCASTER
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43130
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        <issuerCik>0001378140</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OPTT</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Competti Eileen M</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1590 REED ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PENNINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08534</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Eileen M. Competti by Mark A. Featherstone as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-05-05</signatureDate>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" id=PARA1><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></FONT>&nbsp;</P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Exhibit 24</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA2><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA4><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA5><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA6><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA7><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Charles F. Dunleavy and Mark A. Featherstone, signing singly and each acting individually, as the undersigned&#39;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority as hereinafter described to:</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA8><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt" id=PARA9><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#39;s capacity as an executive officer and/or director of OPT Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (the "Exchange Act");</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA10><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt" id=PARA11><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, prepare, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely deliver and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA12><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt" id=PARA13><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned&#39;s representative and on the undersigned&#39;s behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company&#39;s securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA14><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt" id=PARA15><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#39;s discretion.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA16><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA17><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#39;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming nor relieving, nor is the Company assuming nor relieving, any of the undersigned&#39;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing attorneys-in-fact assume (i) any liability for the undersigned&#39;s responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA18><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA19><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned&#39;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA21><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of</FONT> <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day of April, 2014.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 108pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA26><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><U>Eileen M. Competti </U></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 108pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA29><U><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">/s/ Eileen M. Competti&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></U></P>
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