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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-111047
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231024
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231024

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-82549
		FILM NUMBER:		231341928

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28 ENGELHARD DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE B
		CITY:			MONROE TOWNSHIP
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08831
		BUSINESS PHONE:		609-730-0400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28 ENGELHARD DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE B
		CITY:			MONROE TOWNSHIP
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08831

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

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Paragon Technologies, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000090045
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONSTRUCTION, MINING & MATERIALS HANDLING MACHINERY & EQUIP [3530]
		IRS NUMBER:				221643428
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 LARRY HOLMES DRIVE, STE 500
		CITY:			EASTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			18042
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6105594015

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 LARRY HOLMES DRIVE, STE 500
		CITY:			EASTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			18042

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PARAGON TECHNOLOGIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000420

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SI HANDLING SYSTEMS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B></P>

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13D</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Rule 13d-101)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>INFORMATION
TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13</B></FONT><B>d<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">-1(</FONT>a<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">)
AND <BR>
AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13</FONT>d<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">-2(</FONT>a<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">)</FONT></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Amendment No. 4)*</B></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name of Issuer)</P>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.65pt; padding-left: 5.65pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share</B></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Title of Class of Securities)</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.65pt; padding-left: 5.65pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>674870506</B></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Hesham M. Gad</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>c/o Paragon Technologies, Inc.<BR>
    101 Larry Holmes Drive, Suite 500</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Easton, Pennsylvania 18042</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(610) 252-3205</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.65pt; padding-left: 5.65pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person<BR>
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.65pt; padding-left: 5.65pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>October 23, 2023</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.65pt; padding-left: 5.65pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)</TD></TR>
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on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of &sect;&sect;
240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>Note</I>: Schedules filed in paper format shall
include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. <I>See</I> &sect; 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom
copies are to be sent.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled
out for a reporting person&#8217;s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent
amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The information required on the remainder of this
cover page shall not be deemed to be &#8220;filed&#8221; for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;Act&#8221;)
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, <I>see</I>
the <I>Notes</I>)</P>

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    13D</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">Page&nbsp;2
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 85%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">NAME OF REPORTING PERSON</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Paragon Technologies,&nbsp;Inc.</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><BR>
(b)&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>3</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SEC USE ONLY</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>4</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SOURCE OF FUNDS</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>WC</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>5</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
    2(d)&nbsp;or 2(e)</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>6</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Delaware</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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    <TD ROWSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">NUMBER OF <BR>
SHARES <BR>
BENEFICIALLY <BR>
OWNED BY<BR>
 EACH<BR>
 REPORTING <BR>
PERSON WITH</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;7</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 70%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SOLE VOTING POWER</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>2,316,307</B></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;8</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SHARED VOTING POWER</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>0</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;9</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>2,316,307</B></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;10</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>0</B></P></TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>11</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>2,316,307</B></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>12</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 85%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; width: 10%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>13</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">PERCENT OF CLASS&nbsp;REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>3.9%</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>CO</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    13D</TD>
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    of 8 Pages</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Amendment No. 4 to Statement
of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule 13D (this &#8220;Amendment No. 4&#8221;) amends the Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule
13D initially filed by Paragon Technologies, Inc. (the &#8220;Reporting Person&#8221;) on July 7, 2023 (as amended, the &#8220;Schedule
13D&#8221; or this &#8220;Statement&#8221;). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment No. 4 shall have the meanings set
forth in the Schedule 13D. Except as amended and supplemented by this Amendment No. 4, the Schedule 13D remains unchanged.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>Item 2.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Identity and Background.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Statement is filed by
Paragon Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The principal business of
the Reporting Person is serving as a holding company engaging in diverse business activities, including automation, distribution, real
estate investment, and investments in marketable securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The principal business address
of the Reporting Person is 101 Larry Holmes Drive, Suite 500, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Information regarding the
identity and background of each executive officer and director of the Reporting Person is set forth on Schedule A to this Statement. Each
of the individuals identified on Schedule A to this Statement is a U.S. citizen, other than Hesham M. Gad.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">None of the Reporting Person
or, to the Reporting Person&#8217;s knowledge, any individuals identified on Schedule A to this Statement has, during the last five years,
been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">None of the Reporting Person
or, to the Reporting Person&#8217;s knowledge, any individuals identified on Schedule A to this Statement has, during the last five years,
been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was
or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to,
federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.5in"><B>Item 3.</B></TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B> Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The total cost for purchasing
the Common Stock reported as owned by the Reporting Person was approximately $1,228,338. The source
of funds was the Reporting Person&#8217;s working capital.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.5in"><B>Item 4. </B></TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Purpose of Transaction.</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Item 4 is hereby amended to
add the following:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On July 27, 2023, the Reporting
Person filed a complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery to enforce its rights, pursuant to Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, to inspect the books and records of the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On October 20, 2023, the Delaware
Court of Chancery ruled in favor of the Reporting Person, finding that the Reporting Person set forth a credible basis to suspect wrongdoing
by the directors and officers of the Company and ordered the Company to provide the Reporting Person with certain books and records for
an investigation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">During the trial on October
4, 2023, the Reporting Person expressed concerns about, among other things, the Company&#8217;s alarming financial losses, skyrocketing
expenses, and increasing director and officer compensation. The Reporting Person also raised concerns about measures that the Company&#8217;s
board of directors has taken for the apparent purpose of interfering with the Reporting Person&#8217;s ongoing efforts to elect five new
directors at the Company&#8217;s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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    13D</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">Page&nbsp;4
    of 8 Pages</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In finding that the Reporting
Person had stated a proper purpose for the books and records demand, the Court found that, considering the totality of the circumstances,
the Reporting Person had demonstrated a credible basis that wrongdoing has occurred at the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On October&nbsp;23, 2023,
the Reporting Person issued a press release regarding the Court&#8217;s decision, which is filed as <A HREF="tm2329019d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit 99.1</A> and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 4.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On October 24, 2023, the
Reporting Person issued a press release disclosing a letter to the independent directors of the Company, which is filed as <A HREF="tm2329019d1_ex99-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit 99.2</A> and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 4.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.5in"><B>Item 5.</B></TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Interest in Securities of the Issuer.</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Reporting Person beneficially holds in the aggregate 2,316,307 shares of Common Stock, which represents approximately 3.9% of the Company&#8217;s
outstanding shares of Common Stock. Paragon holds 100 of these shares directly as a record holder. The Reporting Person directly holds
the shares of Common Stock disclosed as beneficially owned by it in this Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Mr. Tannor beneficially owns
213,733 shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock through Tannor Partners Credit Fund LP, which is controlled by Mr. Tannor. Tannor Capital
Advisors LLC is the general partner and investment manager of Tannor Partners Credit Fund LP, and Mr. Tannor is the sole officer and manager
of Tannor Capital Advisors LLC. Mr. Tannor has the sole power to direct the voting and disposition of those shares. Mr. Gad, Executive
Chairman of the Board of the Reporting Person and Chief Executive Officer of the Reporting Person, and Messrs. Jacobs and Weiser, directors
of Paragon, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of common stock of the Company held by the Reporting Person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The percentage ownership of
shares of Common Stock set forth in this Statement is based on the <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">58,787,578</FONT> shares of Common
Stock reported by the Company as outstanding as of September 11, 2023 in the Company&#8217;s Prospectus filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 28, 2023.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Transactions
effected by the Reporting Person in the Common Stock since the filing of Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D on October 10, 2023 are set
forth on Schedule B to this Statement. Each of these transactions was effected through the open market.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.5in"><B>Item 7.</B></TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Material to Be Filed as Exhibits.</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2329019d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit 99.1</A></TD><TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2329019d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Press
                                            Release, dated October 23, 2023.</A></TD>
</TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2329019d1_ex99-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit 99.2</A></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2329019d1_ex99-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Press
                                            Release, dated October 24, 2023.</A></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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    13D</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">Page&nbsp;5
    of 8 Pages</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>SIGNATURE</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">After reasonable inquiry and
to the best of the undersigned&#8217;s knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Statement
is true, complete and correct.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: October 24, 2023</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">PARAGON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Hesham M. Gad</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: Hesham M. Gad</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">SCHEDULE
    13D</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">Page&nbsp;6
    of 8 Pages</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Schedule A</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Identity and Background of Executive Officers
of Paragon Technologies, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Business Address</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Present Principal Occupation and Name, Principal <BR>
Business and Address of any Organization in which <BR>
such Employment Is Conducted</B></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCECFF">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Hesham M. Gad</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">101 Larry Holmes Drive, Suite 500</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Easton, Pennsylvania 18042</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Paragon Technologies, Inc.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">101 Larry Holmes Drive, Suite 500</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Easton, Pennsylvania 18042</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Janet Reaser</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">101 Larry Holmes Drive, Suite 500</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Easton, Pennsylvania 18042</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Paragon Technologies, Inc.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">101 Larry Holmes Drive, Suite 500</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Easton, PA 18042</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Identity and Background of Directors of Paragon
Technologies, Inc.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Business Address</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Present Principal Occupation and Name, Principal <BR>
Business and Address of any Organization in which <BR>
such Employment Is Conducted</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Hesham M. Gad</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">101 Larry Holmes Drive, Suite 500</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Easton, Pennsylvania 18042</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Paragon Technologies, Inc.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">101 Larry Holmes Drive, Suite 500</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Easton, Pennsylvania 18042</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Jack H. Jacobs</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">101 Larry Holmes Drive, Suite 500</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Easton, Pennsylvania 18042</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Professor</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">West Point</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">606 Thayer Road</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">West Point, New York 10996</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">West Point is a U.S. military academy.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Television Analyst</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">NBC</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">30 Rockefeller Plaza</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">New York, New York 10112</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">NBC is a commercial broadcast television and radio
    network.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Principal</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Fitzroy Group, Ltd.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Olympia House, Armitage Road</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">London NW11 8RQ</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Fitzroy Group, Ltd. specializes in the development
    of residential real estate in London and invests both for its own account and in joint ventures with other institutions.</P></TD></TR>
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    13D</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">Page&nbsp;7
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    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;Samuel S. Weiser</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">101 Larry Holmes Drive, Suite 500</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Easton, Pennsylvania 18042</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Advisor</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Sentinel Group Holdings, LLC</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">235 N. Paulina Street, Suite 3S</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Chicago, Illinois 60612</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Sentinel Group Holdings, LLC is a privately held
    business focused on sourcing unique private equity, real estate and investment funds catering to family offices and high net worth investors.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Foxdale Management LLC</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">235 N. Paulina Street, Suite 3S</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Chicago, Illinois 60612</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Foxdale Management LLC is a consulting firm that
    provides operational consulting, strategic planning, and litigation support services in securities related disputes.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Chief Financial Officer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">WR Group Inc.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">9160 E. Bahia Dr., Suite 200</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Scottsdale, Arizona 85260</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">WR Group Inc. is a consumer products company focused
    on health and beauty industry segments.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Chief Financial Officer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Altsmark</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">197 Rowley Lane,</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">South Londonderry, Vermont 05155</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Altsmark is a software solution firm for the private
    capital sector.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Founder and Chief Executive Officer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">JMP OppZone Services, LLC</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">235 N. Paulina St., Suite 3S</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Chicago, Illinois 60612</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">JMP OppZone Services is a fund administration
    and business support services firm focused exclusively on supporting investment activities in designated Opportunity Zones which were
    created as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to drive investment into depressed areas of the country.</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Schedule&nbsp;B</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Transactions in the Common Stock by Paragon
Technologies, Inc.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Number of Shares Bought (Sold)</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Price per Share<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 38%; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">10/20/2023</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 38%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">18,231 </TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">0.349</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The price per share reported may be a weighted average price. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide
to the Company, any security holder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information
regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.</TD></TR></TABLE>



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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Delaware Chancery Court Rules in Favor of Paragon
Finding Credible Basis That Wrongdoing Occurred at Ocean Power Technologies </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">EASTON, PA &ndash; October 23, 2023</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On October 20, 2023, the Delaware Court of Chancery
ruled that Paragon Technologies (&ldquo;Paragon&rdquo;) (OTC PINK:PGNT) set forth a credible basis to suspect wrongdoing by the directors
and officers of Ocean Power Technologies (&ldquo;OPT&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) and ordered OPT to provide Paragon with certain
books and records for an investigation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Paragon made a books and records demand to OPT
on July 17, 2023. OPT, however, refused to provide any of the books and records, forcing Paragon to commence litigation on July 26, 2023.
During the trial on October 4, 2023, Paragon expressed concerns about, among other things, OPT&rsquo;s alarming financial losses, skyrocketing
expenses, and increasing director and officer compensation. Paragon also raised concerns about measures that OPT&rsquo;s board of directors
has taken for the apparent purpose of interfering with Paragon&rsquo;s ongoing efforts to elect five new directors at OPT&rsquo;s 2023
annual meeting of stockholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In finding that Paragon had stated a proper purpose
for the books and records demand, the Court found that, considering the totality of the circumstances, Paragon had demonstrated a credible
basis that wrongdoing has occurred at OPT. The Court also rejected OPT&rsquo;s allegation that Paragon&rsquo;s true purpose for making
the books and demand was improper.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&ldquo;We are extremely pleased with the Court&rsquo;s
decision. Paragon presented the facts and facts prevail,&rdquo; stated Sham Gad, Chairman of Paragon. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s unfortunate that
OPT decided to waste shareholder money to fight Paragon rather than simply working constructively with us, as we have consistently been
willing to do. No one ever wins at the expense of shareholders.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Paragon Technologies, Inc., a diversified holding
company, owns approximately 3.9% of the outstanding shares of the Company, which we believe makes Paragon the single largest shareholder
in OPT.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We appreciate the support from shareholders thus
far. If shareholders have any questions, please contact our Proxy Solicitor, Alliance Advisors at:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">Alliance Advisors<BR>
200 Broadacres Drive, 3rd Floor<BR>
Bloomfield, NJ 07003</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Toll-Free Phone:&nbsp;855-200-8651</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Email: <U>OPTT@allianceadvisors.com</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Please email us at <U>ir@pgntgroup.com</U> if you would like to learn
more.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0">Paragon Technologies, Inc., together with the other participants named
herein, intends to make a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) of a proxy statement and an accompanying
proxy card to be used to solicit votes for the election of director nominees at the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders of Ocean Power
Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;company&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0">Paragon Technologies, Inc. is the beneficial owner of 2,316,307 shares
of common stock of the company, par value $0.001 per share (&ldquo;common stock&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0">Paragon Technologies, Inc., and Paragon&rsquo;s director nominees Hesham
M. Gad, Shawn M. Harpen, Jack H. Jacobs, Robert J. Tannor and Samuel S. Weiser will be the participants in the proxy solicitation. Mr.
Tannor beneficially owns 213,733 shares of the company&rsquo;s common stock through Tannor Partners Credit Fund LP, which is controlled
by Mr. Tannor. Tannor Capital Advisors LLC is the general partner and investment manager of Tannor Partners Credit Fund LP, and Mr. Tannor
is the sole officer and manager of Tannor Capital Advisors LLC. Mr. Tannor has the sole power to direct the voting and disposition of
those shares. Mr. Gad, Executive Chairman of Paragon&rsquo;s Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Paragon, and Messrs. Jacobs
and Weiser, directors of Paragon, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of the company&rsquo;s common stock held by Paragon. Ms.
Harpen does not own beneficially or of record any securities of the company. Updated information regarding the participants and their
direct and indirect interests in the solicitation, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in Paragon&rsquo;s proxy statement
and other materials filed with the SEC.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0">SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY SHOULD READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER
PROXY MATERIALS CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO THE COMPANY&rsquo;S
ANNUAL MEETING, PARAGON&rsquo;S SOLICITATION OF PROXIES AND PARAGON&rsquo;S NOMINEES TO THE BOARD. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE
AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC&rsquo;S WEB SITE AT&nbsp;<U>WWW.SEC.GOV</U>&nbsp;OR FROM PARAGON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. REQUESTS FOR COPIES, WHEN
AVAILABLE, SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO PARAGON&rsquo;S PROXY SOLICITOR.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Exhibit 99.2</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Paragon Asks the Independent Directors of Ocean
Power Technologies</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>to Consider the Decisions they are Approving
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">EASTON, PA &ndash; October 24, 2023</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">To the Independent Directors of Ocean Power Technologies,
Inc.:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This letter is being provided
by Paragon Technologies, Inc. (&ldquo;Paragon&rdquo;) (OTCPink:PGNT), to the independent directors of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (&ldquo;OPT&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)--Terence J. Cryan, Peter E. Slaiby, Clyde W. Hewlett, Natalie M. Lorenz-Anderson,
and Diana G. Purcel.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We suspect that you are not
being fully informed and may not fully understand the nature of the actions you have taken, which appear to have been taken not in an
effort to carefully carry out your fiduciary duties and allow OPT shareholders to vote on qualified director candidates, but to block
those candidates from ever being presented to shareholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In your extreme efforts to
block Paragon&rsquo;s campaign to benefit shareholders, you have approved the following:</P>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">1.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">You adopted new burdensome advance notice by-laws only weeks after Paragon first requested board representation,
and in Court you falsely claimed that the purpose of the new provisions was to address new SEC universal proxy rules, which were in effect
prior to your last annual meeting. &nbsp;It appears that you designed these by-laws to give OPT the ability to block shareholders from
nominating director candidates.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">2.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">You adopted an anti-shareholder poison pill only weeks after Paragon first requested board representation,
supposedly to protect OPT&rsquo;s NOLs but despite having significant NOLs for 30 years. &nbsp;We have little doubt that your board discussion
regarding the poison pill acknowledged that protecting your NOLs was only a pretext for the poison pill that was aimed at Paragon.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">3.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">You have engaged multiple high-priced law firms, not to ensure that OPT&rsquo;s shareholders have the
benefit of a fair election at your 2023 annual meeting, but to impede and block Paragon&rsquo;s efforts to even nominate director candidates.
 &nbsp;While the company has annual revenues of only $2.7 million and annual losses of $26.3 million, you are likely to pay more than a
few million dollars to these law firms. &nbsp;Shouldn&rsquo;t your fiduciary duties require you to preserve the cash and just let shareholders
vote?</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">4.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">You engaged an extremely expensive proxy defense firm, which OPT can hardly afford, that does not appear
to have the goal of assisting you in carefully fulfilling your fiduciary duties. &nbsp;Ask your expensive defense firm if their goal is
to help you facilitate a fair election for your shareholders or to block Paragon&rsquo;s director candidates at any cost.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">5.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">You blocked Paragon from having access to OPT books and records so that it could investigate why OPT keeps
increasing expenses and board and management compensation when OPT keeps losing more and more money, knowing that this would lead to expensive
litigation. <U>You lost this litigation, with the Court finding a &ldquo;credible basis that wrongdoing occurred&rdquo; at OPT under your
supervision</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">6.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Instead of working cooperatively with Paragon regarding access to books and records, you immediately filed
and wasted additional OPT resources on a motion to disqualify our counsel, <U>which you lost</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">7.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">You rejected Paragon&rsquo;s nomination notice, instead of allowing shareholders to vote to decide who
their directors will be, knowing that this would lead to a second expensive litigation that is now pending.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">8.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">You engaged in bad faith with Paragon&rsquo;s request for shareholder lists, falsely telling the Court
that Paragon requested lists without intending to collect them, while offering the lists subject to conditions that Paragon, its nominees
and proxy advisor could not reasonably accept and subject to the payment of an unjustified ransom. You continue to play games with Paragon&rsquo;s
request for shareholder lists, <U>which will likely lead to a third expensive litigation that OPT can hardly afford</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">9.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">You appear to be engaged in a strategy to increase Paragon&rsquo;s costs, while OPT itself can hardly
afford the exorbitant fees you are incurring, as OPT&rsquo;s losses continue to grow and its stock price continues to decline. &nbsp;In
the registration statement that you signed and filed with the SEC, should you disclose to investors currently buying your stock through
the market the extreme amounts you plan to spend blocking a fair election?</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">10.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">You have ignored Paragon&rsquo;s calls for OPT to cut costs.&nbsp; Instead, your CFO has said that expenses
will be at the same level in fiscal 2024 and your CEO has said that OPT&rsquo;s &ldquo;strategy is working,&rdquo; while OPT continues
to march steadily towards insolvency.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Why not just let shareholders
vote? &nbsp;What is your management afraid of? &nbsp;Are you completely comfortable spending OPT&rsquo;s precious cash, cash that is declining
rapidly due to OPT&rsquo;s increasing expenses, while trying to raise funds by selling stock at $0.32 per share?&nbsp; You will soon be
the subject of depositions and likely further litigation regarding the details of these actions.&nbsp; We strongly suggest that you engage
independent counsel to provide you with unbiased advice. &nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Sincerely,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Paragon Technologies, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Paragon Technologies, Inc.
(&ldquo;Paragon&rdquo;) (OTCPink:PGNT), a diversified holding company, owns approximately 3.9% of the outstanding shares of the Company,
which we believe makes Paragon the single largest shareholder in OPT.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We appreciate the support from shareholders thus
far. We would like to hear from you.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have any questions or would like to provide us with your contact information, please
contact our Proxy Solicitor, Alliance Advisors at:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">Alliance Advisors<BR>
200 Broadacres Drive, 3rd Floor<BR>
Bloomfield, NJ 07003</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Toll-Free Phone:&nbsp;855-200-8651</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Email: <U>OPTT@allianceadvisors.com</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Please email us at <U>ir@pgntgroup.com</U> if you would like to learn
more.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">_________________</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Paragon Technologies, Inc., together with the
other participants named herein, intends to make a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) of a proxy
statement and an accompanying proxy card to be used to solicit votes for the election of director nominees at the 2023 annual meeting
of shareholders of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;company&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Paragon Technologies, Inc. is the beneficial owner
of 2,316,307 shares of common stock of the company, par value $0.001 per share (&ldquo;common stock&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 336.2pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Paragon Technologies, Inc., and Paragon&rsquo;s
director nominees Hesham M. Gad, Shawn M. Harpen, Jack H. Jacobs, Robert J. Tannor and Samuel S. Weiser, will be the participants in the
proxy solicitation. Mr. Tannor beneficially owns 213,733 shares of the company&rsquo;s common stock through Tannor Partners Credit Fund
LP, which is controlled by Mr. Tannor. Tannor Capital Advisors LLC is the general partner and investment manager of Tannor Partners Credit
Fund LP, and Mr. Tannor is the sole officer and manager of Tannor Capital Advisors LLC. Mr. Tannor has the sole power to direct the voting
and disposition of those shares. Mr. Gad, Executive Chairman of Paragon&rsquo;s Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Paragon,
and Messrs. Jacobs and Weiser, directors of Paragon, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of the company&rsquo;s common stock
held by Paragon. Ms. Harpen does not own beneficially or of record any securities of the company. Updated information regarding the participants
and their direct and indirect interests in the solicitation, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in Paragon&rsquo;s proxy
statement and other materials filed with the SEC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY SHOULD READ THE PROXY
STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION
RELATING TO THE COMPANY&rsquo;S ANNUAL MEETING, PARAGON&rsquo;S SOLICITATION OF PROXIES AND PARAGON&rsquo;S NOMINEES TO THE BOARD. SUCH
PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC&rsquo;S WEB SITE AT&nbsp;<U>WWW.SEC.GOV</U>&nbsp;OR FROM PARAGON TECHNOLOGIES,
INC. REQUESTS FOR COPIES, WHEN AVAILABLE, SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO PARAGON&rsquo;S PROXY SOLICITOR.</P>

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