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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001493152-23-041231
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20231114
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231114

FILER:

	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:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33417
		FILM NUMBER:		231407558

	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
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(&ldquo;<U>OPT</U>&rdquo;), is filing materials contained in this Schedule 14A with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (&ldquo;<U>SEC</U>&rdquo;)
in connection with OPT&rsquo;s solicitation of proxies from its stockholders in connection with its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
and at any and all adjournments, postponements, continuations, and reschedulings thereof (the &ldquo;<U>2023 Annual Meeting</U>&rdquo;).
OPT has not filed a preliminary or definitive proxy statement with the SEC in connection with its solicitation of proxies to be used at
the 2023 Annual Meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Press Release Issued on November 14, 2023</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Attached hereto is a press release issued by OPT on
November 14, 2023. This press release is being filed herewith&nbsp;because it may be deemed&nbsp;to be solicitation material in connection
with OPT&rsquo;s solicitation of proxies to be used at the 2023 Annual Meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Important Additional Information And Where To Find
It</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">OPT intends to file a proxy statement and an accompanying
<B><U>WHITE</U></B> proxy card with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies from OPT&rsquo;s stockholders in connection
with the matters to be considered at the 2023 Annual Meeting. <B>INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ ANY SUCH PROXY
STATEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING <U>WHITE</U> PROXY CARD AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY OPT WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN
THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.</B> Stockholders will be able to obtain the Proxy Statement, any amendments
or supplements to the Proxy Statement, the accompanying <B><U>WHITE</U></B> proxy card, and other documents filed by OPT with the SEC
free of charge at the SEC&rsquo;s website at www.sec.gov. Copies will also be available free of charge at the Investor Relations section
of OPT&rsquo;s corporate website at www.oceanpowertechnologies.com, by writing to OPT&rsquo;s Corporate Secretary at Ocean Power Technologies,
Inc., 28 Engelhard Drive, Suite B, Monroe Township, NJ 08831, or by contacting OPT at (609) 730-0400.</P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">OPT, members of its Board of Directors, and certain
of its executive officers are &ldquo;participants&rdquo; in the solicitation of proxies from OPT&rsquo;s stockholders in connection with
the 2023 Annual Meeting. The following directors and executive officers of OPT beneficially hold the amount of shares of OPT&rsquo;s common
stock indicated adjacent to his or her name: (i) OPT directors: Terence J. Cryan (148,595 shares), Philipp Stratmann (93,807 shares),
Clyde W. Hewlett (71,577 shares), Natalie Lorenz-Anderson (52,448 shares), Diana G. Purcel (71,577 shares), and Peter E. Slaiby (96,577
shares); and (ii) OPT officers who are not also directors of OPT: Robert Powers (28,888 shares) and Joseph DiPietro (2,909 shares). The
business address for each of the foregoing persons is c/o Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., 28 Engelhard Drive, Suite B, Monroe Township,
NJ 08831. Additional information regarding OPT&rsquo;s directors, executive officers, and other participants in the solicitation of proxies
from OPT&rsquo;s stockholders in connection with the matters to be considered at the 2023 Annual Meeting, and their direct or indirect
interests, through security holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in OPT&rsquo;s proxy statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting, including
the schedules and appendices thereto.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Ocean Power Technologies Announces Action Plan to
Achieve Profitability in Calendar Year 2025</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><I>Divests Consulting Team and Adds Chief Commercial
Officer</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J., Nov. 14, 2023 &ndash;</B>
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (&ldquo;OPT&rdquo; or the <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.45pt">&ldquo;</FONT>Company&rdquo;) (NYSE American:
OPTT), a leader in innovative and cost-effective low-carbon marine power, data, and service solutions, today announced several milestones
and initiatives it believes will enhance shareholder value, including:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">OPT is divesting its non-core
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<TD>&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">With its research and development
phase substantially completed, the Company now expects to achieve profitability in calendar year 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD>&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Matt Burdyny has been appointed
to the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer to drive commercialization efforts that will support OPT&rsquo;s financial goals</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">OPT CEO and President Dr. Philipp Stratmann commented:
&ldquo;As we have consistently stated, we are seeing meaningful progress in orders, pipeline, and backlog across our business, especially
with the completion of our product development efforts. Despite current economic headwinds, we have built a cutting-edge suite of products
that we believe will be the basis for our current and future commercial success and that will help drive profitability in calendar year
2025. Matt&rsquo;s promotion to the newly created Chief Commercial Officer role aligns with our strategy of focusing on meeting our customers&rsquo;
needs and emphasizing commercialization as we move away from the R&amp;D phase of our evolution. Our focus remains first and foremost
on executing our strategy in order to generate value for our shareholders.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Divestiture of Non-Core Strategic Consulting Team</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">OPT has divested its strategic consulting team so
that it can more fully focus its efforts and resources on the commercialization of its cutting-edge pipeline of products &ndash; particularly
for the national security and defense markets. In addition to the divesture, the Company also announced that recent achievements in R&amp;D,
such as the WAM-V charging demonstration and the Mass-On-Spring-Wave-Energy-Converter (MOSWEC) developments, have enabled additional reallocation
of headcount and a material reduction in third-party expenditure. As a result, more than 50% of OPT&rsquo;s employees are now dedicated
to customer delivery.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Path to Reaching Profitability During Calendar
Year 2025</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">OPT expects that recent meaningful contract wins,
the growth in OPT&rsquo;s commercial pipeline, and the corresponding savings from the divestiture of its consulting team will enable it
to reach profitability during calendar year 2025 using current capital resources. This expectation does not account for extraordinary
expenses that could cause OPT to seek additional capital from financing sources.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Key Addition to Executive Leadership Team</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">To help drive the next phase of OPT&rsquo;s growth
and the commercialization of its cutting-edge products, particularly for the national security and defense markets, OPT has appointed
Matt Burdyny, its current Vice President, Sales &amp; Marketing, to the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Burdyny will
report directly to Dr. Stratmann. Mr. Burdyny first joined OPT in March of 2022 as Vice President, Sales &amp; Marketing. During the past
two years, the commercial team has built a pipeline consisting primarily of national security and defense applications. The majority of
the team is now comprised of U.S. military and NATO veterans and staff who have held security clearances.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">For more information on Ocean Power Technologies please
visit our website at: www.OceanPowerTechnologies.com.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>About Ocean Power Technologies:</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">OPT, a leader in innovative and cost-effective, low
carbon marine data, power, and consulting services, provides intelligent maritime solutions and services that enable safer, cleaner,
and more productive ocean operations for the defense and security, oil and gas, science and research, and offshore wind markets. Our
PowerBuoy&reg; platforms provide clean and reliable electric power and real-time data communications for remote maritime and subsea applications.
We also provide WAM-V&reg; autonomous surface vessels (ASV) and marine robotics services through our wholly owned subsidiary Marine Advanced
Robotics and strategic consulting services including simulation engineering, software engineering, concept design and motion analysis
through our wholly owned subsidiary 3Dent. We are headquartered in Monroe Township, New Jersey, and have offices in Houston, Texas, and
Richmond, California. To learn more, visit <U>www.OceanPowerTechnologies.com</U>.</P>

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">This press release contains forward-looking statements
that are within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements in
this release include, but are not limited to, those statements relating to OPT&rsquo;s future operating and financial performance, the
impact of OPT&rsquo;s various initiatives on the enhancement of stockholder value and its future operating and financial performance,
OPT&rsquo;s expectation that it will be profitable during calendar year 2025, the impact on OPT of divesting its consulting team, including
the projected savings that OPT will experience therefrom, the growth in OPT&rsquo;s opportunity pipeline, OPT&rsquo;s ability to monetize
such opportunities into actual revenue, and the impact on OPT of expanding its executive leadership team, OPT&rsquo;s ability to drive
the next phase of its growth and the commercialization of its products, OPT&rsquo;s ability to execute on its strategy and create value
for its stockholders, the expenses that OPT will incur to respond to the proxy contest and the related litigation being waged by Paragon
Technologies, Inc., OPT&rsquo;s ability to finance its operations without seeking additional capital from financing sources, the impact
on OPT of substantially completing its research and development phase, other statements relating to OPT&rsquo;s future economic and operating
performance, plans, or objectives, and all other statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts. Other forward-looking
statements are identified by certain words or phrases such as &ldquo;may&rdquo;, &ldquo;will&rdquo;, &ldquo;aim&rdquo;, &ldquo;will likely
result&rdquo;, &ldquo;believe&rdquo;, &ldquo;expect&rdquo;, &ldquo;will continue&rdquo;, &ldquo;anticipate&rdquo;, &ldquo;estimate&rdquo;,
&ldquo;intend&rdquo;, &ldquo;plan&rdquo;, &ldquo;contemplate&rdquo;, &ldquo;seek to&rdquo;, &ldquo;future&rdquo;, &ldquo;objective&rdquo;,
&ldquo;goal&rdquo;, &ldquo;project&rdquo;, &ldquo;should&rdquo;, &ldquo;will pursue&rdquo; and similar expressions or variations of such
expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect OPT&rsquo;s current expectations about its future performance, plans, and objectives.
By their nature, forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions and estimates that could be inaccurate and involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to materially differ from those anticipated or expressed in any forward-looking statement.
These estimates and assumptions reflect our best judgment based on currently known market conditions and other factors. Although we believe
such estimates and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently uncertain and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that are
beyond our control, including, without limitation risks related to our ability to execute on our strategy, drive growth, and create value
for our stockholders; our ability to develop, market, and commercialize our products; our ability to monetize our opportunity pipeline;
our ability to achieve and, thereafter, sustain profitability; our ability to win government contracts, including in the defense and security
sectors; the possibility that we may not be able to obtain the necessary facility and personnel clearances to qualify for certain government
contracts, including in the defense and security sectors; our ability to continue the development of our proprietary technologies; our
expected continued use of cash from operating activities unless or until we achieve positive cash flow from the commercialization of our
products and services; our ability to obtain additional funding, as and if needed; our history of operating losses, which we expect to
continue for at least the short term and possibly longer; our ability to control our expenses; our ability to attract and retain qualified
personnel, including executive management; our ability to manage and mitigate risks associated with our internal cyber security protocols
and protection of the data we collect and distribute; our ability to protect our intellectual property portfolio; the impact of inflation
related to the U.S. dollar on our business, operations, customers, suppliers and manufacturers, and personnel; our ability to meet product
development, manufacturing and customer delivery deadlines; our ability to identify and penetrate markets for our products, services,
and solutions; and the<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">&nbsp;risks related to the actions of Paragon Technologies, Inc. in connection
with its threatened proxy contest against OPT and the related litigation brought against OPT, including the amount of related costs incurred
by OPT and the disruption caused to OPT&rsquo;s business activities by these actions</FONT>.</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control
or predict. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the general or specific factors that may affect us. Additional
factors are described in OPT&rsquo;s Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and Form 8-K reports (including all amendments to those reports). Any forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made, and OPT undertakes no obligation or intent to update such forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date. OPT cautions investors not to place undue reliance on any such
forward-looking statements. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on
our behalf.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Important Additional Information And Where To Find
It</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">OPT intends to file a proxy statement and an accompanying
<B><U>WHITE</U></B> proxy card with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies from OPT&rsquo;s stockholders in connection
with the matters to be considered at the 2023 Annual Meeting. <B>INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ ANY SUCH PROXY
STATEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING <U>WHITE</U> PROXY CARD AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY OPT WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN
THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.</B> Stockholders will be able to obtain the Proxy Statement, any amendments
or supplements to the Proxy Statement, the accompanying <B><U>WHITE</U></B> proxy card, and other documents filed by OPT with the SEC
free of charge at the SEC&rsquo;s website at www.sec.gov. Copies will also be available free of charge at the Investor Relations section
of OPT&rsquo;s corporate website at www.oceanpowertechnologies.com, by writing to OPT&rsquo;s Corporate Secretary at Ocean Power Technologies,
Inc., 28 Engelhard Drive, Suite B, Monroe Township, NJ 08831, or by contacting OPT at (609) 730-0400.</P>

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">OPT, members of its Board of Directors, and certain
of its executive officers are &ldquo;participants&rdquo; in the solicitation of proxies from OPT&rsquo;s stockholders in connection with
the 2023 Annual Meeting. The following directors and executive officers of OPT beneficially hold the amount of shares of OPT&rsquo;s common
stock indicated adjacent to his or her name: (i) OPT directors: Terence J. Cryan (148,595 shares), Philipp Stratmann (93,807 shares),
Clyde W. Hewlett (71,577 shares), Natalie Lorenz-Anderson (52,448 shares), Diana G. Purcel (71,577 shares), and Peter E. Slaiby (96,577
shares); and (ii) OPT officers who are not also directors of OPT: Robert Powers (28,888 shares) and Joseph DiPietro (2,909 shares). The
business address for each of the foregoing persons is c/o Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., 28 Engelhard Drive, Suite B, Monroe Township,
NJ 08831. Additional information regarding OPT&rsquo;s directors, executive officers, and other participants in the solicitation of proxies
from OPT&rsquo;s stockholders in connection with the matters to be considered at the 2023 Annual Meeting, and their direct or indirect
interests, through security holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in OPT&rsquo;s proxy statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting, including
the schedules and appendices thereto.</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Investors: 609-730-0400 x401 or InvestorRelations@oceanpowertech.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Media: 609-730-0400 x402 or MediaRelations@oceanpowertech.com</P>

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