Form 8-K
 
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 7, 2010

OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
Delaware   001-33417   22-2535818
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
1590 Reed Road
Pennington, NJ
  08534
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 730-0400

 
 
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On October 7, 2010, Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals:
1. To elect the six directors named in the Company’s proxy statement to serve for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and, in each case, until a successor is elected and qualified. Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the stockholders as follows:
             
Name   For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Seymour S. Preston III   3,614,855   292,704   3,422,868
J. Victor Chatigny   3,683,450   224,109   3,422,868
Paul F. Lozier   3,679,744   227,815   3,422,868
Thomas J. Meaney   3,190,948   716,611   3,422,868
Dr. George W. Taylor   3,213,012   694,547   3,422,868
Charles F. Dunleavy   3,279,777   627,782   3,422,868
2. To ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2011. The proposal was approved by a vote of the stockholders as follows:
         
For   Against   Abstain
7,243,340   61,087   26,000

 

 


 

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
Date: October 12, 2010  By:   /s/ BRIAN M. POSNER    
    Brian M. Posner   
    Chief Financial Officer