Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.

Regulatory Filings • Jun 6, 2025

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 3, 2025

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)	(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
No.)

| 28
Engelhard Drive , Suite B Monroe
Township , New Jersey | 08831 |
| --- | --- |
| (Address
of principal executive offices) | ( Zip
Code) |

(609) 730-0400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Title
of each class | Trading
Symbol (s) | Name
of each exchange on which registered |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Common
Stock, $0.001 Par Value | OPTT | NYSE
American |
| Series
A Preferred Stock Purchase Rights | N/A | NYSE
American |

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

On June 3, 2025, Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) was notified that Moss Adams LLP (“Moss Adams”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, merged with Baker Tilly US, LLP effective on June 3, 2025. The combined audit practices operate as Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Baker Tilly”). In connection with the notification of the merger, Moss Adams has resigned as the auditors of the Company and the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the appointment of Baker Tilly, as the successor to Moss Adams, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

The Audit Committee, on and effective as of August 19, 2024, appointed Moss Adams as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ended April 30, 2025. As of June 3, 2025, Moss Adams has not issued an audit report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

During the period August 19, 2024 through June 3, 2025, there were no (a) disagreements with Moss Adams on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to Moss Adams’ satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports on the Company’s financial statements, or (b) reportable events requiring disclosure pursuant to Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

During the period from May 1, 2024 through the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted with Baker Tilly regarding: (i) either the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to that item, or a “reportable event,” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Company provided Moss Adams with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and requested that Moss Adams furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether it agrees with the above statements and, if it does not agree, the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of Moss Adams’ letter to the Commission, dated June 6, 2025, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibits
16.1	Letter
from Moss Adams LLP dated June 6, 2025.
104	Cover
Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

| | Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc. |
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| Dated:
June 6, 2025 | /s/
Philipp Stratmann |
| | Philipp
Stratmann |
| | President
and Chief Executive Officer |

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