UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ~~Washington, D.C. 20549~~

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of ~~the Securities Act of 1934~~

~~Date~~the ofSecurities ~~Report~~Act ~~(Date~~ of ~~earliest event reported): March 11, 2026~~1934

~~Ocean~~Date ~~Power~~of ~~Technologies,~~Report ~~Inc.~~ (~~Exact~~Date ~~name~~ of ~~registrant~~earliest asevent ~~specified~~reported): inMarch ~~its~~24, ~~charter)~~2026

Delaware	001-33417	22-2535818
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	Number)	Identification No.)

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)~~

(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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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. ☐

Item 28.0201 ~~Results~~Other ~~of Operation and Financial Condition~~Events.

On March 1124, 2026, Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued ana ~~earnings~~press ~~flash~~release announcing ~~preliminary~~the ~~results~~shipment of ~~operations~~ ~~for~~ the ~~quarter~~first PowerBuoy® ~~ended~~system ~~January~~under ~~31,~~its ~~2026.~~previously Aannounced ~~copy~~contract ofwith the ~~press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99~~U.1S. InDepartment ~~accordance~~of ~~with General~~Homeland ~~Instruction B~~Security.2 ofA ~~Form~~copy ~~8-K,~~of the ~~information~~press ~~set~~release is ~~forth~~attached inhereto ~~Item~~as ~~2.02 and in the attached~~ Exhibit 99.1 ~~shall be deemed to be “furnished”~~ and ~~shall~~is ~~not~~hereby beincorporated ~~deemed~~by ~~to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended~~reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibits

99.1	Press release dated March 1124, 2026.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.
Dated: March 13, 2026	/s/ Philipp Stratmann
Dated: March 26, 2026	/s/ Philipp Stratmann
	Philipp Stratmann
	President and Chief Executive Officer

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