SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. - OPTT

NEW YORK, June 17, 2014

The investigation concerns whether Ocean Power and certain of its officers and/or directors have violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 

On June 10, 2014, the Company announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) form 8-K filing that Charles F. Dunleavy was terminated as the chief executive officer of Ocean Power. The Company also disclosed that the board of directors appointed a Special Committee, composed of outside directors and the interim chief executive officer, which will retain outside counsel to assist in an investigation into the agreement between Victorian Wave Partners and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, and related public statements concerning the project.

On this news, shares of Ocean Power fell $0.84 per share to $1.63, or more than 34%, in intraday trading on June 10, 2014.

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