Paragon Technologies Issues a Statement to Shareholders of Ocean Power Technologies

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. provides ocean data collection and reporting, marine power, offshore communications and domain awareness services products, and integrated solutions. The Company focuses on three major service areas: Data as a Service (DaaS), which includes data collected by its Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel (WAM-V) autonomous vehicles or its PowerBuoy product lines; Robotics as a Service (RaaS), which provides a lower cost subscription model for its customers to access use of its WAM-Vs, and Power as a Service (PaaS), which includes its PowerBuoy and subsea battery products. The Company's solutions are primarily suited to ocean and other offshore environments, and support generation of actionable intelligence on a standalone basis. The Company offers its products and services to a wide range of customers, including those in government and offshore energy, oil and gas, construction, wind power and other industries.