SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Stotish Ronald L (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. TWO MILL AND MAIN PLACE, SUITE 395 (Street) MAYNARD MA 01754 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/30/2016	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. [ AQB ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) See Remarks	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Options to Purchase Common Stock	07/01/2009(1)	07/01/2019	Common Stock	1,870,000	0.11	D
Options to Purchase Common Stock	01/11/2014(2)	01/11/2021	Common Stock	500,000	0.23	D
Options to Purchase Common Stock	01/20/2017(3)	01/20/2024	Common Stock	200,000	0.78	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Options to purchase common stock were granted on 7/1/2009 pursuant to the AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan and have fully vested.

2. Options to purchase common stock were granted on 1/11/2011 pursuant to the AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan and have fully vested.

3. Options to purchase common stock were granted on 1/20/2014 pursuant to the AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan and fully vest three years after the date of grant.

Remarks:

Director, Chief Executive Officer and President Exhibit List - Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney.

	/s/ David A. Frank, Name: David A. Frank, attorney-in-fact	12/30/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                         AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                POWER OF ATTORNEY - SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 Filings

         The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David A. Frank, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer, and Christopher H. Martin, General Counsel, of
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), with full power of substitution,
as the undersigned's true and lawful authorized representatives and attorneys-
in-fact to:

         (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
              undersigned's capacity as an officer or director of the Company,
              Forms 3, 4, and 5, and any and all amendments thereto, in
              accordance with Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of
              1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), and the rules and regulations
              promulgated thereunder;

         (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
              undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete the
              execution of any such form or schedule and the timely filing of
              such form or schedule with the United States Securities and
              Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or stock market or
              other authority; and

         (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
              the foregoing that, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact,
              may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
              by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
              executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
              pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will
              contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
              approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

         The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute, will lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that each foregoing attorney-in-fact, in service in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or any other
provision of the 1934 Act. Notwithstanding the filing of these reports on your
behalf by the Company, the undersigned will remain responsible for the accuracy
of all information provided to the Company in connection with the filing of such
reports.

         This Power of Attorney will remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holding of or transactions in securities issued by Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

                                            Signed: /s/ Ronald L. Stotish
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                                        Print Name: Ronald L. Stotish


Dated: December 22, 2016
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      [Signature page to Power of Attorney - SEC Forms 3,4 and 5 Filings]