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FILED AS OF DATE:		20160526
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160526

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ULTRALIFE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000875657
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690]
		IRS NUMBER:				161387013
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-20852
		FILM NUMBER:		161677790

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2000 TECHNOLOGY PARKWAY
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14513
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3153327100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2000 TECHNOLOGY PARKWAY
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14513

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ULTRALIFE BATTERIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940224
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM SD
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ultralife
Corporation </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>000-20852 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Commission file number) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2000 Technology Parkway, Newark, New York 14513 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Philip A. Fain 315-332-7100 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and telephone number of the person to contact in connection with this report) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this report
applies: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2015 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;1 &#150; Conflict Minerals Disclosure </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Items 1.01 and 1.02 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report, Exhibit </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of Ultralife Corporation&#146;s Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015, is provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and is publicly
available at http://www.investor.ultralifecorporation.com </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;2 &#150; Exhibits </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exhibit 1.01 &#150; Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 duly
authorized undersigned. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ULTRALIFE CORPORATION </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(registrant)
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Philip A. Fain</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Philip A. Fain</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">May 26, 2016</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 1.01 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ultralife Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Conflict Minerals Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Background &#150; Dodd Frank </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) has promulgated rules pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (&#147;Dodd-Frank&#148;), which require companies which file periodic reports with the SEC
to prepare and file a report disclosing whether such companies&#146; products contain certain metals (gold, tungsten, tantalum and tin &#150; collectively the &#147;conflict minerals&#148;), the commercial trade of which is believed to partially
finance or benefit armed groups operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (&#147;DRC&#148;) and surrounding region (the &#147;Conflict Area&#148;). These conflict minerals are referred to as &#147;conflict minerals&#148; whether or not they are
sourced from the Conflict Area. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The objective of these rules is ultimately to reduce, if not eradicate, the flow of funds to armed groups in the Conflict
Area by requiring registrants to demand transparency over their supply chain sourcing of conflict minerals. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;1 - Company and Products
Overview </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This is the Conflict Minerals Report of Ultralife Corporation (&#147;Ultralife&#148;, &#147;we&#148; or &#147;our&#148;) for the calendar
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015, and is prepared in accordance with Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We offer products and services
including portable power solutions and communications and electronics systems to customers across the globe in the government, defense and commercial sectors. With an emphasis on strong engineering and a collaborative approach to problem solving, we
design, manufacture, install and maintain power and communications systems including: rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries, charging systems, communications and electronics systems, and accessories and custom-engineered systems. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We report our results in two operating segments: Battery&nbsp;&amp; Energy Products and Communications Systems. The Battery&nbsp;&amp; Energy Products segment
includes: lithium 9-volt, cylindrical and various other non-rechargeable batteries, rechargeable batteries, uninterruptable power supplies, charging systems, and accessories. The Communications Systems segment includes: RF amplifiers, power
supplies, cable and connector assemblies, amplified speakers, equipment mounts, case equipment, man-portable systems, integrated communication systems for fixed or vehicle applications, and communications and electronics systems design. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This report has been prepared by the management of Ultralife Corporation and includes the activities of all of our majority-owned subsidiaries. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">1 </P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Many of our products contain electronic circuitry and electronic components that we believe contain conflict minerals. We purchase our electronic circuitry and
components from third-party suppliers and do not directly utilize conflict minerals in our manufacturing process or products. We determined that during the 2015 calendar year, we manufactured products containing conflict minerals and that the use of
the conflict minerals is necessary to the functionality or production of these products. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our supply chain is complex. There are generally multiple tiers
between our company and the mines from which the conflict minerals are sourced. We rely upon our suppliers to provide information on the origin of conflict minerals contained in components and materials supplied to us, including sources of conflict
minerals that are supplied to them from sub-tier suppliers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We identified suppliers from which we acquire components that we believe are likely to
contain conflict minerals (generally, our suppliers of electronic circuitry and electronic components) and communicated with each, via letter the contents of which we detail below, regarding the relevant, emerging SEC requirements and our
expectation that they will exercise diligence in providing us conflict mineral sourcing information so as to enable us to comply with the SEC&#146;s requirements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</B> (&#147;RCOI&#148;) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We sent the identified suppliers a written communication requesting self-declaration and identification of the origin of any conflict minerals contained in the
products provided to Ultralife Corporation. We developed a reporting template which we sent to the twenty-five vendors from which we acquire components that may potentially contain conflict minerals. We believe our RCOI process was reasonably
designed to determine whether conflict minerals used in our products originated in the Conflict Area or came from recycled or scrap sources. We further believe our RCOI process was performed in good faith, and that our conclusions, as set out
herein, were reached with a reasonable level of accuracy and certainty. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Of the twenty-five affected suppliers, we initially received ten responses. Of
the fifteen suppliers who did not respond to our first inquiry, we sent second requests and followed up by mail and/or email and received four additional responses. Of the eleven suppliers that did not respond to our second inquiry, we sent third
requests and followed up by email and received three additional responses. Despite our efforts, we did not receive responses from eight suppliers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
responses we received included declarations from certain suppliers that the suppliers&#146; products contain no conflict minerals, declarations from certain suppliers that the suppliers&#146; products contain no conflict minerals sourced in the
Conflict Area, declarations that a number of suppliers to the effect that they have no reason to believe that their products contain conflict minerals sourced in the Conflict Area, as well as declarations that the source of the conflict minerals in
their products is &#147;conflict undeterminable.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Due to the breadth and complexity of our products and supply chain, it is our understanding that
it will take time for many of our suppliers to verify the origin of all of the minerals included in their products, and we believe that it is possible that they may not succeed in determining with significant confidence the origin of all or any such
minerals. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;2 - Due Diligence framework </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are designing our due diligence measures to be in conformity with the internationally recognized due diligence framework as set forth in the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (&#147;OECD&#148;) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD, 2013) and related supplements for conflict minerals (&#147;OECD
Framework&#148;). </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our due diligence efforts for the calendar years ended December&nbsp;31, 2014 and December&nbsp;31, 2015 included the following: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">We surveyed twenty-five of our electronics components suppliers from which we believe the products we purchase may contain conflict minerals, and (after second and third requests) received a total of seventeen
responses, or 68%. We evaluated the responses we received for consistency and completeness of data provided to identify any contradictions or inconsistencies in those responses. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For the few suppliers who provided smelter or refiner information for applicable conflict minerals, we began the process of analyzing and comparing these smelters and to the list of facilities which have received a
&#147;conflict-free&#148; designation from the Conflict Free Smelter Program (&#147;CFSP&#148;) developed by the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition/Global e-Sustainability Initiative (&#147;EICC/GeSI&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Suppliers who provided incomplete information or who failed to respond to our request for information were contacted three times to request either clarification or in the event that no information was provided to
provide the information requested. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Our product supply chain is very complex, and there are often many tiers in the supply chain between our direct supplier and the original sources of conflict minerals. We do not purchase necessary conflict minerals
directly from mines, smelters, or refiners. As such, we rely completely on our suppliers to provide information regarding the origin of the necessary conflict minerals that are contained in the products we purchase from them. Additionally, we
believe that the smelters and refiners of conflict minerals are best suited to identify the sources of such minerals, and we have requested that our suppliers take steps to identify the applicable smelters and refiners of the conflict minerals in
our supply chain. As such, our due diligence efforts rely heavily on the CFSP and the efforts of our direct suppliers. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;4
&#150; Independent Private Sector Audit </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are not required by Rule 13p-1 to obtain a private sector audit of this Conflict Minerals Report for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015, nor have we voluntarily submitted to such an audit. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We plan to take the following steps to improve the number and quality of supplier responses in the next compliance period in order to mitigate the risk that
conflict minerals contained in our products may directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Conflict Area: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Continue to work towards a robust conflict minerals policy and communicate the revised policy to all of our suppliers. Our policy will specifically require our suppliers to respond to our conflict minerals information
requests. Our revised conflict minerals policy will make clear our intent to move toward a conflict-free supply chain, demand that our suppliers cooperate to the best of their ability to make that goal a reality, and will be published on our
corporate website. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Work with suppliers who did not respond to our 2015 survey to make it clear to them the importance of cooperating with us in this initiative. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Work with suppliers who did not respond fully to our 2015 survey, including suppliers that did not disclose applicable refiner or smelter information, to make clear to them the importance of taking the steps necessary
to obtain information and providing this information to us. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Encourage our suppliers whose products contain conflict minerals to establish policies, due diligence frameworks, and management systems consistent with the OECD framework. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Complete a conflict minerals reporting database to include all smelter information that has been made available to us and complete the comparison of smelter information to the CFSP database. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Conflict Minerals Status Conclusion </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Despite having
conducted a good-faith RCOI and due diligence process, we do not currently have nearly sufficient information from our suppliers to determine the country of origin of the conflict minerals used in our products or identify the facilities used to
process those minerals. While, based on our RCOI and due diligence processes, we have no reason to believe that any of the conflict minerals contained in our products originated in the Covered Area and may have benefited armed groups, we have
concluded that, due to the inherent complexity of our supply chain, we do not have sufficient information or visibility into our supply chain to conclude that our products are conflict-free. Therefore, we have concluded that our supply chain remains
&#147;DRC conflict undeterminable.&#148; </P>
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