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FILED AS OF DATE:		20170531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170531

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SONO TEK CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000806172
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690]
		IRS NUMBER:				141568099
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0228

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-16035
		FILM NUMBER:		17880032

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2012 RT 9W BLDG 3
		CITY:			MILTON
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12547
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8457952020

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2012 RT. 9W, BLDG. 3,
		CITY:			MILTON
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12547
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 26.4pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM SD</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 26.4pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B><U>SONO-TEK CORPORATION</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid"><B>14-1568099</B></P></TD></TR>
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        9W, Milton, NY</B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid"><B>12547</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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        L. Coccio</B></P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid"><B>(845)
        795-2020</B></P></TD></TR>
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to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">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, 2016.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Section&nbsp;1&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Conflict Minerals Disclosure</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6.6pt 0 0"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6.6pt 0 0"><B>Conflict Minerals Disclosure</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0">The Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended
December 31, 2016, filed herewith as Exhibit 1.01, is publicly available at www.sono-tek.com under the &ldquo;Investor Relations&rdquo;
tab. The website and information accessible through it are not incorporated into this document.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/107% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 1.02 Exhibit</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">As specified in Section 2, Item 2.01 of this Form SD, the Company
is hereby filing its Conflicts Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this report.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Section 2 &ndash; Exhibits</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 2.01 Exhibits</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The following Exhibit is filed as part of this report:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/107% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">Exhibit 1.01 &ndash; Conflict Minerals Report of Sono-Tek
Corporation for the Reporting Period January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016.<BR CLEAR="ALL">
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0">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="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">SONO-TEK CORPORATION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">By: <U>/s/ Christopher L.
Coccio</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">Christopher L.
Coccio</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">Chief Executive
Officer</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">May 31, 2017</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 7.7pt; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 1.01</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 7.7pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 7.7pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Conflict Minerals Report of Sono-Tek Corporation</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>for the Reporting Period January 1, 2016
to December 31, 2016</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6.6pt 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>I.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6.6pt 0 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Conflict Minerals Report (this
&ldquo;Report&rdquo;) of Sono-Tek Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) has been prepared for the reporting period from January
1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (&ldquo;Rule 13p-1&rdquo;) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &ldquo;1934 Act&rdquo;). Rule 13p-1 was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;)
to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to specified conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the &ldquo;Dodd-Frank Act&rdquo;). Rule 13p-1 imposes certain reporting obligations
on SEC registrants who manufacture or contract to manufacture products containing Conflict Minerals which are necessary to the
functionality or production of their products. &ldquo;Conflict Minerals&rdquo; are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite
(coltan), gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten and gold (3TG) for the purposes
of this assessment. The &ldquo;Covered Countries&rdquo; for the purposes of Rule 13p-1 are the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. Capitalized
terms in this Report that have not been expressly defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in Rule 13p-1 and Form SD.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6.6pt 0 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If a registrant has reason to believe
that any of the Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of their products may have originated in the Covered
Countries, or if they are unable to determine the country of origin of those Conflict Minerals, then the registrant must exercise
due diligence on the Conflict Minerals&rsquo; source and chain of custody and submit a Conflict Minerals Report to the SEC that
includes a description of those due diligence measures.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6.6pt 0 0"><B>II.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Company
Overview</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0">This Report has been prepared by the Company&rsquo;s management.
The Company was incorporated in New York in 1975 and is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of ultrasonic liquid atomizing
nozzles. Ultrasonic nozzle systems atomize low to medium viscosity liquids by converting electrical energy into mechanical motion
in the form of high frequency ultrasonic vibrations that break liquids into minute drops that can be applied to surfaces at low
velocity.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0"><B>III.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Supply
Chain Overview</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0">Certain of the Company&rsquo;s operations manufacture,
or contract to manufacture, products for which Conflict Minerals, are necessary to the functionality or production of those products.
However, the Company is several levels removed from the sources of Conflict Minerals in its products and does not make purchases
of raw ore or Conflict Minerals directly from mines, smelters or refiners.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0"><B>IV.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Due Diligence</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0">The Company is committed to the responsible sourcing of
materials of its products and supports greater transparency with regard to its supply chain. The Company has adopted a formal policy
relating to the Conflict Minerals that incorporates the standards set forth in the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development
Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (&ldquo;OECD Guidance&rdquo;),
and the Company has begun implementation of the provisions contained in this policy.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/107% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">The Company has conducted a good faith reasonable
country of origin inquiry (&ldquo;RCOI&rdquo;) regarding the Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of
the Company&rsquo;s products that the Company manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, and for which the manufacture was completed
during calendar year 2016. This good faith inquiry was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the Company&rsquo;s necessary
Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries or were from recycled or scrap sources. In conducting the RCOI, the Company
identified its products that it reasonably believed contained Conflict Minerals. The Company verified that Conflict Minerals were
present in its products and also verified that such Conflict Minerals were necessary to the functionality or production of these
products. The Company identified each of its suppliers who supply products, components or materials to the Company that reasonably
could be expected to contain Conflict Minerals. The Company inquired of each of these suppliers to determine the sourcing of the
Conflict Minerals. The Company was able to obtain responses from most of these suppliers of Conflict Minerals. All of these suppliers
responded that the Conflict Minerals supplied to the Company did not originate from the Covered Countries or were of unknown origin.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0"><B>V.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Conflict
Minerals Status Conclusion</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0">Based on this RCOI, the Company has no reason to believe
that its necessary Conflict Minerals may have originated in the Covered Countries. This Report has not been audited by an independent
private sector auditor, in accordance with Rule 13p-1.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>VI.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Risk Mitigation/Future
Due Diligence Measures</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0">The Company maintains purchasing policies and procedures
in effect to notify current and potential new suppliers that utilize Conflict Minerals that the Company does not accept products
manufactured with or containing Conflict Minerals sourced from the Covered Countries.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0">The Company intends to implement steps to mitigate the
risk that the Conflict Minerals benefit armed groups and to improve the reasonable country of origin and due diligence processes.
These include, but are not limited to, the following:</P>

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the standards set forth in the OECD Guidance;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 13.2pt 0 0 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">Further modifying the Company&rsquo;s Conflict Minerals compliance process, to supplement changes
the Company has already made to its standard contract and purchase order terms, with the intent to receive all supplier responses
to the reasonable country of origin inquiry and to improve the quality of supplier responses;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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compliance process and the related procedure documentation, and risks for any updates.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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