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Issuer:     SONO TEK CORP (SOTK)
CIK:        0000806172
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171520-24-000014
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sono-Tek appoints R. Stephen Harshbarger as CEO; Coccio becomes Executive Chairman
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- Dr. Christopher Coccio transitioned from CEO to Executive Chairman effective Dec 31, 2023; remains Chairman.
- R. Stephen Harshbarger appointed CEO; retains President role, previously COO since Aug 2020.
- Harshbarger has 30+ years at Sono-Tek; built distribution in 40+ countries, contributed to >400% revenue growth.
- FY2024 executive salaries: Harshbarger $265K, Coccio $160K, Bagley $185K; bonus based on $18.47M revenue and $1.12M operating income.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152024000014/0001171520-24-000014-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152024000014/eps11084.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171520-24-000014

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