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accession: "0001171520-24-000161"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOTK"
cik: "0000806172"
company_name: "SONO TEK CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T03:08:00.048184+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sono-Tek elects Dr. Adeniyi Lawal to Board; Dr. Mowbray may not stand for reelection

## Summary
- Dr. Lawal elected to board effective April 3, 2024; term expires at 2024 annual meeting in August.
- Dr. Lawal is a chemical engineering professor at Stevens Institute, with expertise in renewable energy.
- Dr. Mowbray, board member since 2003, has indicated he may not stand for reelection at the August 2024 meeting.
- Lawal has collaborated with Sono-Tek on ultrasonic atomization technology research.
- The Board anticipates Lawal will eventually replace Mowbray as the technical expert.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171520-24-000161
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOTK
- cik: 0000806172
- company_name: SONO TEK CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152024000161/0001171520-24-000161-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152024000161/eps11217_sotk.htm

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