UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
The Gorman-Rupp Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Ohio | 1-6747 | 34-0253990 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 600 South Airport Road, Mansfield, Ohio |
44903 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
| Brigette A. Burnell | (419) 755-1011 | |||
| (Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.) | ||||
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 form applies:
| x | Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015. |
Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure
| Item 1.01 | Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report |
In accordance with the disclosure requirements promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, The Gorman-Rupp Company (the “Company”) has undertaken efforts to determine our conflict minerals1 reporting requirements for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2015.
The Company has filed this Specialized Disclosure Report and the associated Conflict Minerals Report which are available on the Company’s website at http://gormanrupp.com/corporate-governance/.
| Item 1.02 | Exhibit |
The Company’s Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto.
Section 2 – Exhibits
| Item 2.01 | Exhibits |
The following exhibit is filed as part of this report.
Exhibit 1.01 – The Gorman-Rupp Company’s Conflict Minerals Report for the period January 1 to December 31, 2015.
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| 1 | The term “conflict mineral” is defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as (A) columbite-tantalite, also known as coltan (the metal ore from which tantalum is extracted); cassiterite (the metal ore from which tin is extracted); gold; wolframite (the metal ore from which tungsten is extracted); or their derivatives; or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country. |
SIGNATURE
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.
The Gorman-Rupp Company
| By: | /s/ Brigette A. Burnell | Date: May 27th, 2016 | ||||||||
| Brigette A. Burnell | ||||||||||
| General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||