VPG-2013.12.31-SD
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
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Vishay Precision Group, Inc. |
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
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Delaware | 1-34679 | 27-0986328 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
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3 Great Valley Parkway, Suite 150 Malvern, PA | 19355 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | Zip Code |
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William M. Clancy Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | (484) 321-5300 |
(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:
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| Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2013. |
Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (“VPG,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is an internationally recognized designer, manufacturer and marketer of components based on its resistive foil technology; sensors; and sensor-based systems specializing in the growing markets of stress, force, weight, pressure, and current measurements.
Certain of our products utilize one or more of the minerals tantalum, tin, tungsten or gold-“conflict minerals” (as defined in Section 1, Item 1.01 (d)(3) of Form SD)-that are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. At this time, taking into account our “reasonable country of origin” inquiry to date, VPG is not certain whether any of its necessary conflict minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”), nor whether any of its necessary conflict minerals are not from recycled or scrap sources.
Accordingly, VPG designed its due diligence process regarding the source and custody of such conflict minerals, based upon the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, an internationally recognized due diligence framework.
VPG continues to work with its suppliers to attempt to determine the country of origination of such materials.
In accordance with Rule 13p-1, VPG has filed this Specialized Disclosure Form (Form SD) and the associated Conflict Minerals Report filed as an exhibit to this Form SD, and both reports are posted to our publicly available website at http://ir.vpgsensors.com.
Item 1.02 - Exhibits
Exhibit 1.01 is hereby incorporated into this item by reference.
Section 2 - Exhibits
Item 2.01 - Exhibits
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
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1.01 | | Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form. |
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 undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| Vishay Precision Group, Inc. |
Date: May 30, 2014 | By: /s/ William M. Clancy |
| Name: William M. Clancy |
| Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |