UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM SD

 

Specialized Disclosure Report

 

NEWPORT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Jeffrey B. Coyne                (949) 863-3144

(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, 2014.

 

 

 

Section 1 — Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01.  Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report.

 

Newport Corporation (the “Company”) has evaluated its products and has determined that conflict minerals, as defined in paragraph (d)(3)(i) of Item 1.01 of Form SD, are necessary to the functionality or production of certain products manufactured by the Company or contracted by the Company to be manufactured during the calendar year of 2014.  Accordingly, the Company conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding those conflict minerals that is reasonably designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country, as defined in paragraph (d)(1) of Item 1.01 of Form SD, or are from recycled or scrap sources, as defined by paragraph (d)(6) of Item 1.01 of Form SD.  Based on the reasonable country of origin inquiry, the Company has reason to believe that some of its necessary conflict minerals have or may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country and also has reason to believe that such conflict minerals are not or may not be from recycled or scrap sources.  Accordingly, the Company undertook due diligence on the source and chain of custody of such conflict minerals, as described in more detail in the Company’s Conflict Minerals Report (the “Conflict Minerals Report”).

 

As permitted by Instruction (3) to Item 1.01 of Form SD, this Form SD and the Company’s Conflict Minerals Report exclude information regarding products manufactured by the Company’s subsidiary, V-Gen Ltd., which was acquired by the Company on September 29, 2014.

 

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

The Conflict Minerals Report is being filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.  The Company has also made a copy of the Conflict Minerals Report available on its Internet website at www.newport.com/conflictminerals.

 

Item 1.02.  Exhibit.

 

The Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01 above is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

 

Section 2 — Exhibits.

 

Item 2.01.  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1.01 — Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of Form SD.

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

June 1, 2015	NEWPORT CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Jeffrey B. Coyne
		Jeffrey B. Coyne
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
		Corporate Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
1.01		Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of Form SD.

 

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