UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
MOMENTIVE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey | 1-71 | 13-0511250 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission file number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
180 East Broad St., Columbus, Ohio | 43215 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
John Kompa
Vice President, Investor Relations and Public Affairs
Phone: 614-225-2223
(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, 2013.
INDEX
Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
Item 1.02 - Exhibit
Section 2 - Exhibits
Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.
Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. (the “Company”) conducted a good faith investigation in connection with the products it manufactured or contracted to be manufactured in the period from January 1 to December 31, 2013, to determine whether any products contain conflict minerals (defined below) and whether any conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of said products. Conflict minerals are defined as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten. The Company conducted the investigation utilizing its SAP product database and the investigation showed that three product families within the Epoxy, Phenolic and Coating Resins segment contain minor amounts of raw materials that do or may contain trace amounts of tin that are necessary to the functionality or the production of the product. Out of approximately 1,500 suppliers of raw materials, the Company was able to identify three suppliers that provide products that may contain tin. These purchases accounted for approximately $280,000, or less than .01% of the Company’s total raw material purchases for the period covered by this report.
Based on the results of the above investigation, the Company conducted a good faith inquiry to determine whether any conflict minerals contained in its products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country, or were from recycled or scrap sources. This inquiry consisted of sending a request letter via email to each of the Company’s direct suppliers of products containing tin, inquiring about the origin of the tin. This request letter includes the template of the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global eSustainability Initiative (“EICC GeSI Template”) which the Company expects to be widely used in the industry. Suppliers were requested to respond to the survey within two weeks.
Based upon the responses received, the Company has conducted, and continues to conduct, due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals contained in its products, described in the Conflict Minerals Report filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.
A copy of this Form SD is available on the Company’s website at www.momentive.com. Certain terms used in this report are defined in SEC Rule 13p-1 (the “SEC Rule”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and in Form SD.
Item 1.02 - Exhibit
A Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD and is also available on the Company’s website at www.momentive.com.
Section 2 - Exhibits
Item 2.01 - Exhibits
Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.
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.
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. | |
/s/ Nathan E. Fisher | |
By: Nathan E. Fisher Title: Executive Vice President, Procurement | Date: May 29, 2014 |