Specialized Disclosure Report (sd)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM SD

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 

 

BROADWIND ENERGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware		001-34278		88-0409160
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

3240 South Central Avenue, Cicero, Illinois 60804

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Erik W. Jensen
Vice President, Chief Human Capital Officer
Broadwind Energy, Inc.
3240 S. Central Avenue

Cicero, IL 60804
[phone]

 (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:

  ☒  Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

 

Broadwind Energy, Inc. (together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the “Company”) evaluated the Company’s current product lines and determined that “conflict minerals,” as defined in applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules, are necessary to the functionality or production of certain products the Company manufactures or contracts to manufacture as described in the Conflict Minerals Report filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto.  Further, the Company has concluded that such products are “DRC Conflict Undeterminable.”

 

Item 1.02 Exhibit

 

A copy of our Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and is publicly available at: www.bwen.com.

 

Section 2 - Exhibits

 

Item 2.01 Exhibits

 

The following is a list of the Exhibits filed herewith .

EXHIBIT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION
1.01	Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.

 

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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.

 

 

 

	BROADWIND ENERGY, INC.
May 31, 2018	By:	/s/ Jason L. Bonfigt
		Jason L. Bonfigt
		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

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