This conflict minerals report for the year ended December 31, 2014, has been prepared to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. Rule 13p-1 requires disclosure of certain information when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products, and the minerals specified in Rule 13p-1 are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The specified minerals are cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (collectively, the “conflict minerals”).