0001378992-17-000020.txt : 20170522 0001378992-17-000020.hdr.sgml : 20170522 20170519174020 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001378992-17-000020 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 13p-1 1.01 20161231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170522 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170519 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERRY GLOBAL GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001378992 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC [3089] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0926 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SD SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35672 FILM NUMBER: 17859217 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101 OAKLEY STREET STREET 2: PO BOX 959 CITY: EVANSVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 47710 BUSINESS PHONE: 8124242904 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101 OAKLEY STREET STREET 2: PO BOX 959 CITY: EVANSVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 47710 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BERRY PLASTICS GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20061024 SD 1 bggformsd.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report

BERRY GLOBAL GROUP, INC.


Delaware
1-35672
20-5234618
(State of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

101 Oakley Street
Evansville, Indiana 47710
 (Address of principal executive offices / Zip Code)


Thomas E. Salmon
Chief Executive Officer

101 Oakley Street
Evansville, IN 47710
(812) 424-2904
(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, 2016.

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Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

This Form SD of Berry Global Group, Inc. (the "Company") is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the reporting period January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016.

Rule 13p-1 requires disclosure of certain information when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which the minerals specified in the Rule are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The specified minerals are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolframite, including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (the "Conflict Minerals"). The "Covered Countries" for the purposes of the Rule 13p-1 are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. Certain of the Company's operations manufacture, or contract to manufacture, products for which the Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products (the "Subject Minerals").

The Company has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Subject Minerals. This good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the Subject Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and whether any of the Subject Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources. The Company queried its suppliers, as part of its vender approval process, on whether the raw materials sourced by the Company, or contained in components/products purchased by the Company from any suppliers, contain any Conflict Minerals.  For those who supply Conflict Minerals as part of their raw materials or that are contained in components/products purchased by the Company, the Company requires yearly certification on whether the raw materials or components/products sourced by the Company contain any Conflict Minerals.  For those suppliers that state that they do supply Conflict Minerals or components/products that contain Conflict Minerals, the Company requires a completed Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition–Global eSustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to determine whether any of the Subject Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and whether any of the Subject Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources. The Company reviewed and evaluated each response received from this inquiry and followed up by phone or email to confirm responses where necessary.

Based on this reasonable country of origin inquiry, the Company determined that the Subject Minerals did not originate in the Covered Countries or came from recycled or scrap sources.

This information is publicly available at http://www.berryglobal.com/catalog/content/corporate/. The website and information accessible through it are not incorporated into this document.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

Not applicable.

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.
 
 
Berry Global Group, Inc.
 
  
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Jason K. Greene
 
 May 19, 2017   
 
Jason K. Greene
 
 (Date)   
 
Chief Legal Officer
 
 
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