Specialized Disclosure Report (sd)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Form SD

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

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COMVERSE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Delaware	001-35572	04-3398741
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

200 Quannapowitt Parkway

Wakefield, MA 01880

(Address of principal executive offices)

Roy S. Luria

(781) 246-9000

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of

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 report 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

This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD (this “Report”) is being filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 13p‑1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”), for the reporting period of January 1 to December 31, 2014. For purposes of this Report, the following definitions apply:


•	“Comverse,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” shall mean Comverse, Inc. and its subsidiaries.


•	“Conflict minerals” shall mean Columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten.


•	Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country shall collectively be referred to as “Covered Countries.”

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this Report are as defined in the Rule and Form SD.

We are a global provider of cloud-based and in-network services enablement and monetization software solutions for communication service providers (“CSPs”) and growing enterprises. We offer a suite of software solutions designed to support users’ connected lifestyles, and help our customers monetize and differentiate their offerings with faster time to value and less complexity. Our product suite is offered through the following domains:


•	Business Support Systems. We provide converged, prepaid and postpaid billing and active customer management systems for wireless, wireline, cable and multi-play CSPs, delivering a value proposition designed to enable an effective service and data monetization, a consistent, enhanced customer experience, reduced complexity and cost, and real-time choice and control.

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Digital Services. Our Digital Services products are designed to help CSPs evolve to become Digital Service Providers and future-proof their offerings by monetizing the digital lifestyle of their subscribers. In addition, we continue to offer traditional Value Added Services, including voice and messaging services (including voicemail, visual voicemail, call completion, short messaging service, and multimedia picture and video messaging, and digital lifestyle services and Internet Protocol based rich communication services (including group chat, file transfer, video share, social, presence and geo-location information).


•	Enterprise Monetization Solutions. Our Monetization Realization Platform, enabled by our Kenan technology, is designed to help enterprises (such as CSPs, media companies, e-commerce, and retail organizations) grow their business and more effectively monetize services.


•	Managed and Professional Services. We offer a portfolio of services designed to help our customers improve and streamline operations, identify new revenue opportunities, reduce costs and maximize financial flexibility.

(b) Conflict Minerals Disclosure

As a company providing software solutions to our customers via hardware we procure from computer and information technology equipment manufacturers, Comverse is several levels removed from the actual mining of Conflict Minerals. Comverse does not make purchases of raw or unrefined Conflict Minerals and makes no purchases in the Covered Countries. To enable its product-based solutions and associated services, Comverse procures as components manufactured products for which certain Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. Comverse must therefore rely on its suppliers to provide information regarding the origin of the Conflicts Minerals.

We conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) reasonably designed to determine whether any of the necessary Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries, or were from recycled or scrap sources. Our inquiry included (1) conducting a survey of our direct suppliers of materials that may contain Conflict Minerals using the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability (“EICC/GeSI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to identify supplier representations regarding origin of the materials; and (2) assessing the collective supplier input relative to knowledge of Conflict Minerals reporting and representations as to which components of our products have been identified as “conflict free” by programs such as the EICC/GeSI Conflict Free Smelter (CFS) program for Conflict Minerals.

Based on the results of the RCOI, Comverse determined that it has no reason to believe that the necessary Conflict Minerals may have originated in the Covered Countries or may not be from scrap or recycled sources. This information is publicly available on the Company’s website under the heading “Corporate Governance” titled “Conflict Minerals Disclosure” at http://www.comverse.com/about_comverse/investors/.

In addition, Comverse’s compliance function has implemented policies and procedures to address the potential that some components of its extended supply chain may include Conflict Minerals and that those Conflict Minerals may originate in Covered Countries. Comverse’s Responsible Sourcing Policy outlines its requirement that global product and commodity sourcing activities comply with various local and international laws and support human rights and corporate responsibility initiative and objectives. The Responsible Sourcing Policy mandates that Comverse:


•	Will not knowingly procure Conflict Minerals from any of the Covered Countries;


•	Will not knowingly procure Conflict Minerals that are not certified as “conflict free;”


•	Will require all suppliers of products or components that contain Conflict Minerals to certify that their products are “conflict free;”


◦	supplier will represent that it is in compliance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010;


◦	supplier will provide documentation supporting its representations, as requested by Comverse; and


◦	supplier will support Comverse in any other manner reasonably necessary to ensure our compliance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.


•	Will periodically examine documentation from suppliers supporting their certification of their products as “conflict free;” and


•	Will take action to find alternate sources of “conflict free” products if any suppliers are unable to certify as to the “conflict free” status of their products supplied to Comverse.

The statements included in this Report are based on the RCOI performed in good faith by Comverse. These statements are based on the information available at the time. A number of factors could introduce errors or otherwise affect our declaration.

These factors include, but are not limited to: (i) gaps in supplier data; (ii) errors or omissions by suppliers; (iii) uncertainty or varied interpretations of the disclosure requirements described in the SEC final rules; (iv) all instances of conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or manufacturing of components of our products may not yet have been identified; (v) timeliness of data received from our suppliers; (vi) information that is in the public domain may not be discovered despite having conducted a reasonable search; (vii) there may be errors in publicly available information; (viii) language barriers or errors in translation could lead to inaccurate information; (ix) some suppliers may be unfamiliar with the diligence process and information required to be provided due to this new regulation, which could lead to inaccurate responses; (x) materials sourced from the Covered Countries could be inaccurately declared secondary materials; (xi) difficulties obtaining information from companies that are no longer in business as well as from privately held suppliers not subject to the Rule; (xii) certification programs are not equally advanced for all industry segments and metals; and (xiii) smuggling of Conflict Minerals outside the Covered Countries may make identification of their origin more difficult.

Item 1.02. Exhibit

None.

Section 2. Exhibits

Item 2.01. Exhibits

None.

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.

Date: June 1, 2015

COMVERSE, INC.

By: /s/ Roy S. Luria

Name: Roy S. Luria

Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

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