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Exhibit 1.01

Quanta Services, Inc.

Conflict Minerals Report

(for the Year Ended December 31, 2014)

This Conflict Minerals Report for Quanta Services, Inc. (the “Company,” “Quanta,” “we” or “our”) for the calendar year ended December 31, 2014 is filed in compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Certain terms included in this Conflict Minerals Report are defined within Rule 13p-1 and Release No. 34-67716 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 22, 2012. Therefore, please refer to those sources for such definitions. A copy of this Conflict Minerals Report can be found on our website at www.quantaservices.com.

 

  I. Applicability of Rule 13p-1

For the calendar year ended December 31, 2014, the Company determined that one of its subsidiaries was subject to Rule 13p-1 as a result of manufacturing or contracting to manufacture products for sale to third parties reasonably believed to contain tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold (the “Conflict Minerals”), where such Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of such products.

 

  II. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

The Company does not source any Conflict Minerals used in the production of its products directly from any smelters or refiners. However, we identified 104 suppliers from whom we purchased components containing necessary Conflict Minerals (the “Subject Suppliers”). After identifying this group, we conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country or whether they came from recycled or scrap sources. The Company and its third party conflict minerals service provider engaged in a systematic outreach to all Subject Suppliers, utilizing the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, to request confirmation of the presence of Conflict Minerals in the raw materials or components they supplied to the Company and information regarding the country and facility of origin of any such Conflict Minerals.

Specifically, our efforts included sending to each Subject Supplier an initial communication containing the reporting template and providing access to an engagement portal with various educational resources intended to facilitate their understanding of the RCOI process and the reporting template questions. After establishing an initial deadline for return of completed reporting templates, we sent several follow-up requests to non-responsive Subject Suppliers (including by telephone and email). We ultimately received responses from approximately 59% of the Subject Suppliers. We reviewed the responses for plausibility and consistency and requested additional information needed to clarify any responses. The smelter and refiner information collected was compared against our service provider’s smelter/refiner database, which contains companies that are known metal processors, companies that are exclusive recyclers, countries of origin for certain mines, and conflict-free certification status for certain smelters and refiners.

Based on the results of our RCOI, we have reason to believe that the Conflict Minerals necessary to one of more of the Company’s products may have originated within the DRC or an adjoining country and are not from recycled or scrap sources. As such, we conducted further due diligence as described below.

 

  III. Due Diligence Measures Performed

The Company’s due diligence program was designed based on the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (the “OECD Framework”), an internationally recognized due diligence framework. As an initial step in our program, we established an internal, cross-functional team and internal reporting processes to identify the presence of all Conflict Minerals within Quanta’s supply chain and to determine the applicability of Rule 13p-1.

 

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Additionally, as mentioned above, we engaged a third party conflict minerals service provider to identify and assess risk in our supply chain and to compile and review available information on smelters and refiners in our supply chain. We utilized the reporting templates distributed as part of our RCOI process as a preliminary means to identify the smelters and refiners in our supply chain. Based on the responses we received from the Subject Suppliers, we determined that approximately 14% of the verified smelters and refiners required further diligence on the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals processed at those facilities. This determination was based on responses indicating that a Subject Supplier or its supply chain was known or thought to source Conflict Minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo or an adjoining country or that Conflict Minerals were sourced from countries which are not known to have reserves.

After establishing the smelters and refiners in our supply chain, we sought to determine those that are certified as conflict-free. To make this determination we relied on internationally accepted audit standards, including the CFSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program. If a smelter or refiner was not certified by such a standard, we undertook further steps to obtain information about its sourcing practices, including countries of origin and transfer, and to determine whether the smelter or refiner maintains internal due diligence procedures or other processes that track the chain of custody of its minerals. In these respects, we reviewed whether the facility has a documented, effective and communicated conflict-free policy, whether the facility has an accounting system to support a mass balance of materials processed, and whether the facility retains traceability documentation. To obtain this information we made up to three attempts to contact each smelter or refiner and reviewed publicly available information.

On an annual basis, we plan to review the risk identified in our supply chain and respond to such risk as necessary. We also produce this annual Conflict Minerals Report, which describes our supply chain due diligence processes and findings in detail and is filed with the SEC and posted on our website at www.quantaservices.com.

 

  IV. Independent Private Sector Audit and Risk Mitigation

As permitted under paragraph (c)(1)(iv) and Instruction 2 to Item 1.01 of Form SD, this Conflict Minerals Report was not audited by an independent private sector auditor.

With respect to the products we manufacture or contract to manufacture for sale to third parties that are reasonably believed to contain Conflict Minerals (described in further detail below), we undertake to complete the following steps to mitigate the risk that such Conflict Minerals directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups: continue to assess the presence of Conflict Minerals in our supply chain; continue to improve our due diligence procedures for identifying the country of origin of all necessary Conflict Minerals; engage our direct suppliers that have not responded to our requests for Conflict Minerals reporting information, targeting a 100% response rate; and conduct an audit of our Conflict Minerals due diligence measures to determine whether they conform, in all material respects, to the criteria set forth in the OECD Framework.

 

  V. Results of Due Diligence Performed and Product Description

After completion of our due diligence process for the calendar year ended 2014, we determined that certain of our necessary Conflict Minerals did not originate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country or originated from recycled or scrap sources. However, we were unable to obtain sufficient information to fully identify all the processing facilities utilized to produce our necessary Conflict Minerals or all the countries of origin of our necessary Conflict Minerals.

The products we manufacture or contract to manufacture for sale to third parties that are reasonably believed to contain Conflict Minerals include certain pipeline inspection tools and downhole inspection tools, and the Conflict Minerals are utilized predominantly in the form of electrical components within these tools (e.g., integrated circuits, resistors, printed circuit boards and electrical connectors. Our efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of the necessary Conflict Minerals with the greatest possible specificity are set forth above under Due Diligence Measures Performed. Set forth below are the processing facilities and countries of origin that the Company has been able to confirm based on the information provided by our Subject Suppliers and our subsequent due diligence.

 

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Because Quanta is a downstream user of Conflict Minerals, we must rely on the representations and information provided by our Subject Suppliers and other third parties within our supply chain. As a result, incomplete or inaccurate information provided by the Subject Suppliers or by a smelter or refiner could affect the accuracy or completeness of the information set forth below or other information contained in this Conflict Minerals Report.

Processing Facilities

 

Processing

Facility Name

   Conflict
Mineral(s)

A.L.M.T. Corp.

   Tungsten

Advanced Chemical Company

   Gold

Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd.*

   Gold

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.*

   Gold

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

   Gold

Alpha*

   Tin

AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Minerção*

   Gold

Argor-Heraeus SA*

   Gold

Asahi Pretec Corporation*

   Gold

Asaka Riken Co Ltd

   Gold

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.*

   Gold

Aurubis AG*

   Gold

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)*

   Gold

Bauer Walser AG

   Gold

Boliden AB*

   Gold

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG*

   Gold

Caridad

   Gold

CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation*

   Gold

Cendres + Métaux SA

   Gold

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.*

   Tantalum

Chimet S.p.A.*

   Gold

China National Gold Group Corporation

   Gold

China Rare Metal Materials Company*

   Tin

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

   Tin

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Chugai Mining

   Gold

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.

   Tin

Colt Refining

   Gold

Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry*

   Tantalum

Processing

Facility Name

   Conflict
Mineral(s)

Cooper Santa

   Tin

CV Gita Pesona

   Tin

CV Makmur Jaya

   Tin

CV Nurjanah

   Tin

CV Serumpun Sebalai

   Tin

CV United Smelting*

   Tin

Daejin Indus Co. Ltd

   Gold

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

   Gold

Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Do Sung Corporation

   Gold

Doduco

   Gold

Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.*

  

Tin

Gold

Duoluoshan Sapphire Rare Metal Co., Ltd.*

   Tantalum

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.*

   Gold

Empresa Metallurgica Vinto*

   Tin

Estanho de Rondônia S.A.*

   Tin

Exotech Inc.

   Tantalum

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.*

   Tantalum

Fenix Metals*

   Tin

FSE Novosibirsk Refinery

   Gold

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd

   Gold

Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.*

   Tungsten

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.*

   Tungsten

Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.*

   Tungsten

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

   Tin

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd.*

   Tin

Gejiu Zi-Li

   Tin
 

 

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Processing

Facility Name

   Conflict
Mineral(s)

Global Advanced Metals Aizu*

   Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown*

   Tantalum

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.*

   Tungsten

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

   Gold

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.*

   Tantalum

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.*

   Tantalum

H.C. Starck GmbH

   Tungsten

H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar*

   Tantalum

H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg*

   Tantalum

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH*

   Tantalum

H.C. Starck Inc.*

   Tantalum

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG*

   Tantalum

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

   Tungsten

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

   Gold

Heimerle + Meule GmbH*

   Gold

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.*

   Tantalum

Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong*

   Gold

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG*

   Gold

Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.*

   Tantalum

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd

   Tin

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Hunan Chun-Chang Nonferrous Smelting & Concentrating Co., Ltd.*

   Tungsten

Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd

   Gold

Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited

   Gold

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.*

   Gold

Istanbul Gold Refinery*

   Gold

Japan Mint*

   Gold

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.*

   Tungsten

Jiangxi Copper Company Limited

   Gold

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

   Tungsten

Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Processing

Facility Name

   Conflict
Mineral(s)

Jiangxi Nanshan

   Tin

Jiangxi Richsea New Materials Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.*

   Tantalum

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.*

   Tantalum

Johnson Matthey Inc.*

   Gold

Johnson Matthey Ltd*

   Gold

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant*

   Gold

JSC Uralelectromed*

   Gold

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.*

   Gold

Kai Unita Trade Limited Liability Company

   Tin

Kazzinc Inc.*

   Gold

KEMET Blue Metals*

   Tantalum

Kemet Blue Powder*

   Tantalum

Kennametal Fallon

   Tungsten

Kennametal Huntsville

   Tungsten

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC*

   Gold

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd*

   Tantalum

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd*

   Gold

Korea Metal Co. Ltd

   Gold

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

   Gold

L’ azurde Company For Jewelry*

   Gold

Lingbao Gold Company Ltd.

   Gold

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co. Ltd.

   Gold

Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co

   Tin

LSM Brasil S.A.*

   Tantalum

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.*

   Gold

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd

   Gold

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas LTDA*

   Tin

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)*

   Tin

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

   Tungsten
 

 

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Processing

Facility Name

   Conflict
Mineral(s)

Materials Eco-Refining CO.,LTD

   Tin

Materion*

   Gold

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.*

   Gold

Melt Metais e Ligas S/A*

   Tin

Metallo Chimique*

   Tin

Metallurgical Products India (Pvt.) Ltd.*

   Tantalum

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd*

   Gold

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.*

   Gold

Metalor Technologies SA*

   Gold

Metalor USA Refining Corporation*

   Gold

Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A.*

   Gold

Mineraço Taboca S.A.*

  

Tantalum

Tin

Minsur*

   Tin

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*

  

Gold

Tin

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.*

  

Gold

Tantalum

Molycorp Silmet A.S.*

   Tantalum

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

   Gold

Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.*

   Gold

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

   Gold

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

   Tin

Nihon Material Co. LTD*

   Gold

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.*

   Tantalum

Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works

   Tin

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

   Tungsten

O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

   Tin

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

   Tin

Ohio Precious Metals, LLC*

   Gold

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd*

   Gold

OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastvetmet)*

   Gold

OJSC Kolyma Refinery

   Gold

Processing

Facility Name

   Conflict
Mineral(s)

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.*

   Tin

PAMP SA*

   Gold

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co Ltd

   Gold

Plansee SE Liezen*

   Tantalum

Plansee SE Reutte*

   Tantalum

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

   Gold

PT Alam Lestari Kencana

   Tin

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk*

   Gold

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

   Tin

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya*

   Tin

PT Babel Inti Perkasa*

   Tin

PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari

   Tin

PT Bangka Kudai Tin

   Tin

PT Bangka Putra Karya*

   Tin

PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera

   Tin

PT Bangka Tin Industry*

   Tin

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera*

   Tin

PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari

   Tin

PT Bukit Timah*

   Tin

PT DS Jaya Abadi*

   Tin

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri*

   Tin

PT Fang Di MulTindo

   Tin

PT HP Metals Indonesia

   Tin

PT Inti Stania Prima

   Tin

PT Justindo

   Tin

PT Karimun Mining

   Tin

PT Koba Tin

   Tin

PT Mitra Stania Prima*

   Tin

PT Panca Mega Persada*

   Tin

PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk

   Tin

PT Prima Timah Utama*

   Tin

PT Refined Banka Tin*

   Tin

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa*

   Tin

PT Seirama Tin investment

   Tin

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa*

   Tin

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

   Tin
 

 

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Processing

Facility Name

   Conflict
Mineral(s)

PT Supra Sukses Trinusa

   Tin

PT Tambang Timah*

   Tin

PT Timah (Persero), Tbk*

   Tin

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa*

   Tin

PT Tommy Utama

   Tin

PT Yinchendo Mining Industry

   Tin

PX Précinox SA*

   Gold

QuantumClean*

   Tantalum

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd*

   Gold

RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd*

   Tantalum

Royal Canadian Mint*

   Gold

RUI DA HUNG

   Tin

Sabin Metal Corp.

   Gold

Samduck Precious Metals

   Gold

SAMWON METALS Corp.

   Gold

Schöne Edelmetaal B.V.*

   Gold

SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA*

   Gold

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd*

   Gold

Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co., Ltd.

   Tantalum

So Accurate Group, Inc.

   Gold

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

   Gold

Soft Metais, Ltda.

   Tin

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.*

   Gold

Solikamsk Metal Works*

   Tantalum

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.*

   Gold

Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.

   Gold

Taki Chemicals*

   Tantalum

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.*

   Gold

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Telex*

   Tantalum

Thaisarco*

   Tin

The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China

   Gold

Processing

Facility Name

   Conflict
Mineral(s)

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd*

   Gold

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd*

   Gold

TongLing Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

   Gold

Torecom

   Gold

Ulba*

   Tantalum

Umicore Brasil Ltda*

   Gold

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand*

   Gold

Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining*

   Gold

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.*

   Gold

Valcambi SA*

   Gold

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.*

   Tungsten

VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC

   Tin

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint*

   Gold

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.*

   Tin

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG*

   Tungsten

Wolfram Company CJSC

   Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.*

   Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

   Tungsten

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   Tungsten

Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.

   Gold

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd*

   Tantalum

Yokohama Metal Co Ltd

   Gold

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd.

   Tin

Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd

   Gold

Yunnan Tin Company Limited*

   Tin

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation*

   Gold

Zhuzhou Cement Carbide*

   Tantalum

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd*

   Gold
 

 

* Smelter certified as conflict-free by the CFSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program as of April 30, 2015.

 

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Countries of Origin

 

Angola

Morocco

Argentina

Mozambique

Armenia

Myanmar

Australia

Nambia

Austria

Netherlands

Belarus

Niger

Belgium

Nigeria

Bermuda

Papua New Guinea

Bolivia

Peru

Brazil

Philippines

Burundi

Poland

Canada

Portugal

Chile

Russia

China

Rwanda

DRC – Congo (Kinshasa)

Saudi Arabia

Estonia

Sierra Leone

Ethiopia

Singapore

France

South Africa

Germany

South Korea

Ghana

Spain

Guinea

Suriname

Guyana

Sweden

Hong Kong

Switzerland

India

Taiwan

Indonesia

Tajikistan

Italy

Tanzania

Japan

Thailand

Jersey

Turkey

Kazakhstan

United Arab Emirates

Kyrgyzstan

United Kingdom

Laos

United States of America

Malaysia

Uzbekistan

Mali

Vietnam

Mexico

Zambia

Mongolia

Zimbabwe

 

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