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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-222147
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20140602
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140602

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GORMAN RUPP CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000042682
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PUMPS & PUMPING EQUIPMENT [3561]
		IRS NUMBER:				340253990
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06747
		FILM NUMBER:		14883965

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 SOUTH AIRPORT ROAD
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 1217
		CITY:			MANSFIELD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44901
		BUSINESS PHONE:		419-755-1011

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 SOUTH AIRPORT ROAD
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 1217
		CITY:			MANSFIELD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44901
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM SD
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The
Gorman-Rupp Company</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Ohio</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>1-6747</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>34-0253990</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Commission</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>File Number)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>600 South Airport Road, Mansfield, Ohio</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>44903</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Wayne L. Knabel, Chief Financial Officer, (419)&nbsp;755-1397 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from
January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2013. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01. Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Gorman-Rupp Company (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Gorman-Rupp&#148;) has evaluated its current product lines and determined that
certain products that we manufacture contain small amounts of tin, tungsten, tantalum, or gold, which are defined as &#147;Conflict Minerals&#148; by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, that are necessary to the functionality or
production of these products. Accordingly, Gorman-Rupp is filing this disclosure along with a Conflict Minerals Report to disclose the measures the Company has taken to determine if the Conflict Minerals contained in such products originated in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and nine adjoining countries (&#147;Covered Countries&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Conflict Minerals Disclosure </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We undertook due diligence measures, including surveying our direct material suppliers via an industry-standard survey template for Conflict
Minerals, to try to determine the sources of these minerals, which we purchase through a complex supply chain. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Currently, we have not
been able to obtain sufficient information from our suppliers or other sources to determine the country of origin of the Conflict Minerals used in our products or identify the facilities used to process these Conflict Minerals. Therefore, we cannot
exclude the possibility that some of these Conflict Minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country and are not from recycled or scrap sources. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of Gorman-Rupp&#146;s Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1, 2013 to December&nbsp;31, 2013 is filed as
Exhibit 1.02 hereto and is publicly available at <U>www.gormanrupp.com</U> under the heading &#147;Investor Relations&#148; then &#147;Corporate Governance&#148;. The content of any website referred to in this Form SD is included for general
information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Form SD. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1.02. Exhibits </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has filed, as Exhibit 1.02 to the Form SD, the Conflict Minerals Report required by Item&nbsp;1.01 of this Form. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.01. Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following
exhibit is filed as part of this report: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exhibit 1.02 &#150; Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The Gorman-Rupp Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>By: <I>/s/ Wayne L. Knabel </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wayne L. Knabel </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">June&nbsp;2, 2014 </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 1.02 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Conflict Minerals Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This is the Conflict Minerals Report for The Gorman-Rupp Company (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Gorman-Rupp&#148;), filed with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Rule&#148;) for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1, 2013 to December&nbsp;31, 2013. The Rule was adopted by
the SEC to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to defined &#147;Conflict Minerals&#148; as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act). The Rule imposes certain reporting
obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain such Conflict Minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. The defined Conflict Minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold,
wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (&#147;3TG&#148;) for the purposes of this assessment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a registrant can establish that any of these Conflict Minerals in its products originated from sources other than the Democratic Republic
of the Congo (&#147;DRC&#148;) or an adjoining country, or from recycled and scrap sources, the registrant must submit a specialized disclosure report under Form SD that describes the steps that the registrant took to determine the origin of the
Conflict Minerals in its products. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a registrant has reason to believe that any of the Conflict Minerals in its supply chain may have
originated in the DRC or an adjoining country, or if the registrant is unable to determine the country of origin of these Conflict Minerals, then the registrant must exercise due diligence on the Conflict Minerals source and chain of custody and
must annually submit a Conflict Minerals Report to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The report
presented herein has not been audited by an independent private sector auditor, as the Rule provides that if a registrant&#146;s products are &#147;DRC conflict undeterminable&#148; in 2013 or 2014, then such audit is not required. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Company Overview</U> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Gorman-Rupp Company (&#147;Registrant&#148;,
&#147;Gorman-Rupp&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) was incorporated in Ohio in 1934. The Company designs, manufactures and globally sells pumps and pump systems for use in water, wastewater, construction, dewatering, industrial, petroleum, original
equipment, agriculture, fire protection, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (&#147;HVAC&#148;), military and other liquid-handling applications. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Products Overview</U> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s product line consists of pump models ranging in
size from <SUP STYLE="vertical-align:top">&nbsp;1</SUP>&#8260;<SUB STYLE="vertical-align:bottom">4</SUB> inches to nearly 180 inches and ranging in rated capacity from less than one gallon per minute to nearly one million gallons per minute. The
types of pumps which the Company produces include self-priming centrifugal, standard centrifugal, magnetic drive centrifugal, axial and mixed flow, vertical turbine line shaft, submersible, high pressure booster, rotary gear, diaphragm, bellows and
oscillating. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The pumps have drives that range from 1/35 horsepower electric motors up to much larger electric motors or internal
combustion engines capable of producing several thousand horsepower. Many of the larger units comprise encased, fully integrated water and wastewater pumping stations. In certain cases, units are designed for the inclusion of customer-supplied
drives. </P>

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water and wastewater handling fields; for flood control; for boosting low residential water pressure; for pumping refined petroleum products, including the ground refueling of aircraft; for fluid control in HVAC applications; and for various
agricultural purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s pumps are also utilized for dewatering purposes. Additionally, pumps manufactured for fire
protection are used for sprinkler backup systems, fire hydrants, stand pipes, fog systems and deluge systems at hotels, banks, factories, airports, schools, public buildings and hundreds of other facilities throughout the world. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Many of the Company&#146;s smallest pumps are sold to customers for incorporation into such products as food processing, chemical processing,
photo processing, medical and other waste treatment, HVAC equipment, appliances and solar heating. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company determined that during the
2013 calendar year it manufactured some products containing some defined Conflict Minerals and that the use of these minerals is necessary to the functionality or production of these products. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Supply Chain Overview</U> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s supply chain is complex. There are multiple
tiers between our company and the sources of its raw materials, including the refiners and smelters in our supply chain. Accordingly, we rely on our direct material suppliers to provide information on the origin of the Conflict Minerals contained in
components which are included in our products. The methods we used to try to determine the origin of the defined Conflict Minerals in our products included: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">soliciting survey responses from relevant suppliers of components of our products, using the standard Conflict Minerals Reporting Template designed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and the Global
e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI); </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">reviewing responses that we received from our suppliers and following up on inconsistent, incomplete, and inaccurate responses; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">sending reminders to suppliers who did not respond to our requests for information. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI)</U> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company conducted an analysis of its
products and found that the SEC defined Conflict Minerals, which are tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG), can be found in some of our products and are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. Therefore, the Company is
subject to the reporting obligations of Rule 13p-1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We conducted a survey of our active suppliers using a template developed by the
Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), known as the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. The template was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding
smelters that provide material to a company&#146;s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a company&#146;s conflict-free policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters the company and its suppliers use. In
addition, the template contains questions about the origin of Conflict Minerals included in their products, as well as supplier due diligence. This template is being widely adopted by many companies in their due diligence processes related to
Conflict Minerals. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Conflict Minerals Status Analysis and Conflict Status Conclusion</U> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Despite having
conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry and due diligence process, the Company has concluded that its supply chain is &#147;DRC conflict undeterminable&#148;. The Company is making this determination because it does not have
sufficient information from suppliers or other sources regarding all of the smelters and refiners that processed the necessary Conflict Minerals in the Company&#146;s products to conclude whether the Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered
Countries and, if so, whether the Conflict Minerals were from recycled or scrap sources or were or were not from other conflict free sources. A significant number of the responses the Company received from suppliers stated that the supplier was
unable to determine whether the products they sold to us contained Conflict Minerals or the supplier was still in the process of evaluating the source of the Conflict Minerals in their products. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although the Company&#146;s current filing status is &#147;DRC conflict undeterminable&#148;, the Company is not aware that any of its
products contain Conflict Minerals that originated from sources in the Covered Countries, and will not knowingly manufacture any such products. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Due Diligence Program</U> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s due diligence processes and efforts have been
developed to conform in all material respects with the framework provided by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk
Areas, an internationally-recognized due diligence framework. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will continue to conduct and report annually on supply chain
due diligence for the applicable Conflict Minerals; examine the possibility of formalizing a Conflict Minerals sourcing policy; examine the possibility of establishing new terms and conditions that require responses to conflict mineral related
inquires from its suppliers; and attempt to validate supplier responses using information collected via independent conflict free smelter validation programs such as the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition / Global e-Sustainability Initiative
(EICC/GeSI) Conflict Free Smelter Program. </P>
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