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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-16-105112
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20160526
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160526

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000080035
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER, SEWER, PIPELINE, COMM AND POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION [1623]
		IRS NUMBER:				340676895
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-31164
		FILM NUMBER:		161677867

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 91129
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44101
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM SD </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Preformed Line Products Company </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter) </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; width: 65%"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b>660 Beta Drive, Mayfield Village, Ohio</b></font></td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; width: 5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; width: 30%"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b>44143</b></font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Caroline S. Vaccariello (440) 461-5200</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name and telephone number, including area
code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">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, 2015. </font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECTION 1 &ndash; CONFLICT MINERALS DISCLOSURE
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01. Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report.
</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Registrant has filed herewith a Conflict
Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 hereto.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Conflict Minerals Disclosure </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Registrant&rsquo;s Conflict Minerals Report
is available on the following publicly available Internet website: www.preformed.com.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;1.02. Exhibit. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">See &ldquo;Item 1.01. Conflict Minerals
Disclosure and Report&rdquo; above.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECTION 2 &ndash; EXHIBITS </B></P>

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        No.</P></td>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">Description</P></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Conflict Minerals Report.</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">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.&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/Caroline S. Vaccariello</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Date: May 26, 2016</font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Caroline S. Vaccariello,</font></td>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><font style="font-size: 10pt">General Counsel &amp; Corporate Secretary</font></td>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Exhibit 1.01</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Preformed Line Products Co.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Conflict Minerals Report</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>For the Year ended December 31, 2015</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">This disclosure for the year ended December
31, 2015 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &ldquo;Rule&rdquo;). The Rule imposes
certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain specific conflict minerals originating from
the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (&ldquo;Covered Countries&rdquo;). For the purposes of this report,
the Rule defines Conflict Minerals as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite and their derivatives, which are limited
to tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">1.</TD><TD><U>Company Overview</U></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">This disclosure has been prepared by the
management of Preformed Line Products Company (&ldquo;PLPC&rdquo;, the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;, &ldquo;we&rdquo; or &ldquo;us&rdquo;).
The information includes the activities of all of the Company&rsquo;s majority owned subsidiaries.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The Company is an international designer
and manufacturer of products and systems employed in the construction and maintenance of overhead and underground networks for
the energy, telecommunication, cable operators, information (data communication), and other similar industries. Its primary products
support, protect, connect, terminate secure cables and wires. It also provides solar hardware systems and mounting hardware for
a variety of solar power applications. The Company has 17 sales and manufacturing operations in 15 different countries.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">2.</TD><TD><U>Products Overview</U></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The Company&rsquo;s products include:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">&bull;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Formed Wire and Related Hardware Products</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">&bull;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Protective Closures</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">&bull;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Data Communication Cabinets</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">&bull;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Plastic Products</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">&bull;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Other Products</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Formed Wire Products and Related Hardware
Products are used in the energy, communications, cable and special industries (i.e., metal building, tower and antenna industries,
the agriculture and arborist industries, and marine systems industry) to support, protect, terminate and secure both power conductor
and communication cables and to control cable dynamics (e.g., vibration). Protective Closures, including splice cases, are used
to protect fixed line communication networks, such as copper cable or fiber optic cable, from moisture, environmental hazards and
other potential contaminants. Data Communication Cabinets are products used in high-speed data systems to hold and protect electronic
equipment. Plastic Products, including guy markers, tree guards, fiber optic cable markers and pedestal markers, are used in energy,
communications, cable television and special industries to identify power conductors, communication cables and guy wires. Other
Products include hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, cable vibration control devices, resale products, underground connectors,
solar hardware systems and urethane products. They are used by energy, renewable energy, communications, cable and special industries
for various applications and are defined as products that complement the Company&rsquo;s core line offerings.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company initially reviewed its product
line to determine which products, if any, require a Conflict Mineral that is necessary to the functionality or production of the
product. This inquiry resulted in a determination that the only products of the Company that may potentially require a Conflict
Mineral are products that have certain fastener components, which the Company does not manufacture. These fastener components require
tin, one of the designated Conflict Minerals. Based on the Company&rsquo;s review of its products, these fasteners are only found
in certain of our communication and energy products described above. Therefore, for purposes of this report, only the sources of
the fastener components of those products were considered further.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company does not have any direct relationships
with any tin smelter or refinery in its supply chain. As a downstream purchaser of fastener components that contain tin, our due
diligence measures can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance regarding the presence, source and chain of custody of
Conflict Minerals. The Company&rsquo;s due diligence processes are based on the necessity of seeking data from its direct suppliers
and those suppliers seeking similar information within their supply chains to identify the original sources of the applicable Conflict
Minerals.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company contacted every direct supplier
and required that they certify to the existence of Conflict Minerals in their product, as well as the origin of such Conflict Minerals,
with a focused effort on the suppliers of fasteners. In addition, the Company had all of its international subsidiaries contact
their respective direct suppliers with the same inquiry. The Company also communicated with direct suppliers on responses to supply
chain surveys that it identified as containing incomplete or potentially inaccurate information to seek additional clarifying information.
The Company has regularly engaged and continues to engage with any direct supplier for which it has not received a final response.
The Company&rsquo;s efforts to investigate its suppliers also included requiring suppliers whose product contains any one of the
Conflict Minerals to submit documented evidence that all the materials used in the manufacture of the parts supplied to the Company
were not smelted in a Covered Country. In some cases, the Company&rsquo;s suppliers have indicated the receipt of confirming letters
from primary steel mill sources.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company is committed to sourcing components
and materials from companies that share in the Company&rsquo;s values of respecting human rights. To that end, the Company is in
the process of determining the necessity of a policy on Conflict Minerals, requiring that all suppliers supply materials to the
Company that are &ldquo;DRC conflict free.&rdquo; In addition, the Company has integrated requirements for DRC Conflict Free within
its standard terms and conditions of purchase. The Company requires all direct suppliers to provide an annual survey using the
Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and the Global eSustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, with
their annual supplier package. Additionally, the Company&rsquo;s Legal Counsel, along with the Purchasing Group managers and Internal
Audit, continue to establish and evaluate the Company&rsquo;s approach to its ongoing obligation for compliance with the Conflict
Minerals reporting requirements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has received supply chain survey
responses from approximately 94% of its fastener suppliers, both domestically and internationally. The vast majority of the Company&rsquo;s
fastener suppliers have stated that their fasters do not contain tin, and no supplier of fasteners that contain tin has responded
that the Conflict Mineral originated from the Covered Countries. However, several suppliers of fasteners that contain tin have
noted that they are still working to determine definitive sources. Based on these responses, the Company cannot be certain that
its products do not contain Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries or identify the facilities used to process the necessary
Conflict Minerals in those products until all of the final responses are received.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Until complete responses have been received
from all of the Company&rsquo;s fastener suppliers, the Company cannot determine the country of origin, the facilities used for
processing or the mine or location of origin or otherwise complete the Company&rsquo;s Conflict Minerals due diligence with respect
to the products described above that contain tin.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">6.</TD><TD><U>Ongoing Efforts</U></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company will continue to take the following
steps in order to improve the number and completeness of supplier responses and oversight of the Company&rsquo;s supply chain:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Requiring that all suppliers submit an annual certification of their
uses of Conflict Minerals using a template based on the one available from the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and the
Global eSustainability Initiative;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Communicating with suppliers whose responses are incomplete or inadequate,
in order to educate them on the necessity for clear information and reinforcing the value the Company places on such information;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Incorporating contractual terms with requirements related to Conflict
Minerals and responsible sourcing in the Company&rsquo;s contracts with suppliers; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Evaluating participation in industry groups and other initiatives
relating to Conflict Minerals; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Promote and maintaining the supply chain integrity that the Company&rsquo;s
customers demand, while seeking only to source materials from non-conflict countries and regions.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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