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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-15-006742
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20150601
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150601

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL N V
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000884624
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19961
		FILM NUMBER:		15901166

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7 ABRAHAM DE VEERSTRAAT
		STREET 2:		CURACAO
		CITY:			NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
		STATE:			P8
		ZIP:			00000
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<p style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Check the appropriate box below 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;text-indent:0%;color:#;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Wingdings';"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Wingdings'">&#120;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2014 </font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This Form SD of Orthofix International N.V. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period January1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.</p>
<p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">A copy of the Company&#8217;s Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD, and is publically available under the &#8220;Investors&#8221; heading of the Company&#8217;s website, <font style="text-decoration:underline;">www.orthofix.com</font>. </p>
<p style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Section 2 &#8211; Exhibits</p>
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<p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The following exhibit is filed as part of this report.<font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">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 undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Date:  June 1, 2015</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">For The Reporting period from January 1, 2014 to December&#160;31, 2014</p>
<p style="Background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This Conflict Minerals Report (&#8220;Report&#8221;) of Orthofix International N.V. (&#8220;Orthofix&#8221;) has been prepared for the reporting period from January&#160;1, 2014 to December&#160;31, 2014, pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (the &#8220;Rule&#8221;) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and is being filed on Form SD . The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to companies that manufacture or contract to manufacture products containing certain conflict minerals as defined under the Rule.</p>
<p style="Background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Conflict minerals under the Rule are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten and Gold (&#8220;Conflict Minerals&#8221; or &#8220;3TG&#8221;). The SEC reporting and disclosure requirements apply to all registrants regardless of geographic origin and whether or not they fund armed conflict. As described below, Orthofix manufactures, or contracts to manufacture, products for which 3TG are necessary to the functionality or production of those products.</p>
<p style="Background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Rule states that if a company has reason to believe that any of the 3TG minerals in its supply chain may have originated in covered countries, or if it is unable to determine the country of origin of the 3TG&#8217;s, then the company must exercise due diligence on the 3TG minerals source and chain of custody. For the purposes of this report, covered countries, as defined in the Rule include the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the &#8220;DRC&#8221;) or &#8220;adjoining countries&#8221;, which include: the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. If , after exercising due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the 3TG minerals, Orthofix is unable to determine whether or not its products qualify as &#8220;DRC conflict free&#8221;, then Orthofix must conclude that such products are &#8220;DRC conflict undeterminable&#8221;.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="Background-color:#FFFFFF;">This report has been prepared by management of Orthofix (herein referred to as &#8220;the Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us,&#8221; or &#8220;our&#8221;). </font><font style="color:#000000;">We are a diversified, global medical device company focused on improving patients&#8217; lives by providing superior reconstructive and regenerative orthopedic and spine solutions to physicians worldwide. Headquartered in Lewisville, TX, the Company has four strategic business units that include BioStim, Biologics, Extremity Fixation and Spine Fixation. Orthofix products are widely distributed via the Company&#8217;s sales representatives, distributors and its subsidiaries. In addition, Orthofix is collaborating on research and development activities with leading clinical organizations such as the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation and the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">While our principle products sold through our Biologics Strategic Business Unit do not contain 3TG materials, products that could contain 3TG materials are sold through our other strategic business units:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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