EX-1.01 2 tm2316482d1_ex1-01.htm EXHIBIT 1.01

Exhibit 1.01

 

Silicon Laboratories Inc.

Conflict Minerals Report

Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2022

 

This Conflict Minerals Report of Silicon Laboratories Inc. (“Silicon Laboratories” or “the Company”) is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”). The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to “conflict minerals” as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”). Conflict minerals are defined by the SEC as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold and wolframite, as well as their derivatives (including tantalum, tin and tungsten) and any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the United States Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (collectively, “Covered Countries”).

 

The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants that file reports under Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act whose products contain conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. For products which contain necessary conflict minerals, the registrant must conduct in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals originated in the Covered Countries.  If, based on such inquiry, the registrant knows or has reason to believe that any of the necessary conflict minerals contained in its products originated or may have originated in a Covered Country and knows or has reason to believe that those necessary conflict minerals may not be solely from recycled or scrap sources, the registrant must conduct due diligence as to whether the necessary conflict minerals contained in those products did or did not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries.  Products which do not contain necessary conflict minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries are considered “DRC conflict free.”

 

Certain of the Company’s products contain conflict minerals, including gold, tantalum, tin and/or tungsten. These minerals are necessary to the functionality of the products contracted by the Company to be manufactured. Pursuant to the Rule, the Company undertook due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals in its products that the Company had reason to believe may have originated from the Covered Countries and may not have come from recycled or scrap sources, to determine whether such products were DRC conflict free.

 

The following describes: (a) the design of the Company’s Conflict Minerals Program; (b) the Company’s conclusion based on its RCOI; (c) the measures the Company has taken to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals contained in its products; and (d) the Company’s products, including information on the facilities used to process the necessary conflict minerals in those products, the country of origin of the necessary conflict minerals in those products and the Company’s efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of those conflict minerals with the greatest possible specificity.

 

Part 1 – Due Diligence

 

Design of Conflict Minerals Program

 

The design of the Company’s conflict minerals program is in conformity with 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, Second Edition, and related Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and on Gold (collectively, “OECD Guidance”), as it relates to the Company’s position in the minerals supply chain. Summarized below are the design components of the Company’s conflict minerals program as they relate to the five-step framework set forth in the OECD Guidance:

 

1.Establish strong company management systems.

·Adopt and commit to a supply chain policy for minerals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas.

 

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-The Company’s supply chain policy requires all suppliers to maintain a conflict-free sourcing policy and to comply with the Company’s internal policy based on the OECD Guidance.

·Structure internal management systems to support supply chain due diligence.

-Vendors that supply the Company with products containing conflict minerals are required to complete a Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”), a supply chain survey designed to identify the smelters, refiners and countries of origin of the conflict minerals in products the vendors supply to a customer.

·Establish a system of controls and transparency over the mineral supply chain.

-The Company maintains a dedicated internal system to track, analyze and approve supplier responses to supply chain surveys. The Company maintains records relating to its conflict minerals program in accordance with its record retention guidelines.

·Strengthen Company engagement with suppliers.

-The Company has created an internal system of controls to ensure that both current and new suppliers report information regarding their supply chain.

·Establish a Company level grievance mechanism.

-The Company maintains an external reporting system for individuals to report concerns of actions (including compliance with the Company’s conflict minerals program) that may not comply with the Company’s standards, contractual, regulatory or legal requirements.

 

2.Identify and assess risks in the Company’s supply chain.

·Identify risks in the supply chain as recommended in the OECD Guidance Supplements.

-The Company reviews the components of the products provided by its suppliers to determine if such products may contain conflict minerals.

-The Company requests suppliers that provide products which may contain conflict minerals to complete the CMRT survey. The Company contacts vendors that do not respond to the supply chain survey by a specified date, requesting their responses. If necessary, the Company escalates its requests to management or other appropriate personnel as described in its supply chain policy.

·Assess risks of adverse impacts in light of the standards of the Company’s supply chain policy consistent with the due diligence recommendations in the OECD Guidance.

-The Company reviews completed CMRT surveys for compliance with the Company’s internal policy based on the OECD Guidance.

-The Company compares the smelters and refiners identified by the CMRT surveys against the list of facilities that have received a “conflict free” designation from the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”).

-The Company assesses whether the smelters and refiners have carried out all elements of reasonable due diligence for responsible supply chains of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas.

 

3.Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks.

·Devise and adopt a risk management plan.

-The Company has adopted a risk management plan, which includes measures for risk mitigation for suppliers using smelters and refiners that have not received a conflict free designation from the RMAP.

·Implement the risk management plan, monitor and track performance of risk mitigation efforts and report back to designated senior management.

-The Company’s risk mitigation efforts for smelters and refiners that have not received a conflict free designation from the RMAP include: (a) reviewing the mine location; (b) requesting and reviewing Certificate of Origin documents from the supplier; (c) requesting an action plan from the supplier; and (d) performing a risk assessment with an internal management team for further consideration of risk mitigation.

 

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·Undertake additional fact and risk assessments for risks requiring mitigation, or after a change of circumstances.

-The Company’s conflict minerals policy is an on-going program for both current and new suppliers. Any change in the Company’s supply chain may require that certain steps be repeated in order to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts.

·Report findings of the supply chain risk assessment to the designated senior management of the Company.

-The Company reports findings from its supply chain risk assessment to its Executive Quality Council, which consists of members of the Company’s executive management.

·If and when required by the Rule, obtain an independent private sector audit of the Company’s Conflict Minerals Report.

 

4.Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain.

-The Company supports development and implementation of due diligence practices and tools, including:

oThe CMRT survey completed by the Company’s suppliers,

oThe Conflict Free Smelter Program used by the Company to determine facilities that have received a conflict free designation.

-The Company encourages all of its conflict mineral suppliers to use facilities that have received a conflict free designation.

-The Company requests its suppliers to remove sanctioned smelters and refiners from their supply chain to ensure compliance with U.S. sanctions and the OECD Due Diligence Framework.

 

5.Report on supply chain due diligence.

-The Company publicly reports on its supply chain due diligence policies and practices in the Investor Relations section of its website at www.silabs.com.

 

Conclusion Based on Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

 

Step 2 of the Company’s Conflict Minerals Program, Identify and assess risks in the Company’s supply chain, represents its RCOI. This step is designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals in the Company’s products originated in the Covered Countries. Based on the results of the Company’s RCOI, the following was determined:

 

·A portion of the necessary conflict minerals contained in the Company’s products originated or may have originated in the Covered Countries and those necessary conflict minerals may not be solely from recycled or scrap sources. The Company performed due diligence measures on these conflict minerals.

·A portion of the necessary conflict minerals contained in the Company’s products are from recycled or scrap sources. Conflict minerals obtained from recycled or scrap sources are considered DRC conflict free pursuant to Rule 13p-1.

 

Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed

 

Steps 3 and 4 of the Company’s Conflict Minerals Program, Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks and Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain, respectively, represent the due diligence measures performed by the Company. The purpose of these measures is to determine whether the necessary conflict minerals contained in the Company’s products did or did not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries in order to conclude whether such products were DRC conflict free.

 

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Below is a description of the measures the Company performed to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals contained in its products:

 

·Adopted a risk management plan, which included measures for risk mitigation for suppliers using smelters and refiners that have not received a conflict free designation from the RMAP.
·Requested the Company’s existing and new conflict mineral suppliers to use facilities that have received a conflict free designation. Suppliers that use facilities without such designation may be removed as an approved vendor.
·Monitored and tracked suppliers to ensure compliance with the Company’s Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy.
·Performed risk mitigation efforts with suppliers identified to be in conformity with our Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy by working with them to bring them into compliance.
·Reported findings from the Company’s supply chain risk assessment to its Executive Quality Council.

 

Results of Due Diligence Measures and Product Determination

 

The Company received responses from all of its direct suppliers subject to the supply chain survey for 2022. Collectively, their responses listed 247 smelters and refiners within their supply chains. The tables below list the smelters and refiners of conflict minerals within our supply chain for 2022. Our efforts to determine this population are described above under the caption “Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed.” The information presented is derived from information provided by our direct suppliers and the RMAP.

 

Independent Private Sector Audit

 

An independent private sector audit is not required for 2022.

 

Future Due Diligence Measures

 

For the next reporting period, the Company is continuing to engage in the activities described above in “Design of Conflict Minerals Program” to mitigate the risk that its necessary conflict minerals benefit armed groups. The Company will continue to contact suppliers that use smelters and refiners identified in its supply chain survey process that have not received a conflict free designation and request their participation in the RMAP or other independent third party audit program in order for them to obtain such a conflict free designation.

 

Part 2 – Product Description

 

Description of the Company’s products

 

Silicon Laboratories is a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world. Our integrated hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, industry leading ecosystem and robust support enable customers in building advanced industrial, commercial, home and life applications. Our semiconductor devices leverage standard complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), a low cost, widely available process technology.

 

As a fabless semiconductor company, we rely on third-party semiconductor fabricators to manufacture the silicon wafers that reflect our IC designs. Each wafer contains numerous die, which are cut from the wafer to create a chip for an IC. We rely on third parties to assemble, package, and, in most cases, test these devices and ship these units to our customers.

 

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The following facilities, to the extent known, are used to process the necessary conflict minerals in the Company’s products:

 

Metal Facility Name
Gold Advanced Chemical Company
Gold Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
Gold Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.
Gold Agosi AG
Gold Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
Gold AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao
Gold Argor-Heraeus S.A.
Gold Asahi Pretec Corp.
Gold Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
Gold Aurubis AG
Gold Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
Gold Boliden AB
Gold C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG
Gold CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation
Gold Cendres + Metaux S.A.
Gold Chimet S.p.A.
Gold Chugai Mining
Gold DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
Gold DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH
Gold Dowa
Gold Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant
Gold LT Metal Ltd.
Gold Heimerle + Meule GmbH
Gold Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.
Gold Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
Gold Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.
Gold Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
Gold Istanbul Gold Refinery
Gold Japan Mint
Gold Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.
Gold Asahi Refining USA Inc.
Gold Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.
Gold JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
Gold Kazzinc
Gold Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
Gold Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Gold LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
Gold Materion
Gold Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.
Gold Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.
Gold Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Gold Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
Gold Metalor Technologies S.A.
Gold Metalor USA Refining Corporation
Gold Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.
Gold Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Gold Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
Gold Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.
Gold Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
Gold Nihon Material Co., Ltd.
Gold Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
Gold PAMP S.A.

 

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Gold PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk
Gold PX Precinox S.A.
Gold Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
Gold Royal Canadian Mint
Gold Samduck Precious Metals
Gold SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.
Gold Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.
Gold Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.
Gold Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.
Gold Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
Gold Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
Gold Tanaka Denshi Kogyo K.K
Gold Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.
Gold Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.
Gold Torecom
Gold Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining
Gold United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
Gold Valcambi S.A.
Gold Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)
Gold Yamakin Co., Ltd.
Gold Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.
Gold Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation
Gold Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
Gold SAFINA A.S.
Gold Umicore Precious Metals Thailand
Gold Geib Refining Corporation
Gold MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.
Gold KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna
Gold Singway Technology Co., Ltd.
Gold Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC
Gold Emirates Gold DMCC
Gold T.C.A S.p.A
Gold REMONDIS PMR B.V.
Gold Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
Gold TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn
Gold SAAMP
Gold L'Orfebre S.A.
Gold 8853 S.p.A.
Gold Italpreziosi
Gold SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
Gold WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
Gold Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH
Gold AU Traders and Refiners
Gold Bangalore Refinery
Gold SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.
Gold Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA
Gold ABC Refinery Pty Ltd.
Gold Safimet S.p.A
Gold NH Recytech Company
Gold TSK Pretech
Gold Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant
Gold Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant
Gold Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.
Tantalum Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
Tantalum Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
Tantalum Exotech Inc.

 

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Tantalum F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
Tantalum XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED
Tantalum JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Tantalum Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
Tantalum LSM Brasil S.A.
Tantalum Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.
Tantalum Mineracao Taboca SA
Tantalum Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
Tantalum NPM Silmet AS
Tantalum Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.
Tantalum QuantumClean
Tantalum Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
Tantalum Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.
Tantalum Telex Metals
Tantalum Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
Tantalum Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
Tantalum D Block Metals, LLC
Tantalum FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
Tantalum Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
Tantalum XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
Tantalum Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
Tantalum KEMET de Mexico
Tantalum TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.
Tantalum TANIOBIS GmbH
Tantalum H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH
Tantalum H.C. Starck Inc.
Tantalum TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.
Tantalum TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Aizu
Tantalum Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
Tantalum Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material
Tantalum Meta Materials
Tantalum RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
Tin Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
Tin Alpha
Tin PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera
Tin Dowa
Tin EM Vinto
Tin Estanho de Rondonia S.A.
Tin Fenix Metals
Tin Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.
Tin Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
Tin China Tin Group Co., Ltd.
Tin Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
Tin Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
Tin Metallic Resources, Inc.
Tin Mineracao Taboca SA
Tin Minsur
Tin Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Tin Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.
Tin O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Tin Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.
Tin PT Artha Cipta Langgeng
Tin PT Babel Inti Perkasa
Tin Smelter not listed

 

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Tin PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari
Tin PT Bukit Timah
Tin PT Mitra Stania Prima
Tin PT Prima Timah Utama
Tin PT Refined Bangka Tin
Tin PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa
Tin PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa
Tin PT Timah Tbk Kundur
Tin PT Timah Tbk Mentok
Tin PT Timah Nusantara
Tin PT Tinindo Inter Nusa
Tin Rui Da Hung
Tin Soft Metais Ltda.
Tin Thaisarco
Tin White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.
Tin Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Tin Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.
Tin CV Venus Inti Perkasa
Tin Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
Tin PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya
Tin O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
Tin PT Rajehan Ariq
Tin PT Cipta Persada Mulia
Tin Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
Tin Metallo Belgium N.V.
Tin Metallo Spain S.L.U.
Tin PT Sukses Inti Makmur
Tin Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
Tin PT Menara Cipta Mulia
Tin HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
Tin Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant
Tin Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.
Tin Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
Tin PT Bangka Serumpun
Tin Tin Technology & Refining
Tin Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.
Tin PT Masbro Alam Stania
Tin PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa
Tin Luna Smelter, Ltd.
Tin PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo
Tin CRM Synergies
Tin Fabrica Auricchio
Tin Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.
Tin PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)
Tungsten A.L.M.T. Corp.
Tungsten Kennametal Huntsville
Tungsten Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
Tungsten Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Kennametal Fallon
Tungsten Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

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Tungsten Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.
Tungsten Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
Tungsten H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH
Tungsten TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
Tungsten Masan High-Tech Materials
Tungsten Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Niagara Refining LLC
Tungsten China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.
Tungsten China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.
Tungsten Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.
Tungsten ACL Metais Eireli
Tungsten KGETS Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Jingmen Dewei GEM Tungsten Resources Recycling Co., Ltd.
Tungsten Cronimet Brasil Ltda
Tungsten Fujian Xinlu Tungsten

 

Country of Origin Information

 

Below is a summary of the mineral country of origin information collected as a result of our due diligence activities. RMI provides a list of potential countries of origin, which includes all countries of origin compiled from RMI’s member participants. The inclusion of a country on the list from RMI is not a final indicator that the Company utilized materials sourced from this country.

 

Andorra, Angola, Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curacao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

 

Efforts to determine the mine or location of origin with the greatest possible specificity of the necessary conflict minerals in the Company’s products:

 

In an effort to determine the mine or location of origin of the necessary conflict minerals in its products that are DRC conflict free with the greatest possible specificity, the Company developed and conducted the due diligence measures described in Part 1 of this Conflict Minerals Report.

 

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