0001193125-16-591856.txt : 20160516 0001193125-16-591856.hdr.sgml : 20160516 20160516160538 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-591856 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 13p-1 1.01 20151231 1.02 20151231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160516 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160516 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001088162 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GAMES, TOYS & CHILDREN'S VEHICLES (NO DOLLS & BICYCLES) [3944] IRS NUMBER: 874627953 STATE OF INCORPORATION: Z4 FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SD SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14944 FILM NUMBER: 161653678 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 181 BAY STREET STREET 2: SUITE 4400 CITY: TORONTO ONTARIO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5J 2T3 BUSINESS PHONE: 4163608600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 181 BAY STREET STREET 2: SUITE 4400 CITY: TORONTO ONTARIO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5J 2T3 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GAMES TRADER INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990608 SD 1 d176744dsd.htm SD SD

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SD

 

 

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 

 

MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Canada    001-14944    N/A

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

10680 Treena Street, Suite 500

San Diego, California 92131

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Joshua E. Little - (435) 674-0400

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)

 

 

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 applies:

 

x Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015.

 

 

 


Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01. Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

In accordance with Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby files this Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01. The Conflict Minerals Report is also available on the “Investor Relations” page of the Company’s website, located at: http://www.madcatz.com.

 

Item 1.02. Exhibit

See Item 1.01 and 2.01.

Section 2 – Exhibits

 

Item 2.01. Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

1.01    Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2015, as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.


SIGNATURES

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.

 

Date: May 16, 2016     MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, INC.
    By:  

/s/ DAVID MCKEON

    Name:   David McKeon
    Its:   Chief Financial Officer
EX-1.01 2 d176744dex101.htm EX-1.01 EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, INC.

Conflict Minerals Report

Reporting Period: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

 

1. Introduction

This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (the “Rule”) and Form SD promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 (the “Reporting Period”). Numerous terms in this Report are defined in the Rule and Form SD and the reader is referred to those sources and to SEC Release No. 34-67716, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 22, 2012, for such definitions.

The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain certain specified minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. The specific minerals at issue are cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (collectively, “Conflict Minerals”). These requirements apply to registrants whatever the geographic origin of the Conflict Minerals.

If a registrant can establish that the Conflict Minerals originated from sources other than the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or any adjoining country (each a “Covered Country” and collectively, the “Covered Countries”), or from recycled and scrap sources, they must submit a Form SD which describes the Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) completed. If a registrant has reason to believe that any of the Conflict Minerals in their supply chain may have originated in the Covered Countries, or if they are unable to determine the country of origin of those Conflict Minerals, then the issuer must exercise due diligence on the Conflict Minerals’ source and chain of custody. The registrant must annually submit a Conflict Minerals Report to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.

After conducting our RCOI, briefly described below, we know or have reason to believe that some of our products manufactured or contracted for manufacture during the Reporting Period contain necessary Conflict Minerals that originated, or may have originated, in a Covered Country and that they are not or may not be from recycled or scrap sources. Accordingly, we conducted due diligence on the source and chain of custody of those necessary Conflict Minerals that originated, or may have originated, in a Covered Country for the Reporting Period.

Certain statements in this Report contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include expectations concerning the Company’s future actions to engage suppliers, to identify to the extent possible the source of Conflict Minerals in its products and to take other actions regarding its product sourcing. The Company’s actual actions or results may differ materially from those expected or anticipated in the forward-looking statements due to both known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, decisions to make changes in the Company’s continual improvement efforts and delays or difficulties in engaging suppliers and identifying the source of Conflict Minerals contained in the Company’s products.

This Report has not been audited, nor is an independent private sector audit required for this Report under the Rule, the SEC partial stay of the Rule, or existing SEC guidance and instruction.

 

2. Company Overview

Mad Catz designs, manufactures (primarily through third parties in Asia), markets and distributes innovative interactive entertainment products marketed under its Mad Catz ® (gaming), Tritton ® (audio), and Saitek ® (simulation) brands. Mad Catz products, which primarily include headsets, mice, keyboards, controllers, specialty controllers, and other accessories, cater to passionate gamers across multiple platforms including in-home gaming consoles, handheld gaming consoles, Windows ® PC and Mac ® computers, smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices. Mad Catz distributes its products through its online store as well as distribution via many leading retailers around the globe. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Mad Catz also maintains offices in Europe and Asia.


3. Products

During this Reporting Period, we identified the following products (the “Subject Products”) that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture and that contain or may contain necessary Conflict Minerals:

 

    Wired and wireless audio headsets;

 

    Wired and wireless optical and laser mice;

 

    Wired and wireless keyboards;

 

    Wired and wireless gamepads, controllers, specialty controllers, and racing wheels and pedals;

 

    Wired fightsticks and fightpads;

 

    Flight and space simulation hardware, including: flight control systems, instrument panels, flight sticks, yokes and pedals, trim wheels, and flight throttles;

 

    Farm simulation hardware, including: instrument panels, wheels, and pedals;

 

    Flight simulation and gaming software; and

 

    Various parts and accessories for our primary product lines (i.e., mouse pads and gaming surfaces, game clocks, adaptor cables, replacement levers and panels, protective carrying cases and bags).

 

4. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

We determined after review that necessary Conflict Minerals were contained in certain of our products during the Reporting Period. Because of this determination, we conducted a RCOI, which was designed to determine whether any of the necessary Conflict Minerals in our products originated or may have originated in a Covered Country or came from recycled or scrap sources.

For the Reporting Period, we used our sourcing and procurement data and internal inquiries to identify eight (8) suppliers who supplied us necessary Conflict Minerals during the Reporting Period. We contacted each of these suppliers and asked them to provide information on (1) the Conflict Minerals contained in each of the products manufactured for Mad Catz by that supplier and (2) the source of the Conflict Minerals, including smelter/refinery information and location of mines. Each supplier was asked to complete the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (the “CFSI”).

We received CMRT responses from all of the suppliers who supplied us necessary Conflict Minerals during the Reporting Period. Based on those responses, we determined that Conflict Minerals present in certain of our products, as well as Conflict Minerals utilized in the production of certain of our product parts, may have originated in the Covered Countries and were not from scrap or recycled sources. Accordingly, in accordance with the Rule, we performed due diligence in an effort to determine the source and chain of custody of these necessary Conflict Minerals.

 

5. Due Diligence

Mad Catz designed its due diligence framework in conformity with, in all material respects, the criteria and five-step framework set forth in 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, Third Edition, and related Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten, and on Gold (collectively, “OECD Guidance”), specifically as it relates to our position in the minerals supply chain as a “downstream” purchaser.

 

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In conformity with the OECD Guidance, below is a description of the measures we performed for the Reporting Period to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary Conflict Minerals contained in our products that we had reason to believe may have originated from the Covered Countries and may not have come from recycled or scrap sources.

OECD Step 1: Establish Strong Company Management Systems

 

    We continued to review and publicly communicate our Conflict Minerals policy, located within our policy on Supply Chain Code of Standards and Responsibilities, to ensure that we conduct all of our operations and activities in compliance with the Conflict Minerals legislation.

 

    We maintained a risk management plan that includes due diligence reviews of suppliers, smelters and refiners which we identified may be sourcing or processing Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries which may not be from recycled or scrap sources.

 

    We maintained an internal Conflict Minerals Taskforce with cross functional team members and executives, communication and supplier engagement, due diligence compliance process and measurement, record keeping, training, and escalation procedures to implement the risk management plan.

OECD Step 2: Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain

 

    We compiled a list of all suppliers who provide components that are used in the manufacturing of all Mad Catz products.

 

    We stratified the supplier list by the commodity type provided by each given supplier.

 

    We excluded from the supplier list commodity types for which there is no risk of the use of Conflict Minerals.

 

    We actively surveyed the remaining suppliers by submitting the CFSI CMRT and utilizing reasonable means to obtain self-declarations identifying the minerals used in the manufacture of products, the origin of any Conflict Minerals used, where applicable, included in the product(s) provided to Mad Catz.

 

    Where necessary, we followed up with those direct suppliers contacted to obtain additional information and/or responses to supply chain survey template that we identified contained incomplete or potentially inaccurate information to seek additional clarifying information.

 

    We used the CMRT to review our direct suppliers’ due diligence activities, such as whether they had a Conflict Minerals policy, required their own suppliers to source from processing facilities validated by an independent audit firm, and implemented a review process that includes corrective action management.

 

    We used the CMRT to identify Conflict Minerals processing facilities if reported in our supply chain by direct suppliers.

 

    We determined if the processing facilities adhere to responsible sourcing practices by cross-checking with the list of Conflict Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”) compliant processing facilities.

 

    We obtained countries of origin (when available) for CFSP-compliant processing facilities by relying on information provided by our direct suppliers and other public data sources.

OECD Step 3: Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks

 

    We reported information on the source and chain of custody of Conflict Minerals in our supply chain to our Conflict Minerals working team and Conflicts Mineral Taskforce on a regular basis.

 

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    We maintained a Conflict Minerals risk management plan that sets forth direct supplier-risk management strategies ranging from continued procurement to disengagement.

 

    We provided formal and informal continuing education and training to members of our Conflict Minerals Taskforce and our other employees who are involved with Conflict Minerals and suppliers.

OECD Step 4: Third-Party Audit of Smelter/Refiner’s Due Diligence Practices

 

    Because we do not source directly from processing facilities, we rely on the publicly-available results of the CFSP, London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) and Responsible Jewellery Council (“RJC”) third-party audits to validate the responsible sourcing practices of processing facilities in our supply chain.

 

    The CFSI recognizes processing facilities as CFSP-compliant through validations conducted by the LBMA and RJC.

 

OECD Step 5: Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence

 

    We file a Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC on an annual basis. Our Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report are also available on our website.

 

6. Results of Good Faith RCOI and Due Diligence Process

Based on the information obtained pursuant to the good faith RCOI and due diligence processes described above, for the Reporting Period, we do not have sufficient information with respect to the Conflict Minerals to determine the country of origin of all of the Conflict Minerals we use to manufacture the Subject Products and thus are unable to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and, if so, whether the Conflict Minerals were from recycled or scrap sources, financed conflict in the Covered Countries or did not finance conflict in the Covered Countries.

Our inability to reach specific and verifiable conclusions as to the products containing or utilizing Conflict Minerals, despite our efforts, primarily resulted from the following challenges or complicating factors.

 

    We are dependent on information received from our direct suppliers to conduct our good faith RCOI process.

 

    We have a varied supplier base with differing levels of resources and sophistication, and many of our suppliers are not themselves subject to the Rule.

 

    The information our suppliers provided was often incomplete and required significant follow-up. For example, in several instances, Mad Catz received, after repeat inquires, conflicting or incomplete information regarding those facilities utilized to manufacture Mad Catz products, as well as insufficient information regarding the mine(s) or source(s) of origin of those Conflict Minerals. Nevertheless, each supplier response was evaluated and, where possible, validated to determine sufficiency, accuracy or completeness of its response. For each supplier response, Mad Catz subsequently assessed whether the Conflict Minerals identified, or those Conflict Minerals that may not have been identified, were consistent with the nature and characteristics of the manufactured product or supplied part. For each supplier response that was insufficient, potentially inaccurate or incomplete, Mad Catz contacted that supplier for follow up, sometimes contacting certain suppliers on multiple occasions. When a supplier EICC-GeSI response stated that Conflict Minerals were sourced from the Covered Countries and identified the smelter involved, Mad Catz endeavored to verify whether the smelter referenced by the supplier was identified on the EICC-GeSI Conflict Free Smelter List. If a supplier stated that Conflict Minerals in its product were not sourced from the Covered Countries but did not substantiate that information, Mad Catz proceeded to verify that supplier response. Typically, verification involved a more detailed review of the supplier’s smelter response and, where possible, discussion with the supplier. If a supplier’s response could not be validated through details provided to Mad Catz with regard to the smelter and/or smelters involved, then the supplier response in question was determined to be uncertain or unknown relative to the question of sourcing of raw material and was reflected as such in the Mad Catz EICC-GeSI template summary.

 

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    Suppliers provided responses at a company or divisional level, and not at a product level specific to the materials and components we use in the Subject Products.

 

    As a downstream purchaser of Conflict Minerals, our due diligence measures can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary Conflict Minerals. Our due diligence processes are based on the necessity of seeking data from our direct suppliers and those suppliers seeking similar information within their supply chains to identify the original sources of the necessary Conflict Minerals. Our ability to influence cooperation from certain suppliers was limited when our use of these suppliers was mandated by our customers or when we were multiple tiers away from the smelter in the supply chain.

 

    We rely, to a large extent, on information collected and provided by independent third party audit programs. Such sources of information may yield inaccurate or incomplete information and may be subject to fraud.

 

    The unavailability of country of origin and chain of custody information from our suppliers on a continuous, real-time basis. Under the Dodd-Frank Act and the Rule, a product is “DRC conflict free” if it meets the required standard every day of the reporting year; conversely, a product would “not be found to be DRC conflict free” if it does not meet the required standard even one day of the reporting year. The supply chain of commodities such as Conflict Minerals is a multi-step process operating more or less on a daily basis, with ore being delivered to smelters and refiners, with smelters and refiners smelting or refining ores into metal containing derivatives such as ingots, with the derivatives being shipped, sold and stored in numerous market locations around the world and with distributors and purchasers holding varying amounts of the derivatives in inventory for use. Since we do not have direct contractual relationships with smelters and refiners, we rely on our direct suppliers to gather and provide specific information about the date when the ore is smelted into a derivative and later shipped, stored, sold and first entered the stream of commerce. We directly seek sourcing data on a periodic basis from our direct suppliers as well as certain smelters and refiners. We ask that the data cover the entire reporting year, and we seek to use contract provisions requiring the suppliers to promptly update us in the event that the sourcing data changes.

 

As a result, we have not been able to identify or verify all of the smelters from which our suppliers sourced the Conflict Minerals. For the Conflict Minerals which we were able to identify information about the smelter, we have noted that some of the smelters are currently on the conflict free smelters list published by the CFSI.

 

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Set forth below is the list of known smelters we identified through our good faith RCOI and related due diligence:

 

                 

Subject

Mineral    

       Smelter or Refiner Name       

Location of

  Smelter/ Refiner  

Gold

     

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

     

Japan

Tungsten

     

Air Products

     

United States

Gold

     

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

     

Germany

Gold

     

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex

     

Uzbekistan

Tin

     

Alpha

     

United States

Tin

     

AMALGAMATED METAL CORPORATION PLC

     

Indonesia

Gold

     

AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração

     

Brazil

Gold

     

Argor-Heraeus SA

     

Switzerland

Gold

     

Asahi Pretec Corporation

     

Japan

Gold

     

Asahi Refining Canada Limited

     

Canada

Gold

     

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

     

United States

Gold

 

    

 

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

 

    

 

Turkey

Gold

     

Aurubis AG

     

Germany

Gold

     

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

     

Philippines

Gold

     

Boliden AB

     

Sweden

Gold

     

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

     

Germany

Gold

     

Caridad

     

Mexico

Gold

     

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

     

Canada

Tantalum  

     

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

     

China

Gold

     

Chimet S.p.A.

     

Italy

Tungsten

     

China National Non-ferrous

     

China

Gold

     

Chugai Mining

     

Japan

Tin

     

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tantalum

     

Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry

     

China

Tin

     

Cookson

     

United States

Tin

     

Cookson Alpha Metals(Shenzhen)Co.Ltd

     

China

Tin

     

Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.

     

Brazil

Tin

     

CV Nurjanah

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

CV Serumpun Sebalai

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

CV United Smelting

     

Indonesia

Tungsten

     

Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

     

China

Gold

     

Dowa

     

Japan

Gold

     

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

     

South Korea

Tantalum

     

Duoluoshan

     

China

Gold

     

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

     

Japan

Gold

     

Elemetal Refining, LLC

     

United States

Tin

     

EM Vinto

     

Bolivia

Tantalum

     

Exotech Inc.

     

United States

Tantalum

     

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

     

China

Tin

     

Fenix Metals

     

Poland

Tungsten

     

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

Ganzhou sinda W&Mo Co.,Ltd

     

China

Tin

     

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

     

China

Tin

     

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tin

     

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

     

United States

Gold

     

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

     

China


Gold

     

Guangdong Chemical Trading Company ltd

     

China

Gold

     

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

     

China

Tantalum

     

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

H.C. Starck GmbH

     

Germany

Tantalum

     

H.C. Starck Inc.

     

United States

Gold

     

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

     

Germany

Tantalum

     

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

     

China

Gold

     

Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong

     

China

Gold

     

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

     

Germany

Tantalum

     

Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.

     

United States

Tungsten

     

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

IES Technical Sales

     

United States

Gold

      Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited      

China

Gold

     

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

     

Japan

Gold

     

Istanbul Gold Refinery

     

Turkey

Gold

     

Japan Mint

     

Japan

Gold

 

    

 

Jiangxi Copper Company Limited

 

    

 

China

Tin

     

Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tantalum  

     

Jiangxi Yichun Ta/Nb Ltd.

     

China

Tantalum

     

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tantalum

     

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

     

China

Gold

     

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

     

Russian Federation    

Gold

     

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

     

Japan

Tantalum

     

KEMET Blue Powder

     

United States

Tungsten

     

Kennametal Fallon

     

United States

Tungsten

     

Kennametal Huntsville

     

United States

Gold

     

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

     

United States

Gold

     

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

     

Kyrgyzstan

Gold

     

L’ azurde Company For Jewelry

     

Saudi Arabia

Tin

     

Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tantalum

     

LSM Brasil S.A.

     

Brazil

Gold

     

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

     

South Korea

Tin

     

Malaysia Smelting Corporation

     

Malaysia

Gold

     

Materion

     

United States

Gold

     

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

     

Japan

Gold

     

Metallic Resources Inc

     

United States

Gold

     

Metalor

     

United States

Gold

     

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

     

China

Gold

     

Metalor Technologies SA

     

Switzerland

Gold

     

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

     

United States

Tantalum

     

Mineração Taboca S.A.

     

Brazil

Tin

     

Mineração Taboca S.A.

     

Brazil

Tin

     

Minsur

     

Peru

Tin

     

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

     

Japan

Gold

     

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

     

Japan

Tantalum

     

Mitsui Mining & Smelting

     

Japan

Gold

     

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

     

Japan

Tantalum

     

Molycorp Silmet A.S.

     

Estonia

Gold

     

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

     

Russian Federation

Gold

     

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

     

Turkey

Tin

     

Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.

     

China

Gold

     

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

     

Uzbekistan

Gold

     

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

     

Japan

Tantalum

     

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tin

     

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

     

Thailand

Gold

     

OJSC Kolyma Refinery

     

Russian Federation

Gold

     

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

     

Russian Federation


Tin

     

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.

     

Bolivia

Gold

     

PAMP SA

     

Switzerland

Gold

     

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

     

Russian Federation    

Gold

     

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Bangka Tin Industry

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Bukit Timah

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT DS Jaya Abadi

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Karimun Mining

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Mitra Stania Prima

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Prima Timah Utama

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Refined Bangka Tin

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

     

Indonesia

Tin

     

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur

 

    

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

    

 

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

     

Indonesia

Gold

     

PX Précinox SA

     

Switzerland

Gold

     

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

     

South Africa

Gold

     

Realized the enterprise co., ltd.

     

China

Gold

     

Royal Canadian Mint

     

Canada

Tin

     

Rui Da Hung

     

Taiwan

Gold

     

Sabin Metal Corp.

     

United States

Gold

     

SAMWON Metals Corp.

     

South Korea

Gold

     

SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA

     

Spain

Gold

     

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

     

China

Gold

     

Shen Zhen Thousand Island Ltd.

     

China

Tantalum  

     

Shenzhen Ri Ke Agent Ltd.

     

United States

Gold

     

So Accurate Group, Inc.

     

United States

Gold

     

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

     

Russian Federation

Gold

     

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

     

Taiwan

Tantalum

     

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

     

Russian Federation

Tantalum

     

SUMITOMO (A.L.M.T Corp)

     

Japan

Gold

     

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

     

Japan

Tantalum

     

Taki Chemicals

     

Japan

Gold

     

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

     

Japan

Tantalum

     

Tantalite Resources

     

South Africa

Tungsten

     

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

     

Vietnam

Tin

     

Thaisarco

     

Thailand

Gold

     

The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China

     

China

Gold

     

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

     

China

Gold

     

Torecom

     

South Korea

Tungsten

     

Tosoh

     

Japan

Tungsten

     

Triumph Northwest

     

United States

Tantalum

     

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

     

Kazakhstan

Gold

     

Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

     

Belgium

Gold

     

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

     

United States

Gold

     

Valcambi SA

     

Switzerland

Gold

     

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

     

Australia

Tin

     

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.

     

Brazil

Tungsten

     

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG

     

Austria

Tungsten

     

Wort Wayne Wire Die

     

United States

Tungsten

     

Xiamen Honglu Tungsten Molybdenum Industry Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tungsten

     

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

     

China

Gold

     

Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.

     

Japan

Tantalum

     

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.

     

China


Tin

     

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

     

China

Tin

     

Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited

     

China

Gold

 

    

 

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

 

    

 

China

Tantalum  

     

Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide

     

China

Despite our good faith, reasonable country of origin inquiries, due to the number of suppliers for which we have not received confirmed responses for all of our questions regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary Conflict Minerals in our Subject Products, we currently have not obtained sufficient information from all of our suppliers to determine the origin, name and location of the facilities used to process all of the necessary Conflict Minerals.

Nevertheless, based on the information we have obtained pursuant to our good faith reasonable country of origin inquiries and due diligence process, we compiled the following list of presently known countries of origin for the Conflict Minerals originating from the smelters listed in the foregoing tables:

Country of Origin

 

Australia

  

Austria

  

Belgium

  

Bolivia

  

Brazil

Canada

  

China

  

Estonia

  

Germany

  

Indonesia

Italy

  

Japan

  

Kazakhstan

  

Kyrgyzstan

  

Malaysia

Malaysia

  

Mexico

  

Peru

  

Philippines

  

Poland

Russian Federation

  

Saudi Arabia

  

South Africa

  

South Korea

  

Spain

Sweden

  

Switzerland

  

Taiwan

  

Thailand

  

Turkey

United States

  

Uzbekistan

  

Vietnam

     

 

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7. Risk Mitigation

We recognize that we have ongoing obligations under the reporting requirements of Rule 13p-1 and our Conflict Minerals Policy, and will seek to take additional steps in 2016 to continue and improve our good faith RCOI and due diligence processes. We expect to take the following steps, among others, to improve our due diligence measures and to further mitigate the risk that the Conflict Minerals contained in our products are financing conflict in the Covered Countries:

 

    We will continue to work with suppliers who provided incomplete or insufficient information in an effort to obtain compete and accurate information in 2016;

 

    We will again request information and supporting data from each supplier manufacturing products for Mad Catz that are subject to 2016 reporting requirements by utilizing the revised CMRT; and will pursue a completed template response that identifies material down to the smelter and mine;

 

    We will again follow our due diligence process to review and validate supplier responses that are obtained in support of Mad Catz 2016 Conflict Minerals reporting;

 

    We will provide our Conflict Minerals Policy to suppliers as part of our CMRT based supplier inquiry process for 2016;

 

    We will consider the addition of certain Conflict Minerals clauses in our purchase order standard terms and conditions and further consider the addition of a Conflict Minerals clause to our agreement templates for incorporation in new agreements. Current Mad Catz agreements also will be reviewed and a Conflict Minerals clause considered to be added as required; and

 

    We will provide continuing education and training to members of our Conflict Minerals Taskforce and our other employees who are involved with Conflict Minerals and suppliers.

 

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