EX-1.01 2 d590509dex101.htm EXHIBIT 1.01 Exhibit 1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Conflict Minerals Report

Michael Kors Holdings Limited has included this Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit to its Form SD in respect of calendar 2017 as provided for in Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Form SD (collectively, the “Conflict Minerals Rule”). The date of filing of this Conflict Minerals Report is May 31, 2018.

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms “we,” “its,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to Michael Kors Holdings Limited and its consolidated subsidiaries. As used herein, “Conflict Minerals” or “3TG” are cassiterite (tin), columbite-tantalite (tantalum), gold and wolframite (tungsten), without regard to the location of origin of the minerals or derivative metals.

Forward-Looking Statements

The statements in this document that refer to plans and expectations for future periods are forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “may,” “will,” “should” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the additional steps that we intend to take to mitigate the risk that our necessary 3TG benefit armed groups. You should not place undue reliance on such statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to, the continued implementation of satisfactory traceability and other compliance measures by our direct and indirect suppliers, on a timely basis or at all, whether smelters and refiners and other market participants responsibly source 3TG and political and regulatory developments, whether in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) region, the United States or elsewhere. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by applicable laws or regulations.

Applicability of the Conflict Minerals Rule to Our Company

We are a global fashion luxury group, consisting of iconic brands that are industry leaders in design, style and craftsmanship. Our Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo brands cover the full spectrum of fashion luxury categories including women’s and men’s accessories, footwear and apparel as well as wearable technology, watches, jewelry, eyewear and a full line of fragrance products. We believe that we are subject to the Conflict Minerals Rule because some of the products that we contract to manufacture may contain 3TG that are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. In November 2017, we completed the acquisition of Jimmy Choo Group Limited and its subsidiaries (“Jimmy Choo”). Under the Conflict Minerals Rule, we are permitted to exclude Jimmy Choo products from this Conflict Minerals Report and accordingly Jimmy Choo products are not considered in-scope for purposes of this Conflict Minerals Report. In-scope product information in respect of calendar 2017 is provided under “Product Information” below.

Through the efforts described in this Conflict Minerals Report, we seek to ensure that our sourcing practices are consistent with our Conflict Minerals Policy, which is described below. We do not directly manufacture products. We contract to manufacture products, and, therefore, we do not directly source 3TG from mines, smelters or refiners, and are many levels removed from these market participants. The efforts undertaken to identify the origin of 3TG in our products reflect our circumstances and position in the supply chain, and we work with our direct suppliers so that they may provide us with accurate information about the origin of necessary 3TG minerals in the products that we contract to manufacture.

Our Conflict Minerals Policy

We are opposed to human rights abuses such as those that are occurring in connection with the mining of certain minerals from locations in the DRC. We also take our obligations under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations and the laws in countries in which we operate seriously, including our compliance obligations under the Conflict Minerals Rule. In addition, we are committed to principles of ethical business practice and recognition of the dignity of others, including the responsible sourcing of 3TG, and we expect that our suppliers share this commitment.

 

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In furtherance of the foregoing, we have adopted and communicated to our suppliers and the public a company policy (the “Conflict Minerals Policy”) for determining the use and origin of 3TG in our supply chain. Our Conflict Minerals Policy is available on the Investor Relations page of our website at: http://investors.michaelkors.com/resources/conflict-minerals/default.aspx. The information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Conflict Minerals Report or the Form SD and should not be considered part of this Conflict Minerals Report or the Form SD.

The Conflict Minerals Policy includes, but is not limited to, our expectations that our suppliers:

 

  1. put in place procedures for the traceability of 3TG;

 

  2. cooperate with our 3TG due diligence process, including by providing us, from time to time, with written certifications and other information concerning the origin of 3TG included in products and/or components supplied to us;

 

  3. maintain reviewable records supporting the source of 3TG;

 

  4. adopt policies and procedures with respect to 3TG consistent with our Conflict Minerals Policy and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, including the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and the Supplement on Gold (collectively, the “OECD Guidance”), including the adoption of a risk mitigation strategy to respond to identified risks in the supply chain, and communicate such policies and procedures to their personnel and direct and indirect suppliers; and

 

  5. require their direct and indirect suppliers to adopt policies and procedures that are consistent with our Conflict Minerals Policy.

We do not support the embargoing of 3TG from the DRC region, but rather encourage our suppliers to continue to source responsibly from the region.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

As required by the Conflict Minerals Rule, for calendar 2017, we conducted a “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (“RCOI”). We designed our RCOI in good faith to determine the origin of 3TG that are necessary to the functionality or production of products that we contract to manufacture. The results of our RCOI are discussed on Annex A to this Conflict Minerals Report. To the extent applicable, for our RCOI, we utilized the same processes and procedures as for our due diligence, particularly Steps 1 and 2 of the OECD Guidance design framework, which are described below in this Conflict Minerals Report.

Our outreach included 219 suppliers (the “Suppliers”). We determined which of our products were in-scope or potentially in-scope for purposes of the Conflict Minerals Rule through product specifications, visual inspection, supplier inquiries and other information known to us. We also considered the degree of influence that we exercised over the materials, parts and components of the products.

Pursuant to the Conflict Minerals Rule, based on the results of our RCOI, we conducted due diligence for calendar 2017. These due diligence efforts are discussed below.

Due Diligence Program Design and Execution

Design Framework

We designed our due diligence measures relating to 3TG to conform with, in all material respects, the criteria set forth in the OECD Guidance.

 

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Selected Elements of Compliance Program

The OECD Guidance has established a five-step framework for due diligence as a basis for responsible global supply chain management of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Selected elements of our compliance program are discussed below. However, these are not all of the discrete elements of the program that we have put in place to provide for the responsible sourcing of 3TG contained in our products. The headings below conform to the headings used in the OECD Guidance for each of the five steps.

 

  1. OECD Guidance Step One: “Establish strong company management systems”

 

  a. We have a Conflict Minerals Policy, as described earlier in this Conflict Minerals Report. The Conflict Minerals Policy is communicated internally by email and Intranet. The Conflict Minerals Policy also is communicated by email to suppliers and is posted on our website.

 

  b. We have a team of senior staff under the General Counsel charged with managing our 3TG compliance program. The following functional areas are represented on the working group: Internal Audit; Legal; Production/Licensing; and Trade and Customs. Appropriate members of these functional areas are educated on the Conflict Minerals Rule, the OECD Guidance, our compliance plan and the procedures for reviewing and validating supplier responses to our inquiries.

 

  c. We have a Standard Operating Procedure that contains standard processes, timelines and communications for our compliance with the Conflict Minerals Rule.

 

  d. We utilize the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “CMRT”) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (the “RMI;” formerly known as the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative) to identify smelters and refiners in our supply chain.

 

  e. Supplier requests for a completed CMRT are accompanied by the Conflict Minerals Policy or include a link to the policy.

 

  f. We consider on an ongoing basis whether suppliers may benefit from receiving training or orientation materials concerning the Conflict Minerals Rule, the OECD Guidance, the Conflict Minerals Policy and/or our survey process. If so, we arrange for the supplier to receive those materials and/or recommend training or informational resources to the supplier.

 

  g. We maintain records relating to 3TG due diligence, including records of due diligence processes, findings and resulting decisions, in an electronic database. Our policy is to maintain these records for at least five years.

 

  h. We have an anonymous email mailbox for employees, suppliers and other interested parties to report violations of our Conflict Minerals Policy. The email address is conflictmineralscompliance@michaelkors.com. We also have a confidential hotline through which parties may report violations. The country-specific hotline telephone numbers are set forth in the Annex to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics available on the Investor Relations page of our website at http://investors.michaelkors.com/corporate-governance/Code-of-Conduct/default.aspx. The foregoing serve as our grievance mechanism.

 

  2. OECD Guidance Step Two: “Identify and assess risk in the supply chain”

 

  a. We requested by email that the Suppliers provide us with information, through the completion of a CMRT, concerning the usage and source of 3TG in their products as well as their related compliance efforts. We followed up by email or phone with all Suppliers that did not respond to the request within the specified time frame. We sent requests to 219 Suppliers to provide us with a completed CMRT. We requested that the Suppliers furnish us with a completed template at the product level. We received responses from approximately 77% of the Suppliers.

 

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  b. We reviewed the completed responses received from the Suppliers for completeness, accuracy, reasonableness, credibility and “red flags” using written guidelines that we have developed. We followed up by email or phone with the Suppliers that submitted a response that was rejected under our written guidelines, requesting the Supplier submit an updated or corrected CMRT.

 

  c. Smelter and refiner information provided by the Suppliers was reviewed against the Smelter Look-up tab list of the CMRT. To the extent that a smelter or refiner identified by a Supplier was not on that list, we took additional steps to attempt to determine whether the listed entity is a smelter or refiner.

 

  d. Smelter and refiner information also was reviewed against the lists of Conformant and Active (both as later defined) smelters and refiners published by the RMI. To the extent that a smelter or refiner identified by a Supplier was not listed as Conformant by the RMI, we requested further information from the Supplier or consulted publicly available information to determine whether the smelter or refiner obtained 3TG from sources that directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the DRC or an adjoining country.

 

  3. OECD Guidance Step Three: “Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks”

 

  a. Our 3TG compliance team reported the findings of its supply chain risk assessment to our General Counsel.

 

  b. If our due diligence does not result in a reasonable belief that the applicable 3TG originated outside of the DRC region or came from recycled or scrap sources, we assess the risk that the 3TG may benefit armed groups in the DRC region.

 

  c. Under our written procedures, risk mitigation measures include escalation of the supplier inquiry process, working with the supplier to establish a corrective action plan and possible termination of the supplier relationship.

 

  d. We annually assess whether our 3TG processes conform to our applicable written procedures and assess the compliance program against other specified measures and metrics.

 

  4. OECD Guidance Step Four: “Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain”

To that extent that smelters or refiners of 3TG in our supply chain are identified to us, we utilize and rely on information made available by the RMI concerning independent third-party audits of smelters and refiners to assess smelter and refiner due diligence and to determine whether the smelter or refiner is Conformant.

 

  5. OECD Guidance Step 5: “Report on supply chain due diligence”

We file a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and make these documents available on our website.

Product Information; Identified Smelters and Refiners

For calendar 2017, the following categories of products were potentially in-scope: women’s and men’s accessories, including handbags and small leather goods, footwear, apparel, including womenswear, menswear, swimwear and outerwear, as well as wearable technology, watches, jewelry and eyewear, in each case, that may include tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold.

 

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For a further discussion of our products, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 (the “Annual Report”). The information contained in our Annual Report is not incorporated by reference into our Form SD or this Conflict Minerals Report and should not be considered part of this report or the Form SD.

We endeavored to determine the mine or location of origin of the 3TG contained in our in-scope products by requesting that the Suppliers provide us with a completed CMRT at the product level and through the other measures described in this Conflict Minerals Report.

In connection with our RCOI or due diligence, as applicable, the Suppliers identified to us the facilities listed on Appendix A as potentially having processed the necessary 3TG contained in our potentially in-scope products for 2017. Due to our position in the supply chain, we rely on our suppliers for accurate smelter and refiner information. Our due diligence measures can not provide absolute certainty regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary 3TG contained in our 2017 potentially in-scope products.

The table below presents a summary of the smelter and refiner information contained in Annex A. Of the 280 smelters and refiners identified to us by our Suppliers, most were identified only by a single Supplier that manufactures watches and jewelry for us. That Supplier indicated that it provided smelter and refiner information specific to the products manufactured for us, rather than all of its manufactured products. However, we have not been able to confirm that all of the smelters and refiners identified by this Supplier actually processed the 3TG in our products, and given the large number of identified smelters and refiners, we believe that the smelter and refiner list provided by the Supplier is likely over-inclusive. Please see the notes accompanying Annex A for additional information relevant to the table below.

 

   

Conformant

 

Active

 

On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tantalum   38   0   2
Tin   71   0   7
Tungsten   39   0   4
Gold   95   0   24

Additional Risk Mitigation Efforts

We intend to take the following additional steps in respect of calendar 2018 to mitigate the risk that our necessary in-scope 3TG benefit armed groups:

 

  1. Use the most recent version of the CMRT for our supplier outreach.

 

  2. Encourage Suppliers that provided company level information for calendar 2017 to provide product level information for calendar 2018 through ongoing outreach with these Suppliers.

 

  4. Engage with Suppliers that provided incomplete responses or that did not provide responses for calendar 2017 to provide requested information for calendar 2018.

 

  5. Provide additional materials, informational resources, and/or training to selected suppliers.

 

  6. Monitor and encourage the continuing development and progress of traceability measures at Suppliers that indicated for calendar 2017 that the source of 3TG was unknown or undeterminable.

 

  7. Communicate to new potentially in-scope suppliers our sourcing expectations, including through the dissemination of the Conflict Minerals Policy to them. In addition, as new in-scope suppliers are added, work with these suppliers to ensure that they understand the requirements of our Conflict Minerals Policy, the Conflict Minerals Rule and the OECD Guidance.

 

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  8. Participate in selected industry initiatives to identify smelters and refiners in the supply chain.

All of the foregoing steps are in addition to the steps that we took in respect of our calendar 2017 inquiry, which we intend to continue to take in respect of our calendar 2018 inquiry to the extent applicable.

 

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Annex A

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Annex have the meanings indicated in our Conflict Minerals Report.

In connection with our RCOI or due diligence, as applicable, our Suppliers identified to us the smelters and refiners listed below as potentially having processed the necessary 3TG contained in our potentially in-scope products in 2017. As noted earlier in this Conflict Minerals Report, most of the 280 smelters and refiners listed below were identified only by a single Supplier that manufactures watches and jewelry for us. That Supplier indicated that it reported at a product level.

 

Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner

  

Country Location

 

Status

Gold

   Advanced Chemical Company    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Gold

   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Al Etihad Gold LLC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   Conformant

Gold

   Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    GERMANY   Conformant

Gold

   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    UZBEKISTAN   Conformant

Gold

   AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao    BRAZIL   Conformant

Gold

   Argor-Heraeus S.A.    SWITZERLAND   Conformant

Gold

   Asahi Pretec Corp.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.    CANADA   Conformant

Gold

   Asahi Refining USA Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Gold

   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Aurubis AG    GERMANY   Conformant

Gold

   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    PHILIPPINES   Conformant

Gold

   Boliden AB    SWEDEN   Conformant

Gold

   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG    GERMANY   Conformant

Gold

   Caridad    MEXICO   Conformant

Gold

   CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation    CANADA   Conformant

Gold

   Cendres + Metaux S.A.    SWITZERLAND   Conformant

Gold

   Chimet S.p.A.    ITALY   Conformant

Gold

   Chugai Mining    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   Conformant

Gold

   DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH    GERMANY   Conformant

Gold

   Dowa    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   Conformant

Gold

   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Emirates Gold DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   Conformant

Gold

   Geib Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Gold

   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

 

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Gold

   Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY   Conformant

Gold

   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY   Conformant

Gold

   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY   Conformant

Gold

   Japan Mint    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Conformant

Gold

   JSC Uralelectromed    RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Conformant

Gold

   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Kazzinc    KAZAKHSTAN   Conformant

Gold

   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Gold

   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   Conformant

Gold

   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC    KYRGYZSTAN   Conformant

Gold

   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   Conformant

Gold

   Materion    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Gold

   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.    SINGAPORE   Conformant

Gold

   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   Metalor Technologies S.A.    SWITZERLAND   Conformant

Gold

   Metalor USA Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Gold

   Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.    MEXICO   Conformant

Gold

   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA   Conformant

Gold

   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Conformant

Gold

   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.    TURKEY   Conformant

Gold

   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH    AUSTRIA   Conformant

Gold

   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)    RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Conformant

Gold

   OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery    RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Conformant

Gold

   PAMP S.A.    SWITZERLAND   Conformant

 

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Gold

   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Conformant

Gold

   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk    INDONESIA   Conformant

Gold

   PX Precinox S.A.    SWITZERLAND   Conformant

Gold

   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.    SOUTH AFRICA   Conformant

Gold

   Republic Metals Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Gold

   Royal Canadian Mint    CANADA   Conformant

Gold

   SAAMP    FRANCE   Conformant

Gold

   Samduck Precious Metals    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   Conformant

Gold

   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY   Conformant

Gold

   SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.    SPAIN   Conformant

Gold

   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Conformant

Gold

   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   T.C.A S.p.A    ITALY   Conformant

Gold

   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Torecom    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   Conformant

Gold

   Umicore Brasil Ltda.    BRAZIL   Conformant

Gold

   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand    THAILAND   Conformant

Gold

   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining    BELGIUM   Conformant

Gold

   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Gold

   Valcambi S.A.    SWITZERLAND   Conformant

Gold

   Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)    AUSTRALIA   Conformant

Gold

   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY   Conformant

Gold

   Yamakin Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Gold

   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation    CHINA   Conformant

Gold

   Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.    TURKEY   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Elemetal Refining, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.    ZIMBABWE   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

 

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Gold

   Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC    KAZAKHSTAN   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   L’azurde Company For Jewelry    SAUDI ARABIA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat    UZBEKISTAN   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Sabin Metal Corp.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Samwon Metals Corp.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Schone Edelmetaal B.V.    NETHERLANDS   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Sudan Gold Refinery    SUDAN   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Gold

   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tantalum

   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   D Block Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Exotech Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tantalum

   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Global Advanced Metals Aizu    JAPAN   Conformant

Tantalum

   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.    THAILAND   Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH    GERMANY   Conformant

 

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Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY   Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH    GERMANY   Conformant

Tantalum

   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   KEMET Blue Metals    MEXICO   Conformant

Tantalum

   KEMET Blue Powder    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tantalum

   LSM Brasil S.A.    BRAZIL   Conformant

Tantalum

   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Mineracao Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL   Conformant

Tantalum

   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Tantalum

   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   NPM Silmet AS    ESTONIA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Power Resources Ltd.    MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF   Conformant

Tantalum

   QuantumClean    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.    BRAZIL   Conformant

Tantalum

   RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO    RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Conformant

Tantalum

   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Tantalum

   Telex Metals    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC    KAZAKHSTAN   Conformant

Tantalum

   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tantalum

   Duoluoshan    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tantalum

   Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tin

   Alpha    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tin

   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   CV Ayi Jaya    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   CV Dua Sekawan    INDONESIA   Conformant

 

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Tin

   CV Gita Pesona    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   CV Serumpun Sebalai    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   CV Tiga Sekawan    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   CV United Smelting    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   CV Venus Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   Dowa    JAPAN   Conformant

Tin

   EM Vinto    BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)   Conformant

Tin

   Fenix Metals    POLAND   Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.    BRAZIL   Conformant

Tin

   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    MALAYSIA   Conformant

Tin

   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.    BRAZIL   Conformant

Tin

   Metallic Resources, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tin

   Metallo Belgium N.V.    BELGIUM   Conformant

Tin

   Metallo Spain S.L.U.    SPAIN   Conformant

Tin

   Mineracao Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL   Conformant

Tin

   Minsur    PERU   Conformant

Tin

   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN   Conformant

Tin

   Modeltech Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA   Conformant

Tin

   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

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

Tin

   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.    PHILIPPINES   Conformant

Tin

   Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.    BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)   Conformant

Tin

   PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Babel Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Bangka Prima Tin    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Bangka Tin Industry    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera    INDONESIA   Conformant

 

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Tin

   PT Bukit Timah    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT DS Jaya Abadi    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Inti Stania Prima    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Karimun Mining    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Menara Cipta Mulia    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Mitra Stania Prima    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Panca Mega Persada    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Prima Timah Utama    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Refined Bangka Tin    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Sukses Inti Makmur    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Sumber Jaya Indah    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   PT Tommy Utama    INDONESIA   Conformant

Tin

   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.    BRAZIL   Conformant

Tin

   Rui Da Hung    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Soft Metais Ltda.    BRAZIL   Conformant

Tin

   Thaisarco    THAILAND   Conformant

Tin

   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.    BRAZIL   Conformant

Tin

   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   Yunnan Tin Company Limited    CHINA   Conformant

Tin

   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company    VIET NAM   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tin

   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tin

   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tin

   Estanho de Rondonia S.A.    BRAZIL   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tin

   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tin

   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tin

   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tungsten

   A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.    JAPAN   Conformant

Tungsten

   ACL Metais Eireli    BRAZIL   Conformant

Tungsten

   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.    VIET NAM   Conformant

Tungsten

   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

 

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Tungsten

   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY   Conformant

Tungsten

   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH    GERMANY   Conformant

Tungsten

   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Hydrometallurg, JSC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Conformant

Tungsten

   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Kennametal Fallon    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Kennametal Huntsville    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Moliren Ltd.    RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Conformant

Tungsten

   Niagara Refining LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC    VIET NAM   Conformant

Tungsten

   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.    PHILIPPINES   Conformant

Tungsten

   South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM   Conformant

Tungsten

   Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM   Conformant

Tungsten

   Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG    AUSTRIA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   Conformant

Tungsten

   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

   Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Conformant

 

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Tungsten

   Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only

We note the following in connection with the information in the table:

 

  (a) Not all of the included smelters and refiners may have processed the necessary 3TG contained in our in-scope products. Some Suppliers may have reported smelters and refiners that were not in our supply chain due to over-inclusiveness in the information received from their suppliers or for other reasons. In addition, the smelters and refiners reflected above may not include all of the smelters and refiners in our supply chain, since some Suppliers did not identify all of the smelters and refiners used to process the necessary 3TG content contained in our in-scope products and because not all Suppliers responded to our inquiries.

 

  (b) All information in the table is as of May 22, 2018.

 

  (c) “Conformant” means that a smelter or refiner was listed as conformant with the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process’s (“RMAP”) assessment protocols, including through mutual recognition. Smelters and refiners that are listed as “Re-audit in process” by the RMAP are considered to be Conformant by the RMAP. Included smelters and refiners were not necessarily Conformant for all or part of 2017 and may not continue to be Conformant for any future period.

 

  (d) While none of the smelter or refiner is listed as Active, “Active” is a RMAP designation that means that the smelter or refiner is a participant in the RMAP and has committed to undergo an audit or is participating in a cross-recognized certification program.

 

  (e) “On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only” means the smelter or refiner is not listed as “Conformant” or “Active.”

 

  (f) The compliance status reflected in the table is based solely on information made publicly available by the RMI, without independent verification by us.

 

  (g) Country location is the location of the smelter or refiner.

Country of Origin Information

The countries of origin of the 3TG processed by the Conformant smelters and refiners listed above may have included countries in each of the categories listed below. The countries below are sorted by risk level.

L1 – Countries that are not identified as conflict regions or plausible areas of smuggling or export from the DRC and its adjoining countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Thailand, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

L2 – Countries that are known or plausible countries for smuggling, export out of region or transit of materials containing 3TG: Mozambique and South Africa.

L3 – The DRC and its adjoining countries: Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.

DRC – Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In addition, some of the listed Conformant smelters and refiners may have processed 3TG originating from recycled or scrap sources.

For 2017, we were not able to determine the country of origin of the 3TG processed by any of the smelters or refiners listed as “On Smelter Look-up Tab List Only.”

 

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