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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM SD-Exhibit 1.01
Conflict Minerals Report

Registrant submits this Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to FORM SD Specialized Disclosure Report and provides the following information:

(1)Due Diligence: A description of the registrant’s reasonable country of origin inquiry and the measures the registrant has taken to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of those conflict minerals follows:

(i)The registrant’s due diligence conforms to the nationally or internationally recognized due diligence framework as set forth in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas which can be found at http://www.oecd.org and included the following:
    
(A)     Registrant’s implementation of an execution plan for a company-wide conflict minerals program including:

(a)Registrant’s adoption of a conflict minerals policy which can be found on registrant’s publicly available Internet website at the following link: http://www.ctscorp.com/resource-center/guidelines-and-policies/Conflict Minerals Policy.

(b)Registrant’s assembly of an internal team to implement, manage and execute registrant’s conflict minerals policy.

(c)Registrant’s adoption of a system designed to allow engagement and communication with the supply-chain and request information relating to the identity of the conflict mineral smelters and refiners used by the supply-chain.

(d)Registrant’s incorporation of registrant’s expectations regarding suppliers’ conflict minerals policies, processes and information disclosures into relevant registrant documents including for example registrant’s conflict minerals policy, registrant’s supplier purchase order terms and conditions, registrant’s supplier contract clauses, and registrant’s correspondence and communication with suppliers.

(B)     Registrant’s identification and assessment of risk in the supply chain including:

(a)
Identification of registrant’s relevant first-tier suppliers.
        
(b)    Conducting a reasonable country of origin and undertaking due diligence measures including requesting all relevant first-tier suppliers to complete the CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) which can be found at http://www.conflictfreesourcing.org, reviewing the information and smelter data provided by relevant first-tier suppliers, and comparing smelters and refiners identified by the supply chain to independently verified lists (e.g., the CFSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program (CFSP) list which can be found at http://www.conflictfreesourcing.org) to assess possible risk.

(ii)The due diligence measures did not include and do not require an independent private sector audit of this Conflict Minerals Report.

(iii)Registrant has disclosed above the steps it has taken, and discloses below the steps which registrant will take, to mitigate the risk that its necessary conflict minerals benefit armed groups, including the adoption, monitoring, and tracking of a risk management, mitigation, and corrective action plan including follow-up letters to relevant first-tier suppliers requesting validation of such suppliers or the smelters or refiners used by such suppliers as CFSI Conflict Free in accordance with, for example, the CFSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program (CFSP).
    
(2) Product Description: Registrant provides the following general description of the products identified in Item 1.01(c) of Form SD Specialized Disclosure Report:






Frequency Products: quartz crystals, XOs, OCXOs, TCXOs, TCVCXOs, VCXOs, VCO/PLLs, PXOs, jitter attenuators, clock generators, and frequency translators.

Electromechanical Products: potentiometers.

Automotive Products: accelerator pedals, actuators, seat belt tension sensors, seat belt buckle switch sensors, wheel speed sensors, position sensor assemblies, air grille shutter sensors, fuel card sensors, and knock sensors.


Registrant also provides below a list of the facilities used to process the necessary conflict minerals in certain of the products identified above. The country of origin of the conflict minerals is unknown. The efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of the conflict minerals included requesting all relevant first tier suppliers to complete the CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) which required identification of the mine or location of origin of the conflict minerals, if known.
Conflict Mineral
Facility
Location
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
UNITED STATES
Gold
Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO
KAZAKHSTAN
Gold
Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
UZBEKISTAN
Gold
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
TURKEY
Gold
Bauer Walser AG
GERMANY
Gold
Caridad
MEXICO
Gold
Cendres + Métaux SA
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Chugai Mining
JAPAN
Gold
Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Faggi Enrico S.p.A.
ITALY
Gold
Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
UNITED STATES
Gold
Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM
CHINA
Gold
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
CHINA
Gold
Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Kaloti Precious Metals
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC
KAZAKHSTAN
Gold
KGHM Polska MiedŸ Spó³ka Akcyjna
POLAND
Gold
Korea Metal Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
KYRGYZSTAN
Gold
L' azurde Company For Jewelry
SAUDI ARABIA
Gold
Lingbao Gold Company Limited
CHINA
Gold
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.
MALAYSIA
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Morris and Watson
NEW ZEALAND
Gold
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
UZBEKISTAN
Gold
OJSC Kolyma Refinery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA





Gold
Sabin Metal Corp.
UNITED STATES
Gold
SAMWON Metals Corp.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
So Accurate Group, Inc.
UNITED STATES
Gold
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Torecom
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch
CHINA
Tin
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
VIET NAM
Tin
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Company
CHINA
Tin
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
CV Dua Sekawan
INDONESIA
Tin
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals
VIET NAM
Tin
Estanho de Rondônia S.A.
BRAZIL
Tin
Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH
GERMANY
Tin
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC
CHINA
Tin
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Tin
PT Alam Lestari Kencana
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Bangka Kudai Tin
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Fang Di MulTindo
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Karimun Mining
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Seirama Tin Investment
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Tirus Putra Mandiri
INDONESIA
Tin
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Tin
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Kennametal Fallon
UNITED STATES
Tungsten
Pobedit, JSC
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten
Smelter not listed
VIETNAM