EX-1.01 2 v412045_ex1-01.htm EXHIBIT 1.01

Exhibit 1.01

  

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT OF

 

THOR INDUSTRIES, INC.

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 13p-1

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

  

Thor Industries, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-9235

(Commission File Number)

93-0768752

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

601 East Beardsley Avenue,

Elkhart, Indiana

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

46514-3305

(Zip Code)

 

W. Todd Woelfer

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

(574) 970-7460

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

 

 

  

 

 
 

 

I.Introduction

 

This is the Conflict Minerals1 Report (the “Report”) of Thor Industries, Inc. (“Thor”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) prepared for calendar year 2014 in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (the “Rule”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”). Numerous terms in this Report are defined in the Rule and Form SD and the reader is referred to those sources and to Release No. 34-67716 (August 22, 2012) of the Act for such definitions.

 

Thor, through its operating subsidiaries, manufactures a wide range of towable and motorized recreational vehicles that are sold to independent dealers primarily in the United States and Canada. For calendar year 2014, our operating subsidiaries include Airstream, Inc., Bison Horse Trailers, LLC dba Bison Coach, DS Corp. dba CrossRoads RV, Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC, KZRV, L.P., Keystone RV Company, Thor Livin’ Lite, Inc. dba Livin’ Lite RV, Inc., and Thor Motor Coach, Inc. As Thor acquired K.Z., Inc., parent company of KZRV, L.P., on May 1, 2014 (the “Acquisition Date”), this Report only includes KZRV, L.P.’s activities subsequent to the Acquisition Date. For the purpose of this Report, any reference to products manufactured by or suppliers of Thor shall include those products manufactured by and suppliers of Thor’s operating subsidiaries.

 

Thor’s marketplace is not dominated by publicly traded entities and, as such, is relatively unsophisticated in matters involving rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This reality of our supply chain offered additional challenges to the implementation of Thor’s Conflict Minerals program.

 

In accordance with the Rule, Thor undertook efforts to determine whether the necessary Conflict Minerals in our products were sourced from the DRC or a Covered Country. We designed our efforts in conformity with the internationally recognized due diligence framework in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas2 (“OECD Due Diligence Guidance”) and related Supplements.

 

Thor’s efforts also utilized multi-industry initiatives with the smelters and refiners of minerals who may provide those minerals to companies in Thor’s supply chain. Thor, as a purchaser of component parts, is many steps removed from the mining of Conflict Minerals; Thor does not purchase raw ore or unrefined Conflict Minerals, and does no purchasing directly in the Covered Countries.

 

The statements below are based on the due diligence activities performed to date and in good faith by Thor and are based on the infrastructure and information available at the time of this filing.  There are factors that could affect the accuracy of these statements, which factors include, but are not limited to, incomplete supplier data or available smelter data, errors or omissions by suppliers or smelters, evolving definition and confirmation of smelters, incomplete information from industry or other third-party sources, continuing guidance regarding the SEC final rules, and other issues.

 

II.Design of Due Diligence Measures

 

Thor designed its overall Conflict Minerals program based on the five-step framework of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten, and the Supplement on Gold.

 

Thor’s implementation of the five-step framework consists of the following overarching steps, which are discussed in further detail in Section III.

 

Step 1:Establish strong company management systems

 

 

 

1 The term “conflict mineral” is defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Act as (A) columbite-tantalite, also known as coltan (the metal ore from which tantalum is extracted); cassiterite (the metal ore from which tin is extracted); gold; wolframite (the metal ore from which tungsten is extracted); or their derivatives; or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country.

2 OECD (2013), OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition, OECD Publishing.

http://www.oecd.org/corporate/mne/GuidanceEdition2.pdf

 

 
 

 

 

Step 2:Identify and assess risks in the supply chain
Step 3:Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
Step 4:Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner's due diligence practices
Step 5:Report annually on supply chain due diligence

 

III.Due Diligence Measures Performed by Thor

 

The following describes the measures taken to reasonably determine the country of origin and to exercise due diligence in the mineral supply chain in conformance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.

 

Step 1:Establish strong company management systems

 

a.Conflict Minerals Policy – Thor adopted and implemented a Conflict Minerals Policy. It is periodically reviewed and will be updated, if necessary.
b.Conflict Minerals Team – We gathered a Conflict Minerals team consisting of Legal, Finance (including Purchasing), and Information Technology members with decision-making authority to manage the data collection, review, and reporting processes.
c.Education – Thor educated key members of its subsidiaries as well as numerous vendors about the Rule’s requirements.
d.Engagement – Thor engaged Conflict Minerals subject matter experts to assist with the due diligence and reporting process.

 

Step 2:Identify and assess risks in the supply chain

 

We performed the following steps as part of our risk assessment process:

 

a.Identify Products in Scope – We worked closely with our subsidiaries to identify direct vendors and suppliers (our “Vendors”) that provide products potentially containing Conflict Minerals to such subsidiaries.
b.Conduct Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”)
i.Thor contracted with iPoint’s Conflict Minerals Platform (“iPoint”) to automatically collect and manage Conflict Minerals declarations as a way to increase the number and completeness of the Vendors’ responses.
ii.We processed the Vendor contact information and products lists provided to Thor by each subsidiary on a monthly or quarterly basis, as applicable, and input such information into iPoint’s database (the “iPoint Database”) for the purpose of tracking the Vendors, the Vendors’ products, our contact efforts with each Vendor, and the Vendors’ responses.
iii.We contacted Vendors by mail to determine an appropriate contact name and e-mail address to which to send our Conflict Mineral requests and added such contact information into the iPoint Database. We followed up with Vendors multiple times when we failed to receive a response to our request for contact information.
iv.Through iPoint, we requested that Vendors create an account with iPoint’s online portal, which is provided free to our Vendors for the Basic platform, and input information concerning the applicable Vendor’s products and the conflict status of the minerals contained in such products. For those Vendors that chose not to create an account with iPoint, we requested that such Vendors complete and return a Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) available from the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”) website.
v.We directed our Vendors to pass our request up the supply chain if the Vendor is not the manufacturer of the underlying product.
vi.For those Vendors that chose not to create an account with iPoint, we verified the completeness and reasonableness of the returned CMRTs and then uploaded those CMRTs into the iPoint platform for tracking and reporting.
vii.For those Vendors that chose to create an account with iPoint, we verified the completeness and reasonableness of their responses through the iPoint platform.
viii.In both cases, we followed up with Vendors when we failed to receive a completed or reasonable response.
ix.We dedicated a substantial amount of time to answering Vendors’ questions concerning Conflict Minerals, including, but not limited to, questions related to Thor’s reporting requirement, the definition of Conflict Minerals, and the proper completion of the CMRT or iPoint request, as applicable.

 

 
 

 

ix.We ran and analyzed reports from iPoint to enable us to track Vendor responses and response rates.
c.Identify Smelters/Processors – Thor collected a list of smelters/processors that are in its subsidiaries’ supply chains by utilizing the iPoint reporting capabilities and other industry recognized methods/systems.

 

Step 3:Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks

 

As part of the risk mitigation process, the iPoint platform compares the smelters/processors collected from Vendors to the conflict-free smelter lists published by the CFSI.

 

Step 4:Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner's due diligence practices

 

Thor is relying on the iPoint platform and CFSI’s published lists to verify the conflict-free status of smelters/processors that source from Covered Countries.

 

Step 5:Report annually on supply chain due diligence

 

Thor’s Conflict Minerals Policy is available to the public on our website, http://ir.thorindustries.com. In addition, Thor’s Conflict Minerals Report has been filed with the SEC and is available on our website, http://ir.thorindustries.com.

 

IV.Product Determination

 

On the basis of the measures described above, Thor has determined that all of our products manufactured as of December 31, 2014 are considered to be DRC conflict undeterminable. The Company is making this determination because it does not have sufficient information from its Vendors or other sources at this time to conclude otherwise.

 

V.Product Description

 

As noted above, Thor’s operating subsidiaries manufacture towable and motorized recreational vehicles. Our subsidiaries’ manufacturing processes mainly consist of the assembly of units and utilize products that may include, but are not limited to, electronics, electronic components, chassis, upholstery, flooring products, wood and wood-based products, adhesives, paint, mirrors, glass, plastic, fiberglass, plumbing components, heating and cooling components, furniture, aluminum, steel, extruded polystyrene, appliances, and other similar products.

 

Processing Facilities – Based on our due diligence process and the information received from our Vendors, the following facilities may have been used to process Conflict Minerals used in our products.

 

SMELTERS OR REFINERS CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED AS CONFLICT-FREE

 

This list contains identified conflict-free smelters/refiners reported by Thor’s Vendors using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (up to and including version 3.02) collected through April 29, 2015. The identified smelters/refiners have been confirmed as smelter/refiners by the CFSI as of March 30, 2015.

 

Metal Name Country Smelter ID
Gold AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Minerção BRAZIL CID000058
Gold Argor-Heraeus SA SWITZERLAND CID000077
Gold Asahi Pretec Corporation JAPAN CID000082
Gold Aurubis AG GERMANY CID000113
Gold CCR Refinery – Glencore Canada Corporation CANADA CID000185
Gold Chimet S.p.A. ITALY CID000233
Gold Dowa JAPAN CID000401
Gold Heimerle + Meule GmbH GERMANY CID000694

 

 
 

  

Gold Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong HONG KONG CID000707
Gold Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG GERMANY CID000711
Gold Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. JAPAN CID000807
Gold Istanbul Gold Refinery TURKEY CID000814
Gold Johnson Matthey Inc UNITED STATES CID000920
Gold Johnson Matthey Ltd CANADA CID000924
Gold JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. JAPAN CID000937
Gold Kennecott Utah Copper LLC UNITED STATES CID000969
Gold Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd JAPAN CID000981
Gold LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. KOREA, REPUBLIC OF CID001078
Gold Materion UNITED STATES CID001113
Gold Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. JAPAN CID001119
Gold Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd HONG KONG CID001149
Gold Metalor Technologies SA SWITZERLAND CID001153
Gold Metalor USA Refining Corporation UNITED STATES CID001157
Gold Mitsubishi Materials Corporation JAPAN CID001188
Gold Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. JAPAN CID001193
Gold Nihon Material Co. LTD JAPAN CID001259
Gold Ohio Precious Metals, LLC UNITED STATES CID001322
Gold Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd JAPAN CID001325
Gold PAMP SA SWITZERLAND CID001352
Gold Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd SOUTH AFRICA CID001512
Gold Royal Canadian Mint CANADA CID001534
Gold SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA SPAIN CID001585
Gold Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. TAIWAN CID001761
Gold Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. JAPAN CID001798
Gold Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. JAPAN CID001875
Gold Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd JAPAN CID001938
Gold Umicore Brasil Ltda BRAZIL CID001977
Gold Umicore Precious Metals Thailand THAILAND CID002314
Gold Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining BELGIUM CID001980
Gold United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. UNITED STATES CID001993
Gold Valcambi SA SWITZERLAND CID002003
Gold Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint AUSTRALIA CID002030
Tantalum Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry CHINA CID000291
Tantalum Duoluoshan CHINA CID000410
Tantalum Exotech Inc. UNITED STATES CID000456
Tantalum F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. CHINA CID000460
Tantalum Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000616
Tantalum Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002492
Tantalum Hi-Temp UNITED STATES CID000731
Tantalum JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000914
Tantalum Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000917
Tantalum KEMET Blue Powder UNITED STATES CID002568

 

 
 

  

Tantalum LSM Brasil S.A. BRAZIL CID001076
Tantalum Metallurgical Products India (Pvt.) Ltd. INDIA CID001163
Tantalum Mineração Taboca S.A. BRAZIL CID001175
Tantalum Mitsui Mining & Smelting JAPAN CID001192
Tantalum Molycorp Silmet A.S. ESTONIA CID001200
Tantalum Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. CHINA CID001277
Tantalum QuantumClean UNITED STATES CID001508
Tantalum RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd CHINA CID001522
Tantalum Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID001769
Tantalum Taki Chemicals JAPAN CID001869
Tantalum Telex UNITED STATES CID001891
Tantalum Ulba KAZAKHSTAN CID001969
Tantalum Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd CHINA CID002307
Tantalum Zhuzhou Cement Carbide CHINA CID002232
Tin Alpha UNITED STATES CID000292
Tin CV United Smelting INDONESIA CID000315
Tin Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd. CHINA CID000538
Tin Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas LTDA BRAZIL CID002468
Tin Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) MALAYSIA CID001105
Tin Mineração Taboca S.A. BRAZIL CID001173
Tin Minsur PERU CID001182
Tin Mitsubishi Materials Corporation JAPAN CID001191
Tin OMSA BOLIVIA CID001337
Tin PT Bangka Tin Industry INDONESIA CID001419
Tin PT Bukit Timah INDONESIA CID001428
Tin PT REFINED BANGKA TIN INDONESIA CID001460
Tin PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa INDONESIA CID001468
Tin PT Tambang Timah INDONESIA CID001477
Tin PT Timah (Persero), Tbk INDONESIA CID001482
Tin Thaisarco THAILAND CID001898
Tin White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. BRAZIL CID002036
Tin Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd. CHINA CID002180
Tungsten Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000875
Tungsten Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002315
Tungsten Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. UNITED STATES CID000568
Tungsten Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000769
Tungsten Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002319
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002320
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002082

 

 

SMELTERS AND REFINERS NOT CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED AS CONFLICT-FREE

 

This list contains identified smelters/refiners not currently listed as conflict-free, reported by Thor’s Vendors using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (up to and including version 3.02) collected through April 29, 2015. The identified smelters/refiners have been confirmed as smelter/refiners by the CFSI as of March 30, 2015.

 

 
 

 

Metal Name Country Smelter ID
Gold Advanced Chemical Company UNITED STATES CID000015
Gold Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. JAPAN CID000019
Gold Aktyubinsk RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID000028
Gold Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. GERMANY CID000035
Gold Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) UZBEKISTAN CID000041
Gold Asaka Riken Co Ltd JAPAN CID000090
Gold Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. TURKEY CID000103
Gold Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) PHILIPPINES CID000128
Gold Bauer Walser AG GERMANY CID000141
Gold Boliden AB SWEDEN CID000157
Gold C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG GERMANY CID000176
Gold Caridad MEXICO CID000180
Gold Cendres + Métaux SA SWITZERLAND CID000189
Gold China National Gold Group Corporation CHINA CID000242
Gold Chugai Mining JAPAN CID000264
Gold Colt Refining UNITED STATES CID000288
Gold Daejin Indus Co. Ltd KOREA, REPUBLIC OF CID000328
Gold DaeryongENC KOREA, REPUBLIC OF CID000333
Gold Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. CHINA CID000343
Gold Do Sung Corporation KOREA, REPUBLIC OF CID000359
Gold Doduco GERMANY CID000362
Gold Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. JAPAN CID000425
Gold FSE Novosibirsk Refinery RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID000493
Gold Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd CHINA CID000522
Gold Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited CHINA CID002312
Gold Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000671
Gold Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000767
Gold Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd KOREA, REPUBLIC OF CID000778
Gold Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited CHINA CID000801
Gold Japan Mint JAPAN CID000823
Gold Jiangxi Copper Company Limited CHINA CID000855
Gold JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID000927
Gold JSC Uralelectromed RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID000929

 

 
 

  

Gold Kazzinc Ltd KAZAKHSTAN CID000957
Gold Korea Metal Co. Ltd KOREA, REPUBLIC OF CID000988
Gold Kyrgyzaltyn JSC KYRGYZSTAN CID001029
Gold L' azurde Company For Jewelry SAUDI ARABIA CID001032
Gold Lingbao Gold Company Limited CHINA CID001056
Gold Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co. Ltd. CHINA CID001058
Gold Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd CHINA CID001093
Gold Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. SINGAPORE CID001152
Gold Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. MEXICO CID001161
Gold Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID001204
Gold Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. TURKEY CID001220
Gold Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat UZBEKISTAN CID001236
Gold OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastvetmet) RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID001326
Gold OJSC Kolyma Refinery RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID001328
Gold Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co Ltd CHINA CID001362
Gold Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID001386
Gold PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk INDONESIA CID001397
Gold PX Précinox SA SWITZERLAND CID001498
Gold Sabin Metal Corp. UNITED STATES CID001546
Gold Samduck Precious Metals KOREA, REPUBLIC OF CID001555
Gold SAMWON METALS Corp. KOREA, REPUBLIC OF CID001562
Gold Schone Edelmetaal NETHERLANDS CID001573
Gold Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd CHINA CID001622
Gold So Accurate Group, Inc. UNITED STATES CID001754
Gold SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID001756
Gold The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China CHINA CID001909
Gold The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd CHINA CID001916
Gold Tongling nonferrous Metals Group Co.,Ltd CHINA CID001947
Gold Torecom KOREA, REPUBLIC OF CID001955
Gold YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD. JAPAN CID002100
Gold Yokohama Metal Co Ltd JAPAN CID002129
Gold Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd CHINA CID000197
Gold Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation CHINA CID002224
Gold Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd CHINA CID002243
Tantalum Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000211
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals UNITED STATES CID000564

 

 
 

 

 

Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Aizu JAPAN CID002558
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Boyertown UNITED STATES CID002557
Tantalum H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. THAILAND CID002544
Tantalum H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar GERMANY CID002545
Tantalum H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg GERMANY CID002546
Tantalum H.C. Starck Group GERMANY CID000654
Tantalum H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH GERMANY CID002547
Tantalum H.C. Starck Inc. UNITED STATES CID002548
Tantalum H.C. Starck Ltd. JAPAN CID002549
Tantalum H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG GERMANY CID002550
Tantalum KEMET Blue Metals MEXICO CID002539
Tantalum King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd CHINA CID000973
Tantalum Plansee AUSTRIA CID001368
Tantalum Plansee SE Liezen AUSTRIA CID002540
Tantalum Plansee SE Reutte AUSTRIA CID002556
Tantalum Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd CHINA CID001634
Tantalum Tantalite Resources SOUTH AFRICA CID001879
Tin China Rare Metal Materials Company CHINA CID000244
Tin China Tin Group Co., Ltd. CHINA CID001070
Tin CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. CHINA CID000278
Tin Cooper Santa BRAZIL CID000295
Tin CV Gita Pesona INDONESIA CID000306
Tin CV JusTindo INDONESIA CID000307
Tin CV Makmur Jaya INDONESIA CID000308
Tin CV Nurjanah INDONESIA CID000309
Tin CV Serumpun Sebalai INDONESIA CID000313
Tin Dowa JAPAN CID000402
Tin EM Vinto BOLIVIA CID000438
Tin Estanho de Rondônia S.A. BRAZIL CID000448
Tin Fenix Metals POLAND CID000468
Tin Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC CHINA CID000942
Tin Gejiu Zi-Li CHINA CID000555
Tin Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd CHINA CID000760
Tin Jiangxi Nanshan CHINA CID000864
Tin Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co CHINA CID001063
Tin Melt Metais e Ligas S/A BRAZIL CID002500
Tin Metallo Chimique BELGIUM CID001143
Tin Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd. CHINA CID001179
Tin Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID001305
Tin O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. THAILAND CID001314
Tin O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. PHILIPPINES CID002517

 

 
 

 

 

Tin PT Alam Lestari Kencana INDONESIA CID001393
Tin PT Artha Cipta Langgeng INDONESIA CID001399
Tin PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya INDONESIA CID002503
Tin PT Babel Inti Perkasa INDONESIA CID001402
Tin PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari INDONESIA CID001406
Tin PT Bangka Kudai Tin INDONESIA CID001409
Tin PT Bangka Putra Karya INDONESIA CID001412
Tin PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera INDONESIA CID001416
Tin PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera INDONESIA CID001421
Tin PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari INDONESIA CID001424
Tin PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri INDONESIA CID001438
Tin PT Fang Di MulTindo INDONESIA CID001442
Tin PT HP Metals Indonesia INDONESIA CID001445
Tin PT Inti Stania Prima INDONESIA CID002530
Tin PT Karimun Mining INDONESIA CID001448
Tin PT Koba Tin INDONESIA CID001449
Tin PT Mitra Stania Prima INDONESIA CID001453
Tin PT Panca Mega Persada INDONESIA CID001457
Tin PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk INDONESIA CID001486
Tin PT Prima Timah Utama INDONESIA CID001458
Tin PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa INDONESIA CID001463
Tin PT Seirama Tin investment INDONESIA CID001466
Tin PT Sumber Jaya Indah INDONESIA CID001471
Tin PT Supra Sukses Trinusa INDONESIA CID001476
Tin PT Tinindo Inter Nusa INDONESIA CID001490
Tin PT Tommy Utama INDONESIA CID001493
Tin PT Yinchendo Mining Industry INDONESIA CID001494
Tin Rui Da Hung TAIWAN CID001539
Tin Soft Metais, Ltda. BRAZIL CID001758
Tin Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd. CHINA CID002158
Tungsten A.L.M.T. Corp. JAPAN CID000004

 

 
 

  

Tungsten Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002513
Tungsten Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000258
Tungsten Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000345
Tungsten Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000499
Tungsten Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002531
Tungsten Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000868
Tungsten Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002494
Tungsten Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000218
Tungsten H.C. Starck GmbH GERMANY CID002541
Tungsten H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG GERMANY CID002542
Tungsten HC Starck GmbH GERMANY CID000683
Tungsten Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd. CHINA CID000766
Tungsten Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. JAPAN CID000825
Tungsten Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002321
Tungsten Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002313
Tungsten Jiangxi Richsea New Materials Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002493
Tungsten Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002318
Tungsten Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002317
Tungsten Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002316
Tungsten Kennametal Fallon UNITED STATES CID000966
Tungsten Kennametal Huntsville UNITED STATES CID000105
Tungsten Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC VIET NAM CID002543
Tungsten Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. VIET NAM CID001889
Tungsten Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd VIET NAM CID002011
Tungsten Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG AUSTRIA CID002044
Tungsten Wolfram Company CJSC RUSSIAN FEDERATION CID002047
Tungsten Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA CID002095
Tungsten Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co Ltd CHINA CID002236

 

V.Steps to Improve Due Diligence

 

We will continue to communicate our expectations and information requirements to our Vendors. We will also continue to monitor changes in circumstances that may impact the facts or our determination. Over time, we anticipate that the amount of information globally on the traceability and sourcing of these ores will increase and improve our knowledge. We will continue to make inquiries to our Vendors and undertake additional risk assessments when potentially relevant changes in facts or circumstances are identified. If we become aware of a Vendor whose due diligence needs improvement, we intend to continue the trade relationship while that Vendor improves its compliance program. We expect our Vendors to take similar measures with their suppliers to ensure alignment throughout the supply chain.

 

In addition to those above, the Company will undertake the following steps during the next compliance period to improve the due diligence conducted and to further mitigate the risk that the necessary Conflict Minerals do not benefit armed groups, including:

 

 
 

 

·Review and enhance the reporting platform as necessary to improve Vendors’ ability to accurately and completely respond.
·Seek improvement in our own internal vendor identification to allow for increased proficiency in the inquiry and reporting process.
·Consider the implementation of all feasible recommendations issued through an outside consultant with experience and expertise related to the Conflict Minerals rules and requirements.
·Continue to create an internal database of products known to or believed to contain minerals that are possibly from conflict smelters to allow for further diligence on the suppliers of such products, if necessary.

 

VI.Independent Private Sector Audit

 

Not required for calendar year 2014.

 

 
 

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 undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Thor Industries, Inc.
   
Date:  June 1, 2015 By: /s/ W. Todd Woelfer
  Name: W. Todd Woelfer
  Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary