EX-1.01 2 d383872dex101.htm EX-1.01 EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Conflict Minerals Report

For The Year Ended December 31, 2016

This report for the year ended December 31, 2016 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“SEC Rule”).

Our Business

Roper Technologies, Inc. (“Roper,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) is a diversified technology company. We operate businesses that design and develop software (both license and software-as-a-service) and engineered products and solutions for a variety of niche end markets; including healthcare, transportation, commercial construction, food, energy, water, education and academic research.

Our Business Segments and Products

Following is a description of our business segments and products which we manufacture or contract to manufacture which may contain necessary conflict minerals.

Medical and Scientific Imaging

Our Medical & Scientific Imaging segment offers products and software in medical applications, and high performance digital imaging products.

Medical Products and Software - We provide diagnostic and laboratory software solutions to healthcare providers and services and technologies to support the diverse and complex needs of alternate site health care providers who deliver services outside of an acute care hospital setting. We also manufacture and sell patient positioning devices and related software for use in radiation oncology, 3-D measurement technology in computer-assisted surgery and supply diagnostic and therapeutic disposable products used in ultrasound imaging for minimally invasive medical procedures. We design and manufacture a non-invasive instrument for portable ultrasound bladder volume measurement and a video laryngoscope designed to enable rapid intubation even in the most difficult settings. In addition, we provide a cloud-based financial analytics and performance software platform to healthcare providers.

Digital Imaging Products and Software - We manufacture and sell extremely sensitive, high-performance electron filters, charged couple device and complementary metal oxide semiconductor cameras, detectors and related software for a variety of scientific and industrial uses, which require high resolution and/or high speed digital video, including electron microscopy and spectroscopy applications. We sell these products for use within academic, government research, semiconductor, security and other end-user markets such as biological and material science. They are frequently incorporated into products by original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”).

RF Technology

Our RF Technology segment provides radio frequency identification (“RFID”) communication technology and software solutions that are used primarily in toll and traffic systems, security and access control, campus card systems, card readers, software-as-a-service in the freight matching, commercial construction and food industries, comprehensive application management software for legal and construction firms and metering and remote monitoring applications.

Toll and Traffic Systems - We manufacture and sell toll tags and monitoring systems as well as provide transaction and violation processing services for toll and traffic systems to both governmental and private sector entities. In addition, we provide intelligent traffic systems that assist customers in improving traffic flow and infrastructure utilization.

Card Systems/Integrated Security Solutions - We provide card systems and integrated security solutions primarily to education and health care markets. We also provide an integrated nutrition management solution used by food service customers.


RFID Card Readers - We design, develop and manufacture RFID card readers that support most smart cards worldwide. The readers are used in numerous applications and OEM solutions including: attendance management, multi-function printers, mobile, physical access, manufacturing, dispensing, kiosks, point-of-sale and computer logon.

Software-as-a-Service - We maintain electronic marketplaces that connect 1) available capacity of trucking units with the available loads of freight to be moved from location to location throughout North America, 2) food suppliers, distributors and vendors, primarily in the perishable food sector and 3) construction industry professionals.

Comprehensive Application Management Software - We provide 1) enterprise software and information solutions for government contractors, professional services firms and other project-based businesses, 2) comprehensive management software solutions for law and other professional services firms, including business development, calendar/docket matter management, time and billing and case management and 3) construction project management solutions for construction firms which encompass the end-to-end construction process.

Metering and Remote Monitoring - We manufacture and sell meter reading, data logging and pressure control products for use primarily in water and gas applications. We also provide network monitoring, leakage reduction and pressure control services in water and gas distribution networks.

Industrial Technology

Our Industrial Technology segment produces fluid handling pumps, materials analysis equipment and consumables, leak testing equipment, flow measurement and metering equipment and water meter and automatic meter reading (“AMR”) products and systems.

Fluid Handling Pumps - We manufacture and sell a wide variety of pumps. These pumps vary significantly in complexity and in pumping method employed, which allows for the movement and application of a diverse range of low and high viscosity liquids, high solids content slurries and chemicals. Our pumps are used in end markets such as oil and gas, agricultural, water and wastewater, chemical and general industrial.

Materials Analysis Equipment and Consumables - We manufacture and sell equipment and supply consumables necessary to prepare material samples for testing and analysis. These products are used mostly within the material science, steel, automotive, electronics, mining and research end-user markets.

Water Meter and AMR Products and Systems - We manufacture and distribute water meter products serving the residential, commercial and industrial water management markets, and several lines of automatic meter reading products and systems serving these markets.

Energy Systems & Controls

Our Energy Systems & Controls segment principally produces control systems, fluid properties testing equipment, industrial valves and controls, vibration sensors and controls and non-destructive inspection and measurement products and solutions.

Control Systems - We manufacture control systems and provide related engineering and commissioning services for turbomachinery applications, primarily in energy markets.

Fluid Properties Testing Equipment - We manufacture and sell test equipment to determine physical and elemental properties, such as sulfur and nitrogen content, flash point, viscosity, freeze point and distillation range of liquids and gases primarily for the petroleum industry.

Sensors, Controls and Valves - We manufacture sensors and control equipment including pressure sensors, temperature sensors, measurement instruments and control software for global rubber, plastics and process industries. We also manufacture and distribute valves, sensors, switches and control products used on engines, compressors, turbines and other powered equipment for the oil and gas, pipeline, power generation, marine engine and general industrial markets. Many of these products are designed for use in hazardous environments.

 

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Non-destructive Inspection and Measurement Instrumentation - We manufacture non-destructive inspection and measurement solutions including measurement probes, robotics, vibration sensors, switches and transmitters. These solutions are applied principally in nuclear energy markets. Many of these products are designed for use in hazardous environments.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”)

RCOI Design and Implementation

Our RCOI has been designed in accordance with the SEC Rule to conform, in all material respects, with the applicable portions of the internationally recognized Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development publication OECD (2016), OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition, OECD Publishing, Paris (“OECD Guidance”) and the supplements on tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold. The portions of the OECD Guidance applicable to downstream companies and the RCOI implementation follow:

OECD STEP 1 – ESTABLISH STRONG COMPANY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Conflict Minerals Policy – Roper’s Conflict Minerals policy, available on our website at http://www.ropertech.com/conflict-minerals, is communicated internally to our businesses and externally to our affected direct suppliers (“Suppliers”) through our annual survey and contract and purchase order terms and conditions.

Background - The U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the SEC Rule require publicly-traded companies to disclose whether the products they manufacture contain certain “conflict minerals” –cassiterite (tin), wolframite (tungsten), columbite-tantalite (tantalum), gold, or their derivatives originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country – that have been found to support the civil conflict and human rights violations in the region. If so, a report must be filed specifying those products and the due diligence measures taken to determine their source.

Roper’s Conflict Minerals Policy - We are committed to complying with this legislation and with the SEC Rule. Cooperation from our supply chains is necessary to provide source information, as we do not purchase these minerals directly from mines or smelters and, in many cases, purchase finished goods that are several layers removed from these sources. Accordingly, our suppliers are expected to commit to being or becoming DRC conflict-free and to providing the needed transparency of the supply chain so that components and materials supplied to us are DRC conflict-free. Suppliers are to adopt and implement policies, due diligence frameworks, and management systems, consistent with the OECD Guidance, that are designed to accomplish this goal.

We request that our suppliers utilize the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (“EICC”) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (“GeSI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) and that our suppliers provide the template to their suppliers successively upstream in order to identify the relevant smelters and refiners. The results of this effort are to be compiled and reported to us through this same template and/or a SaaS solution we provide.

Internal Team - Our four business segments are each composed of multiple subsidiaries; therefore, a management position was established to be the single point of contact to oversee the conflict minerals program. This position works with a team of senior staff and has senior management support and visibility by reporting directly to our Chief Compliance Officer. Each affected subsidiary has designated personnel to coordinate with

 

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this management position to oversee the execution of the conflict minerals program within their respective business. Our third-party vendor that supports our annual RCOI surveys and our Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”) membership are included in our management system.

Controls and Transparency – We engage and request information from our Suppliers regarding their supply chain due diligence practices utilizing the CFSI CMRT and are a member of the CFSI to further support identification and information-sharing of smelters in our supply chain. Documentation is to be maintained for a minimum of five years.

Supplier Engagement – We include contract and purchase order terms and conditions for conflict minerals policy-related expectations and disclosure requirements.

Grievance Mechanism – Roper’s CFSI membership organization includes a Grievance and Complaints Mechanism for risk management and continuous improvement.

OECD STEP 2 – IDENTIFY AND ASSESS RISKS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

Identify smelters/refiners - We have established a system of transparency with our Suppliers in order to identify the potential smelters and refiners in our supply chain. Our engagement approach is to survey our Suppliers annually. The survey is based on the CMRT data collection tool, which allows for company level declarations to identify potential smelters or refiners in the supply chain. Smelters and refiners not already audited conflict-free are reported back to the CFSI.

Identify the scope of the risk – Roper utilizes our CFSI member-only RCOI information and responses to the CMRT surveys to determine if any of the identified smelters and refiners are known to source from the Covered Countries.

Assess smelters/refiners due diligence – Assessment and evidence of due diligence practices and capacity building initiatives are performed through our membership of and participation in the CFSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”) and validation schemes.

Industry-driven programs for spot checks – The CFSP includes audits of smelter’s and refiner’s own facilities.

Due Diligence

Due Diligence Design

Our due diligence measures have been designed in accordance with the SEC Rule to conform, in all material respects, with the applicable portions of the internationally recognized OECD Guidance as follows:

OECD STEP 3 – Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks

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

OECD STEP 5 - Report annually on supply chain due diligence

 

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Due Diligence Performed

Our due diligence measures performed are described below according to the relative OECD Guidance Steps.

OECD STEP 3 – DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A STRATEGY TO RESPOND TO IDENTIFIED RISKS

Strategy - Each business manages identified risks with their suppliers while continuing trade.

Our Suppliers - Supplier expectations are communicated through the conflict minerals related purchasing terms and conditions for purchasing orders and contracts, in addition to the annual survey.

Industry-wide Initiatives - We are a member of the CFSI participating in the CFSP and related Due Diligence Practices Team regarding identification of risks regarding smelters or refiners and their upstream mines or location of origin risks along with recommended strategies for mitigation and response. This includes offered training, educational resources and FAQs through our annual outreach and survey containing our Conflict Minerals Policy along with training and capacity building resources of the CFSI, OECD Guidance, and EICC Extractives and Conflict Minerals Resources.

OECD STEP 4 – CARRY OUT INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY AUDIT OF SMELTER/REFINER’S DUE DILIGENCE PRACTICES

As outlined in the OECD Guidance, the internationally recognized standard on which our company’s system is based, we support an industry initiative that audits smelters’ and refiners’ due diligence activities. That industry initiative is the CFSI. The data on which we relied for certain statements in this declaration was obtained through our membership in the CFSI, using the RCOI report for members.

OECD STEP 5: REPORT ANNUALLY ON SUPPLY CHAIN DUE DILIGENCE

Our public reporting includes our policy and program information regarding management systems, RCOI, identification of possible processing facilities (smelters and refiners) and due diligence performed as made available on our website and in our filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

An independent private sector audit of our Conflict Minerals Report is not required.

Due Diligence Results

Processing Facilities

Responses to our annual survey identified 299 smelter and refiner processing facilities confirmed as being legitimate by the CFSI that may potentially be in our supply chain. The following is a summary of the 2016 reporting year due diligence results and information from the CFSP member login database as compared to the two previous reporting years:

 

Reporting Year    2014      2015      2016  

Smelters/Refiners Identified:

     266        291        299  

Audited Conflict-Free:

     166        214        246  

Active/Participating:*

     36        34        11  

Not Audited or Participating:

     64        43        42  

 

* Active/Participating means the smelter or refiner has committed to undergo a CFSP audit or is participating in one of the cross-recognized certification programs: London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) Responsible Gold Certification or Responsible Jewelry Council (“RJC”) Program Chain-of-Custody Certification.

 

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A list of smelter and refiner processing facilities identified in the RCOI is listed in Annex I of this Conflict Minerals Report.

Countries of Origin

The country of origin information is based on the CFSP member-only RCOI audit information dated May 12, 2017. A breakdown of the audited smelters and refiners reported to us against the sourcing of all known CFSI audited conflict-free smelters and refiners is provided below (69 are not disclosed per the LBMA or RJC):

 

     Gold      Tantalum      Tin      Tungsten  

Covered Counties

     0        31        5        5  

Group Two

     1        10        0        0  

Group Three

     10        41        65        38  

Group One, Covered Countries:

 

    Tantalum: DRC, Burundi, Rwanda

 

    Tin: DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda

 

    Tungsten: DRC, Burundi, Rwanda

Group Two:

 

    Gold: South Africa

 

    Tantalum: Mozambique

Group Three:

 

    Gold: Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Mali, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Russian Federation, Senegal, Togo, United States of America

 

    Tantalum: Australia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, China, Ethiopia, France, Guinea, Guyana, India, Madagascar, Malaysia, Namibia, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, Thailand, United States of America, Zimbabwe

 

    Tin: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Thailand, Viet Nam

 

    Tungsten: Australia, Austria, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Conclusion

On the basis of our due diligence for the remaining smelters and refiners, we found with respect to each of our products identified above, the information we gathered failed to provide clarity with respect to the origin and chain of custody of the conflict materials contained in the product, nor did the data reveal whether or not the conflict minerals contained in the product directly or indirectly financed conflict in the Covered Countries.

Steps to Improve Risk Mitigation

Since the period covered by this Report, we will continue to mitigate risk and enforce our overall due diligence as follows:

 

    Communicate our Conflict Minerals Policy and related supplier expectations to affected direct suppliers;

 

    Perform annual inquiries of affected suppliers per the CFSI’s CMRT;

 

    Provide training and educational resource links to our suppliers through the annual survey process; and

 

    Engage in the CFSI CFSP industry initiative to support conflict-free supply chains.

 

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Information About Forward-Looking Statements

This Conflict Minerals Report and related Form SD include and incorporate by reference “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. In addition, we, or our executive officers on our behalf, may from time to time make forward-looking statements in reports and other documents we file with the SEC or in connection with oral statements made to the press, potential investors or others. All statements that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements may be indicated by words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plans,” “expects,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “believes” or “intends” and similar words and phrases. These statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are not guarantees of future performance. They involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement.

We believe these forward-looking statements are reasonable. However, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update any of them in light of new information or future events.

 

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Annex I

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Conflict Minerals Report – Annex I

For The Year Ended December 31, 2016

 

Mineral

  

Processing Facility

  

Facility Location

Gold    Advanced Chemical Company    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold    Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Gold    Al Etihad Gold LLC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold    Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    GERMANY
Gold    Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    UZBEKISTAN
Gold    AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao    BRAZIL
Gold    Argor-Heraeus S.A.    SWITZERLAND
Gold    Asahi Pretec Corp.    JAPAN
Gold    Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.    CANADA
Gold    Asahi Refining USA Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold    Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Gold    Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.    TURKEY
Gold    AU Traders and Refiners    SOUTH AFRICA
Gold    Aurubis AG    GERMANY
Gold    Bangalore Refinery    INDIA
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
Gold    Cendres + Metaux S.A.    SWITZERLAND
Gold    Chimet S.p.A.    ITALY
Gold    Chugai Mining    JAPAN
Gold    Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    DODUCO GmbH    GERMANY
Gold    Dowa    JAPAN
Gold    DSC (Do Sung Corporation)    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Gold    Elemetal Refining, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold    Emirates Gold DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold    Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.    INDIA
Gold    Geib Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold    Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA
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    Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY
Gold    Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY
Gold    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Gold    Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY
Gold    Japan Mint    JAPAN
Gold    Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

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Annex I

 

Gold   JSC Uralelectromed   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC   KAZAKHSTAN
Gold   Kazzinc   KAZAKHSTAN
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna   POLAND
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC   KYRGYZSTAN
Gold   Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   L’azurde Company For Jewelry   SAUDI ARABIA
Gold   Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Materion   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   SINGAPORE
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Metalor Technologies S.A.   SWITZERLAND
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.   MEXICO
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   JAPAN
Gold   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA
Gold   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   MALAYSIA
Gold   Morris and Watson   NEW ZEALAND
Gold   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.   TURKEY
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   UZBEKISTAN
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   AUSTRIA
Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   PAMP S.A.   SWITZERLAND
Gold   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   INDONESIA
Gold   PX Precinox S.A.   SWITZERLAND
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   SOUTH AFRICA
Gold   Remondis Argentia B.V.   NETHERLANDS
Gold   Republic Metals Corporation   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   CANADA
Gold   SAAMP   FRANCE
Gold   Sabin Metal Corp.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   SAFINA A.S.   CZECH REPUBLIC
Gold   Sai Refinery   INDIA
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Samwon Metals Corp.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY
Gold   Schone Edelmetaal B.V.   NETHERLANDS
Gold   SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.   SPAIN

 

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Annex I

 

Gold   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Gold   So Accurate Group, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   ITALY
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   JAPAN
Gold   The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   KAZAKHSTAN
Gold   Torecom   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Umicore Brasil Ltda.   BRAZIL
Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   THAILAND
Gold   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   BELGIUM
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Valcambi S.A.   SWITZERLAND
Gold   Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)   AUSTRALIA
Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY
Gold   Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   CHINA
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry   CHINA
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Duoluoshan   CHINA
Tantalum   Exotech Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   JAPAN
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   THAILAND
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   GERMANY
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Ltd.   JAPAN
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH   GERMANY
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   CHINA
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited   CHINA
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   KEMET Blue Metals   MEXICO
Tantalum   KEMET Blue Powder   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   LSM Brasil S.A.   BRAZIL
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA
Tantalum   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL

 

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Annex I

 

Tantalum   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   NPM Silmet AS   ESTONIA
Tantalum   Power Resources Ltd.   MACEDONIA
Tantalum   QuantumClean   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tantalum   RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Tantalum   Telex Metals   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   KAZAKHSTAN
Tantalum   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Alpha   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin   An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd.   VIET NAM
Tin   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company   VIET NAM
Tin   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondonia Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tin   CV Ayi Jaya   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Dua Sekawan   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Gita Pesona   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Serumpun Sebalai   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Tiga Sekawan   INDONESIA
Tin   CV United Smelting   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Venus Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA
Tin   Dowa   JAPAN
Tin   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM
Tin   EM Vinto   BOLIVIA
Tin   Estanho de Rondonia S.A.   BRAZIL
Tin   Fenix Metals   POLAND
Tin   Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant   CHINA
Tin   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   MALAYSIA
Tin   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.   BRAZIL
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin   Metallo Belgium N.V.   BELGIUM
Tin   Metallo Spain S.L.U.   SPAIN
Tin   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL
Tin   Minsur   PERU
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   JAPAN
Tin   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   MALAYSIA
Tin   Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.   CHINA

 

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Tin   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   THAILAND
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   PHILIPPINES
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.   BOLIVIA
Tin   PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   INDONESIA
Tin   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Babel Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Bangka Prima Tin   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 Inti Stania Prima   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Karimun Mining   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   INDONESIA
Tin   PT O.M. Indonesia   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Panca Mega Persada   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 Sukses Inti Makmur   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Sumber Jaya Indah   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Tommy Utama   INDONESIA
Tin   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tin   Rui Da Hung   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Tin   Soft Metais Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tin   Thaisarco   THAILAND
Tin   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM
Tin   VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC   VIET NAM
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Yunnan Tin Company Limited   CHINA
Tungsten   A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.   JAPAN
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   BRAZIL
Tungsten   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   VIET NAM
Tungsten   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY

 

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Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   GERMANY
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji   CHINA
Tungsten   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Hydrometallurg, JSC   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Tungsten   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Moliren Ltd.   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten   Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC   VIET NAM
Tungsten   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   PHILIPPINES
Tungsten   South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City   CHINA
Tungsten   Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.   VIET NAM
Tungsten   Unecha Refractory metals plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten   Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   VIET NAM
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG   AUSTRIA
Tungsten   Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA

 

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