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Establish Strong Company Management Systems
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a Company code of ethics requiring all employees, officers and directors to comply with all of the laws, rules and regulations of the U.S., Israel and other countries,
as applicable (available at: https://towersemi.com/about/corporate-social-responsibility-esg/social/;
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partnership since 2014 in the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), which provides assessment tools including a self-assessment questionnaire designed to help members
identify social, environmental and ethical risks in their supply chains and take action to put in place systems to further improve their social contribution,
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a code of ethics for suppliers requiring suppliers to conduct their business in an ethical manner and act with integrity, including by ensuring that products supplied
to Tower do not contain metals derived from minerals or their derivatives originating from conflict regions that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups,
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a conflict minerals policy as described below, and
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a team of Company employees, consisting of senior operations, engineering, QA, regulatory compliance and legal personnel, that oversees implementation of the Company's
conflict minerals compliance strategy. In addition, senior management of the Company, including the Senior Vice President Excellence and Quality and Reliability, VP of Procurement and the Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and
Corporate Secretary, are briefed on a regular basis by the Company’s Corporate Compliance Officer about conflict minerals compliance efforts.
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Avoids the use of conflict minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries;
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Expects its suppliers to have in place policies and due diligence procedures that will ensure that products and components that they supply containing conflict
minerals, including conflict minerals from Covered Countries, are in fact "conflict-free", meaning that they do not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in Covered Countries;
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Requires the Company's direct suppliers to provide it with annual declarations regarding their use of conflict minerals (utilizing a format described below);
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Reserves the right to take appropriate action to enforce its conflict minerals policy, including discontinuing purchases from suppliers that fail to comply; and
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Is committed to responsible sourcing of conflict minerals throughout its supply chain and to continued compliance with applicable SEC rules and regulations in this
area.
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Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain
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Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
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engaging with suppliers to obtain current, accurate and complete information about the suppliers’ supply chains; and
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encouraging suppliers to implement responsible sourcing and work with smelters and refiners which have obtained a “conflict-free” designation from a third-party auditor
such as under RMAP.
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Carry Out Independent Third-Party Audit of Smelter/Refiner's Due Diligence Practices
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Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence
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Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
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China
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D Block Metals, LLC
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United States of America
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Exotech Inc.
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United States of America
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F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
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China
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FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
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China
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Global Advanced Metals Aizu
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JAPAN
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Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
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United States of America
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Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.
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China
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H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.
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Thailand
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H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH
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Germany
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H.C. Starck Inc.
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United States of America
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H.C. Starck Ltd.
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Japan
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H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
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Germany
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H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH
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Germany
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Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
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China
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Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
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CHINA
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Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material
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CHINA
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JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
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China
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Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
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China
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KEMET Blue Metals
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Mexico
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Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.
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India
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Mineracao Taboca S.A.
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Brazil
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Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
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JAPAN
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Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.
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China
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NPM Silmet AS
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Estonia
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TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.
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THAILAND
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TANIOBIS GmbH
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GERMANY
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TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.
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JAPAN
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TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
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GERMANY
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Telex Metals
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United States of America
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Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
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Kazakhstan
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A.L.M.T. Corp.
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Japan
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Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
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CHINA
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Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
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China
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Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
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China
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Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.
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CHINA
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Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
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United States of America
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Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
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China
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H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
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Germany
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H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH
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Germany
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Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
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China
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Hydrometallurg, JSC
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Russian Federation
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Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
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JAPAN
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Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
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CHINA
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Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
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China
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Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
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China
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Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
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China
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Kennametal Huntsville
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United States of America
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Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)
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Viet Nam
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Niagara Refining LLC
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United States of America
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Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG
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Austria
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Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.
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China
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Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
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CHINA
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Angola
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Argentina
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Australia
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Austria
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Belarus
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Belgium
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Bolivia
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Brazil
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Burundi
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Cambodia
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Canada
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Central African Republic
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Chile
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China
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Colombia
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Djibouti
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Ecuador
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Egypt
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Estonia
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Ethiopia
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France
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Germany
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Ghana
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Guinea
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Guyana
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Hungary
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India
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Indonesia
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Ireland
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Israel
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Italy
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Japan
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Jersey
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Katanga
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Kazakhstan
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Kenya
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Korea
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Kyrgyzstan
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Luxembourg
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Madagascar
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Malaysia
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Mali
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Mexico
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Mongolia
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Mozambique
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Myanmar
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Namibia
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Netherlands
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Nigeria
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Papua New Guinea
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Peru
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Philippine
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Philippines
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Portugal
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Russian Federation
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Rwanda
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Sierra Leone
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Singapore
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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South Africa
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South Sudan
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Spain
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Sudan
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Suriname
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Switzerland
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Taiwan
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Tanzania
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Thailand
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Uganda
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United Kingdom
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United States
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Vietnam
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Zambia
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Zimbabwe
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