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It is expected that the Conflict Minerals Rules will reduce a significant source of funding for armed groups that are committing human rights abuses in the DRC and the other Covered Countries. For questions and further information, please contact: AFAB Precision Machining.

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The regulation also draws on well-established rules to help stem the trade in conflict minerals. Conflict Minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, wolframite and gold, including their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (3TG).

Additional Due Diligence Efforts: (the "Covered Countries"), and is not from recycled or scrap sources, the registrant must exercise due diligence on the

Abstract.

For over a decade, the trade in conflict minerals has fueled human rights abuses and promoted insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Exotica Valves is committed to purchase only those parts and products containing minerals that have been procured through a validated conflict-free supply chain, so as to avoid the use of minerals that have financed conflict in the covered countries, and we expect our suppliers to abide by the same standard. In July 2010, the United States Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act").

EU Regulation on Conflict Minerals differentiates upstream and downstream companies and expects compliance at different .

Most conflict mineral rules require companies to annually report on conflict minerals compliance.

Each county may have a high, medium, or low risk status based on the potential for the country to have sourced minerals from the Covered Countries in Africa.

This means suppliers will be asked to complete a new CMRT every year in advance of the reporting deadline.

, and smuggling of Conflict Minerals to countries beyond the Covered Countries. As directed by Congress, the Commission developed rules which require covered issuers to conduct a "reasonable country of origin inquiry" regarding their conflict minerals. The Home Depot provides a Supplier AlertLine for the exclusive use of suppliers to report violations of company policies, including the Conflict Minerals Policy. Plexus supports the goal of ending violence, human rights violations and .

The SEC rules define conflict minerals as 3TG metals, wherever extracted. Section 1502 on conflict minerals of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a transparency measure, and one part of a comprehensive approach to Congo's challenges. "Conflict minerals . In certain circumstances, this . The covered countries are: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), The Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Tanzania, South Sudan, Burundi, Zambia, Rwanda, Angola and Uganda. Conflict Minerals Regulation In politically unstable areas, armed groups often use forced labour to mine minerals.

the "Covered Countries"), or are from recycled or scrap sources.

Allegion policy The Conflict-Free Smelter (CFS) Program is a program developed by EICC and GeSI to enhance an organization's capability to verify the responsible sourcing of materials. The information in this report includes the products of Honeywell International Inc. and its subsidiaries (Honeywell) as of . Where applicable, the Company has Henkel undertakes due diligence to attempt to determine if use of any of the "conflict minerals" in our products directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups. The nature of conflict is ever-changing, while some conflicts may be country-wide, many conflict-related and high-risk incidents The RMI encourages responsible sourcing from conflict affected and high risk areas (CAHRAs). An estimated 35 percent reported using conflict minerals from covered countries or from scrap or recycled sources.

On August 22, 2012, the final rule regarding sourcing of conflict minerals under Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("the Dodd-Frank Act") was approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). InterFET Corporation is, by rule, required to make a reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) to determine whether the issuer (InterFET Corporation) knows or has reason to believe that the conflict minerals may have originated in the DRC or an adjoining country (the covered country). The SEC did not issue any re-formulation of the US conflict minerals rule. drc conflict undeterminable for a temporary two-year period (or four-year period for smaller reporting companies), if the company is unable to determine whether the minerals in its products originated in the covered countries or financed or benefited armed groups in those countries, then those products are considered "drc conflict To meet the needs of a broad range of users, this standard provides exibility in the scope of the products covered within a single declaration.

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 .

For the purposes of the rule, conflict minerals include tantalum, tin, gold or tungsten. We are committed to ensuring that any conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of our products are sourced from sources that do not fund armed conflict in the Covered Countries. Countries or come from recycled or scrap sources, or that such conflict minerals did not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. .

It is expected that the Conflict Minerals Rules will reduce a significant source of funding for armed groups that are committing human rights abuses in the DRC and the other Covered Countries."Conflict Minerals" include gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, and wolframite, as well as their derivatives, tantalum, tin, and tungsten. Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy.

Section 13 (p) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 13p-1 thereunder (collectively, the "conflict mineral rules") require certain disclosures concerning supply sources for conflict minerals -consisting of gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum - that may be necessary to the manufacture or functionality of a company's products.

in the covered countries; and (ii) whether the minerals directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the covered countries. Federal law defines "conflict minerals" as (i) columbite-tantalite, also known as coltan (the metal ore from which tantalum is extracted); cassiterite (the metal ore . Mexico: 001-888 .

The extraction and trade in these Conflict Minerals contribute financially to the ongoing violence in the region. Our conflict minerals due diligence framework has been designed to be in line with the steps of the OECD Guidance, as applicable for downstream companies (as the term is defined in the

Surmodics develops, manufactures and markets surface modification and in vitro diagnostic technologies and products to the healthcare industry. To the extent that "conflict minerals" are necessary to the functionality or production of products that Next Computing manufactures or contracts to manufacture, we are required to conduct supply chain diligence to determine whether the conflict minerals originated in the DRC or one of the other "covered countries." "Conflict minerals .

Covered Countries and did not come from . Provide, and expect our suppliers to cooperate in providing, due diligence information to confirm the tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold in our supply chain are conflict free. 1) The term "conflict mineral" is defined by U.S. law in Section 1502 (e) (4) of the The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( i.e., 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 . , and smuggling of Conflict Minerals to countries beyond the Covered Countries. conducted a good faith, reasonable country of origin inquiry ("RCOI") regarding such necessary Conflict Minerals.

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Microchip supports responsible minerals sourcing within the Covered Countries to encourage viable and ethical revenue streams for the local communities. about the source and supply chain of those Conflict Minerals. Under Rule 13p-1, MTI is required to determine whether any conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of a product it manufactures or contracts to manufacture and, if so . For a temporary 2-year period, or 4-year period for smaller reporting companies, if a company is unable to determine whether the minerals in its products originated from a covered country or were used to finance or benefit armed groups in the covered countries, the company may determine that its products are "DRC Conflict Undeterminable." If, after the inquiry, the company determines that its conflict minerals did not originate in the covered countries, the issuer must disclose that conclusion to the SEC . We implemented a supplier engagement approach. The rule imposes reporting requirements on certain companies to perform due diligence with respect to the sourcing of conflict minerals and to file annual reports relating to the use of conflict minerals (tantalum, tin, gold or tungsten) originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and certain adjoining countries ("Covered Countries") in . not sourcing from the Covered Countries, or whose conflict minerals policies indicated that they intend not to source from the Covered Countries at . They then sell those minerals to fund their activities, for example to buy weapons. Conflict Minerals that are directly or indirectly financing or benefiting armed groups, we encourage suppliers to comply with our Conflict Minerals Policy. Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires Securities and Exchange Commission issuers to file conflict minerals disclosures (CMD) that indicate whether their product(s) contain tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold that originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo and its nine neighboring countries (collectively referred to as "covered countries").

The Securities and Exchange Commission requires companies to report on the origin of these "conflict minerals" used in their products.

For example, tin extracted in Canada, Russia or Argentina is considered a conflict mineral by definition. But a new US law designed to help the region escape its . "Conflict Minerals" include gold, columbite-tantalite (col tan), cassiterite, and . the conflict minerals rule requires heightened diligence and disclosure if, based on the registrant's reasonable country of origin inquiry, it knows that any of its necessary conflict minerals originated in a covered country and were not from recycled or scrap sources, or if it has reason to believe that any of its necessary conflict minerals may

2018 - 2020. " Conflict Minerals " are defined in the Rule as gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolframite, including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten. Provide, and expect our suppliers to cooperate in providing, due diligence information to confirm the tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold in our supply chain are conflict free.

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regarding the conflict minerals included in the products during the Reporting Period, which the Company refers to as the "Subject Minerals," to determine whether any such Subject Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and/ or whether any of the Subject Minerals were from recycled or scrap sources. Conflict minerals refer to tantalum, tungsten, tin, and gold originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its adjoining countries ("Covered Countries").