UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD-Exhibit 1.01
Conflict Minerals Report
Registrant submits this Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to FORM SD Specialized Disclosure Report and provides the following information:
(1)Due Diligence: A description of the registrant’s reasonable country of origin inquiry and the measures the registrant has taken to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of those conflict minerals follows:
(i)The registrant’s due diligence conforms to the nationally or internationally recognized due diligence framework as set forth in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas which can be found at http://www.oecd.org and included the following:
(A) Registrant’s implementation of an execution plan for a company-wide conflict minerals program including:
(a)Registrant’s adoption of a conflict minerals policy which can be found on registrant’s publicly available Internet website at the following link: http://www.ctscorp.com/resource-center/guidelines-and-policies/Conflict Minerals Policy.
(b)Registrant’s assembly of an internal team to implement, manage and execute registrant’s conflict minerals policy.
(c)Registrant’s adoption of a system designed to allow engagement and communication with the supply-chain and request information relating to the identity of the conflict mineral smelters and refiners used by the supply-chain.
(d)Registrant’s incorporation of registrant’s expectations regarding suppliers’ conflict minerals policies, processes and information disclosures into relevant registrant documents including for example registrant’s conflict minerals policy, registrant’s supplier purchase order terms and conditions, registrant’s supplier contract clauses, and registrant’s correspondence and communication with suppliers.
(B) Registrant’s identification and assessment of risk in the supply chain including:
(a) | Identification of registrant’s relevant first-tier suppliers. |
(b) Conducting a reasonable country of origin and undertaking due diligence measures including requesting all relevant first-tier suppliers to complete the CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) which can be found at http://www.conflictfreesourcing.org, reviewing the information and smelter data provided by relevant first-tier suppliers, and comparing smelters and refiners identified by the supply chain to independently verified lists (e.g., the CFSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program (CFSP) list which can be found at http://www.conflictfreesourcing.org) to assess possible risk.
(ii)The due diligence measures did not include and do not require an independent private sector audit of this Conflict Minerals Report.
(iii)Registrant has disclosed above the steps it has taken, and discloses below the steps which registrant will take, to mitigate the risk that its necessary conflict minerals benefit armed groups, including the adoption, monitoring, and tracking of a risk management, mitigation, and corrective action plan including follow-up letters to relevant first-tier suppliers requesting validation of such suppliers or the smelters or refiners used by such suppliers as CFSI Conflict Free in accordance with, for example, the CFSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program (CFSP).
(2) Product Description: Registrant provides the following general description of the products identified in Item 1.01(c) of Form SD Specialized Disclosure Report:
Electronic Components: XOs, OCXOs, TCXOs, TCVCXOs, VCXOs, VCO/PLLs, PXOs, jitter attenuators, clock oscillators/generators, frequency translators, piezoelectric products, resistors, RF filters, discoidal filters, and ultrasonic sensors.
Automotive Components: actuators, seat belt tension sensors, seat belt buckle switch sensors, wheel speed sensors, position sensor assemblies, air grille shutter sensors, fuel card sensors, and EGR sensors.
Registrant also provides below a list of the facilities used to process the necessary conflict minerals in certain of the products identified above. The country of origin of the conflict minerals is unknown. The efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of the conflict minerals included requesting all relevant first tier suppliers to complete the CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) which required identification of the mine or location of origin of the conflict minerals, if known.
Conflict Mineral | Facility | Location |
Gold | Bangalore Refinery | INDIA |
Gold | Cendres + Métaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | KGHM Polska MiedŸ Spó³ka Akcyjna | POLAND |
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN |
Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY |
Gold | Caridad | MEXICO |
Gold | Cendres + Métaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN |
Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Faggi Enrico S.p.A. | ITALY |
Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | ZIMBABWE |
Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | CHINA |
Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CHINA |
Gold | Gujarat Gold Centre | INDIA |
Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | HwaSeong CJ Co., Ltd. | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold | KGHM Polska MiedŸ Spó³ka Akcyjna | POLAND |
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 | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA |
Gold | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND |
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN |
Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Remondis Argentia B.V. | NETHERLANDS |
Gold | SAAMP | FRANCE |
Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | UNITED STATES |
Gold | SAFINA A.S. | CZECH REPUBLIC |
Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | So Accurate Group, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN |
Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Zhongkuang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg | GERMANY |
Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen | AUSTRIA |
Tantalum | Plansee SE Reutte | AUSTRIA |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Justindo | INDONESIA |
Tin | An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA |
Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA |
Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Justindo | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Wahana Perkit Jaya | INDONESIA |
Tin | Super Ligas | BRAZIL |
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | Xianghualing Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | BRAZIL |
Tungsten | Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Luoyang Mudu Tungsten & Molybdenum Technology Co., Ltd | CHINA |
Tungsten | Pobedit, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |