UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
Astec Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Tennessee | 001-11595 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) |
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1725 Shepherd Road
Chattanooga, Tennessee | 37421 |
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| Edward T. Gilbert Jr. | (423) 899-5898 |
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
☒ Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2023.
☐ Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2023.
Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
In accordance with the disclosure requirements promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Astec Industries, Inc. (the "Company") has undertaken efforts to determine its conflict minerals1 reporting requirements for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2023.
The Company has filed this Specialized Disclosure Report and the associated Conflict Minerals Report, which appears as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and is publicly available on the Company’s website at https://www.astecindustries.com/esg/more/conflict-materials.
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1 The term "conflict mineral" is defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 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 ("DRC") or an adjoining country.
Item 1.02 Exhibit
The Company's Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto.
Section 2 – Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure
Item 2.01 Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report
Not applicable.
Section 3 – Exhibits
Item 3.01 Exhibits
The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:
Exhibit 1.01 – Astec Industries, Inc.'s Conflict Minerals Report for the period January 1 to December 31, 2023.
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SIGNATURE
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.
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| Astec Industries, Inc. | |
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| By: | /s/ Edward T. Gilbert Jr. | | Date: May 23, 2024 |
| Edward T. Gilbert Jr. | | |
| General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | | |
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CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT OF |
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. |
FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD FROM |
JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
I. Introduction
This is the Conflict Minerals1 Report of Astec Industries, Inc. ("we," "our," "us," or the "Company") prepared for calendar year 2023 in accordance with Rule 13p-1 ("Rule 13p-1") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act"). Numerous terms in this Report are defined in Rule 13p-1 and SEC Release No. 34-67716 (August 22, 2012) under the Act (the "Adopting Release"). The reader is referred to these sources for the definitions of defined terms contained but not defined herein.
In accordance with Rule 13p-1, we undertook efforts to determine the presence and source of the conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of the products that we manufacture or contract to manufacture. The Company designed its efforts in conformity with the internationally recognized due diligence framework set forth in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas2 ("OECD Due Diligence Guidance") and related supplements.
The statements below are based on the activities performed to date in good faith by the Company and are based on the infrastructure and information available at the time of this filing. Factors that could affect the accuracy of these statements include, but are not limited to, incomplete supplier data or available smelter data, errors or omissions by suppliers or smelters, evolving identification of smelters, incomplete information from industry or other third-party sources, continuing guidance regarding the SEC final rules, and other issues.
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1The term "conflict mineral" is defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 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 ("DRC") or an adjoining country.
2OECD (2016), OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264252479-en
II. Overview
Company Profile
The Company is a Tennessee corporation which was incorporated in 1972. The Company designs, engineers, manufactures and market equipment and components used primarily in road building and related construction activities, as well as other products discussed below. Our products are used in each phase of road building, from quarrying and crushing the aggregate to application of the road surface. We also offer industrial automation controls and telematic platforms as well as manufacturing certain equipment and components unrelated to road construction, including equipment for the mining, quarrying, construction, demolition, land clearing and recycling industries and port and rail yard operators; industrial heat transfer equipment; commercial whole-tree pulpwood chippers; horizontal grinders; blower trucks; commercial and industrial burners; and combustion control systems. Our products are marketed both domestically and internationally primarily to asphalt producers; highway and heavy equipment contractors; utility contractors; sand and gravel producers; construction, demolition, recycle and crushing contractors; forestry and environmental recycling contractors; mine and quarry operators; port and inland terminal authorities; power stations and domestic and foreign government agencies. In addition to equipment sales, we manufacture and sell replacement parts for equipment in each of our product lines and replacement parts for some competitors' equipment. The distribution and sale of replacement parts is an integral part of our business. We are subject to Rule 13p-1 as we have determined that, during 2023, conflict minerals were likely necessary to the functionality or production of products we manufactured or contracted to manufacture. The Company, as a purchaser of component parts, is many steps removed from the mining of conflict minerals. We do not purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals and we conduct no purchasing activities directly in the DRC or adjoining countries.
Conflict Minerals Policy
The Company developed a policy statement to support the goals expressed by Congress in enacting Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The policy highlights the Company's commitment to complying with the reporting and due diligence obligations required by the SEC rule and the Company's expectations from its suppliers. In addition, the policy includes language encouraging suppliers to source responsibly and expectations that its supplier partners promote an environment of respect for all individuals worldwide and operate in a manner that imposes honor and integrity in all aspects of business. The policy resides on our corporate website (https://www.astecindustries.com/esg/more/conflict-materials). This policy is reviewed periodically and updated as needed.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry Information
We have conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry ("RCOI") to determine whether the necessary conflict minerals originated in the DRC or an adjoining country or came from recycled or scrap sources.
The Company's RCOI process included reviewing the products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured during the Reporting Period to identify products that should be deemed in-scope as described by the Adopting Release and conducting an inquiry of our direct suppliers of the in-scope products using the Responsible Minerals Initiative's ("RMI") Conflict Minerals Reporting Template ("CMRT"). Based on the results of our RCOI which indicated sourcing from the DRC or an adjoining country, we exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. Our due diligence efforts are discussed further in this Conflict Minerals Report.
Due Diligence Program Design
The Company designed its conflict minerals program to conform, in all material respects, with the five-step framework of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten, and the Supplement on Gold, specifically as they relate to our position in the minerals supply chain as a "downstream" company:
Step 1: Establish strong company management systems
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 The Company
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 team – The Company established a conflict minerals team that includes individuals from the relevant business units procurement teams and the global procurement team. The team was structured to include the involvement from those in management roles, including the Corporate Procurement Director, to help ensure that critical information, including the Company's conflict minerals policy, reached relevant employees and suppliers.
b.Conflict minerals policy – The Company adopted and published a policy establishing the expectations of our suppliers. The policy resides on our corporate website (https://www.astecindustries.com/esg/more/conflict-materials).
c.Internal engagement – We developed a training program to educate employees on our conflict minerals process, the goals of our program, and our reporting obligations as a supplier and a public company.
d.Supplier engagement – The Company communicated its conflict minerals policy and provided educational materials to its in-scope suppliers. Suppliers were informed when the request for information was initiated on the conflict minerals disclosure requirements as well as recommendations for developing, implementing, and documenting a conflict minerals compliance program. Stakeholders can communicate directly and confidentially with our compliance officer.
e.Company level grievance mechanism – As recommended by the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the Company has a grievance mechanism in place as a risk-awareness system for conflict minerals issues. The policy statement provides a contact for internal and external stakeholders to reach out to regarding questions and concerns.
f.Records management – The Company maintains records relating to its conflict minerals program in accordance with the recommended record retention guidelines of five years.
Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain
We performed the following steps as part of our risk assessment process:
a.Identified products in scope – Our conflict minerals team conducted a detailed review of the products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by us during the Reporting Period to identify products that should be deemed in-scope as described by the Adopting Release.
b.Conducted RCOI – The Company utilized the most recent version of the industry-developed CMRT to query our suppliers for conflict minerals information. We requested this information from the Tier 1 suppliers who provide materials and components for the products deemed in-scope by our conflict minerals team. We evaluated the responses from the templates submitted by our suppliers to determine our reporting obligation based on this RCOI. See Appendix I for a list of countries of origin identified through the RCOI process.
c.Completed additional follow-up – The Company contacted direct suppliers multiple times as needed to request detailed conflict minerals information. We also worked to clarify and validate the accuracy of information provided by our suppliers by responding with standardized feedback questions to address any issues or uncertainty with the template provided when necessary and/or obtaining additional information upon request (product identification, order numbers, or shipping addresses) to help ensure we are receiving conflict minerals information specific to our supply-chain.
d.Identified smelters or refiners ("SORs") – The Company compiled a list of SORs in our supply chain using our suppliers' responses in their CMRTs. The Company reconciled this list to the list of smelter facilities designated by the RMI's Responsible Minerals Assurance Process ("RMAP"). The RMAP completes independent, third-party audits of smelters and refiners to determine which can be validated as having systems in place that help ensure the minerals are responsibly sourced according to the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. The company also utilized information provided by the London
Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC) cross-recognition audit programs. The Company maintains a database of smelter aliases to reconcile suppliers' smelters lists to RMI's list of SORs. We have provided that list in this report within section IV – Product Description; Processing Facilities.
e.Performed smelter due diligence with suppliers – Suppliers that reported smelters deemed to be high risk received additional communication asking them to clarify if those smelters are reflective of the purchases made and to continue due diligence on their supply chains. High risk smelters are those that have not yet undergone a third-party audit or have been deemed non-conformant.
Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
We performed the following steps as part of our risk management plan:
a.Reporting results to senior management – As necessary, the Conflict Minerals team reports the results of our RCOI to upper management which included the team's plan to respond to risks identified in the due diligence processes.
b.Designed and implemented a plan – The Company used established risk rating criteria to evaluate suppliers based on the responses provided within their CMRT, as well as, any additional documentation furnished to support those responses and the suppliers' due diligence processes. The resulting risk ratings are used to develop specific supplier outreach and training to address the identified risks and to take corrective actions with suppliers found not in compliance with the Company's conflict minerals policy. These actions may include additional outreach to suppliers who failed to respond to our multiple requests for information, provided inconsistent or erroneous information, or indicated they had received responses from less than 50% of their in-scope suppliers. Our team further reviews the responses to verify the validity of SORs reported by our suppliers, the audit status of such SORs and the country of origin of the minerals processed at such facilities.
c.Provided informational materials – The Company provided suppliers with informational materials that explain Section 1502 of the Dodd Frank Act, the OECD framework, the RCOI process, and general information on the contents of the most recent revision of the CMRT (including definitions of common phrases and frequently asked questions). These materials are provided to suppliers at the time of the initial request for a completed CMRT. The informational material serves as a point of reference for suppliers that are unfamiliar with the rule and helps limit the risk of obtaining inaccurate information from them. Throughout the process we offer assistance to our suppliers to improve the quality of the information provided to us.
d.Provided conflict minerals policy to suppliers – After working with a supplier to obtain a CMRT, we provide them with a copy of our conflict minerals policy for their records to ensure our suppliers continue to operate in line with our expectations.
e.Identified SORs – As part of the risk mitigation process, the Company reconciled the list of SORs collected from suppliers to the list of smelter facilities validated by the RMI. The Company maintains a database of smelter aliases to reconcile suppliers' smelters lists to RMI's list of SORs.
f.Ongoing risk monitoring – suppliers, smelters and refiners that have been identified as high-risk through our risk assessment process are tracked to assess their progress towards meeting our expectations.
Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner's due diligence practices
The Company is using information provided by independent third-party audit programs, including the RMI RMAP, LBMA, and RJC, to confirm the existence and verify the OECD-conformance status of SORs identified during our due diligence.
For smelters that had not been audited as conformant, the Company sent a communication to encourage participation in the RMAP and requested the SOR to provide the mines and/or locations the SOR sources from to assist in identifying all countries of origin. Additionally, the Company sent communications to all suppliers that reported SORs that had not been audited as conformant to request that these suppliers contact the SORs to encourage participation in the RMAP.
Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence
Accordingly, this Conflict Minerals Report has been filed with the SEC and is available on our website at https://www.astecindustries.com/esg/more/conflict-materials.
IV. Product Description; Processing Facilities
Product Description – We operate manufacturing sites and sites that operate as sales and service offices for our manufacturing locations. Our two reportable business segments, Infrastructure Solutions and Materials Solutions, comprise sites based upon the nature of the products produced or services provided, the type of customer for the products, the similarity of economic characteristics, the manner in which management reviews results and the nature of the production process, among other considerations.
Processing Facilities – Based on our due diligence process and the information received from our suppliers, the following facilities were identified by the Company's suppliers as the smelters and refiners of the tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold present in and necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured (or contracted to be manufactured) by the Company in the calendar year ended December 31, 2023. The information from our suppliers is still evolving and may contain company-level declarations, rather than information that is specific to the products/components supplied to us. As such, this smelter list is presented in good faith as the best information we have to date. For 2023 we identified 289 SORs in our supply chain, 196 have been audited as conformant with the RMAP or equivalent independent third-party audit program. This list may contain smelters that are not in our supply chain and/or there may be other smelters not yet identified in our due diligence
process. We will continue to update the list as our information and the relevant third-party data from RMI, LBMA, and RJC improves.
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| Metal | Smelter Name | Country | Smelter ID |
| Gold | 8853 S.p.A. | ITALY | CID002763 |
| Gold | ABC Refinery Pty Ltd. | AUSTRALIA | CID002920 |
| Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002708 |
| Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000015 |
| Gold | Agosi AG | GERMANY | CID000035 |
| Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | AUSTRALIA | CID002030 |
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000019 |
| Gold | Dowa | JAPAN | CID000401 |
| Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002560 |
| Gold | Albino Mountinho Lda. | PORTUGAL | CID002760 |
| Gold | Alexy Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003500 |
| Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | UZBEKISTAN | CID000041 |
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | JAPAN | CID000082 |
| Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | BRAZIL | CID000058 |
| Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001947 |
| Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID000077 |
| Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | CANADA | CID000924 |
| Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000920 |
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| Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000090 |
| Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY | CID000103 |
| Gold | AU Traders and Refiners | SOUTH AFRICA | CID002850 |
| Gold | Augmont Enterprises Private Limited | INDIA | CID003461 |
| Gold | Aurubis AG | GERMANY | CID000113 |
| Gold | Bangalore Refinery | INDIA | CID002863 |
| Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | PHILIPPINES | CID000128 |
| Gold | Boliden Ronnskar | SWEDEN | CID000157 |
| Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | GERMANY | CID000176 |
| Gold | Caridad | MEXICO | CID000180 |
| Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA | CID000185 |
| Gold | Cendres + Metaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID000189 |
| Gold | CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. | INDIA | CID003382 |
| Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000197 |
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY | CID000233 |
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA | CID002224 |
| Gold | Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001916 |
| Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN | CID000264 |
| Gold | Coimpa Industrial LTDA | BRAZIL | CID004010 |
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA | CID000343 |
| Gold | Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH | GERMANY | CID002867 |
| Gold | Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID003348 |
| Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000359 |
| Gold | Dongwu Gold Group | CHINA | CID003663 |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant | JAPAN | CID000425 |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant | JAPAN | CID003424 |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant | JAPAN | CID003425 |
| Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1) | INDIA | CID003487 |
| Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2) | INDIA | CID003488 |
| Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3) | INDIA | CID003489 |
| Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4) | INDIA | CID003490 |
| Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002561 |
| Gold | Fujairah Gold FZC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002584 |
| Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002243 |
| Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | CHINA | CID001909 |
| Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CHINA | CID002312 |
| Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000651 |
| Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000671 |
| Gold | LT Metal Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000689 |
| Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY | CID000694 |
| Gold | Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG | GERMANY | CID000711 |
| Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | CHINA | CID000707 |
| Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000767 |
| Gold | Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000773 |
| Gold | HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000778 |
| Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000801 |
| Gold | International Precious Metal Refiners | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002562 |
| Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000807 |
| Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY | CID000814 |
| Gold | Italpreziosi | ITALY | CID002765 |
| Gold | JALAN & Company | INDIA | CID002893 |
| Gold | Japan Mint | JAPAN | CID000823 |
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000855 |
| Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000937 |
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| Gold | K.A. Rasmussen | NORWAY | CID003497 |
| Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN | CID000956 |
| Gold | Kazzinc | KAZAKHSTAN | CID000957 |
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000969 |
| Gold | KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | POLAND | CID002511 |
| Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002100 |
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000981 |
| Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID002605 |
| Gold | Kundan Care Products Ltd. | INDIA | CID003463 |
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN | CID001029 |
| Gold | L'azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA | CID001032 |
| Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001056 |
| Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001058 |
| Gold | L'Orfebre S.A. | ANDORRA | CID002762 |
| Gold | LS MnM Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001078 |
| Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001093 |
| Gold | Marsam Metals | BRAZIL | CID002606 |
| Gold | Materion | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001113 |
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001119 |
| Gold | MD Overseas | INDIA | CID003548 |
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001798 |
| Gold | Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA | CID003575 |
| Gold | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | MEXICO | CID001161 |
| Gold | Metallix Refining Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003557 |
| Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM | CID001980 |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID001153 |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA | CID001149 |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE | CID001152 |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CHINA | CID001147 |
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001157 |
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | CID001188 |
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001193 |
| Gold | MKS PAMP SA | SWITZERLAND | CID001352 |
| Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | CID002509 |
| Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA | CID002857 |
| Gold | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND | CID002282 |
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | TURKEY | CID001220 |
| Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN | CID001236 |
| Gold | NH Recytech Company | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID003189 |
| Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001259 |
| Gold | Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | AUSTRIA | CID002779 |
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001325 |
| Gold | Pease & Curren | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002872 |
| Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001362 |
| Gold | Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | CHILE | CID002919 |
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA | CID001397 |
| Gold | PX Precinox S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID001498 |
| Gold | QG Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003324 |
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA | CID001512 |
| Gold | Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000522 |
| Gold | REMONDIS PMR B.V. | NETHERLANDS | CID002582 |
| Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA | CID001534 |
| Gold | SAAMP | FRANCE | CID002761 |
| Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001546 |
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| Gold | Safimet S.p.A | ITALY | CID002973 |
| Gold | SAFINA A.S. | CZECHIA | CID002290 |
| Gold | Sai Refinery | INDIA | CID002853 |
| Gold | Sam Precious Metals | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID003666 |
| Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001555 |
| Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001562 |
| Gold | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | SPAIN | CID001585 |
| Gold | Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002525 |
| Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001619 |
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001622 |
| Gold | Shenzhen CuiLu Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002750 |
| Gold | Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002527 |
| Gold | Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd. | INDIA | CID002588 |
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN | CID001875 |
| Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001736 |
| Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID002516 |
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID001761 |
| Gold | Sovereign Metals | INDIA | CID003383 |
| Gold | State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology | LITHUANIA | CID003153 |
| Gold | SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID002918 |
| Gold | Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID001810 |
| Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY | CID002580 |
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001938 |
| Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | KAZAKHSTAN | CID002615 |
| Gold | Torecom | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001955 |
| Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | THAILAND | CID002314 |
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001993 |
| Gold | Valcambi S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID002003 |
| Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | CID002778 |
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002129 |
| Tantalum | 5D Production OU | ESTONIA | CID003926 |
| Tantalum | AMG Brasil | BRAZIL | CID001076 |
| Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002504 |
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA | CID000460 |
| Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA | CID002505 |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN | CID002558 |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002557 |
| Tantalum | XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED | CHINA | CID000616 |
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | CID002544 |
| Tantalum | Materion Newton Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002548 |
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002549 |
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | CID002550 |
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS GmbH | GERMANY | CID002545 |
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002492 |
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002512 |
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | CHINA | CID002842 |
| Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000914 |
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000917 |
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002506 |
| Tantalum | KEMET de Mexico | MEXICO | CID002539 |
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | CID001163 |
| Tantalum | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | CID001175 |
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001192 |
| Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS | ESTONIA | CID001200 |
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| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001277 |
| Tantalum | PowerX Ltd. | RWANDA | CID004054 |
| Tantalum | QuantumClean | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001508 |
| Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002707 |
| Tantalum | Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001522 |
| Tantalum | RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003583 |
| Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001769 |
| Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001869 |
| Tantalum | Telex Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001891 |
| Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN | CID001969 |
| Tin | Alpha | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000292 |
| Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM | CID002703 |
| Tin | Aurubis Beerse | BELGIUM | CID002773 |
| Tin | Aurubis Berango | SPAIN | CID002774 |
| Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | INDONESIA | CID001460 |
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002158 |
| Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000228 |
| Tin | Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003190 |
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001070 |
| Tin | Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002180 |
| Tin | CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda | BRAZIL | CID003486 |
| Tin | CRM Synergies | SPAIN | CID003524 |
| Tin | PT Rajehan Ariq | INDONESIA | CID002593 |
| Tin | Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003356 |
| Tin | Dowa | JAPAN | CID000402 |
| Tin | DS Myanmar | MYANMAR | CID003831 |
| Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002572 |
| Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | CID000438 |
| Tin | Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | BRAZIL | CID000448 |
| Tin | Fenix Metals | POLAND | CID000468 |
| Tin | Minsur | PERU | CID001182 |
| Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA | CID000942 |
| Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000538 |
| Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001908 |
| Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000555 |
| Tin | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003116 |
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA | CID001105 |
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | CID001191 |
| Tin | PT Timah Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA | CID001482 |
| Tin | Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. | CHINA | CID001231 |
| Tin | PT Timah Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA | CID001477 |
| Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002468 |
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | BRAZIL | CID002500 |
| Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001142 |
| Tin | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | CID001173 |
| Tin | Mining Minerals Resources SARL | CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE | CID004065 |
| Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA | CID002858 |
| Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002573 |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | CID001314 |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | PHILIPPINES | CID002517 |
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | CID001337 |
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| Tin | Pongpipat Company Limited | MYANMAR | CID003208 |
| Tin | PT Bangka Serumpun | INDONESIA | CID003205 |
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | INDONESIA | CID001453 |
| Tin | PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo | INDONESIA | CID003449 |
| Tin | PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS) | INDONESIA | CID003868 |
| Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur (SIM) | INDONESIA | CID002816 |
| Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002706 |
| Tin | Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID001539 |
| Tin | Super Ligas | BRAZIL | CID002756 |
| Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND | CID001898 |
| Tin | Tin Technology & Refining | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003325 |
| Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002574 |
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002036 |
| Tin | Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003397 |
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. | JAPAN | CID000004 |
| Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | BRAZIL | CID002833 |
| Tungsten | Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. | BRAZIL | CID003427 |
| Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | VIET NAM | CID002502 |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000105 |
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000218 |
| Tungsten | Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch | CHINA | CID002513 |
| Tungsten | China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002641 |
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000258 |
| Tungsten | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000281 |
| Tungsten | Cronimet Brasil Ltda | BRAZIL | CID003468 |
| Tungsten | DONGKUK INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID004060 |
| Tungsten | Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003609 |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002315 |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002494 |
| Tungsten | Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003417 |
| Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000568 |
| Tungsten | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | CID002542 |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | GERMANY | CID002541 |
| Tungsten | HANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID003978 |
| Tungsten | Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000769 |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000766 |
| Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002649 |
| Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000825 |
| Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002551 |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002321 |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002313 |
| 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 OF AMERICA | CID000966 |
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002319 |
| Tungsten | Masan High-Tech Materials | VIET NAM | CID002543 |
| Tungsten | Moliren Ltd. | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002845 |
| Tungsten | Nam Viet Cromit Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID004034 |
| Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002589 |
| Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | PHILIPPINES | CID002827 |
| Tungsten | Shinwon Tungsten (Fujian Shanghang) Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID004430 |
| Tungsten | Tungsten Vietnam Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID003993 |
| Tungsten | Unecha Refractory metals plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002724 |
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| Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | AUSTRIA | CID002044 |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002320 |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002082 |
| Tungsten | YUDU ANSHENG TUNGSTEN CO., LTD. | CHINA | CID003662 |
V. Future Steps to Mitigate Risk
We will continue to communicate our expectations and information requirements to our direct suppliers. Over time, we anticipate that the amount of information available globally on the traceability and sourcing of these minerals will increase and improve our knowledge. We will continue to make inquiries to our direct suppliers, seek information as to the ultimate sources of these raw materials, and undertake additional risk assessments when potentially relevant changes in facts or circumstances are identified. If we become aware of a supplier whose due diligence needs improvement, we may continue the trade relationship while that supplier improves its compliance program or we may find alternative suppliers. We expect our suppliers to take similar measures with their suppliers to help ensure alignment throughout the supply chain.
In addition the actions noted elsewhere in this report, the Company will undertake the following steps during the next compliance period:
• Review the conflict minerals policy statement and update if necessary.
• Review supplier and employee training materials and update if necessary.
• Continue to collect responses from suppliers using the most recent revision of the CMRT.
• Engage with suppliers that did not provide a response in 2023 or provided incomplete responses to enhance our data collection for 2024.
• Monitor and track performance of risk mitigation efforts including the performance of suppliers deemed high-risk.
• Continue engagement with smelters by sending letters to those that have not been audited as conformant.
• Continue to send messages to encourage our suppliers to engage with smelters that have not been audited as conformant.
• Collect from suppliers product-level or user-defined level responses where useful.
• Compare and validate RCOI results to information collected via independent third-party audit programs, such as the RMI.
• Encourage responsible sourcing from the DRC and adjoining countries.
• Stay aware of new and related sourcing challenges that affect smelter RMI audit status.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this report, other than purely historical information, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "forecast," "outlook," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result" or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar expressions generally intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are based on the Company's currently available information and our current assumptions, expectations and projections about future events. They are subject to future events, risks and uncertainties - many of which are beyond the Company's control - as well as potentially inaccurate assumptions, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information on these factors and other risks that may affect the Company's business is included in filings it makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including its Annual Reports filed on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports filed on Form 10-Q, and in its other SEC filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
APPENDIX I – Countries of Origin
The information provided in this Appendix is based on the information collected from the Company's suppliers.
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| Australia | Mozambique |
| Austria | Myanmar |
| Benin | Nicaragua |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Niger |
| Brazil | Nigeria |
| Burundi | Papua New Guinea |
| Canada | Peru |
| Chile | Philippines |
| China | Portugal |
| Colombia | Russian Federation |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Rwanda |
| Ethiopia | Sierra Leone |
| France | South Africa |
| Ghana | Spain |
| Guinea | Sweden |
| Guyana | Tanzania |
| Indonesia | Thailand |
| Kazakhstan | Uganda |
| South Korea | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Laos | United States of America |
| Madagascar | Uzbekistan |
| Malaysia | Vietnam |
| Mexico | Zimbabwe |
| Mongolia | |
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