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Exhibit 1.01

 

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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT

FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD FROM

JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2018

INTRODUCTION

This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) for Seagate Technology public limited company (“Seagate,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is provided in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”), for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report is being filed as Exhibit 1.01 to our Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and is also posted on our website at http://www.seagate.com/global-citizenship/. The website reference is provided for convenience only, and its contents are not incorporated by reference into this Report nor deemed filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on registrants whose manufactured products contain tin, tantalum, tungsten, or gold (“3TG,” also defined by the rule as “Conflict Minerals”). The Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) and its adjoining countries have extensive reserves of 3TG, some of which are illegally sourced and traded by armed groups who are responsible for significant human rights violations. The purpose of the Rule is to encourage companies whose products contain 3TG to endeavor to source from suppliers who do not directly or indirectly support such armed groups through their purchasing decisions. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and its adjoining countries, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia, are collectively referred to in this Report as the “Covered Countries.”

We are a leading provider of data storage technology and solutions. Our principal products are hard disk drives, commonly referred to as disk drives, hard drives or HDDs. In addition to HDDs, we produce a broad range of data storage products including solid state drives (“SSDs”) and storage subsystems.

Hard disk drives are devices that store digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating disks with magnetic surfaces. Disk drives continue to be the primary medium of mass data storage due to their performance attributes, high quality and cost effectiveness. Complementing existing data center storage architecture, solid-state storage devices use integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data, and most SSDs use NAND flash memory.

Our HDD products are designed for mission critical and nearline applications in enterprise servers and storage systems; edge applications, where our products are designed primarily for desktop and mobile computing; and edge non-compute applications, where our products are designed for a wide variety of end user devices such as portable external storage systems, surveillance systems, digital video recorders (“DVRs”), network-attached storage (“NAS”) and gaming consoles. Our SSD products mainly include serial attached SCSI and Non-Volatile Memory Express SSDs. Our enterprise data solutions portfolio includes modular original equipment manufacturers’ storage systems, and scale-out storage servers.

We are subject to the Rule because certain products that we manufacture or contract to be manufactured contain 3TG that are necessary to the functionality or production of the products. Accordingly, we are required under the Rule to conduct a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) designed to determine in good faith whether any of the 3TG in our products either originated in the Covered Countries or came from recycled or scrap materials. We do not directly source any 3TG from mines, smelters or refiners.

Seagate began focusing on responsible sourcing well in advance of the adoption of the Rule. Seagate has been a member of the Responsible Business Alliance (“RBA”) since 2004 and our employees have worked closely with this organization to improve our global supply chain. The RBA is a nonprofit coalition of electronics companies that focuses on improving working conditions and environmental stewardship in the electronics industry supply chain. Through the RBA’s Responsible Minerals Initiative (the “RMI”), we have worked, and continue to work, with other companies focusing on responsible 3TG sourcing.

We rely on our direct suppliers to provide information with respect to the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us. In all cases, the information relating to the 3TG contained in our products comes from suppliers and from information provided to us through our membership in the RBA and our work in connection with the RMI.

As we enter into new contracts, or as our existing contracts renew, we endeavor to add a Conflict Minerals clause requiring suppliers to provide 3TG sourcing, smelting and refinery information. In addition, as described below, we ask our suppliers to provide the 3TG sourcing information before contracts are renewed. We are continuing to take steps to ensure that substantially all of our supplier contracts contain Conflict Minerals clauses.

As of this Report, we are unable to determine definitively the origin of all of the 3TG in our products that are necessary to the functionality or production of the products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Reporting Period. Therefore, we are required under the Rule to submit to the SEC a Conflict Minerals Report as an Exhibit to Form SD.

We believe the products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture that are subject to the reporting obligations of the Rule contain 3TG of indeterminate origin because we have been unable to determine the origin of the 3TG they contain or to determine whether such minerals financed or benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Our products are designed for mission critical and nearline applications in enterprise servers and storage systems; edge compute applications, where our products are designed primarily for desktop and mobile computing; and edge non-compute applications, where our products are designed for a wide variety of end user devices such as portable external storage systems, surveillance systems, DVRs, NAS and gaming consoles. Seagate’s hardware products in the aggregate contain each of the 3TG, which are necessary to the functionality or production of the products.

Seagate is a partially vertically integrated company; we make our own recording heads and media, which are then assembled into finished functional memory devices. However, we do not directly procure any metals from smelters or refiners. We purchase parts, components, materials and subassemblies containing these metals. Therefore, Seagate occupies the supply chain position of downstream company as defined by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition (the “OECD Guidance”).

DUE DILIGENCE PROGRAM DESIGN

The OECD Guidance established a five-step framework for due diligence as a basis for responsible supply chain management of minerals from conflict-affected and high risk areas. We outline select elements of our due diligence program design below. To determine the source and chain of custody of 3TG necessary for the production of our products, we conducted due diligence on our supply chain, using measures developed to ascertain whether the 3TG originated from the Covered Countries and, if so, whether the purchase of such minerals directly or indirectly benefited non-governmental armed groups.

Due Diligence Design Framework

Our Conflict Minerals due diligence measures have been designed to conform to the OECD Guidance for 3TG for “downstream companies” (as defined in the OECD Guidance) in all material respects. Our due diligence measures included the following steps:

 

  1.

Establishment of strong management systems for 3TG supply chain due diligence.

 

  a.

We adopted a conflict minerals policy. The policy is available on our corporate website and communicated to suppliers and employees.

 

  b.

We have a team of senior employees who work cross-functionally within Seagate and are responsible for the management and continued implementation of our Conflict Minerals compliance strategy. This team includes representatives from our supply-chain management, corporate compliance, financial reporting and legal functions.

 

  c.

Certain employees receive training on the RBA Code of Conduct requirements.

 

  d.

We utilize the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “CMRT”) developed by the RMI to identify smelters and refiners in our supply chain. The CMRT requires that suppliers provide information concerning the usage and sourcing of 3TG in their materials, components and products.

 

  e.

We utilize external counsel and consultants to assist with our compliance efforts.

 

  f.

Seagate is an active member of the RBA and RMI.

  g.

Designated employees and consultants address various aspects of our due diligence program including review and validation of suppliers’ CMRT responses.

 

  h.

Certain purchase order terms and conditions specifically reference and require RBA Code of Conduct and Conflict Minerals compliance.

 

  2.

Identification and assessment of 3TG risks in our supply chain.

 

  a.

We require suppliers to provide CMRTs on the materials, components, parts and products they sell to us.

 

  b.

We review supplier CMRTs for completeness relative to our internal standard operating procedures and controls. We reject CMRTs that appear inaccurate or incomplete and request the supplier to perform additional due diligence to address identified issues.

 

  c.

We evaluate smelters and refiners for compliance with third party smelter and refiner certification guidelines and the conformant and active criteria developed by the RMI.

 

  3.

Design and implementation of strategies to respond to identified 3TG risks.

 

  a.

Designated employees monitor and report on risk to certain members of senior management.

 

  b.

Smelters/refiners that are determined to not be RMI certified or actively pursuing third party certification are encouraged by our suppliers and our participation in RMI to pursue third party certification.

 

  4.

Support of independent third party audits of the due diligence practices of 3TG smelters and refiners.

 

  a.

We support independent third party audits through our RMI membership.

 

  b.

We assess information provided by the RMI and other certification bodies to determine if a smelter or refiner is conformant with applicable third-party conflict free certifications.

 

  5.

Reporting on our 3TG supply chain due diligence activities.

 

  a.

We file annually a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC and make them publicly available on our website.

Due Diligence Measures Performed

Our due diligence measures for calendar year 2018 included the following activities:

 

  1.

The Seagate Corporate Policy on Conflict Minerals (the “Policy”) is posted on our external corporate website and communicated to Seagate’s direct suppliers. The Policy seeks to eliminate our use of 3TG that contribute to human rights abuses in the Covered Countries.

 

  2.

We updated our internal Corporate Standard Operating Procedure for Conflict Minerals Management (the “Management Plan”) specifically designed to satisfy the OECD Guidance on implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks.

 

 

  3.

We have an internal team to implement the Management Plan. The team undertook the following measures, which were designed to support our compliance with the Rule and our Standard Operating Procedure:

 

  a.

Establishing requirements in supplier contracts to define Seagate’s expectations of suppliers regarding sourcing of 3TG and reporting of information to Seagate.

 

  b.

Conducting a review to identify direct (i.e., first tier) suppliers of products containing 3TG (“3TG Direct Suppliers”).

 

  c.

Requesting that all 3TG Direct Suppliers provide information to us regarding their 3TG using the template developed by the RBA, known as the CMRT, to ascertain, for each of the 3TG, the smelter or refiner where it was processed, the smelter or refiner’s country of origin, the mine(s) of origin, and the location of the mine(s).

 

  d.

Reviewing and attempting to validate the information provided by our 3TG Direct Suppliers by establishing a process that includes an assessment of the completeness and reasonableness of the information provided, then conducting follow-up communications to address deficiencies, if any.

 

  e.

Comparing the smelters and refiners identified by relevant 3TG Direct Suppliers via the supply chain survey against the list of facilities that the RMI has validated as “conflict free.”

  f.

Supporting the RMI through membership in the RBA, and requests of our 3TG Direct Suppliers to encourage the smelters/refiners in their supply chains to participate in the RMI.

 

  g.

Making periodic reports to Seagate senior management.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

As a member of the RBA participating in the RMI, we utilized RMI’s due diligence of smelters and refiners together with the data our suppliers provided on their CMRTs. The RMI trains auditors to audit the smelters and refiners. The smelters and refiners that are found to be RMI conformant are those for which the RMI auditor has verified that the smelter’s or refiner’s 3TG came from conflict-free mines and trading if originating in the Covered Countries.

Based on our reasonable country of origin inquiry, we know or have reason to believe that a portion of our 3TG originated or may have originated in the Covered Countries. In addition, a significant portion of the Seagate supply chain remains undefined with respect to the country of origin of its 3TG, as described below.

Seagate has identified sources in all categories of countries per the RMI definition: L1 (Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Caymen Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe); L2 (Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa); L3 (Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia); DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo); and R/S (recycled or scrap feedstock). However, our DRC source has been RMI validated as conflict free.

ANALYSIS OF SUPPLIER DATA

The following table depicts the status of our efforts to determine the smelters and refiners in our supply chain as of the end of calendar 2018 for the 3TG used in our hardware products.

 

Smelters or Refiners (“SORs”)/Metal

    Number of Eligible
SORs reported		    Conformant and
Active SORs		    Percentage Achievement
Towards Conflict-Free
Assessment

Tantalum

      40      40    100%

Tin

      77      70      91%

Tungsten

      42      40      95%

Gold

    146    105      72%

For Seagate core and retail products, 100% of our 3TG suppliers provided CMRT data to us for calendar year 2018. For our enterprise data solutions products, due to the extensive nature of the inherited supply chain which is undergoing transition into more mainstream Seagate sources, we limited our investigation of that supply chain for calendar year 2018 to the top 99.5% of direct materials spending. Each of those suppliers has provided us with their CMRT data.

DUE DILIGENCE DETERMINATION

We carried out the diligence process described above in order to ascertain the source and chain of custody of 3TG used in our supply chain. Based on the processes implemented and information gathered therefrom, we were unable to determine the origin of all of the 3TG used in our products. Therefore, we concluded that for the Reporting Period we were unable to determine whether the necessary 3TG in our products directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed groups in the Covered Countries.

Given the dynamic nature of the smelter and refiner lists appearing on our outbound CMRTs, we provide the following snapshot list of smelters and refiners known to be in our supply chain during calendar year 2018:

SMELTER AND REFINER TABLE

 

Metal

   

SORs ID

   

SORs

   

Country

Gold

    CID000015   

Advanced Chemical Company

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

    CID000019   

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID000035   

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

   

GERMANY

Gold

    CID000041   

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

   

UZBEKISTAN

Gold

    CID000058   

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao

   

BRAZIL

Gold

    CID000077   

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

   

SWITZERLAND

Gold

    CID000082   

Asahi Pretec Corp.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID000090   

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.(Gold)

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID000103   

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

   

TURKEY

Gold

    CID000113   

Aurubis AG

   

GERMANY

Gold

    CID000128   

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

   

PHILIPPINES

Gold

    CID000157   

Boliden AB

   

SWEDEN

Gold

    CID000176   

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

   

GERMANY

Gold

    CID000180   

Caridad

   

MEXICO

Gold

    CID000185   

CCR Refinery — Glencore Canada Corporation

   

CANADA

Gold

    CID000189   

Cendres + Metaux S.A.

   

SWITZERLAND

Gold

    CID000197   

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID000233   

Chimet S.p.A.

   

ITALY

Gold

    CID000264   

Chugai Mining

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID000328   

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID000343   

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID000359   

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID000362   

DODUCO GmbH

   

GERMANY

Gold

    CID000401   

Dowa(Gold)

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID000425   

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID000493   

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

    CID000522   

Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID000651   

Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID000671   

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID000689   

HeeSung Metal Ltd.

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID000694   

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

   

GERMANY

Gold

    CID000707   

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID000711   

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

   

GERMANY

Gold

    CID000767   

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.(Gold)

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID000778   

HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID000801   

Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID000807   

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID000814   

Istanbul Gold Refinery

   

TURKEY

Gold

    CID000823   

Japan Mint

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID000855   

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID000920   

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

    CID000924   

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

   

CANADA

Gold

    CID000927   

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

    CID000929   

JSC Uralelectromed

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

    CID000937   

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID000956   

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

   

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

    CID000957   

Kazzinc

   

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

    CID000969   

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

    CID000981   

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID001029   

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

   

KYRGYZSTAN

Metal

   

SORs ID

   

SORs

   

Country

Gold

    CID001032   

L’azurde Company For Jewelry

   

SAUDI ARABIA

Gold

    CID001056   

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001058   

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001078   

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID001093   

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001113   

Materion

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

    CID001119   

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID001147   

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001149   

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001152   

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

   

SINGAPORE

Gold

    CID001153   

Metalor Technologies S.A.

   

SWITZERLAND

Gold

    CID001157   

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

    CID001161   

Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.

   

MEXICO

Gold

    CID001188   

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation(Gold)

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID001193   

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.(Gold)

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID001204   

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

    CID001220   

Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.

   

TURKEY

Gold

    CID001236   

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

   

UZBEKISTAN

Gold

    CID001259   

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID001325   

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID001326   

OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

    CID001352   

PAMP S.A.

   

SWITZERLAND

Gold

    CID001362   

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001386   

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

    CID001397   

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

   

INDONESIA

Gold

    CID001498   

PX Precinox S.A.

   

SWITZERLAND

Gold

    CID001512   

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

   

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold

    CID001534   

Royal Canadian Mint

   

CANADA

Gold

    CID001546   

Sabin Metal Corp.

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

    CID001555   

Samduck Precious Metals

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID001562   

SAMWON Metals Corp.

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID001585   

SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.

   

SPAIN

Gold

    CID001619   

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001622   

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001736   

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001756   

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

    CID001761   

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

   

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold

    CID001798   

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID001875   

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID001909   

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001916   

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001938   

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID001947   

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID001955   

Torecom

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID001977   

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

   

BRAZIL

Gold

    CID001980   

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

   

BELGIUM

Gold

    CID001993   

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

    CID002003   

Valcambi S.A.

   

SWITZERLAND

Gold

    CID002030   

Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)

   

AUSTRALIA

Gold

    CID002100   

Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID002129   

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Gold

    CID002224   

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID002243   

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Metal

   

SORs ID

   

SORs

   

Country

Gold

    CID002282   

Morris and Watson

   

NEW ZEALAND

Gold

    CID002290   

SAFINA A.S.

   

CZECH REPUBLIC

Gold

    CID002312   

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

   

CHINA

Gold

    CID002314   

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

   

THAILAND

Gold

    CID002459   

Geib Refining Corporation

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

    CID002509   

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

   

INDIA

Gold

    CID002511   

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

   

POLAND

Gold

    CID002515   

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

   

ZIMBABWE

Gold

    CID002516   

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

   

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold

    CID002560   

Al Etihad Gold LLC

   

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

    CID002561   

Emirates Gold DMCC

   

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

    CID002563   

Kaloti Precious Metals

   

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

    CID002567   

Sudan Gold Refinery

   

SUDAN

Gold

    CID002580   

T.C.A S.p.A

   

ITALY

Gold

    CID002582   

Remondis Argentia B.V.

   

NETHERLANDS

Gold

    CID002587   

Tony Goetz NV

   

BELGIUM

Gold

    CID002605   

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID002606   

Marsam Metals

   

BRAZIL

Gold

    CID002615   

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

   

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

    CID002708   

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

    CID002761   

SAAMP

   

FRANCE

Gold

    CID002762   

L’Orfebre S.A.

   

ANDORRA

Gold

    CID002765   

Italpreziosi

   

ITALY

Gold

    CID002777   

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

   

GERMANY

Gold

    CID002778   

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

   

GERMANY

Gold

    CID002779   

Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

   

AUSTRIA

Gold

    CID002850   

AU Traders and Refiners

   

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold

    CID002852   

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

   

INDIA

Gold

    CID002853   

Sai Refinery

   

INDIA

Gold

    CID002854   

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia

   

ZAMBIA

Gold

    CID002857   

Modeltech Sdn Bhd(Gold)

   

MALAYSIA

Gold

    CID002863   

Bangalore Refinery

   

INDIA

Gold

    CID002865   

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

    CID002866   

Morris and Watson Gold Coast

   

AUSTRALIA

Gold

    CID002867   

Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH

   

GERMANY

Gold

    CID002872   

Pease & Curren

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

    CID002918   

SungEel HiTech

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID002919   

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

   

CHILE

Gold

    CID002973   

Safimet S.p.A

   

ITALY

Gold

    CID003153   

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

   

LITHUANIA

Gold

    CID003185   

African Gold Refinery

   

UGANDA

Gold

    CID003189   

NH Recytech Company

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Gold

    CID003195   

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Tantalum

    CID000092   

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.(Tantalum)

   

JAPAN

Tantalum

    CID000211   

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID000291   

Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID000456   

Exotech Inc.

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

    CID000460   

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID000616   

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID000914   

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID000917   

Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID001076   

LSM Brasil S.A.

   

BRAZIL

Metal

   

SORs ID

   

SORs

   

Country

Tantalum

    CID001163   

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

   

INDIA

Tantalum

    CID001175   

Mineracao Taboca S.A.(Tantalum)

   

BRAZIL

Tantalum

    CID001192   

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.(Tantalum)

   

JAPAN

Tantalum

    CID001200   

NPM Silmet AS

   

ESTONIA

Tantalum

    CID001277   

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID001508   

QuantumClean

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

    CID001522   

RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID001769   

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tantalum

    CID001869   

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Tantalum

    CID001891   

Telex Metals

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

    CID001969   

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

   

KAZAKHSTAN

Tantalum

    CID002492   

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID002504   

D Block Metals, LLC

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

    CID002505   

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID002506   

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID002508   

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID002512   

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID002539   

KEMET Blue Metals

   

MEXICO

Tantalum

    CID002544   

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

   

THAILAND

Tantalum

    CID002545   

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH

   

GERMANY

Tantalum

    CID002547   

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

   

GERMANY

Tantalum

    CID002548   

H.C. Starck Inc.

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

    CID002549   

H.C. Starck Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Tantalum

    CID002550   

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

   

GERMANY

Tantalum

    CID002557   

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

    CID002558   

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

   

JAPAN

Tantalum

    CID002568   

KEMET Blue Powder

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

    CID002707   

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.(Tantalum)

   

BRAZIL

Tantalum

    CID002842   

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

   

CHINA

Tantalum

    CID002847   

Power Resources Ltd.

   

MACEDONIA

Tantalum

    CID003191   

Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID000228   

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID000292   

Alpha

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

    CID000306   

CV Gita Pesona

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID000309   

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID000313   

CV Serumpun Sebalai

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID000315   

CV United Smelting

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID000402   

Dowa(Tin)

   

JAPAN

Tin

    CID000438   

EM Vinto

   

PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA

Tin

    CID000448   

Estanho de Rondonia S.A.

   

BRAZIL

Tin

    CID000468   

Fenix Metals

   

POLAND

Tin

    CID000538   

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID000555   

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID000760   

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID000942   

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID001070   

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID001105   

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

   

MALAYSIA

Tin

    CID001142   

Metallic Resources, Inc.

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

    CID001173   

Mineracao Taboca S.A.(Tin)

   

BRAZIL

Tin

    CID001182   

Minsur

   

PERU

Tin

    CID001191   

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation(Tin)

   

JAPAN

Tin

    CID001231   

Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Metal

   

SORs ID

   

SORs

   

Country

Tin

    CID001314   

O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

   

THAILAND

Tin

    CID001337   

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.

   

PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA

Tin

    CID001399   

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001402   

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001419   

PT Bangka Tin Industry

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001421   

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001428   

PT Bukit Timah

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001434   

PT DS Jaya Abadi

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001448   

PT Karimun Mining

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001453   

PT Mitra Stania Prima

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001457   

PT Panca Mega Persada

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001458   

PT Prima Timah Utama

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001460   

PT Refined Bangka Tin

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001463   

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001468   

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001471   

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001477   

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001482   

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001490   

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001493   

PT Tommy Utama

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID001539   

Rui Da Hung

   

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Tin

    CID001758   

Soft Metais Ltda.

   

BRAZIL

Tin

    CID001898   

Thaisarco

   

THAILAND

Tin

    CID001908   

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID002036   

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.

   

BRAZIL

Tin

    CID002158   

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID002180   

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID002455   

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID002468   

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

   

BRAZIL

Tin

    CID002500   

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

   

BRAZIL

Tin

    CID002503   

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID002517   

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

   

PHILIPPINES

Tin

    CID002530   

PT Inti Stania Prima

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID002570   

CV Ayi Jaya

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID002572   

Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company

   

VIETNAM

Tin

    CID002573   

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

   

VIETNAM

Tin

    CID002574   

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

   

VIETNAM

Tin

    CID002592   

CV Dua Sekawan

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID002593   

CV Tiga Sekawan

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID002703   

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

   

VIETNAM

Tin

    CID002706   

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.(Tin)

   

BRAZIL

Tin

    CID002756   

Super Ligas

   

BRAZIL

Tin

    CID002773   

Metallo Belgium N.V.

   

BELGIUM

Tin

    CID002774   

Metallo Spain S.L.U.

   

SPAIN

Tin

    CID002776   

PT Bangka Prima Tin

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID002816   

PT Sukses Inti Makmur

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID002829   

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID002835   

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID002844   

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID002848   

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID002849   

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

   

CHINA

Metal

   

SORs ID

   

SORs

   

Country

Tin

    CID002858   

Modeltech Sdn Bhd(Tin)

   

MALAYSIA

Tin

    CID003116   

Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID003190   

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tin

    CID003205   

PT Bangka Serumpun

   

INDONESIA

Tin

    CID003208   

Pongpipat Company Limited

   

MYANMAR

Tungsten

    CID000004   

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.

   

JAPAN

Tungsten

    CID000105   

Kennametal Huntsville

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

    CID000218   

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID000258   

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID000499   

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID000568   

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

    CID000766   

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.(Tungsten)

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID000769   

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID000825   

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

   

JAPAN

Tungsten

    CID000875   

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID000966   

Kennametal Fallon

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

    CID001889   

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

VIETNAM

Tungsten

    CID002044   

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG

   

AUSTRIA

Tungsten

    CID002082   

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002095   

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002313   

Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002315   

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002316   

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002317   

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002318   

Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002319   

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002320   

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002321   

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002494   

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002513   

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002541   

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

   

GERMANY

Tungsten

    CID002542   

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

   

GERMANY

Tungsten

    CID002543   

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

   

VIETNAM

Tungsten

    CID002551   

Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002579   

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002589   

Niagara Refining LLC

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

    CID002645   

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002647   

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002649   

Hydrometallurg, JSC

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

    CID002724   

Unecha Refractory metals plant

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

    CID002815   

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002827   

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

   

PHILIPPINES

Tungsten

    CID002830   

Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Tungsten

    CID002833   

ACL Metais Eireli

   

BRAZIL

Tungsten

    CID002843   

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

   

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Tungsten

    CID002845   

Moliren Ltd

   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

    CID003182   

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

   

CHINA

Our direct suppliers have named these smelters and refiners as their sources of tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold in the products we buy from them. We have subjected each incoming CMRT to systematic scrutiny often followed by additional supplier communication. This list of 3TG smelter and refiner sources in our supply chain is not exhaustive. Some suppliers have only made partial lists available to us. As noted, many have provided unrecognized names which we have not yet been able to resolve, and consequently those names are not included here. In addition, the inclusion of any name on our list does not imply that its products necessarily comprise portions of our products because some suppliers provide CMRT at the product level and some at the supplier level resulting in over inclusion. Inclusion on this list only implies that the 3TG in all our products may come from these sources. As previously noted, the 3TG in our products may come from other sources that have yet to be identified.

FUTURE PLANS TO IMPROVE DUE DILIGENCE AND SUPPLIER RESPONSIVENESS

Seagate expects to pursue several initiatives to attain a conflict-free 3TG supply chain, including the following:

 

  •  

Continue to seek supplier commitments to conflict-free 3TG, to request that suppliers have their smelters and refiners engage in the validation audit process, and then, if necessary, convert to other preferred sources.

 

  •  

Continue to refine our Compliance Assurance System to accelerate and track progress, facilitate supplier communications, and make our information more complete, accurate, timely and specific using greater automation.

 

  •  

In calendar year 2019, we are in the process of refreshing all our direct supplier data using the latest CMRT, with which we expect to enhance the quality of the information we obtain this year. We continue to work with the RBA and RMI to improve processes that encourage responsible sourcing of 3TG in a manner that avoids de facto boycott of legitimate minerals from Covered Countries.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Conflict Minerals Report contains forward-looking statements, including, in particular, statements about our future plans to improve due diligence and supplier responsiveness and to seek supplier commitments in this regard. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this Conflict Mineral Report and are based on management’s current views and assumptions. These forward-looking statements also involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from our expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include the veracity of information directly or indirectly provided to us by others and expectations regarding future smelter and refiner participation in conflict-free verification regimens. Except as may be required by law, we undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.