0001193125-23-155911.txt : 20230530 0001193125-23-155911.hdr.sgml : 20230530 20230530060750 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-23-155911 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 13p-1 1.01 20221231 1.02 20221231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230530 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230530 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Seagate Technology Holdings plc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001137789 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES [3572] IRS NUMBER: 981597419 FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SD SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31560 FILM NUMBER: 23971287 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 38/39 FITZWILLIAM SQUARE CITY: DUBLIN 2 STATE: L2 ZIP: D02 NX53 BUSINESS PHONE: 353-1234-3136 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 38/39 FITZWILLIAM SQUARE CITY: DUBLIN 2 STATE: L2 ZIP: D02 NX53 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Seagate Technology plc DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100706 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Seagate Technology DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20090330 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20021212 SD 1 d424955dsd.htm SD SD

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SD

 

 

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 

 

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   001-31560   98-1597419

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

38/39 Fitzwilliam Square

Dublin 2

Ireland

  D02 NX53
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Katherine E. Schuelke

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

(510) 661-1975

(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:

 

Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2022

 

Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended                     .

 

 

 


Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report of Seagate Technology Holdings public limited company (“Seagate”), filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto, are publicly available at www.seagate.com/esg/.

As a member of the Responsible Business Alliance, Seagate has been actively involved in mineral supply chain due diligence since 2010. Seagate’s responsible sourcing of minerals policy is publicly posted at https://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/global-citizenship/policies/files/responsible-sourcing-of-minerals-policy-09-2020.pdf .

Seagate’s products contain tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold (“3TG”) necessary to their functionality or production. Seagate conducted due diligence and found no reasonable basis for concluding that any 3TG in its products directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups, and thus believes the status of conflict minerals contained within its products is “DRC conflict free” (as defined in Item 1.01(d)(4) of this Form SD) as of December 31, 2022.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

Seagate has included its Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

Section 2 - Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure

Item 2.01 Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report

Not applicable.

Section 3 - Exhibits

Item 3.01 Exhibits

Exhibit  1.01 — Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.

 

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

   SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Date: May 30, 2023    By:   

/s/ Katherine E. Schuelke

   Name:    Katherine E. Schuelke
   Title:    Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

 

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EX-1.01 2 d424955dex101.htm EX-1.01 EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT

FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD FROM

JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2022

INTRODUCTION

This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) of Seagate Technology Holdings public limited company (together with its subsidiaries, the “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, 2022. (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/esg/. Information contained on, or accessible through, our website is not a part of this Report.

The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on the registrants of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) 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 (“armed groups”). 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 DRC 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.”

Seagate recognizes the need for universal human rights protections and is dedicated to maintaining a supply chain that supports the dignity and innate rights of all persons. Seagate prohibits the use in its products of 3TG whose supply chains contribute to human rights abuses or significant environmental degradation. This includes a commitment to not use 3TG that directly or indirectly finance armed conflict or benefit armed groups. Importantly, Seagate discourages the practice of avoiding 3TG sourcing from the Covered Countries as a way of fulfilling this objective. Seagate firmly believes that the use of validated responsibly-sourced 3TG from Conflict Affected and High Risk Areas (“CAHRAs”), including the Covered Countries, is a socially responsible practice.

Seagate also recognizes that in addition to 3TG, there are inherent procurement risks associated with other mineral-based products, which includes but is not limited to cobalt and mica. Of the 35 mineral commodities designated as Critical Minerals by the United States Department of the Interior, 18 are present in our products (“Critical Materials”).

As of December 31, 2022, 100 percent of the active 3TG smelters or refiners (“SORs”, or “SOR” in the singular) in Seagate’s supply chain participated in a third-party audit program.

For the Reporting Period, Seagate found no reasonable basis for concluding that any 3TG in our products directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups, and thus believe our entire portfolio of products to be DRC conflict free, as defined in the Rule.

 

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COMPANY AND PRODUCT OVERVIEW

Seagate is a leading provider of data storage technology and infrastructure solutions. Our principal products are hard disk drives. In addition, we produce a broad range of data storage products including solid state drives, solid state hybrid drives, storage subsystems, as well as a scalable edge-to-cloud mass data platform that includes data transfer shuttles and a storage-as-a-service cloud. Our principal data storage markets include mass capacity storage and legacy markets. Mass capacity storage supports high-capacity, low-cost per terabyte storage applications, including nearline, video and image applications, network-attached storage and edge-to-cloud data storage infrastructures. Legacy markets include consumer, mission critical, and client applications.

APPLICABILITY OF THE RULE

Seagate is a partially vertically integrated company; we make our own recording heads and media, which, together with other procured components, are then assembled into finished functional data storage devices. We do not directly procure 3TG from mines. Apart from limited instances, we do not directly procure 3TG from SORs; rather, we purchase parts, components, materials, and subassemblies containing these metals. As such, Seagate occupies the supply chain position of a downstream company as defined by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition (the “OECD Guidance”).

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 our products. Each of the 3TG comprise less than 0.15% of the mass of products by weight, except for SSDs where tin content approaches 1%.

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 performed due diligence, as set forth in the “Due Diligence Program Design” section below, to conduct the RCOI.

COLLABORATION

Our focus on responsible sourcing began 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 the social, ethical, and environmental practices of our global supply chain. The RBA is the world’s largest industry coalition dedicated to corporate social responsibility in global supply chains. Through the RBA’s Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”), we have worked, and continue to work, with other companies focusing on responsible 3TG sourcing.

Seagate firmly believes that maintaining an ethical supply chain takes a collective effort. We rely on our direct suppliers to provide information with respect to the origin of the 3TG contained in the parts, components, materials, and subassemblies supplied to us. In all cases, the information relating to the 3TG contained in our products comes from suppliers and is also provided to us through our membership in the RBA and the RMI.

Seagate recognizes that robust and lasting business relationships are critical in building resiliency and reducing risk in the supply chain. We strive to build strong connections with our suppliers, industry peers, and customers. We also participated in industry conferences, workgroups, and trainings with these stakeholders.

DUE DILIGENCE PROGRAM DESIGN

The OECD Guidance established a five-step framework for due diligence as a basis for responsible supply chain management of 3TG from CAHRAs. 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 3TG directly or indirectly finances or benefits armed groups.

 

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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 addressed these five steps as set forth below.

 

  1.

Establish strong Company management systems:

 

  a.

We have established a Responsible Sourcing of Minerals Policy (the “Policy”). The Policy is available on our corporate website (available at https://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/global-citizenship/policies/files/responsible-sourcing-of-minerals-policy-09-2020.pdf ) and has been communicated to our suppliers, employees and internal consultants, including via hosting a webinar for suppliers.

 

  b.

We have senior-level employees, who are members of cross-functional working groups within the Company, who are responsible for the management and continued implementation of our Conflict Minerals compliance strategy. This group includes representatives from our supply chain, sustainability, financial reporting and legal organizations.

 

  c.

Employees at manufacturing sites receive training on the RBA Code of Conduct requirements.

 

  d.

We utilize the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “CMRT”) developed by the RBA and Global E-Sustainability Initiative and administered by the RMI to identify SORs in our supply chain. The CMRT requires that suppliers provide information concerning the usage and sourcing of 3TG in their products.

 

  e.

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

 

  f.

Seagate is an active member of the RBA and the RMI, and is an active participant in the United Nations Global Compact.

 

  g.

Materials procurement contracts reference and require RBA Code of Conduct or Conflict Minerals compliance.

 

  h.

We have a third-party managed Ethics Helpline as a grievance mechanism for employees, suppliers, or other stakeholders where concerns can be reported, including concerns relating to our Conflict Minerals management program. Reports may be made in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, and Thai at +1 (800) 968-4925 or online at https://seagate.alertline.com/.

 

  2.

Identify and assess risks in our supply chain:

 

  a.

We require suppliers who provide parts, components, materials, or subassemblies containing 3TG to provide a CMRT unless the supplier has previously disclosed the 3TG is not intentionally added or used in the product or production process.

 

  b.

We review supplier CMRTs for completeness relative to our internal operating procedures and controls. We reject CMRTs that appear inaccurate, incomplete, or not aligned with established acceptance criteria and request the supplier to perform additional due diligence to address identified issues.

 

  c.

We use the Smelter List maintained by the RMI to assess whether SORs are validated as conformant with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) standard1.

 

  d.

We conduct due diligence on cobalt and mica, another mineral originating from CAHRA as defined by the OECD Guidance.

 

1 

In this report, ‘conformant with the RMAP standard’ includes gold refiners recognized by the RMI as conformant under the Cross Recognition Policy, Version 3, dated May 2019, administered jointly by the RMI, the LBMA (London Bullion Market Association), and the Responsible Jewellery Council.

 

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  3.

Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks:

 

  a.

Designated employees monitor and report risks to our senior management team.

 

  b.

Suppliers are requested to remove SORs that are not validated as conformant with the RMAP standard, or not actively pursuing validation, from the supply chain.

 

  4.

Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain:

 

  a.

We support independent third-party audits through our RMI membership.

 

  b.

We assess information provided by the RMI to determine if a SOR is conformant with the RMAP standard.

 

  c.

Direct suppliers are required to undergo an RBA Validated Assessment Program audit once every two years.

 

  5.

Report on supply chain due diligence:

 

  a.

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

 

  b.

We publish annually an ESG Performance Report and make it publicly available on our website.

Due Diligence Measures Performed

Our due diligence measures for the Reporting Period included the following activities:

 

   

The Seagate Corporate Policy on Conflict Minerals was superseded by our Responsible Sourcing of Minerals Policy in 2020. Our new policy demonstrates Seagate’s commitment to move beyond Rule-based compliance focused solely on 3TG originating in the Covered Countries to include a broader swath of minerals from all geographic localities, including Critical Materials, in alignment with the OECD Guidance. The Policy is posted on our external corporate website and communicated to Seagate’s direct suppliers, our employees, and internal consultants. The Policy establishes our commitment to not using minerals, including 3TG, whose sourcing practices contribute to human rights abuses.

 

   

We established a Corporate Standard Operating Procedure for Responsible Sourcing of Minerals, our internal risk management plan (the “Management Plan”), in 2020, which superseded the Corporate Standard Operating Procedure for Conflict Minerals Management. The Responsible Sourcing of Minerals policy and Management Plan were reviewed to ensure that they were appropriate to the purpose and context of the organization.

 

   

We maintained an internal team to implement the Management Plan. Through cross-functional collaboration, the team undertook the following measures, which were designed to support our compliance with the Rule and our Management Plan:

 

  1.

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

 

  2.

Conducted a review to identify direct (i.e., first tier) suppliers of parts, components, materials, and subassemblies containing 3TG necessary to the functionality or production of our products (“3TG Direct Suppliers”).

 

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  3.

Requested that all 3TG Direct Suppliers provide information to us regarding their 3TG using the CMRT to ascertain, for each of the 3TG, the SOR(s) where it was processed.

 

  4.

Reviewed and endeavored 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.

 

  5.

Compared the SORs identified by 3TG Direct Suppliers via the CMRT against the RMI list of SORs that are validated as conformant with the RMAP standard.

 

  6.

Supported the RMI through membership in the RBA, membership in the RMI, and requests of our 3TG Direct Suppliers to encourage the SORs in their supply chains to achieve conformance with the RMAP standard.

 

  7.

Requested and received Cobalt Reporting Templates from all direct suppliers of parts, components, materials and subassemblies containing cobalt.

 

  8.

With respect to Critical Materials, we rated them using a four-tiered risk rating across three risk domains. The risk ratings are specific to Seagate and are by nature temporally-variable.2

 

  9.

Made periodic reports to Seagate senior management.

ANALYSIS OF SUPPLIER DATA AND DUE DILIGENCE DETERMINATION

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

To conduct our RCOI, we utilized the RMI’s RCOI data together with the data our suppliers provided on their CMRTs. The RMI RCOI data provides the countries from which SORs validated as conformant with the RMAP standard are known to source 3TG, and it is used to determine the possible origins of the 3TG in our products.

Based on our RCOI, Seagate does not know or have reason to believe that its 3TG originated or may have originated in the Covered Countries, except where we utilized SORs validated as conformant with the RMAP standard. The RMI does not disclose the individual countries from which each SOR sources 3TG. Rather, the RMI discloses groupings, by SOR, of countries from which each of its 3TG minerals may originate. In addition, the country of origin of 3TG is not disclosed for every SOR recognized by RMI under the Cross Recognition Policy. Thus, the following list provides a view of countries from which 3TG in our products may be sourced while simultaneously possibly not fully enumerating every country from which our 3TG is sourced.

 

2 

We intend to re-rate these Critical Materials risks at least annually.

 

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Possible Countries of Origin for Mined Material (excludes Recycled/Scrap sources)

 

Country   

Tantalum

  

Tin

  

Tungsten

  

Gold

Argentina

                  X
         

Australia

   X    X    X    X
         

Austria

             X     
         

Azerbaijan

                  X
         

Benin

                  X
         

Bolivia

        X    X    X
         

Botswana

                  X
         

Brazil

   X    X    X    X
         

Burkina Faso

                  X
         

Burundi

   X    X    X     
         

Cambodia

                  X
         

Canada

                  X
         

Chile

                  X
         

China

   X    X    X    X
         

Chinese Taipei

        X          
         

Colombia

        X         X
         

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

   X    X    X    X
         

Cote d’Ivoire

                  X
         

Dominican Republic

                  X
         

Ecuador

                  X
         

Egypt

                  X
         

Eritrea

                  X
         

Ethiopia

   X               
         

Fiji

                  X
         

Finland

                  X
         

France

        X          
         

French Guiana

                  X
         

Georgia

                  X
         

Ghana

                  X
         

Guatemala

                  X

 

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Guinea

                  X
         

Guyana

                  X
         

Honduras

                  X
         

India

                  X
         

Indonesia

        X         X
         

Japan

                  X
         

Kazakhstan

             X    X
         

Kenya

                  X
         

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of

                  X
         

Kyrgyzstan

             X    X
         

Lao

        X         X
         

Liberia

                  X
         

Malaysia

        X    X    X
         

Mali

                  X
         

Mauritania

                  X
         

Mexico

             X    X
         

Mongolia

             X    X
         

Morocco

                  X
         

Mozambique

   X              X
         

Myanmar

        X    X     
         

Namibia

        X         X
         

New Zealand

                  X
         

Nicaragua

                  X
         

Niger

                  X
         

Nigeria

   X    X    X     
         

Oman

                  X
         

Panama

                  X
         

Papua New Guinea

                  X
         

Peru

        X    X    X
         

Philippines

                  X

 

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Portugal

        X    X     
         

Russia

        X    X    X
         

Rwanda

   X    X    X     
         

Saudi Arabia

                  X
         

Senegal

                  X
         

Serbia

                  X
         

Sierra Leone

   X               
         

South Africa

                  X
         

Spain

   X    X    X    X
         

Sudan

                  X
         

Suriname

                  X
         

Swaziland

                  X
         

Sweden

                  X
         

Tanzania

        X         X
         

Thailand

   X    X    X     
         

Turkey

                  X
         

Uganda

             X     
         

United Kingdom

        X    X     
         

United States

             X    X
         

Uzbekistan

                  X
         

Venezuela

        X          
         

Vietnam

        X    X     
         

Zambia

                  X
         

Zimbabwe

   X         X    X

 

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Table compiled using RCOI data version 59 from the RMI, dated March 31, 2023

The Rule requires that companies determine whether the 3TG in their products either originated in the Covered Countries or came from recycled or scrap sources. The following table depicts the results of our efforts to determine whether the SORs for each of the 3TG in our supply chain source from the Covered Countries.

 

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SOR Sourcing Summary

 

Metal

   Mined Material      Not
Disclosed
     100% Recycled
or Scrap
 
   SORs Likely Sourced
from Covered Countries
     SORs Not Likely Sourced
from Covered Countries
 

Tantalum

     13        18        0        2  

Tin

     4        43        5        8  

Tungsten

     28        5        2        2  

Gold

     66        10        6        16  

Smelters and Refiners

We carried out the actions described in the “Due Diligence Measures Performed” section above to ascertain the source and chain of custody of the 3TG used in our supply chain. For the Reporting Period, 100% of our 3TG Direct Suppliers provided CMRT data to us. Given the dynamic nature of the supply chain, we provide below the snapshot list of SORs understood to be operating and in our supply chain at the end of the Reporting Period. Our 3TG Direct Suppliers have named these SORs as their sources of 3TG in the products we buy from them. We have subjected each incoming CMRT to systematic scrutiny, often followed by additional supplier communication. Except for a few instances, the SOR lists provided to us were complete. Several suppliers indicated that their SOR lists were substantially complete but possibly not exhaustive. The list below includes all 3TG SORs reported to be in our supply chain and understood to be in operation as of December 31, 2022. However, as we base our determination on the information provided to us in CMRTs and on the RMI data, the 3TG in our products may come from other sources that have yet to be identified. In addition, the inclusion of any name on our list does not imply that its 3TG necessarily comprise portions of our products. This is because some suppliers provide CMRTs at the supplier level instead of the part level, resulting in overinclusion. Inclusion on this list only implies that the 3TG in all our products may come from these sources.

SORs in Operation and in the Seagate Supply Chain

 

Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Country of Location

 

Smelter or Refiner RMAP

Status as of December 31, 2022

Gold   8853 S.p.A.   ITALY   Conformant
Gold   Advanced Chemical Company   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Gold   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Al Etihad Gold LLC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   Conformant
Gold   Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.   GERMANY   Conformant
Gold   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)   UZBEKISTAN   Conformant

 

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Gold   AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao   BRAZIL   Conformant
Gold   Argor-Heraeus S.A.   SWITZERLAND   Conformant
Gold   Asahi Pretec Corp.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.   CANADA   Conformant
Gold   Asahi Refining USA Inc.   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Gold   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.(Gold)   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Aurubis AG   GERMANY   Conformant
Gold   Bangalore Refinery   INDIA   Conformant
Gold   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)   PHILIPPINES   Conformant
Gold   Boliden AB   SWEDEN   Conformant
Gold   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   GERMANY   Conformant
Gold   CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation   CANADA   Conformant
Gold   Cendres + Metaux S.A.   SWITZERLAND   Conformant
Gold   Chimet S.p.A.   ITALY   Conformant
Gold   Chugai Mining   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Dowa(Gold)   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)   KOREA, DECROMATIC REPUBLIC OF   Conformant
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Emirates Gold DMCC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   Conformant
Gold   Geib Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES   Conformant

 

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Gold   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Gold   Heimerle + Meule GmbH   GERMANY   Conformant
Gold   Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG   GERMANY   Conformant
Gold   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Gold   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Gold   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Istanbul Gold Refinery   TURKEY   Conformant
Gold   Italpreziosi   ITALY   Conformant
Gold   Japan Mint   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Gold   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Kazzinc   KAZAKHSTAN   Conformant
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna   POLAND   Conformant
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   KOREA, DECROMATIC REPUBLIC OF   Conformant
Gold   L’Orfebre S.A.   ANDORRA   Conformant
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   KOREA, DECROMATIC REPUBLIC OF   Conformant
Gold   LT Metal Ltd.   KOREA, DECROMATIC REPUBLIC OF   Conformant
Gold   Materion   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.   SOUTH AFRICA   Conformant

 

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Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   SINGAPORE   Conformant
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Gold   Metalor Technologies S.A.   SWITZERLAND   Conformant
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Gold   Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.   MEXICO   Conformant
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation(Gold)   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.(Gold)   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA   Conformant
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.   TURKEY   Conformant
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   UZBEKISTAN   Conformant
Gold   NH Recytech Company   KOREA, DECROMATIC REPUBLIC OF   Conformant
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   AUSTRIA   Conformant
Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   PAMP S.A.   SWITZERLAND   Conformant
Gold   Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA   CHILE   Conformant
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   INDONESIA   Conformant
Gold   PX Precinox S.A.   SWITZERLAND   Conformant
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   SOUTH AFRICA   Conformant
Gold   Remondis Argentia B.V.   NETHERLANDS   Conformant
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   CANADA   Conformant

 

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Gold   SAAMP   FRANCE   Conformant
Gold   Safimet S.p.A   ITALY   Conformant
Gold   SAFINA A.S.   CZECH REPUBLIC   Conformant
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   KOREA, DECROMATIC REPUBLIC OF   Conformant
Gold   SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.   SPAIN   Conformant
Gold   Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd .   CHINA   Conformant
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   CHINESE TAIPEI   Conformant
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   CHINESE TAIPEI   Conformant
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.   KOREA, DECROMATIC REPUBLIC OF   Conformant
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   ITALY   Conformant
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   KAZAKHSTAN   Conformant
Gold   Torecom   KOREA, DECROMATIC REPUBLIC OF   Conformant
Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   THAILAND   Conformant
Gold   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   BELGIUM   Conformant
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Gold   Valcambi S.A.   SWITZERLAND   Conformant
Gold   Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)   AUSTRALIA   Conformant

 

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Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY   Conformant
Gold   Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   JAPAN   Conformant
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tantalum   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   THAILAND   Conformant
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY   Conformant
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH   GERMANY   Conformant
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant

 

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Tantalum   KEMET Blue Metals   MEXICO   Conformant
Tantalum   LSM Brasil S.A.   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA   Conformant
Tantalum   Mineracao Taboca S.A.(Tantalum)   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tantalum   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.(Tantalum)   JAPAN   Conformant
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   NPM Silmet AS   ESTONIA   Conformant
Tantalum   QuantumClean   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tantalum   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.(Tantalum)   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tantalum   RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Tantalum   Telex Metals   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   KAZAKHSTAN   Conformant
Tantalum   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tin   Alpha   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tin   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tin   Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tin   CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tin   CRM Synergies   SPAIN   Conformant
Tin   CV Venus Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA   Conformant

 

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Tin   Dowa(Tin)   JAPAN   Conformant
Tin   EM Vinto   BOLIVIA   Conformant
Tin   Estanho de Rondonia S.A.   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tin   Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tin   Fenix Metals   POLAND   Conformant
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tin   Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tin   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tin   Luna Smelter, Ltd.   RWANDA   Conformant
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   MALAYSIA   Conformant
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tin   Metallo Belgium N.V.   BELGIUM   Conformant
Tin   Metallo Spain S.L.U.   SPAIN   Conformant
Tin   Mineracao Taboca S.A.(Tin)   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tin   Minsur   PERU   Conformant
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation(Tin)   JAPAN   Conformant
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   THAILAND   Conformant
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   PHILIPPINES   Conformant
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.   BOLIVIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera   INDONESIA   Conformant

 

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Tin   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Babel Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari(Tin)   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Bangka Serumpun   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Bukit Timah   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Cipta Persada Mulia   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Menara Cipta Mulia   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk   INDONESIA   Active*
Tin   PT Prima Timah Utama   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Rajehan Ariq   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Refined Bangka Tin   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Sukses Inti Makmur   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa   INDONESIA   Conformant

 

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Tin   PT Tommy Utama   INDONESIA   Conformant
Tin   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.(Tin)   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tin   Rui Da Hung   CHINESE TAIPEI   Conformant
Tin   Soft Metais Ltda.   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tin   Thaisarco   THAILAND   Conformant
Tin   Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd   CHINA   Conformant
Tin   Tin Technology & Refining   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.   JAPAN   Conformant
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tungsten   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   VIET NAM   Conformant
Tungsten   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Cronimet Brasil Ltda   BRAZIL   Conformant
Tungsten   Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant

 

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Tungsten   Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY   Conformant
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   GERMANY   Conformant
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Conformant
Tungsten   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   UNITED STATES   Conformant
Tungsten   Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINESE TAIPEI   Conformant
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Conformant
Tungsten   Moliren Ltd   RUSSIA   Conformant**
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Conformant
Tungsten   Masan High-Tech Materials   VIET NAM   Conformant
Tungsten   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   PHILIPPINES   Conformant
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG   AUSTRIA   Conformant

 

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

 

*

PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk ceased operations due to regulatory changes in Indonesia in May 2019, and have recently restarted operations. As of December 31, 2022, this smelter was engaged in the RMAP and working towards gaining or regaining, as applicable, conformant status.

**

Moliren Ltd lost its conformant status on 31st Jan 2023 and was removed on 16th Feb 2023.

During the Reporting Period, Seagate was able to facilitate the removal of all identified non-conformant SORs from our supply chain. We use an in-house database, referred to as the Compliance Assurance System (“CAS2”), to maintain product-level compliance data. Our supply chain organization has continued to work on building resiliency in the supply chain by ensuring that, where possible, components are not sourced from a single supplier. Our sourcing practices improvements during the Reporting Period can be partially attributed to our supply chain organization having real-time visibility on Conflict Minerals program metrics and leveraging sourcing arrangements with suppliers to ensure that non-conformant SORs were removed from the supply chain if they failed to participate in the RMAP.

FUTURE PLANS TO IMPROVE DUE DILIGENCE AND SUPPLIER RESPONSIVENESS

Seagate expects to pursue several initiatives to continue to maintain a responsible supply chain, including the following:

 

   

Continue to seek supplier commitments to responsible sources of 3TG, to request that suppliers have their SORs engage in the validation audit process, and, if necessary, convert to other preferred sources.

 

   

Continue to refine CAS2 to further automate our data management, better facilitate supplier communications, and provide improved metrics to guide our risk management.

 

   

In calendar year 2023, we plan to refresh all our 3TG Direct Supplier data using the latest CMRT. We continue to work with the RBA and the RMI to improve processes that encourage responsible sourcing of 3TG in a manner that avoids de facto boycott of legitimate minerals from CAHRAs.

 

   

Increase our focus on activities upstream of SORs to gain better visibility on the real-world conditions in the localities that the 3TG in our products are sourced from.

 

   

Continue to advocate our stance that responsible supply chain due diligence extends beyond 3TG. In calendar year 2023, we will refresh our cobalt sourcing data and obtain mica sourcing data using the Extended Minerals Reporting Template developed by the RMI, and continue to support the responsible sourcing of cobalt and mica and support the responsible sourcing of mica.

 

   

We plan to explore engaging in expanded due diligence efforts for other minerals that have negative human rights and/or environmental impacts.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Conflict Minerals Report on Form SD, including the Conflict Minerals Report attached as Exhibit 1.01, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical fact. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about our future plans to improve due diligence and supplier responsiveness and to seek supplier commitments in this regard, to explore expanding the scope of our due diligence efforts beyond 3TG, cobalt, and mica, to continue to refine CAS2 and refresh our supplier data, to continue our commitment to responsible sourcing, and to focus on activities upstream of SORs. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by words such as “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “may,” “will,” “will continue,” “can,” “could” or the negative of these words, variations of these words and comparable terminology, in each case, intended to refer to future events or circumstances. However, the absence of these words or similar expressions does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are subject to various uncertainties and risks that could cause our actual results to differ materially from historical experience and our present expectations or projections. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s latest periodic report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this Conflict Minerals Report on Form SD, which are based on information available to us on, and which speak only as of, the date hereof. Except as may be required by law, we undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made.

 

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