KABUSHIKI KAISHA ADVANTEST
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(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
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Japan
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1-15236
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Not Applicable
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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Shin-Marunouchi Center Building
1-6-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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100-0005
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Hiroshi Nakamura
+81-3-3214-7500
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(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)
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Advantest has manufactured and contracted to manufacture products as to which “conflict minerals” (as defined in Item 1.01 (d) (3) of Form SD) are necessary to the functionality or production of such products.
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Based on a “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (“RCOI”) and due diligence procedures (described in greater detail in the Conflict Minerals Report referenced below), Advantest knows or has reason to believe that a portion of its necessary conflict minerals originated or may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”) and knows or has reason to believe that such necessary conflict minerals may not be from recycled or scrap sources.
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Advantest’s RCOI employed a combination of measures to determine whether the necessary conflict minerals in Advantest products originated from the Covered Countries. Advantest’s primary means of making this determination was by conducting a supply-chain survey with direct suppliers using the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) / Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. In addition, Advantest re-surveyed suppliers from whom we received conflicting results obtained by the original survey from the supply-chain. As a result of the supply chain survey that we conducted, approximately 93% of our direct suppliers that contribute necessary conflict minerals to our products have provided a response to the survey.
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/s/ Hiroshi Nakamura | June 2, 2014 | |||
Name: | Hiroshi Nakamura | (Date) | ||
Title: | Director, Managing Executive Officer |
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Established Conflict Minerals working groups sponsored by the director in charge and pursued activities related to conflict minerals issues. The working groups include the supply chain survey group, customer relations group, disclosure group, and management office.
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Added the statement “Handling the Issues with Conflict Minerals” to the Advantest procurement policy and requested our direct suppliers to cooperate with us in our effort to improve transparency in our supply chain. This policy is available online at the link here: https://www.advantest.com/US/AboutAdvantest/procurementpolicy/index.htm
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Joined the Conflict Free sourcing working group of Japan Electronics and Industries in Information Technology Association (“JEITA”) as a member company. In this working group, Advantest participated in preparing guidance materials for member companies’ suppliers demonstrating how to respond to our supply chain survey and had a joint briefing session for the suppliers in collaboration with the member companies. JEITA is working with Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (“JAMA”) to increase awareness of the Conflict Minerals issue and improve supply chain survey efficiency.
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Conducted a supply-chain survey with direct suppliers using the EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to identify the smelters and refiners who contribute refined conflict minerals to Advantest ATE Products.
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Compared the smelters and refiners identified by direct suppliers via the supply-chain survey against the list of smelter facilities which received a “conflict free” designation (such as the EICC/GeSI Conflict Free Smelter (CFS) program’s lists for tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold) from an independent third party smelter audit.
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Summarized and analyzed survey responses to determine whether any supplier provided us with a name of a smelter or refiner that was not on the list mentioned above.
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Contacted suppliers whose response had contained any incomplete or unclear information to request for further inputs.
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Conduct the survey by using common tools of JEITA/JAMA and conduct joint research briefings to gain further understanding and cooperation of suppliers.
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Check whether main suppliers comply with Advantest Procurement Policy, including the use of conflict minerals. The Advantest Procurement Policy will be used as criteria for selecting suppliers.
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