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Exhibit 1.01

Conflict Minerals Report

Michael Kors Holdings Limited has included this Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit to its Form SD in respect of calendar 2016 as provided for in Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Form SD (collectively, the “Conflict Minerals Rule”). The date of filing of this Conflict Minerals Report is May 31, 2017.

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms “we,” “its,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to Michael Kors Holdings Limited and its consolidated subsidiaries. As used herein, “Conflict Minerals” or “3TG” are cassiterite (tin), columbite-tantalite (tantalum), gold and wolframite (tungsten), without regard to the location of origin of the minerals or derivative metals.

Forward-Looking Statements

The statements in this document that refer to plans and expectations for future periods are forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “may,” “will,” “should” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the additional steps that we intend to take to mitigate the risk that our necessary 3TG benefit armed groups. You should not place undue reliance on such statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to, the continued implementation of satisfactory traceability and other compliance measures by our direct and indirect suppliers, on a timely basis or at all, whether smelters and refiners and other market participants responsibly source 3TG and political and regulatory developments, whether in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) region, the United States or elsewhere. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by applicable laws or regulations.

Applicability of the Conflict Minerals Rule to Our Company

We are a global luxury fashion brand that contracts to manufacture accessories, primarily handbags and small leather goods, footwear, apparel, including womenswear, menswear, swimwear and outerwear, as well as watches, jewelry, eyewear and fragrance. We believe that we are subject to the Conflict Minerals Rule because some of the products that we contract to manufacture may contain 3TG that are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. In-scope product information in respect of calendar 2016 is provided under “Product Information” below.

Through the efforts described in this Conflict Minerals Report, we seek to ensure that our sourcing practices are consistent with our Conflict Minerals Policy, which is described below. We do not directly manufacture products. We contract to manufacture products, and therefore we do not directly source 3TG from mines, smelters or refiners, and are many levels removed from these market participants. The efforts undertaken to identify the origin of 3TG in our products reflect our circumstances and position in the supply chain, and we work with our direct suppliers so that they may provide us with accurate information about the origin of necessary 3TG minerals in the products that we contract to manufacture.

Our Conflict Minerals Policy

We are opposed to human rights abuses such as those that are occurring in connection with the mining of certain minerals from locations in the DRC. We also take our obligations under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations and the laws in countries in which we operate seriously, including our compliance obligations under the Conflict Minerals Rule. In addition, we are committed to principles of ethical business practice and recognition of the dignity of others, including the responsible sourcing of 3TG, and we expect that our suppliers share this commitment.

 

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In furtherance of the foregoing, we have adopted and communicated to our suppliers and the public a company policy (the “Conflict Minerals Policy”) for determining the use and origin of 3TG in our supply chain. Our Conflict Minerals Policy is available at: http://investors.michaelkors.com/resources/conflict-materials/default.aspx.

The Conflict Minerals Policy includes, but is not limited to, our expectations that our suppliers:

 

  1. Put in place procedures for the traceability of 3TG;

 

  2. Cooperate with our 3TG due diligence process, including by providing us, from time to time, with written certifications and other information concerning the origin of 3TG included in products and/or components supplied to us;

 

  3. Maintain reviewable records supporting the source of 3TG;

 

  4. Adopt policies and procedures with respect to 3TG consistent with our Conflict Minerals Policy and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, including the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and the Supplement on Gold (collectively, the “OECD Guidance”), including the adoption of a risk mitigation strategy to respond to identified risks in the supply chain, and communicate such policies and procedures to their personnel and direct and indirect suppliers; and

 

  5. Require their direct and indirect suppliers to adopt policies and procedures that are consistent with our Conflict Minerals Policy.

We do not support the embargoing of 3TG from the DRC region, but rather encourage our suppliers to continue to source responsibly from the region.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

As required by the Conflict Minerals Rule, for calendar 2016, we conducted a “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (“RCOI”). We designed our RCOI in good faith to determine the origin of 3TG that are necessary to the functionality or production of products that we contract to manufacture. The results of our RCOI are discussed on Annex A to this Conflict Minerals Report. To the extent applicable, for our RCOI, we utilized the same processes and procedures as for our due diligence, particularly Steps 1 and 2 of the OECD Guidance design framework, which are described below in this Conflict Minerals Report.

Our outreach included 215 suppliers (the “Suppliers”). We determined which of our products were in-scope or potentially in-scope for purposes of the Conflict Minerals Rule through product specifications, visual inspection, supplier inquiries and other information known to us. We also considered the degree of influence that we exercised over the materials, parts and components of the products.

Pursuant to the Conflict Minerals Rule, based on the results of our RCOI, we conducted due diligence for calendar 2016. These due diligence efforts are discussed below.

Due Diligence Program Design

Design Framework

We designed our due diligence measures relating to 3TG to conform with, in all material respects, the criteria set forth in the OECD Guidance.

Selected Elements of Design Framework

The OECD Guidance has established a five-step framework for due diligence as a basis for responsible global supply chain management of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Selected elements of our program design are discussed below. However, these are not all of the discrete elements of the program that we

 

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have put in place to provide for the responsible sourcing of 3TG contained in our products. The headings below conform to the headings used in the OECD Guidance for each of the five steps. Selected due diligence measures that we took in respect of calendar 2016 are discussed under “Due Diligence Program Execution.”

 

  1. OECD Guidance Step One: “Establish strong company management systems”

 

  a. We have a Conflict Minerals Policy, as described earlier in this Conflict Minerals Report. The Conflict Minerals Policy is communicated internally by email and Intranet. The Conflict Minerals Policy also is communicated by email to suppliers and is posted on our website.

 

  b. We have a team of senior staff under the General Counsel charged with managing our 3TG compliance program. The following functional areas are represented on the working group: Internal Audit; Legal; Production/Licensing; and Trade and Customs. Appropriate members of these functional areas are educated on the Conflict Minerals Rule, the OECD Guidance, our compliance plan and the procedures for reviewing and validating supplier responses to our inquiries.

 

  c. We have a Standard Operating Procedure that contains standard processes, timelines and communications for our compliance with the Conflict Minerals Rule.

 

  d. We utilize the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “CMRT”) developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (the “CFSI”) to identify smelters and refiners in our supply chain.

 

  e. Supplier requests for a completed CMRT are accompanied by the Conflict Minerals Policy or include a link to the policy.

 

  f. We consider on an ongoing basis whether suppliers may benefit from receiving training or orientation materials concerning the Conflict Minerals Rule, the OECD Guidance, the Conflict Minerals Policy and/or our survey process. If so, we either arrange for the supplier to receive those materials or recommend third-party training or informational resources to the supplier.

 

  g. We maintain records relating to 3TG due diligence, including records of due diligence processes, findings and resulting decisions, in an electronic database. Our policy is to maintain these records for at least five years.

 

  h. We have an anonymous email mailbox for employees, suppliers and other interested parties to report violations of our Conflict Minerals Policy. The email address is conflictmineralscompliance@michaelkors.com. The North American hotline through which parties may report violations is 1-855-224-4261. The foregoing serve as our grievance mechanism.

 

  2. OECD Guidance Step Two: “Identify and assess risk in the supply chain”

 

  a. We request by email that suppliers provide us with information, through the completion of a CMRT, concerning the usage and source of 3TG in their products as well as their related compliance efforts. We follow up by email or phone with all suppliers that do not respond to the request within the specified time frame.

 

  b. We review the completed responses received from the suppliers for completeness, accuracy, reasonableness, credibility and “red flags” using written guidelines that we have developed. We follow up by email or phone with suppliers that submit a response that is rejected under our written guidelines, requesting the supplier to submit an updated or corrected CMRT.

 

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  c. Smelter and refiner information provided by suppliers is reviewed against the Smelter Reference List tab of the CMRT. To the extent that a smelter or refiner identified by a supplier is not on that list, we take additional steps to attempt to determine whether the listed entity is a smelter or refiner.

 

  d. Smelter and refiner information also is reviewed against the lists of Compliant and Active (both as later defined) smelters and refiners published by the CFSI. To the extent that a smelter or refiner identified by a supplier is not listed as Compliant by the CFSI, we request further information from the supplier, consult publicly available information or attempt to contact the smelter or refiner to determine whether it obtained 3TG from sources that directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the DRC or an adjoining country.

 

  3. OECD Guidance Step Three: “Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks”

 

  a. Our 3TG compliance team reports the findings of its supply chain risk assessment to our General Counsel.

 

  b. If our due diligence does not result in a reasonable belief that the applicable 3TG originated outside of the DRC region or came from recycled or scrap sources, we assess the risk that the 3TG may benefit armed groups in the DRC region.

 

  c. Under our written procedures, risk mitigation measures include escalation of the supplier inquiry process, working with the supplier to establish a corrective action plan and possible termination of the supplier relationship.

 

  d. We annually assess whether our 3TG processes conform to our applicable written procedures and assess the compliance program against other specified measures and metrics.

 

  4. OECD Guidance Step Four: “Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain”

To that extent that smelters or refiners of 3TG in our supply chain are identified to us, we utilize and rely on information made available by the CFSI concerning independent third-party audits of smelters and refiners to assess smelter and refiner due diligence and to determine whether the smelter or refiner is Compliant.

 

  5. OECD Guidance Step 5: “Report on supply chain due diligence”

We file a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and make these documents available on our website.

Due Diligence Program Execution

In furtherance of our 3TG due diligence in respect of calendar 2016, we performed the following due diligence measures. These were not all of the measures that we took in furtherance of our 3TG compliance program or pursuant to the Conflict Minerals Rule and the OECD Guidance. See “Due Diligence Program Design” for a discussion of selected elements of our design framework, which included many other items that are part of our compliance program.

 

  1. We sent requests to 215 Suppliers to provide us with a completed CMRT. We requested that the Suppliers furnish us with a completed template at the product level. We followed up by email or phone with the Suppliers that did not provide a response within the time frame specified in the request. We received responses from approximately 89% of the Suppliers.

 

  2. We reviewed the completed responses received from the Suppliers for completeness, accuracy, reasonableness, credibility and “red flags” using the written guidelines that we developed. We then followed up with selected Suppliers as we determined to be appropriate based on the content of the responses.

 

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  3. Our 3TG compliance team reported the findings of its compliance efforts in respect of calendar 2016 to our General Counsel.

 

  4. We arranged for our Suppliers to receive additional training materials concerning the Conflict Minerals Rule, which we believe contributed to an increase in the response rate for 2016 as compared to 2015, as well as our improvement in the quality of the responses received.

Product Information; Identified Smelters and Refiners

For calendar 2016, the following categories of products were potentially in-scope: accessories, including handbags and small leather goods, footwear, apparel, including womenswear, menswear, swimwear and outerwear, as well as watches, jewelry, eyewear and fragrance, in each case, that may include tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold.

For a further discussion of our products, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017 (the “Annual Report”). The information contained in our Annual Report is not incorporated by reference into our Form SD or this Conflict Minerals Report and should not be considered part of this report or the Form SD.

We endeavored to determine the mine or location of origin of the 3TG contained in our in-scope products by requesting that the Suppliers provide us with a completed CMRT at the product level and through the other measures described in this Conflict Minerals Report.

In connection with our RCOI or due diligence, as applicable, the Suppliers identified to us the facilities listed on Appendix A as potentially having processed the necessary 3TG contained in our potentially in-scope products for 2016. Due to our position in the supply chain, we rely on our suppliers for accurate smelter and refiner information. Our due diligence measures can not provide absolute certainty regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary 3TG contained in our 2016 potentially in-scope products.

The table below presents a summary of the smelter and refiner information contained in Annex A. Of the 217 smelters and refiners identified to us by our Suppliers, most of these smelters and refiners were identified only by a single Supplier. That Supplier provided smelter and refiner information relating to all of the products it manufactures, not just those products manufactured for us. Please see the notes accompanying Annex A for additional information relevant to the table below.

 

     Compliant    Active    On Reference List
Only

Tantalum

   26    0    3

Tin

   55    3    7

Tungsten

   24    0    3

Gold

   68    3    25

Additional Risk Mitigation Efforts

We intend to take the following additional steps in respect of calendar 2017 to mitigate the risk that our necessary in-scope 3TG benefit armed groups:

 

  1. Use the 2017 major revision of the CMRT for our supplier outreach.

 

  2. Encourage Suppliers that provided company level information for calendar 2016 to provide product level information for calendar 2017 through ongoing outreach with these Suppliers.

 

  4. Engage with Suppliers that provided incomplete responses or that did not provide responses for calendar 2016 to provide requested information for calendar 2017.

 

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  5. Provide additional training to selected suppliers.

 

  6. Monitor and encourage the continuing development and progress of traceability measures at Suppliers that indicated for calendar 2016 that the source of 3TG was unknown or undeterminable.

 

  7. Communicate to new potentially in-scope suppliers our sourcing expectations, including through the dissemination of the Conflict Minerals Policy to them. In addition, as new in-scope suppliers are added, work with these suppliers to ensure that they understand the requirements of our Conflict Minerals Policy, the Conflict Minerals Rule and the OECD Guidance.

 

  8. Participate in selected industry initiatives to identify smelters and refiners in the supply chain.

All of the foregoing steps are in addition to the steps that we took in respect of our calendar 2016 inquiry, which we intend to continue to take in respect of our calendar 2017 inquiry to the extent applicable.

 

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Annex A

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Annex have the meanings indicated in our Conflict Minerals Report.

In connection with our RCOI or due diligence, as applicable, our Suppliers identified to us the smelters and refiners listed below as potentially having processed the necessary 3TG contained in our potentially in-scope products in 2016. As noted earlier in this Conflict Minerals Report, a single Supplier reported most of the 217 smelters and refiners listed below. That Supplier reported at a company level. Accordingly, a significant number of the smelters and refiners on this list may not be in products that we contracted to manufacture.

 

Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner

  

Country Location

 

Status

Gold    Advanced Chemical Company    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Gold    Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd.    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   Compliant
Gold    Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    GERMANY   Compliant
Gold    Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    UZBEKISTAN   Compliant
Gold    Argor-Heraeus S.A.    SWITZERLAND   Compliant
Gold    Asahi Pretec Corporation    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    Asahi Refining USA Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Gold    Asaka Riken Co Ltd    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    Aurubis AG    GERMANY   Compliant
Gold    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    PHILIPPINES   Compliant
Gold    Boliden AB    SWEDEN   Compliant
Gold    C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG    GERMANY   Compliant
Gold    CCR Refinery – Glencore Canada Corporation    CANADA   Compliant
Gold    Chimet S.p.A.    ITALY   Compliant
Gold    Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.    REPUBLIC OF KOREA   Compliant
Gold    DODUCO GmbH    GERMANY   Compliant
Gold    Dowa    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    DSC (Do Sung Corporation)    REPUBLIC OF KOREA   Compliant
Gold    Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    Geib Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Gold    Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY   Compliant
Gold    Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY   Compliant
Gold    Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited    CHINA   Compliant

 

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Gold    Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY   Compliant
Gold    Japan Mint    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    Jiangxi Copper Company Limited    CHINA   Compliant
Gold    JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant    RUSSIA   Compliant
Gold    Kazzinc Ltd    KAZAKHSTAN   Compliant
Gold    Kyrgyzaltyn JSC    KYRGYZSTAN   Compliant
Gold    LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.    REPUBLIC OF KOREA   Compliant
Gold    Materion    REPUBLIC OF KOREA   Compliant
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd    CHINA   Compliant
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.    SINGAPORE   Compliant
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Gold    Metalor Technologies S.A.    SWITZERLAND   Compliant
Gold    Metalor USA Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Gold    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA   Compliant
Gold    Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant    RUSSIA   Compliant
Gold    Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH    AUSTRIA   Compliant
Gold    Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery    RUSSIA   Compliant
Gold    Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals    RUSSIA   Compliant
Gold    PX Précinox SA    SWITZERLAND   Compliant
Gold    Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd    SOUTH AFRICA   Compliant
Gold    Republic Metals Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Gold    Samduck Precious Metals    REPUBLIC OF KOREA   Compliant
Gold    Schone Edelmetaal    THE NETHERLANDS   Compliant
Gold    SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA    SPAIN   Compliant
Gold    Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Gold    Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Gold    Singway Technology Co., Ltd.    TAIWAN   Compliant
Gold    Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    T.C.A S.p.A    ITALY   Compliant
Gold    Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant

 

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Gold    Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    Torecom    REPUBLIC OF KOREA   Compliant
Gold    Umicore Precious Metals Thailand    THAILAND   Compliant
Gold    Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining    BELGIUM   Compliant
Gold    United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Gold    Valcambi S.A.    SWITZERLAND   Compliant
Gold    WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY   Compliant
Gold    Yokohama Metal Co Ltd    JAPAN   Compliant
Gold    Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation    CHINA   Compliant
Gold    Bangalore Refinery Ltd.    INDIA   Active
Gold    HEESUNG    REPUBLIC OF KOREA   Active
Gold    Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat    UZBEKISTAN   Active
Gold    Caridad    MEXICO   On Reference List Only
Gold    Cendres + Métaux S.A.    SWITZERLAND   On Reference List Only
Gold    Chugai Mining    JAPAN   On Reference List Only
Gold    Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Elemetal Refining, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Hwaseong CJ Co., Ltd.    REPUBLIC OF KOREA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Johnson Matthey Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Kazakhmys Smelting LLC    KAZAKHSTAN   On Reference List Only
Gold    Lingbao Gold Company Limited    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Morris and Watson    NEW ZEALAND   On Reference List Only
Gold    Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Sabin Metal Corp.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   On Reference List Only

 

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Gold    Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    So Accurate Group, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Tongling nonferrous Metals Group Co.,Ltd    JAPAN   On Reference List Only
Gold    YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD.    JAPAN   On Reference List Only
Gold    Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Gold    Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Tantalum    Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tantalum    D Block Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Tantalum    Duoluoshan    CHINA   Compliant
Tantalum    Exotech Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Tantalum    Global Advanced Metals Boyertown    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.    THAILAND   Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH    GERMANY   Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH    GERMANY   Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG    GERMANY   Compliant
Tantalum    Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tantalum    Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Tantalum    JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tantalum    Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tantalum    KEMET Blue Metals    MEXICO   Compliant
Tantalum    Mineração Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL   Compliant
Tantalum    Mitsui Mining & Smelting    JAPAN   Compliant
Tantalum    Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant

 

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Tantalum    QuantumClean    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Tantalum    Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.    BRAZIL   Compliant
Tantalum    Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO    RUSSIA   Compliant
Tantalum    Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.    JAPAN   Compliant
Tantalum    Telex Metals    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Tantalum    Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC    KAZAKHSTAN   Compliant
Tantalum    Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tantalum    Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide    CHINA   Compliant
Tantalum    Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Tantalum    Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Tantalum    Molycorp Silmet A.S.    ESTONIA   On Reference List Only
Tin    Alpha    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Tin    China Tin Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tin    Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.    BRAZIL   Compliant
Tin    CV Gita Pesona    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    CV Serumpun Sebalai    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    CV United Smelting    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    CV Venus Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    Dowa    JAPAN   Compliant
Tin    EM Vinto    BOLIVIA   Compliant
Tin    Fenix Metals    POLAND   Compliant
Tin    Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tin    Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tin    Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tin    Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    MALAYSIA   Compliant
Tin    Melt Metais e Ligas S/A    BRAZIL   Compliant
Tin    Metallic Resources, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Tin    Metallo-Chimique N.V.    BELGIUM   Compliant
Tin    Mineração Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL   Compliant
Tin    Minsur    PERU   Compliant

 

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Tin    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN   Compliant
Tin    O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.    THAILAND   Compliant
Tin    O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.    PHILIPPINES   Compliant
Tin    Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.    BOLIVIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Artha Cipta Langgeng    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Babel Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Bangka Prima Tin    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Bangka Tin Industry    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Bukit Timah    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT DS Jaya Abadi    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Inti Stania Prima    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Karimun Mining    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Mitra Stania Prima    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Panca Mega Persada    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Prima Timah Utama    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Refined Bangka Tin    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Sukses Inti Makmur    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Sumber Jaya Indah    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Tinindo Inter Nusa    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    PT Tommy Utama    INDONESIA   Compliant
Tin    Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.    BRAZIL   Compliant
Tin    Rui Da Hung    TAIWAN   Compliant
Tin    Soft Metais Ltda.    BRAZIL   Compliant
Tin    Thaisarco    THAILAND   Compliant
Tin    VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC    VIET NAM   Compliant
Tin    White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.    BRAZIL   Compliant
Tin    Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tin    Yunnan Tin Company Limited    CHINA   Compliant
Tin    Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC    CHINA   Active
Tin    Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Active
Tin    Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Active
Tin    An Thai Minerals Company Limited    VIETNAM   On Reference List Only
Tin    An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company    VIETNAM   On Reference List Only

 

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Tin    CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Tin    Estanho de Rondônia S.A.    BRAZIL   On Reference List Only
Tin    Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Tin    Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIETNAM   On Reference List Only
Tin    Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIETNAM   On Reference List Only
Tungsten    A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.    JAPAN   Compliant
Tungsten    Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co Ltd    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG    GERMANY   Compliant
Tungsten    HC Starck Tungsten GmbH    GERMANY   Compliant
Tungsten    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Japan New Metals Co Ltd    JAPAN   Compliant
Tungsten    Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Kennametal Huntsville    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Compliant
Tungsten    Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC    VIET NAM   Compliant
Tungsten    Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM   Compliant
Tungsten    Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG    AUSTRIA   Compliant
Tungsten    Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   Compliant
Tungsten    Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Tungsten    Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only
Tungsten    Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA   On Reference List Only

 

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We note the following in connection with the information in the table:

 

  (a) Not all of the included smelters and refiners may have processed the necessary 3TG contained in our in-scope products, since some Suppliers reported at a “company level,” meaning that they reported the 3TG contained in all of their products, not just those in the products that they manufactured for us. Some Suppliers also may have reported smelters and refiners that were not in our supply chain due to over-inclusiveness in the information received from their suppliers or for other reasons. In addition, the smelters and refiners reflected above may not include all of the smelters and refiners in our supply chain, since some Suppliers did not identify all of the smelters and refiners used to process the necessary 3TG content contained in our in-scope products and because not all Suppliers responded to our inquiries.

 

  (b) All information in the table is as of May 25, 2017.

 

  (c) “Compliant” means that the smelter or refiner was compliant with the CFSI’s Conflict-Free Smelter Program’s (“CFSP”) assessment protocols, including through mutual recognition and those indicated as “Re-audit in process.” Included smelters or refiners were not necessarily Compliant for all or part of 2016 and may not continue to be Compliant for any future period.

 

  (d) “Active” means that the smelter or refiner is listed by the CFSI as having submitted a signed Agreement for the Exchange of Confidential Information and Auditee Agreement contracts to the CFSP or, according to information published by the CFSI, the smelter has agreed to complete a CFSP validation audit within two years of membership issuance by the Tungsten Industry – Conflict Minerals Council.

 

  (e) “On Reference List Only” means the smelter or refiner is not listed as “Compliant” or “Active.”

 

  (f) The compliance status reflected in the table is based solely on information made publicly available by the CFSI, without independent verification by us.

 

  (g) Country location is the location of the smelter or refiner.

Country of Origin Information

The countries of origin of the 3TG processed by the Compliant smelters and refiners listed above may have included countries in each of the categories listed below. The countries below are sorted by risk level.

L1 – Countries that are not identified as conflict regions or plausible areas of smuggling or export from the DRC and its nine adjoining countries: Australia, Austria, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Thailand, Togo, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

L2 – Countries that are known or plausible countries for smuggling, export out of region or transit of materials containing 3TG: Mozambique and South Africa.

L3 – The DRC and its nine adjoining countries: Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.

DRC – The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In addition, some of the listed Compliant smelters and refiners may have processed 3TG originating from recycled or scrap sources.

For 2016, we were not able to determine the country of origin of the 3TG processed by any of the smelters or refiners listed as “Active” or “On Reference List Only.”

 

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