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Exhibit 1.01

Conflict Minerals Report of Texas Instruments Incorporated

for the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

This Conflict Minerals Report should be read in conjunction with the definitions contained in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) instructions to Form SD and related rules.  This Conflict Minerals Report and our conflict minerals policy are available on our web site at www.ti.com/conflictminerals.   We are not incorporating by reference the contents of our web site into this Conflict Minerals Report.  “Conflict minerals” refers to four specific metals regardless of their country of origin or whether they are financing or benefiting armed conflict:  tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold.  

 

I.

Design of Due Diligence

 

We have management systems and due diligence procedures (our “CM Process”) as a basis for supply-chain management and disclosure compliance relating to the conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured by TI, or contracted by TI to be manufactured, and required to be reported for 2017 (collectively, “CMs”).  We designed the CM Process with the intent to conform in all material respects with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (Second Edition).  The design of the CM Process included the following:

 

a conflict minerals policy;

 

an organizational structure and processes intended to ensure that our direct suppliers of CMs and third-party manufacturers of our products that contain CMs (collectively, “Suppliers”) are made aware of TI’s policy on CMs and that information received by TI that is relevant to supply-chain due diligence reaches TI employees who have knowledge of the SEC disclosure requirements;

 

a process, which uses a reporting tool developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) and data gathered through the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) (as further described below), to achieve control and transparency over our CM supply chain and identify the risk that our products may contain CMs directly or indirectly financing or benefiting armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or any adjoining country (each a “Covered Country”);

 

assessment and management of risks identified through the process described above;  

 

a mechanism for Suppliers and others to communicate to TI their concerns with respect to our CM Process;

 

reliance on the RMAP to validate supply chain due diligence; and

 

public reporting of the results of our due diligence.

 

II.

Reliance on Third-Party Data

 

Our ability to determine the origin and chain of custody of CMs, and whether they directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in any Covered Country (the “Conflict Status”), is limited.  Our supply chain for CMs is complex.  In many cases, we are multiple steps removed from the smelter or the mine, and we depend on information from Suppliers that themselves have incomplete information about the origin of the CMs incorporated in the products they supply to us.

 

To gain insight into the country of origin, chain of custody and Conflict Status of the CMs in our supply chain, we relied primarily on the findings of the RMAP.  The RMAP is a voluntary program in which an independent third party evaluates smelters’ and refiners’ procurement and inventory practices and determines whether the smelter or refiner (“Smelter”) has demonstrated that all the materials it processed originated from conflict-free sources.  The RMAP is overseen by the RMI, which was established by members of the Responsible Business Alliance (“RBA”) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative.  TI is a member of the RBA and RMI.

 

III.

Due Diligence Measures Taken

 

The measures we took to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of our CMs are as follows:

 

communicating our CM policy to Suppliers;

 

directing Suppliers to provide information concerning Smelters in their supply chains by completing and sending to us the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (a tool developed by the RMI that provides a common means for suppliers to provide their customers with information on the source of conflict minerals);

 

analyzing Suppliers’ Conflict Minerals Reporting Template responses for completeness and internal consistency, and following up with Suppliers in an effort to obtain more information and ensure accuracy of information;

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comparing the information received from Suppliers with the data made available by the RMAP concerning the country of origin and Conflict Status of CMs processed or refined by Smelters; and  

 

reviewing other source materials for Smelters that are not compliant with the RMI (these Smelters may supply CMs to us for products other than ICs) if we were unable to determine, on the basis of the information provided by Suppliers and RMAP data, (i) the facility and country of origin of the CMs supplied to us, (ii) the Conflict Status of the CMs and (iii) whether the CMs were from recycled or scrap sources.

 

IV.

Our Findings

 

We have determined that all of our integrated circuits (“ICs”) 1 were conflict-free. Our determination is based on the finding that all the Smelters identified to us by our Suppliers as being potentially in the supply chain for these products in 2017 supplied CMs exclusively from conflict-free sources.  ICs accounted for approximately 91 percent of TI revenue in 2017.

 

In 2017, we continued to make progress in our due diligence efforts with regard to Smelters that are not compliant with the RMI (these Smelters may supply CMs to us for products other than ICs). While we primarily relied on information from our first-tier suppliers, in some cases we contacted second-tier suppliers for more complete information.  That information, combined with the information available through the RMAP, provided us with greater insight into the Conflict Status of CMs identified as potentially in our supply chain.

 

The number of Smelters identified to us by our Suppliers as potentially in our supply chain in 2017 increased by approximately 1 percent.  Of the Smelters identified for 2017, we have determined that the CMs potentially supplied to us by 81 percent of the Smelters were conflict-free, as compared with 80 percent for 2016.  Another 3 percent of the Smelters identified for 2017 have committed to participate in a third-party audit of their Conflict Status.  In no instance did we find CMs in our supply chain to be from a source that, to our knowledge, was directly or indirectly financing or benefiting armed conflict in a Covered Country.

 

We do not have complete information about the CMs in our entire supply chain.  For 2017, approximately 74 percent of Suppliers identified Smelters in their supply chains on a company-wide, division or product-line basis, without specifying which Smelters were relevant to products they supplied to TI.  (Accordingly, we refer in this Conflict Minerals Report to Smelters as being “potentially” in our supply chain and as CMs “potentially” supplied to TI.)  Industry efforts to collect and verify CM origin information remain incomplete.  For Smelters that have committed to participate in a third-party audit of their Conflict Status, that status is currently undeterminable because the audits are not complete.  The results of our due diligence, which are summarized in the charts below, reflect these limitations.

 

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“Integrated circuits” refers to finished semiconductor products that contain chips manufactured by or for TI and packaging subcomponents such as mold compounds, bond wires and lead frames.  It excludes DLP® products, semiconductor modules and all other products manufactured by or for TI.

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The Smelters identified by our Suppliers as potentially in our supply chain are listed in Appendix A hereto.  Our efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of the CMs consisted of the due diligence measures described above.

 

V.

Product Scope

 

In 2017, our products were divided into two reportable segments as described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017: Analog (consisting of Power, Signal Chain, and High Volume product lines) and Embedded Processing (consisting of Connected Microcontrollers and Processors product lines).  We report the results of our remaining business activities in  Other.  Other includes operating segments that do not meet the quantitative thresholds for individually reportable segments and cannot be aggregated with other operating segments (Other includes DLP products, calculators, and certain custom semiconductors known as application-specific integrated circuits).  For further information about our products, please see the description of our products in Item 1 of the Form 10-K, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

 

VI.

Risk-Mitigation Efforts

 

Since the period covered by this Conflict Minerals Report, we have taken, or will take, the following steps to mitigate the risk that our CMs directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries, including to improve our due diligence:

 

redistribute copies of our CM policy to Suppliers;

 

emphasize to Suppliers our expectation that they respond fully and promptly to our information requests;

 

instruct Suppliers to advise us if they determine that any person or entity in their supply chain is directly or indirectly  financing or benefiting armed groups in the Covered Countries;

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encourage Suppliers to direct all Smelters in their supply chains to participate in the RMAP or a similar third-party audit program; and

 

contact various Smelters directly for information if their operating status changed, their RMI status changed, or they have refused to participate in a RMI audit.

 

VII.

Independent Private Sector Audit

 

We obtained an independent private sector audit of this Conflict Minerals Report.  The report by Crowe Horwath LLP is set forth as Appendix B to this Conflict Minerals Report.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Appendix A

 

Included in this Appendix A are Smelters that were identified to us by our Suppliers as potentially in our supply chain for 2017.  As explained in this Conflict Minerals Report, the presence of a Smelter on the lists in this Appendix A does not mean that TI products necessarily contained CMs processed by that Smelter.

 

Table 1

Total RMAP compliant Smelters:  252

Tungsten Smelters

41

 

 

Tin Smelters

69

 

 

Tantalum Smelters

41

 

 

Gold Smelters

101

Table 2

Total undeterminable Smelters:  59

Tungsten Smelters

4

 

 

Tin Smelters

11

 

 

Tantalum Smelters

1

 

 

Gold Smelters

43

 

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Table 1:

 

Listed below are the 252 Smelters identified to us by our Suppliers as potentially in our supply chain for 2017 that the RMAP has reported as compliant with its audit protocols.  On that basis, we have determined that the CMs supplied by these Smelters were conflict-free.  The location information is as reported by the RMAP as of January 17, 2018.

 

*Smelters that potentially supply the CMs for our ICs.

 

 

Smelter

Metal

Country Location

1.

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.*

Tungsten

JAPAN

2.

ACL Metais Eireli

Tungsten

Brazil

3.

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

Tungsten

VIETNAM

4.

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

5.

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

6.

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

7.

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

8.

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

9.

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

10.

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.*

Tungsten

UNITED STATES

11.

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

12.

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG*

Tungsten

GERMANY

13.

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH*

Tungsten

GERMANY

14.

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

15.

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji*

Tungsten

CHINA

16.

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

17.

Hydrometallurg, JSC*

Tungsten

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

18.

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

JAPAN

19.

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

Tungsten

CHINA

20.

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

21.

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

Tungsten

CHINA

22.

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

23.

Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

24.

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

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25.

Kennametal Fallon*

Tungsten

UNITED STATES

26.

Kennametal Huntsville*

Tungsten

UNITED STATES

27.

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

28.

Moliren Ltd

Tungsten

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

29.

Niagara Refining LLC*

Tungsten

UNITED STATES

30.

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC*

Tungsten

VIETNAM

31.

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

Tungsten

PHILIPPINES

32.

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City

Tungsten

CHINA

33.

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

VIETNAM

34.

Unecha Refractory metals plant

Tungsten

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

35.

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

VIETNAM

36.

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG*

Tungsten

AUSTRIA

37.

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

38.

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

Tungsten

CHINA

39.

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

40.

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

Tungsten

CHINA

41.

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

Tungsten

CHINA

42.

Alpha*

Tin

UNITED STATES

43.

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

44.

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.*

Tin

CHINA

45.

CV Ayi Jaya*

Tin

INDONESIA

46.

CV Dua Sekawan*

Tin

INDONESIA

47.

CV Gita Pesona*

Tin

INDONESIA

48.

CV Tiga Sekawan*

Tin

INDONESIA

49.

CV United Smelting*

Tin

INDONESIA

50.

CV Venus Inti Perkasa*

Tin

INDONESIA

51.

Dowa*

Tin

JAPAN

52.

EM Vinto*

Tin

BOLIVIA

53.

Fenix Metals*

Tin

POLAND

54.

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

Tin

CHINA

55.

Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company*

Tin

CHINA

56.

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

Tin

CHINA

57.

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.*

Tin

CHINA

58.

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. *

Tin

CHINA

59.

Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd*  

Tin

CHINA

60.

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

Tin

CHINA

61.

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

62.

Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.*

Tin

CHINA

63.

Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.*

Tin

BRAZIL

64.

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)*

Tin

MALAYSIA

65.

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.*

Tin

BRAZIL

66.

Metallic Resources, Inc.*

Tin

UNITED STATES

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67.

Metallo Belgium N.V. *

Tin

BELGIUM

68.

Metallo Spain S.L.U. *

Tin

SPAIN

69.

Mineração Taboca S.A.*

Tin

BRAZIL

70.

Minsur*

Tin

PERU

71.

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*

Tin

JAPAN

72.

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

Tin

THAILAND

73.

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.*

Tin

PHILIPPINES

74.

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.*

Tin

BOLIVIA

75.

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera*

Tin

INDONESIA

76.

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng*

Tin

INDONESIA

77.

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya*

Tin

INDONESIA

78.

PT Babel Inti Perkasa*

Tin

INDONESIA

79.

PT Bangka Prima Tin*

Tin

INDONESIA

80.

PT Bangka Tin Industry*

Tin

INDONESIA

81.

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera*

Tin

INDONESIA

82.

PT Bukit Timah*

Tin

INDONESIA

83.

PT DS Jaya Abadi*

Tin

INDONESIA

84.

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri*

Tin

INDONESIA

85.

PT Inti Stania Prima*

Tin

INDONESIA

86.

PT Karimun Mining*

Tin

INDONESIA

87.

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri

Tin

INDONESIA

88.

PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera *

Tin

INDONESIA

89.

PT Menara Cipta Mulia *

Tin

INDONESIA

90.

PT Mitra Stania Prima*

Tin

INDONESIA

91.

PT O.M. Indonesia

Tin

INDONESIA

92.

PT Panca Mega Persada*

Tin

INDONESIA

93.

PT Premium Tin Indonesia*

Tin

INDONESIA

94.

PT Prima Timah Utama*

Tin

INDONESIA

95.

PT Refined Bangka Tin*

Tin

INDONESIA

96.

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa*

Tin

INDONESIA

97.

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa*

Tin

INDONESIA

98.

PT Sukses Inti Makmur*

Tin

INDONESIA

99.

PT Sumber Jaya Indah*

Tin

INDONESIA

100.

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur*

Tin

INDONESIA

101.

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok*

Tin

INDONESIA

102.

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa*

Tin

INDONESIA

103.

PT Tommy Utama*

Tin

INDONESIA

104.

Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.*

Tin

BRAZIL

105.

Rui Da Hung*

Tin

TAIWAN

106.

Soft Metais Ltda.*

Tin

BRAZIL

107.

Thaisarco*

Tin

THAILAND

108.

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.*

Tin

BRAZIL

109.

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. *

Tin

CHINA

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110.

Yunnan Tin Company Limited*

Tin

CHINA

111.

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

JAPAN

112.

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.*

Tantalum

CHINA

113.

D Block Metals, LLC*

Tantalum

UNITED STATES

114.

Exotech Inc.*

Tantalum

UNITED STATES

115.

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.*

Tantalum

CHINA

116.

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. *

Tantalum

CHINA

117.

Global Advanced Metals Aizu*

Tantalum

JAPAN

118.

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown*

Tantalum

UNITED STATES

119.

Guandong Rising Rare Metals – EO Materials Ltd *

Tantalum

CHINA

120.

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.*

Tantalum

CHINA

121.

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.*

Tantalum

THAILAND

122.

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH*

Tantalum

GERMANY

123.

H.C. Starck Inc.*

Tantalum

UNITED STATES

124.

H.C. Starck Ltd.*

Tantalum

JAPAN

125.

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG*

Tantalum

GERMANY

126.

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH*

Tantalum

GERMANY

127.

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.*

Tantalum

CHINA

128.

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

129.

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

Tantalum

CHINA

130.

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.*

Tantalum

CHINA

131.

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. *

Tantalum

CHINA

132.

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

133.

KEMET Blue Metals*

Tantalum

MEXICO

134.

KEMET Blue Powder*

Tantalum

UNITED STATES

135.

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

136.

LSM Brasil S.A.*

Tantalum

BRAZIL

137.

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. *

Tantalum

INDIA

138.

Mineração Taboca S.A.*

Tantalum

BRAZIL

139.

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.*

Tantalum

JAPAN

140.

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.*

Tantalum

CHINA

141.

NPM Silmet AS*

Tantalum

ESTONIA

142.

Power Resources Ltd. *

Tantalum

MACEDONIA

143.

QuantumClean

Tantalum

UNITED STATES

144.

Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.

Tantalum

BRAZIL

145.

RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Juncheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

146.

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO*

Tantalum

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

147.

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.*

Tantalum

JAPAN

148.

Telex Metals*

Tantalum

UNITED STATES

149.

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC*

Tantalum

KAZAKHSTAN

150.

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

151.

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.*

Tantalum

CHINA

152.

Advanced Chemical Company

Gold

UNITED STATES

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153.

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

154.

Al Etihad Gold LLC

Gold

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

155.

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.*

Gold

GERMANY

156.

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)*

Gold

UZBEKISTAN

157.

AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração*

Gold

BRAZIL

158.

Argor-Heraeus S.A.*

Gold

SWITZERLAND

159.

Asahi Pretec Corp.*

Gold

JAPAN

160.

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.*

Gold

CANADA

161.

Asahi Refining USA Inc.*

Gold

UNITED STATES

162.

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

163.

AU Traders and Refiners

Gold

SOUTH AFRICA

164.

Aurubis AG*

Gold

GERMANY

165.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)*

Gold

PHILIPPINES

166.

Boliden AB*

Gold

SWEDEN

167.

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG*

Gold

GERMANY

168.

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation*

Gold

CANADA

169.

Cendres + Metaux S.A.

Gold

Switzerland

170.

Chimet S.p.A.*

Gold

ITALY

171.

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.

Gold

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

172.

DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH *

Gold

GERMANY

173.

Dowa*

Gold

JAPAN

174.

DSC (Do Sung Corporation) *

Gold

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

175.

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

176.

Emirates Gold DMCC

Gold

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

177.

Geib Refning Corporation

Gold

UNITED STATES

178.

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. *

Gold

CHINA

179.

HeeSung Metal Ltd.

Gold

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

180.

Heimerle + Meule GmbH*

Gold

GERMANY

181.

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.*

Gold

CHINA

182.

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG*

Gold

GERMANY

183.

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

Gold

CHINA

184.

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

185.

Istanbul Gold Refinery*

Gold

TURKEY

186.

Italpreziosi

Gold

ITALY

187.

Japan Mint*

Gold

JAPAN

188.

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.*

Gold

CHINA

189.

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant*

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

190.

JSC Uralelectromed*

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

191.

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

192.

Kazzinc*

Gold

KAZAKHSTAN

193.

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC*

Gold

UNITED STATES

194.

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

195.

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

Gold

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

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196.

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC*

Gold

KYRGYZSTAN

197.

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.*

Gold

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

198.

Marsam Metals

Gold

BRAZIL

199.

Materion*

Gold

UNITED STATES

200.

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

201.

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.*

Gold

CHINA

202.

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.*

Gold

SINGAPORE

203.

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. *

Gold

CHINA

204.

Metalor Technologies S.A.*

Gold

SWITZERLAND

205.

Metalor USA Refining Corporation*

Gold

UNITED STATES

206.

Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V.*

Gold

MEXICO

207.

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*

Gold

JAPAN

208.

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

209.

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.*

Gold

INDIA

210.

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant*

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

211.

Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.*

Gold

TURKEY

212.

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

213.

Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH*

Gold

AUSTRIA

214.

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

215.

OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)*

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

216.

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery*

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

217.

PAMP S.A.*

Gold

SWITZERLAND

218.

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

Gold

CHILE

219.

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals*

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

220.

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk*

Gold

INDONESIA

221.

PX Précinox S.A.*

Gold

SWITZERLAND

222.

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.*

Gold

SOUTH AFRICA

223.

Republic Metals Corporation*

Gold

UNITED STATES

224.

Royal Canadian Mint*

Gold

CANADA

225.

SAAMP

Gold

FRANCE

226.

Safimet S.p.A.

Gold

ITALY

227.

Samduck Precious Metals*

Gold

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

228.

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

Gold

GERMANY

229.

Schone Edelmetaal B.V.*

Gold

NETHERLANDS

230.

SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.*

Gold

SPAIN

231.

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.*

Gold

CHINA

232.

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.*

Gold

CHINA

233.

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.*

Gold

TAIWAN

234.

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals*

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

235.

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.*

Gold

TAIWAN

236.

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

237.

SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

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238.

T.C.A S.p.A*

Gold

ITALY

239.

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.*

Gold

JAPAN

240.

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.*

Gold

CHINA

241.

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

242.

Torecom*

Gold

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

243.

Umicore Brasil Ltda.*

Gold

BRAZIL

244.

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand*

Gold

THAILAND

245.

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining*

Gold

BELGIUM

246.

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.*

Gold

UNITED STATES

247.

Valcambi S.A.*

Gold

SWITZERLAND

248.

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint*

Gold

AUSTRALIA

249.

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

Gold

GERMANY

250.

Yamakin Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

251.

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.*

Gold

JAPAN

252.

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation*

Gold

CHINA

 

 

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Table 2:

 

Listed below are the 59 Smelters identified to us by our Suppliers as potentially in our supply chain for 2017 that have processed CMs of undeterminable origin. “Active” means the Smelter has committed to participate in a third-party audit of its Conflict Status, as reported by the RMAP.   The location information and “Active” status are as reported by the RMAP as of January 17, 2018.

 

No.

Smelter

Metal

Country

Active

1.

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

2.

Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

 

3.

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

 

4.

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

Tungsten

CHINA

 

5.

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

Tin

VIETNAM

 

6.

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

 

7.

Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy JSC

Tin

VIETNAM

 

8.

Estanho de Rondônia S.A.

Tin

BRAZIL

 

9.

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

 

10.

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

 

11.

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

Tin

MALAYSIA

12.

Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

13.

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

Tin

VIETNAM

 

14.

Super Ligas

Tin

BRAZIL

 

15.

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

Tin

VIETNAM

 

16.

Duoluoshan

Tantalum

CHINA

 

17.

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

Gold

UNITED STATES

 

18.

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

Gold

TURKEY

 

19.

Bangalore Refinery

Gold

INDIA

20.

Caridad

Gold

MEXICO

 

21.

Chugai Mining

Gold

JAPAN

 

22.

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

 

23.

Degussa Sonne/Mond Goldhandel gmbH

Gold

GERMANY

 

24.

Elemetal Refining, LLC

Gold

UNITED STATES

 

25.

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

Gold

INDIA

 

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26.

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

Gold

CHINA

 

27.

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

Gold

CHINA

 

28.

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

Gold

CHINA

 

29.

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

 

30.

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

 

31.

HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.

Gold

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

 

32.

Kaloti Precious Metals

Gold

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

33.

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

Gold

KAZAKHSTAN

 

34.

KGHM Polska Miedz Spólka Akcyjna

Gold

POLAND

35.

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

36.

L’azurde Company for Jewelry

Gold

SAUDI ARABIA

 

37.

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

 

38.

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

 

39.

L’Orfebre S.A.

Gold

ANDORRA

40.

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

 

41.

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

Gold

MALAYSIA

42.

Morris and Watson

Gold

NEW ZEALAND

 

43.

Morris and Watson Gold Coast

Gold

NEW ZEALAND

 

44.

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

Gold

UZBEKISTAN

 

45.

Pease & Curren

Gold

UNITED STATES

 

46.

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

 

47.

Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd

 

Gold

CHINA

 

48.

Remondis Argentia B.V.

Gold

NETHERLANDS

49.

Sabin Metal Corp.

Gold

UNITED STATES

 

50.

SAFINA A.S.

Gold

CZECH REPUBLIC

51.

Sai Refinery

Gold

INDIA

 

52.

Samwon Metals Corp.

Gold

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

 

53.

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

 

54.

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

Gold

LITHUANIA

 

55.

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

 

56.

Tony Goetz NV

Gold

BELGIUM

 

57.

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

Gold

KAZAKHSTAN

 

58.

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia

Gold

ZAMBIA

 

59.

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

 

 

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Appendix B
Independent Private Sector Auditor Report

 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON CONFLICT MINERALS

The Board of Directors

Texas Instruments Incorporated

Dallas, Texas

 

We have examined:

 

whether the design of Texas Instruments Incorporated’s (the “Company”) due diligence framework as set forth in the section titled “Design of Due Diligence” of the Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, is in conformity, in all material respects, with the criteria set forth in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Second Edition 2013 (“OECD Due Diligence Guidance”), and

 

whether the Company’s description of the due diligence measures it performed, as set forth in the section titled “Due Diligence Measures Taken” of the Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, is consistent, in all material respects, with the due diligence process that the Company undertook.

 

The Company’s management is responsible for the design of the Company’s due diligence framework and the description of the Company’s due diligence measures set forth in the Conflict Minerals Report, and performance of the due diligence measures. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the design of the Company’s due diligence framework and on the description of the due diligence measures the Company performed, based on our examination.

 

Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the standards applicable to attestation engagements contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the design of the Company’s due diligence framework and the description of the due diligence measures the Company performed is in accordance with the criteria, in all material respects.  An examination involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about the Company’s due diligence framework and the description of the due diligence measures the Company performed.  The nature, timing, and extent of the procedures selected depend on our judgment, including an assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Company’s due diligence framework and its description of the due diligence measures the Company performed, whether due to fraud or error.  We believe the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Our examination was not conducted for the purpose of evaluating:

 

The consistency of the due diligence measures that the Company performed with either the design of the Company’s due diligence framework or the OECD Due Diligence Guidance;

 

The completeness of the Company’s description of the due diligence measures performed;

 

The suitability of the design or operating effectiveness of the Company’s due diligence process;

 

Whether a third party can determine from the Conflict Minerals Report if the due diligence measures the Company performed are consistent with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance;

 

The Company’s reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI), including the suitability of the design of the RCOI, its operating effectiveness, or the results thereof; or

 

The Company’s conclusions about the source or chain of custody of its conflict minerals, those products subject to due diligence, or the DRC Conflict Free status of its products.

 

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Accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the aforementioned matters or any other matters included in any section of the Conflict Minerals Report other than the sections described below.

 

In our opinion,

 

the design of the Company’s due diligence framework for the reporting period from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, as set forth in the section titled “Design of Due Diligence” of the Conflict Minerals Report is presented in conformity, with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, in all material respects and

 

the Company’s description of the due diligence measures it performed as set forth in the section titled “Due Diligence Measures Taken” of the Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, is presented in conformity with the due diligence process that the Company undertook, in all material respects.

 

/s/ Crowe Horwath LLP

Los Angeles, CA

May 2, 2018

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