Exhibit 1.01
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD FROM
JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
INTRODUCTION
This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) for Seagate Technology public limited company (the “Company,” “Seagate,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is provided in accordance withRule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”), for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report is being filed as Exhibit 1.01 to our Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and is also posted on our website at http://www.seagate.com/global-citizenship/. 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. The purpose of the Rule is to encourage companies whose products contain Conflict Minerals to endeavor to source from suppliers who do not directly or indirectly support such armed groups through their purchasing decisions. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and its adjoining countries, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia, are collectively referred to in this Report as the “Covered Countries.”
We are a leading provider of electronic data storage technology and solutions. Our principal products are hard disk drives, commonly referred to as disk drives, hard drives or HDDs. In addition to HDDs, we produce a broad range of data storage products including solid state drives (“SSDs”) and their related controllers, solid state hybrid drives (“SSHDs”) and storage subsystems.
Our products are designed for mission critical and nearline applications in enterprise servers and storage systems; edge compute / client compute applications, where our products are designed primarily for desktop and mobile computing; and edgenon-compute / clientnon-compute applications, where our products are designed for a wide variety of end user devices such as portable external storage systems, surveillance systems, network-attached storage (“NAS”), digital video recorders (“DVRs”) and gaming consoles.
Our cloud systems and solutions extend innovation from the device into the information infrastructure, onsite and in the cloud. Our portfolio includes modular original equipment manufacturers’ storage systems, andscale-out storage servers.
We are subject to the Rule because certain products that we manufacture or contract to be manufactured contain Conflict Minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of the products. Accordingly, we are required under the Rule to conduct a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) designed to determine in good faith whether any of the Conflict Minerals in our products either originated in the Covered Countries or came from recycled or scrap materials. We do not directly source Conflict Minerals from mines, smelters or refiners.
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 our global supply chain. The RBA is a nonprofit coalition of electronics companies that focuses on improving working conditions and environmental stewardship in the electronics industry supply chain. Through the RBA’s Responsible Minerals Initiative (the “RMI”), we have worked, and continue to work, with other companies focusing on responsible Conflict Minerals sourcing.
We rely on our direct suppliers to provide information with respect to the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us. In all cases, the information relating to the 3TG contained in our products comes from suppliers and from information provided to us through our membership with RBA and the RMI.
As we enter into new contracts, or as our existing contracts renew, we endeavor to add a Conflict Minerals clause requiring suppliers to provide 3TG sourcing, smelting and refinery information. In addition, as described below, we ask our suppliers to provide the 3TG sourcing information before contracts are renewed. Despite our efforts, we believe that it will take a number of years to ensure that substantially all of our supplier contracts contain Conflict Minerals clauses.
As of this Report, we are unable to determine the origin of the 3TG in our products that are necessary to the functionality or production of the products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Reporting Period. Therefore, we are required under the Rule to submit to the SEC a Conflict Minerals Report as an Exhibit to Form SD.
We believe the products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture that are subject to the reporting obligations of the Rule contain 3TG of indeterminate origin because we have been unable to determine the origin of the 3TG they contain or to determine whether such minerals financed or benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Our products are designed for mission critical and nearline applications in enterprise servers and storage systems; edge compute / client compute applications, where our products are designed primarily for desktop and mobile computing; and edgenon-compute / clientnon-compute applications, where our products are designed for a wide variety of end user devices such as portable external storage systems, surveillance systems, NAS, DVRs and gaming consoles. Seagate’s hardware products in the aggregate contain each of the Conflict Minerals, which are necessary to the functionality or production of the products.
Seagate is a partially vertically integrated company: we make our own recording heads and media, which are then assembled into finished functional memory devices. However, we do not directly procure any metals from smelters or refiners; rather, we purchase parts, components, materials, and subassemblies containing these metals. As such, Seagate occupies the supply chain position of downstream company as defined by the Organization for EconomicCo-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition (the “OECD Guidance”).
DUE DILIGENCE PROGRAM DESIGN
The OECD Guidance established a five-step framework for due diligence as a basis for responsible supply chain management of minerals from conflict-affected and high risk areas. We outline select elements of our due diligence program design below. To determine the source and chain of custody of 3TG necessary for the production of our products, we conducted due diligence on our supply chain, using measures developed to ascertain whether the Conflict Minerals originated from the Covered Countries and, if so, whether the purchase of such minerals directly or indirectly benefitednon-governmental armed groups.
Due Diligence Design Framework
Our Conflict Minerals due diligence measures have been designed to conform to the OECD Guidance for 3TG for “downstream companies” (as defined in the OECD Guidance) in all material respects. Our due diligence measures addressed the following steps:
| 1. | Establishing strong Company management systems for 3TG supply chain due diligence; |
| a. | We adopted a conflict minerals policy. The policy is available on our corporate website and communicated to suppliers and employees. |
| b. | We have a team of senior employees who are members of cross-functional working groups within the Company, and who are responsible for the management and continued implementation of our Conflict Minerals compliance strategy. This team includes representatives from our supply-chain management, corporate compliance, financial reporting and legal functions. |
| c. | Certain employees receive training on the RBA Code of Conduct requirements. |
| d. | We utilize the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “CMRT”) developed by the RMI to identify smelters and refiners in our supply chain. The CMRT requires that suppliers provide information concerning the usage and sourcing of Conflict Minerals in their materials, components and products. |
| e. | We utilize external counsel and consultants to assist with our compliance efforts |
| f. | Seagate is an active member of the RBA and RMI. |
| g. | Designated employees and consultants address various aspects of our due diligence program including review and validation of suppliers’ CMRT responses. |
| h. | Certain purchase order terms and conditions specifically reference and require RBA Code of Conduct and Conflict Minerals compliance. |
| 2. | Identifying and assessing 3TG risks in our supply chain; |
| a. | We require suppliers to provide CMRTs on the materials, components, parts and products they sell to us. |
| b. | We review supplier CMRTs for completeness relative to our internal standard operating procedures and controls. We reject CMRTs that appear inaccurate or incomplete and request the supplier to perform additional due diligence to address identified issues. |
| c. | We evaluate smelters and refiners for compliance with third party smelter and refiner certification guidelines and the conformant and active criteria developed by the RMI. |
| 3. | Designing and implementing strategies to respond to 3TG risks identified; |
| a. | Designated employees monitor and report on risk to certain members of senior management. |
| b. | Smelters/refiners that are determined to not be RMI certified or actively pursuing third party certification are encouraged by our suppliers and our participation in RMI to pursue third party certification. |
| 4. | Contributing to independent third party audits of the due diligence practices of 3TG smelters and refiners by participating in industry organizations; and |
| a. | We support independent third party audits through our RMI membership. |
| b. | We assess information provided by the RMI and other certification bodies to determine if a smelter or refiner is conformant with applicable third-party conflict free certifications. |
| 5. | Reporting on our 3TG supply chain due diligence activities. |
| a. | We file annually a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC and make them publicly available on our website. |
Due Diligence Measures Performed
Our due diligence measures for calendar year 2017 included the following activities:
| • | The Seagate Corporate Policy on Conflict Minerals (the “Policy”) is posted on our external corporate website and communicated to Seagate’s direct suppliers. The Policy seeks to eliminate our use of 3TG that contribute to human rights abuses in the Covered Countries. |
| • | We updated our internal Corporate Standard Operating Procedure for Conflict Minerals Management (the “Standard Operating Procedure”) specifically designed to satisfy the OECD Guidance. |
| • | We developed and implemented a Seagate Conflict Minerals Management Plan (the “Management Plan”) in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedure. |
| • | We established an internal team to implement the Management Plan. The team undertook the following measures, which were designed to support our compliance with the Rule and our Standard Operating Procedure: |
1. Establishing requirements in supplier contracts to define Seagate’s expectations of suppliers regarding sourcing of 3TG and reporting of information to Seagate.
2. Conducting a review to identify direct (i.e., first tier) suppliers of products containing 3TG (“3TG Direct Suppliers”).
3. Requesting that all 3TG Direct Suppliers provide information to us regarding their 3TG using the template developed by the RBA and the Globale-Sustainability Initiative, known as the CMRT, to ascertain, for each of the 3TG, the smelter or refiner where it was processed, the smelter or refiner’s country of origin, the mine(s) of origin, and the location of the mine(s).
4. Reviewing and attempting to validate the information provided by our 3TG Direct Suppliers by establishing a process that includes an assessment of the completeness and reasonableness of the information provided, then conductingfollow-up communications to address deficiencies, if any.
5. Comparing the smelters and refiners identified by relevant 3TG Direct Suppliers via the supply chain survey against the list of facilities that the RMI has validated as “conflict free.”
6. Supporting the RMI through membership in the RBA, participation in the RMI committee and othersub-committees, and requests of our 3TG Direct Suppliers to encourage the smelters/refiners in their supply chains to participate in the RMI.
7. Making periodic reports to Seagate senior management.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
As a member of the RBA participating in the RMI, we utilized RMI’s due diligence of smelters and refiners together with the data our suppliers provided on their CMRTs. The RMI trains auditors to audit the smelters and refiners. The smelters and refiners that are found to be RMI conformant are those for which the RMI auditor has verified that the smelter’s or refiner’s 3TG came from conflict-free mines and trading if originating in the Covered Countries.
Based on a reasonable country of origin inquiry, Seagate does not know or have reason to believe that its Conflict Minerals originated or may have originated in the Covered Countries, except where RMI validated smelters or refiners have revealed sources within the Covered Countries that are verified as conflict-free. However, a significant portion of the Seagate supply chain remains undefined with respect to the country of origin of its 3TG, as described below.
Seagate has identified sources in all categories of countries per the RMI definition: L1 (Australia, Austria, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Sierra Leone, Spain, Thailand, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe), L2 (Mozambique), L3 (Burundi, , Rwanda, Uganda), DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo), and R/S (recycled or scrap feedstock). However, all our known DRC and L3 sources have been RMI validated as conflict free.
ANALYSIS OF SUPPLIER DATA
The following table depicts the status of our efforts to determine the smelters and refiners in our supply chain as of the end of calendar 2017 for the 3TG used in our hardware products.
Smelters or Refiners (“SORs”) / Metal | Number of Eligible SORs reported | Conformant and Active SORs | Percentage Achievement Towards Conflict-Free Assessment | |||
Tantalum | 38 | 38 | 100% | |||
Tin | 79 | 71 | 90% | |||
Tungsten | 41 | 41 | 100% | |||
Gold | 140 | 106 | 76% |
We eliminated smelters and refiners that were not in the process of becoming validated by RMI.
For Seagate core and retail products, 100% of our 3TG suppliers provided CMRT data to us for calendar year 2017.
For our cloud storage solutions products (formerly known as Xyratex Ltd. and Dot Hill Systems Corp.), due to the extensive nature of the inherited supply chain which is undergoing transition into more mainstream Seagate sources, we limited our investigation of that supply chain for calendar year 2017 to the top 99.5% of direct materials spending. Each of those suppliers have provided us with their CMRT data.
DUE DILIGENCE DETERMINATION
We carried out the diligence process described above in order to ascertain the source and chain of custody of 3TG used in our supply chain. Based on the processes implemented and information gathered therefrom, we were unable to determine the origin of all of the 3TG used in our products. Therefore, we concluded that for the Reporting Period we were unable to determine whether the necessary 3TG in our products directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed groups in the Covered Countries. However, we found no evidence that any of our 3TG Direct Suppliers derived 3TG from sources within the Covered Countries other than from RMI validated sources.
Given the dynamic nature of the smelter and refiner lists appearing on our outbound CMRTs, we provide the following snapshot list of smelters and refiners known to be in our supply chain during calendar year 2017:
SMELTER AND REFINER TABLE
Metal | SORs ID | SORs | Country | |||
| Gold | CID000015 | Advanced Chemical Company | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
| Gold | CID000019 | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID000035 | AllgemeineGold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | GERMANY | |||
| Gold | CID000041 | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | UZBEKISTAN | |||
| Gold | CID000058 | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | BRAZIL | |||
| Gold | CID000077 | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | SWITZERLAND | |||
| Gold | CID000082 | Asahi Pretec Corp. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID000090 | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.(Gold) | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID000103 | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY | |||
| Gold | CID000113 | Aurubis AG | GERMANY | |||
| Gold | CID000128 | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | PHILIPPINES | |||
| Gold | CID000157 | Boliden AB | SWEDEN | |||
| Gold | CID000176 | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | GERMANY | |||
| Gold | CID000180 | Caridad | MEXICO | |||
| Gold | CID000185 | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA | |||
| Gold | CID000189 | Cendres + Metaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND | |||
| Gold | CID000197 | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID000233 | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY | |||
| Gold | CID000264 | Chugai Mining | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID000328 | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | |||
| Gold | CID000343 | DayeNon-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID000359 | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | |||
| Gold | CID000362 | DODUCO GmbH | GERMANY | |||
| Gold | CID000401 | Dowa(Gold) | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID000425 | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID000493 | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Gold | CID000522 | Gansu Seemine MaterialHi-Tech Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID000651 | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID000671 | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID000689 | HeeSung Metal Ltd. | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | |||
| Gold | CID000694 | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY | |||
| Gold | CID000707 | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID000711 | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | |||
| Gold | CID000767 | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.(Gold) | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID000778 | HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. | REPUBLIC OF KOREA |
| Gold | CID000801 | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID000807 | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID000814 | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY | |||
| Gold | CID000823 | Japan Mint | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID000855 | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID000920 | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID000924 | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | CANADA | |||
| Gold | CID000927 | JSC EkaterinburgNon-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Gold | CID000929 | JSC Uralelectromed | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Gold | CID000937 | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID000956 | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN | |||
| Gold | CID000957 | Kazzinc | KAZAKHSTAN | |||
| Gold | CID000969 | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID000981 | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID001029 | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN | |||
| Gold | CID001032 | L’azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA | |||
| Gold | CID001056 | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001058 | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001078 | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | |||
| Gold | CID001093 | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001113 | Materion | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID001119 | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID001147 | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001149 | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001152 | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE | |||
| Gold | CID001153 | Metalor Technologies S.A. | SWITZERLAND | |||
| Gold | CID001157 | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID001161 | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | MEXICO | |||
| Gold | CID001188 | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation(Gold) | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID001193 | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.(Gold) | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID001204 | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Gold | CID001220 | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | TURKEY | |||
| Gold | CID001236 | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN | |||
| Gold | CID001259 | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | CID001322 | Elemetal Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID001325 | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID001326 | OJSC “The Gulidov KrasnoyarskNon-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Gold | CID001352 | PAMP S.A. | SWITZERLAND | |||
| Gold | CID001362 | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001386 | Prioksky Plant ofNon-Ferrous Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Gold | CID001397 | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA | |||
| Gold | CID001498 | PX Precinox S.A. | SWITZERLAND | |||
| Gold | CID001512 | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA | |||
| Gold | CID001534 | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA | |||
| Gold | CID001546 | Sabin Metal Corp. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID001555 | Samduck Precious Metals | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | |||
| Gold | CID001562 | SAMWON Metals Corp. | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | |||
| Gold | CID001585 | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | SPAIN | |||
| Gold | CID001619 | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001622 | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001736 | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001756 | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Gold | CID001761 | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001798 | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID001875 | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID001909 | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001916 | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001938 | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID001947 | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID001955 | Torecom | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | |||
| Gold | CID001977 | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | BRAZIL | |||
| Gold | CID001980 | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM | |||
| Gold | CID001993 | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID002003 | Valcambi S.A. | SWITZERLAND | |||
| Gold | CID002030 | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | AUSTRALIA | |||
| Gold | CID002100 | Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID002129 | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Gold | CID002224 | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA |
| Gold | CID002243 | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID002282 | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND | |||
| Gold | CID002290 | SAFINA A.S. | CZECH REPUBLIC | |||
| Gold | CID002312 | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID002314 | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | THAILAND | |||
| Gold | CID002459 | Geib Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID002509 | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | |||
| Gold | CID002510 | Republic Metals Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID002511 | KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | POLAND | |||
| Gold | CID002516 | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | |||
| Gold | CID002560 | Al Etihad Gold LLC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | |||
| Gold | CID002561 | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | |||
| Gold | CID002580 | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY | |||
| Gold | CID002582 | Remondis Argentia B.V. | NETHERLANDS | |||
| Gold | CID002605 | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | |||
| Gold | CID002606 | Marsam Metals | BRAZIL | |||
| Gold | CID002615 | TOOTau-Ken-Altyn | KAZAKHSTAN | |||
| Gold | CID002708 | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID002761 | SAAMP | FRANCE | |||
| Gold | CID002762 | L’Orfebre S.A. | ANDORRA | |||
| Gold | CID002765 | Italpreziosi | ITALY | |||
| Gold | CID002777 | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | |||
| Gold | CID002778 | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | |||
| Gold | CID002779 | Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | AUSTRIA | |||
| Gold | CID002850 | AU Traders and Refiners | SOUTH AFRICA | |||
| Gold | CID002852 | GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. | INDIA | |||
| Gold | CID002853 | Sai Refinery | INDIA | |||
| Gold | CID002857 | Modeltech Sdn Bhd(Gold) | MALAYSIA | |||
| Gold | CID002863 | Bangalore Refinery | INDIA | |||
| Gold | CID002865 | Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Gold | CID002866 | Morris and Watson Gold Coast | AUSTRALIA | |||
| Gold | CID002867 | Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH | GERMANY | |||
| Gold | CID002872 | Pease & Curren | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Gold | CID002918 | SungEel HiTech | REPUBLIC OF KOREA |
| Gold | CID002919 | Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | CHILE | |||
| Gold | CID002973 | Safimet S.p.A | ITALY | |||
| Gold | CID003153 | State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology | LITHUANIA | |||
| Tantalum | CID000211 | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID000291 | Guangdong Rising RareMetals-EO Materials Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID000456 | Exotech Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tantalum | CID000460 | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID000616 | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID000914 | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID000917 | Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID001076 | LSM Brasil S.A. | BRAZIL | |||
| Tantalum | CID001163 | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | |||
| Tantalum | CID001175 | Mineracao Taboca S.A.(Tantalum) | BRAZIL | |||
| Tantalum | CID001192 | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.(Tantalum) | JAPAN | |||
| Tantalum | CID001200 | NPM Silmet AS | ESTONIA | |||
| Tantalum | CID001277 | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID001508 | QuantumClean | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tantalum | CID001522 | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID001769 | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Tantalum | CID001869 | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Tantalum | CID001891 | Telex Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tantalum | CID001969 | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN | |||
| Tantalum | CID002492 | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID002504 | D Block Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tantalum | CID002505 | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID002506 | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID002508 | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID002512 | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID002539 | KEMET Blue Metals | MEXICO | |||
| Tantalum | CID002544 | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | |||
| Tantalum | CID002545 | H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH | GERMANY | |||
| Tantalum | CID002547 | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | GERMANY | |||
| Tantalum | CID002548 | H.C. Starck Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tantalum | CID002549 | H.C. Starck Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Tantalum | CID002550 | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | |||
| Tantalum | CID002557 | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tantalum | CID002558 | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN | |||
| Tantalum | CID002568 | KEMET Blue Powder | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tantalum | CID002707 | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.(Tantalum) | BRAZIL | |||
| Tantalum | CID002842 | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | CHINA | |||
| Tantalum | CID002847 | Power Resources Ltd. | MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF | |||
| Tin | CID000228 | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID000244 | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID000278 | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID000292 | Alpha | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tin | CID000306 | CV Gita Pesona | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID000309 | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID000313 | CV Serumpun Sebalai | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID000315 | CV United Smelting | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID000402 | Dowa(Tin) | JAPAN | |||
| Tin | CID000438 | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | |||
| Tin | CID000448 | Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | BRAZIL | |||
| Tin | CID000468 | Fenix Metals | POLAND | |||
| Tin | CID000538 | GejiuNon-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID000555 | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID000760 | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID000942 | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID001070 | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID001105 | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA | |||
| Tin | CID001142 | Metallic Resources, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tin | CID001173 | Mineracao Taboca S.A.(Tin) | BRAZIL | |||
| Tin | CID001182 | Minsur | PERU | |||
| Tin | CID001191 | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation(Tin) | JAPAN | |||
| Tin | CID001231 | Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID001314 | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | |||
| Tin | CID001337 | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) |
| Tin | CID001399 | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001402 | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001419 | PT Bangka Tin Industry | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001421 | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001428 | PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001434 | PT DS Jaya Abadi | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001438 | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001448 | PT Karimun Mining | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001453 | PT Mitra Stania Prima | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001457 | PT Panca Mega Persada | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001458 | PT Prima Timah Utama | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001460 | PT Refined Bangka Tin | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001463 | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001468 | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001471 | PT Sumber Jaya Indah | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001477 | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001482 | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001490 | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001493 | PT Tommy Utama | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID001539 | Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID001758 | Soft Metais Ltda. | �� | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | CID001898 | Thaisarco | THAILAND | |||
| Tin | CID001908 | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID002036 | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | BRAZIL | |||
| Tin | CID002158 | Yunnan ChengfengNon-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID002180 | Yunnan Tin Company Limited | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID002455 | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID002468 | Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL | |||
| Tin | CID002500 | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | BRAZIL | |||
| Tin | CID002503 | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID002517 | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | PHILIPPINES | |||
| Tin | CID002530 | PT Inti Stania Prima | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID002570 | CV Ayi Jaya | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID002572 | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | VIETNAM |
| Tin | CID002573 | Nghe TinhNon-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIETNAM | |||
| Tin | CID002574 | Tuyen QuangNon-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIETNAM | |||
| Tin | CID002592 | CV Dua Sekawan | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID002593 | CV Tiga Sekawan | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID002703 | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIETNAM | |||
| Tin | CID002706 | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.(Tin) | BRAZIL | |||
| Tin | CID002756 | Super Ligas | BRAZIL | |||
| Tin | CID002773 | Metallo Belgium N.V. | BELGIUM | |||
| Tin | CID002774 | Metallo Spain S.L.U. | SPAIN | |||
| Tin | CID002776 | PT Bangka Prima Tin | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID002816 | PT Sukses Inti Makmur | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID002829 | PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID002835 | PT Menara Cipta Mulia | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID002844 | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID002848 | Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID002849 | Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID002858 | Modeltech Sdn Bhd(Tin) | MALAYSIA | |||
| Tin | CID002859 | Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company | CHINA | |||
| Tin | CID002870 | PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera | INDONESIA | |||
| Tin | CID003116 | Guangdong HanheNon-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID000004 | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. | JAPAN | |||
| Tungsten | CID000105 | Kennametal Huntsville | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tungsten | CID000218 | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID000258 | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID000499 | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID000568 | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tungsten | CID000766 | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.(Tungsten) | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID000769 | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID000825 | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |||
| Tungsten | CID000875 | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID000966 | Kennametal Fallon | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tungsten | CID001889 | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | VIETNAM | |||
| Tungsten | CID002011 | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | VIETNAM | |||
| Tungsten | CID002044 | Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG | AUSTRIA |
| Tungsten | CID002082 | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002095 | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002315 | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002316 | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002317 | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002318 | Jiangxi TongguNon-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002319 | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002320 | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002321 | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002494 | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002502 | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | VIETNAM | |||
| Tungsten | CID002513 | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002535 | Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002541 | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | GERMANY | |||
| Tungsten | CID002542 | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG | GERMANY | |||
| Tungsten | CID002543 | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | VIETNAM | |||
| Tungsten | CID002551 | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002579 | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002589 | Niagara Refining LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002649 | Hydrometallurg, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Tungsten | CID002724 | Unecha Refractory metals plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Tungsten | CID002815 | South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002827 | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | PHILIPPINES | |||
| Tungsten | CID002830 | Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002833 | ACL Metais Eireli | BRAZIL | |||
| Tungsten | CID002843 | Woltech Korea Co., Ltd. | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | |||
| Tungsten | CID002845 | Moliren Ltd | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Our direct suppliers have named these smelters and refiners as their sources of tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold in the products we buy from them. We have subjected each incoming CMRT to systematic scrutiny often followed by additional supplier communication. This list of 3TG smelter and refiner sources in our supply chain is not exhaustive. Some suppliers have only made partial lists available to us. As noted, many have provided unrecognized names which we have not yet been able to resolve, and consequently those names are not included here. In addition, the inclusion of any name on our list does not imply that its products necessarily comprise portions of our products because some suppliers provide CMRT at product level and some at the supplier level resulting in over inclusion. Inclusion on this list only implies that the 3TG in all our productsmay come from these sources. As previously noted, the 3TG in our products may come from other sources that have yet to be identified.
FUTURE PLANS TO IMPROVE DUE DILIGENCE AND SUPPLIER RESPONSIVENESS
Seagate expects to pursue several initiatives to attain a conflict-free 3TG supply chain, including the following:
| • | Continue to seek supplier commitments to conflict-free 3TG, to request that suppliers have their smelters and refiners engage in the validation audit process, and then, if necessary, convert to other preferred sources. |
| • | Continue to refine our Compliance Assurance Software to accelerate and track progress, facilitate supplier communications, and make our information more complete, accurate, timely and specific using greater automation. |
| • | In calendar year 2018, we are in the process of refreshing all our direct supplier data using the latest CMRT, with which we expect to enhance the quality of the information we obtain this year. We continue to work with the RBA and RMI to improve processes that encourage responsible sourcing of 3TG in a manner that avoidsde factoboycott of legitimate minerals from Covered Countries. |
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Conflict Minerals Report contains forward-looking statements, including, in particular, statements about our future plans to improve due diligence and supplier responsiveness and to seek supplier commitments in this regard. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this Conflict Mineral Report and are based on management’s current views and assumptions. These forward-looking statements also involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from our expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include the veracity of information directly or indirectly provided to us by others and expectations regarding future smelter and refiner participation in conflict-free verification regimens. Except as may be required by law, we undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.