Exhibit 1.01
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT OF XILINX, INC.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014
IN ACCORD WITH RULE 13P-1 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
This Conflict Minerals Report contains forward-looking statements. These statements include statements regarding Xilinx’s plans to improve its due diligence processes and further mitigate the risk that necessary conflict minerals in products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. Forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty. Except as required by law, Xilinx disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Introduction
This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) of Xilinx, Inc. (“Xilinx”) for calendar year 2014 is in accord with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 13p-1”). Numerous terms in this Report are defined in Rule 13p-1 and Form SD and the reader is referred to those sources and to 1934 Act Release No. 34-67716 (August 22, 2012) for such definitions.
Rule 13p-1 requires disclosure of certain information when a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registrant manufactures or contracts to manufacture products and the minerals specified in the Rule are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The specified minerals, referred to as “conflict minerals,” are columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite, gold and their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, tungsten. The “Covered Countries” for purposes of the Rule and this Report are the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) or any country that shares an internationally recognized border with the DRC (collectively, the “Covered Countries”).
Company Overview
Xilinx designs and develops programmable devices and associated technologies worldwide. In addition to its programmable platforms, Xilinx provides design services, customer training, field engineering and technical support. Xilinx’s due diligence covered two product categories that contain conflict minerals: i) Silicon Products (semiconductors), and ii) Development Systems Boards and Kits. Silicon Products, which include integrated circuits in the form of programmable logic devices, including programmable Systems on Chips and three dimensional integrated circuits, comprise the majority of our revenues. Our Development Systems Boards and Kits are designed to customize, streamline and accelerate development for market-specific applications of Xilinx programmable platforms.
As a “fabless” semiconductor company, Xilinx does not own or operate silicon wafer production facilities. Rather, we purchase our wafers from independent foundries including United Microelectronics Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Our wafers are sorted by the foundry or independent sort subcontractors. Sorted die are assembled by subcontractors. We purchase most of our assembly and some of our test services from King Yuan Electronics Company in Taiwan, Siliconware Precision Industries Ltd. in Taiwan, and Amkor Technology, Inc. in Korea and the Philippines.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
Xilinx does not purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals, and does no purchasing in the Covered Countries. Xilinx, as a purchaser, is many steps removed from the mining of the conflict minerals.
Xilinx’s reasonable country of origin inquiries were based on multi-industry initiatives with the smelters and refiners of conflict minerals who provide those conflict minerals to Xilinx’s suppliers or lower-tier suppliers. The origin of conflict minerals cannot be determined with any certainty once the raw ores are smelted, refined and converted to ingots, bullion or other conflict mineral containing derivatives. The smelters and refiners are consolidating points for raw ore and are in the best position in the total supply chain to know the origin of the ores.
Due Diligence Measures
In accord with Rule 13p-1, Xilinx undertook due diligence to seek to determine the source and chain of custody of conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of Xilinx’s Silicon Products and Development Systems Boards and Kits. Xilinx designed its due diligence measures to be in conformity, in all material respects, with the nationally and internationally recognized due diligence framework in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition (OECD 2013) (“OECD Framework”) and related Supplements for each of the conflict minerals.
Xilinx’s due diligence measures included:
Step 1: Establish Strong Company Management Systems
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| • | We created a Conflict Minerals Policy and revised our Supplier Ethics and Compliance Policy to show our commitment to responsible sourcing in our supply chain. |
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| • | We established an internal team to manage and oversee our conflict minerals due diligence efforts, with representatives from Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, Legal, Corporate Compliance, and Internal Audit. |
Step 2: Identify and Assess Risks in Our Supply Chain
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| • | We evaluated our products and associated materials content to identify products that could contain conflict minerals. |
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| • | The identified suppliers of such products were asked to provide conflict minerals sourcing information. |
Step 3: Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
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| • | We developed procedures for sending supply chain inquiries to our suppliers, reviewing their responses, and following up on incomplete or inconsistent responses. |
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| • | We communicated our intent to discontinue sourcing from suppliers who do not meet our conflict minerals sourcing requirements. |
Step 4: Carry Out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence
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| • | As we do not source conflict minerals directly from processing facilities, we rely on the published results of third-party audits to validate conflict mineral sourcing in our supply chain. |
Step 5: Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence
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| • | We report our Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report to the SEC in accordance with requirements. |
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| • | We publish our Conflict Minerals Policy, Form SD, and Conflict Minerals Report on our company website at http://www.xilinx.com/about/corporate-responsibilities.html |
In conducting due diligence on our supply chain sourcing, we followed current industry guidelines under the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”) of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (“EICC”) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (“GeSI”). The CFSI’s Conflict Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”) enables companies to trace the mine of origin of conflict minerals. The CFSP audits smelters and refiners to ensure that all certified smelters and refiners only use the ore that are conflict free from the Covered Countries.
Specifically, Xilinx’s due diligence measures included the following:
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| • | Conducting a supply chain survey with identified in-scope direct suppliers using the EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT Revision 3.01 or newer). |
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| • | Requiring suppliers to provide smelter identification numbers in the CIDxxxxxx format, adopted in 2014, to identify the smelters and refiners who contribute necessary conflict minerals to Xilinx’s Silicon Products and Development Systems Boards and Kits. |
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| • | Following up with suppliers on missing, incomplete, or inconsistent information in their submissions. |
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| • | Comparing the smelters and refiners identified via the supply chain survey against the list of smelters and refiners which have received a “conflict free” designation under the CFSP lists for tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold. |
Results of Due Diligence Performed
As a result of the due diligence measures described above for calendar year 2014, Xilinx determined in good faith that it is unable to determine the country of origin of the necessary conflict minerals or whether the necessary conflict minerals were from recycle or scrap sources.
Our Conflict Minerals Report is publicly available at http://www.xilinx.com/about/corporate-responsibilities.html
Due Diligence and Risk Mitigation Improvements
Since the end of 2013, we have monitored developments on best practices concerning conflict minerals, including participating in the Silicon Valley Conflict Minerals Forum. We intend to continue taking steps to improve due diligence and to further mitigate the risk that necessary conflict minerals in our products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. These planned steps include:
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| • | Revising our Corporate Supplier Manual to require the maintenance of a responsible sourcing program. |
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| • | Continuing to drive our suppliers to provide accurate and complete conflict mineral declarations annually. |
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| • | Including reviews and assessments of supplier conflict minerals compliance as part of our supplier audits. |
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| • | Working with our suppliers to require mandatory conflict-free mineral sourcing by calendar year 2017. |
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| • | Improving our internal program management structure to support our supply chain due diligence. |
Conflict Minerals Processing Facilities
The following table lists the smelters and refiners which, to the extent known, processed the necessary conflict minerals in our products, based upon responses to the supply chain survey from our in-scope suppliers for the period covered by this Report.
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| Metal | Smelter or Refiner Name |
| Gold | Advanced Chemical Company |
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. * |
| Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. * |
| Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) |
| Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Minerção * |
| Gold | Argor-Heraeus SA * |
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corporation * |
| Gold | Asaka Riken Co Ltd |
| Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. * |
| Gold | Aurubis AG * |
| Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
| Gold | Bauer Walser AG |
| Gold | Boliden AB * |
| Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG * |
| Gold | Caridad |
| Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation * |
| Gold | Cendres & Métaux SA |
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. * |
| Gold | China National Gold Group Corporation |
| Gold | Chugai Mining |
| Gold | Codelco |
| Gold | Colt Refining |
| Gold | Daejin Indus Co. Ltd |
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. |
| Gold | Do Sung Corporation |
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| Metal | Smelter or Refiner Name |
| Gold | Doduco |
| Gold | Dowa * |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. * |
| Gold | FAGGI ENRICO SPA |
| Gold | FSE Novosibirsk Refinery |
| Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd |
| Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited |
| Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH * |
| Gold | Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong * |
| Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG * |
| Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd |
| Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited |
| Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. * |
| Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery * |
| Gold | Japan Mint * |
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited |
| Gold | Johnson Matthey Inc * |
| Gold | Johnson Matthey Limited * |
| Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant * |
| Gold | JSC Uralelectromed * |
| Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. * |
| Gold | Kazzinc Ltd * |
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC * |
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd * |
| Gold | Korea Metal Co. Ltd |
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC |
| Gold | L'azurde Company For Jewelry * |
| Gold | Lingbao Gold Company Limited |
| Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co. Ltd. |
| Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. * |
| Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd |
| Gold | Materion * |
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. * |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd * |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. * |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies SA * |
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation * |
| Gold | METALURGICA MET-MEX PENOLES, S.A. DE C.V * |
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation * |
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. * |
| Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant |
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. * |
| Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat |
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| Metal | Smelter or Refiner Name |
| Gold | Nihon Material Co. Ltd. * |
| Gold | Ohio Precious Metals, LLC * |
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd * |
| Gold | OJSC Kolyma Refinery |
| Gold | OJSC Krastvetmet * |
| Gold | PAMP SA * |
| Gold | Pan Pacific Copper Co. LTD |
| Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co Ltd |
| Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals |
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk * |
| Gold | PX Précinox SA * |
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd * |
| Gold | Republic Metals Corporation * |
| Gold | Royal Canadian Mint * |
| Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. |
| Gold | Samduck Precious Metals |
| Gold | SAMWON METALS Corp. |
| Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V.* |
| Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA * |
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd * |
| Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd * |
| Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. * |
| Gold | So Accurate Group, Inc. |
| Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals |
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. * |
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. * |
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. * |
| Gold | The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China |
| Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd * |
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd * |
| Gold | Tongling nonferrous Metals Group Co.,Ltd |
| Gold | Torecom |
| Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda * |
| Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand * |
| Gold | Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining * |
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. * |
| Gold | Valcambi SA * |
| Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint * |
| Gold | Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. * |
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co Ltd |
| Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd |
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation * |
| Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd * |
| Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry * |
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| Metal | Smelter or Refiner Name |
| Tantalum | Duoluoshan * |
| Tantalum | Exotech Inc. * |
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu * |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown * |
| Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch * |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar * |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg * |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH * |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. * |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG * |
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. * |
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals * |
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Powder * |
| Tantalum | King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd * |
| Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. * |
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India (Pvt.) Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | Mineração Taboca S.A. * |
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining & Smelting * |
| Tantalum | Molycorp Silmet A.S. * |
| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. * |
| Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen * |
| Tantalum | Plansee SE Reutte * |
| Tantalum | QuantumClean * |
| Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd * |
| Tantalum | Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd |
| Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO * |
| Tantalum | Taki Chemicals * |
| Tantalum | Tantalite Resources |
| Tantalum | Telex Metals * |
| Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC * |
| Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd * |
| Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cement Carbide * |
| Tin | Alpha * |
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. |
| Tin | Cooper Santa * |
| Tin | CV Duta Putra Bangka |
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| Metal | Smelter or Refiner Name |
| Tin | CV Gita Pesona |
| Tin | CV JusTindo |
| Tin | CV Makmur Jaya |
| Tin | CV Nurjanah |
| Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai |
| Tin | CV United Smelting * |
| Tin | Dowa * |
| Tin | EM Vinto * |
| Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. |
| Tin | Fenix Metals |
| Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC |
| Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd. * |
| Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | Gejiu Zi-Li |
| Tin | Guangxi Zhongshan Gold Bell Smelting Corp.Ltd |
| Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd |
| Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. * |
| Tin | Jiangxi Nanshan |
| Tin | Kai Unita Trade Limited Liability Company |
| Tin | Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co |
| Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas LTDA * |
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) * |
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S/A * |
| Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. |
| Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V. * |
| Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. * |
| Tin | Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd. |
| Tin | Minsur * |
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation * |
| Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd |
| Tin | Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. * |
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. * |
| Tin | PT Alam Lestari Kencana |
| Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng * |
| Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya * |
| Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa * |
| Tin | PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari |
| Tin | PT Bangka Kudai Tin |
| Tin | PT Bangka Putra Karya * |
| Tin | PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera |
| Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry * |
| Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera * |
| Tin | PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari |
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| Metal | Smelter or Refiner Name |
| Tin | PT Bukit Timah * |
| Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi * |
| Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri * |
| Tin | PT Fang Di MulTindo |
| Tin | PT HP Metals Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima * |
| Tin | PT Karimun Mining |
| Tin | PT Koba Tin |
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima * |
| Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada * |
| Tin | PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk |
| Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama * |
| Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin * |
| Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa * |
| Tin | PT Seirama Tin investment |
| Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa * |
| Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah |
| Tin | PT Supra Sukses Trinusa |
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur * |
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok * |
| Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa * |
| Tin | PT Tommy Utama |
| Tin | PT Wahana Perkit Jaya * |
| Tin | PT Yinchendo Mining Industry |
| Tin | Rui Da Hung |
| Tin | Soft Metais, Ltda. * |
| Tin | Thaisarco * |
| Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC |
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. * |
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-Ferrous Metals Co Ltd |
| Tin | Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. |
| Tungsten | Chaozhou Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co Ltd |
| Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co Ltd |
| Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. * |
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
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| Metal | Smelter or Refiner Name |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Group |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Richsea New Materials Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville |
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC |
| Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd * |
| Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG * |
| Tungsten | Wolfram Company CJSC |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. * |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd * |
| Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
* Denotes processing facilities that are compliant under the CFSP’s assessment and audit protocol.
