Exhibit 1.01
Altera Corporation
Conflict Minerals Report
For The Year Ended December 31, 2014
This report for the year ended December 31, 2014 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”). The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 13(p) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 ("Section 13(p)"). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. The term "conflict minerals" is defined in Section 13(p) as (A) cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, as limited by the Rule, tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (“3TG”); or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") or any adjoining country that shares an internationally recognized border with the DRC. These requirements apply to registrants regardless of the geographic origin of the conflict minerals or whether they fund armed conflict.
Company Overview
This report has been prepared by management of the Company (herein referred to as “Altera,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). The information includes the activities of all majority-owned subsidiaries that are required to be consolidated.
Altera designs and sells high-performance, high-density programmable logic devices ("PLDs"), HardCopy application-specific integrated circuit ("ASIC") devices, and our Enpirion power solutions including power system-on-chip devices ("PowerSoCs") (along with development kits, collectively known as "devices"). Altera also designs and sells pre-defined design building blocks known as intellectual property ("IP") cores, and associated development tools. Our PLDs, which consist of field-programmable gate arrays ("FPGAs"), including those referred to as systems-on-chip FPGAs ("SoC FPGAs") which incorporate hard embedded processor cores, and complex programmable logic devices ("CPLDs"). FPGAs and CPLDs are standard semiconductor integrated circuits that are manufactured as standard chips that our customers program to perform desired logic and processing functions within their electronic systems. With our HardCopy devices, we offer our customers a migration path from a PLD to a low-cost, high-volume, non-programmable implementation of their designs. Our customers can license IP cores from us for implementation of standard functions in their PLD designs. Customers develop, compile, and verify their PLD designs, and then program their designs into our PLDs using our proprietary development software, which operates on personal computers and engineering workstations. Our products serve a wide range of customers within the Telecom and Wireless, Industrial Automation, Military and Automotive, Networking, Computer and Storage and Other vertical markets.
Our Supply Chain
Die, cut from silicon wafers, are the essential components of all our devices and comprise a significant portion of the total device cost. Manufacturing our devices is a highly complex and precise process, requiring production in a tightly controlled environment over which we have no direct control. Our manufacturing strategy is known as a “fabless” business model since we purchase our silicon wafers from independent semiconductor foundries (“fabs”) instead of manufacturing them ourselves. Silicon wafer fabs have a fixed capacity that is allocated solely by our vendors. As such, we have no direct control over production costs, delivery schedules, and wafer quality. Currently, we purchase the majority of our silicon wafers from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, an independent semiconductor fab. We purchase almost all of our assembly, final testing, and back-end operation services from Amkor Electronics, Inc. in Korea and the Philippines, and Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. in Malaysia and Taiwan.
Conflict Minerals Policy
Our policy is publicly available on our website at www.altera.com under"About" in "Corporate Social Responsibility".
Due Diligence Process
Design of Due Diligence
Our due diligence measures have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework prescribed by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas ("OECD Guidance") and the related Supplements for gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten.
Internal Team
Altera has established a management system for conflict minerals. Our management system includes a conflict minerals steering committee run by our quality assurance group and sponsored by Ron Pasek, our Chief Financial Officer, as well as executive-level representatives from our worldwide operations and engineering group and a team of subject matter experts from relevant functions such as external reporting, finance, legal, supply chain, internal audit, and corporate social responsibility. The team of subject matter experts is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals compliance strategy and is led by the quality assurance special projects manager who acts as the executive conflict minerals program manager. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts on a quarterly basis.
Control Systems
Although we do not have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, we are engaged and actively cooperate with other major manufacturers in the semiconductor and other sectors. We participate in the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative ("CFSI"), an industry-wide initiative to disclose upstream suppliers in the supply chain, under the unique member code of "ALTR".
Controls include, but are not limited to, our Conflict Minerals Policy; our Code of Conduct, which outlines expected behaviors for all Altera employees; our supplier agreements; and supplier conflict minerals representations that are further described below.
Supplier Engagement
As a supply chain partner, we meet quarterly with strategic fabs and assembly and test suppliers (which is one of the factors considered in our Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain section below) to measure business performance on technology, quality, pricing, cycle times, and yield improvements, as well as to discuss any other relevant issues to ensure that expectations and plans are achieved through interactive business reviews. Once the suppliers that are in scope were identified, with respect to the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we reached out to our in-scope suppliers individually to provide a more targeted approach on obtaining the necessary information for our due diligence. Depending on the type of supplier, we used additional engagement techniques so as to further engage with our suppliers regarding sourcing issues. For example, we had numerous discussions with our suppliers to review our expectations on the due diligence and reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) process. These discussions allowed us to communicate our expectations regarding the use of 3TG as set forth in our Conflict Minerals Policy and improve the quality of information received from our suppliers. We also reached an understanding with those suppliers to reflect the requirements for compliance with our Conflict Minerals Policy and on providing relevant smelter information on the template developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® ("EICC"®) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative ("GeSI"), known as the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the "CMRT").
Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain
We conducted an analysis of our devices and determined that 3TG necessary to the functionality or production of these products are found in all of our devices. Altera has four primary categories of supply chain partners directly involved in the production of our devices: 1) fabs that provides wafers; 2) suppliers that provide assembly and test services; 3) suppliers that provide substrates and passive components (such as inductors, capacitors, etc.); and 4) suppliers that provide development kits. Within these four categories, we have identified 26 suppliers as in-scope for our RCOI and due diligence process because they supply essential 3TG materials in our devices.
We relied on these 26 in-scope suppliers to provide us with information about the source of 3TG contained in the components they supplied to us. Our in-scope suppliers are similarly reliant upon information provided by their suppliers. Furthermore, Altera is removed from the actual mining and direct purchase of 3TG. Because of our size, our fabless semiconductor business model, the complexity of our devices, and the depth, breadth, and constant evolution of our supply chain, it is difficult to identify suppliers upstream from our in-scope suppliers. As a result, our due diligence process was confined to these suppliers only.
We assigned a risk profile to each of the 26 in-scope suppliers in order to properly identify and assess the risk in our supply chain that the 3TG contained in our products do finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC and adjoining countries as defined by Section 13(p) and the Rule and for the risk that information received during the RCOI and due diligence process would not be complete and accurate. We weighted risk based on the following factors, which we have listed from highest to lowest weighting as follows: (1) total direct expenditures with the supplier in terms of dollars (which carries the most significant weight in our risk rating); (2) the supplier's strategic value to our overall operation; (3) our ability to easily replace the supplier; and 4) whether or not the supplier is publicly traded in the United States.
Of the 26 total in-scope suppliers, our two largest suppliers made up 86% of our total direct expenditure dollars spent amongst all 26 suppliers. Furthermore, these two suppliers are both publicly listed companies in the United States, and, as such, are subject to Section 13(p) and the Rule. As a result, taking into account these factors and other qualitative factors from our in-scope supplier risk assessment, we assessed the overall inherent risk to Altera with regards to our supply chain as low.
Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Risks
In addition to our Conflict Minerals Policy, Altera has an approved conflict minerals risk management plan, through which its conflict minerals program is implemented, managed and monitored. Updates to our risk assessment are provided regularly to senior management on a quarterly basis as part of our conflict minerals risk management plan.
As part of our conflict minerals risk management plan, we have performed the following outreach activities to ensure suppliers understand our expectations:
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| • | Training for all of our suppliers that are not U.S. publicly traded companies, and as such, may not be aware of Section 13(p) and the conflict minerals disclosure requirements. |
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| • | Working closely with the industry through our industry-wide initiatives. |
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| • | Creating a conflict minerals section on the Corporate Social Responsibility page of our website. |
Request for Information
We conducted a survey of the in-scope suppliers using the CMRT, which was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide conflict minerals within a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a company’s conflict minerals policy, engagement with its suppliers, and a listing of the smelters the company and its suppliers use. In addition, the CMRT contains questions about the origin of 3TG included in their products, as well as supplier due diligence. Written instructions and recorded training illustrating the use of the tool is available on EICC’s website. The CMRT is being used by many companies in their due diligence processes related to conflict minerals.
As described in our conflict minerals policy, we will further engage any of our suppliers whom we have reason to believe are supplying us with 3TG from sources that may support conflict in the DRC or any adjoining country that shares an internationally recognized border with the DRC to establish an alternative source of 3TG that does not support such conflict, as provided in the OECD guidance. We have not determined that it is necessary to establish an alternative source of 3TG at this time.
Due Diligence Results
Survey Responses
As this was the second year of adoption of the Rule, we made the determination to survey all 26 of our in-scope suppliers. We received complete responses from 15 out of the 26 suppliers surveyed. The 15 suppliers who provided complete responses represent 99% of our total direct expenditure dollars spent. We have not received complete survey responses from 11 additional suppliers who do not represent a material amount of our total direct expenditure dollars spent and represent only 9% of our total risk profile rating. We reviewed the responses received against criteria that we developed based upon the OECD Guidance to determine whether further engagement with our suppliers was needed. These criteria included the consideration of untimely or incomplete responses, as well as identifying inconsistencies within the reported data in the CMRT. We have worked directly with these suppliers to obtain revised responses. After the RCOI process was completed, we began our due diligence process with regard to reasonably determining the source and chain of custody of the necessary 3TG, including the determination of the mines or locations of origin of the 3TG in our supply chain. Altera has designed its own due diligence questionnaires based on the OECD Guidance.
The responses from our suppliers listed 303 entities as smelters or refiners of 3TG in their supply chains. 121 of these listed entities were identified as certified conflict-free by CFSI. We compared the listed entities to the CFSI list of smelters, and we confirmed that all conflict-free entities reported by our suppliers were in fact listed as conflict-free by CFSI. The remaining 182 of the listed entities were not validated as being conflict-free smelters or refiners. Altera supports the refinement and expansion of the list of participating smelters through our membership in the CFSI program. Following is a summary of the breakdown of smelters used by our in-scope suppliers broken out by mineral type:
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| Metals | Total Known Smelters Used | Total Known Smelters not on CFSI |
| Tungsten | 46 | 37 |
| Tantalum | 42 | 4 |
| Tin | 93 | 71 |
| Gold | 122 | 70 |
| Total | 303 | 182 |
None of our suppliers provided information at a part number level. All of the suppliers provided data at a company or divisional level or were unable to specify the specific smelters or refiners used for 3TG contained in components supplied to Altera. As
such, we are unable to determine whether any of the 3TG reported by the suppliers contained in components or parts supplied to us came solely from the validated smelters and refiners. We have engaged our suppliers to further demonstrate that the 3TG supplied by unverified smelters and refiners came from either (i) recycled or scrap sources or (ii) conflict-free smelters and refiners.
Efforts to determine mine or location of origin
Through our participation in CFSI, the OECD implementation programs, and requesting our suppliers to complete the CMRT, we have determined that seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain represents a reasonable approach we can make to determine the mines or locations of origin for 3TG in our supply chain.
Smelters or Refiners
The following table lists the facilities which, to the extent known, processed the necessary conflict minerals in our devices based upon responses from our in-scope suppliers as of December 31, 2014.
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| Metal | Standard Smelter Names | Certified by CFSI as Conflict-Free |
| 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 | DaeryungENC | |
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | |
| Gold | Do Sung Corporation | |
| Gold | Doduco | |
| Gold | Dongguan Standard Electronic Material.Co.,Ltd | |
| Gold | Dowa | * |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | * |
| Gold | FSE Novosibirsk Refinery | |
| Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd | |
| Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | |
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| Metal | Standard Smelter Names | Certified by CFSI as Conflict-Free |
| 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 Industry Group | |
| 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 Ltd | * |
| Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | |
| Gold | JSC Uralectromed | |
| 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 | Kunshan Jinli chemical industry reagents co.,Ltd. | |
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | |
| Gold | L' azurde Company For Jewelry | |
| 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 Ltd. (Suzhou) | |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies SA | * |
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | * |
| Gold | Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. | * |
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | * |
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | * |
| Gold | MK electron | |
| Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | |
| Gold | N.E.Chemcat Corporation | |
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. | * |
| Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | |
| Gold | Nihon Material Co. LTD | * |
| Gold | Ningbo Kangqiang | |
| Gold | Ohio Precious Metals, LLC | * |
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd | * |
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| Metal | Standard Smelter Names | Certified by CFSI as Conflict-Free |
| Gold | OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastvetmet) | |
| Gold | OJSC Kolyma Refinery | |
| Gold | Pamp Sa | * |
| 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 | Royal Canadian Mint | * |
| Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | |
| Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. | |
| Gold | Schone Edelmetaal | * |
| Gold | Scotia Mocatta | |
| Gold | Sempsa Joyería Platería SA | * |
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd | |
| Gold | Shanghai Gold exchange | |
| Gold | ShenZhen TianCheng Chemical 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 | Suzhou Xingrui Noble | |
| Gold | Tai zhou chang san Jiao electron Co.,Ltd | |
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | * |
| Gold | Technic Inc | |
| Gold | The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China | |
| Gold | The Hutti Gold Company | |
| 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 | Yantai Guodasafina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co. Ltd. | |
| Gold | Yantai Zhaojin Lai Fuk Precious Metals Ltd | |
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co.,Ltd. | |
| Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd | |
| Gold | Zhongshan Public Security Bureau, Guangdong Province ,China | |
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | |
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| Metal | Standard Smelter Names | Certified by CFSI as Conflict-Free |
| Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd | |
| Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | * |
| Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry | * |
| Tantalum | Duoluoshan | * |
| Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | * |
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | * |
| Tantalum | Gannon & Scott | |
| 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 | * |
| 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 Metal Works | * |
| Tantalum | Taki Chemicals | * |
| Tantalum | Tantalite Resources | |
| Tantalum | Telex | * |
| Tantalum | Ulba | * |
| Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd | * |
| Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cement Carbide | * |
| Tin | Alpha | * |
| Tin | American Iron and Metal | |
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| Metal | Standard Smelter Names | Certified by CFSI as Conflict-Free |
| Tin | CFC Cooperative dos Fundidores de Cassiterita da Amazônia Ltda. | |
| Tin | China Rare Metal Materials Company | |
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | |
| Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. | |
| Tin | Cooper Santa | |
| Tin | CV Duta Putra Bangka | |
| 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 | Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH | |
| Tin | Fenix Metals | |
| Tin | Gejiu Jin Ye Mineral Co., Ltd. | |
| Tin | Gejiu Jin Ye Mineral Co., Ltd. | |
| Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd. | * |
| Tin | Gejiu YunXin Colored Electrolysis Ltd | |
| Tin | Gejiu Zi-Li | |
| Tin | Gold Bell Group | |
| Tin | Guangxi Huaxi Group Co.,Ltd | |
| Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd | |
| Tin | Ibf Ind Brasileira De Ferroligas Ltda | |
| Tin | Jia Tian | |
| 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 | MCP Metal Specialist Inc. | |
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S/A | |
| Tin | Metallic Resources Inc | |
| Tin | Metallo Chimique | |
| Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | * |
| Tin | Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd. | |
| Tin | Minsur | * |
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | * |
| Tin | Nathan Trotter & Co.,Inc. | |
| Tin | Nghe Tin Non-Ferrous Metal | |
| Tin | Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works | |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | |
| Tin | OMSA | * |
| Tin | Poongsan Corporation | |
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| Metal | Standard Smelter Names | Certified by CFSI as Conflict-Free |
| 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 | |
| Tin | PT Bukit Timah | * |
| Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | * |
| Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | |
| Tin | PT Fang Di MulTindo | |
| Tin | PT Hanjaya Perkasa Metals | |
| 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 Stanindo Inti Perkasa | * |
| Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah | |
| Tin | PT Supra Sukses Trinusa | |
| Tin | PT Tambang Timah | * |
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero), Tbk | * |
| Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | |
| Tin | PT Tommy Utama | |
| Tin | PT Yinchendo Mining Industry | |
| Tin | Rui Da Hung | |
| Tin | Samhwa Non-Ferrous Metal. Inc Co.,Ltd | |
| Tin | Soft Metais, Ltda. | |
| Tin | Thaisarco | * |
| Tin | Tongding Metal Material Co.,Ltd. | |
| Tin | Traxys | |
| Tin | WC Heraeus Hanau | |
| Tin | Westfalenzinn | |
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. | * |
| Tin | Wilhelm Westmetall | |
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd. | |
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| Metal | Standard Smelter Names | Certified by CFSI as Conflict-Free |
| Tin | Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd. | * |
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. | |
| Tungsten | Air Products | |
| Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | |
| Tungsten | China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals.Co.,Ltd | |
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co Ltd | |
| Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | |
| Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten 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 | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | * |
| Tungsten | Gnazhou Grand Sea W & Mo Group CO. Ltd. | |
| Tungsten | Golden Egret Special Allloy Coop. | |
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck GmbH | |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG | |
| Tungsten | Hitachi Metals, Ltd. | |
| Tungsten | Hi-Temp | |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co | |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chun-Chang Nonferrous Smelting & Concentrating 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 | Materion | |
| Tungsten | Nanchang Cemented Carbide Limited Liability Company | |
| Tungsten | Ninghua Xingluokeng Tungsten Mine Co., Ltd. | |
| Tungsten | North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd. | |
| Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | |
| Tungsten | Sichuan Metals & Materials Imp & Exp Co | |
| 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 | * |
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| Metal | Standard Smelter Names | Certified by CFSI as Conflict-Free |
| Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | |
| Tungsten | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co Ltd | |
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| * | Denotes smelters and refiners which have received a "conflict free" designation from the CFSI independent audit program as of December 31, 2014. |
Countries of origin of the 3TG these smelters or refiners process are believed to include: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Angola, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Cote D'Ivoire, Czech Republic, DRC, Djibouti, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos People’s Democratic Republic, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Republic of Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The CFSI independent audit program collects evidence from smelters and refiners demonstrating that responsible sourcing procedures and systems have been implemented. The CFSI works with complementary programs in Central Africa to validate conflict-free mine sites and trade routes. We continue to engage with the CFSI to encourage further improvement and reliability. We believe that independent third-party audit programs provide a reasonable basis for companies such as us to conclude that smelters and refiners have procedures and systems for determining if the smelters and refiners process 3TG that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC.
When comparing this year's due diligence process to last year, the number of smelters or refiners certified as conflict-free by CFSI as a percentage of total reported smelters or refiners of 3TG in our suppliers' supply chains decreased from 49% in 2013 to 40% in calendar year 2014. The decrease in the percentage is primarily attributed to incorporating suppliers relating to acquired subsidiaries in the past year. As a result of this inclusion, the number of our in-scope suppliers increased from 11 in 2013 to 26 in 2014. We also note our suppliers have identified new smelters or refiners from last year as a result of improved reporting year over year. Going forward, we will continue to work with all of our in-scope suppliers throughout our supply chain to re-validate, improve, and refine their reported information, taking into account supply chain fluctuations and other changes in status or scope and relationships over time.
Assessment
Altera has determined in good faith that for the period covered in this report, our due diligence process resulted in a DRC conflict undeterminable status with respect to our devices.
In accordance with the OECD Guidance and the Rule, this report is available on our website at www.altera.com under "About" in "Corporate Social Responsibility".
