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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210528

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Edwards Lifesciences Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001099800
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		IRS NUMBER:				364316614
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15525
		FILM NUMBER:		21980369

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE EDWARDS WAY
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92614
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9492502500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE EDWARDS WAY
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92614

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090225

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000203

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CVG CONTROLLED INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19991126
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">36-4316614</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Arnold A. Pinkston (949) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">250-2500</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and telephone number, including area code, </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the person to contact in connection with this report.) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form
applies: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13p-1)</FONT> for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2020. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of the conflict minerals report is publicly available on Edwards&#146; website at www.edwards.com under &#147;About Us&#151;Corporate
Responsibility&#151;Sustainability&#151;Responsible Supply Chain,&#148; or directly at http://ir.edwards.com/responsible-supply-chain. </P>
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minerals report is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01 and incorporated herein by this reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;2&#151;Exhibits </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Edwards Lifesciences Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Conflict Minerals Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>OVERVIEW </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
(&#147;Edwards,&#148; and also referred to as &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; or &#147;our&#148;) is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring. This conflict minerals report
(this &#147;Report&#148;) relates to the process undertaken for Edwards&#146; products that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, during 2020 and that contain 3TG. For purposes of this Report, &#147;3TG&#148; is defined as
columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Driven by a passion
to help patients, we partner with the world&#146;s leading clinicians and&nbsp;researchers and invest in research and development to transform care for those impacted by structural heart disease or who require hemodynamic monitoring during surgery
or in intensive care.&nbsp;A pioneer in the development of heart valve therapies, we are the world&#146;s leading manufacturer of heart valve systems and repair products used to replace or repair a patient&#146;s diseased or defective heart valve.
Our innovative work in heart valves encompasses both surgical and transcatheter therapies for heart valve replacement and repair. We are also a global leader in hemodynamic monitoring systems used to measure a patient&#146;s cardiovascular function
in the hospital setting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our products and technologies are categorized into four mains areas: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (formerly
Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapy), Surgical Structural Heart (formerly Surgical Heart Valve Therapy), Critical Care and Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies. Our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products under the Conflict
Minerals Rule for 2020 consist solely of the critical care monitors sold by our Critical Care business. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Edwards seeks to reduce environmental and human health impacts from our use of materials in products, including in connection with the sourcing of 3TG. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Edwards has established management systems in accordance with Step 1 of the Organisation for
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Economic&nbsp;Co-operation&nbsp;and</FONT> Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, including the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and
Tungsten and the Supplement on Gold (Third Edition) (the &#147;OECD Due Diligence Guidance&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These systems include the following: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">As part of our smelter RCOI (as defined below), we provide copies of our Conflict Minerals Policy to our
suppliers that provide us with components containing 3TG. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Conflict Minerals Policy is publicly available on our website at www.edwards.com under &#147;About
Us&#151;Corporate Responsibility&#151;Sustainability&#151;Responsible Supply Chain&#148; or directly at http://ir.edwards.com/static-files/2acac7f8-3733-4cab-a570-acb62a5a4af7. In addition, our Responsible Supply Chain policy is available on our
website at http://ir.edwards.com/static-files/77767505-f949-409a-86b5-fb08ec7f2d31. Information on our website is not part of this Report and is not incorporated by reference herein. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We expect our suppliers to source responsibly from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its surrounding
region (the &#147;covered countries&#148;), and whenever possible from sources that are listed as &#147;conformant.&#148; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Edwards has structured internal management to support supply chain due diligence. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We have dedicated personnel and funds supporting the operation and monitoring of our 3TG compliance program. <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Day-to-day</FONT></FONT> operation and oversight of the program rests with our Global Supply Chain Product Stewardship group. In addition, Edwards maintains a cross-functional team, under
the auspices of its Corporate Sustainability Council, which includes senior personnel from different functional areas of our Company, including Corporate Responsibility, Global Legal, Corporate Strategy, Global Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and
Environmental Health&nbsp;&amp; Safety, to support supply chain due diligence and implementation and monitoring of our compliance program. Executive leadership of our 3TG compliance program rests with our Vice President of Global Supply Chain, a
member of our senior management team, and our supply chain findings are reported to the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We use an external consulting firm to assist with supplier outreach, data validation and smelter analysis. Some
of the activities discussed in this report were performed on our behalf by the consulting firm. We also use specialist outside counsel to advise on selected aspects of our program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">We have established a system of transparency, information collection and control over the supply chain,
including the RCOI and due diligence procedures described below. We use the industry-standard Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (&#147;CMRT&#148; or the &#147;Template&#148;) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (the &#147;RMI&#148;)
to identify smelters and refiners (which, for brevity, we generally refer to collectively as smelters in this Report) in our supply chain. The CMRT requires suppliers to provide information concerning the usage and source of 3TG in their components,
parts and products, as well as information concerning their related compliance efforts. We have procedures to maintain business records relating to 3TG due diligence, including records of due diligence processes, findings and resulting decisions, on
a computerized database for at least five years. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">We periodically provide training to relevant employees on our policies and procedures relating to the sourcing
of 3TG. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Directly engaging suppliers during the RCOI process; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Reviewing supplier responses as part of the RCOI process; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Engaging in additional outreach to suppliers that identify high-risk smelters and refiners in their CMRTs,
requesting them to provide product level 3TG information (i.e., information specific to the 3TG contained in our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products); this is intended to improve the quality of supplier responses and help us to
mitigate risk. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Edwards maintains various grievance mechanisms for stakeholders to report concerns relating to 3TG sourcing.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We recognize the RMI&#146;s online grievance mechanism as a valid source of smelter- or mine-level grievances.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">A company-wide grievance mechanism is also available, through which our employees, suppliers and other third
parties can confidentially report a violation of our policies without fear of retaliation. That grievance mechanism is available here: www.reportlineweb.com/edwards. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We also maintain an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-mail</FONT> address (conflict_minerals@edwards.com) for
suppliers and employees to ask questions and voice concerns. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>REASONABLE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INQUIRY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the 2020 reporting period, Edwards conducted two stages of reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#147;RCOI&#148;), supplier and smelter, in accordance
with the Conflict Minerals Rule and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Supplier Scoping Process and RCOI </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We designed our supplier RCOI process to identify the smelters in our supply chain and to determine whether 3TG in our
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products originated in a covered country. This process included the following steps: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Developing a list of suppliers that provided us with components containing 3TG. As part of materials management,
when a new supplier is to be added or a new part is to be purchased, we require the supplier to complete a survey that, among other things, requires it to provide information on the materials content of the parts to be purchased from that supplier.
This information also is requested if there is a manufacturing process change, material composition change, supplier location change or change of an indirect or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-tier</FONT> supplier. For 2020, our outreach
included 57 suppliers that we identified as potentially having provided us with components containing 3TG. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Contacting each supplier and requesting a CMRT that included its smelter information. We follow up by email or
phone with suppliers that do not respond to the request to complete a CMRT within a specified time frame. We have an escalation process under which internal personnel and external consultants that interact with suppliers reach out to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-responsive</FONT> suppliers. For 2020, 93% of the suppliers responded to our inquiries. Our response rate increased slightly from 92% last year. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Reviewing supplier responses and CMRTs for accuracy and completeness. We follow up by email or phone with
suppliers that submit an incomplete response or a response that we believe contains errors or inaccuracies, in order to improve response quality. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Aggregating the smelters provided by our suppliers into a single list of smelters meeting the definition of a
smelter under one of the industry-recognized audit protocols. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Edwards&#146; suppliers that provided CMRT responses that we determined
were product level responses identified 19 smelters. These results are disclosed below under<I> Smelters and Refiners</I> and on<I> Annex A</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Smelter RCOI </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Due to the overlap between the
smelter RCOI and smelter due diligence processes, the smelter RCOI process is summarized below in the due diligence section of this Report. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>DUE
DILIGENCE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Edwards&#146; due diligence process was designed in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Smelter RCOI and Due Diligence </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Edwards&#146;
smelter RCOI and due diligence process is designed to: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Identify the scope of the risk assessment of the mineral supply chain; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Assess whether the smelters or refiners have carried out due diligence for responsible supply chains of minerals
from conflict-affected and high risk areas. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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the covered countries, and were not recognized as conformant by RMI&#146;s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (the &#147;RMAP&#148;), Edwards reviewed publicly available information to determine if there was any contrary evidence to the
smelter&#146;s declaration. The sources reviewed included: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">A public Internet search of the facility in combination with each of the covered countries; and
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Specific NGO publications, including those from Enough Project, Global Witness, Radio Okapi and the UN Group of
Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">For smelters that did not respond to direct engagement, Edwards reviewed the same publicly available sources to
determine if there was any reason to believe that the smelter may have sourced from the covered countries during the reporting period. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">For smelters that sourced from, or there is reason to believe may have sourced from, the covered countries, the
smelter is encouraged to be audited and recognized as conformant by the RMAP. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">For smelters that have not been audited and recognized as conformant by the RMAP, Edwards communicated the risk
to a designated member of senior management and conducted risk mitigation on the smelter as described under<I> Risk Mitigation</I> below. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>RISK MITIGATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Edwards conducted risk mitigation on
smelters identified by suppliers that were not recognized as conformant by the RMAP and were believed to be sourcing from covered countries. The risk was reported to our Corporate Vice President, Global Supply Chain. In addition, we took the
following steps during our risk mitigation process: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Engaged in additional outreach to suppliers that did not respond to our inquiries within the requested time
frame, pursuant to our escalation process. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Conducted additional due diligence to determine if there was any reason to believe the smelter directly or
indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the covered countries; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Worked with internal stakeholders and relevant suppliers to provide product level information to determine
whether 3TG from the specific smelter were actually in Edwards&#146; supply chain in the 2020 reporting period; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Directly engaged with smelters to verify risk and to encourage them to be audited and recognized as conformant by
the RMAP. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY AUDITS OF SUPPLY CHAIN DUE DILIGENCE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with our due diligence, we utilized and rely on information made available by the RMAP concerning independent third-party audits of smelters and
refiners to assess smelter and refiner due diligence and to determine whether the smelter or refiner is conformant. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>REPORT ON SUPPLY CHAIN DUE
DILIGENCE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We file a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission and make them available on our website. We also
provide additional information on our 3TG compliance program in our most recent Sustainability Report, which is available on our website. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SMELTERS AND
REFINERS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with our RCOI and due diligence processes, our suppliers identified to us the smelters and refiners listed on Annex A as having
processed the necessary 3TG contained in our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products for 2020, through their submission of CMRTs that we determined were completed at the product level. The 20 smelters and refiners identified by our
suppliers at the product level for the 2020 reporting period included 2 gold refiners, 6 tantalum smelters, and 12 tin smelters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The majority of the
foregoing smelters and refiners identified by our suppliers for the 2020 reporting period have been audited and recognized as conformant by the RMAP. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IMPROVEMENT PLAN </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Edwards has taken and will continue to
take the following steps to improve the due diligence conducted to further mitigate risk that the necessary 3TG in Edwards&#146; products could directly or indirectly benefit or finance armed groups in the covered countries: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Consider whether to further enhance our Conflict Minerals Policy to support responsible sourcing of 3TG by our
suppliers and otherwise advance the goals of our 3TG compliance program; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Include a conflict minerals compliance clause in new and renewing supplier quality agreements;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Incorporate a conflict minerals compliance clause into the terms and conditions of standard purchase orders;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Continue to drive our suppliers to obtain current, accurate, and complete information about the smelters in their
supply chains; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Communicate to new potentially <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> suppliers our sourcing
expectations, including through the dissemination of our Conflict Minerals Policy to them; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Continue to communicate to suppliers that we are committed to responsible sourcing from the covered countries,
and that we expect our suppliers to not embargo responsibly sourced 3TG originating from the covered countries; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Monitor suppliers&#146; progress toward transitioning to exclusively sourcing from conformant smelters and
refiners; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Engage with our direct suppliers to engage smelters sourcing from the covered countries to become audited and
conformant to a protocol recognized by the RMAP; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Follow up in 2021 on smelters through our suppliers requiring risk mitigation. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ADDITIONAL RISK FACTORS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The statements above are based
on the RCOI and due diligence processes performed in good faith by Edwards. These statements are based on the infrastructure and information available at the time. A number of factors could introduce errors or otherwise affect these statements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These factors include, but are not limited to, gaps in supplier data, gaps in smelter data, errors or omissions by suppliers, errors or omissions by smelters,
confusion by suppliers over requirements of the Conflict Minerals Rule, gaps in supplier education and knowledge, timeliness of data, information not discovered during a reasonable search, errors in public data, language barriers and translation,
oversights or errors in conformant smelter audits, materials sourced from the covered countries being declared secondary materials, illegally tagged conflict minerals from the covered countries being introduced into the supply chain, and smuggling
of conflict minerals from the covered countries to other countries. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Annex have the meanings set forth in the Conflict Minerals Report of which this Annex is a part. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Smelters and Refiners </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with our RCOI and
due diligence processes, our suppliers identified to us the smelters listed below as having processed the necessary 3TG contained in our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products for 2020. Please see the notes that accompany the
table for additional information concerning the data in the table. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Smelter Information
<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Name of Smelter or Refiner</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Gold</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Metalor USA Refining Corporation</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">UNITED STATES</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">JAPAN</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">THAILAND</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">H.C. Starck Inc.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">UNITED STATES</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">H.C. Starck Ltd.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tantalum</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH&nbsp;&amp; Co. KG</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">GERMANY</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">On&nbsp;Smelter&nbsp;List</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tantalum</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">GERMANY</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">On Smelter List</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tantalum</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">JAPAN</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">EM Vinto</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BOLIVIA</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">MALAYSIA</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Metallo Belgium N.V.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BELGIUM</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Minera&ccedil;&atilde;o Taboca S.A.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BRAZIL</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Minsur</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PERU</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Mitsubishi Materials Corporation</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">JAPAN</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Operaciones Metal&uacute;rgicas S.A.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BOLIVIA</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Timah Tbk Kundur</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">INDONESIA</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Timah Tbk Mentok</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">INDONESIA</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Thaisarco</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">THAILAND</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Yunnan Chengfeng <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-ferrous</FONT> Metals Co., Ltd.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">CHINA</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Yunnan Tin Company Limited</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">CHINA</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Conformant</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">We note the following in connection with the information contained in the foregoing table:
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The smelters listed in the table were identified by our suppliers as being part of our 2020 supply chain,
through their submission of product level CMRTs. Some of our suppliers may have reported to us smelters that were not in our supply chain due to over-inclusiveness in the information received from their suppliers or for other reasons. In addition,
the smelters reflected above may not be all of the smelters in our 2020 supply chain, since: (i)&nbsp;we have not included smelter information that our suppliers reported to us at a &#147;company level,&#148; meaning that they reported to us the 3TG
contained in all of their products, not just the products that they sold to us, or that was reported to us at a &#147;user defined&#148; level that was broader than the products that we purchased from the supplier; and (ii)&nbsp;many of our
suppliers were unable to identify all of the smelters used to process the necessary 3TG content contained in our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Smelter status information in the table is as of March&nbsp;15, 2021. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Conformant&#148; means that a smelter was listed as RMAP Conformant by the RMI and successfully completed
an assessment against the applicable RMAP standard or an equivalent cross-recognized assessment. Included smelters were not necessarily Conformant for all or part of 2020 and may not continue to be Conformant for any future period.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;On Smelter List&#148; means the smelter was not listed as Conformant or &#147;active&#148; by the RMI but
is on the Smelter <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Look-up</FONT> tab of the Template. The RMI notes on its website that the operational impacts of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">COVID-19</FONT> have led to postponements of some RMAP assessments.
The RMI website also notes that, due to the eligibility criteria for an RMAP assessment, smelters are sometimes removed from the Conformant list because they are no longer operational and not because they are
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-conformant</FONT> to the standard. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Smelter status reflected in the table is based solely on information made publicly available by the RMI,
without independent verification by us. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Country of Origin Information </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The countries of origin of the 3TG processed by the Conformant smelters listed above may have included the countries listed below, as well as other countries.
We are unable to determine specifically the countries of origin of the 3TG in our products. Accordingly, the 3TG in our products may not have originated in a particular country listed below. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Argentina</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Fiji</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Mongolia</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Solomon&nbsp;Islands</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Australia</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Finland</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Morocco</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">South&nbsp;Africa</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Azerbaijan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">French&nbsp;Guiana</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Myanmar</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Spain</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Bolivia</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Georgia</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Namibia</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Suriname</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Botswana</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Ghana</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Netherlands</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Swaziland</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Brazil</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Guatemala</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">New&nbsp;Zealand</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Sweden</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Burkina&nbsp;Faso</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Guinea</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Nicaragua</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Burundi*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Guyana</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Niger</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Canada</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Honduras</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Nigeria</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Tanzania*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chile</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Indonesia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Papua New Guinea</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Thailand</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">China</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Ivory&nbsp;Coast</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Peru</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Colombia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Japan</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Philippines</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Cote d&#146;Ivoire</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Kenya</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Puerto Rico</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">United States of</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">America</P></TD></TR>
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Congo*</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Liberia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Rwanda*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Vietnam</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Dominican&nbsp;Republic</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Malaysia</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Saudi Arabia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Zambia*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Ecuador</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Mali</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Senegal</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Zimbabwe</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Egypt</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Mauritania</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Serbia</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Ethiopia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Mexico</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Slovakia</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Some of the listed smelters may have processed 3TG originating solely from recycled or scrap sources and others may have processed both recycled and scrap
content and newly mined content from one or more of the countries indicated above. </P>
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