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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150601

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MASCO CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000062996
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MILLWOOD, VENEER, PLYWOOD & STRUCTURAL WOOD MEMBERS [2430]
		IRS NUMBER:				381794485
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05794
		FILM NUMBER:		15902568

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		21001 VAN BORN RD
		CITY:			TAYLOR
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48180
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3132747400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		21001 VAN BORN ROAD
		CITY:			TAYLOR
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48180

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MASCO SCREW PRODUCTS CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19731025
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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>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM SD
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<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>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Masco
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 its charter) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Taylor, Michigan</B></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kenneth G. Cole </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(313) 274-7400 </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, of the </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>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:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01. Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As required by the Conflict Minerals Rule, a Conflict Minerals Report is provided as an exhibit to this Form SD and is available on our website at
www.masco.com. We do not incorporate the information contained on our website into this Form SD or our Conflict Minerals Report and such information should not be considered part of this Form SD or the Conflict Minerals Report. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information concerning Conflict Minerals from recycled or scrap sources that may be contained in our in-scope products is included in the Conflict Minerals
Report and is incorporated in this Form SD by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1.02 Exhibit </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Conflict Minerals Report required by Item&nbsp;1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;2 &#150; Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.01
Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exhibit 1.01 &#150; Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014 </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 duly
authorized undersigned. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ John G. Sznewajs</TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Exhibit 1.01 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Conflict Minerals Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The date of filing of this Conflict Minerals Report is June&nbsp;1, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>I. Introduction </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the context indicates otherwise,
the terms &#147;we,&#148; &#147;its,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; and &#147;our&#148; refer to Masco Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. The &#147;Conflict Minerals Rule&#148; means, collectively, Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and Form SD. As used in this Form SD and consistent with the Conflict Minerals Rule, &#147;Conflict Minerals&#148; are defined as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite and the
derivatives tantalum, tin and tungsten, without regard to their location of origin. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Masco Corporation has included this Conflict Minerals Report for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014 as an exhibit to its Form SD as required by the Conflict Minerals Rule. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>II. Applicability of the Conflict Minerals
Rule to our Business </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We manufacture, distribute and install home improvement and building products, with an emphasis on brand-name consumer products
and services holding leadership positions. We are among the largest manufacturers in North America of a number of home improvement and building products, including faucets, cabinets, architectural coatings and windows. We are subject to the Conflict
Minerals Rule because a portion of the products that we manufacture or contract to manufacture contain Conflict Minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of the products. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not directly source Conflict Minerals from mines, smelters or refiners, and we believe that we are, in most cases, many levels removed from, and have
limited influence over, these market participants. Furthermore, because of the depth, breadth and constant evolution of our supply chain and competitive factors affecting our supplier base, there is significant difficulty identifying market
participants upstream from our direct suppliers. However, through the efforts described in this Conflict Minerals Report, and as part of our reasonable country of origin and due diligence processes, we endeavored in good faith to determine if any of
the Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of the products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (&#147;DRC&#148;) or any adjoining country (as defined in the
Conflict Minerals Rule) and, if so, whether they directly or indirectly financed or benefited an armed group (as defined in the Conflict Minerals Rule) in the DRC or an adjoining country. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>III. Our Conflict Minerals Policy </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have adopted and
communicated to our suppliers a Conflict Minerals policy for our company (the &#147;Conflict Minerals Policy&#148;). The Conflict Minerals Policy is part of our Supplier Business Practices Policy. Our Conflict Minerals Policy states our expectations
that our suppliers will source Conflict Minerals from suppliers that meet the requirements of our Supplier Business Practices Policy, implement traceability measures for Conflict Minerals and provide us with all requested information, including
information about all suppliers in their supply chains, so that we can comply with the Conflict Minerals Rule. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As required by the Conflict Minerals Rule, we conducted a &#147;reasonable country of origin inquiry&#148; (&#147;RCOI&#148;) covering 2014. We designed our
RCOI in good faith to determine the origin of Conflict Minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of products that we manufacture or contract to manufacture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To identify and assess risk in our supply chain, we determined which of our products and vendors were potentially in-scope for purposes of the Conflict
Minerals Rule through review of product specifications, bills of material, supplier inquiries and other relevant information. We used the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (&#147;CFSI&#148;), to
identify smelters and refiners in our supply chain, and we requested that our direct suppliers that provided us with components, parts or products containing, or that we believe may have contained, Conflict Minerals, submit information to us by
completing the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. The information requested included the usage and processing source of Conflict Minerals in each supplier&#146;s materials, as well as information concerning the supplier&#146;s related compliance
efforts. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Conflict Minerals Rule, based on the results of our RCOI, we were required to conduct due diligence for 2014. Our due diligence
efforts are discussed below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For our RCOI, to the extent applicable, we utilized the same processes and procedures that we used for conducting our due
diligence. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>V. Design of Due Diligence Measures </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Design Framework </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We designed our due diligence measures
relating to Conflict Minerals to conform, in all material respects, with the criteria set forth in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development&#146;s 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 (Second Edition 2013) (the &#147;OECD Guidance&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Selected Elements of Design Framework </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The OECD Guidance
has established a multi-step framework for due diligence as a basis for responsible global supply chain management of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. We discuss selected elements of our due diligence program design below. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Conflict Minerals Policy, which is incorporated into our Supplier Business Practices Policy, is communicated both internally and externally to our direct
suppliers. In addition, our Supplier Business Practices Policy is publicly available on our website. We have a mechanism for employees, suppliers and other interested parties to report violations of this Policy to us. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have a team of senior staff responsible for our Conflict Minerals compliance program. In 2014, the team was led by a project manager from our Masco
Business Systems department and included the following functional areas: Health, Safety and Environmental, IT Support, Legal and Supply Chain. Specific personnel at our domestic and international business units, along with a&nbsp;third-party
information management service provider that we retained to complement our internal management processes (the &#147;Service Provider&#148;), communicate with our suppliers regarding our Conflict Minerals Rule compliance. We train these internal
personnel on the Conflict Minerals Rule, the OECD Guidance and our compliance plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We furnish our direct suppliers with an overview of the Conflict
Minerals Rule and other training materials. Certain of the overview materials have been translated into local languages. We also furnish our direct suppliers with Conflict Minerals Reporting Templates to gather information about the usage and
processing source of Conflict Minerals in their materials and related compliance efforts. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Conflict Minerals compliance team communicates with management about supply chain risk assessment. We address
identified risks on a case-by-case basis. This flexible approach enables us to tailor the responses to the risks identified. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We file a Form SD, and to
the extent applicable a Conflict Minerals Report, with the SEC and make them available on our website at www.masco.com. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VI. Due Diligence Program
Execution </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We performed the following due diligence measures for the 2014 reporting period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Conflict Minerals team, supported by our Service Provider, sent Conflict Minerals Reporting Templates to our in-scope and potentially in-scope direct
material suppliers. We and the Service Provider then reviewed the completed responses and, where appropriate, followed up with suppliers that did not fully respond to our request or submitted a response that we believed to be inconclusive. To the
extent that a completed response identified a smelter or refiner, we and our Service Provider reviewed this information against the list of compliant smelters and refiners and country of origin information published by the CFSI for its members. To
the extent that a smelter or refiner identified by a direct supplier was not indicated as compliant or the equivalent by an independent third-party, we and our Service Provider consulted publicly available information to attempt to determine whether
that smelter or refiner is known to obtain Conflict Minerals from sources that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC or an adjoining country. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Conflict Minerals compliance team reported the findings of its supply chain risk assessment to management. We reviewed these findings and developed steps
to improve our due diligence process, as described below under &#147;Steps to Improve Due Diligence.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with our due diligence, we
utilized the results of the independent third-party audits conducted by the CFSI, the London Bullion Market Association and the Responsible Jewellery Council. We are a member of the CFSI. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VII. Product Information </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding our due
diligence efforts, due to the challenges of tracing a multi-tier supply chain, for 2014, we were unable to determine the origin of at least a portion of the Conflict Minerals contained in each of the products that we manufactured or contracted to
manufacture to the extent that the Conflict Minerals were necessary to the functionality or production of the products. The in-scope product categories included the categories described below. However, not all of our products in each of these
categories were in-scope for purposes of our compliance with the Conflict Minerals Rule. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Cabinets and Related Products:</I> Cabinetry for kitchen,
bath, storage, home office and home entertainment applications; kitchen countertops; and an integrated bathroom vanity and countertop solution. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Plumbing Products:</I> Faucet, bathing and showering devices, including faucets, showerheads, handheld showers, valves, bathing units and toilets; tub and
shower systems, bath and shower enclosure units, shower trays and laundry tubs; spas; and brass and copper plumbing system components and other plumbing specialties. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Decorative Architectural Products:</I> Hardware for cabinets, doors and windows; and decorative bath hardware
and shower accessories. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Other Specialty Products:</I> Vinyl, fiberglass and aluminum windows and patio doors, windows and doors that combine a wood
interior with a fiberglass exterior; and staple gun tackers, staples and other fastening tools. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For a further discussion of these products, see our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014. The information contained in our Form 10-K is not incorporated by reference into this Conflict Minerals Report or our Form&nbsp;SD and should not be considered part of this
Conflict Minerals Report or our Form SD. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have made efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of the necessary Conflict Minerals contained in
our in-scope products by requesting that our direct suppliers provide us with a completed Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. Where a smelter or refiner was identified, we and/or the Service Provider also reviewed information made available by the
CFSI and publicly available information, in each case to the extent available, to try to determine the mine or location of origin. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The facilities listed
in Appendix A have been identified by our direct suppliers as having processed the necessary Conflict Minerals contained in our products. The facilities listed in Appendix A may not be all of the smelters and refiners in our supply chain, since our
direct suppliers did not identify the facilities that processed some of the necessary Conflict Minerals content contained in our in-scope products, and since we did not receive responses from all of our direct suppliers. In addition, not all of the
included smelters and refiners may have processed the necessary Conflict Minerals contained in our in-scope products, since some suppliers may have reported to us smelters and refiners that were not in our supply chain, due to over-inclusiveness in
the information received from their suppliers or for other reasons. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VIII. Steps to Improve Due Diligence </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition to the due diligence steps that we took for the 2014 reporting period, which we intend to continue to take for the 2015 reporting period to the
extent applicable, we will endeavor to improve our due diligence for the 2015 reporting period by: continuing to segment our supplier base to direct our focus on those suppliers that we have determined to be in scope for purposes of the Conflict
Mineral Rule; requesting those suppliers that provided company level information for 2014 to provide product level information for 2015; engaging with suppliers that provided incomplete responses or failed to respond to requests, to better ensure
that they provide requested information for 2015; monitoring the progress of traceability measures at suppliers that indicated for 2014 that the source of Conflict Minerals was unknown or undeterminable; and communicating to new suppliers our
sourcing expectations, including by disseminating our Supplier Business Practices Policy to them. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Appendix A </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>Smelter and Refiner and Country of Origin Information </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with our reasonable country of origin inquiry and due diligence, as applicable, our suppliers identified to us the smelters and refiners listed
below as having processed the necessary Conflict Minerals contained in our in-scope products in 2014. Our Conflict Minerals Report and the notes that accompany the table contain additional information concerning the information in the table. </P>
<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 Appendix have the meanings indicated in our Conflict Minerals Report. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Processor</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Status</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top">Gold</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Metalor Technologies SA</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tantalum</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">CV United Smelting</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<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">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<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">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<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">Compliant</TD></TR>
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<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">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Babel Inti Perkasa</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Bangka Putra Karya</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Bukit Timah</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Inti Stania Prima</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Mitra Stania Prima</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Refined Bangka Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Tinindo Inter Nusa</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="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">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Compliant</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">China Tin Group Co., Ltd.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Active</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Bangka Kudai Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Known</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Known</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Tin</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">PT Karimun Mining</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Known</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We note the following in connection with the information in the table: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">All information in the table is as of May&nbsp;27, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Compliant&#148; means that the smelter or refiner was compliant with the CFSI&#146;s Conflict-Free Smelter Program&#146;s (&#147;CFSP&#148;) assessment protocols including through mutual recognition, or was
indicated as &#147;Re-audit in process.&#148; Included smelters or refiners were not necessarily Compliant for all or part of 2014 and may not continue to be Compliant for any future period. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Active&#148; means that the smelter or refiner is listed by the CFSI as having submitted a signed Agreement for the Exchange of Confidential Information and Auditee Agreement contracts to the CFSP or, according to
information published by the CFSI, the smelter has agreed to complete a CFSP validation audit within two years of membership issuance by the Tungsten Industry &#150; Conflict Minerals Council. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Known&#148; means the smelter or refiner is not listed as &#147;Compliant&#148; or &#147;Active.&#148; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The compliance status reflected in the table is based solely on information made publicly available by the CFSI. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Country of Origin Information </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The countries of origin of
the Conflict Minerals processed by the Compliant smelters and refiners listed above may have included countries in each of the categories listed below. Our country of origin determinations were based on information made available by the CFSI to its
members. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">L1 &#150; Countries that are not identified as conflict regions or plausible areas of smuggling or export of from these regions of Conflict
Minerals: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cote d&#146;Ivoire, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Laos, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United
States, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">L2 &#150; Countries that are known or plausible countries for smuggling, export out of region or transit of materials
containing Conflict Minerals: Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">L3 &#150; The DRC and its nine adjoining countries:&nbsp;Angola, Burundi, Central
African Republic, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DRC &#150; The Democratic Republic of the
Congo. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, some of the listed Compliant smelters and refiners may have processed Conflict Minerals originating from recycled or scrap sources.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For 2014, we were not able to determine the country of origin of the Conflict Minerals processed by any of the smelters or refiners listed as
&#147;Active&#148; or &#147;Other.&#148; </P>
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