EX-1.01 2 a15-11617_1ex1d01.htm EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Sanmina Corporation

Conflict Minerals Report

For The Year Ended December 31, 2014

I. Background of this Report

This report (the “Conflict Minerals Report”) for the year ended December 31, 2014 is made pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”), in accordance with instructions mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The SEC adopted the Rule in 2012 to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The Rule imposes certain due diligence and reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain certain minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products (“Registrants”). The minerals covered by the Rule are cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (collectively referred to herein as “Conflict Minerals”). The Rule identifies certain countries from which Conflict Minerals are sourced as “Covered Countries.”  Covered Countries consist of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the “DRC”) and countries adjoining the DRC.  The requirements of the Rule apply to Registrants regardless of the geographic origin of the Conflict Minerals and whether or not they fund armed conflict in a Covered Country.

The Rule requires Registrants to conduct in good faith a “reasonable country of origin inquiry,” or “RCOI,” with respect to Conflict Minerals. The purpose of the RCOI is to determine whether any of the Registrant’s Conflict Minerals originated in a Covered Country or are from recycled or scrap sources.

If, based on its RCOI, a Registrant knows that any of its Conflict Minerals originated in a Covered Country and are not from recycled or scrap sources, or has reason to believe that its Conflict Minerals may have originated in a Covered Country and has reason to believe that its Conflict Minerals may not be from recycled or scrap sources, the Registrant must exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of its Conflict Minerals, in accordance with a nationally or internationally recognized due diligence framework, if such a framework is available for the particular Conflict Mineral.  The Rule describes further actions a Registrant must take based on the results of its due diligence on the source and chain of custody of its Conflict Minerals, including obtaining an audit report of its Conflict Minerals Report prepared by an independent private sector auditor unless an exception to the independent private sector audit applies.

This report has been prepared by Sanmina Corporation (“Sanmina,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). Information included in this report covers Sanmina and all of its consolidated subsidiaries.

II. Company Background and Supply Chain

Sanmina Corporation is a leading global provider of integrated manufacturing solutions, components, products and repair, logistics and after-market services. We provide these comprehensive offerings primarily to original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, in the following industries: communications networks, computing and storage, multimedia, industrial and semiconductor capital equipment, defense and aerospace, medical, clean technology and automotive.

Sanmina has adopted a Conflict Minerals Policy, which is available on our website at http://www.sanmina.com/company-profile/conflict-minerals-policy/index.php.

III. Performance of Due Diligence on the Source and Chain of Custody of Conflict Minerals

Our supply chain is complex, with the components and materials used in our customers’ products being sourced through multiple tiers of suppliers. We utilize a commodity coding system to classify the material we purchase.  We used our commodity codes as a way to identify types of products which may contain Conflict Minerals.

Based on our knowledge of our suppliers, we surveyed and performed the RCOI on a subset of our supplier group. The purpose of the RCOI was to determine whether or not the source of such Conflict Minerals was one of the Covered Countries or whether such Conflict Minerals came from recycled or scrap sources. We used the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “Template”) developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (the “EICC”)(1) to collect Conflict Minerals information from our suppliers.

(1) The Template was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain.

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Slightly more than half of the suppliers we surveyed returned completed Templates to us. We reviewed each completed Template and followed up with suppliers who didn’t return completed Templates to us or who provided incomplete or inconsistent responses. The responses returned, as well as follow up due diligence performed, indicated that approximately 30 smelters included in these suppliers’ supply chains utilized Conflict Minerals originating in the Covered Countries and not from recycled or scrap sources. Nonetheless, most of our suppliers completed the Template at the company level, meaning that they completed the Template based on components and materials used in all of the products sold by them, not just the products purchased by Sanmina. Therefore, it is possible that none of the material from these smelters actually entered our supply chain. Notwithstanding this uncertainty, Sanmina believes it is reasonable to conclude that some Conflict Minerals contained in our products may have originated in the Covered Countries and did not come from recycled or scrap sources. As a result, and as required by the Rule, we undertook further due diligence on the smelter group identified to us as using Conflict Minerals originating in the Covered Countries with the goal of ascertaining whether the sourcing of Conflict Minerals from these smelters or suspected smelters benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries. We performed this due diligence in good faith and in conformity with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidelines for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from High Risk Areas (the “OECD Guidance”) and related supplements in all material respects. We believe the OECD Guidance constitutes an internationally recognized framework for Conflict Minerals due diligence, as required by the Rule.

This due diligence consisted primarily of (1) determining whether such smelter names were included on the EICC/GeSI Conflict Free Smelter List (the “Conflict Free Smelter List”)(2) and (2) working with an independent due diligence firm we retained to provide us with further information about the smelters identified to us through our due diligence process.  Our due diligence firm performed procedures intended to assess the risk that purchases made from such smelters benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries, including:

· Assessing suppliers’ responses to the Template questions and identification of inconsistencies or answers requiring follow-up;

· Comparing smelter names provided to the Conflict Free Smelter List and other known conflict minerals industry certifications; and

· Identification of invalid smelter names provided by suppliers.

After receiving the information provided by our due diligence firm, Sanmina also conducted follow-up with certain suppliers, based on factors such as the amount of spend with the supplier during the reporting period, the type of certification held by smelters identified to us by our suppliers and inconsistent answers to Template questions.  Our follow-up was intended to try to clarify the information provided and obtain additional information to aid in our chain of custody investigation.

IV. Additional Information Required by Form SD

The following information is provided in accordance with the instructions to Form SD.

A. Steps to be Taken to Mitigate Risk that Necessary Conflict Minerals Benefit Armed Groups

During the past year, we have taken the following steps to improve the due diligence we conduct to mitigate the risk that Conflict Minerals contained in the products we manufacture for our customers benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:

1. We have advanced contract language in agreements between Sanmina and our suppliers that requires suppliers to provide us with accurate information about the source of Conflict Minerals contained in their products.

2. We have sought to improve our suppliers’ understanding of the Rule and to improve their response rate to our queries and the quality of their responses, primarily through enhancing our supplier requirements documents and through follow-up conversations during our due diligence process. In addition, we continue to follow up with suppliers who have not returned completed Templates to us.

3. We will bring to the attention of our customers the discovery of information that leads us to conclude that the sourcing of components or materials for our engagement with them benefits armed groups in the Covered Countries and, should the customer so determine, cooperate with the customer to change the supplier. We have worked with several of our customers during 2014 to share Conflict Minerals information obtained from suppliers and to combine efforts in certain due diligence areas.

(2) The Conflict Free Smelter List is generally understood to contain the names of smelters from whom procurement of Conflict Minerals does not benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. However, we do not express an opinion as to whether or not the sourcing of Conflict Minerals from these smelters actually does not benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries.

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4.  As a member of the EICC, we monitor the work of the EICC’s e-Sustainability Initiative’s (EICC-GeSI) Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative to obtain better visibility into the sourcing and practices of smelters, to support the refinement and expansion of the Conflict Free Smelter List and to improve our Conflict Minerals due diligence process generally.

5.  We have continued to refine our due diligence process in accordance with the OECD Guidance and supplements.

B. Facilities Used to Process Necessary Conflict Minerals, If Known, For Sanmina Products

Below is a list of smelters and refineries that we believe, based upon our due diligence, were used to process the Conflict Minerals contained in our products during 2014.

Metal		Smelter or Refinery Facility Name
Gold		Advanced Chemical Company
Gold		Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd.*
Gold		Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.*
Gold		Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
Gold		AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Minerção*
Gold		Argor-Heraeus SA*
Gold		Asahi Pretec Corporation*
Gold		Asaka Riken Co Ltd**
Gold		Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.*
Gold		Aurubis AG*
Gold		Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
Gold		Bauer Walser AG
Gold		Boliden AB*
Gold		C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG*
Gold		Caridad
Gold		CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation*
Gold		Cendres & Métaux SA**
Gold		Chimet S.p.A.*
Gold		China National Gold Group Corporation
Gold		Chugai Mining
Gold		Colt Refining
Gold		Daejin Indus Co. Ltd
Gold		Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
Gold		Do Sung Corporation
Gold		Doduco
Gold		Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.*
Gold		Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.*
Gold		FSE Novosibirsk Refinery
Gold		Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd
Gold		Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
Gold		Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
Gold		Heimerle + Meule GmbH*
Gold		Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong*
Gold		Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG*
Gold		Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd.
Gold		Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd

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Metal		Smelter or Refinery Facility Name
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 Uralelectromed*
Gold		JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.*
Gold		Kazzinc Inc.*
Gold		Kennecott Utah Copper LLC*
Gold		Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd*
Gold		Korea Metal Co. Ltd
Gold		Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
Gold		L’ azurde Company For Jewelry*
Gold		Lingbao Gold Company Ltd.
Gold		Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co. Ltd.
Gold		LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.*
Gold		Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd
Gold		Materion*
Gold		Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.*
Gold		Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd*
Gold		Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.*
Gold		Metalor Technologies SA*
Gold		Metalor USA Refining Corporation*
Gold		Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A.*
Gold		Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*
Gold		Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.*
Gold		Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
Gold		Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.*
Gold		Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
Gold		Nihon Material Co. LTD*
Gold		Ohio Precious Metals, LLC*
Gold		Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd*
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		Republic Metals Corporation*

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Metal		Smelter or Refinery Facility Name
Gold		Royal Canadian Mint*
Gold		Sabin Metal Corp.
Gold		Samduck Precious Metals
Gold		Sanwon Metals Corp.
Gold		Schone Edelmetaal B.V.*
Gold		SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA*
Gold		Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd*
Gold		Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd*
Gold		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		Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.
Gold		Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.*
Gold		The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China
Gold		The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd*
Gold		Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd*
Gold		TongLing Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co., Ltd.
Gold		Torecom**
Gold		Umicore Brasil Ltda*
Gold		Umicore Precious Metals Thailand*
Gold		Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining*
Gold		United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.*
Gold		Valcambi SA*
Gold		Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint*
Gold		Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.**
Gold		Yokohama Metal Co Ltd**
Gold		Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd
Gold		Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation*
Gold		Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd*
Tantalum		Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.*
Tantalum		Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry*
Tantalum		Duoluoshan Sapphire Rare Metal Co., Ltd.*
Tantalum		Exotech Inc.*
Tantalum		F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.*
Tantalum		Global Advanced Metals Aizu*
Tantalum		Global Advanced Metals Boyertown*
Tantalum		Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.*
Tantalum		Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch*
Tantalum		H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.*
Tantalum		H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar*
Tantalum		H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg*
Tantalum		H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH*
Tantalum		H.C. Starck Inc.*

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Metal		Smelter or Refinery Facility Name
Tantalum		H.C. Starck Ltd.*
Tantalum		H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG*
Tantalum		Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.*
Tantalum		Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.*
Tantalum		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 and Smelting Co., Ltd.*
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		Telex*
Tantalum		Ulba*
Tantalum		Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd*
Tantalum		Zhuzhou Cement Carbide*
Tin		Alpha*
Tin		China Rare Metal Materials Company*
Tin		China Tin Group Co., Ltd.**
Tin		CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.
Tin		Cooper Santa**
Tin		CV Gita Pesona**
Tin		CV Makmur Jaya
Tin		CV Nurjanah
Tin		CV Serumpun Sebalai
Tin		CV United Smelting*
Tin		Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.*
Tin		Empresa Metallurgica Vinto*
Tin		Estanho de Rondônia S.A.
Tin		Fenix Metals**
Tin		Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC
Tin		Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd.*
Tin		Gejiu Zi-Li
Tin		Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd

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Metal		Smelter or Refinery Facility Name
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		Materials Eco-Refining CO.,LTD
Tin		Melt Metais e Ligas S/A*
Tin		Metallo Chimique*
Tin		Mineração Taboca S.A.*
Tin		Minsur*
Tin		Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*
Tin		Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company**
Tin		Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works
Tin		O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.**
Tin		O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.**
Tin		Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.*
Tin		PT Alam Lestari Kencana
Tin		PT Artha Cipta Langgeng**
Tin		PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya*
Tin		PT Babel Inti Perkasa*
Tin		PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari
Tin		PT Bangka Kudai Tin
Tin		PT Bangka Putra Karya*
Tin		PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera
Tin		PT Bangka Tin Industry*
Tin		PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera*
Tin		PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari**
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 Justindo**
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 Banka Tin*
Tin		PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa*
Tin		PT Seirama Tin investment

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Metal		Smelter or Refinery Facility Name
Tin		PT Singkep Times Utama
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		Soft Metais, Ltda.**
Tin		Thaisarco*
Tin		VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC**
Tin		White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.*
Tin		Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd.**
Tin		Yunnan Tin Company Limited*
Tungsten		A.L.M.T. Corp.**
Tungsten		Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.**
Tungsten		Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.**
Tungsten		Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten		Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.**
Tungsten		Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.
Tungsten		Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.*
Tungsten		Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.*
Tungsten		Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.**
Tungsten		Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.*
Tungsten		Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.*
Tungsten		Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.**
Tungsten		H.C. Starck GmbH**
Tungsten		H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG**
Tungsten		Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd.
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 Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Tungsten		Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.**
Tungsten		Kennametal Fallon
Tungsten		Kennametal Huntsville
Tungsten		Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

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Metal		Smelter or Refinery Facility Name
Tungsten		Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC**
Tungsten		Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten		Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.*
Tungsten		Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG*
Tungsten		Wolfram Company CJSC
Tungsten		Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.*
Tungsten		Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.*
Tungsten		Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.**

Countries of Origin of the Conflict Minerals processed by these facilities are believed to include:

Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, DRC - Congo (Kinshasa), Estonia, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Phillipines, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.

C. Country of Origin of Necessary Conflict Minerals Contained in Sanmina Products, If Known

See subsection B above for a list of countries from which we believe the Conflict Minerals contained in our products were sourced during 2014.

D. Efforts to Determine Mine or Location of Origin

Other than the information provided in subsection B above concerning the country of origin and processing facilities of the Conflict Minerals contained in our products, we were not able to determine the mine or location of origin of the Conflict Minerals used in our products and believed to be sourced from the Covered Countries. We believe that our continued participation in the EICC, and continuing to seek information from suppliers through our due diligence procedures, represents the most reasonable and appropriate measures we can currently take to determine the mines or locations of origin of the Conflict Minerals in our supply chain.

* Smelter name included on the Conflict Free Smelter and Refiner List.

** Smelter Name included on the Active Smelters and Refiners List, which is a list of smelters that is currently undergoing an audit by the Conflict Free Smelter Program developed by the EICC and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) to enhance company capability to verify the responsible sourcing of metals.

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