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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-18-029691
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20180518
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180518

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001003078
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [5084]
		IRS NUMBER:				113289165
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0827

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14130
		FILM NUMBER:		18845318

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		75 MAXESS RD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
		BUSINESS PHONE:		516-812-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		75 MAXESS ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>MSC
Industrial Direct Co., Inc.</B></FONT></P>

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>11747</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Steve Armstrong<BR>
Senior Vice President,<BR>
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
(516) 812-2000</B></P>

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code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT> Rule
13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Section 1 &ndash; Conflict Minerals Disclosure</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Conflict Minerals Report of MSC Industrial
Direct Co., Inc. (&ldquo;<B>MSC</B>&rdquo;) is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this report on Form SD. MSC&rsquo;s determination and
related disclosures relating to its reasonable country of origin inquiry, as the term is used in Item 1.01 of Form SD, and materials
that may come from recycled and scrap sources are included in MSC&rsquo;s Conflict Minerals Report and incorporated by reference
herein. The Conflict Minerals Report is available on our website at <U>http://investor.mscdirect.com/index.php?s=127</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The content of any website referenced in
this Form SD is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Form SD.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><A HREF="tv493995_ex1-01.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit 1.01 &ndash; Conflict Minerals Report of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., dated May 18, 2018.</A></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.</B></P>

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    Steve Armstrong&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>May
    18, 2018</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    President, General Counsel and Corporate </FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Description</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv493995_ex1-01.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">1.01</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv493995_ex1-01.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Conflict Minerals Report of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., dated May 18, 2018. </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>EXHIBIT 1.01</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.<BR>
Conflict Minerals Report<BR>
For the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Conflict Minerals Report (this &ldquo;<B>Report</B>&rdquo;)
of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, &ldquo;<B>MSC</B>,&rdquo; the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>,&rdquo;
&ldquo;<B>we</B>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<B>our</B>,&rdquo; or &ldquo;<B>us</B>&rdquo;), dated May 18, 2018, is provided in accordance with
Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&ldquo;<B>Rule 13p-1</B>&rdquo;), for the reporting period from
January 1 to December 31, 2017 (the &ldquo;<B>Reporting Period</B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Rule 13p-1 requires the disclosure of certain
information by companies that manufacture or contract to manufacture products that use minerals specified in the rule that are
necessary to the functionality or production of these products. These minerals are columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite,
gold, and their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (collectively, &ldquo;<B>Conflict Minerals</B>&rdquo;).
Companies are required to determine, among other things, whether certain of their Conflict Minerals originated in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (the &ldquo;<B>DRC</B>&rdquo;) or any of its adjoining countries (collectively with the DRC, the &ldquo;<B>Covered
Countries</B>&rdquo;), and if these Conflict Minerals directly or indirectly financed or otherwise benefited armed groups (&ldquo;<B>Armed
Groups</B>&rdquo;), as such term is defined in Item 1.01(d)(2) of Form SD, in any of the Covered Countries.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We are a leading North American distributor
of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (&ldquo;<B>MRO</B>&rdquo;) products and services. We help
our customers drive greater productivity, profitability and growth with our products, inventory management and other supply chain
solutions, and deep expertise from more than 75 years of working with customers across industries. We offer approximately 1,601,000
active, saleable stock-keeping units (&ldquo;<B>SKUs</B>&rdquo;) through our catalogs; brochures; eCommerce channels, including
our website, mscdirect.com; our inventory management solutions; and call-centers and branches. We service our customers from 12
customer fulfillment centers (eight customer fulfillment centers are located within the United States which includes five primary
customer fulfillment centers, one is located in the United Kingdom, and three are in Canada) and 93 branch offices. Many of our
products are carried in stock, and orders for these in-stock products are typically fulfilled the day on which the order is received.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">MSC is committed to responsible corporate
citizenship and condemns the atrocities perpetuated by militants in the Covered Countries. We are primarily a distributor of metalworking
and MRO products that are sourced from thousands of suppliers around the world. We do not directly manufacture our products, except
for one low-volume round tooling product that we custom fabricate in our American Specialty Grinding business based on our customers&rsquo;
specifications. However, we may at times enter into contracts with suppliers to manufacture products on our behalf for certain
of our exclusive brands or to meet specific customer needs such that these products may be deemed to be &ldquo;contracted to be
manufactured,&rdquo; as the term is used in Rule 13p-1 (&ldquo;<B>Contract Manufacture</B>&rdquo;). Certain of the products that
we manufacture or Contract Manufacture use Conflict Minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of these products,
as such terms are used in Rule 13p-1 (&ldquo;<B>Necessary Conflict Minerals</B>&rdquo;), which subjects us to Rule 13p-1&rsquo;s
reporting requirements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Conflict Minerals supply chain is multi-tiered
and global, consisting of thousands of mining, trading, and manufacturing entities around the world. We rely on our suppliers of
(i) round metal blanks for the one product that we manufacture and (ii) the products that we Contract Manufacture, for information
as to their use of Necessary Conflict Minerals in the relevant products they supply to us. Based on the information gathered from
these suppliers as well as our own assessment for the Reporting Period, we have determined that approximately 458 product SKUs
that we manufactured or Contract Manufactured during the Reporting Period (&ldquo;<B>Covered Products</B>&rdquo;) use Necessary
Conflict Minerals (primarily tungsten and tin, with some tantalum). We also rely on our suppliers for information regarding the
originating mines of, and processing smelters for, the Necessary Conflict Minerals, as these mines and smelters are typically many
tiers upstream from us in our global supply chain and we do not have direct relationships with them.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">For the Reporting Period, we conducted a
reasonable country of origin inquiry (&ldquo;<B>RCOI</B>&rdquo;), as the term is used in Item 1.01 of Form SD, on the Necessary
Conflict Minerals used by our Covered Products. Our RCOI consisted of surveying our suppliers of round metal blanks and Contract
Manufactured products regarding the Necessary Conflict Minerals used in the Covered Products to determine whether any of the Necessary
Conflict Minerals originated in any Covered Country or are from recycled or scrap sources. We used a survey tool (&ldquo;<B>Survey
Tool</B>&rdquo;) based largely on the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the &ldquo;<B>CMRT</B>&rdquo;) published by the Responsible
Minerals Initiative (the &ldquo;<B>RMI</B>&rdquo;). Information requested in our Survey Tool includes:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>whether these Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries or are from recycled or scrap sources;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>the names and addresses of the smelters or refiners that processed the responder&rsquo;s Conflict Minerals<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><SUP>1</SUP></FONT>;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>the names and locations of the Conflict Minerals&rsquo; originating mines; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>information about the responder&rsquo;s Conflict Minerals policy and due diligence procedures.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Based on the results of our RCOI, (i) we
believe that some of the Conflict Minerals in our Covered Products originated from recycled or scrap sources and (ii) have reason
to believe that some of the Conflict Minerals in our Covered Products may have originated in the Covered Countries and may not
be from recycled or scrap sources. We therefore conducted due diligence (as described below) on the source and chain of custody
of the Conflict Minerals in our Covered Products, in accordance with Item 1.01 of Form SD.</P>

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to the OECD Guidance (as defined below), identifying the smelters and refiners in our supply chain and directly or indirectly assessing
their due diligence practices for sourcing Conflict Minerals is one of the key steps in our RCOI and supply chain due diligence
processes as a downstream company (as the term is defined in the OECD Guidance).</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We conducted due diligence on the source
and chain of custody of the Necessary Conflict Minerals used in our Covered Products (&ldquo;<B>Due Diligence</B>&rdquo;) to ascertain
whether these Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and financed or otherwise benefited Armed Groups in any of
these countries.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Our Due Diligence measures have been designed
to conform with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk
Areas, Third Edition (the &ldquo;<B>OECD Guidance</B>&rdquo;), as applicable for tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold and downstream companies
(as the term is defined in the OECD Guidance). Our due diligence design incorporates the five steps of the OECD Guidance:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>strong Company Conflict Minerals compliance management systems, including senior management oversight and internal and external
processes for capturing and addressing grievances;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>risk identification and assessment processes in our supply chain, including supplier surveys and other monitoring and engagement
tools and processes;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>the design and ongoing implementation of strategies to respond to identified risks, including risk management planning and
management reporting;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>independent third-party audits of smelter due diligence practices by participating in industry-driven initiatives; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>annual reporting on our supply chain due diligence activities.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Our Due Diligence measures performed during
the Reporting Period include the activities described in Sections 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 below.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Our Conflict Minerals Compliance Team (our
&ldquo;<B>Compliance Team</B>&rdquo;) continued to manage our Conflict Minerals compliance program during the Reporting Period,
consistent with our Conflict Minerals Policy, found at http://www.mscdirect.com/customer-service/conflict-minerals-policy. Our
Conflict Minerals Policy describes the Company&rsquo;s commitment to addressing the use of Conflict Minerals in our products, which
includes:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>identifying the sources of any Conflict Minerals in the products we manufacture or Contract Manufacture;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>working towards improving, year-over-year, our ability to track Conflict Minerals in our supply chain and report on their countries
of origin;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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or indirectly support militant groups in the Covered Countries;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>participating in industry-wide initiatives to audit smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>complying with the requirements of the conflict minerals law (Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act) and related rules.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Our Conflict Minerals Policy also sets out
the Company&rsquo;s expectations that our suppliers will:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">not knowingly supply us with products containing Conflict Minerals
that directly or indirectly support militant groups in the Covered Countries; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">support our efforts to identify the smelters and refiners that process
Conflict Minerals used in our products and the countries and mines of origin of such Conflict Minerals.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Compliance Team, formed in 2012, is
led by our General Counsel and overseen by a steering committee comprised of our General Counsel and other senior executives of
the Company. The team consists of MSC associates from a number of different functional areas such as Legal, Product Management,
Sales, and Information Technology.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">3.2.2</FONT></TD><TD><U>Risk Identification and Assessment </U></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We used our Survey Tool to survey our suppliers
of round metal blanks and Contract Manufactured products regarding the Necessary Conflict Minerals used in the Covered Products
to ascertain the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals, including their processing smelters, and countries and mines
of origin. We validated the information received in response to our Survey Tool, to the extent possible, using different procedures
such as (i) reviewing individual supplier responses for inconsistencies within the response; (ii) comparing different supplier
responses for inconsistencies among the responses; (iii) checking smelter and refiner names reported against the CMRT&rsquo;s list
of Standard Smelter Names; and (iv) checking on the RMI&rsquo;s website the &ldquo;conflict-free&rdquo; status of smelters reported.
We also followed up with those suppliers whose responses we determined were either not plausible or lacking key information.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As a Work Group Participant of the RMI within
the Responsible Business Alliance (formerly the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition), we also leveraged the due diligence
conducted on smelters and refiners by the RMI&rsquo;s Responsible Mineral Assurance Process (formerly the Conflict-Free Smelter
Program) and similar independent assessment programs such as the Responsible Jewellery Council&rsquo;s Chain-of-Custody Certification
Program and the London Bullion Market Association&rsquo;s Responsible Gold Programme (collectively, the &ldquo;<B>RMAP</B>&rdquo;).
The RMAP uses independent private sector auditors to audit the source, including mines of origin, and chain of custody of the Conflict
Minerals used by smelters and refiners that participate in the RMAP. The smelters and refiners that are found to be conformant
with the RMAP audit protocol are those for which the independent auditor has verified that the smelters&rsquo; or refiners&rsquo;
Conflict Minerals originated from conflict-free mines and trading (&ldquo;<B>RMAP Conformant</B>&rdquo;). The RMI makes available
to its participating member companies country of origin information for the RMAP Conformant smelters and refiners.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">4.</FONT></TD><TD><U>DUE DILIGENCE DETERMINATION</U></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Based on the Due Diligence performed as
described above, we were unable to determine whether all of the Necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products listed
in the below table (the &ldquo;<B>DRC Conflict Undeterminable Products</B>&rdquo;) originated in the Covered Countries, or, if
they did originate in the Covered Countries, whether the mining or trade of such Conflict Minerals directly or indirectly finance
or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">5.</FONT></TD><TD><U>PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: DRC CONFLICT UNDETERMINABLE PRODUCTS</U></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The DRC Conflict Undeterminable Products
are those Covered Products for which we were unable to determine, after exercising Due Diligence, whether their Necessary Conflict
Minerals directly or indirectly financed or otherwise benefited Armed Groups in the Covered Countries. The below table includes
(i) a description of the DRC Conflict Undeterminable Products for the Reporting Period, (ii) the Necessary Conflict Minerals used
by these products, (iii) the smelters that processed the Necessary Conflict Minerals used by these products, to the extent known,
and (iv) the countries of origin of the Necessary Conflict Minerals used by these products, to the extent known.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(ii) Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(iii) Smelters that Processed the Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(iv) Countries of Origin of the Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Custom End Mills; Custom Filters; Custom Modular Tool Bodies;
        Custom Parting Off Blades; Custom Turning Boring Bars</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Tungsten</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Unknown<SUP>(a)</SUP>; <I>See</I> Annex 1 </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Unknown<SUP>(b)</SUP>; <I>See</I> Annex 1</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Tungsten</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Unknown<SUP>(a)</SUP>; <I>See </I>Annex 2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Unknown<SUP>(b)</SUP>; <I>See </I>Annex 2</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Unknown<SUP>(a)</SUP>; <I>See </I>Annex 3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Unknown<SUP>(b)</SUP>; <I>See</I> Annex 3</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><SUP>(a)</SUP> Not all smelters are known.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><SUP>(b)</SUP> Not all countries of origin are known.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We undertook the activities detailed in
Section 3.2.2 above for the Reporting Period in our efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of the Necessary Conflict
Minerals in the Covered Products.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We intend to take the following steps, among
others, in an effort to further mitigate the risk that our Conflict Minerals finance or otherwise benefit Armed Groups in the Covered
Countries:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>continue to develop customized engagement plans for each supplier of Contract Manufactured products regarding the Necessary
Conflict Minerals used in the Covered Products based on the supplier&rsquo;s outstanding due diligence information and related
level of risk, designed to (i) help us gather improved information regarding whether any of these Conflict Minerals are financing
or otherwise benefiting Armed Groups in any of the Covered Countries, and (ii) address specific risks identified;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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such RMAP.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Annex 1</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">China</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 10pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">China</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><SUP>(b)</SUP> Country of origin information of the Conflict
Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose
country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for
the list of Level 1 countries.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><SUP>(b)</SUP> Country of origin information of the Conflict
Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose
country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for
the list of Level 3 countries. The smelters which source Conflict Minerals from the Level 3 Countries are RMAP Conformant.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Annex 2</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><SUP>(a)</SUP> RMAP Conformant.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><SUP>(b)</SUP> Country of origin information of the Conflict
Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose
country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for
the list of Level 1 countries.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><SUP>(c)</SUP> Country of origin information of the Conflict
Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose
country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for
the list of Level 3 countries. The smelters which source Conflict Minerals from the Level 3 Countries are RMAP Conformant.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Annex 3</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><SUP>(a)</SUP> RMAP Conformant.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><SUP>(b)</SUP> Country of origin information of the Conflict
Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose
country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for
the list of Level 1 countries.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><SUP>(c)</SUP> Country of origin information of the Conflict
Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose
country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for
the list of Level 3 countries. The smelters which source Conflict Minerals from the Level 3 Countries are RMAP Conformant.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Annex 4</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Argentina, Australia, Austria, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina
Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana,
Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua,
Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Thailand, Togo, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo,
Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Zambia.</P>

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