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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001003078-25-000059
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250527

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001003078
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [5084]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		EIN:				113289165
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0830

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14130
		FILM NUMBER:		25989450

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
		BUSINESS PHONE:		516-812-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i7f76a34e028f479bb5937ee08445b93d_1"></div><div style="min-height:29.52pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:103%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FORM SD</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT</font></div><div style="padding-left:87pt;padding-right:87pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">_____________________</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:15.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.910%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:52.810%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.990%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">New York</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1-14130</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Commission File Number)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">515 Broadhollow Road, Suite 1000, Melville, New York</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">11747</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Zip Code)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Neal Dongre</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Senior Vice President,</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</font></div><div style="padding-left:96pt;padding-right:96pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-16.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">(516) 812-2000</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:10.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5.05pt;padding-right:36.7pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">x&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2024.</font></div><div style="padding-left:7.5pt;padding-right:36.95pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5.05pt;padding-right:36.7pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">_</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the reporting period from for the fiscal year ended _________.</font></div><div style="padding-left:7.5pt;padding-right:36.95pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i7f76a34e028f479bb5937ee08445b93d_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Section 1 &#8211; Conflict Minerals Disclosure</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 1.01</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:4.95pt;text-indent:32.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">The Conflict Minerals Report of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">MSC</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">&#8221;) is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this report on Form SD. MSC&#8217;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&#8217;s Conflict Minerals Report and incorporated by reference herein. The Conflict Minerals Report is available on our website at http&#58;&#47;&#47;investor.mscdirect.com&#47; under the &#34;ESG + CSR&#34; tab.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:22.95pt;text-indent:32.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:121%">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.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 1.02</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:22.95pt;text-indent:32.4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:22.95pt;text-indent:32.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:121%">The Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Section 2 &#8211; Exhibits</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 2.01</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibits</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="msc-conflictmineralsreport.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit 1.01 &#8211; Conflict Minerals Report of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., dated </a><a href="msc-conflictmineralsreport.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">May 2</a><a href="msc-conflictmineralsreport.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">7</a><a href="msc-conflictmineralsreport.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">, </a><a href="msc-conflictmineralsreport.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">202</a><a href="msc-conflictmineralsreport.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">5</a><a href="msc-conflictmineralsreport.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">.</a></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i7f76a34e028f479bb5937ee08445b93d_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:15.95pt;text-indent:32.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:119%">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.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.265%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.832%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.313%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.970%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.142%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.470%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.473%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 22pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.</font></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">May 27, 2025</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 22pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i7253c49bd9624253a70b981af4dcc246_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EXHIBIT 1.01</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.<br>Conflict Minerals Report<br>For the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2024</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">INTRODUCTION AND COMPANY OVERVIEW</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This Conflict Minerals Report (this &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Report</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">MSC</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">,&#8221; the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">,&#8221; &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">we</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">,&#8221; &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">our</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">,&#8221; or &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">us</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), dated May&#160;27,&#160;2025, is provided in accordance with Rule&#160;13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Rule&#160;13p-1</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), for the reporting period from January&#160;1 to December&#160;31,&#160;2024 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Reporting Period</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Rule 13p-1 requires the disclosure of certain information by companies that manufacture or contract to manufacture products for which certain specified minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. The applicable minerals are columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite, gold, and their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (collectively, &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Conflict Minerals</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;). Companies are required to determine, among other things, whether certain of the Conflict Minerals used in their products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">DRC</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) or any of its adjoining countries (together with the DRC, each a &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Covered Country</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221; and collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Covered Countries</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), and if these Conflict Minerals directly or indirectly financed or otherwise benefited armed groups (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Armed Groups</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), as such term is defined in Item 1.01(d)(2) of Form SD, in any of the Covered Countries.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We are a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">MRO</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) 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 over 80&#160;years of working with customers across various industries. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">MSC is committed to responsible corporate citizenship and condemns the atrocities perpetuated by militants in the Covered Countries. The products which we distribute are sourced from thousands of suppliers around the world. We do not directly manufacture our products, except for fasteners, raw materials, packaging, and tooling and blade products that we custom fabricate in our American Specialty Grinding and Tru-Edge businesses. 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 &#8220;contracted to be manufactured,&#8221; as the term is used in Rule 13p-1 (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Contract Manufacture</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;). 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&#160;13p-1 (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Necessary Conflict Minerals</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), which subjects us to Rule&#160;13p-1&#8217;s reporting requirements.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 certain tooling and blade products, as well as the products that we Contract Manufacture, for information as to their use of Necessary Conflict Minerals in the relevant products they supply to us. 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. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">During 2024, we engaged the services of a third-party vendor (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Vendor</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) to assist with outreach to suppliers and related diligence efforts with respect to our supply chain. Based on the information gathered from these suppliers via the Vendor&#8217;s platform, as well as our own assessment for the Reporting Period, we are unable to determine with certainty the full scope of those products we manufactured or Contract Manufactured during the Reporting Period (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Covered Products</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) which use Necessary Conflict Minerals.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">REASONABLE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INQUIRY</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For the Reporting Period, we conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">RCOI</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), as the term is used in Item&#160;1.01 of Form SD, on the Necessary Conflict Minerals used by our Covered Products. Our RCOI consisted of surveying certain suppliers of Covered Products via the Vendor&#8217;s platform 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 the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CMRT</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) published by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">RMI</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;). Information requested in the CMRT includes&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">the Conflict Minerals content of the responder&#8217;s products&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">whether these Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries or are from recycled or scrap sources&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">the names and addresses of the smelters or refiners that processed the responder&#8217;s Conflict Minerals&#59;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7.8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-4.2pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">the names and locations of the Conflict Minerals&#8217; originating mines&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">information about the responder&#8217;s Conflict Minerals policy and due diligence procedures.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Based on the results of our RCOI, we 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.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="border-bottom:0.54pt solid #000000;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:10pt;opacity:1;width:144pt"></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Pursuant 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).</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We conducted due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the Necessary Conflict Minerals used in our Covered Products (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Due Diligence</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) to ascertain whether these Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and financed or otherwise benefited Armed Groups in any of the Covered Countries.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3.1.  Design of Our Due Diligence Measures</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our Due Diligence measures have been designed in conformity with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">OECD Guidance</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), as applicable for tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold and downstream companies (as the term is defined in the OECD Guidance). Our due diligence design incorporates principles and practices from the five steps of the OECD Guidance&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">strong Company Conflict Minerals compliance management systems, including senior management oversight and internal and external processes for capturing and addressing grievances&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">risk identification and assessment processes in our supply chain, including supplier surveys and other monitoring and engagement tools and processes&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">the design and ongoing implementation of strategies to respond to identified risks, including risk management planning and management reporting&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">independent third-party audits of smelter due diligence practices by participating in industry-driven initiatives&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">annual reporting on our supply chain due diligence activities.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3.2.  Due Diligence Measures Performed</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our Due Diligence measures performed during the Reporting Period include the activities described in Sections 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 below.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3.2.1 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Compliance Management Systems</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our Conflict Minerals Compliance Team (our &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Compliance Team</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) continued to manage our Conflict Minerals compliance program during the Reporting Period, consistent with our Conflict Minerals Policy, found at </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">https&#58;&#47;&#47;www.mscdirect.com&#47;customer-service&#47;conflict-minerals-policy</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">. Our Conflict Minerals Policy describes the Company&#8217;s commitment to addressing the use of Conflict Minerals in our products, which includes&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">identifying the sources of any Conflict Minerals in the products we manufacture or Contract Manufacture&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">working towards improving, year-over-year, our ability to track Conflict Minerals in our supply chain and report on their countries of origin&#59;</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">working towards eliminating from the products that we manufacture or Contract Manufacture, Conflict Minerals that directly or indirectly support militant groups in the Covered Countries&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">participating in industry-wide initiatives to audit smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">complying with the applicable requirements of the conflict minerals law (Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and related rules.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our Conflict Minerals Policy also sets out the Company&#8217;s expectations that our suppliers will&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">not knowingly supply us with products containing Conflict Minerals that directly or indirectly support militant groups in the Covered Countries&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">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></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3.2.2 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Risk Identification and Assessment</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Through the use of the Vendor&#8217;s platform, we used the CMRT to survey certain suppliers of Covered Products regarding the Necessary Conflict Minerals used in the Covered Products in an effort to ascertain the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals, including their processing smelters, and countries and mines of origin. The Vendor&#8217;s platform includes automated data validation for information received in response to the CMRT, which we believe reduces the risk of error as compared to the manual data validation procedures we have utilized in prior years. Follow-up requests were sent to suppliers who were unresponsive or provided invalid or otherwise incomplete information.   </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">DUE DILIGENCE DETERMINATION</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Based on the Due Diligence performed as described above, we were unable to determine whether the Necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products 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 financed or benefited armed groups in the Covered Countries. The effectiveness of the Due Diligence was limited by (i) the receipt of generalized data relating to our suppliers&#8217; processing smelters that did not specify whether Conflict Minerals were used in our Covered Products, or did not link such Conflict Minerals to our Covered Products in a reasonably reliable manner, (ii) a significant increase in both the number of suppliers surveyed and the number of relevant smelters identified for the Reporting Period as compared to the prior year, including as a result of the acquisitions of Buckeye Industrial Supply Co. and Tru-Edge Grinding, Inc. during 2023, and (iii) a decline in the overall </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">supplier response rate as compared to prior years. As a result, we were unable to determine with specificity those smelters which processed the Necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products that were manufactured or Contract Manufactured. For this reason, we had limited supply chain visibility throughout the Company&#8217;s supply base and insufficient information to conclusively determine the countries of origin of the Necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;padding-right:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">5.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">RISK MITIGATION STEPS</font></div><div style="padding-left:108pt;padding-right:72pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;padding-right:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">optimize the usage of the Vendor&#8217;s platform to improve supplier response rates and accuracy&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">leverage the increased access to supplier information provided by the Vendor's platform to address such risk, including by transitioning away from suppliers that interface with high risk smelters&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">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&#8217;s outstanding due diligence information and related level of risk, designed to (i)&#160;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)&#160;address specific risks identified, including by encouraging suppliers to transition away from the use of high risk smelters&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">continue to improve procedures for quality-checking supplier responses to our due diligence requests.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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