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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20220525
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220525

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AZZ INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000008947
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT [3640]
		IRS NUMBER:				750948250
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0228

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12777
		FILM NUMBER:		22963175

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MUSEUM PLACE, SUITE 500
		STREET 2:		3100 W 7TH STREET
		CITY:			FORT WORTH
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			76107
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8178100095

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MUSEUM PLACE, SUITE 500
		STREET 2:		3100 W 7TH STREET
		CITY:			FORT WORTH
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			76107

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AZTEC MANUFACTURING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000911
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="if5ae3a245da44dec9a9a23867e9eff40_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;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:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">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:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM SD</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Specialized Disclosure Report</font></div><div><font><br></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:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">AZZ INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><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:24.491%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:45.053%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:27.156%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><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%">TEXAS</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%">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><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%">1-12777</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%">Commission File No.</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><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%">75-0948250</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%">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">One Museum Place, Suite 500</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">3100 West 7th Street</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Fort Worth, TX 76107</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Address </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">of principal executive offices, including zip code)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></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:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Tara D. Mackey</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Chief Legal Officer and Secretary</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(817) 810-4973</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="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%">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies&#58;</font></div><div style="text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:97.435%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.643%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:92.157%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#254;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2021.</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">   </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Section 1 &#8211; Conflict Minerals Disclosure</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</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:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, AZZ Inc. (&#34;the Company&#34;, &#34;our&#34; or &#34;we&#34;) conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#34;RCOI&#34;) to assess whether &#34;conflict minerals&#34; (in the form of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold) necessary to the functionality or production of products we manufactured or contracted to manufacture in 2021 originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the &#34;Covered Countries&#34;).</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:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A copy of the Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2021 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and is also publicly available on our internet website at www.azz.com.</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:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 1.02 Exhibit</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">AZZ Inc.&#8217;s Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2021 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Section 2 &#8211; Exhibits</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 2.01 Exhibits </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following exhibit is filed as part of this report&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div 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1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.01</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="formsd-ex1x01.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></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:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">AZZ Inc.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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Mackey&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Tara D. Mackey</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Chief Legal Officer and Secretary</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:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date&#58;  May 25, 2022</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></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="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="if161a67a0e1441f4994cdd7fa20650e7_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:3.9pt;padding-left:174.3pt;padding-right:175.05pt;text-indent:33.6pt"><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:3.9pt;padding-left:174.3pt;padding-right:175.05pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Conflict Minerals  Report</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.1pt;padding-left:137.15pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">For The Year Ended December 31, 2021</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">AZZ Inc. (&#8220;the Company&#8221;, &#34;our&#34; or &#8220;we&#8221;) has prepared this Report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2021 to satisfy the requirements of Rule 13p-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act (&#8220;the Conflict Minerals Rule&#8221; or &#8220;the Rule&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.15pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Company Overview</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company was established in 1956 and incorporated under the laws of the state of Texas. The Company  is a global provider of galvanizing and a variety of metal coating solutions, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services to the power generation, transmission, distribution, refining and industrial markets.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">During calendar year 2021, the Company had two distinct operating segments&#58; the Metal Coatings segment and the Infrastructure Solutions segment. The Company's Metal Coatings segment is a leading provider of metal finishing solutions for corrosion protection, including hot-dip galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing and plating to the North American steel fabrication and other industries. The Company's Infrastructure Solutions segment is dedicated to delivering safe and reliable transmission of power from generation sources to end customers, and automated weld overlay solutions for corrosion and erosion mitigation to critical infrastructure in the energy markets worldwide. </font></div><div style="margin-top:0.35pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For more information about the Company, please refer to our website at&#58; </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">www.azz.com.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">The Conflict Minerals Rule</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Rule 13p-1 was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#34;SEC&#34;) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010 (&#8220;Dodd-Frank&#8221;).  The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals that are necessary to their functionality or production. The term &#8220;conflict minerals&#8221; is defined in Section 13(p) as (A) cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, as limited by the Rule, tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (&#8220;3TGs&#8221; or &#8220;conflict minerals&#8221;)&#59; or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (&#8220;DRC&#8221;) or any adjoining country that shares an internationally recognized border with the DRC. Companies requiring due diligence must use a nationally or internationally recognized standard in order to meet their compliance and reporting obligations and file a Conflict Minerals Report (&#8220;CMR&#8221;) with the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We determined that 3TGs were necessary to the functionality or production of certain products we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the 2021 calendar year. Therefore, we conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#8220;RCOI&#8221;) in good faith to determine whether any of the 3TGs in our products originated in the DRC or an adjoining country (collectively referred to as the &#8220;Covered Countries&#8221;). Based on its RCOI, the Company believes that its products could contain 3TGs that may </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><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">have originated in the Covered Countries and, therefore, in accordance with the Rule, performed due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the 3TGs in question to determine whether its products are &#8220;DRC Conflict Free.&#8221;</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company designed its due diligence measures to conform, in all material respects, with the nationally recognized due diligence framework in The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (&#8220;OECD&#8221;) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten (the &#8220;OECD Guidance&#8221;). The OECD guidelines are commonly used among our publicly traded industry peers.</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We are committed to complying with the requirements of the Rule and upholding responsible sourcing practices. As such, the Company has put into place a due diligence program to address human rights issues and responsible practices across its supply chain.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.15pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">To determine whether 3TGs in the Company&#8217;s products originated in Covered Countries, the Company retained Assent Compliance (&#8220;Assent&#8221;), a third-party service provider, to assist in reviewing its supply chain. The Company provided a list of suppliers to Assent for upload to the Assent Compliance Manager tool (&#8220;ACM&#8221;). The Company deemed it impractical to filter this list further to exclude some possibly irrelevant suppliers because the Company could not determine definitively the presence or absence of conflict minerals in all parts supplied to the Company for its products.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company utilized the Responsible Business Alliance and Global e-Sustainability Initiative&#8217;s (&#8220;RBA-GeSI&#8221;) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (&#8220;CMRT&#8221;), version 6.01 or higher, to conduct a survey of all suppliers. During the supplier survey, the Company contacted suppliers via the ACM, a Software as a Service platform provided by Assent that enables its users to complete and track supplier communications as well as allow suppliers to upload completed CMRTs directly to the platform for assessment and management. </font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Assent requested that all suppliers complete a CMRT and included training and education to guide suppliers on best practices and the use of this template. Assent monitored and tracked all communications in the ACM for future reporting and transparency. The Company directly contacted suppliers that were unresponsive to Assent&#8217;s communications during the due diligence process and requested such suppliers to complete the CMRT form and submit such form to Assent.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The ACM includes automated data validation on all submitted CMRTs. The goal of data validation is to increase the accuracy of submissions and identify any contradictory answers in the CMRT. All submitted forms are accepted and classified as valid or invalid in order to retain data. Suppliers submitting invalid forms are contacted and are encouraged to submit a valid form. Suppliers are also provided with guidance on how to correct these validation errors.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Assent compared the list of smelters and refiners provided in the Company&#8217;s suppliers&#8217; responses to the lists of smelters maintained by the Responsible Mineral Initiative (&#8220;RMI&#8221;) and, if a supplier </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><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">indicated that a facility was certified as conflict-free, confirmed that the facility was listed on RMI&#8217;s list of validated conflict free smelters and refiners of 3TGs. Assent used data collected through supply chain information shared via upstream audit programs to support source of origin determinations. All respective smelters are conformant to the RMI assessment protocol for conflict-free sourcing.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Based on the RCOI, The Company had reason to believe that some of the 3TGs may have originated from the Covered Countries, and, therefore, in accordance with the Rule, performed due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals in question.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Due Diligence Measures Performed</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company is a downstream consumer of 3TGs &#8211; we do not purchase raw or smelted ores and are several supply&#8211;chain layers removed from the mining and processing of these metals. Accordingly, we relied on the participation of our direct suppliers to perform our reasonable country of origin inquiry for calendar year 2021.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;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 were designed to be in conformity with the criteria set forth in the internationally-recognized OECD Guidance, as set forth below. </font></div><div style="margin-top:0.25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Step 1&#58; Establish Company Management Systems</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We undertook the following measures to establish an internal management system to support supply chain due diligence&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:3.1pt;padding-left:41pt;padding-right:5.95pt;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:131%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:131%;padding-left:13.8pt">Assembled an internal, cross-functional team to oversee the Company&#8217;s conflict minerals compliance program. 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Risks are identified automatically in the ACM based on criteria established for supplier responses in the System. These risks are addressed by Assent&#8217;s supply chain staff and members of the Conflict Minerals team internally who contact the supplier, gather pertinent data and perform an assessment of the supplier&#8217;s conflict minerals status.</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">In accordance with OECD Guidance, it is important to identify and assess risks associated with conflict minerals in the supply chain. Risks were identified by assessing the due diligence practices of smelters and refiners identified in the supply chain by upstream suppliers that listed mineral processing facilities on their CMRT declarations. Assent compared these facilities listed in the responses to the list of smelters and refiners maintained by the RMI to ensure that the facilities met the RMI definition of a 3TGs processing facility that was operational during the 2021 calendar year.</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">In order to assess the risk that any of these smelters posed to the Company&#8217;s supply chain, Assent determined if the smelter had been audited against a standard in conformance with the OECD Guidance. The Company does not typically have a direct relationship with 3TGs smelters and refiners and does not perform or direct audits of these entities within its supply chain. Smelters that have completed an audit are considered to be DRC-Conflict Free. In cases where a smelter&#8217;s due diligence practices have not been audited, a potential supply chain risk exists.</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Each facility that meets the RMI definition of a smelter or refiner of 3TGs is assessed according to red flag indicators defined in the OECD Guidance. Assent uses numerous factors to determine the level of risk that each smelter poses to the supply chain by identifying red flags. These factors include&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:41pt;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:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:13.8pt">Geographic proximity to the DRC and Covered Countries&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:41pt;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:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:13.8pt">Known mineral source country of origin&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:41pt;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:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:13.8pt">Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) audit status&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:41pt;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:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:13.8pt">Credible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:41pt;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:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:13.8pt">Peer Assessments conducted by credible third-party sources.</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">As part of the Company&#8217;s risk management plan under the OECD Guidance, when facilities with red flags were reported on a CMRT by one of the suppliers surveyed, risk mitigation activities are initiated. Through Assent, submissions that include any red flag facilities immediately produce a receipt instructing the supplier to take their own risk mitigation actions, including submission of a product specific CMRT to better identify the connection to products that they supply to the Company, and escalating up to removal of these red flag smelters from their supply chain.</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">As per the OECD Guidance, risk mitigation will depend on the supplier&#8217;s specific context. Suppliers are given clear performance objectives within reasonable timeframes with the ultimate goal of progressive elimination of these red flags from the supply chain. In addition, suppliers are guided to the Assent University learning platform to engage in educational materials on mitigating the risk of smelters or refiners on the supply chain.</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Additionally, suppliers are evaluated on program strength (further assisting in identifying risk in the supply chain). Evaluating and tracking the strength of the program meets the OECD Guidance and can assist in making key risk mitigation decisions as the program progresses. The criteria used to evaluate the strength of the program are based on these four questions in the CMRT&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;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><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;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%">A. Have you established a conflict minerals sourcing policy&#63;</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">E. Have you implemented due diligence measures for conflict-free sourcing&#63;</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">G. Do you review due diligence information received from your suppliers against your company&#8217;s expectations&#63;</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">H. Does your review process include corrective action management&#63;</font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">When suppliers meet or exceed those criteria (Yes to at least A, E, G, H), they are deemed to have a strong program. When suppliers do not meet those criteria, they are deemed to have a weak program.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.55pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Step 3&#58; Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Assent&#8217;s red flag review process is consistent with OECD Guidance. According to that process, the Company is required to follow-up with suppliers who respond that their products may contain 3TGs that originated in one of the Covered Countries or whose origin is unknown. The purpose of that follow-up is to identify the smelters and refiners from which those minerals were sourced and cross-check those facilities against the list of smelters&#47;refiners designated as &#8220;conflict free&#8221; by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition&#8217;s Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (&#8220;CFSI&#8221;). The Company considers the results of that inquiry when deciding how to respond to any identified risks (</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">e.g.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, encouraging suppliers to transition away from non-CFSI- compliant smelters and refiners, discontinuing sourcing from a supplier, etc.).</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Step 4&#58; Carry out an independent third-party audit of smelter&#47;refiner due diligence practices</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company supports the mission of CFSI&#8217;s Conflict-Free Smelter Program (&#8220;CFSP&#8221;), an assessment scheme that facilitates independent third-party audits of smelters and refiners. As a downstream consumer of conflict minerals, however, the Company is not required by the OECD guidelines to directly audit the smelters&#47;refiners in its supply chain. </font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company does not have a direct relationship with any 3TGs smelters or refiners and does not perform or direct audits of these entities within its supply chain. Instead, the Company relies on third-party audits of smelters and refiners conducted as part of the RMAP, which uses independent private sector auditors to audit the source, including the mines of origin, and the chain of custody of the conflict minerals used by smelters and refiners that agree to participate in the program.</font></div><div style="padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Assent also directly contacts smelters and refiners that are not currently enrolled in the RMAP to encourage their participation and gather information regarding each facilities&#8217; sourcing practices on behalf of its compliance partners.</font></div><div style="padding-right:5.95pt;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><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Step 5&#58; Report annually on supply chain due diligence</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The CMR and the associated Form SD are available online through www.azz.com.</font></div><div style="padding-left:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:0.05pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Results of Due Diligence</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">After performing a RCOI and due diligence for 2021, we have no reason to believe that any of our suppliers source 3TGs that directly or indirectly benefit the armed groups in the Covered Countries. </font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of May 20, 2022, the Company validated 336 smelters or refiners identified within its supply chain. If a supplier indicated that the facility was certified as &#8220;conflict-free,&#8221; such status was confirmed by Assent if the facility was listed by the RMI as certified. We received responses from approximately sixty-one percent (61%) of our surveyed suppliers (the &#8220;Respondents&#8221;). We reviewed the responses against criteria developed to determine which responses required further engagement with the Respondents. These criteria included untimely or incomplete responses as well as inconsistencies within the data reported in the CMRT. The Respondents&#8217; responses provided data at a company, user-defined or product level. Thirty-seven percent (37%) of the Respondents&#8217; responses provided representations that their products do not contain 3TGs. Sixty-two percent (62%) of the Respondents&#8217; responses identified smelters or refiners for the products they sell to us (the &#8220;Respondent Identified Responses&#8221;). Sixty-eight percent (68%) of the smelters or refiners identified in Respondent Identified Responses were RMAP certified conformant smelters or refiners. </font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Due diligence is ongoing and the information received continues to improve in quantity and quality, but many of the responses received provided data at a company or divisional level, indicated an &#8220;unknown&#8221; status in terms of determining the origin of the 3TGs, or did not specify the smelters or refiners used for materials specifically supplied to us. We cannot definitively determine whether any of the 3TGs reported by the suppliers were contained in materials supplied to us or validate that any of these smelters or refiners are actually in our supply chain. While many of the smelters and refiners in our supply chain have been verified to be conflict-free, we were unable to establish the conflict status of all of our products. </font></div><div style="padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:3.9pt;padding-left:5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Continuous Risk Mitigation Efforts</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.55pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company intends to continue to comply with the Rule on an annual basis and expand or narrow the scope of future due diligence efforts in light of any changes in its supply chain. The Company also intends to implement steps to continue to improve the information gathered from its due diligence, including taking actions designed to increase the response rate of supplier solicitations. Additionally, the Company intends to take the following steps to mitigate the risk that the 3TGs in its products may benefit armed groups during the next reporting period&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-right:5.9pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:41pt;padding-right:5.9pt;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">Endeavor to improve the number and quality of supplier responses through more active supplier engagement.</font></div><div style="padding-left:41pt;padding-right:5.9pt;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">Seek to include a conflict minerals compliance clause in the Company's new or renewed supplier agreements.</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><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:41pt;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 streamline the Company&#8217;s internal reporting processes.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As the Company has not elected to describe any of its products as &#8220;DRC conflict free,&#8221; this report has not been subject to an independent private sector audit, consistent with the guidance provided by the SEC in its </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Statement on the Effect of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">issued on April 29, 2014.</font></div><div style="padding-left:229.47pt;padding-right:229.47pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">***</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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