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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240530

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEWELL BRANDS INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000814453
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC [3089]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				363514169
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09608
		FILM NUMBER:		241006128

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-424-1941

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEWELL BRANDS, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20191017

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEWELL BRANDS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20160415

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990329
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM SD
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NEWELL BRANDS
INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">36-3514169</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer<BR>Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6655 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Atlanta, GA 30328 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bradford R. Turner </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(770)
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">418-7000</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in
connection with this report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13p-1)</FONT> for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2023 </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report, filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto, are publicly available on the
Newell Brands Inc. website at <U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">http://ir.newellbrands.com/investor-relations/sec-filings/default.aspx</FONT></U>. The content on, or accessible through, any website referred to in this Form SD or the attached
Conflict Minerals Report is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Form SD or the attached Conflict Minerals Report. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;1.02 Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Conflict
Minerals Report as required by Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;3 &#150; Exhibits </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3.01 Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d825682dex101.htm">Newell Brands Inc. Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD for the Reporting Period January&nbsp;1, 2023 to December<U></U>&nbsp;31, 2023 </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Newell Brands Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Conflict Minerals
Report For The Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Conflict Minerals Report (the &#147;Report&#148;) of Newell Brands Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148;) for the calendar year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 is provided in accordance with Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT> (the &#147;Rule&#148;) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;),
the instructions to Form SD, and the Updated Statement on the Effect of the Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on
April&nbsp;7, 2017 (the &#147;SEC Statement&#148;) and together with the Rule, Form SD, 1934 Act Release <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;34-67716</FONT> and other guidance promulgated by the SEC (the &#147;CMR Regulations&#148;). Please
refer to the Rule, Form SD and the 1934 Act Release <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;34-67716</FONT> for definitions of the terms used in this Report, unless otherwise defined herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Report outlines the steps the Company undertook in accordance with the CMR Regulations in connection with the existence of Conflict Minerals (as defined
below) in products the Company manufactured or contracted to manufacture. The Company&#146;s diligence measures were designed to adhere, in all material respects, to the internationally-recognized framework in the OECD 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 (Third Edition OECD 2016) (the &#147;OECD Framework&#148;) for supply chain diligence relating
to columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, and wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (collectively, &#147;Conflict Minerals&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>1. Company Overview </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Newell Brands Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Newell Brands&#148;) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate,
FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer&#146;s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. Newell Brands is focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments. The Company sells its products in over 150 countries around the world and has operations on the
ground in over 40 of these countries, excluding third-party distributors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Organizational Structure </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s three primary operating segments are as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Commercial cleaning and maintenance solutions; closet and garage organization; hygiene systems and material handling solutions; household products, including kitchen appliances, food and home storage products, fresh preserving
products, vacuum sealing products, gourmet cookware, bakeware and cutlery and home fragrance products</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dymo, Elmer&#146;s, EXPO, Graco, NUK, Paper Mate, Parker and Sharpie</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Baby gear and infant care products; writing instruments, including markers and highlighters, pens and pencils; art products; activity-based products and labeling solutions</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Active lifestyle products for outdoor and outdoor-related activities; technical apparel and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">on-the-go</FONT></FONT> beverageware</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Supply Chain </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company
manufactures some of its products and leverages third party suppliers for some of its other products and components. In both cases, the Company&#146;s position in the supply chain is several levels removed from the actual sourcing of Conflict
Minerals. The Company does not make purchases of raw ore or unrefined Conflict Minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo or an &#147;adjoining country&#148; as defined in Form SD (collectively, the &#147;Covered Countries&#148;), nor does the
Company source any products or components directly from the Covered Countries. As a result, the Company must rely upon its suppliers, and their multiple <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-suppliers,</FONT> for information related to Conflict
Minerals that may be contained in products the Company sells. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Due to the breadth of the Company&#146;s products and global reach of its
business, the Company has a complex supply chain that includes over 1,800 direct and sourced finished good suppliers. The procurement of materials and finished goods is managed by global procurement teams consisting of over 225 employees who oversee
local and regional sourcing and supplier arrangements. Other key factors that increase the complexity of the Company&#146;s efforts to gather information from within the supply chain include the following: </P>
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yet have management systems to address the implications of the CMR Regulations. In addition, relatively few of the Company&#146;s suppliers are registrants with the SEC. As a result, the Company provided suppliers with support in order to develop
their understanding of the CMR Regulations. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">As noted above, due to the nature of the Company&#146;s products and manufacturing processes, the Company&#146;s
direct suppliers tend to be several levels removed from the smelters processing minerals that may be present in the products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by the Company. This necessitates a significant portion of the Company&#146;s
suppliers to engage in their own extensive due diligence efforts in order to provide information requested by the Company. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">In some instances, the Company may be the only entity requesting Conflict Minerals information from a supplier.
In these cases, despite the Company&#146;s efforts, the supplier may view responding to the Company&#146;s requests as a lower priority, and as a result the supplier may take additional time to provide the Company with the information needed in
connection with its Conflict Minerals compliance efforts. In some cases, the supplier may not respond at all despite repeated requests from the Company to do so. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">To the extent products and component parts are manufactured by third parties, the Company must place additional
reliance on those third-party manufacturers to assist the Company in the collection of the information necessary to comply with the due diligence and disclosure requirements under the CMR Regulations. Such third-party manufacturers, which are also
typically located in Asia, may lack the infrastructure, resources and knowledge to facilitate a Conflict Minerals compliance effort and may require additional assistance from the Company and/or others in order to do so. In some cases, third-party
manufacturers may assert that such information is proprietary. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The factors described above, and resulting complexities,
have increased the difficulty of the Company&#146;s efforts to identify the existence, and potential sources of, Conflict Minerals in its products. Regardless of these challenges, the Company diligently worked with its suppliers and third-party
manufacturers to collect the information necessary to support its compliance program and this Report. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Conflict Minerals Policy </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has adopted a Conflict Minerals policy which is publicly available on its website at
https://www.newellbrands.com/ethics-compliance/conflict-minerals-policies . </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Section describes the Company&#146;s Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (&#147;RCOI&#148;) for Conflict Minerals as required by Item
1.01 of Form SD. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1 above provides a description of the types of products sold by the Company during the period covered by
this Report. As a preliminary step to the Company&#146;s RCOI, the Company assessed which of these products contain Conflict Minerals, and which products containing Conflict Minerals fall within the scope of the Rule and would thus be included in
the RCOI (the &#147;Scoping Assessment&#148;). The Company conducted detailed analyses of its products&#146; bills of materials and other available information on product composition to determine the Conflict Minerals content of its products. As a
result of the Scoping Assessment, the Company determined that some of its products in the &#147;Description of Primary Products&#148; categories set forth in the table above contain Conflict Minerals. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company then worked to link the Conflict Minerals components of the covered products to the suppliers of those components in order to
identify suppliers that should be included in the RCOI process. For 2023, direct suppliers that posed a reasonable risk of having provided materials, components or products which may contain Conflict Minerals were covered. The Conflict Minerals
Policy includes the Company&#146;s expectation that its suppliers provide information related to country of origin of their products. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
2023, the Company used a third-party firm to conduct a survey of the Company&#146;s Targeted Suppliers (as defined below) using a Conflict Minerals Reporting Tool (the &#147;CMRT&#148;) to facilitate the RCOI. The CMRT was based on the Responsible
Minerals Initiative Reporting Template Version 6.2. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, the Company&#146;s third-party firm
surveyed 303 suppliers believed or known to have provided materials, components or products which may contain Conflict Minerals (the &#147;Targeted Suppliers&#148;). Based on our survey, 277 of such Targeted Suppliers, or approximately 91%,
submitted a complete response to the CMRT. If a Targeted Supplier did not provide a response to the CMRT, follow up requests were sent to individual Targeted Suppliers pursuant to an escalation process. Completed Targeted Supplier responses were
reviewed for completeness and internal consistency. Overall, responses were assigned a rating of low, medium, or high risk based on the contents and completeness of the response as well as the likelihood the Targeted Supplier may be sourcing from
the Covered Countries. As a result of the Company&#146;s RCOI, the Company has reason to believe that some Targeted Suppliers in its supply chain of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products or components of such products may be
sourcing Conflict Minerals from Covered Countries. However, for the period covered by this Form SD and Report, the Company was unable to determine the specific source of the Conflict Minerals due to insufficient information. Accordingly, the Company
undertook the due diligence process described below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>3. Design of Due Diligence Framework </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s due diligence framework is based upon the OECD Framework. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4. Due Diligence Performed </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Company&#146;s due diligence activities are described below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.1 Management Controls </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has established the following management controls as part of its Conflict Minerals program. </P>
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https://www.newellbrands.com/ethics-compliance/conflict-minerals-policies. <U></U> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The ongoing Conflict Minerals compliance program is supported by compliance personnel in the Company&#146;s
Responsible Sourcing team. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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training materials include information on the CMR Regulations, as well as on the Company&#146;s Conflict Minerals Policy, RCOI and due diligence processes. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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third-party provider conduct trainings related to CMR Regulations, the Company&#146;s Conflict Minerals Policy and RCOI and due diligence processes. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.2 Risk Identification </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has established and implemented the following program elements for identifying and assessing risk as part of its Conflict Minerals
program. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company or its third-party firm surveys suppliers annually about the potential use and origin of Conflict Minerals in their
respective supply chains, including reviewing smelter information and chain of custody information, as appropriate. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company assesses survey responses to identify sourcing and supplier risks. Supplier responses are reviewed
against the risk assessment framework, and follow up, due diligence, and risk mitigation are completed as necessary. The Company or its third-party firm also conducts smelter due diligence using defined and documented steps, which include comparing
supplier-disclosed smelters against the Responsible Minerals Initiative&#146;s (formerly the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative&#146;s) (the &#147;RMI&#148;) Compliant Smelter List to confirm their existence and to determine whether they are
certified as conflict-free. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.3 Risk Mitigation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has developed and adopted a risk mitigation plan that includes the following elements. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company or its third-party firm communicates with suppliers who do not satisfy the due diligence requests and
encourages them to provide complete and accurate responses. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company or its third-party firm reviews responses for changes in circumstances or information and reevaluates
the need for, and conducts where warranted, a reevaluation of necessary follow up, due diligence, and/or risk mitigation activities. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.4 Carry out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company does not have a direct relationship with Conflict Minerals smelters and refiners and does not perform or direct audits of these
entities within its supply chain. The Company relies upon the smelter audit results published by the RMI, the London Bullion Market Association and the Responsible Jewellery Council. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.5 Report on supply chain due diligence </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has filed this Report with the SEC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>5. Other Required Disclosures </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>5.1
Efforts to determine the mine or location of origin </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The due diligence described in Section&nbsp;4 of this Report represents the
Company&#146;s efforts to identify country and mine of origin. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>5.2 Description of facilities used to process Conflict Minerals, if
known </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Some of the respondents did not provide smelter information; further, responding suppliers often provided their responses at a
company-wide level, rendering the Company unable to conclude whether Conflict Minerals from smelters that may have been identified were actually used in the Company&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>5.3 Description of country of origin, if known </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s third-party firm requested country of origin information, if known, from each Targeted Supplier, most of which do not source
directly from smelters, and also relied upon country of origin information provided by the RMI, when available. Based on this information provided to our third-party firm, as of the date of this Form SD and Report, the Company has reason to believe
that some targeted suppliers may be sourcing Conflict Minerals from Covered Countries; however, the Company was unable to definitively identify the country of origin of the Conflict Minerals in its <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT>
products due to the nature of Targeted Suppliers&#146; responses to the smelter of origin inquiry. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>5.4 Steps taken or to be taken to
mitigate the risk that Conflict Minerals in the Company&#146;s products benefit armed groups </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will implement enhancements
to its Conflict Minerals program going forward, including the following: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Build out onboarding process for all Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) to segregate any products that contain 3TG
minerals in their composition and complete upfront due diligence; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Identify and minimize the occurrence of products that involve high-risk supply chain complexities, and
particularly those associated with Conflict Minerals; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">For products identified as undeterminable but indicating a potential high-risk of including Conflict Minerals
sourced from Covered Countries, evaluate alternatives or, where feasible, elimination; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Identify alternatives for high-risk suppliers that are unable to provide traceability to <FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Engage with any suppliers found to be supplying the Company with Conflict Minerals from sources that support
conflict in the DRC or any adjoining country to explore alternative sources; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Continued efforts to train suppliers regarding the Vendor Code of Conduct and to encourage them to adopt their
own Conflict Minerals programs, including conflict-free sourcing. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Given the Company&#146;s remote position in the
supply chain, the effectiveness of these enhancements is necessarily dependent on the cooperation of the Company&#146;s manufacturers and suppliers. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Due to a combination of incomplete and unconfirmed responses from certain targeted suppliers, or suppliers that did not respond to the CMRT, as
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