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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001060822-25-000126
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20250529
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250529

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CARTERS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001060822
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	APPAREL & OTHER FINISHED PRODS OF FABRICS & SIMILAR MATERIAL [2300]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				133912933
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0103

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31829
		FILM NUMBER:		251003611

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PHIPPS TOWER
		STREET 2:		3438 PEACHTREE ROAD NE SUITE 1800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30326
		BUSINESS PHONE:		678-399-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PHIPPS TOWER
		STREET 2:		3438 PEACHTREE ROAD NE SUITE 1800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30326

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CARTER HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980430
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Conflict Minerals Disclosure</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">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:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Form SD, a Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto.  It is publicly available on Carter&#8217;s, Inc.&#8217;s website at the &#34;Financials-SEC Filings&#34; section of our investor relations page, ir.carters.com,  but the contents of that site are not incorporated by reference into, and are not otherwise a part of, this Form SD.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Item 1.02 Exhibit</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">The Conflict Minerals Report described in Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.</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:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Section 2 &#8211; 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="icdfb0a7057334d30b09562956da7079e_1"></div><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><div style="min-height:42.66pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:216pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:right;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit 1.01</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Conflict Minerals Report of Carter&#8217;s, Inc.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;padding-right:18pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">In accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">This is the Conflict Minerals Report (&#8220;CMR&#8221;) of Carter&#8217;s, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) for calendar year 2024 (excepting conflict minerals that, prior to January 31, 2013, were located outside of the supply chain) in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;Rule 13p-1&#8221;).  </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Introduction</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The intent of this CMR is to describe the Company&#8217;s due diligence process following Rule 13p-1 requirements. Per Rule 13p-1, due diligence is required for necessary conflict minerals in products where there is reason to believe such minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the &#8220;DRC&#8221;) or surrounding countries (the &#8220;Covered Countries&#8221;). The goal of the due diligence process is to determine whether such products were &#8220;DRC conflict free&#8221;. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The Company contracts to manufacture products that may contain gold, tantalum, tin, and tungsten (&#8220;3TG&#8221;), such as (a) apparel (products made with metallized yarns) or apparel products with trim, including, but not limited to, zippers, clasps, buttons, buckles, rivets, snaps, hooks, eyes, and other fasteners, and (b) accessories, such as those with electronic parts.  As these materials are necessary to the Company&#8217;s products, the Company is dedicated to tracing the origin of these metals to ensure our sourcing practices do not support conflict or human rights abuses in the Covered Countries.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"><br>Accordingly, the Company has concluded, in good faith, that during 2024&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">The Company contracted to manufacturer products for which &#8220;conflict minerals&#8221; (as defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) are necessary to their functionality or production.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Based on a &#8220;reasonable country of origin inquiry&#8221; (&#8220;RCOI&#8221;) and other due diligence (as described further below), the Company does not have concrete findings on whether its sourcing practices directly or indirectly funded armed groups in the Covered Countries.  As a result, the Company&#8217;s products are DRC Conflict Undeterminable.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Due Diligence Process </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Suppliers were requested to use the Responsible Minerals Initiative&#8217;s (&#8220;RMI&#8217;s&#8221;) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (&#8220;CMRT&#8221;) to identify 3TG smelters and refiners (&#8220;SORs&#8221;) and associated countries of origin. Below is a summary of verified smelters</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;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:133%">&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.551%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.233%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.233%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.234%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Metal</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Official Smelter Name</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-right:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Conflict-Free Certifications</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-right:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">RMAP</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Countries of Origin for these SORs are believed to include&#58; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Peru, and the United States.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Design of Due Diligence Measures </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">The Company&#8217;s due diligence process is based on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development&#8217;s (&#8220;OECD&#8217;s&#8221;) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and </font></div><div style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:10pt;opacity:1;width:150pt"></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;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:100%"> Verified smelters are those listed by the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative or the U.S. Department of Commerce as known metal processors, or otherwise determined to be metal processors through Source Intelligence&#8217;s research.</font></div><div style="height:39.96pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:36pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><div style="min-height:42.66pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:216pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">accompanying Supplements</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">2</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">. It is important to note that the OECD Guidance was written for both upstream</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">3</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> and downstream</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">4</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> companies in the supply chain. As the Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">is a downstream company in the supply chain, our due diligence practices were tailored accordingly.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Due Diligence Measures Implemented</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">The Company follows various due diligence measures, including the following&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Adopted a conflict minerals policy.  The Company&#8217;s conflict minerals policy is publicly available at the &#34;Financials-SEC Filings&#34; section of our investor relations page, ir.carters.com. </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Developed a comprehensive conflict minerals program&#47;framework outlining management&#8217;s compliance initiatives with respect to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Engaged Source Intelligence, Inc. (&#8220;Source Intelligence&#8221;), a supply chain solutions provider, to lead information collection&#47;inquiry efforts with the Company&#8217;s suppliers&#59;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Engaged direct suppliers as part of the Company&#8217;s due diligence process&#59;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Identifies SORs in the supply chain through inquiries to in-scope suppliers, and then conducted an RCOI with identified SORs&#59;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Evaluates suppliers&#8217; responses for plausibility, consistency, and potential gaps related to the stated origin of materials as well as plausibility, consistency, and potential gaps in the products specified to contain &#47;not contain conflict minerals&#59;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Assigns cautionary flags to supplier responses requiring additional investigation and follow up action&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Incorporates relevant elements of compliance with Form SD into our master supplier agreement template&#59; and</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Outlines a plan to incorporate new suppliers into our existing due diligence efforts, utilized Source Intelligence&#8217;s online platform to identify each supplier&#8217;s SORs for raw materials, and verified each supplier&#8217;s SORs against the independently published list of The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative&#8217;s (&#8220;CFSI&#8217;s&#8221;) Conflict-Free Smelters Programs.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Reports annually on supply chain due diligence. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry Description</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">To implement the RCOI, the Company&#8217;s suppliers were engaged to collect information regarding the presence and sourcing of 3TG metals used in the products supplied to the Company. Information was collected and retained using an online platform provided by Source Intelligence. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The Company&#8217;s supplier engagement was as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:14.5pt">An introduction email was sent to factory suppliers describing the Company&#8217;s compliance requirements and requesting conflict minerals information&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:14.5pt">Following the initial introductions to the program and information request, up to eight reminder emails were sent to each non-responsive supplier requesting survey completion.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:10pt;opacity:1;width:150pt"></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">2</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and Supplement on Gold, 2016&#59; https&#58;&#47;&#47;www.oecd.org&#47;en&#47;publications&#47;2016&#47;04&#47;oecd-due-diligence-guidance-for-responsible-supply-chains-of-minerals-from-conflict-affected-and-high-risk-areas_g1g65996.html.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">3</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> Upstream companies refer to those between the mine and SOR. As such, the companies typically include miners, local traders, or exporters from the country of mineral origin, international concentrate traders and SORs.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">4</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> Downstream companies refer to those entities between the SOR and retailer. As such, the companies typically include metal traders and exchanges, component manufacturers, product manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and retailers.</font></div><div style="height:39.96pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:36pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><div style="min-height:42.66pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:216pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">An escalation process was initiated by the Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">for suppliers who continued to be non-responsive after the above contacts were made. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The program utilized RMI&#8217;s CMRT for data collection.  Supplier responses were evaluated for plausibility, consistency, and gaps. Additional supplier contacts were conducted to address issues, including incomplete data on CMRT responses that did not identify SORs for 3TG metals, and organizations that were identified as SORs but not verified as such through further analysis and research.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">A total of 152 vendors and factories were identified as in-scope for conflict minerals regulatory purposes and contacted as part of the RCOI process conducted by Source Intelligence. The response rate among these suppliers was 100%. Of the responding suppliers, 4% indicated one or more of the 3TG metals as necessary to the functionality or production of the products they supply to the Company.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Product Determination</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">The Company is unable to determine whether various components&#47;materials which contribute to its various apparel, apparel products, and accessories are DRC Conflict-free. The Company does not have sufficient information from suppliers or other sources to conclude whether the necessary conflict minerals originated in the Covered Countries and, if so, whether the necessary conflict minerals were from recycled or scrap sources, were DRC conflict free, or have not been found to be DRC conflict free.  On the basis of the due diligence measures taken above, the Company has determined products are &#8220;DRC conflict undeterminable&#8221;.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Independent Private Sector Audit</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Based on the Company&#8217;s declaration of &#8220;DRC conflict undeterminable&#8221;, a private sector audit is not required.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Steps to Improve Due Diligence</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">The Company will endeavor to continuously improve upon its supply chain due diligence efforts through the following measures&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Continuing to assess the presence of 3TG in its supply chain&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Clearly communicating expectations with regard to supplier performance, transparency, and sourcing&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Improving the response rate for the RCOI process&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Continuing to compare RCOI results to information collected via independent conflict-free smelter validation programs such as the CFSI&#8217;s Conflict-Free Smelter Program&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt">Contacting smelters identified as a result of the RCOI process and request their participation in obtaining a &#8220;conflict free&#8221; designation from an industry program such as the CFSI&#8217;s Conflict-Free Smelter Program.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:39.96pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:36pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div></div></body></html>
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