<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001654954-22-007724.txt : 20220531
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20220531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220531

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000889971
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				860708398
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27548
		FILM NUMBER:		22984393

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2603 CHALLENGER TECH CT
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			ORLANDO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32826
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4073824003
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<html><head><title>lpth_sd.htm</title><!--Document created using EDGARMaster--></head><body style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT: 10pt times new roman"><p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <table style="font-size:1px;width:100%"> <tr > <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 5px solid;"></td></tr> <tr > <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 2px solid;"></td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><font style="font-size:12pt">&nbsp;<strong>UNITED STATES</strong></font></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong><font style="font-size:12pt">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong><font style="font-size:12pt">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong><font style="font-size:18pt">FORM SD</font></strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>Specialized Disclosure Report</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-spacing:0;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:60%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;"> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong><font style="font-size:18pt">LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></strong></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</strong></p></td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-spacing:0;font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:85%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;width:30%;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>Delaware</strong></p></td> <td style="width:5%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;width:30%;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>000-27548</strong></p></td> <td style="width:5%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;width:30%;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>86-0708398</strong></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>(State or other jurisdiction of</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>incorporation or organization)</strong></p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>(Commission File Number)</strong></p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>(I.R.S. Employer</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>Identification Number)</strong></p></td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>2603 Challenger Tech Court, Suite 100</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>Orlando, Florida 32826</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>Albert Miranda</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>(407) 382-4003</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">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:</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2021.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended: ____________.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <table style="font-size:1px;width:100%"> <tr > <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 2px solid;"></td></tr> <tr > <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 5px solid;"></td></tr></table> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px;"></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td><p style='page-break-after: always'></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;">LightPath Technologies, Inc.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;">Form SD</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Section 1 &#8211; Conflict Minerals Disclosure</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">A copy of the Conflict Minerals Report of LightPath Technologies, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) for the reporting period January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 is provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and is publicly available at https://www.lightpath.com/resources/certifications-compliance-patents/.</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Item 1.02 Exhibit</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">The Company&#8217;s Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Section 2- Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Item 2.01 Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Not applicable.</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Section 3 &#8211; Exhibits</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Item 3.01 Exhibits</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">The following exhibit is filed as part of this report.</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-spacing:0;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;width:9%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Exhibit No.</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p></td> <td style="width:2%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;"> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><strong>Description</strong></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px;background-color:#cceeff"> <td> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><a href="lpth_ex11.htm">1.01</a></p></td> <td> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><a href="lpth_ex11.htm">Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.</a></p></td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-INDENT: 0px;text-align:center;">2</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td><p style='page-break-after: always'></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;">SIGNATURES</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-spacing:0;font-size:10pt;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="width:50%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="width:3%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="width:35%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="width:12%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Dated: May 31, 2022</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">By: </p></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">/s/ Albert Miranda</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Albert Miranda</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><em>Chief Financial Officer</em></p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-INDENT: 0px;text-align:center;">3</td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp; </p><body>
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<html><head><title>lpth_ex11.htm</title><!--Document created using EDGARMaster--></head><body style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT: 10pt times new roman"><p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:right;"><strong>EXHIBIT 1.01</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>Conflict Minerals Report</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>For the Year Ended December 31, 2021</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><u>Introduction</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD (this &#8220;Report&#8221;) of LightPath Technologies, Inc. (&#8220;LightPath,&#8221; the &#8220;Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;our,&#8221; or &#8220;us&#8221;) for the calendar year ended December 31, 2021 was prepared in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#8220;Rule 13p-1&#8221;). Rule 13p-1, along with Form SD (collectively, the &#8220;Conflict Rules&#8221;), require public companies to annually disclose information about their use of specific conflict minerals originating and financing armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (&#8220;DRC&#8221;) and adjoining countries (together with the DRC, &#8220;Covered Countries&#8221;) that are &#8220;necessary to the functionality or production of a product&#8221; manufactured by those companies or contracted by those companies to be manufactured. The term &#8220;conflict minerals&#8221; includes tantalum, tin, gold or tungsten.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">In accordance with the Conflict Rules, a copy of this Report is available on our website at https://www.lightpath.com/resources/certifications-compliance-patents/.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><u>Company Overview</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">We are a global, vertically integrated provider of optics, photonics, and infrared solutions for the industrial, defense, telecommunications, testing and measurement, and medical industries. We design, manufacture, and distribute proprietary optical and infrared components including molded glass aspheric lenses and assemblies, infrared lenses and thermal imaging assemblies and fused fiber collimators used to produce products that manipulate light. We also offer custom optical assemblies, including full engineering design support. The Company is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with manufacturing and sales offices in Riga, Latvia and Shanghai and Zhenjiang, China.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">Our wholly-owned subsidiary, ISP Optics Corporation (&#8220;ISP&#8221;), manufactures a full range of infrared products from high performance MWIR and LWIR lenses and lens assemblies. ISP&#8217;s infrared lens assembly product line includes thermal lens systems used in cooled and un-cooled thermal imaging cameras. Manufacturing is performed in-house to provide precision optical components including spherical, aspherical, and diffractive coated infrared lenses. ISP&#8217;s optics processes allow it to manufacture its products from all important types of infrared materials and crystals. Manufacturing processes include CNC grinding and CNC polishing, diamond turning, continuous and conventional polishing, optical contacting and advanced coating technologies.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><u>Framework of Conflict Minerals Program</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><em>Team.</em> We assembled an internal team (the &#8220;Team&#8221;) to oversee compliance with the Conflict Rules, including developing processes and procedures, as well as monitoring developments, initiatives and &#8220;best practices.&#8221; The Team consists of our Chief Financial Officer, Director of Quality, Director of Engineering, Director of Global Coating, and Supply Chain Manager. We believe input from various departments is beneficial for the purpose of overseeing our compliance with the Conflict Rules and implementing our processes and procedures related to the Conflict Rules.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><em>Policy Statement.</em> We adopted a policy statement concerning our principles on the use of conflict minerals from the Covered Countries and our aim to only use suppliers that source from conflict-free smelters and refiners. This policy statement can be found on our website at https://www.lightpath.com/resources/certifications-compliance-patents/.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-INDENT: 0px;text-align:center;">1</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td><p style='page-break-after: always'></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><u>Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">To be within the purview of the Conflict Rules, a reporting issuer must sell products that it manufactures or contracts to manufacture, such products must contain conflict minerals, and such conflict minerals must be necessary to the functionality or production of the products. We sell products that we manufacture or contract to manufacture, thus meeting these parts of the test. To determine if any conflict minerals are incorporated into our products, including parts and components of such products, the Team conducted an inventory and analysis of all components of our products, which included reviewing bills of materials, product specifications and other relevant documentation. The Team concluded that certain of our products may contain the conflict minerals gold, tantalum, tungsten and tin. The Team also determined that the conflict mineral tungsten is used in the molds, rings and sleeves as tooling necessary to manufacture molded lenses; however, the Conflict Rules do not require us to take any further action with respect to the tungsten used in tooling.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">Next, the Team analyzed whether any of the conflict minerals are &#8220;necessary to the functionality of a product&#8221; or &#8220;necessary to the production of a product.&#8221; To determine whether any of the conflict minerals are &#8220;necessary to the functionality of a product,&#8221; the Team considered whether a conflict mineral is intentionally added to a product or a component of a product and is not a naturally occurring by-product, whether a conflict mineral is necessary to a product&#8217;s generally expected function, use or purpose, and, if any of the conflict minerals are incorporated for purposes of ornamentation, decoration or embellishment, whether the primary purpose of such product is ornamentation, decoration or embellishment. To determine whether any of the conflict minerals are &#8220;necessary to the production of a product,&#8221; the Team considered whether a conflict mineral is intentionally included in the product&#8217;s production process (other than a conflict mineral included in a tool, machine or indirect equipment used to produce the product), whether a conflict mineral is necessary to produce the product and whether a conflict mineral is included as part of a component of the product originally manufactured by a third party. The Team determined the following with respect to each of the listed conflict minerals:</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><em>Gold</em>. At a customer&#8217;s request, our precision molded aspheric lenses may be mounted onto gold-plated holders. One of our collimator applications also may be gold coated at the request of a customer. Finally, gold is an ingredient used in the anti-reflective coating that is applied to some of our lenses at the request of a customer. The Team concluded that with respect to each of these products, when used, gold is intentionally added and is necessary to the products&#8217; generally expected function, use, or purpose.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><em>Tantalum</em>. Tantalum oxide is an ingredient used in the anti-reflective coating that is applied to some of our lenses at the request of a customer. The Team concluded that, when used, tantalum oxide is intentionally added and is necessary to such products&#8217; generally expected function, use or purpose.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><em>Tungsten</em>. Tungsten is an ingredient used in the manufacturing of the glass preform that is molded into some of our lenses. The Team concluded that, when used, tungsten is intentionally added and is necessary to such products&#8217; generally expected function, use or purpose.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><em>Tin.</em> At a customer&#8217;s request, one of our collimator applications may be tin coated. The Team concluded that, when used, tin is intentionally added and is necessary to such products&#8217; generally expected function, use or purpose.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">After concluding that conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality of certain of our products, the Team conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry based on the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas to determine if any of the conflict minerals in our products for calendar year 2021 originated in the Covered Countries. We do not purchase conflict minerals directly from mines, smelters, or refiners and, therefore, there are many third parties in the supply chain between us and the original sources of the conflict minerals contained in our products. Accordingly, our reasonable country of origin inquiry focused on our first-tier suppliers, and we are relying on these direct suppliers (and they in turn are relying upon their suppliers) for information regarding the origin of the any conflict minerals in our products. The Team identified twenty-nine first-tier suppliers. The Team sent inquiries to each of these suppliers regarding whether the supplier supplied to us any components or parts or sold to us raw materials that contained any conflict minerals and, if yes, the source of the conflict minerals either used in components or parts supplied to us or sold to us as raw materials, and requested each such supplier provide a representation letter or other written response regarding the source of the conflict minerals or to complete and return the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability (&#8220;EICC/GeSI&#8221;) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. The results of the Team&#8217;s inquiries with respect to each of the listed conflict minerals are as follows:</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-INDENT: 0px;text-align:center;">2</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td><p style='page-break-after: always'></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><em>Gold</em>. Two of our suppliers provided a written response indicating its or its suppliers&#8217; gold did not originate from the Covered Countries.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><em>Tantalum</em>. Five of our suppliers provided a written response indicating its or its suppliers&#8217; tantalum did not originate from the Covered Countries.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><em>Tungsten</em>. Six of our suppliers provided a written response indicating its or its suppliers&#8217; tungsten did not originate from the Covered Countries.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><em>Tin.</em> One of our suppliers provided a written response indicating its or its suppliers&#8217; tin did not originate from the Covered Countries.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><u>Conclusion Based on Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">We have concluded in good faith that during calendar year 2021, (i) we manufactured and contracted to manufacture products as to which conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of our products and (ii) based on our reasonable country of origin inquiry, we have no reason to believe that any of the conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of our products may have originated in the Covered Countries.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-INDENT: 0px;text-align:center;">3</td></tr></table> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p><body>
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