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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000883569-18-000020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20180523
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180523

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Fossil Group, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000883569
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATCHES, CLOCKS, CLOCKWORK OPERATED DEVICES/PARTS [3873]
		IRS NUMBER:				752018505
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19848
		FILM NUMBER:		18854755

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		901 S CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY
		CITY:			RICHARDSON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75080
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9722342525

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		901 S CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY
		CITY:			RICHARDSON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75080

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FOSSIL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940218
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<div><a name="sB84E2161EDC032306A45844C9EEFC4E2"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 1.01</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Reporting Period:  January 1 to December 31, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Fossil Group, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This is the Conflict Minerals Report of Fossil Group, Inc. (&#8220;Fossil&#8221;) for calendar year 2017 provided in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (&#8220;Rule 13p-1&#8221;) under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;1934 Act&#8221;). Please refer to Rule 13p-1, Form SD and the 1934 Act Release No. 34-67716 for definitions to the terms used in this report, unless otherwise defined herein.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Fossil places great importance on the responsible procurement of minerals throughout its entire supply chain worldwide. The process of mining minerals from conflict zones in Africa &#8211; including the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighboring countries (&#8220;covered countries&#8221;) &#8211; has been identified as contributing to human rights violations, such as child labor and sexual abuse. Profits from mining operations in these regions have been linked to the source of funds for armed groups, fueling further conflict and violence in the regions. In 2010, The United States Congress passed a bill defining &#8220;conflict minerals&#8221; as four major minerals often mined in conflict zones: tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold (known as &#8220;3TG minerals&#8221;). We design, develop, market and distribute fashion accessories, including belts, handbags, jewelry, small leather goods, activity trackers, and smart and traditional watches under proprietary and licensed brand names. Fossil also markets and distributes fragrance products under our proprietary brand name. In addition, Fossil has a third party licensee who manufactures, markets and distributes sunglasses and prescription eye glass frames under our proprietary brand name. Fossil also markets and distributes those sunglasses. Some of our products contain these conflict minerals.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Fossil has established a Conflict Minerals Policy, which can be viewed at: http://www.fossilgroup.com/responsibility/conflict-minerals/.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As noted in our Conflict Minerals Policy we:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; Work closely with our suppliers to determine the potential use of 3TG minerals in our supply chain and, when appropriate, work with these suppliers to remediate issues and source more responsibly.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; Expect suppliers who use 3TG minerals to conduct the necessary inquiry and, where appropriate, perform additional due diligence to provide us with confirmation of the source of the materials used in their process and ultimately present in our products.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; Encourage our suppliers to advocate and actively engage our philosophy of sourcing 3TG minerals from socially responsible suppliers, including conflict-free mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo region.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">A number of factors continue to impact our ability to achieve our goal of ensuring that the sourcing of all 3TG minerals in our products does not indirectly fund conflict:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; The majority of our suppliers are not companies that are publicly traded in the United States and thus are not directly required to comply with the SEC&#8217;s conflict minerals reporting requirements.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; The nature and complexity of our supply chain makes it difficult to navigate down to the smelter level. Many of the minerals in question may be three or more levels removed from the suppliers with whom we interact. Our watch </font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">products, in particular, contain a large number of components and material that can be sourced from multiple and varied sources.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; Most of our suppliers respond to the survey with company level declarations rather than product level declarations.  Therefore, we do not know if the disclosures relate specifically to products they make for us.  </font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Despite these challenges, we take the task of understanding the source of our 3TG minerals seriously and are working toward our goal of avoiding the potential inadvertent funding of conflict.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We set forth below a summary of the actions we have taken to identify the source of 3TG minerals in our supply chain.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">I. Description of Fossil&#8217;s Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (&#8220;RCOI&#8221;)</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">a. Background on Our Conflict Minerals Program</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Our Conflict Minerals initiative is owned by our Chief Compliance &amp; Risk Officer, who is also responsible for our Supplier Compliance, Loss Prevention, Corporate Compliance and Risk teams. The complexity of our products and use of 3TG minerals within those products vary significantly across our portfolio of products. We engaged third party experts to assist us in the design and execution of our Conflict Minerals program during 2013, and have continued to follow their program design.  We also invested in a specialized software program to assist us in implementing our Conflict Minerals program.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">b. Our Progress to Date</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Fossil has conducted a detailed analysis of our product portfolio and product specifications to identify those products that may contain 3TG minerals. We then identified the tier 1 suppliers (those that supply us directly) who provide us with the products so identified. We also identified tier 2 suppliers (those that supply our tier 1 suppliers) as high risk for 3TG minerals exposure if they supplied items likely to contain 3TG minerals based on product testing results and known material exposure. Collectively, these tier 1 and high risk tier 2 suppliers comprise our &#8220;in-scope suppliers&#8221; to whom we sent RCOI surveys. These factories make up 95% of our annual direct material spend.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We conducted annual training about our Conflict Minerals policy and our reporting obligations for members of our organization who are involved in working with our supply chain. We also conducted annual training for our in-scope suppliers, with the majority of this training conducted in-person. The training covered what Conflict Minerals are, our regulatory obligations, what our policy is, and what steps our suppliers need to take to enable Fossil to comply with our obligations. The training also encouraged our suppliers to comply with our policy. We believe that the in-person training enabled effective dialog both internally and with our suppliers, leading to a better understanding of supplier obligations and our expectations.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Our RCOI survey is based on the template (v.5.01) developed by the Responsible Business Alliance Global e-Sustainability Initiative (RBA/GeSi). We also included additional questions that help meet our Conflict Minerals objectives. We received surveys back from suppliers and conducted relevant follow up on survey gaps such as incomplete survey answers or inconsistencies in the responses. For example, we requested clarifications, additional information or other information as was deemed necessary after review of the initial survey results. Additionally, as provided by suppliers, we received supporting documents proving chain of custody down to the smelter for a majority of our survey respondents. For those in-scope suppliers claiming no 3TG minerals in their products, test reports from third party laboratories were required to certify the claim.  </font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As a result of our RCOI, Fossil received the names of 360 smelters. Twelve suppliers identified that they use 3TG minerals but did not identify a smelter. Of the 360 identified smelters, 249 are Conflict Free Smelter (&#8220;CFS&#8221;) program certified, 12 are active on the CFS list and pending conflict free certification, and 99 are not actively participating in an independent third party audit program. Our suppliers reported that 3TG was not being supplied from Covered Countries for 94 of the 99 smelters not participating in an audit program. The remaining 5 smelters reported Covered Countries sourcing. According to RMI smelter information provided in December 2017, 3 of these are no longer an operating smelter/refinery and 1 of them does not meet the RMI definition of a smelter/refinery.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">c. RCOI Conclusion</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Fossil knows that some of its products contain tantalum, tin, tungsten and/or gold that is necessary in the production of those products. As a result of our RCOI as described above, Fossil has reason to believe that one smelter may have sourced  necessary conflict minerals (Tantalum, Tin, Tungsten and Gold) in the covered countries. </font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">II. Due Diligence Design</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We have used the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidelines, 3rd edition, 2016 and related supplements for 3T and Gold as a framework to help us create our Due Diligence program. The Program provides a 5-step framework for risk-based Due Diligence in the mineral supply chain.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">a. Due Diligence Performed</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1) Establish strong company management systems:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We maintain a Conflict Minerals Policy that guides our overall program.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We conducted training for internal personnel involved in our supply chain and for in-scope suppliers.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We maintain agreements with our in-scope suppliers that include language related to reporting on the source of 3TG minerals.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We maintain a Steering Committee consisting of representatives from the Legal team and our Supplier Compliance team and chaired by our Chief Compliance &amp; Risk Officer.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We maintain a conflict minerals core team to execute our program. </font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2) Identify and assess risk in the supply chain:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We sent in-scope suppliers surveys asking for information about the supply chain used to source any 3TG minerals in products supplied to Fossil.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We identified sourcing and supplier red flags to look for within the survey responses.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We followed up with suppliers on incomplete or inconsistent responses or responses with red flags.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">3) Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We maintain a risk mitigation plan to respond to suppliers sourcing 3TG minerals from undeterminable or conflict sources.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4) Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain:</font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We rely on certifications from the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), formerly known as the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative, the London Bullion Market Association, the Responsible Jewellery Council and the Tungsten Industry &#8211; Conflict Minerals Council for identified smelters. These organizations audit smelters and provide certification on the conflict status of those smelters.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">5) Report on supply chain due diligence:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226; We filed this Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">III. Other Required Disclosures</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Smelter locations:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Of the 360 smelters identified by our suppliers during our 2017 Due Diligence and RCOI, 33 may have sourced from mines in covered countries. All 33 were identified by our connected device (smart watch and activity tracker) and movement suppliers.  Of these 33, 28 are CFS program certified. Three smelters, located in Germany, the USA, and China respectively, are not listed on the RMI list because they are no longer operating. One smelter, located in Austria does not meet the RMI definition of a smelter or refiner. One smelter, located in China, is not listed on the CFS list, and is not pursuing certification.  Fossil will work closely with the supplier who sourced from this smelter to either engage the smelter in a CFS certification program or transfer the sourcing to other conflict free smelters. </font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Our Products are:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">a. Watch products &#8211; We offer an extensive line of branded lifestyle watches. We manufacture watches and smart watches using our proprietary brands. We also have entered into multi-year, worldwide exclusive license agreements for the manufacture, distribution and sale of watches and smart watches bearing the brand names of certain globally recognized fashion companies. We also design, market and arrange manufacturing of certain retailers&#8217; private label watches or as premium and incentive items for use in various corporate events.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">b. Fashion accessories &#8211; We have developed a line of fashion accessories for both men and women, including belts, handbags, jewelry, activity trackers and small leather goods.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The following are steps Fossil has taken, or will take as required, to mitigate the risk that 3TG minerals found in our products are being used to fund conflict:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">a. Continued training of our suppliers related to our Conflict Mineral Policy and our expectations about responsible sourcing of 3TG minerals.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">b. Enforcement of contractual terms with suppliers.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">c. Continued reliance on CFS certifications.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Description of facilities used to process Conflict Minerals in our products, to the extent known.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Fossil received the names of 360 smelters, operating in various countries, from its suppliers. Fossil has no reason to believe that any of these 360 smelters directly or indirectly finance armed groups in the covered countries.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Efforts to determine the mine or location of origin.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Fossil&#8217;s RCOI and Due Diligence descriptions above represent our best efforts to gather the information necessary to determine the mine or location of origin for the conflict minerals in our products.</font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Description of country of origin of the Conflict Minerals in our products, if known.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Certain statements contained herein that are not historical facts, including future plans related to sourcing, constitute &#8220;forward-looking statements&#8221; within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual results of the future events described in such forward-looking statements could differ materially from those stated in such forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are: changes in product categories, extension of existing product lines, addition of new brands, changes in our selected suppliers, changes in our supplier&#8217;s supply chain, acquisitions, alterations to materials used, changes in product design, as well as the risks and uncertainties set forth in the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2017 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;).</font></div><div><br></div><div></div>	</body>
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