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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000720500-19-000021
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20190531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190531

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMTECH SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000720500
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
		IRS NUMBER:				860411215
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			AZ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11412
		FILM NUMBER:		19870428

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4809675146

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	QUARTZ ENGINEERING & MATERIALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870715
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<div><a name="sAAE6E0F0CCA452318BF296F60841AF1B"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 1.01</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Conflict Minerals Report <br>For Reporting Period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Introduction</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This Conflict Minerals Report (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) of Amtech Systems, Inc. (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Amtech</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">our</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">us</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;, or &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">we</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Rule</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Reporting Period</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Rule requires us to disclose annually whether the necessary conflict minerals contained in the products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Reporting Period originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or any adjoining country (each a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Covered Country,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; and collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Covered Countries</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;). If we have reason to believe that any of these conflict minerals may have originated in the Covered Countries and may not be from recycled or scrap sources, we are also required under the Rule to submit this Report, which describes the due diligence we performed to determine the source and chain of custody of those conflict minerals, among other things. Conflict minerals are gold, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, wolframite or their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">2. Company Overview</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Amtech Systems, Inc. is a global supplier of advanced thermal processing and polishing equipment and related consumables to the semiconductor / electronics, power IC businesses, and advanced lighting manufacturing markets. Amtech's equipment includes diffusion, solder reflow systems, wafer handling automation, and polishing equipment and related consumables for surface preparation of various materials, including silicon carbide ("SiC"), sapphire and silicon. The Company's wafer handling, thermal processing, polishing and consumable products currently address the diffusion, oxidation, and deposition steps used in the fabrication of semiconductors, printed circuit boards, semiconductor packaging, MEMS, and advanced lighting, including the polishing of newly sliced sapphire and silicon wafers. Amtech's products are recognized under the leading brand names BTU International, Bruce Technologies&#8482;, PR Hoffman&#8482;, and R2D Automation&#8482;.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Our supply chain is large and complex, consisting of several thousand direct suppliers. For any necessary conflict minerals that we source, we are typically several steps removed from the mine in our supply chain. Accordingly, we must rely on information from our direct suppliers regarding the source and chain of custody of any necessary conflict minerals in our products.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">3. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We determined after review that necessary conflict minerals may be contained in certain of our products manufactured or contracted for manufacture during the Reporting Period. Because of this determination, we conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">RCOI</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) regarding those minerals, which was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the necessary conflict minerals in our products originated in a Covered Country or came from recycled or scrap sources.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We identified nine hundred sixteen (916) direct suppliers that potentially supplied us with products that contained necessary conflict minerals. Then, we directed Source Intelligence&#174;, a third-party conflict minerals compliance solution provider, who we engaged again to assist us with our supplier engagement and analysis efforts for the Reporting Period, to send to each of the 916 direct suppliers an e-mail which contained a registration and survey request link. We utilized the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">CMRT</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) (revisions 3.0 or higher were accepted) developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (now known as &#8220;Responsible Minerals Initiative,&#8221; the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">RMI</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;). We gave suppliers the option of either uploading a completed CMRT in Excel format or completing an online version of the template directly in the Source Intelligence&#174; platform. If a supplier was unable to complete the form on the platform, Source Intelligence&#174; </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">1</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">uploaded the CMRT on their behalf. We permitted suppliers to share information at a level with which they were most comfortable (e.g., company, product, or user-defined).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">During the RCOI process, we sent up to two (2) reminder e-mails to each non-responsive supplier requesting their completed template. Because of the amount of time it takes to collect and analyze the responses, the direct suppliers were given a final deadline of March 31, 2019 to respond to our request.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Of our responding suppliers, approximately forty-seven percent (47%) indicated that they had supplied us with products containing one or more necessary conflict minerals during the Reporting Period. Based on those responses, we determined that certain of our products contained one or more of the four (4) conflict minerals. Source Intelligence&#174; compared the smelters and refiners identified by our direct suppliers in their responses against its smelter/refiner database and determined that, as of April 15, 2019, approximately sixteen percent (16%) of the verified smelters and refiners identified by our suppliers processed at least some conflict minerals that were sourced from the Covered Countries. As a result, we know or have reason to believe that some of our products manufactured or contracted for manufacture during the Reporting Period contain necessary conflict minerals that originated, or may have originated, in the Covered Countries and know or have reason to believe that those necessary conflict minerals may not be from recycled or scrap sources. Accordingly, we performed due diligence in an effort to determine the source and chain of custody of these necessary conflict minerals.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">4. 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Based on that review, we determined the number of smelters and refiners that are RMI Conformant, RMI Active, neither RMI Conformant nor RMI Active, or not known to be smelters or refiners.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.2.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">OECD Step #3: Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Our executive management team was updated annually about our conflict minerals compliance program and any associated risks.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.2.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">OECD Step #4: Carry Out Independent Third Party Audit of Smelter/Refiner&#8217;s Due Diligence Practices</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We do not carry out audits of the smelters or refiners identified by our suppliers as being in their supply chain. However, we believe that audits of smelters and refiners due diligence practices conducted by RMI or other third parties are the best way to identify smelters and refiners that have due diligence systems in place that promote responsible sourcing.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.2.5&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">OECD Step #5: Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Annually, we file our Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC as required by the Rule, and we make them publicly available on our company website at http://www.amtechsystems.com/minerals.htm.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">5. 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Based on their review, we also determined that, as of April 15, 2019, six of those smelters and refiners were deemed to be &#8220;RMI Active,&#8221; by which we mean that they committed to undergo an RMI audit and/or were participating in the LBMA Responsible Gold Certification audit and/or the Responsible Jewelry Program Chain-of-Custody Certificate audit. Finally, based on their review, we determined that, as of April 15, 2019, 57 of the smelters and refiners named by our suppliers were neither &#8220;RMI Conformant&#8221; nor &#8220;RMI Active.&#8221; Therefore, a significantly higher percentage of the smelters and refiners named by our suppliers were either conformant or actively involved in RMI&#8217;s due diligence audit process than in the prior Reporting Period.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">5.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Facilities Used to Process the Necessary Conflict Minerals</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Of the CMRTs provided by our suppliers, approximately seventy-eight percent (78%) were provided on a company-level basis, approximately thirteen percent (13%) were provided on a product-level basis, and approximately nine percent (9%) were provided on a user-defined basis. Based on the review by Source Intelligence&#174;, of our direct suppliers whose smelters or refiners had some sourcing from the Covered Countries, only six (6) had received responses from all their suppliers and named just one (1) smelter or refiner for any metal. Based on those responses from our suppliers, we believe that the facilities that may have been used to process the necessary conflict minerals in our products include the smelters and refiners listed on Annex I.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The lack of detail from the rest of our suppliers whose smelters and refiners had some sourcing from the Covered Countries prevented us from being able to determine whether a particular smelter or refiner named in their responses processed the necessary conflict minerals in our products. Accordingly, we are unable to disclose any other facilities used to produce the necessary conflict minerals in our products during the Reporting Period.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">5.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Country of Origin of Our Necessary Conflict Minerals</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As part of our effort to determine the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals in our products, we requested country of origin information from our direct suppliers. Source Intelligence&#174; reviewed the RMI Conformant and RMI Active smelters and refiners named by our direct suppliers against its database. Based on their review, as of April 15, 2019, we determined possible countries of origin for the conflict minerals processed by the smelters and refiners listed on Annex I. We listed those possible countries of origin on Annex II, but, in each case, we listed only countries that have known gold, tin or tungsten reserves, respectively, according to Source Intelligence&#8217;s&#174; database.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Most of our suppliers&#8217; responses did not provide sufficiently detailed information for us to identify the country of origin of the remaining necessary conflict minerals in our products. 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We must rely on our direct and indirect suppliers to provide information about the mine or location of origin of the necessary conflict minerals in our products. We used the CMRT to request location of mine or location or origin information from each of our relevant direct suppliers. Because of the basis on which our suppliers&#8217; responses were provided and because of the lack of detail provided by our suppliers, we are not able to determine the mine or location of origin of the necessary conflict minerals in our products.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">4</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">6.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Steps Taken and Being Taken to Mitigate Risk and to Improve Our Due Diligence</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Since the start of the Reporting Period, we have taken or are taking the following steps to mitigate the risk that our necessary conflict minerals benefit armed groups and to improve the results of our due diligence measures.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">a.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Continue to engage our direct suppliers and encourage them to obtain responses from their suppliers in order to provide the detailed information needed to identify the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals in our products.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">b.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;We expect to continue our relationship with Source Intelligence&#174; to assist us with our supplier engagement and analysis efforts and to identify the country of origin, source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals in our products based on the responses from our suppliers.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">7.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Forward-Looking Statements</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Certain statements contained in this Report, including those made under the &#8220;Steps Taken and Being Taken to Mitigate Risk and to Improve Our Due Diligence&#8221; section, reflect the Company&#8217;s expectations with respect to future performance and constitute &#8220;forward-looking statements&#8221; within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements of the plans and objectives of management for future operations. These statements are subject to a variety of uncertainties, unknown risks and other factors concerning the Company&#8217;s operations and business environment, which are difficult to predict and are beyond the control of the Company. Factors that could affect our future performance include (1) those described under the heading &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended September 30, 2018, (2) the responsible sourcing of conflict minerals in our supply chain by our direct and indirect suppliers and (3) the effectiveness of traceability systems used by our direct and indirect suppliers to determine the source and chain of custody of conflict minerals contained in our supply chain.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">5</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div><a name="s0480b31808c14b128963de31ba577665"></a></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Annex I</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Based on responses from our suppliers, the facilities that may have been used to process the necessary conflict minerals in our products include the smelters and refiners listed below:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.14529914529915%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14%;"></td><td style="width:45%;"></td><td style="width:22%;"></td><td style="width:19%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Metal</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Official Smelter Name</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">RMI Smelter ID</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Smelter Country</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Tin</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Thaisarco</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CID001898</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Thailand</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Tungsten</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CID000258</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">China</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Tungsten</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CID002082</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">China</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Tantalum</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CID000914</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">China</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Tantalum</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CID000917</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">China</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">6</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><a name="s0a7a18014fca4457bc37ffb3d4bed7d9"></a></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Annex II</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This Annex II lists possible countries of origin for the conflict minerals processed by the smelters and refiners listed on Annex I. Note that in each case, we listed only the countries that, according to Source Intelligence&#174;&#8217;s database, have known reserves of the relevant conflict mineral. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Tantalum</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">: DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Burundi, Ethiopia, Australia, Rwanda, China, Canada, Brazil, Madagascar, Nigeria, Mozambique</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Tin</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">: Bolivia, Brazil, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Australia, Peru, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Burundi, Mongolia, Portugal, China, Laos, Thailand, Uganda, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Malaysia, Rwanda</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Tungsten</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">: United States, China, Portugal, Australia, Canada, Bolivia, Myanmar, Brazil, Austria, Mongolia, Spain, DRC-Congo (Kinshasa), Russian Federation, Thailand, Peru, Rwanda</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">7</font></div></div>	</body>
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