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FILED AS OF DATE:		20180531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180531

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CPI AEROSTRUCTURES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000889348
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIRCRAFT PART & AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT, NEC [3728]
		IRS NUMBER:				112520310
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11398
		FILM NUMBER:		18871220

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200A EXECUTIVE DR
		CITY:			EDGEWOOD
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11717
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5165865200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		91 HEARTLAND BLVD
		CITY:			EDGEWOOD
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11717
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AEROSTRUCTURES, INC.</U></FONT></P>

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Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>001-11398</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>11-2520310</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 67%; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>91
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Palazzolo (631) 586-5200</U></FONT></P>

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13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 -11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Section
1 &#8211;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Conflict Minerals Disclosure</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">A
copy of CPI Aerostructures, Inc.&#8217;s Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and is publicly available at
www.cpiaero.com under the Investor Relations tab.</FONT></P>

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following exhibit is filed as part of this report:</FONT></P>

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1.01 &#8211;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURE</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the duly authorized undersigned.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dated: May 31, 2018</FONT></TD>
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    Vincent Palazzolo </FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: &nbsp;&nbsp;Vincent Palazzolo</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0"><A HREF="cvu-formsd_123117.htm">CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC. Form SD</A></P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit 1.01</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>CPI
Aerostructures, Inc.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Conflict
Minerals Report</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>For
The Year Ended December 31, 2017</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">This
Conflict Minerals Report (&#8220;Report&#8221;) for the year ended December 31, 2017 has been prepared by the management of CPI
Aerostructures, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as &#8220;CPI Aero,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us&#8221; or &#8220;our&#8221;)
and is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;Rule&#8221;). The Rule was adopted
by the Securities and Exchange Commission to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed
by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and imposes reporting obligations on registrants whose
manufactured products contain &#8220;conflict minerals&#8221; which are necessary to the functionality or production of their
products. &#8220;Conflict minerals,&#8221; for purposes of the Rule, are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite,
and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (&#8220;3TG&#8221;) for the purposes of this Report.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">As
discussed below, the result of our reasonable country of origin inquiry and due diligence respecting conflict minerals contained
in our products was that we were not able to obtain adequate information from our supply chain to be able to make a determination
as to the source of conflict minerals that may be contained in our products.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Business
Overview</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CPI
Aero is a United States manufacturer of structural aircraft parts for fixed wing aircraft and helicopters in both the commercial
and defense markets. Within the global aerostructure supply chain, we are either a Tier 1 supplier to aircraft Original Equipment
Manufacturers or a Tier 2 subcontractor to major Tier 1 manufacturers. We also are a prime contractor to the United States Department
of Defense, primarily the Air Force. In conjunction with our assembly operations, we provide engineering, program management,
supply chain management, and Maintenance, Repair &amp; Overhaul services.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
have approximately 230 employees all in the United States. We were incorporated in New York in 1980. Our principal executive offices
are located at 91 Heartland Blvd., Edgewood, NY 11717.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Products
and Supply Chain Overview</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
products include skin panels, leading edges, flight control surfaces, engine components, wing tips, cowl doors, nacelle assemblies
and inlet assemblies, as well as other structural and mechanical assemblies. We conducted an analysis of our products and found
that the above SEC defined &#8220;conflict minerals,&#8221; or 3TG, may be found in our products containing wiring or lights,
as well as in trace amounts as a result of the refining process of various metals and metallic alloys. Therefore, the products
that we manufacture are subject to the reporting obligations of Rule 13p-1.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
component and outsourced manufacturing supply chain consists of 176 suppliers. We rely upon our suppliers to provide information
on the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us, including sources of 3TG that are supplied to them
from sub-tier suppliers.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Reasonable
Country of Origin Inquiry </B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Despite
having conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#8220;RCOI&#8221;), CPI Aero was not able to determine that
our supply chain is &#8220;DRC conflict free.&#8221; We were not able to determine if our supply chain is DRC conflict free because
we have been unable to determine the origin of all of the 3TG used in our components parts.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Due
to the breadth and complexity of our products and respective supply chain, it will take additional time for many of our suppliers
to verify the origin of all of the minerals. Using our supply chain due diligence processes, driving accountability within the
supply chain by leveraging the industry standard Conflict-Free Smelter Initiative&#8217;s Conflict-Free Smelter Program, and continuing
our outreach efforts we hope to further develop transparency into our supply chain.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Due
Diligence Program</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Our
due diligence processes and efforts have been developed in conjunction with the Second Edition of The Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk
Areas (&#8220;OECD Guidance&#8221;) and the related supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten. We designed our due
diligence process, management and measures to conform in all material respects with the framework OECD Guidance. The OECD Guidance
calls for diligence measures to (i) establish strong company management systems, (ii) identify and assess risk in the supply chain,
(iii) design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks, (iv) carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain
due diligence at identified points in the supply chain, and (v) report on supply chain due diligence.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Establish
Strong Company Management Systems</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CPI
Aero has established a management system for conflict minerals. We developed and implemented a Conflict Minerals Policy. We also
integrated a responsible sourcing of minerals requirement into our Conflict Minerals Policy and Supplier Code of Conduct pursuant
to which our suppliers are expected to provide the 3TG sourcing information to us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
established a Conflict Minerals Task Force led by our Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Global Supply Chain and Vice
President of Administration and a team of subject matter experts from relevant functions such as, purchasing, quality assurance
and manufacturing. The team of subject matter experts is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals compliance strategy,
which includes communication with and engagement of our suppliers, record keeping and escalation procedures. As part of the record-keeping
function, CPI Aero created and will maintain a database of the information collected through our supplier surveys (discussed in
more detail below) in our Global Environmental Management System.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior
management is regularly briefed about the progress and results of the Task Force&#8217;s due diligence efforts. Senior management
then reports quarterly to the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors with respect to our conflict minerals due diligence efforts.</FONT></P>

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and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Because
of our size, the complexity of our products, and the constant evolution of our supply chain, it is difficult to identify suppliers
upstream from our direct suppliers. We rely on supplier&#8217;s responses to our supply chain survey to provide us with information
about the source of conflict minerals contained in the components supplied to us. Our direct suppliers are similarly reliant upon
information provided by their suppliers.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CPI
Aero has performed a comprehensive analysis of our product components, and the role that suppliers play throughout our
manufacturing and product delivery processes. As a result, of our total 176 component and outsourced manufacturing suppliers,
we identified 115 suppliers that provide components or engage in manufacturing activities that may contain 3TG. We conducted
a survey of these 115 suppliers using the template developed jointly by Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition&reg;
(EICC&reg;) and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), known as the CFSI Reporting Template (the
&#8220;Template&#8221;) to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to
a company&#8217;s supply chain. The Template is being widely adopted by many companies in their due diligence processes
related to conflict minerals.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Design
and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Risks</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">As
described above, the status and results of our due diligence efforts are regularly reported to senior management and the Audit
Committee of our Board of Directors. To the extent any of our suppliers are discovered, through the course of our due diligence
efforts, to source from non-Conflict Free smelters, we will work with them to move towards
using Conflict Free smelters within a reasonable time frame. The time frame will depend on the criticality of the specific part
and the availability of alternative suppliers.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Carry
out Independent Third Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CPI
Aero does not have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, nor do we perform direct audits of these entities that
provide our supply chain the 3TG. However, we do rely upon industry efforts to influence smelters and refineries to participate
in the Conflict-Free Smelter Program developed by EICC&reg; and GeSI.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Report
on Due Diligence Process</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Form SD to which this Report is an exhibit and this Report are publicly available at www.cpiaero.com under the Investor Relations
tab.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>2017
Due Diligence Results</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">As
discussed above, we did not survey our entire known component and outsourced manufacturing supply chain, which consisted of 176
suppliers. Instead, we began by analyzing our product components and the role of our direct suppliers in relation to such product
components. Through this process, we identified 115 suppliers that provide components or engage in manufacturing activities that
may contain 3TG. We sent each such supplier a supply chain survey based on the Template described above.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">For
purposes of our 2017 RCOI and due diligence efforts, we accepted supply chain survey responses through May 10, 2018. We received
responses from 40 of these suppliers. 38 such suppliers indicated that the products they supplied to us did not contain any 3TG.
Of the 2 remaining suppliers who responded, each reported that 3TG was present in the products they supplied to us but indicated
that they were unable to determine the country of origin or mine for their products at the time. 75 suppliers have not responded
to our supply chain survey.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accordingly,
at this time we have not been able to obtain adequate information from our supply chain to make a determination as to the source
of conflict minerals that may be contained in our products. Due to the inability of our suppliers to identify the source of their
3TG components, we are unable to determine the facilities used to process 3TG that may be contained in our products, the country
of origin, or the mine or location of origin for these products.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Future
Steps to Mitigate Conflict Minerals Risk</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">As
we move towards refining our due diligence program, we intend to enhance supplier communication, training and escalation processes
to improve due diligence data accuracy to continue to mitigate any possible risk that the necessary conflict minerals in our products
could benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries (the &#8220;Conflict Region&#8221;).</FONT></P>

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are also in the process of developing and implementing additional strategies to support the objectives of the United States regulations
on the supply of &#8220;conflict minerals.&#8221; Our commitment includes:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">developing
    policies and processes toward preventing the use of conflict minerals or derivative metals necessary to the functionality
    or production of our product(s) that finance or benefit armed groups in the Conflict Region;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">not
    knowingly procuring specified minerals that originate from facilities in the Conflict Region that are not certified as conflict
    free;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">working
    with our suppliers whose products contain 3TG to establish their own policies, due diligence frameworks, and management systems
    consistent with the OECD Guidance, and a commitment to requiring the same of their suppliers.</FONT></TD></TR>
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