EX-1.01 2 a15-12512_1ex1d01.htm EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

 

MoSys, Inc.

Conflicts Minerals Report

For the year ended December 31, 2014

 

This is the Conflict Minerals Report of MoSys, Inc. (MoSys or the Company) for calendar year 2014 in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (Rule 13p-1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rule 13p-1 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. Conflict Minerals are defined as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tin, gold, tantalum and tungsten (collectively, referred to as “3T&G”) that originate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”).

 

MoSys is a provider of integrated circuits used by communications, networking and storage equipment manufacturers. As a fabless semiconductor company, MoSys does not purchase directly from smelters or refineries and must rely upon its manufacturing subcontractors to: i) identify whether 3T&G minerals are used in the manufacture of MoSys’ products, ii) identify the sources of 3T&G minerals used in the manufacture of MoSys products and iii) declare whether any of the 3T&G minerals used is a Conflict Mineral. MoSys has determined that at least one or more of the 3T&G minerals is necessary to produce one or more MoSys integrated circuit products. In particular, the Company believes some material used by our foundry to produce the silicon wafers for one or more products contains at least one of the 3T&G.

 

The Company has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Conflict Minerals contained in its products, which inquiry was designed to determine (a) whether any of the Conflict Minerals contained in its products originated in the Covered Countries and (b) whether any of the Conflict Minerals are from recycled or scrap sources. The Company also exercised due diligence on the chain of custody and source of the Conflict Minerals.

 

MoSys’ due diligence measures were based on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability (“EICC/GeSI”) initiative with the smelters and refiners of conflict minerals that provide 3T&G to the Company’s suppliers. MoSys’ due diligence measures were comprised of:

 

·                  Conducting a supply-chain survey with direct suppliers of materials containing 3T&G using the EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to identify the smelters and refiners;

 

·                  Comparing the smelters and refiners identified in the supply-chain survey against the list of smelter facilities which have been identified as “conflict free” by programs such as the EICC/GeSI Conflict Free Smelter (“CFS”) program for 3T&G; and

 

·                  Reviewing our suppliers’ conflict minerals policies to ensure that they are encouraging their suppliers to not source from refiners, smelters and other suppliers that may use Conflict Minerals.

 

Based on the information provided by the Company’s suppliers and through the due diligence process, set forth below is a list of CFS certified conflict-free facilities identified by the Company’s supply chain thus far:

 

Mineral

 

Smelter or Refiner Facility Name

 

Smelter ID

Gold

 

Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong

 

CID000707

Tantalum

 

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CID001277

Tantalum

 

Ulba

 

CID001969

Tin

 

CV United Smelting

 

CID000315

Tin

 

EM Vinto

 

CID000438

Tin

 

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd.

 

CID000538

Tin

 

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

 

CID001105

Tin

 

Metallo Chimique

 

CID001143

Tin

 

Mineração Taboca S.A.

 

CID001173

Tin

 

Minsur

 

CID001182

Tin

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

CID001191

Tin

 

OMSA

 

CID001337

Tin

 

PT Bangka Putra Karya

 

CID001412

Tin

 

PT Bukit Timah

 

CID001428

Tin

 

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

 

CID001468

Tin

 

PT Timah

 

CID001482

Tin

 

Thaisarco

 

CID001898

Tin

 

Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd.

 

CID002180

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chun-Chang Nonferrous Smelting & Concentrating Co., Ltd.

 

CID000769

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

CID000875

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd

 

CID002082

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

 

CID002320

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

 

CID002494

 

During the reporting period for the year ending December 31, 2015, the Company intends to continue to take the following steps to mitigate the risk that necessary Conflict Minerals will benefit armed groups and improve its due diligence: (a) encourage its supply chain to transition to compliant smelters and refiners; and (b) work with suppliers to improve the content of their survey responses and provide written confirmations as to their due diligence process.