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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
SOTERA HEALTH COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware001-3972947-3531161
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
9100 South Hills Blvd., Suite 300
Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147
(Address of principal executive offices)
Alexander Dimitrief
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (440) 262-1410
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)
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:
xRule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2022.
oRule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2022.



Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Sotera Health Company is filing this Form SD pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period from January 1 through December 31, 2022.
We have evaluated our current product lines and determined that certain products we manufacture or contract to manufacture may contain tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold.

The brief description of our reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) process, the results of our inquiry, and the determination we reached as a result of our RCOI process are included in our Conflict Minerals Report. A copy of our Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD and is publicly available at: https://www.investors.soterahealth.com/sec-filings. The content on or connected to the website referred to in this Form SD is not incorporated by reference in this Form SD (other than the Conflict Minerals Report, which is incorporated herein by reference).
Item 1.02 Exhibit
A copy of the Company’s Conflict Minerals Report as required by Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto.
Section 2 – Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure
Item 2.01 Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report
Not Applicable
Section 3 – Exhibits
Item 3.01 Exhibits
The following exhibit is filed as part of this report.
Exhibit 1.01 – Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.



SIGNATURES
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.
Sotera Health Company
By:
/s/ Alexander Dimitrief
May 31, 2023
Alexander Dimitrief
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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Sotera Health Company
Conflict Minerals Report for the Reporting Period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Introduction
This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) is filed by Sotera Health Company (“Sotera Health”) for the reporting period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”) as Exhibit 1.01 to Sotera Health’s Form SD pursuant to the requirements of Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”), which was promulgated pursuant to the requirements of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The Rule requires the annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of a Form SD, together with this Report (if relevant) as an Exhibit to Form SD, regarding the sourcing of those Conflict Minerals (as defined below) contained in the products that Sotera Health and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”, “us” or “we”) manufacture or contract to manufacture if the Conflict Minerals are necessary to the production or functionality of such products. Conflict minerals are defined as gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, and wolframite, or their derivatives, which are currently limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (“3TG” or “Conflict Minerals”). The “Covered Countries” for purposes of the Rule and this Report are the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its adjoining countries (Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia).
This Report has not been audited, nor is an independent private sector audit required for this Report under the Rule, the SEC partial stay of the Rule, or existing SEC guidance. The content on or connected to any website referred to in this Report is not incorporated by reference in this Report.
Overview
Sotera Health is a leading global provider of mission-critical end-to-end sterilization solutions and lab testing and advisory services for the healthcare industry. The Company goes to market through its three businesses -- Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs. We determined that certain Nordion products are the only products of the Company that may contain 3TGs given that Sterigenics and Nelson Labs are service-only businesses.
Nordion is a global health science company that provides market-leading products used for the prevention and treatment of disease. Nordion is the leading global provider of Cobalt-60 (“Co-60”) used in the sterilization and irradiation processes for the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety, and high-performance materials industries, as well as in the treatment of cancer. In addition, Nordion is a leading global provider of gamma irradiation systems. Co-60 is a radioactive isotope that emits gamma radiation that sterilizes items by reducing or eliminating contaminating micro-organisms. In addition to selling Co-60 sources for sterilization purposes, Nordion also sells high specific activity Co-60 for health applications including uses in stereotactic radiosurgery as a radiation source for oncology applications.
Nordion provides our customers with high quality, reliable, safe and secure Co-60 source supply and services at each stage of the source’s life cycle. It also provides regulatory and technical service expertise to enhance the efficacy and safety of gamma processing operations.
Nordion also designs, manufactures, installs and maintains gamma irradiation systems, which include radiation shielding, and a series of conveyors and control systems that are designed to expose products to the correct gamma radiation dosage in a safe and efficient manner.
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We analyzed the products we manufacture or contract to manufacture and have determined that Nordion’s gamma irradiation systems and their respective components and/or spare or replacement parts may contain one or more 3TGs.
Supply Chain
The Company expects that our suppliers will act in accordance with Sotera Health’s Conflict Minerals Policy and Supplier Code of Business Ethics and Conduct, each of which may be found at https://www.soterahealth.com/responsibility and https://www.investors.soterahealth.com/governance, respectively. Nordion manufactures its products from parts, components, and raw materials purchased from third-party suppliers. These direct suppliers are primarily located in North America. Nordion’s supply chain is large and complex, consisting of numerous direct suppliers, and these suppliers in turn often have many sub-suppliers. We do not have direct relationships with, and do not purchase any Conflict Minerals from, mines, smelters or refiners. We rely on our direct suppliers to provide information about the origin of any Conflict Minerals contained in the parts, components and materials supplied to us, including the origin of any Conflict Minerals supplied to them from their suppliers and sub-suppliers.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
We conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”). Our RCOI 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. Our RCOI process began by using Nordion purchasing data to determine products we manufactured or contracted with others to manufacture during the Reporting Period. This analysis resulted in an in-scope list of suppliers that we determined potentially supplied us with products or materials containing 3TG (our “in-scope suppliers”).
We engaged Assent Compliance, an experienced third-party advisor (“Advisor”), to assist with our RCOI, supplier engagement, and due diligence. We sent each of our in-scope suppliers an introductory communication describing our Conflict Minerals compliance program requirements and introducing them to our Advisor. Our Advisor then engaged with those in-scope suppliers and asked them to provide and/or update their RCOI information. We used the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) (Revision 6.22) to conduct a survey of all our in-scope suppliers.
Our Advisor requested our suppliers complete the CMRT and offered suppliers online educational materials intended to guide them on best practices related to use of the CMRT. All submitted forms were accepted and classified as valid or invalid. We continued to engage with our suppliers throughout the RCOI process, including by providing suppliers feedback on any named smelters and refiners, reminders to any non-responsive suppliers, and detailed reasoning and recommendations for those whose data did not meet our Advisor’s validity-check expectations. As necessary, our Advisor and/or representatives of Nordion followed-up with suppliers about Nordion’s CMRT request. To determine the country of origin of 3TGs with the greatest possible specificity, our Advisor compared data obtained from our suppliers’ responses to data collected and verified by third parties, including information in our Advisor’s database. In all, 59 percent of our in-scope suppliers responded to our request for information and responding in-scope suppliers represented 84 percent of our in-scope products.
In the CMRTs provided to us, our suppliers identified 343 verified smelters and refiners. Based on the information available to us through our Advisor, 89 of those smelters and refiners were reported to have some sourcing from Covered Countries. During the course of our RCOI process, we were not able to
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confirm the country of origin for 100 percent of 3TGs that may be contained in the materials or products we purchased from our suppliers or to determine whether those 3TGs were from recycled or scrap sources. Therefore, we have concluded that some of our products manufactured during the Reporting Period may contain necessary 3TGs that may have originated in the Covered Countries or 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 3TGs.
Due Diligence
Design of Due Diligence Measures
The Company’s due diligence measures were designed to conform in all material respects with the due diligence framework in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict–Affected and High-Risk Areas, and the related supplements for tin, tantalum, tungsten and for gold, Third Edition, 2016 (“OECD Guidance”).
Due Diligence Measures Performed
Due diligence measures performed for the Reporting Period consisted of the following:
1. OECD Step #1: Establish and Maintain Strong Company Management Systems. The Company established a cross-functional conflict minerals compliance team led by the purchasing group (the “Compliance Team”) to lead and oversee our Conflict Minerals compliance program. The Compliance Team reviews and analyzes information about our products and supply chains to determine which product components and materials might be reasonably likely to contain necessary 3TGs.
The Company will retain supplier responses and other communications and information relating to Conflict Minerals in electronic form for at least 5 years.
Based on our engagement with suppliers, we believe many of our direct suppliers may not have previously provided CMRT responses to their customers and may not be familiar with the conflict minerals due diligence process. During 2022, we emphasized supplier education related to sourcing and the origin of Conflict Minerals, including by making available access to our Advisor’s Help Center.
The Company’s existing global ethics hotline, the Sotera Health Ethics Line, has been designated as a grievance mechanism whereby interested parties can report concerns or ask questions about our supply chain or Conflict Minerals Policy. Reports may be made online at https://www.soterahealth.ethicspoint.com or via telephone at 1-888-288-1841 in the United States. Information on how to make a report via telephone from outside of the United States is available at https://www.soterahealth.ethicspoint.com.
2. OECD Step #2: Identify and Assess Supply Chain Risk. Our Advisor reviewed all responses received from our in-scope suppliers and followed-up with them regarding incomplete responses and responses that appeared to contain inaccuracies. Our Advisor reviewed the lists of smelters and refiners provided by our suppliers and validated and cross-referenced such smelter and refiner information against information available through the RMI website. Our Advisor further analyzed the aggregate results of this review and provided us with their analysis. We provided information to our direct suppliers about their identified smelters and refiners, including whether or not they had been audited and had a status of “conformant” with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) or by RMAP-recognized
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programs (including the London Bullion Market Association Responsible Gold Guidance and the Responsible Jewellery Council).
3. OECD Step #3: Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks. Our Compliance Team periodically briefed Nordion senior management and Sotera Health General Counsel about the Company’s Conflict Minerals due diligence and compliance activities and the results of our due diligence measures. Also as noted above, we followed-up with non-responding suppliers and suppliers who provided incomplete responses or responses we believed to be inaccurate. We provided information to certain suppliers about the Rule and explained the goals and objectives of RMI.
Suppliers who disclosed a smelter or refiner that we determined was “high-risk” for Conflict Minerals issues were flagged following completion of the CMRT campaign. When our supplier responses included any of these high-risk facilities, our Advisor instructed that supplier to take certain risk mitigation actions, from providing additional, product specific information relevant to the Company via additional due diligence, escalating up to removal of these high-risk smelters from its supply chain. Based on instructions from Sotera Health, our Advisor has provided these suppliers with FAQ’s about Conflict Minerals compliance and clear performance objectives to be accomplished within reasonable timeframes with the ultimate goal of progressive elimination of these high risk smelters and refiners from their supply chain. Our Advisor also requested that these high-risk smelters engage with the Responsible Minerals Audit Process and become conformant with the conflict-free assessment protocol.
Any grievances reported to the Sotera Health Ethics Line with respect to Conflict Minerals will be investigated and reported to the Audit Committee of the Sotera Health Board of Directors.
To enhance the quality of our relationships within our supply chains, we aim to establish long-term relationships with our suppliers. Our standard terms and conditions contain provisions that require contract counterparties to provide responses to our inquiries about the sourcing of products containing Conflict Minerals.
4. OECD Step #4: Carry Out Independent Third-Party Audit of Smelter/Refiner’s Due Diligence Practices. Because we do not have direct relationships with smelters or refiners of Conflict Minerals, we do not carry out audits of smelters or refiners identified by our suppliers as being in their supply chains. However, we are supportive of the audits conducted by third parties as a part of the RMI process.
5. OECD Step #5: Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence. We are making our Form SD and this Conflict Minerals Report publicly available on our website at https://www.investors.soterahealth.com/sec-filings, and we intend to report on our Conflict Minerals due diligence annually.
Results of Due Diligence
Suppliers provided us with names of smelters and refiners that may have processed the necessary 3TGs in their supply chains. Based on the information available to us on RMI’s website and our Advisor’s database, as of May 9, 2023, our Advisor identified a total of 343 smelters and refiners. Of those 343, 223 (or 65 percent) of the smelters and refiners identified by our in-scope suppliers for calendar year 2022 were designated by RMI as conformant; 8 (or 2 percent) were designated by RMI as active; and, 24 (or 7 percent) were designated by RMI as non-conformant. The remaining 88 (or 26 percent) of the smelters and refiners identified by our in-scope suppliers were designated by our Advisor as “not enrolled” in the RMI process. Based on responses provided by our suppliers as reviewed against our Advisor’s database, as of May 9, 2023, we have concluded that some of the 3TG contained in our products may have originated in the countries listed in Appendix B.
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1. Facilities Used to Process Necessary Conflict Minerals. As a result of our due diligence, we obtained information from approximately 59 percent of our in-scope suppliers about the smelters and refiners that processed the necessary Conflict Minerals in their supply chains. We reviewed our suppliers’ responses and compared the names of the smelters and refiners they disclosed to the information included on the RMI website and in our Advisor’s database. Because most of our suppliers provided Company-level CMRTs, we were unable to determine whether any particular smelters or refiners named in their responses actually processed the necessary 3TGs in our products. However, based on our review of our suppliers’ CMRT responses, the facilities that may have been used to process the 3TGs contained in our products include, but may not be limited to, the smelters and refiners listed in Appendix A. Because most of our suppliers provided Company-level CMRTs, we have not determined which of these smelters and refiners processed the 3TG in our products.
Our supplier responses included conformant, active, and non-conformant smelters and refiners and others that were unknown or that were not participating in the RMAP process. Only the conformant, active, and non-conformant smelters and refiners have been listed in Appendix A.
2. Countries of Origin of Our Necessary Conflict Minerals. Our Advisor reviewed the lists of smelters and refiners provided by our direct suppliers and validated and cross-referenced that information against our Advisor’s database. Based on this information, as of May 9, 2023 the possible countries of origin of the necessary Conflict Minerals in our products include, but may not be limited to, those countries listed in Appendix B.
3. Efforts to Determine Mine or Location of Origin. In order to identify the specific mines or locations of origin of our necessary Conflict Minerals, it was determined that the most reasonable course of action was to seek information from our direct suppliers, and request they seek information from their respective suppliers, about the smelters and refiners and countries of origin of the necessary Conflict Minerals in our supply chain. As noted above, upon receipt of supplier-provided data, we worked with our Advisor to determine the possible countries of origin by cross-referencing suppliers’ CMRT data against both RMI’s list of recognized conformant smelters and refiners, and our Advisor’s database.
Steps Taken and Being Taken to Mitigate Risk and Improve Due Diligence
In reporting year 2023, Sotera Health has taken or expects to take the following steps to continuously improve our due diligence and supplier engagement:
Continue engagement with relevant suppliers, including by providing additional background and educational information with respect to the RMI process.
Adopt a Conflict Minerals Policy (“Policy”) and make such Policy available on the Company’s website at https://www.soterahealth.com/responsibility in order to inform suppliers of the Company’s expectations regarding the Rule.
Encourage suppliers to establish and conduct their own due diligence regarding countries of origin and smelter and refiners of 3TG in their supply chains.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Report, including the section “Steps Taken and Being Taken to Mitigate Risk and Improve Due Diligence”, contains forward-looking statements that reflect management’s expectations about future events and the Company’s operating plans and performance and speak only as of the date hereof. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. For information on certain factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from our expectations, please refer to
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the Company’s filings with the SEC, such as its annual and quarterly reports. Sotera Health undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements, except as otherwise required by law.
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APPENDIX A
Based on our review of our suppliers’ CMRT responses, the facilities that may have been used to process the 3TGs contained in our products include, but may not be limited to, the smelters and refiners listed below. We have listed all confirmed smelters and refiners provided by our suppliers, but given the nature of our suppliers’ CMRT responses, we have not determined which of these smelters and refiners processed the 3TG in our products.
MetalSmelter NameSmelter ID
Gold8853 S.p.A.CID002763
GoldABC Refinery Pty Ltd.CID002920
GoldAbington Reldan Metals, LLCCID002708
GoldAdvanced Chemical CompanyCID000015
GoldAfrican Gold RefineryCID003185
GoldAgosi AGCID000035
GoldAida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.CID000019
GoldAl Etihad Gold Refinery DMCCCID002560
GoldAlbino Mountinho Lda.CID002760
GoldAlexy MetalsCID003500
GoldAlmalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)CID000041
GoldAngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio MineracaoCID000058
GoldArgor-Heraeus S.A.CID000077
GoldAsahi Pretec Corp.CID000082
GoldAsahi Refining Canada Ltd.CID000924
GoldAsahi Refining USA Inc.CID000920
GoldAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.CID000090
GoldAtasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.CID000103
GoldAU Traders and RefinersCID002850
GoldAugmont Enterprises Private LimitedCID003461
GoldAurubis AGCID000113
GoldBangalore RefineryCID002863
GoldBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)CID000128
GoldBoliden ABCID000157
GoldC. Hafner GmbH + Co. KGCID000176
GoldC.I Metales Procesados Industriales SASCID003421
GoldCaridadCID000180
GoldCCR Refinery - Glencore Canada CorporationCID000185
GoldCendres + Metaux S.A.CID000189
GoldCGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.CID003382
GoldChimet S.p.A.CID000233
GoldChugai MiningCID000264
GoldDaye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.CID000343
GoldDegussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbHCID002867
GoldDijllah Gold Refinery FZCCID003348
GoldDongwu Gold GroupCID003663
GoldDowaCID000401
GoldDSC (Do Sung Corporation)CID000359
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East PlantCID000425
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North PlantCID003424
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West PlantCID003425
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)CID003487
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)CID003488
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)CID003489
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GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)CID003490
GoldEmirates Gold DMCCCID002561
GoldFidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.CID002515
GoldFujairah Gold FZCCID002584
GoldGeib Refining CorporationCID002459
GoldGGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.CID002852
GoldGold by Gold ColombiaCID003641
GoldGold Coast RefineryCID003186
GoldGold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.CID002243
GoldGreat Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPMCID001909
GoldGuangdong Jinding Gold LimitedCID002312
GoldGuoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.CID000651
GoldHangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.CID000671
GoldHeimerle + Meule GmbHCID000694
GoldHeraeus Germany GmbH Co. KGCID000711
GoldHeraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.CID000707
GoldHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CID000767
GoldHunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.CID000773
GoldHwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.CID000778
GoldIndustrial Refining CompanyCID002587
GoldInner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.CID000801
GoldInternational Precious Metal RefinersCID002562
GoldIshifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.CID000807
GoldIstanbul Gold RefineryCID000814
GoldItalpreziosiCID002765
GoldJALAN & CompanyCID002893
GoldJapan MintCID000823
GoldJiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.CID000855
GoldJSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing PlantCID000927
GoldJSC Novosibirsk RefineryCID000493
GoldJSC UralelectromedCID000929
GoldJX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.CID000937
GoldK.A. RasmussenCID003497
GoldKaloti Precious MetalsCID002563
GoldKazakhmys Smelting LLCCID000956
GoldKazzincCID000957
GoldKennecott Utah Copper LLCCID000969
GoldKGHM Polska Miedz Spolka AkcyjnaCID002511
GoldKojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.CID000981
GoldKorea Zinc Co., Ltd.CID002605
GoldKundan Care Products Ltd.CID003463
GoldKyrgyzaltyn JSCCID001029
GoldKyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAOCID002865
GoldL'azurde Company For JewelryCID001032
GoldLingbao Gold Co., Ltd.CID001056
GoldLingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.CID001058
GoldL'Orfebre S.A.CID002762
GoldLS-NIKKO Copper Inc.CID001078
GoldLT Metal Ltd.CID000689
GoldLuoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.CID001093
GoldMarsam MetalsCID002606
GoldMaterionCID001113
GoldMatsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.CID001119
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GoldMD OverseasCID003548
GoldMetal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.CID003575
GoldMetallix Refining Inc.CID003557
GoldMetalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.CID001149
GoldMetalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.CID001152
GoldMetalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.CID001147
GoldMetalor Technologies S.A.CID001153
GoldMetalor USA Refining CorporationCID001157
GoldMetalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.CID001161
GoldMitsubishi Materials CorporationCID001188
GoldMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.CID001193
GoldMKS PAMP SACID001352
GoldMMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.CID002509
GoldModeltech Sdn BhdCID002857
GoldMorris and WatsonCID002282
GoldMoscow Special Alloys Processing PlantCID001204
GoldNadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.CID001220
GoldNavoi Mining and Metallurgical CombinatCID001236
GoldNH Recytech CompanyCID003189
GoldNihon Material Co., Ltd.CID001259
GoldOgussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbHCID002779
GoldOhura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.CID001325
GoldOJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)CID001326
GoldPease & CurrenCID002872
GoldPenglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.CID001362
GoldPlanta Recuperadora de Metales SpACID002919
GoldPrioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous MetalsCID001386
GoldPT Aneka Tambang (Persero) TbkCID001397
GoldPX Precinox S.A.CID001498
GoldQG Refining, LLCCID003324
GoldRand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.CID001512
GoldRefinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.CID000522
GoldREMONDIS PMR B.V.CID002582
GoldRoyal Canadian MintCID001534
GoldSAAMPCID002761
GoldSabin Metal Corp.CID001546
GoldSafimet S.p.ACID002973
GoldSAFINA A.S.CID002290
GoldSai RefineryCID002853
GoldSamduck Precious MetalsCID001555
GoldSamwon Metals Corp.CID001562
GoldSancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)CID003529
GoldSellem Industries Ltd.CID003540
GoldSEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.CID001585
GoldShandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.CID001916
GoldShandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.CID002525
GoldShandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.CID001619
GoldShandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.CID001622
GoldShenzhen CuiLu Gold Co., Ltd.CID002750
GoldShenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.CID002527
GoldShirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.CID002588
GoldSichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.CID001736
GoldSingway Technology Co., Ltd.CID002516
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GoldSOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious MetalsCID001756
GoldSolar Applied Materials Technology Corp.CID001761
GoldSovereign MetalsCID003383
GoldState Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and TechnologyCID003153
GoldSudan Gold RefineryCID002567
GoldSumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.CID001798
GoldSungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.CID002918
GoldSuper Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.CID001810
GoldT.C.A S.p.ACID002580
GoldTanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.CID001875
GoldTokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.CID001938
GoldTongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.CID001947
GoldTOO Tau-Ken-AltynCID002615
GoldTorecomCID001955
GoldUmicore Precious Metals ThailandCID002314
GoldUmicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals RefiningCID001980
GoldUnited Precious Metal Refining, Inc.CID001993
GoldValcambi S.A.CID002003
GoldWEEEREFININGCID003615
GoldWestern Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)CID002030
GoldWIELAND Edelmetalle GmbHCID002778
GoldYamakin Co., Ltd.CID002100
GoldYokohama Metal Co., Ltd.CID002129
GoldYunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.CID000197
GoldZhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold CorporationCID002224
Tantalum5D Production OUCID003926
TantalumAMG BrasilCID001076
TantalumChangsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.CID000211
TantalumD Block Metals, LLCCID002504
TantalumF&X Electro-Materials Ltd.CID000460
TantalumFIR Metals & Resource Ltd.CID002505
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals AizuCID002558
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals BoyertownCID002557
TantalumHengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.CID002492
TantalumJiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CID002512
TantalumJiangxi Tuohong New Raw MaterialCID002842
TantalumJiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CID000914
TantalumJiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.CID000917
TantalumJiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CID002506
TantalumKEMET de MexicoCID002539
TantalumMaterion Newton Inc.CID002548
TantalumMetallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.CID001163
TantalumMineracao Taboca S.A.CID001175
TantalumMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.CID001192
TantalumNingxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.CID001277
TantalumNPM Silmet ASCID001200
TantalumQuantumCleanCID001508
TantalumResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.CID002707
TantalumRFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.CID003583
TantalumSolikamsk Magnesium Works OAOCID001769
TantalumTaki Chemical Co., Ltd.CID001869
TantalumTANIOBIS Co., Ltd.CID002544
TantalumTANIOBIS GmbHCID002545
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TantalumTANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.CID002549
TantalumTANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KGCID002550
TantalumTelex MetalsCID001891
TantalumUlba Metallurgical Plant JSCCID001969
TantalumXIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITEDCID000616
TantalumXinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.CID002508
TantalumYanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CID001522
TinAlphaCID000292
TinAn Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing CompanyCID002703
TinAurubis BeerseCID002773
TinAurubis BerangoCID002774
TinChenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CID000228
TinChifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CID003190
TinChina Tin Group Co., Ltd.CID001070
TinCRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil LtdaCID003486
TinCRM SynergiesCID003524
TinCV Ayi JayaCID002570
TinCV Venus Inti PerkasaCID002455
TinDongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.CID003356
TinDowaCID000402
TinDS MyanmarCID003831
TinElectro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock CompanyCID002572
TinEM VintoCID000438
TinEstanho de Rondonia S.A.CID000448
TinFabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.CID003582
TinFenix MetalsCID000468
TinGejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.CID003410
TinGejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLCCID000942
TinGejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.CID000538
TinGejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.CID001908
TinGejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CID000555
TinGuangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.CID003116
TinJiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.CID001231
TinLuna Smelter, Ltd.CID003387
TinMagnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.CID002468
TinMalaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)CID001105
TinMelt Metais e Ligas S.A.CID002500
TinMetallic Resources, Inc.CID001142
TinMineracao Taboca S.A.CID001173
TinMinsurCID001182
TinMitsubishi Materials CorporationCID001191
TinModeltech Sdn BhdCID002858
TinNghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyCID002573
TinNovosibirsk Tin CombineCID001305
TinO.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.CID001314
TinO.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.CID002517
TinOperaciones Metalurgicas S.A.CID001337
TinPongpipat Company LimitedCID003208
TinPrecious Minerals and Smelting LimitedCID003409
TinPT Aries Kencana SejahteraCID000309
TinPT Artha Cipta LanggengCID001399
TinPT ATD Makmur Mandiri JayaCID002503
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TinPT Babel Inti PerkasaCID001402
TinPT Babel Surya Alam LestariCID001406
TinPT Bangka Prima TinCID002776
TinPT Bangka SerumpunCID003205
TinPT Bangka Tin IndustryCID001419
TinPT Belitung Industri SejahteraCID001421
TinPT Bukit TimahCID001428
TinPT Cipta Persada MuliaCID002696
TinPT Menara Cipta MuliaCID002835
TinPT Mitra Stania PrimaCID001453
TinPT Mitra Sukses GlobalindoCID003449
TinPT Panca Mega PersadaCID001457
TinPT Premium Tin IndonesiaCID000313
TinPT Prima Timah UtamaCID001458
TinPT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)CID003868
TinPT Rajawali Rimba PerkasaCID003381
TinPT Rajehan AriqCID002593
TinPT Refined Bangka TinCID001460
TinPT Sariwiguna BinasentosaCID001463
TinPT Stanindo Inti PerkasaCID001468
TinPT Sukses Inti MakmurCID002816
TinPT Timah NusantaraCID001486
TinPT Timah Tbk KundurCID001477
TinPT Timah Tbk MentokCID001482
TinPT Tinindo Inter NusaCID001490
TinPT Tirus Putra MandiriCID002478
TinPT Tommy UtamaCID001493
TinResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.CID002706
TinRui Da HungCID001539
TinSuper LigasCID002756
TinThaisarcoCID001898
TinTin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.CID002180
TinTin Technology & RefiningCID003325
TinTuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyCID002574
TinVQB Mineral and Trading Group JSCCID002015
TinWhite Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.CID002036
TinYunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CID002158
TinYunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CID003397
TungstenA.L.M.T. Corp.CID000004
TungstenACL Metais EireliCID002833
TungstenAlbasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.CID003427
TungstenArtek LLCCID003553
TungstenAsia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.CID002502
TungstenChina Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.CID002641
TungstenChongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.CID000258
TungstenCNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.CID000281
TungstenCronimet Brasil LtdaCID003468
TungstenFujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.CID003401
TungstenFujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CID003609
TungstenGanzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.CID002645
TungstenGanzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CID000875
TungstenGanzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.CID002315
TungstenGanzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.CID002494
TungstenGlobal Tungsten & Powders LLCCID000568
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TungstenGuangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CID000218
TungstenH.C. Starck Tungsten GmbHCID002541
TungstenHANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd.CID003978
TungstenHubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd.CID003417
TungstenHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CID000766
TungstenHunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd.CID000769
TungstenHunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products BranchCID002513
TungstenHydrometallurg, JSCCID002649
TungstenJapan New Metals Co., Ltd.CID000825
TungstenJiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CID002551
TungstenJiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.CID002321
TungstenJiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CID002313
TungstenJiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.CID002318
TungstenJiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.CID002317
TungstenJiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.CID002316
TungstenJSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"CID003408
TungstenKennametal FallonCID000966
TungstenKennametal HuntsvilleCID000105
TungstenLianyou Metals Co., Ltd.CID003407
TungstenLLC VostokCID003643
TungstenMalipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CID002319
TungstenMasan High-Tech MaterialsCID002543
TungstenMoliren Ltd.CID002845
TungstenNiagara Refining LLCCID002589
TungstenNPP Tyazhmetprom LLCCID003416
TungstenOOO “Technolom” 1CID003614
TungstenOOO “Technolom” 2CID003612
TungstenPhilippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.CID002827
TungstenTANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KGCID002542
TungstenUnecha Refractory metals plantCID002724
TungstenWolfram Bergbau und Hutten AGCID002044
TungstenXiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.CID002320
TungstenXiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.CID002082
TungstenYUDU ANSHENG TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.CID003662
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APPENDIX B
Based on our Advisor’s review of the lists of smelters and refiners provided by our direct suppliers, as of May 9, 2023, the possible countries of origin of the necessary Conflict Minerals in our products include, but may not be limited to, those countries listed below.
Possible Countries of Origin – Tin 
BelgiumMalaysiaRwanda
BoliviaMyanmarSpain
BrazilPeruTaiwan, Province of China
ChinaPhilippinesThailand
IndiaPolandUnited States of America
IndonesiaRussian FederationVietnam
JapanMalaysia
Possible Countries of Origin – Tantalum
BrazilIndiaRussian Federation
ChinaJapanThailand
EstoniaKazakhstanUnited States of America
GermanyMexico
Possible Countries of Origin – Tungsten
AustriaJapanTaiwan, Province of China
BrazilKorea, Republic ofUnited States of America
ChinaPhilippinesVietnam
GermanyRussian Federation
Possible Countries of Origin – Gold
AndorraJapanSaudi Arabia
AustraliaKazakhstanSingapore
AustriaKorea, Republic OfSouth Africa
BelgiumKyrgyzstanSpain
BrazilLithuaniaSudan
CanadaMalaysiaSweden
ChileMauritaniaSwitzerland
ChinaMexicoTaiwan, Province of China
ColombiaNetherlandsThailand
CzechiaNew ZealandTurkey
FranceNorwayUganda
GermanyPhilippinesUnited Arab Emirates
GhanaPolandUnited States of America
IndiaPortugalUzbekistan
IndonesiaJapanZimbabwe
ItalyRussian Federation
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