UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 000-49602 | 77-0118518 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1251 McKay Drive
San Jose, California 95131
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(408) 904-1100
(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:
| ☒ | Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2018. |
Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure
| Item 1.01. | Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report. |
Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Synaptics Incorporated (including its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Registrant”) is filing this Form SD pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the reporting period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”).
For the Reporting Period, the Registrant conducted, in good faith, a reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the conflict minerals (as defined in Item 1.01(d)(3) of Form SD), as well as cobalt, that are necessary to the functionality or production of products that the Registrant manufactures or contracts to manufacture (the “Minerals”). The inquiry was reasonably designed to determine if the Minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country or are from recycled or scrap sources.
The Registrant has determined that it is required to file a Conflict Minerals Report, which is attached as Exhibit 1.01 to this report. The Conflict Minerals Report is also publicly available at https://www.synaptics.com/conflict-minerals. The content on, or accessible through, any website referred to in this Form SD is not incorporated by reference into this Form SD unless expressly noted.
| Item 1.02. | Exhibit. |
The Registrant’s Conflict Minerals Report is included as Exhibit 1.01 to this report.
Section 2 – Exhibits
| Item 2.01. | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 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, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Synaptics Incorporated |
| By: /s/ Alex Wong |
| Alex Wong |
| Interim Principal Executive Officer and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations |
| May 30, 2019 |
EXHIBIT 1.01
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) of Synaptics Incorporated and its consolidated subsidiaries (“Synaptics,” the “Registrant,” or “we”) for the calendar year ended December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”), the instructions to Form SD, and the Public Statement on the Effect of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule issued by the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2014. Please refer to the Rule, Form SD, and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Release No. 34-67716 issued by the SEC on August 22, 2012 for definitions to the terms used in this Report, unless otherwise defined herein.
Synaptics is a leading worldwide developer and supplier of custom-designed human interface semiconductor product solutions that enable people to interact more easily and intuitively with a wide variety of mobile computing, communications, entertainment, and other electronic devices. Synaptics currently generates revenue from the markets for smartphones, tablets, personal computer, or PC, products, primarily notebook computers, Internet of Things, or IoT, which includes devices with voice, speech and video within smart homes, and other select electronic devices, including devices in automobiles, with our customized human interface solutions. Every solution we deliver either contains or consists of our touch-, display driver-, fingerprint authentication-based-, voice and speech-, or video-semiconductor solutions, which includes our chip, customer-specific firmware, and software. We generally supply our human interface product solutions to our original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers either directly or through their contract manufacturers, which take delivery of our products and pay us directly for such products.
Synaptics does not engage in the actual mining of conflict minerals or cobalt (the “Minerals”), does not make purchases of raw ore or unrefined Minerals from mines, and is many steps removed in the supply chain from the mining of the Minerals. We purchase the materials used in our products from a large network of suppliers, who may contribute necessary Minerals to our products. The smelters and refiners used by our suppliers are in the best position in the total supply chain to know the origin of ores, which cannot be determined with any certainty once the ores are smelted, refined and converted to ingots, bullions or other Minerals-containing derivatives. We rely on our suppliers to assist with our due diligence efforts, including our suppliers’ self-identification of the smelters and refiners used in their supply chain, and the countries from which the Minerals used in their supply chain may originate.
| I. | Products |
The following products were identified during the Reporting Period as products that may contain conflict minerals and/or cobalt necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, by Synaptics:
| • | Our ClearPad® family of products is designed for clear, capacitive touchscreen solutions that enable the user to interact directly with the display on electronic devices, such as mobile smartphones, tablets, and automobiles. We typically sell our ClearPad products as a chip, together with customer-specific firmware, to sensor manufacturers or Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) or Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) manufacturers to integrate into their touch-enabled products. A discrete touchscreen product typically consists of a transparent, thin capacitive sensor that can be placed over any display, such as an LCD or OLED, and combined with a flexible circuit material and a touch controller chip. A display integrated touchscreen product typically consists of a capacitive touch sensor embedded into the LCD panel, combined with a flexible circuit material and a touch controller chip. |
| • | Our ClearViewTM display driver products offer advanced image processing and low power technology for displays on electronic devices, including smartphones and tablets. The adaptive image processing works in concert with proprietary customization options enabling development of efficient and cost-effective high-performance solutions and faster time to market. |
| • | Our TouchViewTM products integrate touch and display technologies to deliver advanced performance and simplified design. Our proprietary algorithms synchronize touch sensing with display driving, effectively eliminating display-induced noise and improving capacitive sensing performance. TouchView is available in two-chip and single-chip (Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI)) configurations. |
| • | Our Natural IDTM family of capacitive-based fingerprint sensors are designed for use in smartphones, tablets, notebook PCs, PC peripherals, automotive and other applications. Our technology uses sophisticated digital image processing to increase the security of mobile and PC products while maintaining ease of use for the customer. |
| • | Our personal computer, or PC, solutions, include our TouchPadTM, SecurePadTM ClickPadTM, ForcePadTM, Dual Pointing Solutions, and TouchStykTM product lines, which are touch-sensitive pads and other interfaces that sense the position, movement, force, or a combination thereof, applied by one or more fingers on its surface through the measurement of capacitance. The SecurePad integrates our Natural ID fingerprint sensor directly into the TouchPad area, improving usability for end users and simplifying the supply chain for notebook PC manufacturers. |
| • | Our AudioSmart® products use low-power analog mixed-signal technology and intelligent DSP algorithms for high-fidelity voice and audio processing. AudioSmart integrated circuits and algorithm solutions are used in high-performance headsets. AudioSmart far-field voice solutions are used in smart-speakers and other applications. |
| • | Our VideoSmartTM solutions include powerful media processor SoCs with optimized artificial intelligence engines for service provider platforms, over-the-top streaming devices, smart displays and other applications. |
| • | Our ImagingSmartTM solutions include a product portfolio that spans three distinct product lines, including document and photo imaging controllers, digital video, and fax/modem solutions. ImagingSmart products leverage image processing IP, low power encoders and DSP technology to deliver a wide range of fax/modem, digital video and printer solutions for home, business, mobile and imaging applications. |
| II. | Due Diligence |
Based on the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (Third Edition OECD 2016) and the due diligence framework published by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), including the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s (RMI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template for calendar year 2018 (the “Template”), we took the following measures, during the Reporting Period, to determine the source and chain of custody for the Minerals which we believed necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, by us in the Reporting Period.
| 1. | Synaptics identified 89 suppliers, whom we believed could provide materials containing the Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured by us or contracted by us to be manufactured. | |||||||||
| 2. | Synaptics sent out a Conflict Minerals survey, based on the Template, to the suppliers described in No. 1 above requesting them to (a) determine whether they supplied Synaptics with metals or materials containing the Minerals; (b) conduct independent due diligence on their own supply chain; (c) identify all smelters in their supply chain that supply products containing the Minerals to Synaptics; and (d) download, complete and return the Template to Synaptics identifying all smelters and, using RMI resources, determine whether such smelters were certified as conformant smelters by the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP). For any non-conformant smelters identified, Synaptics strongly recommended the supplier remove such non-conformant smelter from the supplier’s supply chain and required the supplier to submit a plan to Synaptics detailing its efforts to remove or replace the non-conformant smelter. In addition, Synaptics’ suppliers were required to establish and document a policy on conflict minerals. | |||||||||
| 3. | 100% of the suppliers identified in No. 1 above completed the steps described in No. 2 above. 20 suppliers declared that their products did not contain any conflict minerals or cobalt. Of the 69 suppliers who stated their products may contain conflict minerals and/or cobalt, approximately 68% stated gold may be in the products supplied to Synaptics; approximately 77% stated tin may be in the products supplied to Synaptics; approximately 19% stated tantalum may be in the products supplied to Synaptics; approximately 30% stated tungsten may be in the products supplied to Synaptics; and approximately 23% stated cobalt may be in the products supplied to Synaptics. | |||||||||
| 4. | Approximately 91% of the suppliers who responded identified all smelters used in their supply chain in accordance with the Template and its instructions; six suppliers could not identify their source(s) for cobalt. 77% of the suppliers who stated their products may contain conflict minerals and/or cobalt, certified that the metals or materials they supplied to Synaptics were conflict-free Minerals1. Of the 16 suppliers who could not certify that all of their smelters were conformant, six suppliers sourced cobalt from unknown sources and 11 suppliers sourced conflict minerals from a combined 244 different smelters, of which only six smelters were listed as non-conformant smelters, as determined by the RMAP, and only four smelters (or approximately 1% of the total smelters used by these suppliers) continue to operate. | |||||||||
| 5. | Synaptics compared the smelters identified by each of our suppliers to the list of smelters identified as conformant smelters by the RMAP. 98% of the smelters used by our suppliers for tantalum, gold, tin and tungsten appeared on this list and are certified by the RMAP as conformant smelters2. Based on the information provided by our suppliers, Synaptics believes that the facilities used to process the Minerals contained in Synaptics’ products include the smelters listed in Exhibit A below. | |||||||||
| 6. | a. | Our suppliers used 39 different smelters located in 11 different countries for tantalum. These countries include Brazil, China, Estonia, Germany, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Russian Federation, Thailand and the United States of America. Of these smelters, 100% are certified conformant smelters as defined by the RMAP. | ||||||||
| b. | Our suppliers used 99 different smelters located in 30 different countries for gold. These countries include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America, and Uzbekistan. Of these smelters, approximately 98% are certified conformant smelters as defined by the RMAP. | |||||||||
| 1 | Smelter data presented in this Report is based on the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process list of Conformant Smelters and Refiners as of April 26, 2019. |
| 2 | As of the date of this Report, the RMAP does not currently have a list of conformant cobalt smelters. |
| c. | Our suppliers used 73 different smelters located in 14 different countries for tin. These countries include Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States of America. Of these smelters, approximately 96% are certified conformant smelters as defined by the RMAP. | |||||||||
| d. | Our suppliers used 40 different smelters located in 10 different countries for tungsten. These countries include Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, South Korea, the United States of America, and Vietnam. Of these smelters, approximately 98% are certified conformant smelters as defined by the RMAP. | |||||||||
| e. | The suppliers who were able to identify their cobalt smelters, identified 26 different smelters located in 9 different countries for cobalt. These countries include Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Japan, Madagascar, Norway, the Philippines, the Russian Federation. As of the date of this Report, the RMAP does not currently have a list of conformant cobalt smelters. | |||||||||
| 7. | Synaptics’ reasonable country of origin inquiry is based on surveys provided by its suppliers, which report to Synaptics whether its smelters are certified as conformant smelters. Certain of Synaptics’ suppliers were unable to determine the countries of origin of the Minerals it provided to us, therefore, we are unable, at this time, to conclusively determine the countries of origin of all the Minerals used in our products. | |||||||||
During the Reporting Period, we conducted the due diligence efforts described in this Report to determine the mine or location of the Minerals in our products. We relied on the information provided by independent third-party audit programs, such as the RMI, to determine whether the smelters disclosed by our suppliers are conformant smelters, as defined by the RMAP.
We continue to recommend to, and put pressure on, our suppliers who had non-conformant smelters in their supply chain in calendar year 2018 to remove such non-conformant smelters from their supply chain as soon as possible and we require such suppliers to submit a plan to Synaptics detailing their efforts to either remove or replace such smelter. We also have an audit plan in place, which was created to audit the design, performance and effectiveness of our due diligence framework and due diligence measures as they relate to the Minerals.
As discussed above, where possible, Synaptics has relied on third party assurances and certifications. For example, we accept as reliable any smelter that is identified as conformant by the RMAP. To the extent that other audited supplier certifications are provided to Synaptics, Synaptics may consider reliance on such certifications on a case-by-case basis.
| III. | Additional Due Diligence and Risk Mitigation |
Synaptics periodically assesses the risk of other minerals in its products, and we update our due diligence process to address the risk of additional minerals, when appropriate. For calendar year 2018, we included cobalt as an additional Mineral for which we asked our suppliers to provide us with information, consistent with information they have provided to us in the past on conflict minerals.
We will continue to monitor our supply chain, including smelters used by our suppliers, to ensure that all smelters used by our suppliers are conformant with the RMAP. We will continue to pressure our supply chain to provide complete and accurate information regarding their smelters who provide the Minerals; continue to pressure our supply chain to either remove or replace non-conformant smelters from their own supply chain; remove from our supply chain those suppliers who continually refuse to or who are unable to provide complete information regarding their smelters; remove from our supply chain those suppliers who continue to maintain non-conformant smelters in their supply chain; and audit the results of supplier responses to the Template.
Due to the size, breadth and complexity of our supply chain, the process of successfully tracing all of the necessary Minerals used in our products back to their country of origin will require additional time and resources. Our ability to make determinations about the presence and source of origin of such Minerals in our products depends upon a number of factors including, but not limited to: (i) the respective due diligence efforts of our suppliers and their supply chain, as well as their willingness to disclose such information to us, and (ii) the ability and willingness of our supply chain to adopt the OECD Guidance and other initiatives or guidance that may develop over time with respect to responsible sourcing. The inability to obtain reliable information from any level of our supply chain could have a material impact on our ability to provide meaningful information on the presence and origin of necessary Minerals in our products’ supply chain with any reasonable degree of certainty. There can be no assurance that our suppliers will continue to cooperate with our diligence inquiries and our requests for certifications, or to provide us with the documentation or other evidence that we consider reliable in a timeframe sufficient to allow us to make a reasonable and reliable assessment following appropriate further diligence measures, as may be required.
Exhibit A
Smelters reported in Synaptics’ Supply Chain as of December 31, 2018:
| Smelter Name |
Smelter Country | |||
| A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. | Japan | |||
| ACL Metais Eireli | Brazil | |||
| Advanced Chemical Company | United States of America | |||
| Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Al Etihad Gold LLC | United Arab Emirates | |||
| Alias 8 | Australia | |||
| Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | Germany | |||
| Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | Uzbekistan | |||
| Alpha | United States of America | |||
| AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | Brazil | |||
| Argor-Heraeus S.A. | Switzerland | |||
| Asahi Pretec Corp. | Japan | |||
| Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | Canada | |||
| Asahi Refining USA Inc. | United States of America | |||
| Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | Vietnam | |||
| AU Traders and Refiners | South Africa | |||
| Aurubis AG | Germany | |||
| Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | Philippines | |||
| Boliden AB | Sweden | |||
| C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | Germany | |||
| CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | Canada | |||
| Cendres + Metaux S.A. | Switzerland | |||
| Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Chimet S.p.A. | Italy | |||
| China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| China Yunnan Tin Co Ltd. | China | |||
| Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Coral Bay Nickel Corp. | Philippines | |||
| Coral Bay Nickel Corporation | Philippines | |||
| CV Ayi Jaya | Indonesia | |||
| CV Dua Sekawan | Indonesia | |||
| CV Gita Pesona | Indonesia | |||
| CV Tiga Sekawan | Indonesia | |||
| CV United Smelting | Indonesia | |||
| CV Venus Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | |||
| D Block Metals, LLC | United States of America | |||
| Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | South Korea | |||
| DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH | Germany | |||
| Dowa | Japan | |||
| DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | South Korea | |||
| Dynatec Madagascar | Madagascar | |||
| Dynatec Madagascar Company | Madagascar | |||
| Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| EM Vinto | Bolivia | |||
| Emirates Gold DMCC | United Arab Emirates | |||
| Exotech Inc. | United States of America | |||
| F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | China | |||
| Fenix Metals | Poland | |||
| FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | China | |||
| Freeport Kokkola | Finland | |||
| Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Geib Refining Corporation | United States of America | |||
| Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant | China | |||
| Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company | China | |||
| Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | China | |||
| Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Glencore International AG | China | |||
| Glencore Nikkelverk AS | Norway | |||
| Glencore Nikkelverk Refinery | Norway | |||
| Global Advanced Metals Aizu | Japan | |||
| Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | United States of America | |||
| Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | United States of America | |||
| Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd. | China | |||
| Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Guangxi Yinyi Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant | China | |||
| H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | Thailand | |||
| H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar | Germany | |||
| H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | Germany | |||
| H.C. Starck Inc. | United States of America | |||
| H.C. Starck Ltd. | Japan | |||
| H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | |||
| H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | Germany | |||
| HeeSung Metal Ltd. | South Korea | |||
| Heimerle + Meule GmbH | Germany | |||
| Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong | China | |||
| Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | |||
| HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | China | |||
| Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Hydrometallurg, JSC | Russian Federation | |||
| Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Istanbul Gold Refinery | Turkey | |||
| Italpreziosi | Italy | |||
| Japan Mint | Japan | |||
| Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | China | |||
| Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jinchuan Group. Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| JSC Uralelectromed | Russian Federation | |||
| JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Kazzinc | Kazakhstan | |||
| KEMET Blue Metals | Mexico | |||
| KEMET Blue Powder | United States of America | |||
| Kennametal Fallon | United States of America | |||
| Kennametal Huntsville | United States of America | |||
| Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | United States of America | |||
| Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company | Russian Federation | |||
| Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | South Korea | |||
| Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | Kyrgyzstan | |||
| Lanzhou Jinchuan Advanced Materials Technology Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| LSM Brasil S.A. | Brazil | |||
| LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | South Korea | |||
| Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | Brazil | |||
| Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | Malaysia | |||
| Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Marsam Metals | Brazil | |||
| Materion | United States of America | |||
| Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | Brazil | |||
| Metallic Resources, Inc. | United States of America | |||
| Metallo Belgium N.V. | Belgium | |||
| Metallo Spain S.L.U. | Spain | |||
| Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | India | |||
| Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | China | |||
| Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | Singapore | |||
| Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | China | |||
| Metalor Technologies S.A. | Switzerland | |||
| Metalor USA Refining Corporation | United States of America | |||
| Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | Mexico | |||
| Mineracao Taboca S.A. | Brazil | |||
| Minsur | Peru | |||
| Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan | |||
| Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | India | |||
| Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | |||
| Moliren Ltd. | Russian Federation | |||
| Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | Russian Federation | |||
| Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | Turkey | |||
| Niagara Refining LLC | United States of America | |||
| Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Niihama Nickel and Cobalt Facility | Japan | |||
| Niihama Nickel Refinery (Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.) | Japan | |||
| Nikkelverk | Norway | |||
| Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Norilsk Nickel/Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company | Russian Federation | |||
| NPM Silmet AS | Estonia | |||
| Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | Vietnam | |||
| O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | Thailand | |||
| O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | Philippines | |||
| Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | Austria | |||
| Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | Russian Federation | |||
| OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | Russian Federation | |||
| OMSA | Bolivia | |||
| PAMP S.A. | Switzerland | |||
| Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | Philippines | |||
| Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | Chile | |||
| Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | Russian Federation | |||
| PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | Indonesia | |||
| PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | Indonesia | |||
| PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | Indonesia | |||
| PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | Indonesia | |||
| PT Babel Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | |||
| PT Bangka Prima Tin | Indonesia | |||
| PT Bangka Serumpun | Indonesia | |||
| PT Bangka Tin Industry | Indonesia | |||
| PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | Indonesia | |||
| PT Bukit Timah | Indonesia | |||
| PT DS Jaya Abadi | Indonesia | |||
| PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | Indonesia | |||
| PT Inti Stania Prima | Indonesia | |||
| PT Karimun Mining | Indonesia | |||
| PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri | Indonesia | |||
| PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera | Indonesia | |||
| PT Menara Cipta Mulia | Indonesia | |||
| PT Mitra Stania Prima | Indonesia | |||
| PT Panca Mega Persada | Indonesia | |||
| PT Premium Tin Indonesia | Indonesia | |||
| PT Prima Timah Utama | Indonesia | |||
| PT Refined Bangka Tin | Indonesia | |||
| PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | Indonesia | |||
| PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | |||
| PT Sukses Inti Makmur | Indonesia | |||
| PT Sumber Jaya Indah | Indonesia | |||
| PT Tambang Timah | Indonesia | |||
| PT Timah | Indonesia | |||
| PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | Indonesia | |||
| PT Tommy Utama | Indonesia | |||
| PX Precinox S.A. | Switzerland | |||
| QuantumClean | United States of America | |||
| Quzhou Huayou Cobalt New Material Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa | |||
| Republic Metals Corporation | United States of America | |||
| Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Brazil | |||
| RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Royal Canadian Mint | Canada | |||
| Rui Da Hung | Taiwan | |||
| SAAMP | France | |||
| Safimet S.p.A | Italy | |||
| Samduck Precious Metals | South Korea | |||
| SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany | |||
| SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | Spain | |||
| Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | Taiwan | |||
| SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | Russian Federation | |||
| Soft Metais Ltda. | Brazil | |||
| Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | Taiwan | |||
| Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | Russian Federation | |||
| South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City | China | |||
| Sudbury Smelter | Canada | |||
| Sumitomo | Japan | |||
| Sumitomo Metal Mining | Japan | |||
| Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd | Japan | |||
| SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | South Korea | |||
| T.C.A S.p.A | Italy | |||
| Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K | Japan | |||
| Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Vietnam | |||
| Telex Metals | United States of America | |||
| Thailand Smelting & Refining Co Ltd | Thailand | |||
| The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Torecom | South Korea | |||
| Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | Kazakhstan | |||
| Umicore Brasil Ltda. | Brazil | |||
| Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | Thailand | |||
| Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | Belgium | |||
| Unecha Refractory metals plant | Russian Federation | |||
| United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | United States of America | |||
| Valcambi S.A. | Switzerland | |||
| Vale Canada | Canada | |||
| Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | Vietnam | |||
| Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | Australia | |||
| White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | Brazil | |||
| WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany | |||
| Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | Austria | |||
| Woltech Korea Co., Ltd. | South Korea | |||
| Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Yamakin Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | Japan | |||
| Yunnan Adventure Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. | China | |||
| Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | China | |||
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This website contains forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbors created under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business, and can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Such forward-looking statements may include words such as "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "plan," "target," "strategy," "continue," "may," "will," "should," variations of such words, or other words and terms of similar meaning. All forward-looking statements reflect our best judgment and are based on several factors relating to our operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the risks as identified in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Business" sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our most recent fiscal year, and other risks as identified from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission reports. Forward-looking statements are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and we do not have, and expressly disclaim, any obligation to publicly release any updates or any changes in our expectations, or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is based. Our actual results and the timing of certain events could differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any mergers, acquisitions, or other business combinations that had not been completed as of the date of this filing.