UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

__________________________________________________________ 
FORM SD
 
 __________________________________________________________ 
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
 
 __________________________________________________________
Hologic, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 __________________________________________________________

 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
1-36214
 
04-2902449
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
 
250 Campus Drive
Marlborough, Massachusetts
 
01752
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
Karleen M. Oberton
 
Telephone (508) 263-2900
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)

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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:
 
ý
Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2019.
 





SECTION 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Items 1.01 and 1.02 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report, Exhibit
A copy of Hologic, Inc.’s Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD, and is publicly available at investors.hologic.com.
SECTION 2 - Exhibits
Item 2.01 Exhibits.
(a)
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
 
 
Exhibit 1.01
  
Conflict Minerals Report of Hologic, Inc.





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 duly authorized undersigned.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HOLOGIC, INC.
 
 
 
Date: May 29, 2020
 
By:
 
/s/ Karleen M. Oberton
 
 
Name:
 
Karleen M. Oberton
 
 
Title:
 
Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit


Exhibit 1.01

Hologic, Inc.
Conflict Minerals Report

INTRODUCTION
This Conflict Minerals Report (CMR) of Hologic, Inc. (Hologic, our, we or the Company) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the reporting period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 (the Reporting Period).

Rule 13p-1 requires disclosure of certain information when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which “Conflict Minerals” are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The “Conflict Minerals” for the purposes of Rule 13p-1 are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, and wolframite (including their derivatives, tantalum, tin and tungsten, and the U.S. Secretary of State may designate other minerals in the future). The Covered Countries for the purposes of Rule 13p-1 are the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC), the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.

In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) guidance, this CMR is not audited.

As required by Rule 13p-1, this CMR relates to products (the Covered Products): (i) for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products; (ii) that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, by the Company; and (iii) for which the manufacture was completed during the Reporting Period. As a result of our reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) and the due diligence procedures described below, Hologic has identified certain components in its supply chain that contain necessary Conflict Minerals. These components are included in a number of the Company’s products manufactured at its manufacturing facilities.

RCOI
Hologic has conducted a good faith RCOI regarding the necessary Conflict Minerals used in its products. This good faith RCOI was designed to reasonably determine whether any of the necessary Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries or came from recycled or scrap sources. The Company's primary means of determining country of origin of such Conflict Minerals was by conducting a supply chain survey. Survey procedures included evaluating Hologic’s supplier responses to the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)/Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the Template). Where applicable, the Company also inquired as to whether the supplier has a policy on Conflict Minerals and made follow-up inquiries with appropriate supplier personnel as necessary.

Design of Due Diligence
Based on the Company’s RCOI, the Company was also required to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals in its products. The design of the due diligence measures described in this CMR is intended to comply in all material respects with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas: Third Edition, including the related supplements on gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten (collectively, the OECD Guidance). The OECD Guidance is an internationally recognized due diligence framework for identifying the source of Conflict Minerals, which includes the following steps:

Step 1: Establish strong company management systems
Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain
Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter(s)/refiner(s) due diligence practices
Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence

The OECD Guidance is written for the entire mineral supply chain, and therefore Hologic's due diligence measures were tailored to include steps appropriate for "downstream" companies such as the Company.






Due Diligence Measures Performed
The Company’s supply chain is complex, and there are many third parties in the supply chain between Hologic’s suppliers and the original sources of any Conflict Minerals. The Company does not purchase Conflict Minerals directly from mines, smelters or refiners. The Company must therefore rely on its suppliers to provide information regarding the origin of Conflict Minerals that are in Hologic’s products. Given this context, the Company undertook the following measures to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals in its products for the Reporting Period:
i.
Hologic has established a management system to support its supply chain due diligence.
a.
Hologic has adopted an organizational structure and communication process that is intended to improve supply chain transparency. This system is meant to help Hologic obtain critical information regarding the supply chain of Conflict Minerals used in its products.
b.
Hologic has adopted a company policy regarding Conflict Minerals in its supply chain. This policy is publicly available at the Company’s website: http://investors.hologic.com/governance/governance-documents/default.aspx, under the heading "Product Components/Conflict Minerals".
c.
Hologic has assigned authority and responsibility to a multi-disciplinary team consisting of individuals from Finance, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Information Services (collectively, the Conflict Minerals Committee). The Conflict Minerals Committee receives periodic support from Hologic’s General Counsel and reports significant Conflict Minerals matters directly to the Chief Financial Officer.
d.
Hologic has distributed communications to its suppliers making them aware of Rule 13p-1 and Hologic’s related policies and apprising them of Hologic’s expectations regarding compliance with Rule 13p-1, Hologic’s related policies and any other requests that Hologic may send to them.
e.
Hologic maintains business records relating to Conflict Minerals due diligence in accordance with the Company's existing processes.
ii.
Hologic has taken steps to identify and assess risk in its supply chain.
a.
Hologic conducted a search for Conflict Minerals in its supply chain using its procurement and engineering systems. These systems contain bills-of-materials for Hologic products and an approved vendors list.
b.
Hologic engaged its immediate suppliers in an effort to identify the smelters/refiners of any Conflict Minerals in its supply chain during the Reporting Period.
c.
Hologic used the Template to assess its suppliers’ use, or lack thereof, of Conflict Minerals in the products and materials Hologic purchases.
d.
Hologic identified suppliers in its supply chain for the Reporting Period by reviewing the procurement and engineering systems and mapping the components in its bills-of-materials against the approved vendors list. Hologic sent a Template (a Survey) to the suppliers that were identified. Through May 7, 2020, a significant amount of Surveys were returned. Several follow-up reminders were sent to suppliers who did not respond to the Survey. In certain instances, if the response was too general (i.e. declaration at company level instead of product level), Hologic conducted a further assessment of the composition of the suppliers’ product or materials in an effort to determine if the product or materials contained Conflict Minerals. Hologic also reviewed Survey responses from suppliers that supplied similar products and materials to evaluate the consistency and accuracy of responses.
iii.
Hologic has designed and implemented a strategy to respond to identified risks.
a.
Hologic’s Conflict Minerals Committee monitors internal accountability with respect to the implementation of the supply chain due diligence process for Conflict Minerals compliance and reports significant findings of the supply chain risk assessment to upper level management.
b.
Hologic has designed and implemented a risk management plan that includes, but is not limited to, requests for suppliers to complete Surveys and incorporating Conflict Minerals language into Hologic’s supplier contracts. If a supplier identifies that it has Conflict Minerals in the products or materials it supplies, Hologic engages that supplier in an effort to determine the locations of the smelter(s)/refiner(s) of those Conflict Minerals.
c.
For certain Survey responses that identified smelters in Hologic's supply chain that are providing Conflict Minerals, Hologic reviewed the Responsible Minerals Initiative's (RMI) smelter list to determine if those smelters are validated as Conformant Smelters & Refiners as part of the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP).





iv.
Hologic has determined that reliance upon independent third-party audits of smelter/refiner due diligence practices by RMI is appropriate.
a.
Hologic is a downstream company and is many steps removed from the smelters and refiners that produce the necessary Conflict Minerals contained in Hologic's products or components of Hologic's products. Hologic does not purchase raw minerals or ores, and does not, to the best of its knowledge, directly purchase Conflict Minerals from any of the Covered Countries. Accordingly, Hologic does not perform or direct audits of these entities' supply chains of Conflict Minerals. However, Hologic supports industry-wide efforts and the development and implementation of independent third-party audits of smelters and refiners, such as the RMI's RMAP.
v.
Hologic complies with Step 5 of the OECD Guidance through the filing of this report (and the related Form SD) with the SEC and by making these materials publicly available on its website at www.hologic.com.

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
Based on the information that was provided by the suppliers that Hologic surveyed and otherwise obtained through the due diligence process, described above, Hologic believes that, to the extent reasonably determinable by Hologic, the facilities that were used to process the Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products included 331 facilities that were listed in the Template as "known smelters or refineries," or in the United States Department of Commerce's global list of "all known conflict mineral processing facilities worldwide" (collectively, Known Smelters or Refineries). Of these 331 Known Smelters or Refineries, 236 received a "conformant" designation from an independent third party audit program as of May 7, 2020.

Despite repeated efforts to obtain completed Surveys, a significant number of suppliers did not respond to Survey requests. In addition, because the Company is several levels removed from the source of the Conflict Minerals, despite its due diligence efforts, it was unable to identify or further investigate the source of any Conflict Minerals supplied by certain suppliers who were either non-responsive or uncertain about where the Conflict Minerals used in products they supplied to the Company originated. Hologic continues to work with suppliers throughout its supply chain to re-validate, improve, and refine their reported information, taking into account supply chain fluctuations and other changes in status or scope and relationships over time.

Hologic believes that, to the extent reasonably determinable, the facilities that were used to process the Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products included the smelters and refiners listed in the table below. This table includes only facilities that are Known Smelters or Refineries.

Metal
Smelter Name
Smelter Country
Smelter ID
Gold
8853 S.p.A.
ITALY
CID002763
Gold
Abington Reldan Metals, LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID002708
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID000015
Gold
African Gold Refinery
UGANDA
CID003185
Gold
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID000019
Gold
Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CID002560
Gold
Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.
GERMANY
CID000035
Gold
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
UZBEKISTAN
CID000041
Gold
AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao
BRAZIL
CID000058
Gold
Argor-Heraeus S.A.
SWITZERLAND
CID000077
Gold
Asahi Pretec Corp.
JAPAN
CID000082
Gold
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.
CANADA
CID000924
Gold
Asahi Refining USA Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID000920
Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID000090
Gold
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
TURKEY
CID000103
Gold
AU Traders and Refiners
SOUTH AFRICA
CID002850
Gold
Aurubis AG
GERMANY
CID000113
Gold
Bangalore Refinery
INDIA
CID002863
Gold
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
PHILIPPINES
CID000128
Gold
Boliden AB
SWEDEN
CID000157





Gold
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG
GERMANY
CID000176
Gold
Caridad
MEXICO
CID000180
Gold
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation
CANADA
CID000185
Gold
Cendres + Metaux S.A.
SWITZERLAND
CID000189
Gold
CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.
INDIA
CID003382
Gold
Chimet S.p.A.
ITALY
CID000233
Gold
Chugai Mining
JAPAN
CID000264
Gold
Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID000328
Gold
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
CHINA
CID000343
Gold
Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH
GERMANY
CID002867
Gold
Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CID003348
Gold
DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH
GERMANY
CID000362
Gold
Dowa
JAPAN
CID000401
Gold
DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID003195
Gold
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID000359
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID000425
Gold
Emirates Gold DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CID002561
Gold
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.
ZIMBABWE
CID002515
Gold
Fujairah Gold FZC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CID002584
Gold
GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.
INDIA
CID002852
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID002459
Gold
Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002243
Gold
Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM
CHINA
CID001909
Gold
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
CHINA
CID002312
Gold
Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000651
Gold
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000671
Gold
HeeSung Metal Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID000689
Gold
Heimerle + Meule GmbH
GERMANY
CID000694
Gold
Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.
CHINA
CID000707
Gold
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANY
CID000711
Gold
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000767
Gold
Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000773
Gold
HwaSeong CJ Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID000778
Gold
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000801
Gold
International Precious Metal Refiners
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CID002562
Gold
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID000807
Gold
Istanbul Gold Refinery
TURKEY
CID000814
Gold
Italpreziosi
ITALY
CID002765
Gold
Japan Mint
JAPAN
CID000823
Gold
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000855
Gold
JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID000927
Gold
JSC Uralelectromed
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID000929
Gold
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID000937
Gold
Kaloti Precious Metals
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CID002563
Gold
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC
KAZAKHSTAN
CID000956
Gold
Kazzinc
KAZAKHSTAN
CID000957
Gold
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID000969
Gold
KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna
POLAND
CID002511
Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID000981
Gold
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID002605
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
KYRGYZSTAN
CID001029
Gold
KYSHTYM COPPER-ELECTROLYTIC PLANT ZAO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID002865
Gold
L'azurde Company For Jewelry
SAUDI ARABIA
CID001032
Gold
Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001056
Gold
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001058
Gold
L'Orfebre S.A.
ANDORRA
CID002762
Gold
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID001078





Gold
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001093
Gold
Marsam Metals
BRAZIL
CID002606
Gold
Materion
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID001113
Gold
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID001119
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
CHINA
CID001149
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
SINGAPORE
CID001152
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.
CHINA
CID001147
Gold
Metalor Technologies S.A.
SWITZERLAND
CID001153
Gold
Metalor USA Refining Corporation
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID001157
Gold
Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.
MEXICO
CID001161
Gold
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPAN
CID001188
Gold
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID001193
Gold
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIA
CID002509
Gold
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
CID002857
Gold
Morris and Watson
NEW ZEALAND
CID002282
Gold
Morris and Watson Gold Coast
AUSTRALIA
CID002866
Gold
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID001204
Gold
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.
TURKEY
CID001220
Gold
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
UZBEKISTAN
CID001236
Gold
NH Recytech Company
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID003189
Gold
Nihon Material Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID001259
Gold
Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH
AUSTRIA
CID002779
Gold
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID001325
Gold
OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID001326
Gold
OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID000493
Gold
PAMP S.A.
SWITZERLAND
CID001352
Gold
Pease & Curren
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID002872
Gold
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001362
Gold
Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA
CHILE
CID002919
Gold
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID001386
Gold
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk
INDONESIA
CID001397
Gold
PX Precinox S.A.
SWITZERLAND
CID001498
Gold
QG Refining, LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID003324
Gold
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
SOUTH AFRICA
CID001512
Gold
Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000522
Gold
REMONDIS PMR B.V.
NETHERLANDS
CID002582
Gold
Royal Canadian Mint
CANADA
CID001534
Gold
SAAMP
FRANCE
CID002761
Gold
Sabin Metal Corp.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID001546
Gold
Safimet S.p.A
ITALY
CID002973
Gold
Safina a.s.
CZECHIA
CID002290
Gold
Sai Refinery
INDIA
CID002853
Gold
Samduck Precious Metals
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID001555
Gold
SAMWON METALS Corp.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID001562
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
CID002777
Gold
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.
SPAIN
CID001585
Gold
Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002525
Gold
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001619
Gold
Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001622
Gold
Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001736
Gold
Singway Technology Co., Ltd.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
CID002516
Gold
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID001756
Gold
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
CID001761
Gold
Sovereign Metals
INDIA
CID003383
Gold
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
LITHUANIA
CID003153





Gold
Sudan Gold Refinery
SUDAN
CID002567
Gold
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID001798
Gold
SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID002918
Gold
T.C.A S.p.A
ITALY
CID002580
Gold
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
JAPAN
CID001875
Gold
The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001916
Gold
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID001938
Gold
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001947
Gold
Tony Goetz NV
BELGIUM
CID002587
Gold
TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn
KAZAKHSTAN
CID002615
Gold
Torecom
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID001955
Gold
Umicore Brasil Ltda.
BRAZIL
CID001977
Gold
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand
THAILAND
CID002314
Gold
Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining
BELGIUM
CID001980
Gold
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID001993
Gold
Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia
ZAMBIA
CID002854
Gold
Valcambi S.A.
SWITZERLAND
CID002003
Gold
Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)
AUSTRALIA
CID002030
Gold
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
CID002778
Gold
Yamakin Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID002100
Gold
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID002129
Gold
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000197
Gold
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation
CHINA
CID002224
Tantalum
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID000092
Tantalum
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000211
Tantalum
CP Metals Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID003402
Tantalum
D Block Metals, LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID002504
Tantalum
Exotech Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID000456
Tantalum
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
CHINA
CID000460
Tantalum
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
CHINA
CID002505
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Aizu
JAPAN
CID002558
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID002557
Tantalum
Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.
CHINA
CID000291
Tantalum
Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000616
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.
THAILAND
CID002544
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH
GERMANY
CID002547
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID002548
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Ltd.
JAPAN
CID002549
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANY
CID002550
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH
GERMANY
CID002545
Tantalum
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002492
Tantalum
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002512
Tantalum
Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material
CHINA
CID002842
Tantalum
Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID003191
Tantalum
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000914
Tantalum
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000917
Tantalum
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002506
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Metals
MEXICO
CID002539
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Powder
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID002568
Tantalum
LSM Brasil S.A.
BRAZIL
CID001076
Tantalum
Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIA
CID001163
Tantalum
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
BRAZIL
CID001175
Tantalum
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID001192
Tantalum
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001277
Tantalum
NPM Silmet AS
ESTONIA
CID001200
Tantalum
Power Resources Ltd.
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF
CID002847
Tantalum
QuantumClean
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID001508





Tantalum
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
BRAZIL
CID002707
Tantalum
RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001522
Tantalum
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID001769
Tantalum
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID001869
Tantalum
Telex Metals
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID001891
Tantalum
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
KAZAKHSTAN
CID001969
Tantalum
XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002508
Tin
Alpha
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID000292
Tin
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
VIET NAM
CID002703
Tin
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000228
Tin
Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID003190
Tin
China Tin Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001070
Tin
CV Ayi Jaya
INDONESIA
CID002570
Tin
CV Dua Sekawan
INDONESIA
CID002592
Tin
CV Gita Pesona
INDONESIA
CID000306
Tin
CV United Smelting
INDONESIA
CID000315
Tin
CV Venus Inti Perkasa
INDONESIA
CID002455
Tin
Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID003356
Tin
Dowa
JAPAN
CID000402
Tin
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
CID002572
Tin
EM Vinto
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
CID000438
Tin
Estanho de Rondonia S.A.
BRAZIL
CID000448
Tin
Fenix Metals
POLAND
CID000468
Tin
Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID003410
Tin
Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant
CHINA
CID002848
Tin
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC
CHINA
CID000942
Tin
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000538
Tin
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID001908
Tin
Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000555
Tin
Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID003116
Tin
Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant
CHINA
CID002849
Tin
HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002844
Tin
Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000760
Tin
Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.
CHINA
CID001231
Tin
Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID003379
Tin
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
BRAZIL
CID002468
Tin
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
MALAYSIA
CID001105
Tin
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.
BRAZIL
CID002500
Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID001142
Tin
Metallo Belgium N.V.
BELGIUM
CID002773
Tin
Metallo Spain S.L.U.
SPAIN
CID002774
Tin
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
BRAZIL
CID001173
Tin
Minsur
PERU
CID001182
Tin
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPAN
CID001191
Tin
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
CID002858
Tin
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
CID002573
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
THAILAND
CID001314
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
PHILIPPINES
CID002517
Tin
Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
CID001337
Tin
Pongpipat Company Limited
MYANMAR
CID003208
Tin
Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited
INDIA
CID003409
Tin
PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera
INDONESIA
CID000309
Tin
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng
INDONESIA
CID001399
Tin
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya
INDONESIA
CID002503





Tin
PT Babel Inti Perkasa
INDONESIA
CID001402
Tin
PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari
INDONESIA
CID001406
Tin
PT Bangka Prima Tin
INDONESIA
CID002776
Tin
PT Bangka Serumpun
INDONESIA
CID003205
Tin
PT Bangka Tin Industry
INDONESIA
CID001419
Tin
PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera
INDONESIA
CID001421
Tin
PT Bukit Timah
INDONESIA
CID001428
Tin
PT DS Jaya Abadi
INDONESIA
CID001434
Tin
PT Inti Stania Prima
INDONESIA
CID002530
Tin
PT Karimun Mining
INDONESIA
CID001448
Tin
PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri
INDONESIA
CID002829
Tin
PT Menara Cipta Mulia
INDONESIA
CID002835
Tin
PT Mitra Stania Prima
INDONESIA
CID001453
Tin
PT Panca Mega Persada
INDONESIA
CID001457
Tin
PT Premium Tin Indonesia
INDONESIA
CID000313
Tin
PT Prima Timah Utama
INDONESIA
CID001458
Tin
PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa
INDONESIA
CID003381
Tin
PT Rajehan Ariq
INDONESIA
CID002593
Tin
PT REFINED BANGKA TIN
INDONESIA
CID001460
Tin
PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa
INDONESIA
CID001463
Tin
PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa
INDONESIA
CID001468
Tin
PT Sukses Inti Makmur
INDONESIA
CID002816
Tin
PT Sumber Jaya Indah
INDONESIA
CID001471
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Kundur
INDONESIA
CID001477
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Mentok
INDONESIA
CID001482
Tin
PT Tinindo Inter Nusa
INDONESIA
CID001490
Tin
PT Tirus Putra Mandiri
INDONESIA
CID002478
Tin
PT Tommy Utama
INDONESIA
CID001493
Tin
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
BRAZIL
CID002706
Tin
Rui Da Hung
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
CID001539
Tin
Soft Metais Ltda.
BRAZIL
CID001758
Tin
Super Ligas
BRAZIL
CID002756
Tin
Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
VIET NAM
CID002834
Tin
Thaisarco
THAILAND
CID001898
Tin
Tin Technology & Refining
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID003325
Tin
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
CID002574
Tin
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.
BRAZIL
CID002036
Tin
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002158
Tin
Yunnan Tin Company Limited
CHINA
CID002180
Tin
Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID003397
Tungsten
A.L.M.T. Corp.
JAPAN
CID000004
Tungsten
ACL Metais Eireli
BRAZIL
CID002833
Tungsten
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002513
Tungsten
China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002641
Tungsten
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000258
Tungsten
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000281
Tungsten
Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID003401
Tungsten
Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000499
Tungsten
Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002645
Tungsten
Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000875
Tungsten
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002315
Tungsten
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002494
Tungsten
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID000568
Tungsten
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000218
Tungsten
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANY
CID002542
Tungsten
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH
GERMANY
CID002541
Tungsten
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000766
Tungsten
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji
CHINA
CID002579





Tungsten
Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID000769
Tungsten
Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID003182
Tungsten
Hydrometallurg, JSC
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID002649
Tungsten
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
CID000825
Tungsten
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002551
Tungsten
Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002647
Tungsten
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002321
Tungsten
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002313
Tungsten
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002318
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002317
Tungsten
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002316
Tungsten
JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID003408
Tungsten
Kennametal Fallon
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID000966
Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID000105
Tungsten
KGETS Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID003388
Tungsten
Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
CID003407
Tungsten
Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002319
Tungsten
Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)
VIET NAM
CID002543
Tungsten
Moliren Ltd.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID002845
Tungsten
Niagara Refining LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CID002589
Tungsten
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.
PHILIPPINES
CID002827
Tungsten
South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City
CHINA
CID002815
Tungsten
Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.
VIET NAM
CID001889
Tungsten
Unecha Refractory metals plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CID002724
Tungsten
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG
AUSTRIA
CID002044
Tungsten
Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CID002843
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002320
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002082
Tungsten
Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002830
Tungsten
Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
CID002095

RISK MITIGATION
The Company expects to take the following steps, among others, to continue to improve its due diligence measures and to further mitigate the risk that the necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the Company’s supply chain benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries: (i) continue to encourage suppliers to implement responsible sourcing; (ii) review "conformant" smelter lists from independent "conformant" smelter validation programs; (iii) contact our suppliers to request that they obtain Conflict Minerals through a supply chain that ultimately starts with smelters or refiners that have received a "conformant" designation from an independent "conformant" smelter validation program; and (iv) continue to engage with suppliers to obtain current, accurate and complete information about the supply chain.

Hologic has provided information as of the date of this report. Subsequent events, such as the inability or unwillingness of any suppliers, smelters or refiners to comply with Hologic's Product Components and Conflict Minerals Policy, may affect Hologic's future determinations under Rule 13p-1.

Website addresses are included in this report for reference only. Any information contained on Hologic's website is not incorporated by reference into this report.