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Keytronic Statement of Conflict Minerals

Overview of the Conflict Minerals Issue The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, passed into law in July of 2010 requires that U.S. companies report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on the origin of conflict minerals or their derivatives and exercise due diligence regarding the source or chain of custody for such minerals if they were sourced from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or adjoining countries. The goal of the act is to cut direct and indirect funding of armed groups engaged in conflict and human rights abuses.  The SEC published regulations implementing Dodd-Frank Section 1502 on August 22, 2012; the first reports to the SEC are due May 31, 2014 for the calendar year ending December 31, 2013.

Keytronic Corporation’s Approach on Conflict Minerals Keytronic actively works with is suppliers to develop policies that identify and discourage the use of conflict minerals or derivative metals sourced from mines controlled by armed groups in the DRC.  In addition, all suppliers to Key Tronic Corporation are to establish policies, due diligence frameworks, and management systems consistent with the Dodd-Frank Act and relating regulations.

Keytronic Corporation’s Management System to Determine the Risk of Use of Conflict Minerals Keytronic Corporation has taken the following steps toward determining the sources of tantalum, tin, tungsten or gold metals and their derivatives within the supply chains of all its products:

Contract Process Keytronic Corporation has or will enter into contracts with its vendors to supply materials to Keytronic Corporation to be used in Keytronic Corporation manufactured products or in Keytronic Corporation’s manufacturing process, that are consistent with the Dodd-Frank Act.

Supplier Manual Keytronic Corporation shall establish its Global Supplier Manual based, in part, on the EICC Code. This Manual shall contains the provision that ‘Suppliers shall evaluate the origin or source of their materials throughout their supply chains to verify whether they have been obtained from the Democratic Republic of Congo and discourage such use.’  This Manual will be distributed externally to prospective vendors as part of the Supplier Assessment process.

Supply Chain Assessment/Scorecard Keytronic Corporation shall incorporate the EICC/GeSI program within our supplier assessment and commodity due diligence systems to help to identify smelters using non-DRC sourced minerals.  Keytronic Corporation is in the process of conducting an analysis of all procured and manufactured parts based on risk.  This includes assessing thousands of part numbers spanning over the entire supply chain.

New Products Keytronic Corporation is amending its New Product Introduction process to discourage the use of conflict minerals in manufactured parts or in its manufacturing process.

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Corporate Statement on Conflict Minerals.pdf
KeyTronicEMS CMRT Version 6.4
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