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PCAElectronicsConflictMineralsPolicyStatement

AspartoftheDodd‐FrankWallStreetReformandConsumerProtectionAct,Section1502,theUnitedStates

SecuritiesandExchangeCommission(SEC)passedlegislationwhichrequiresU.S.companies,whoseproducts

containTin,Tantalum,��Tungstenand/orGold(collectivelycalled“ConflictMinerals”),arerequiredtoreportthe

countryoforiginforany

suchconflictmineralstotheSEC.

Theserequirementsarebasedonconcernsthatrevenuesobtainedfromminingandtransportofconflictminerals

financetheongoingconflictintheDemocraticRepublicofCongo(DRC)andsurroundingcountries.

PCAElectronicsiscommittedtoethicalpracticesandcompliancewithallapplicablelawsand

regulations.While

wedonotsourcethesemetalsdirectly,theymayexistinthematerialsandcomponentswesource.Weare

thereforecommittedtoworkingwithourcustomersandsupplierstoresponsiblysourcethematerialsand

componentsweuseinmanufacturingourproducts,whichmaycontaintheseminerals.

Tocomplywith

theSECreportingregulationsrelatingtoconflictminerals,PCAElectronicsrequireschainof

custodydeclarationsfromoursupplierstoverifytheoriginoftheconflictmineralscontainedintheirproducts.We

alsorequireoursupplierstosourcematerialsfromsociallyresponsiblesub‐tiersuppliersandmanufacturersand

forthemto

undertakereasonableduediligencetodeterminetheoriginoftheconflictmineralsandpreventingthe

useofitanditsderivativemetals.

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PCAElectronicsiscommittedtoworkingwithourcustomersandsupplierstoensureeffectiveimplementationof

thislegislation.

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