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Form SD Hyliion Holdings Corp.

May 27, 2022 5:15 PM EDT

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM SD

 

Specialized Disclosure Report

 

HYLIION HOLDINGS CORP.

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-38823   82-2538002
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

1202 BMC Drive, Suite 100 Cedar Park, TX 78613

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Jose Oxholm

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code (833) 495-4466

 

(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, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1 – CONFLICT MINERALS DISCLOSURE

 

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

 

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report, filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto, are publicly available at www.hyliion.com as well as the SEC’s EDGAR database at www.sec.gov.

 

Item 1.02 Exhibit

 

The Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

 

SECTION 2 – EXHIBITS

 

Item 2.01 Exhibits

 

Exhibit 1.01 Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused the report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  HYLIION HOLDINGS CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Thomas Healy

Date: May 27, 2022

  Thomas Healy
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 1.01

 

Hyliion Holdings Corp.

Conflict Minerals Report

for the Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

Introduction

 

Hyliion Holdings Corp. (also referred to as “the Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us”) is a Delaware corporation.

 

This Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) for the year ended December 31, 2021, is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issuers whose manufactured products contain certain minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. These minerals are cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (“3TG” or “Conflict Minerals”). The Rule focuses on 3TG emanating from the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) region and nine adjoining countries (together, the “Covered Countries”). If an issuer has reason to believe that any of the Conflict Minerals in their supply chain may have originated in the Covered Countries, or if they are unable to determine the country of origin of those Conflict Minerals, then the issuer must exercise due diligence on the Conflict Minerals’ source and chain of custody and submit a CMR to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.

 

This CMR relates to the process undertaken for Hyliion products that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, during calendar year 2021 and that contain Conflict Minerals.

 

Executive Summary

 

We performed a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) on suppliers we believe provided materials or components containing 3TGs necessary to the manufacturing of our products during calendar year 2021. Our suppliers identified 340 valid smelters and refineries (“Smelters”). Of these 340 Smelters, we identified 46 as sourcing (or there was a reason to believe they may be sourcing) from the Covered Countries. Our due diligence review indicated that 35 of these Smelters have been audited and recognized as conformant to the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”). The remaining 11 Smelters potentially sourcing from the Covered Countries were subject to our risk mitigation process which is in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chain of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (the “OECD Guidance”).

 

Company Management Systems

 

Hyliion established strong management systems based on Step 1 of the OECD Guidance.

 

Step 1A - Adopt, and clearly communicate to suppliers and the public, a company policy for the supply chain of minerals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. We adopted a conflict minerals policy that is publicly available at the link provided below. This policy is communicated directly to our suppliers as part of the RCOI process.

 

https://s25.q4cdn.com/501989927/files/doc_downloads/Governance/2021/05/Hyliion-Conflict-Minerals-Policy.pdf

 

 

 

 

Step 1B - Structure internal management to support supply chain due diligence. We maintain a cross-functional internal team to support our supply chain due diligence efforts. This team reports its findings to a senior member of the supply chain management organization.
   
Step 1C - Establish a system of transparency, information collection and control over the supply chain. We implemented a detailed process to collect required supplier and smelter RCOI and due diligence data. Full details on the supply chain data gathering are included in the RCOI and due diligence sections of this Report.
   
Step 1D - Strengthen company engagement with suppliers. We engage directly with suppliers during the RCOI process. Additionally, our supplier terms and conditions require suppliers to source materials from smelters that, if sourcing from conflict-affected or high-risk areas, are either conformant with the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process assessment protocols or are working towards conformance. We have also implemented a plan to improve the quantity and quality of supplier and smelter responses year-over-year.
   
Step 1E - Establish a company level grievance mechanism. EthicsPoint, a toll-free help line at 1-844-989-2949, and hyliion.ethicspoint.com, a dedicated webpage, are available to those who wish to ask questions about Hyliion’s policies, seek guidance on specific situations or to anonymously report violations.

 

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI)

 

We designed our RCOI process in accordance with Step 2A and 2B of the OECD Guidance. Our RCOI process involved two stages:

 

Stage 1 - Supplier RCOI (Step 2A of the OECD Guidance)
   
Stage 2 - Smelter RCOI (Step 2B of the OECD Guidance)

 

For the 2021 reporting period, Hyliion’s RCOI process was executed by Claigan Environmental Inc. (“Claigan”).

 

Supplier RCOI

 

We designed our supplier RCOI process to identify the smelters in our supply chain. Our supplier RCOI process for the 2021 reporting period included:

 

developing a list of suppliers providing 3TG containing components;
   
contacting each supplier and requesting Conflict Minerals data using the industry-standard Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”)
   
reviewing supplier responses for accuracy and completeness;
   
aggregating supplier-provided smelters into a single unique list of smelters meeting the definition of a smelter under one of three industry-recognized audit protocols; and
   
reviewing the final smelter list (and compared it to industry peers) to determine if we reasonably identified all the smelters in our supply chain.

 

Through the supplier RCOI process we identified 340 Smelters in our supply chain.

 

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Smelter RCOI

 

Due to the overlap between smelter RCOI and smelter due diligence, the smelter RCOI process is summarized in the due diligence section of this report.

 

Due Diligence

 

Hyliion’s Due Diligence Process was designed in accordance with the applicable sections of Steps 2, 3, and 4 of the OECD Guidance.

 

For the 2021 reporting period, Hyliion’s smelter RCOI and Due Diligence process were executed by Claigan.

 

Smelter RCOI and Due Diligence

 

Hyliion’s smelter RCOI and due diligence processes were designed to meet the criteria of Step 2 of the OECD Guidance.

 

We engaged with each smelter identified in our supply chain to determine whether or not they sourced from the Covered Countries. For smelters that confirmed, either directly or through industry associations, that they did not source from the Covered Countries but who were not recognized as conformant to the RMAP, we reviewed publicly available information to determine whether there was any contrary evidence that contradicted the smelter’s declaration. In doing so we reviewed sources such as NGO publications, including the Enough Project, Global Witness, Southern Africa Resource Watch and Radio Okapi. We also consulted the most recent United Nations Group of Experts reports on the DRC and performed public internet searches.

 

If smelters did not respond to our inquiry, we reviewed the same publicly available sources to determine whether there was reason to believe the smelter may have sourced from the Covered Countries during the reporting period.

 

We categorize smelters that are sourcing (or that we have reason to believe may be sourcing) from the Covered Countries and not currently RMAP Conformant as high-risk. We conduct the risk mitigation procedures described below on all high-risk smelters.

 

Our suppliers identified 340 unique smelters, of which 46 smelters source, or there is a reason to believe they may source, from the Covered Countries. We determined that 35 of these 46 smelters have been audited and recognized as conformant to the RMAP. We conducted risk mitigation on the remaining 11 smelters.

 

Risk Mitigation

 

Hyliion conducted risk mitigation on 11 Smelters that were not recognized as conformant to the RMAP and were sourcing (or there is a reason to believe they may be sourcing) from the DRC or surrounding countries. Hyliion’s risk mitigation was designed in accordance with Step 3B of the OECD Guidance and was reported to the Sr. Vice President of Sales and Supply Chain in accordance with Step 3A of the OECD Guidance.

 

As part of our risk mitigation process, we performed additional due diligence to determine if there was any reason to believe the smelters directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries. We also attempted to verify with the relevant 15 suppliers whether 3TGs from the smelter in question were actually in Hyliion’s supply chain during the 2021 reporting period.

   

Hyliion will continue work with the 15 suppliers to determine if these refineries are legitimately in the supply chain of the parts and/or products Hyliion manufactures or contracts to manufacture and, if so, to take steps to remove them from our supply chain.

 

We did not require the removal of smelters if there was no reason to believe they were directly or indirectly financing or benefitting armed groups in the Covered Countries. These smelters are scheduled to be revisited in the 2022 reporting period.

 

Improvement Plan

 

Hyliion is committed to continuous improvement in our due diligence process to further mitigate the risk that the 3TG materials in our products could directly or indirectly benefit or finance armed groups in the Covered Countries. As part of our efforts to mitigate this risk, new or renewed supplier contracts require suppliers to provide information that will allow us to evaluate their conflict mineral status. We will continuously improve our efforts to educate our suppliers in order to increase supplier response rates and improve the timeliness, accuracy and comprehensiveness of the supplier survey responses we receive. Additionally, we will enhance our efforts to encourage our suppliers to source from RMAP conformant smelters when sourcing material from the Covered Countries.

 

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Smelters and Refineries

 

3TG Metal   Standard Smelter Name   Smelter ID
Gold   8853 S.p.A.   CID002763
Gold   Abington Reldan Metals, LLC   CID002708
Gold   Advanced Chemical Company   CID000015
Gold   African Gold Refinery   CID003185
Gold   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.   CID000019
Gold   Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC   CID002560
Gold   Alexy Metals   CID003500
Gold   Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.   CID000035
Gold   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)   CID000041
Gold   AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração   CID000058
Gold   Argor-Heraeus S.A.   CID000077
Gold   Asahi Pretec Corp.   CID000082
Gold   Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.   CID000924
Gold   Asahi Refining USA Inc.   CID000920
Gold   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   CID000090
Gold   Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.   CID000103
Gold   AU Traders and Refiners   CID002850
Gold   Augmont Enterprises Private Limited   CID003461
Gold   Aurubis AG   CID000113
Gold   Bangalore Refinery   CID002863
Gold   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)   CID000128
Gold   Boliden AB   CID000157
Gold   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   CID000176
Gold   C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS   CID003421
Gold   Caridad   CID000180
Gold   CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation   CID000185
Gold   Cendres + Métaux S.A.   CID000189
Gold   CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.   CID003382
Gold   Chimet S.p.A.   CID000233
Gold   Chugai Mining   CID000264
Gold   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.   CID000343
Gold   Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH   CID002867
Gold   Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC   CID003348
Gold   DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH   CID000362
Gold   Dowa   CID000401
Gold   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)   CID000359
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant   CID000425
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant   CID003424
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant   CID003425
Gold   Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)   CID003487
Gold   Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)   CID003488
Gold   Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)   CID003489
Gold   Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)   CID003490
Gold   Emirates Gold DMCC   CID002561
Gold   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.   CID002515
Gold   Fujairah Gold FZC   CID002584
Gold   GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.   CID002852
Gold   Geib Refining Corporation   CID002459

 

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Gold   Gold Coast Refinery   CID003186
Gold   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.   CID002243
Gold   Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM   CID001909
Gold   Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited   CID002312
Gold   Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.   CID000651
Gold   Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID000671
Gold   Heimerle + Meule GmbH   CID000694
Gold   Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd.   CID002519
Gold   Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG   CID000711
Gold   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.   CID000707
Gold   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CID000767
Gold   Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID000773
Gold   HwaSeong CJ Co., Ltd.   CID000778
Gold   Industrial Refining Company   CID002587
Gold   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.   CID000801
Gold   International Precious Metal Refiners   CID002562
Gold   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   CID000807
Gold   Istanbul Gold Refinery   CID000814
Gold   Italpreziosi   CID002765
Gold   JALAN & Company   CID002893
Gold   Japan Mint   CID000823
Gold   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   CID000855
Gold   JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant   CID000927
Gold   JSC Novosibirsk Refinery   CID000493
Gold   JSC Uralelectromed   CID000929
Gold   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000937
Gold   K.A. Rasmussen   CID003497
Gold   Kaloti Precious Metals   CID002563
Gold   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC   CID000956
Gold   Kazzinc   CID000957
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   CID000969
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna   CID002511
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   CID000981
Gold   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   CID002605
Gold   Kundan Care Products Ltd.   CID003463
Gold   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC   CID001029
Gold   Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO   CID002865
Gold   L’azurde Company For Jewelry   CID001032
Gold   L’Orfebre S.A.   CID002762
Gold   Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.   CID001056
Gold   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   CID001058
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   CID001078
Gold   LT Metal Ltd.   CID000689
Gold   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   CID001093
Gold   Marsam Metals   CID002606
Gold   Materion   CID001113
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   CID001119
Gold   MD Overseas   CID003548
Gold   Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.   CID003575

 

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Gold   Metallix Refining Inc.   CID003557
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   CID001149
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   CID001152
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   CID001147
Gold   Metalor Technologies S.A.   CID001153
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   CID001157
Gold   Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V.   CID001161
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   CID001188
Gold   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID001193
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   CID002509
Gold   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   CID002857
Gold   Morris and Watson   CID002282
Gold   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant   CID001204
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.   CID001220
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   CID001236
Gold   NH Recytech Company   CID003189
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   CID001259
Gold   Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   CID002779
Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   CID001325
Gold   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)   CID001326
Gold   PAMP S.A.   CID001352
Gold   Pease & Curren   CID002872
Gold   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   CID001362
Gold   Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA   CID002919
Gold   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   CID001386
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   CID001397
Gold   PX Précinox S.A.   CID001498
Gold   QG Refining, LLC   CID003324
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   CID001512
Gold   Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.   CID000522
Gold   REMONDIS PMR B.V.   CID002582
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   CID001534
Gold   SAAMP   CID002761
Gold   Sabin Metal Corp.   CID001546
Gold   Safimet S.p.A   CID002973
Gold   SAFINA A.S.   CID002290
Gold   Sai Refinery   CID002853
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   CID001555
Gold   SAMWON Metals Corp.   CID001562
Gold   Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)   CID003529
Gold   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH   CID002777
Gold   Sellem Industries Ltd.   CID003540
Gold   SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.   CID001585
Gold   Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID001916
Gold   Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID002525
Gold   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.   CID001619
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   CID001622
Gold   Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.   CID002527
Gold   Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.   CID002588

 

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Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   CID001736
Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   CID002516
Gold   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   CID001756
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   CID001761
Gold   Sovereign Metals   CID003383
Gold   State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology   CID003153
Gold   Sudan Gold Refinery   CID002567
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   CID001798
Gold   SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.   CID002918
Gold   Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.   CID001810
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   CID002580
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   CID001875
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   CID001938
Gold   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.   CID001947
Gold   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   CID002615
Gold   Torecom   CID001955
Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   CID002314
Gold   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   CID001980
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   CID001993
Gold   Valcambi S.A.   CID002003
Gold   Value Trading   CID003617
Gold   WEEEREFINING   CID003615
Gold   Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)   CID002030
Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   CID002778
Gold   Yamakin Co., Ltd.   CID002100
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   CID002129
Gold   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.   CID000197
Gold   Zhongkuang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   CID002214
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   CID002224
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID000211
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   CID002504
Tantalum   Exotech Inc.   CID000456
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   CID000460
Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   CID002505
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   CID002558
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   CID002557
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   CID002547
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   CID002548
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   CID002492
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID002512
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   CID002842
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000914
Tantalum   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   CID000917
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID002506
Tantalum   KEMET de Mexico   CID002539
Tantalum   LSM Brasil S.A.   CID001076
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   CID001163
Tantalum   Mineração Taboca S.A.   CID001175

 

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Tantalum   Mitsui Mining & Smelting   CID001192
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CID001277
Tantalum   NPM Silmet AS   CID001200
Tantalum   QuantumClean   CID001508
Tantalum   Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.   CID002707
Tantalum   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   CID001769
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   CID001869
Tantalum   TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.   CID002544
Tantalum   TANIOBIS GmbH   CID002545
Tantalum   TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.   CID002549
Tantalum   TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   CID002550
Tantalum   Telex Metals   CID001891
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   CID001969
Tantalum   XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED   CID000616
Tantalum   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   CID002508
Tantalum   Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.   CID003583
Tantalum   Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID001522
Tin   Alpha   CID000292
Tin   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company   CID002703
Tin   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CID000228
Tin   Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CID003190
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   CID001070
Tin   CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda   CID003486
Tin   CRM Synergies   CID003524
Tin   CV Venus Inti Perkasa   CID002455
Tin   Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.   CID003356
Tin   Dowa   CID000402
Tin   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company   CID002572
Tin   EM Vinto   CID000438
Tin   Estanho de Rondônia S.A.   CID000448
Tin   Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.   CID003582
Tin   Fenix Metals   CID000468
Tin   Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.   CID003410
Tin   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC   CID000942
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   CID000538
Tin   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.   CID001908
Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CID000555
Tin   Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.   CID003116
Tin   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CID002844
Tin   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   CID001231
Tin   Luna Smelter, Ltd.   CID003387
Tin   Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.   CID003379
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   CID002468
Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   CID001105
Tin   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.   CID002500
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   CID001142
Tin   Metallo Belgium N.V.   CID002773
Tin   Metallo Spain S.L.U.   CID002774

 

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Tin   Mineração Taboca S.A.   CID001173
Tin   Minsur   CID001182
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   CID001191
Tin   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   CID002858
Tin   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   CID002573
Tin   Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.   CID001305
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   CID001314
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   CID002517
Tin   Operaciones Metalúrgicas S.A.   CID001337
Tin   Pongpipat Company Limited   CID003208
Tin   Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited   CID003409
Tin   PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera   CID000309
Tin   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   CID001399
Tin   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   CID002503
Tin   PT Babel Inti Perkasa   CID001402
Tin   PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari   CID001406
Tin   PT Bangka Serumpun   CID003205
Tin   PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera   CID001421
Tin   PT Bukit Timah   CID001428
Tin   PT Cipta Persada Mulia   CID002696
Tin   PT Masbro Alam Stania   CID003380
Tin   PT Menara Cipta Mulia   CID002835
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   CID001453
Tin   PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo   CID003449
Tin   PT Panca Mega Persada   CID001457
Tin   PT Prima Timah Utama   CID001458
Tin   PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa   CID003381
Tin   PT Rajehan Ariq   CID002593
Tin   PT Refined Bangka Tin   CID001460
Tin   PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa   CID001463
Tin   PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa   CID001468
Tin   PT Sukses Inti Makmur   CID002816
Tin   PT Timah Nusantara   CID001486
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Kundur   CID001477
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Mentok   CID001482
Tin   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa   CID001490
Tin   Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.   CID002706
Tin   Rui Da Hung   CID001539
Tin   Soft Metais Ltda.   CID001758
Tin   Super Ligas   CID002756
Tin   Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CID002834
Tin   Thaisarco   CID001898
Tin   Tin Technology & Refining   CID003325
Tin   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   CID002574
Tin   VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC   CID002015
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.   CID002036
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID002158
Tin   Yunnan Tin Company Limited   CID002180
Tin   Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID003397

 

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Tungsten   A.L.M.T. Corp.   CID000004
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   CID002833
Tungsten   Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.   CID003427
Tungsten   Artek LLC   CID003553
Tungsten   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   CID002502
Tungsten   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CID002513
Tungsten   China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.   CID002641
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID000258
Tungsten   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.   CID000281
Tungsten   Cronimet Brasil Ltda   CID003468
Tungsten   Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.   CID003401
Tungsten   Fujian Xinlu Tungsten   CID003609
Tungsten   Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002645
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CID000875
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002315
Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   CID002494
Tungsten   GEM Co., Ltd.   CID003417
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   CID000568
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID000218
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   CID002541
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CID000766
Tungsten   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000769
Tungsten   Hydrometallurg, JSC   CID002649
Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000825
Tungsten   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CID002551
Tungsten   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002321
Tungsten   Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID002313
Tungsten   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   CID002318
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CID002317
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002316
Tungsten   JSC “Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant”   CID003408
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   CID000966
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   CID000105
Tungsten   KGETS Co., Ltd.   CID003388
Tungsten   Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.   CID003407
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002319
Tungsten   Masan High-Tech Materials   CID002543
Tungsten   Moliren Ltd.   CID002845
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   CID002589
Tungsten   NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC   CID003416
Tungsten   OOO “Technolom” 1   CID003614
Tungsten   OOO “Technolom” 2   CID003612
Tungsten   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   CID002827
Tungsten   TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   CID002542
Tungsten   Unecha Refractory Metals Plant   CID002724
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG   CID002044
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   CID002320
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002082
Tungsten   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.   CID002830

 

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Forty-six of the 340 unique Smelters identified during our RCOI either declared that they were sourcing, or there was reason to believe they were sourcing, from the Covered Countries. Based on the Smelters’ disclosures and the publicly available information, we have reason to believe these Smelters may be sourcing from the following Covered Countries: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Tanzania. Our due diligence review indicated that 35 of the 46 Smelters have been audited and recognized as conformant to the RMAP.

 

Additional Risk Factors

 

The statements included in this Conflict Minerals Report are based on the RCOI process and due diligence performed in good faith by Hyliion. These statements are based on the information available at the time. A number of factors could introduce errors or otherwise affect the accuracy of these statements.

 

These factors include, but are not limited to: (i) gaps in supplier or smelter data, (ii) errors or omissions by suppliers or smelters, (iii) uncertainty or varied interpretations of the disclosure requirements described in the SEC final rules, (iv) all instances of conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or manufacturing of our products may not have been reported correctly by our suppliers, (v) some suppliers and smelters are unfamiliar with the diligence process and information required to be provided, which could lead to inaccurate or incomplete responses, (vi) timeliness of data received from our suppliers, (vii) information that is in the public domain may not be discovered despite having conducted a reasonable search, (viii) there may be errors in publicly available information, (ix) language barriers or errors in translation could lead to inaccurate information, (x) there could be oversights or errors in conflict free smelter audits, (xi) materials sourced from the Covered Countries could be inaccurately declared as sourced from outside the Covered Countries, (xii) illegally tagged Conflict Minerals could be introduced into the supply chain without our knowledge or the knowledge of our suppliers, (xiii) difficulties obtaining information from companies that are no longer in business, and (xiv) smuggling of Conflict Minerals outside the Covered Countries may make identification of their origin more difficult.

 

This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements include any plans or intentions to improve the number and quality of supplier and smelter response rates and steps we intend to take to mitigate risk in our supply chain. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. In particular, the Company’s risk mitigation and improvement plans may be affected by: (a) changes in global regulations related to the extraction of and disclosure obligations related to conflict minerals; (b) the ability of our suppliers and smelters to provide accurate information in response to our requests; (c) the availability of alternate sources of materials necessary to the functionality or production of our products on commercially reasonable terms or at all; (d) the ability of certified smelters to meet demand for raw materials; and (e) limits on our ability to unilaterally influence supplier behavior. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update such statements.

 

 

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