Compliance

To facilitate an assessment of upstream supply chain compliance, suppliers must be able to disclose supply chain mappinng back to the primary origin associated with the products or services provided to Gil-Mar manufacturing and its affiliates for products which contain tin, tungsten, tantalum, gold or any other material or derivative designated by the U.S. State Department as a "conflict mineral". More specifically, sppliers are required to undertake reasonable due diligence with their supply chains to assure that conflict minerals are being sourced from mines and smelters outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC") or an adjoining country (collectively, the "Conflict Region") or, if sourced within the Conflict Region, from mines and smelters that have been certified by an independent third partyt as DRC conflict free. TO the extent any supplier does not currently have this capability, such a supplier is required to disclse its future plans to do so. Suppliers shall make all disclosures to Gil-Mar Manufacturing upon request within a timely manner.