Continental/Midland

As ContMid, Inc. is committed to socially responsible procurement and will not knowingly purchase gold, titanium, tin, or tungsten mined in conditions of armed conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an ajoining country. It is also ContMid, Inc. policy to require its suppliers to source materials from smelters de... termined to be compliant with the Electronic Industry Citzenship Coalition (EICC) / Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), Conflict-Free Smelter (CFS) Program protocols, or other smelters that have been determined to be conflict-free smelters or determined to be conflict-free under other trusted traceability projects. In line with the foregoing policy on conflict minerals, ContMid, Inc. is taking the following actions. 1. ContMid, Inc. requests that its suppliers read and follow its Procurement Guidelines in the company's Terms and Conditions of Purchase. ContMid, Inc. will take additional opportunities to explain and gain understanding of its suppliers about the actions it takes to keep conflict minerals out of its products. 2. ContMid, Inc. is not required to report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission the use of conflict minerals, as defined in the final rules of Section 1502 opf the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank"). However, ContMid, Inc. is implementing supply chain due dilligence by using a standardized reporting tool available from the EICC/GeSI. If, in the future, a more effective means of carrying out conflict mineral due dilligence is established, ContMid, Inc. and its suppliers will adopt it. 3. To ensure that minerals are procured only from smelters and refiners that have been found to be compliant with the Conflict-Free Smelter (CFS) Program of the EICC/GeSI, ContMid, Inc. requesters smelters and refiners through the supply chain, to obtain proof of compliance.Read More