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Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 423.30 Td (For our most recent fiscal year) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 196.47 423.30 Td (, ended June 30, 2019, we believe that greater than 94% of our consolidated ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 408.90 Td (net sales were attributable to traditional industrial distribution and less than 6% were attributable to sales ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 394.50 Td (of products manufactured by us or contracted to be manufactured for us. Because manufacturing ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 380.10 Td (processes are conducted in subsidiary business operations, primarily in the Fluid Power & Flow Control ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 365.70 Td (segment, that use varied information systems and operating processes, we are unable to report a precise ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 351.30 Td (value of the products we manufactured or contracted to be manufactured for us.) 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Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 185.70 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 60.37 185.70 Td (e identified the direct suppliers of products and components to our business operations that conduct ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 171.30 Td (manufacturing. Because we did not have complete information about which of those products and ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 156.90 Td (components contained conflict minerals, we did not limit our inquiries to those suppliers that supplied ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 142.50 Td (items that we believed contained or may have contained conflict minerals. Because of the number of ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 128.10 Td (suppliers and because hundreds of suppliers represented very small purchase volumes, we chose to send ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 113.70 Td (conflict minerals inquiries to suppliers that we estimated would represent greater than the top three-) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 99.30 Td (quarters of the dollar volume of 2019 purchases by our manufacturing operations. In this CMR, we refer ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 84.90 Td (to these suppliers as Component Suppliers.) 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Our ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 571.20 Td (reasonable country of origin inquiry responds to the second step of the five-step OECD Guidance \(defined ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 556.80 Td (in the Due Diligence section\). ) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 210.05 556.80 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 220.42 556.80 Td (e conducted a survey of the Component Suppliers using the Conflict ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 542.40 Td (Minerals Reporting ) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 146.43 542.40 Td (T) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 152.93 542.40 Td (emplate \(CMR) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 229.19 542.40 Td (T\) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative \(RMI\). ) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 526.89 542.40 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 537.26 542.40 Td (e ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 528.00 Td (used an electronic database to or) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 206.05 528.00 Td (ganize and retain supplier responses.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 501.60 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 60.37 501.60 Td (e identified certain suppliers that did not conform with our conflict minerals policy of providing ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 487.20 Td (sourcing information to us upon request. ) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 250.42 487.20 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 260.79 487.20 Td (e made repeat requests to non-responsive suppliers educating ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 472.80 Td (and ur) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 80.11 472.80 Td (ging them to submit completed CMR) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 258.38 472.80 Td (T) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 264.87 472.80 Td (s. ) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 278.32 472.80 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 288.69 472.80 Td (e also undertook additional follow-up with suppliers to ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 458.40 Td (obtain more complete information or to clarify responses after considering factors such as the value of our ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 444.00 Td (purchases from the supplier) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 182.48 444.00 Td (, our subjective beliefs about the supplier) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 380.54 444.00 Td () Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 383.87 444.00 Td (s business reputation, the nature of ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 429.60 Td (our company) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 116.32 429.60 Td (s relationship with the supplier) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 263.81 429.60 Td (, and the likelihood that the component contained conflict ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 415.20 Td (minerals. ) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 99.66 415.20 Td (After taking that additional follow-up into account, we received complete responses from about ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 400.80 Td (half of the Component Suppliers.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 374.40 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 60.37 374.40 Td (e analyzed the responses that we received from the Component Suppliers in an ef) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 450.35 374.40 Td (fort to determine the ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 360.00 Td (country of origin of the necessary conflict minerals in the products that we manufacture or contract for ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 345.60 Td (manufacture. Only a small number of the Component Suppliers provided information relating to country ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 331.20 Td (of origin, and that information was not suf) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 253.08 331.20 Td (ficiently detailed or product-specific for us to identify the ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 316.80 Td (country of origin of the necessary conflict minerals in our products or to indicate whether they were from ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 302.40 Td (recycled or scrap sources.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 276.00 Td (As a result of the responses we received, we were unable to determine that none of our products ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 261.60 Td (manufactured or contracted for manufacture during the reporting period contain necessary conflict ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 247.20 Td (minerals that originated, or may have originated, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 232.80 Td (country \(a Covered Country\) and are not or may not be from recycled or scrap sources. ) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 483.84 232.80 Td (Accordingly) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 543.04 232.80 Td (, ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 218.40 Td (we performed due diligence in an ef) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 223.04 218.40 Td (fort to determine the source and chain of custody of the necessary ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 204.00 Td (conflict minerals.) 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Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 654.30 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 654.30 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 78.37 654.30 Td (e maintain a policy regarding the sourcing of conflict minerals, which is publicly available at the ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 639.90 Td (following Internet website: www) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 226.19 639.90 Td (.applied.com/conflictminerals. ) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 378.25 639.90 Td (The content of any website referred to ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 625.50 Td (in this CMR is not incorporated by reference in this CMR.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 611.10 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 611.10 Td (A) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 76.00 611.10 Td ( multidisciplinary team of associates led our conflict minerals program, including members with ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 596.70 Td (legal, regulatory compliance, and supply chain backgrounds.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 582.30 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 582.30 Td (T) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 74.49 582.30 Td (eam members attended training sessions of) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 280.55 582.30 Td (fered by experts on conflict minerals compliance.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 567.90 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 567.90 Td (Our standard terms and conditions of purchase require suppliers to conduct conflict minerals due ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 553.50 Td (diligence activities and to respond to our inquiries.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 539.10 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 539.10 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 78.37 539.10 Td (e obtained quarterly certifications from business unit leaders regarding manufacturing activities in ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 524.70 Td (order to identify changes in the use of suppliers and components during the year) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 452.23 524.70 Td (.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 510.30 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 510.30 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 78.37 510.30 Td (e enable employees, suppliers, and other stakeholders to report concerns relating to our conflict ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 495.90 Td (minerals program through our corporate responsibility reporting and grievance mechanism, as ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 481.50 Td (described on our conflict minerals website \(www) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 303.82 481.50 Td (.applied.com/conflictminerals\).) Tj ET Q BT /F3 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 452.70 Td (OECD Step 2. Identify and ) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 181.76 452.70 Td (Assess Risks in the Supply Chain.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 423.90 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 423.90 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 78.37 423.90 Td (e followed up with suppliers who did not respond to our initial request for information to educate ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 409.50 Td (them about the conflict minerals rule and to ur) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 290.38 409.50 Td (ge them to submit a completed CMR) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 466.97 409.50 Td (T) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 473.41 409.50 Td (.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 395.10 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 395.10 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 78.37 395.10 Td (e reviewed the CMR) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 177.28 395.10 Td (T) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 184.40 395.10 Td ( responses we received from suppliers.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 380.70 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 380.70 Td (When we determined that suppliers) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 241.05 380.70 Td ( CMR) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 270.01 380.70 Td (T) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 277.12 380.70 Td ( responses contained information we believed was ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 366.30 Td (incomplete or potentially inaccurate, we followed up with those suppliers to seek clarification.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 351.90 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 351.90 Td (Our conflict minerals team reviewed and assessed the risks in our supply chain.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 337.50 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 337.50 Td (Our team provided progress reports to the company) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 318.93 337.50 Td (s senior management members, summarizing the ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 323.10 Td (status of our supplier engagement.) Tj ET Q BT /F3 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 296.70 Td (OECD Step 3. Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 267.90 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 267.90 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 78.37 267.90 Td (e refer our suppliers to our conflict minerals policy) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 322.17 267.90 Td (, which is posted on our website.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 253.50 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 253.50 Td (Our conflict minerals team tracked CMR) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 264.22 253.50 Td (T) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 270.71 253.50 Td (s at the mineral level and compared smelters and refiners ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 239.10 Td (identified by our suppliers with the list of facilities that have received a conformant designation on ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 224.70 Td (the RMI website and sent follow-up requests to suppliers that identified non-conformant smelters or ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 210.30 Td (refiners to seek to verify if any of the non-conformant smelters or refiners is in our supply chain.) 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However) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 262.11 699.90 Td (, we believe that audits of smelters and refiners and other due ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 685.50 Td (diligence practices conducted by the RMI or other third parties are the best ways to identify smelters and ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 671.10 Td (refiners that have due diligence systems in place that promote responsible sourcing.) Tj ET Q BT /F3 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 642.30 Td (OECD Step 5. Report ) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 156.77 642.30 Td (Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 613.50 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 60.37 613.50 Td (e file a Form SD and CMR with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on an annual basis. ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 599.10 Td (This CMR is publicly available at www) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 240.53 599.10 Td (.applied.com/conflictminerals.) Tj ET Q BT /F2 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 566.40 Td (Results of Review) Tj ET Q BT /F3 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 540.00 Td (Supplier Responses) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 508.20 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 508.20 Td (Certain suppliers reported that they manufactured products containing one or more of tin, tantalum, ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 493.80 Td (tungsten, and gold. Some of them named smelters and refiners and a few even reported that it was ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 479.40 Td (possible that conflict minerals in their products originated in a Covered Country) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 451.47 479.40 Td (.) 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Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 407.40 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 407.40 Td (In some cases, suppliers did not respond or stated they had not yet completed their due diligence on ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 393.00 Td (the origin of the conflict minerals in their products because they were continuing to make inquiries of ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 68.00 378.60 Td (their own suppliers.) 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Tj ET Q BT /F3 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 253.80 Td (Efforts to Determine the Mine or Location of Origin) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 227.40 Td (W) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 60.37 227.40 Td (e have determined that the most reasonable ef) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 279.72 227.40 Td (fort we can make to determine the mines or locations of ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 213.00 Td (origin of the necessary conflict minerals in our products is to seek information from our direct suppliers ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 198.60 Td (about the smelters and refiners and the countries of origin of the necessary conflict minerals in our ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0 0 0 rg BT 50.00 184.20 Td (products and to ur) Tj ET Q q 0 0 0 rg BT 136.77 184.20 Td (ge that our suppliers do the same with their suppliers.) 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