1 EXHIBIT 1.01 Conflict Minerals Report of Helen of Troy Limited In accord with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 This is the Conflict Minerals Report of Helen of Troy Limited (“Helen of Troy”, the “Company”) for calendar year 2024 (excepting conflict minerals that, prior to January 31, 2013, were located outside of the supply chain) in accord with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 13p-1”). 1. Introduction Helen of Troy is a leading global consumer products company offering creative solutions for our customers through a diversified portfolio of well-recognized and widely trusted brands. The Company has built leading market positions through new product innovation, product quality and competitive pricing. Helen of Troy was incorporated as Helen of Troy Corporation in Texas in 1968 and reorganized as Helen of Troy Limited in Bermuda in 1994. Helen of Troy has two business segments: Home & Outdoor and Beauty & Wellness. The Home & Outdoor segment offers a broad range of outstanding world-class brands that help consumers enjoy everyday living inside their homes and outdoors. Our innovative products for home activities include food preparation and storage, cooking, cleaning, organization, and beverage service. Our outdoor performance range, on-the-go food storage, and beverageware includes lifestyle hydration products, coolers and food storage solutions, backpacks, and travel gear. Sales for this global segment are primarily to online and brick & mortar retailers and through our direct-to-consumer channel. The Beauty & Wellness segment provides consumers with a broad range of outstanding world-class brands for beauty and wellness. In Beauty, we deliver innovation through products such as hair styling appliances, grooming tools, and liquid and aerosol personal care products, and nail care solutions that help consumers look and feel more beautiful. In Wellness, we are there when you need us most with highly regarded humidifiers, thermometers, water and air purifiers, heaters, and fans. Sales for this global segment are primarily to online and brick & mortar retailers, distributors, and through our direct-to-consumer channel. Helen of Troy contracts with unaffiliated manufacturers, primarily in China, Mexico, Vietnam, to manufacture a significant portion of our finished goods for the Home & Outdoor segment and our Beauty & Wellness segment’s hair tools and accessories and nail consumables and grooming tools, as well as certain wellness product categories. The hair liquids category of the Beauty & Wellness segment sources most of its products from U.S. manufacturers. Helen of Troy contracts to have products manufactured that may contain gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten (“3TG”). As these materials may be necessary to Helen of Troy’s products, the Company has embarked on a process to trace the
2 origin of these metals to determine whether its sourcing practices support conflict or human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) and the surrounding area (the “Covered Countries”). The intent of this Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) is to describe this due diligence process. 2. Product Description Helen of Troy contracts to have products manufactured that may contain 3TG, such as home, outdoor, wellness, and beauty consumer products. Helen of Troy purchases finished product and is therefore several tiers removed from the mining operations. The Company does not purchase any materials directly from smelters or refiners, so Helen of Troy must rely on its suppliers to provide reliable and accurate information about 3TG. Helen of Troy’s suppliers were requested to use the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) to identify gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten smelters or refiners (“SORs”) and associated countries of origin. Verified SORs were matched against available lists of processors that have been certified by internationally- recognized industry validation schemes, such as the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP), the London Bullion Market Association Good Delivery Program (“LBMA”), and the Responsible Jewelry Council Chain-of-Custody Certification (“RJC”). Conflict free certification information is current as of May 5, 2025. 3. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry Description Helen of Troy obtained the aforementioned product information by implementing a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”). Helen of Troy assembled an internal team, led by its Vice President- Regulatory, Sustainability & Governance, comprised of representatives from Helen of Troy’s finance, legal and supply chain departments. Helen of Troy engaged Source Intelligence (“SI”), a third-party information management service provider, to gather information from suppliers and establish a system of controls and transparency over its supply chain. The Company has worked with SI since 2014. Helen of Troy’s Tier 1 suppliers were engaged by SI to collect information regarding the presence and sourcing of 3TG used in the products supplied to them. Information was collected and stored using an online platform provided by SI. Supplier Engagement As in previous years, the RCOI began with an introduction email from Helen of Troy to suppliers describing its conflict minerals reporting requirements. Following that introduction email, a subsequent email was sent to suppliers containing a registration and survey request link to the online data collection platform. In an effort to increase awareness of the Company’s Conflict Minerals Compliance Program (CMCP), supporting regulation, and frequently asked questions
3 (FAQs) concerning 3TG mineral tracing, Helen of Troy’s suppliers were given access to an online Supplier Resource Center. The Supplier Resource Center provided educational information to facilitate a deeper understanding of conflict minerals and to inform suppliers as to why information was being requested. There were also opportunities to participate in webinars providing information on the Conflict Minerals Rule. Subsequent engagement followed these steps: • Following the initial introductions to the program and information request, up to three reminder emails were sent to each non-responsive supplier requesting survey completion. • Suppliers who remained non-responsive were contacted by email and offered assistance. This assistance included, but was not limited to, further information about the Conflict Minerals Compliance Program, an explanation of why the information was being collected, a review of how the information would be used, and clarification regarding how the information could be provided. • If, after these efforts, a given supplier still did not register with the system or provide the information requested, an escalation process was initiated. The escalation process consisted of direct outreach by Helen of Troy. Specifically, Helen of Troy contacted these suppliers by email to request their participation in the program. SI followed up with an email in a timely manner. Information Requested Suppliers were asked to provide information regarding the sourcing of their materials with the ultimate goal of identifying the 3TG SORs and associated mine countries of origin. Suppliers who had already performed a RCOI through the use of the CMRT were asked to upload this document into the online data collection platform or to provide this information in the online survey version. Where a supplier was unable to provide a CMRT, SI requested information on its suppliers of products or components which may require 3TG for their production or functionality. These Tier 2 suppliers, and subsequent tiers of suppliers as needed, were then engaged following the contact procedures explained above. When contact information was provided, Tier 2 and beyond suppliers were contacted via email in order to build a chain-of-custody back to the 3TG SOR. Every effort was made to address and meet the concerns of suppliers regarding their need to maintain the confidentiality of their data. In order to address this concern, SI executed non-disclosure agreements with Helen of Troy suppliers when requested. Helen of Troy chose to give their suppliers the ability to share information at a level with which they were most comfortable, i.e. company, product or user-defined, but the declaration scope had to be specified. Suppliers were requested to provide an electronic signature before submitting their data to Helen of Troy to verify that all answers
4 submitted were accurate to the best of the supplier’s knowledge, but the suppliers were not required to provide an electronic signature to submit their data. Quality Assurance Supplier responses were evaluated for plausibility, consistency, and gaps. If any of the following “quality control” (QC) flags were raised, suppliers were automatically contacted by the SI platform on a bi-weekly basis up to 3 contacts. • One or more smelter or refiners (SORs) were listed for an unused metal; • SOR information was not provided for a used metal, or SOR information provided was not a verified metal processor; • Supplier answered yes to sourcing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries (“DRC”), but none of the SORs listed are known to source from the region; • Supplier indicated that they have not received conflict minerals data for each metal from all relevant suppliers; • Supplier indicated they have not identified all of the SORs used for the products included in the declaration scope; • Supplier indicated they have not provided all applicable SOR information received; and • Supplier indicated 100% of the 3TG for products covered by the declaration originates from scrap/recycled sources, but one or more SORs listed are not known to be exclusive recyclers. 4. RCOI Results Helen of Troy’s RCOI process revealed the following: • A total of 138 Tier 1 suppliers were identified by Helen of Troy as potentially in-scope for conflict mineral reporting purposes and all were contacted as part of the RCOI process. The survey response rate among these suppliers was 93%, which was similar from last year’s. • Out of these responding suppliers, 27% indicated conflict minerals were necessary to the functionality or production of the products they supply to Helen of Troy. • The responding suppliers using conflict minerals provided names of 334 verified SORs. • Of the 334 verified SORs, 74% are currently certified are actively moving through the certification process or are planning to do so within two years. Approximately 86% of verified SORs had no indication of sourcing from the DRC/Covered Countries. Of those SORs that show indication of sourcing from the DRC/Covered Countries, all but 2 are currently certified or actively moving through the certification process. Related to those non-certified SORs, we required the relevant suppliers to cease any more purchases from these SORs for our products.
5 The following table lists the verified SORs provided by Helen of Troy’s suppliers, along with the certification status of each SOR as of May 5, 2025. Number Metal Official Smelter Name Conflict-Free Certifications 1 Gold 8853 S.p.A. RJC 2 Gold ABC Refinery Pty Ltd. LBMA 3 Gold Abington Reldan Metals, LLC RMAP 4 Gold Advanced Chemical Company RMAP 5 Gold Agosi AG LBMA, RJC, RMAP 6 Gold Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. RMAP 7 Gold Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC RJC 8 Gold Albino Mountinho Lda. None 9 Gold Alexy Metals None 10 Gold Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) LBMA, RMAP 11 Gold AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao LBMA, RMAP 12 Gold Argor-Heraeus S.A. LBMA, RJC, RMAP 13 Gold ASAHI METALFINE, Inc. LBMA, RMAP 14 Gold Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 15 Gold Asahi Refining USA Inc. LBMA, RMAP 16 Gold Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. RMAP 17 Gold Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. None 18 Gold Attero Recycling Pvt Ltd None 19 Gold AU Traders and Refiners None 20 Gold Augmont Enterprises Private Limited None 21 Gold Aurubis AG LBMA, RMAP 22 Gold Bangalore Refinery RMAP - Active 23 Gold Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) LBMA, RMAP 24 Gold Boliden Ronnskar LBMA, RMAP 25 Gold C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG LBMA, RJC, RMAP 26 Gold Caridad None 27 Gold CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation LBMA, RMAP 28 Gold Cendres + Metaux S.A. RJC 29 Gold CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. None 30 Gold Chimet S.p.A. LBMA, RMAP 31 Gold Chugai Mining RMAP 32 Gold Coimpa Industrial LTDA RMAP 33 Gold Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. LBMA 34 Gold Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH None 35 Gold Dongwu Gold Group LBMA 36 Gold Dowa RMAP 37 Gold DSC (Do Sung Corporation) RMAP
6 38 Gold Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant RMAP 39 Gold Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant RMAP 40 Gold Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant RMAP 41 Gold Elite Industech Co., Ltd. RMAP 42 Gold Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1) None 43 Gold Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2) None 44 Gold Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3) None 45 Gold Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4) None 46 Gold Emirates Gold DMCC None 47 Gold Fujairah Gold FZC None 48 Gold GG Refinery Ltd. RMAP 49 Gold GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. None 50 Gold Gold by Gold Colombia RMAP 51 Gold Gold Coast Refinery None 52 Gold Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM LBMA 53 Gold Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited None 54 Gold Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. None 55 Gold Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. None 56 Gold Heimerle + Meule GmbH LBMA, RJC, RMAP 57 Gold Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG RMAP 58 Gold Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. LBMA, RJC, RMAP 59 Gold Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. None 60 Gold Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. None 61 Gold HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. None 62 Gold Impala Platinum - Base Metal Refinery (BMR) RMAP 63 Gold Impala Platinum - Platinum Metals Refinery (PMR) RMAP 64 Gold Impala Platinum - Rustenburg Smelter RMAP 65 Gold Inca One (Chala One Plant) None 66 Gold Inca One (Koricancha Plant) None 67 Gold Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 68 Gold Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 69 Gold Istanbul Gold Refinery LBMA, RMAP 70 Gold Italpreziosi RJC, RMAP 71 Gold JALAN & Company None 72 Gold Japan Mint LBMA, RMAP 73 Gold Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 74 Gold JX Advanced Metals Corporation LBMA, RMAP 75 Gold K.A. Rasmussen None 76 Gold Kazakhmys Smelting LLC None 77 Gold Kazzinc LBMA, RMAP 78 Gold Kennecott Utah Copper LLC LBMA, RMAP 79 Gold KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna RMAP
7 80 Gold Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. RMAP 81 Gold Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. RMAP 82 Gold Kundan Care Products Ltd. None 83 Gold Kyrgyzaltyn JSC LBMA 84 Gold Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. None 85 Gold Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. None 86 Gold L'Orfebre S.A. None 87 Gold LS MnM Inc. LBMA, RMAP 88 Gold LT Metal Ltd. RMAP 89 Gold Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. None 90 Gold Marsam Metals None 91 Gold Materion RMAP 92 Gold Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 93 Gold MD Overseas None 94 Gold Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd. RJC, RMAP 95 Gold Metallix Refining Inc. None 96 Gold Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. LBMA, RJC, RMAP 97 Gold Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. LBMA, RJC, RMAP 98 Gold Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. LBMA, RJC, RMAP 99 Gold Metalor Technologies S.A. LBMA, RJC, RMAP 100 Gold Metalor USA Refining Corporation LBMA, RJC, RMAP 101 Gold Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. LBMA, RMAP 102 Gold Mitsubishi Materials Corporation LBMA, RMAP 103 Gold Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 104 Gold MKS PAMP SA LBMA, RMAP 105 Gold MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 106 Gold Morris and Watson None 107 Gold Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. LBMA, RMAP 108 Gold Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat LBMA, RMAP 109 Gold NH Recytech Company RMAP 110 Gold Nihon Material Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 111 Gold NOBLE METAL SERVICES None 112 Gold Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH RJC, RMAP - Active 113 Gold Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. RMAP 114 Gold Pease & Curren None 115 Gold Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. None 116 Gold Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA RMAP 117 Gold PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk LBMA, RMAP 118 Gold PX Precinox S.A. LBMA, RMAP 119 Gold QG Refining, LLC None 120 Gold Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 121 Gold Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. None 122 Gold REMONDIS PMR B.V. RMAP
8 123 Gold Royal Canadian Mint LBMA, RMAP 124 Gold SAAMP RJC 125 Gold Sabin Metal Corp. None 126 Gold Safimet S.p.A RJC 127 Gold SAFINA A.S. RMAP 128 Gold Sai Refinery None 129 Gold Samduck Precious Metals None 130 Gold SAMWON METALS Corp. None 131 Gold SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. LBMA, RJC, RMAP 132 Gold Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 133 Gold Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. None 134 Gold Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. None 135 Gold Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 136 Gold Shenzhen CuiLu Gold Co., Ltd. LBMA 137 Gold SHENZHEN JINJUNWEI RESOURCE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. None 138 Gold Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd. None 139 Gold Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd. None 140 Gold Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 141 Gold Singway Technology Co., Ltd. None 142 Gold Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. LBMA, RMAP 143 Gold Sovereign Metals None 144 Gold State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology None 145 Gold Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 146 Gold SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. RMAP 147 Gold Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. None 148 Gold T.C.A S.p.A LBMA, RMAP 149 Gold Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. LBMA, RMAP 150 Gold Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 151 Gold Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. None 152 Gold TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn LBMA, RMAP 153 Gold Torecom None 154 Gold Umicore Precious Metals Thailand None 155 Gold Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining LBMA, RMAP 156 Gold United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. RMAP 157 Gold Valcambi S.A. LBMA, RJC, RMAP 158 Gold WEEEREFINING RMAP 159 Gold Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) LBMA, RMAP 160 Gold WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH RJC, RMAP 161 Gold Yamakin Co., Ltd. RMAP 162 Gold Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. RMAP 163 Gold Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. None 164 Gold Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation LBMA, RMAP
9 165 Gold Zijin Mining Group Gold Smelting Co. Ltd. LBMA, RMAP 166 Tantalum 5D Production OU None 167 Tantalum AMG Brasil RMAP 168 Tantalum D Block Metals, LLC RMAP 169 Tantalum F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. RMAP 170 Tantalum FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. RMAP 171 Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Aizu RMAP 172 Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Boyertown RMAP 173 Tantalum Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd. RMAP 174 Tantalum Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. RMAP 175 Tantalum Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. RMAP 176 Tantalum Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material RMAP 177 Tantalum JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. RMAP 178 Tantalum Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. RMAP 179 Tantalum Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. RMAP 180 Tantalum KEMET de Mexico RMAP 181 Tantalum Materion Newton Inc. RMAP 182 Tantalum Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. RMAP 183 Tantalum Mineracao Taboca S.A. RMAP 184 Tantalum Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. RMAP 185 Tantalum Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. RMAP 186 Tantalum NPM Silmet AS RMAP 187 Tantalum PowerX Ltd. RMAP 188 Tantalum QuantumClean RMAP 189 Tantalum Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. RMAP 190 Tantalum RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd. RMAP 191 Tantalum Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. RMAP 192 Tantalum TANIOBIS Co., Ltd. RMAP 193 Tantalum TANIOBIS GmbH RMAP 194 Tantalum TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd. RMAP 195 Tantalum TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG RMAP 196 Tantalum Telex Metals RMAP 197 Tantalum Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC RMAP 198 Tantalum XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED RMAP 199 Tantalum XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. RMAP 200 Tantalum Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. RMAP 201 Tin Alpha Assembly Solutions Inc RMAP 202 Tin An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company None 203 Tin Aurubis Beerse RMAP 204 Tin Aurubis Berango RMAP 205 Tin Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. RMAP 206 Tin Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. RMAP 207 Tin China Tin Group Co., Ltd. RMAP
10 208 Tin CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda RMAP 209 Tin CRM Synergies RMAP 210 Tin CV Ayi Jaya RMAP 211 Tin CV Venus Inti Perkasa RMAP 212 Tin Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. None 213 Tin Dowa RMAP 214 Tin DS Myanmar RMAP 215 Tin Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company None 216 Tin EM Vinto RMAP 217 Tin Estanho de Rondonia S.A. RMAP 218 Tin Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda. None 219 Tin Fenix Metals RMAP 220 Tin Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. None 221 Tin Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC None 222 Tin Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. RMAP 223 Tin Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. None 224 Tin Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. None 225 Tin Global Advanced Metals Greenbushes Pty Ltd. RMAP 226 Tin Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. RMAP 227 Tin HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. RMAP 228 Tin Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. RMAP 229 Tin Longnan Chuangyue Environmental Protection Technology Development Co., Ltd None 230 Tin Luna Smelter, Ltd. RMAP 231 Tin Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd. None 232 Tin Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. RMAP 233 Tin Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) RMAP 234 Tin Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad (Port Klang) RMAP 235 Tin Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. RMAP - Active 236 Tin Metallic Resources, Inc. RMAP 237 Tin Mineracao Taboca S.A. RMAP 238 Tin Mining Minerals Resources SARL RMAP 239 Tin Minsur RMAP 240 Tin Mitsubishi Materials Corporation RMAP 241 Tin Modeltech Sdn Bhd None 242 Tin Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company None 243 Tin O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. RMAP 244 Tin O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. RMAP 245 Tin Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. RMAP 246 Tin Pongpipat Company Limited None 247 Tin Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited None 248 Tin PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera RMAP
11 249 Tin PT Artha Cipta Langgeng RMAP 250 Tin PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya RMAP 251 Tin PT Babel Inti Perkasa RMAP 252 Tin PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari RMAP 253 Tin PT Bangka Prima Tin RMAP 254 Tin PT Bangka Serumpun RMAP 255 Tin PT Bangka Tin Industry RMAP 256 Tin PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera RMAP 257 Tin PT Bukit Timah RMAP 258 Tin PT Cipta Persada Mulia RMAP 259 Tin PT Menara Cipta Mulia RMAP 260 Tin PT Mitra Stania Prima RMAP 261 Tin PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo RMAP 262 Tin PT Panca Mega Persada None 263 Tin PT Premium Tin Indonesia RMAP 264 Tin PT Prima Timah Utama RMAP 265 Tin PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS) RMAP 266 Tin PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa RMAP 267 Tin PT Rajehan Ariq RMAP 268 Tin PT Refined Bangka Tin RMAP 269 Tin PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa RMAP 270 Tin PT Sukses Inti Makmur RMAP 271 Tin PT Timah Nusantara RMAP 272 Tin PT Timah Tbk Kundur RMAP 273 Tin PT Timah Tbk Mentok RMAP 274 Tin PT Tinindo Inter Nusa RMAP 275 Tin PT Tirus Putra Mandiri None 276 Tin PT Tommy Utama RMAP 277 Tin Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. RMAP 278 Tin RIKAYAA GREENTECH PRIVATE LIMITED None 279 Tin Rui Da Hung RMAP 280 Tin Super Ligas RMAP 281 Tin Takehara PVD Materials Plant / PVD Materials Division of MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD. RMAP 282 Tin Thaisarco RMAP 283 Tin Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. RMAP 284 Tin Tin Technology & Refining RMAP 285 Tin Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company None 286 Tin VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC None 287 Tin White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. RMAP 288 Tin Woodcross Smelting Company Limited RMAP 289 Tin Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. RMAP
12 290 Tin Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. RMAP 291 Tungsten A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. TICMC, RMAP 292 Tungsten ACL Metais Eireli None 293 Tungsten Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. None 294 Tungsten Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. RMAP 295 Tungsten China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd. RMAP 296 Tungsten Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. RMAP 297 Tungsten CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. None 298 Tungsten Cronimet Brasil Ltda RMAP 299 Tungsten Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd. RMAP 300 Tungsten Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. RMAP 301 Tungsten Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. RMAP 302 Tungsten Global Tungsten & Powders LLC RMAP 303 Tungsten Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. RMAP 304 Tungsten H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH RMAP 305 Tungsten HANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd. None 306 Tungsten Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd. RMAP 307 Tungsten Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. RMAP 308 Tungsten Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd. None 309 Tungsten Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch RMAP 310 Tungsten Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. RMAP 311 Tungsten Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. RMAP 312 Tungsten Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. RMAP 313 Tungsten Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. None 314 Tungsten Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. RMAP 315 Tungsten Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. RMAP 316 Tungsten Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. RMAP 317 Tungsten Kennametal Fallon RMAP 318 Tungsten Kennametal Huntsville RMAP 319 Tungsten Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. RMAP 320 Tungsten Lianyou Resources Co., Ltd. RMAP 321 Tungsten MALAMET SMELTING SDN. BHD. None 322 Tungsten Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. RMAP 323 Tungsten Masan High-Tech Materials RMAP 324 Tungsten Niagara Refining LLC RMAP 325 Tungsten Philippine Bonway Manufacturing Industrial Corporation RMAP 326 Tungsten Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. RMAP 327 Tungsten Shinwon Tungsten (Fujian Shanghang) Co., Ltd. RMAP 328 Tungsten TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG RMAP 329 Tungsten Tungsten Vietnam Joint Stock Company RMAP 330 Tungsten Unecha Refractory Metals Plant None
13 331 Tungsten Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG RMAP 332 Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. RMAP 333 Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. RMAP 334 Tungsten YUDU ANSHENG TUNGSTEN CO., LTD. None Certification Status: 1. Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) • RMAP: The smelter has an active certification or is in the process of renewing their certification. • RMAP -Active: The smelter is actively moving through the certification process. 2. Responsible Gold Certificate: London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) • LBMA: The smelter has obtained a Responsible Gold Certification. 3. Chain of Custody Certificate: Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC) • RJC: The smelter has obtained a Chain-of-Custody Certification. *NA refers to no applicable standard identified Countries of origin for these SORs are believed to include: Country or Region of Origin Angola Guyana Peru Argentina Hong Kong Philippines Armenia Hungary Poland Australia India Portugal Austria Indonesia Russian Federation Belarus Ireland Rwanda Belgium Israel Saudi Arabia Bermuda Italy Sierra Leone Bolivia Ivory Coast Singapore Brazil Japan Slovakia Burundi Jersey South Africa Cambodia Kazakhstan South Sudan Canada Kenya Spain Central African Republic Korea, Republic of Suriname Chile Kyrgyzstan Sweden China Laos Switzerland Colombia Luxembourg Taiwan Congo (Brazzaville) Madagascar Tajikistan Czech Republic Malaysia Tanzania
14 Country or Region of Origin Djibouti Mali Thailand DRC- Congo (Kinshasa) Mexico Turkey Ecuador Mongolia Uganda Egypt Morocco United Arab Emirates Estonia Mozambique United Kingdom Ethiopia Myanmar United States Finland Namibia Uzbekistan France Netherlands Viet Nam Germany Niger Zambia Ghana Nigeria Zimbabwe Guinea Papua New Guinea 5. Due Diligence Process Helen of Troy’s due diligence process was designed to conform to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and accompanying Supplements1. It is important to note that the OECD Guidance was written for both upstream2 and downstream3 companies in the supply chain. As Helen of Troy is a downstream company in the supply chain, due diligence practices were tailored accordingly. • Step 1- Establish strong company management systems Helen of Troy’s conflict minerals policy is publicly available at www.helenoftroy.com. The Company utilizes an internal team, led by the Vice President- Regulatory, Sustainability & Governance, comprised of representatives from the finance, legal and supply chain departments to communicate and manage compliance initiatives. Team members work with the suppliers on a continual basis to maintain an open dialog and transparency in the procurement process. Findings are reported to senior management, as well as to the internal audit department. The Company’s internal team efforts are supplemented with a third-party service provider’s extensive knowledge and experience, as well as training seminars on conflict minerals. 1 OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and Supplement on Gold, 2013; http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/mne/GuidanceEdition2.pdf. 2 Upstream companies refer to those between the mine and SORs. As such, the companies typically include miners, local traders, or exporters from the country of mineral origin, international concentrate traders and SORs. 3 Downstream companies refer to those entities between the SORs and the retailer. As such, the companies typically include metal traders and exchanges, component manufacturers, product manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers and retailers.
15 • Step 2- Identify and assess risk in the supply chain The Company continues to refine its list of product categories and suppliers that may fall within the scope of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Expectations with regard to supplier performance, transparency and sourcing are clearly communicated through supplier training. Quality assessments with suppliers are being expanded to encompass compliance initiatives. Suppliers are being encouraged to implement conflict mineral policies with their vendors. • Step 3- Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks Helen of Troy continues to make improvements on risk management. As RCOI are conducted and additional information becomes available regarding components and materials being used in the Company’s products, potential risks can be tracked and mitigated. The online platform maintained by SI allows Helen of Troy to access and analyze supplier responses as well as SOR information. Any suppliers found to be sourcing from SORs that support conflict in the DRC region will be required to explore alternative sources. • Step 4- Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain As part of Helen of Troy’s due diligence, and in conjunction with SI, the Company relies upon the following internationally accepted audit standards to determine which SORs are considered DRC Conflict Free: RMAP, LBMA and RJC. If the SOR is not certified by these internationally-recognized schemes, attempts are made to contact the SOR to gain more information about their sourcing practices, including countries of origin and transfer, and whether there are any internal due diligence procedures in place or other processes to track the chain-of-custody on the source of the SOR’s mineral ores. Relevant information to review includes: whether the SOR has a documented, effective and communicated conflict free policy, an accounting system to support a mass balance of materials processed, and traceability documentation. Internet research is also performed to determine whether there are any outside sources of information regarding the SOR’s sourcing practices. • Step 5- Report on supply chain due diligence Helen of Troy reports annually on supply chain due diligence through the Form SD and this CMR filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form SD is publicly available at www.helenoftroy.com. 6. Steps to Improve Due Diligence Helen of Troy will endeavor to continuously improve upon its supply chain due diligence efforts via the following measures: • Continue to assess the presence of 3TG in its supply chain
16 • Clearly communicate expectations with regard to supplier performance, transparency and sourcing • Educate suppliers who are being contacted for the first time due to recent acquisitions and maintain the response rate for the RCOI process • Continue to compare RCOI results to information collected via independent conflict free smelter validation programs 7. Product Determination Based on its RCOI process, Helen of Troy is unable to determine whether or not various components/materials, which contribute to products sold by its business segments, are DRC conflict free. 8. Independent Private Sector Audit Based on Helen of Troy’s declaration, a private sector audit is not required.