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Exhibit 1.01

 

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SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT

FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD

JANUARY 1, 2025 TO DECEMBER 31, 2025

INTRODUCTION

This Conflict Minerals Report for Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (“SWBI,” “Company,” “we,” or “our”) is provided for the reporting period January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, and is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”), and the Public Statement on the Effect of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule issued by the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2014 (the “SEC Statement”). The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain tin, tantalum, tungsten, or gold (“3TG,” also defined by the Rule as “conflict minerals”), and who have reason to believe that the products they manufacture, or contract to manufacture, contain conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. If the SEC registrant has reason to believe that any conflict minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country, or is unable to determine the country of origin of those conflict minerals, the SEC registrant is required to submit a Conflict Minerals Report to the SEC that includes a description of the measures it took to exercise due diligence on the conflict minerals’ source and chain of custody.

COMPANY BACKGROUND

SWBI is a U.S.-based leader in firearm manufacturing and design, delivering a broad portfolio of quality handgun, long gun, and suppressor products to the global consumer and professional markets under the iconic Smith & Wesson® and Gemtech® brands. We also provide forging and machining services to third parties.

A copy of our Conflict Mineral Policy is available on our website at https://ir.smith-wesson.com/corporate-governance/conflict-minerals.

REPORT

This Conflict Minerals Report is provided for the reporting period January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 in accordance with the Rule, the instructions to Form SD and the SEC Statement. Please refer to the Rule, Form SD and Securities Exchange Release No. 34-67716 for definitions to the terms used in this Report, unless otherwise defined herein.

In accordance with the Rule and the instructions to Form SD, we undertook due diligence to determine the source of origin of any necessary conflict minerals used in products we manufacture or contract to manufacture. In conducting due diligence, we implemented the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (including the Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten, and the Gold Supplement) (Third Edition OECD 2016) (“OECD Guidance”), an internationally recognized due diligence framework.


Design of Our Due Diligence Measures

Our conflict minerals due diligence measures have been designed to conform with the OECD Guidance, as applicable, for tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold and downstream companies (as the term is defined in the OECD Guidance), in all material respects. We do not make direct purchases of raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals in the Covered Countries. We designed our due diligence measures to:

 

  1.

design and implement strategies to determine the presence of conflict minerals in our products;

 

  2.

establish management systems for supply chain due diligence and reporting compliance;

 

  3.

identify and assess conflict minerals content in our supply chain;

 

  4.

identify and mitigate any risk for potential non-compliance with the Rule; and

 

  5.

report on our conflict minerals supply chain due diligence activities, as required by the Rule.

Due Diligence Measures Performed

Our due diligence measures for the applicable reporting period included the following activities:

 

  1.

We updated our product taxonomy for the products that were subject to reporting in the applicable reporting period, and reviewed additions with our appropriate personnel, to determine which products or components have the possibility of containing necessary conflict minerals.

 

  2.

We surveyed any suppliers involved with products or components we determined could possibly contain necessary conflict minerals, to ascertain for each of these conflict minerals (i) whether the product or component contained necessary conflict minerals, (ii) the smelter or refiner where it was processed, (iii) its country of origin and (iv) its mine of origin. A list of smelters identified to date, and associated information, is provided as Attachment A.

 

  3.

Where possible, we try to leverage the due diligence conducted on smelters and refiners by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (the “RMI”), and its Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (the “RMAP”), by comparing the names of the smelters identified by our suppliers to those identified as compliant in the RMAP. The RMAP uses independent private sector auditors to audit the source, including mines of origin, and chain of custody of the conflict minerals used by smelters and refiners that agree to participate in the RMAP. The smelters and refiners that are found to be RMAP compliant are those for which the independent auditor has verified that the smelter’s or refiner’s conflict minerals originated from conflict free mines and trading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or any of its adjoining countries.

Determination; Continuing Mitigation Efforts

After conducting good faith due diligence on the presence of necessary conflict minerals in certain of our products, we have been unable to identify all smelters, refiners in our supply chain and the ultimate source of origin of such minerals. Our efforts to identify and mitigate risks in our supply chain and to obtain complete information from our upstream are necessarily dependent upon the willingness of our supply chain participants to cooperate and assist in this endeavor and there can be no guarantee that we will be able to obtain adequate and reliable information upon which to base our analysis.


Attachment

SMELTER DETAILS

 

Smelter Name

  

Smelter Country

  

3TG

Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.    BOLIVIA    Tin
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tin
Agosi AG    GERMANY    Gold
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.    BRAZIL    Tin
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.    SPAIN    Gold
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Tantalum
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.    TURKEY    Gold
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tungsten
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
D Block Metals, LLC    USA    Tantalum
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC    KAZAKHSTAN    Tantalum
Gold Corporation - The Perth Mint    AUSTRALIA    Gold
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC    CHINA    Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc.    USA    Tin
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tungsten
Dowa    JAPAN    Gold
Mineracao Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL    Tin
TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.    THAILAND    Tantalum
MKS PAMP SA    SWITZERLAND    Gold
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.    THAILAND    Tin
JX Advanced Metals Corporation    JAPAN    Gold
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tantalum
Thaisarco    THAILAND    Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.    PHILIPPINES    Tin
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk    INDONESIA    Gold
China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tungsten
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.    BRAZIL    Tin
Mineracao Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL    Tantalum


Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tin
Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Gold
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.    CHINA    Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant    JAPAN    Gold
Argor-Heraeus S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Gold
TANIOBIS GmbH    GERMANY    Tantalum
Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch    CHINA    Tungsten
Niagara Refining LLC    USA    Tungsten
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN    Tin
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown    USA    Tantalum
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    MALAYSIA    Tin
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tungsten
Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.    MEXICO    Gold
Dowa    JAPAN    Tin
Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY    Gold
Metalor Technologies S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Gold
Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tin
ASAHI METALFINE, Inc.    JAPAN    Gold
TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY    Tantalum
TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Tantalum
Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining    BELGIUM    Gold
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tungsten
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation    CHINA    Gold
Global Advanced Metals Aizu    JAPAN    Tantalum
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng    INDONESIA    Tin
PT Premium Tin Indonesia    INDONESIA    Tin
Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Gold
Valcambi S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Gold
Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.    BRAZIL    Tin
Aurubis Berango    SPAIN    Tin
Asahi Refining USA Inc.    USA    Gold
Royal Canadian Mint    CANADA    Gold
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Tungsten
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    PHILIPPINES    Gold
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.    BRAZIL    Tin


Advanced Chemical Company    USA    Gold
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG    AUSTRIA    Tungsten
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC    USA    Gold
Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.    CHINA    Gold
Yamakin Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
PT Prima Timah Utama    INDONESIA    Tin
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
Minsur    PERU    Tin
XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED    CHINA    Tantalum
PT Timah Tbk Kundur    INDONESIA    Tin
Rui Da Hung    TAIWAN    Tin
PT Timah Tbk Mentok    INDONESIA    Tin
Zijin Mining Group Gold Smelting Co. Ltd.    CHINA    Gold
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH    GERMANY    Tungsten
EM Vinto    BOLIVIA    Tin
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.    USA    Gold
Chimet S.p.A.    ITALY    Gold
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.    VIETNAM    Tungsten
Fenix Metals    POLAND    Tin
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tantalum
Aurubis Beerse    BELGIUM    Tin
Telex Metals    USA    Tantalum
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tungsten
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tantalum
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.    TAIWAN    Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
PX Precinox S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Gold
Kennametal Huntsville    USA    Tungsten
Glencore Canada Corporation - CCR Refinery    CANADA    Gold
Materion    USA    Gold
CV Ayi Jaya    INDONESIA    Tin
AMG Brasil    BRAZIL    Tantalum


Abington Reldan Metals, LLC    USA    Gold
Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG    GERMANY    Gold
Alpha Assembly Solutions Inc    USA    Tin
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya    INDONESIA    Tin
Global Tungsten & Powders LLC    USA    Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tungsten
Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.    CHINA    Tantalum
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Tantalum
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG    GERMANY    Gold
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
PT Bangka Prima Tin    INDONESIA    Tin
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.    JAPAN    Gold
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tantalum
PT Panca Mega Persada    INDONESIA    Tin
Luna Smelter, Ltd.    RWANDA    Tin
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tantalum
TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY    Tungsten
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.    CANADA    Gold
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tin
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand    THAILAND    Gold
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN    Gold
Materion Newton Inc.    USA    Tantalum
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.    SOUTH AFRICA    Gold
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.    CHINA    Tantalum
Nihon Material Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
Masan High-Tech Materials    VIETNAM    Tungsten
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Gold
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tin
China Tin Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tin
Boliden Mineral AB (Ronnskar)    SWEDEN    Gold
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
PT Mitra Stania Prima    INDONESIA    Tin
A.L.M.T. Corp.    JAPAN    Tungsten
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.    SINGAPORE    Gold
Aurubis AG    GERMANY    Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold


Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY    Gold
LS MnM Inc.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Gold
Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Tungsten
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.    CHINA    Tantalum
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Gold
Metalor USA Refining Corporation    USA    Gold
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.    CHINA    Gold
Global Tungsten & Powders LLC    USA    Tungsten
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG    AUSTRIA    Tungsten
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH    GERMANY    Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville    USA    Tungsten
Masan High-Tech Materials    VIETNAM    Tungsten