Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires SEC-reporting companies to disclose their use of conflict minerals cassiterite, coltan, wolframite and gold or their derivatives tin, tantalum and tungsten sourced from the conflict regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries. Bayer MaterialScience has established a process of due diligence in its supply chain to assess products and raw materials for conflict minerals. This process includes reasonable country of origin inquiries to suppliers of raw materials.
Based on the information obtained from this process, we conclude that all products manufactured by Bayer MaterialScience AG and its subsidiaries are “DRC Conflict Free” as defined by the SEC Conflict Minerals Final Rule (Release No. 34-67716; File No. S7-40-10; Date: 2012-08-22).