EXOTECH POSITON ON CONFLICT TANTALUM AND COLTAN

Exotech is aware of the multilateral efforts to investigate, monitor and stop activities involving exploitation of natural resources that contribute to illegally armed groups and human rights violations in the eastern Congo. Some of these efforts are:

1. Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009, S.891
2. United Nations Security Council Document S/2001/357
3. Global e-Sustainability Initiative Supply Chain Initiative on Extraction of Minerals
4. Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition Code of Conduct
5. International Council on Mining and Metals 10 Principles
6. OECD International Guiding Principles

Exotech is fully supportive of these initiatives and will conduct our business in accordance with their principles.