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•	L1 - the smelter is sourcing from countries not identified as conflict regions or plausible countries for smuggling materials from the Covered Countries.

•	L2 - the smelter is sourcing from a country known to be or plausible for smuggling materials that may be sourced from the Covered Countries.

•	L3 - the smelter is sourcing from an adjoining country to the DRC.

•	DRC - the smelter is sourcing from the DRC.

•	R/S - the smelter processes only recycled or scrap material.

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•	The due diligence design of our Conflict Minerals Program;

•	A description of due diligence measures taken;

•	The results and conclusion of our due diligence measures;

•	The processing facilities (i.e., “smelters”) used in our supply chain; and

•	Steps to be taken to improve our due diligence measures for the year ending December 31, 2017.

1.	Establish strong company management systems;

2.	Identify and assess risks in the supply chain;

3.	Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks;

4.	Carry out independent third-party audits of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain; and

5.	Report on supply chain due diligence.

•	Our commitment to ensure that our products are not contributing to the ongoing conflict in the Covered Countries;

•	Our commitment to responsible sourcing within the Covered Countries; and

•	Our commitment to inform stakeholders of pertinent sourcing information learned as we survey our supply chain (i.e., whether any 3TG metals came from the Covered Countries).

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•	Determine if facilities are smelters;

•	Engage smelters to participate in the Conflict-Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”);

•	Manage tools for CFSI members to determine the status of facilities provided to them by their supply chains;

•	Manage the development of the CMRT form; and

•	Develop best practices for supply chain due diligence.

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1.	New Supplier(s) – A 3TG applicable supplier may be added without the Conflict Minerals team’s knowledge.

2.	New component(s) or material(s) – A component or material that contains 3TG may be added without the Conflict Minerals team’s knowledge.

3.	Changes to existing part(s) – The composition of a 3TG applicable part or component may change without the Conflict Minerals team’s knowledge.

4.	Illogical or incomplete supplier CMRT data – A supplier may provide illogical or incomplete data in its CMRT.

5.	Changes to supplier contact information – A supplier may not receive our system-emailed CMRT reviews due to outdated or invalid contact information (e.g., our primary contact left the supplier, our contact provided an invalid email address, etc.).

6.	Inaccurate sourcing statement(s) in a supplier’s CMRT – A supplier may make an inaccurate statement regarding their 3TG sourcing in their CMRT.

7.	Non-Compliant smelter(s) in a supplier’s CMRT – A supplier may list a smelter whose sourcing has not yet been validated by a third-party audit program.

3.	Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks

1.	New Supplier(s) – Our Conflict Minerals team has been added to the internal notification list for all changes that are made to Qorvo’s approved supplier list.

2.	New component(s) or material(s) – Our Conflict Minerals team has been added to the internal notification list for all new components and materials. We have also obtained access to Qorvo’s component builder tool.

3.	Changes to existing part(s) – Our Product Compliance team periodically reviews the bill of materials for existing parts and components to determine if there have been any composition changes.

4.	Illogical or incomplete supplier CMRT data – Our third-party software solution performs an analysis of supplier CMRT data based on a set of validation rules that we designed in collaboration with the third party. The CMRT analysis is broken into three categories:

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a.	Errors – this includes checking for all mandatory fields in a supplier’s CMRT, and any logical inconsistencies with the supplier’s data. A CMRT will not be accepted by the system until errors are corrected.

b.	Actions required – this includes asking the supplier to perform further due diligence or provide additional information regarding its CMRT.

c.	Smelter Actions required – this includes asking the supplier to perform further actions on specific smelter listings reporting in its CMRT.

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Changes to supplier contact information – The emails that are sent through our third-party solution have been linked to Qorvo’s Conflict Minerals email address (ConflictMinerals@qorvo.com). This email address gets an undeliverable notice for any system-generated email that is not delivered. Our third-party solution also collects this information in a “Bounce Back Report.” All emails that are not delivered are researched to determine the correct contact information for that supplier.

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Inaccurate sourcing statement(s) in a supplier’s CMRT – We utilize several tools available to CFSI members to review our suppliers’ smelter lists and assess the quality of the responses in their CMRTs. For example, a supplier may state in the supplier’s CMRT that all of the tantalum smelters in its supply chain do not source from the Covered Countries. However, the CFSI’s RCOI report may show that at least one of the supplier’s tantalum smelters is sourcing from the Covered Countries.

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Non-Compliant smelter(s) in a supplier’s CMRT – For those smelters that are sourcing from, or for which there is reason to believe may be sourcing from, the Covered Countries, and are not Compliant or actively participating in a third-party audit program, we engage our direct supplier and perform further due diligence. Based on information provided by our direct supplier, including information it provides about its supply chain, our risk mitigation efforts may include:

a.	Providing due diligence guidance and communicating the smelter issue that requires further action to our direct supplier.

b.	Continuing trade with our direct supplier, while the supplier continues to work the risk mitigation process through its supply chain. Such steps would include communicating with and beginning engagement in a program such as the CFSP.

c.	Contacting the smelter directly to communicate the importance of a third-party audit program, and encouraging the smelter to participate in a program such as the CFSP.

d.	If the mitigation process fails and the smelter refuses to engage with a third-party audit program, requiring our direct supplier to identify and use alternate suppliers whose conflict mineral-processing smelters participate in such a program.

4.	Carry out independent third-party audits of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain

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•	Have received a conflict-free designation from the CFSP (“Compliant”);

•	Are participating in the CFSP and have committed to undergo a third-party audit (“Active”);

•	Are not yet participating in the CFSP (“Non-Active”); or

•	Are not listed on the CFSI’s known smelter list, or do not currently meet the definition of a smelter per the CFSI (“Non-Eligible”).

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•	Mobile Products – These products include cellular RF and WiFi solutions in a variety of mobile devices, including smartphones, notebook computers, wearables, tablets, and cellular-based IoT applications.

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Infrastructure and Defense Products – These products include a diverse portfolio of solutions that “connect and protect,” spanning communications, network infrastructure and defense applications. These applications include high performance defense systems such as radar, electronic warfare and communication systems, WiFi customer premises equipment for home and work, high speed connectivity in LTE and 5G base stations, cloud connectivity via data center communications and telecom transport, automotive connectivity and smart home IoT solutions. Our Infrastructure and Defense Products include IoT applications such as IEEE 802.15.4 and Zigbee silicon solutions for Smart Home and IoT applications, including Zigbee Transceiver Chips and Zigbee RF4CE Communication Controller Chips (the “IoT Products”).

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DRC Conflict-Free – Our Mobile Products and IoT Products can be considered DRC Conflict-Free. Our suppliers have informed us that they have identified the smelters that are sources of the necessary conflict minerals for these products, and all of the smelters identified by these suppliers which contribute conflict minerals to these products have been validated as Compliant to the CFSP. As a result, we reasonably determine that our Mobile Products and IoT Products are DRC Conflict-Free.

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DRC Conflict Undeterminable – We do not have adequate information from our suppliers regarding the sources of the conflict minerals for our Infrastructure and Defense Products (other than the IoT Products referenced above) to determine if any of those conflict minerals originated in the Covered Countries, and if so, whether those conflict minerals directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed groups. Although we have not identified any smelters in our Infrastructure and Defense Products supply chain that have supported the ongoing conflict in the Covered Countries, we cannot affirm that these products are DRC Conflict-Free at this time (this can be considered as equivalent to stating these Infrastructure and Defense Products (other than the IoT Products referenced above) are “DRC Conflict Undeterminable”). Our efforts to determine the origin of the conflict minerals used in our Infrastructure and Defense Products consist of the due diligence measures described in this Conflict Minerals Report.

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•	Continue to work with those suppliers who have provided incomplete smelter information, or have identified facilities that are not smelters in their CMRT and drive them to 100% identification of the smelters in their supply chains. We will provide additional guidance to these suppliers on conflict minerals reporting and the use of the CMRT;

•	Further communicate to suppliers the importance of using smelters that are compliant to the CFSP, or equivalent;

•	Continue to monitor and maintain a conflict-free status for our Mobile Products and IoT Products;

•	Continue to work towards a conflict-free status for our Infrastructure and Defense Products (other than the IoT Products referenced above);

•	Continue our active participation in the CFSI, including the engagement of smelters in the CFSP; and

•	Continue to improve our conflict management system with a focus on the identification of any changes in supplier component composition.

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whether the design of the Company’s due diligence framework as set forth in the Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2016, is in conformity with, in all material respects, the criteria set forth in the Organisation of Economic Co-Operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition 2016 (“OECD Due Diligence Guidance”) (“Objective #1”), and

•	whether the Company’s description of the due diligence measures it performed, as set forth in the “Due Diligence Measures” section of the Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2016, is consistent with the due diligence process that the Company undertook (“Objective #2”).

•	the completeness, accuracy, or support of the process the Company uses to determine the scope of what products they manufacture or contract to manufacture are subject to the SEC Rule, or to due diligence;

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•	the consistency of the due diligence measures that the Company performed with either the design of the Company’s due diligence framework or the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, other than as required to fulfill a stated audit objective;

•	the completeness of the Company’s description of the due diligence measures performed;

•	the suitability of the design or operating effectiveness of the Company’s due diligence process,

•	whether a third party can determine from the Conflict Minerals Report if the due diligence measures the Company performed are consistent with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance;

•	the Company’s reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”), including the suitability of the design of the RCOI, its operating effectiveness, or the results thereof; or

•	the Company’s conclusions about the source or chain of custody of its conflict minerals, those products subject to due diligence, or the DRC Conflict Free status of its products.

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•	reviewed documents and records provided by the Company in response to our requests;

•	interviewed individuals involved in the due diligence steps described in the Conflict Minerals Report; and

•	tested selected steps.

•	the design of the Company’s due diligence framework for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2016, as set forth in the Due Diligence Measures section of the Conflict Minerals Report is in conformity, in all material respects, with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, and

•	the Company’s description of the due diligence measures it performed as set forth in the “Due Diligence Measures” section of the Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2016, is consistent with the due diligence process that the Company undertook.