ACER INCORPORATEDCONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
Introduction
Acer has developed this Conflict Minerals Report (CMR), covering the period from January 1 toDecember 31 of 2013, for the purpose of describing our due diligence efforts on the source andchain of custody of the gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite, tantalum, tin,
and tungsten (collectively referred to as “3TG”) contained in our products that we have reason
to believe may have originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or anadjoining country (collectively defined as the “Covered Countries”) and may not have come fromrecycled or scrap sources.
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Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI)
Acer conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) that employed a combination ofmeasures to determine whether the necessary 3TG in Acer’s products originated from theCovered Countries. As a member of the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), Acer’s primarymeans of determining country of origin of necessary 3TG was by conducting a supply-chain
survey with direct suppliers using the CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT). Thesmelters or refiners (SORs) that were identified as part of this supply chain survey werecompared to the list of known SORs that is maintained by the CFSI and those that have had theirmines of origin verified by the Conflict-Free Smelter program (CFSP).
Due to the results of its RCOI, Acer has reason to believe that its necessary 3TG may haveoriginated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country and has reason tobelieve that they may not be from recycled or scrap sources. Consequently, Acer has exerciseddue diligence on the source and chain of custody of its necessary 3TG that conforms to anationally or internationally recognized due diligence framework, and describes those activities
in this CMR.

Design of Acer’s Due Diligence Measures
Acer developed and implemented a due diligence program to help protect human rights and to
avoid contributing to conflict as a result of its sourcing decisions. Acer designed its due diligencemeasures to be in conformance with the internationally recognized due diligence framework in
the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from ConflictAffected and High-Risk Areas (“OECD Guidance”) and related Supplements for each of theminerals as they relate to downstream companies in the supply chain.
As a brand company, Acer’s supply chain has multiple tiers between the company and the mines.
Acer does not purchase raw ore or unrefined 3TG, and does not purchase materials in the DRC oran adjoining country. The origin of 3TG cannot be determined with any certainty once the raw
ores are smelted, refined and converted to ingots, bullion or other conflict mineral containing
derivatives. The SORs are consolidating points for raw ore and are in the best position in thetotal supply chain to know the origin of the ores. Our supplier engagement includes thesuppliers with which Acer has a direct relationship and has influence over purchasing decisions.
These suppliers are considered first tier and we rely on them to help us identify and assess therisk in the supply chain and provide information on the SORs that supply the 3TG contained in
our products.
Acer’s due diligence includes the following elements of the 5-Step OECD Framework:
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 audit of smelter/refiner’s due diligence practices, and ;5. Report annually on supply chain due diligence.
Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed
During the reporting period, Acer performed the following due diligence measures:

Assembled an internal team to manage all aspects of Acer’s conflict minerals due
diligence program;

Developed a conflict minerals policy, available on Acer’s sustainability website that sets
the stage for how Acer addresses 3TG in its supply chain;Developed an internal procedure that identifies the responsible staff, organizationalstructure, training methods, communication channels, and escalation procedures as well
as describes the tools and processes necessary to implement those tools;Enabled any interested party (e.g. affected person or whistleblower) to raise concerns
regarding the extraction and supply of minerals in Acer’s supply chain via cr@acer.com ;Provided training on its conflict minerals policy and procedure to 100% of the internal
personnel with responsibility over conflict minerals program activities as well as 100% of
the 1st tier suppliers over which Acer has direct influence;

Established the requirement with its direct suppliers to provide information on their
supply chains using the CMRT and received 100% direct supplier response rate to Acer’s
second supplier CMRT survey (Acer’s first CMRT survey was conducted at the end of2011);

Consolidated the supplier survey responses and compared the results with the CFSI
known SOR lists and the CFSP to verify true SORs, mines of origin, and to determine theconflict-free status when available;

Provided supplier feedback to improve the response rate as well as improve the accuracyof the smelter identification information;Published the list of known smelters that have been identified in Acer’s supply chain as aresult of its due diligence measures;Supported the CFSI by conducting research on alleged SORs, contacting them via
telephone and/or email to verify them as true SORs, identifying SOR alias names andrelating them to alleged or true SORs, contacting alleged SORs via telephone, email orconduct onsite visits to encourage them to cooperate with the CFSI and participate in theCFSP, and assisting SORs with initiating participation in the CFSP;Attended the ICGLR-OECD-UN Joint Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains to learn
and share experiences with regards to implementing the OECD Guidance and learning
more about opportunities to contribute to in-region programs;

Contributed funding to the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA),
an organization whose goal is to award funding for in-region programs that seek to spur
economic development and develop minerals tracing systems; and

Reported on Acer’s supply chain due diligence via this CMR.

ProductsAcer designs environmentally friendly products and, with its vendors, has established a green
supply chain. The brand’s PC-centric product offering includes notebook and desktop PCs,servers and storage, LCD monitors, projectors, and smartphones and tablets.

Product Determination
As a result of its due diligence measures, Acer was able to identify 181 unique SORs in its supply
chain that it has reason to believe are legitimate SORs. Acer based this decision off of theinformation received through the consolidation of its supplier survey responses and industry
information made available to it through its CFSI membership and working group participation.
Of those identified, 68 have been either directly validated by the CFSP or have been validated bya similar validation program (e.g., the London Bullion Market Association’s Responsible GoldProgramme or the Responsible Jewelry Council’s Chain-of-Custody Certification Program).
Acer included the following appendices to this CMR that provide additional details on the direct
suppliers and SORs in Acer’s supply chain:Appendix A – Supply Chain Indicators – additional metrics Acer has identified to trackprogress within its supply chain.

Appendix B – Smelter/Refiner List – Acer developed a list of the SORs that wereconfirmed, to be part of Acer’s supply chain during the 2013 reporting period, including
their location and status.

Appendix C – Countries of Origin - Acer developed a list of the known countries of origin
for those SORs whose 3TG sourcing origins have been validated by the CFSP.

Risk Mitigation and Future Due Diligence Measures
Acer will continue to take steps during the next reporting period to improve the due diligence
conducted and further mitigate the risk in its supply chain, including:Continue working with suppliers to increase the accuracy of SOR identification and drive
them to source from SORs with a conflict-free status;

Continue to identify and engage true SORs to encourage them to participate in the CFSP,
with the goal of obtaining a “conflict- free” status; and

Develop a supplier audit to evaluate conflict minerals policies and practices within thesupply chain downstream from the SORs.

Appendix A – Supply Chain Indicators
Indicator

ResultNumber of supplier audits conducted

65

Number of suppliers in compliance with theAcer's policy or program

60

Percentage of suppliers that have adopted aconflict minerals policy

1. 94% suppliers have a policy in place thatincludes DRC conflict-free sourcing
2. 83% suppliers have a policy publicly
available on their websites.

Percentage of validated smelters in the supply
chain that are not sourcing from the covered
countries
Percentage of validated smelters in the supply
chain that are sourcing from the covered
countries

49%

13%

Appendix B – Smelter/Refiner List
As part of Acer’s conflict minerals due diligence efforts, we have published a list of the tantalum, tin, tungsten andgold smelters/refiners that have been confirmed to be present in our supply chain. On an annual basis, this list will
be updated with the latest status. For the most current information on each smelter/refiner, please visit theConflict-Free Sourcing Initiative website at www.conflictfreesourcinginitiative.org.
Metal

Smelter NameCountryGold

Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd.

JAPANGoldAllgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

GERMANYGoldAlmalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)UZBEKISTANGold

AngloGold Ashanti Mineração Ltda

BRAZILGold

Argor-Heraeus SA

SWITZERLAND

Gold

Asahi Pretec Corporation

JAPANGold

Asaka Riken Co Ltd

JAPANGold

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

TURKEYGold

Aurubis AG

GERMANYGold

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

PHILIPPINES

Gold

Boliden AB

SWEDENGold

Caridad

MEXICOGold

Cendres & Métaux SA

SWITZERLAND

Gold

Chimet SpA

ITALY

Gold

Chugai Mining

JAPANGold

Daejin Indus Co. Ltd

KOREA, REPUBLIC OFGoldDo Sung Corporation

KOREA, REPUBLIC OFGoldDowaJAPANGoldFSE Novosibirsk Refinery

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

GoldHeimerle + Meule GmbHGERMANYGoldHeraeus Ltd Hong Kong

HONG KONG

GoldHeraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

GERMANYGoldHwasung CJ Co. Ltd

KOREA, REPUBLIC OFGold

Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited

CHINAGold

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

JAPANGold

Istanbul Gold Refinery

TURKEYGoldJapan Mint

JAPANGold

Jiangxi Copper Company Limited

CHINA

Gold

Johnson Matthey Inc

UNITED STATESGold

Johnson Matthey Limited

CANADAGold

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

RUSSIAN FEDERATIONGold

JSC UralectromedRUSSIAN FEDERATIONGold

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., LtdJAPANMetalSmelter NameCountryGoldKazzinc Ltd

KAZAKHSTANGoldKojima Chemicals Co. LtdJAPANGoldKorea Metal Co. Ltd

KOREA, REPUBLIC OFGold

Kyrgyzaltyn JSCKYRGYZSTANGold

L' azurde Company For Jewelry

SAUDI ARABIAGold

LS-Nikko Copper Inc

KOREA, REPUBLIC OFGoldMaterion

UNITED STATESGold

Matsuda Sangyo Co. Ltd

JAPANGold

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd

HONG KONG

Gold

Metalor Technologies SA

SWITZERLANDGoldMetalor USA Refining Corporation

UNITED STATESGold

Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A.

MEXICOGoldMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPANGold

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

JAPANGoldMoscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

RUSSIAN FEDERATIONGoldNadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.

TURKEYGold

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

UZBEKISTANGold

Nihon Material Co. LTD

JAPANGold

Ohio Precious Metals LLC.

UNITED STATESGoldOJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSCKrastvetmet)

RUSSIAN FEDERATIONGoldOJSC Kolyma Refinery

RUSSIAN FEDERATIONGold

PAMP SASWITZERLAND

Gold

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

RUSSIAN FEDERATIONGoldPT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

INDONESIAGold

PX Précinox SA

SWITZERLAND

GoldRand Refinery (Pty) Ltd

SOUTH AFRICA

GoldRoyal Canadian Mint

CANADAGold

Sabin Metal Corp.

UNITED STATESGoldSAMWON METALS Corp.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OFGold

Schone Edelmetaal

NETHERLANDSGoldSEMPSA Joyeria Plateria SA

SPAIN

Gold

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd

CHINA

Gold

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

RUSSIAN FEDERATIONGold

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

TAIWANGold

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

JAPANGold

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

JAPANGoldThe Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China

CHINAGoldThe Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd

CHINA

MetalSmelter NameCountry

GoldTokuriki Honten Co. LtdJAPANGold

Torecom

KOREA, REPUBLIC OFGold

Umicore Brasil Ltda

BRAZILGold

Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

BELGIUM

Gold

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

UNITED STATESGoldValcambi SA

SWITZERLAND

Gold

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

AUSTRALIAGold

Xstrata Canada Corporation

CANADAGold

Yokohama Metal Co LtdJAPANGold

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold CorporationCHINAGoldZijin Mining Group Co. Ltd

CHINA

Tantalum

Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry

CHINA

Tantalum

Duoluoshan

CHINA

Tantalum

Exotech Inc.

UNITED STATESTantalum

F&X

CHINA

TantalumGannon & Scott

UNITED STATESTantalum

Global Advanced Metals

UNITED STATESTantalum

H.C. Starck GmbHGERMANY

Tantalum

Hi-Temp

UNITED STATESTantalum

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

JiuJiang Tambre Co. Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Kemet Blue Powder

UNITED STATESTantalum

Mitsui Mining & Smelting

JAPANTantalum

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Plansee

AUSTRIA

Tantalum

RFH

CHINA

Tantalum

Solikamsk Metal Works

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tantalum

Taki Chemicals

JAPANTantalum

Tantalite Resources

SOUTH AFRICA

Tantalum

Telex

UNITED STATESTantalum

Ulba

KAZAKHSTAN

Tantalum

Zhuzhou Cement Carbide

CHINA

Tin

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Cookson

UNITED STATES

Tin

Cooper Santa

BRAZILTin

CV Duta Putra Bangka

INDONESIA

Tin

CV JusTindo

INDONESIATin

CV Makmur Jaya

INDONESIATin

CV Nurjanah

INDONESIA

MetalSmelter NameCountryTin

CV Prima Timah Utama

INDONESIATin

CV Serumpun Sebalai

INDONESIATin

CV United Smelting

INDONESIATin

EM Vinto

BOLIVIA

Tin

Fenix Metals

POLANDTin

Geiju Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Gejiu Zi-Li

CHINA

Tin

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd

CHINA

Tin

Jiangxi Nanshan

CHINA

Tin

Kai Unita Trade Limited Liability Company

CHINA

Tin

Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co

CHINA

Tin

Liuzhou China Tin

CHINA

Tin

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

MALAYSIA

Tin

Metallo Chimique

BELGIUM

Tin

Mineração Taboca S.A.

BRAZIL

Tin

Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd.

CHINATin

MinsurPERUTin

Mitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPANTin

Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works

RUSSIAN FEDERATIONTinOMSABOLIVIATin

PT Alam Lestari Kencana

INDONESIATin

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

INDONESIATinPT Babel Inti Perkasa

INDONESIATinPT Babel Surya Alam Lestari

INDONESIATinPT Bangka Kudai Tin

INDONESIATinPT Bangka Putra Karya

INDONESIATinPT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera

INDONESIATinPT Bangka Tin Industry

INDONESIATin

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

INDONESIATin

PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari

INDONESIATinPT Bukit Timah

INDONESIATinPT DS Jaya Abadi

INDONESIATinPT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

INDONESIATin

PT Fang Di MulTindo

INDONESIATinPT HP Metals Indonesia

INDONESIATinPT Mitra Stania Prima

INDONESIATin

PT Refined Banka Tin

INDONESIATinPT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

INDONESIATin

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

INDONESIA

MetalSmelter NameCountryTin

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

INDONESIATinPT Tambang Timah

INDONESIATin

PT Timah

INDONESIATin

PT Timah Nusantara

INDONESIATin

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

INDONESIATin

PT Yinchendo Mining Industry

INDONESIATin

TinRui Da Hung

TaiwanTin

Thaisarco

THAILANDTin

White Solder Metalurgia

BRAZILTin

Yunnan Chengfeng

CHINATin

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

CHINA

Tungsten

A.L.M.T. Corp.

JAPANTungsten

ATI Tungsten Materials

UNITED STATES

Tungsten

Chaozhou Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co Ltd

CHINA

Tungsten

China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd

CHINA

TungstenChongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co Ltd

CHINA

TungstenDayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

TungstenGanzhou Grand Sea W & Mo Group Co Ltd

CHINA

Tungsten

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp

UNITED STATES

Tungsten

HC Starck GmbHGERMANY

Tungsten

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co

CHINA

Tungsten

Hunan Chun-Chang Nonferrous Smelting & Concentrating Co., Ltd.

CHINA

TungstenJapan New Metals Co Ltd

JAPANTungsten

Jiangxi Rare Earth & Rare Metals Tungsten Group Corp

CHINA

Tungsten

Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co Ltd

CHINA

Tungsten

Kennametal Inc.

UNITED STATES

Tungsten

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co Ltd

VIETNAM

Tungsten

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG

AUSTRIA

Tungsten

Wolfram Company CJSCRUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd

CHINA

Tungsten

Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co Ltd

CHINA

Appendix C – Countries of Origin
AngolaLao People's Democratic Republic

Argentina

Luxembourg

Australia

Madagascar

Austria

Malaysia

Belgium

Mongolia

Bolivia

Mozambique

BrazilMyanmarBurundiNetherlands

Central African Republic

Nigeria

ChilePeru

China

Portugal

Colombia

Republic of Congo

Côte D’Ivoire

Republic of Korea

Czech Republic

Russian Federation

Democratic Republic of the Congo

RwandaDjibouti

Sierra Leone

Egypt

Singapore

EstoniaSouth Africa

Ethiopia

South SudanFranceSuriname

Germany

Switzerland

GuyanaTanzania

India

ThailandIndonesia

UgandaIrelandUnited Kingdom

IsraelUnited StatesJapan

ZambiaKenya

Zimbabwe