Specialized Disclosure Report (sd)
May 24 2023 - 04:22PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
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SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Bermuda |
1-32349 |
Not Applicable |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM11,
Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
David A. Bouffard, Vice President - Corporate Affairs, +1
330-310-6459
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to
contact in connection with this report.)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which
this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the
information in this form applies:
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Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for
the reporting period from January 1 to December 31,
2022.
Introduction:
Signet Jewelers Limited (“Signet” or the “Company”) is the largest
specialty jewelry retailer in the United States (“US”), Canada, and
the United Kingdom (“UK”).
In accordance with Section 13(p) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (“Exchange Act”) and Rule 13p-1 thereunder, Signet has filed
this Specialized Disclosure Form (“Form SD”) and the Conflict
Minerals Report (“Report”), attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01, and
posted this Form SD and the attached Conflict Minerals Report to
the Company’s public website at
www.signetjewelers.com.
Signet has adopted a Conflict Minerals Policy (“Policy”) to support
our Company’s goal of ensuring that none of the “conflict minerals”
designated under Section 13(p) of the Exchange Act – which are
gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten (“3TGs”) – that are necessary to
the functionality or production of any of the products that Signet
manufactures or contracts with other entities to manufacture,
specifically jewelry, gift products and associated products
(together, “Products”) contribute to armed conflict anywhere in the
world, but most particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(“DRC”) and the adjoining countries of the Republic of the Congo,
the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,
Tanzania, Zambia and Angola (together, “Covered
Countries”).
As part of this Policy, Signet has established and implemented a
Responsible Sourcing Protocol (“SRSP”) for all suppliers of
Products. These measures, along with other due diligence measures
described in the Conflict Minerals Report attached hereto as
Exhibit 1.01, are designed to conform to the
internationally-recognized framework set forth in the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance
for Responsible Supply Chain of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and
High Risk Areas: Third Edition, including the related supplements
on gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten (together, “OECD Due Diligence
Guidance”), and reflected in other industry due diligence
frameworks that are commonly considered to be compliant with the
OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
Signet’s Conflict Minerals Policy and the SRSPs can be found on the
Company’s website at
https://www.signetjewelers.com/corporate-responsibility/responsible-sourcing/.
Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
Signet Products
In accordance with the requirements of Exchange Act Section 13(p),
and Rule 13p-1 and Form SD thereunder, Signet has determined in
good faith with respect to all Products manufactured in
calendar-year 2022 either directly or indirectly (via contract)
through third parties by Signet that, during calendar year
2022:
a) Signet has manufactured or contracted with other entities for
the manufacture of Products to which certain “Conflict Minerals”
(now defined as gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite,
wolframite or their derivatives, which means in addition to gold,
tantalum, tin and tungsten) are necessary to the functionality or
production of such Products (“necessary Conflict
Minerals”).
b) Signet conducted a good-faith reasonable country of origin
inquiry (“RCOI”) that was reasonably designed to determine whether
any of the Company’s necessary Conflict Minerals originated in the
Covered Countries and/or came from recycled or scrap sources. Based
on this RCOI, which included the use of SRSP surveys as described
more fully in the accompanying Conflict Minerals Report, Signet
knows or has reason to believe that a portion of its necessary
Conflict Minerals originated or may have originated in the DRC or
an adjoining country. With respect to all other necessary Conflict
Minerals contained in the Products, based on its RCOI, Signet has
determined that it has no reason to believe that any such materials
may have originated in the DRC or an adjoining country, or did not
come from recycled or scrap sources.
c) Signet exercised due diligence on the source and chain of
custody of its necessary Conflict Minerals, as described more fully
in the attached Conflict Minerals Report.
As previously noted, both this Form SD and the attached Conflict
Minerals Report are posted on Signet’s website at
https://www.signetjewelers.com/corporate-responsibility/responsible-sourcing/.
Item 1.02 Exhibit
Signet has hereby filed, as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD, the
Conflict Minerals Report for its Signet Products, or products
containing necessary Conflict Minerals that were manufactured, or
contracted with third parties to be manufactured, in calendar year
2022 by Signet, as required by Items 1.01 and Item 1.02 of this
Form SD.
Section 2 – Exhibits
Item 2.01 Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.
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Signet Jewelers Limited
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Date:
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May 24, 2023 |
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/s/ Stash Ptak
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Stash Ptak |
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General Counsel and SVP of Legal, Compliance and Risk
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