OFIX Orthofix Medical Inc

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM SD

 

 

Specialized Disclosure Report

 

 

 

ORTHOFIX MEDICAL INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware		0-19961		98-1340767
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

3451 Plano Parkway, Lewisville, Texas		75056
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

 

J. Andrés Cedrón

Chief Legal Officer

(214) 937-2000

 

(Name, and telephone number, including area code, of the

person to contact in connection with this report)

 

Check the appropriate box below to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

 Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023

 

 

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Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

This Form SD of Orthofix Medical Inc. (the “Company”) is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.

A copy of the Company’s Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD, and is publicly available under the “Investors” heading of the Company’s website, www.orthofix.com. References to the Company’s website are provided for convenience only, and its contents are not incorporated by reference into this Form SD, the Conflict Minerals Report, nor are they deemed filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

A copy of the Company’s 2023 Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 attached to this Form SD.

Section 2 – Exhibits

Item 2.01 Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed as part of this report.

 

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
1.01		Conflict Minerals Report of Orthofix Medical Inc.

 

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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.

 

Orthofix Medical Inc. (Registrant)
By:		/s/ J. ANDRÉS CEDRÓN
		J. Andrés Cedrón Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 31, 2024

 

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Exhibit 1.01

Orthofix Medical Inc.

Conflict Minerals Report

For the Reporting Period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023

This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) of Orthofix Medical Inc. (“Orthofix” also referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our”) has been prepared for the reporting period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 (the “Reporting Period”), pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (the “Rule”) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("the Exchange Act") and is being filed on Form SD. The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to companies that manufacture or contract to manufacture products containing certain conflict minerals as defined under the Rule.

Conflict minerals under the Rule are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), wolframite, and gold, or their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (“Conflict Minerals” or “3TG”). The SEC reporting and disclosure requirements apply to all registrants regardless of geographic origin and whether or not they fund armed conflict. As described below, Orthofix manufactures, or contracts to manufacture, products for which 3TG are necessary to the functionality or production of those products (such 3TG, "necessary 3TG").

The Rule states that if a company knows that any of the necessary 3TG in its supply chain originated in covered countries and are not from recycled or scrap sources, or if it has reason to believe that its necessary 3TG may have originated from the covered countries and has reason to believe that they are not from recycled or scrap sources, then the company must exercise due diligence on the 3TG minerals’ source and chain of custody. For the purposes of this Report, "covered countries", as defined in the Rule include the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the adjoining countries of Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Exchange Act, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to our business and financial outlook, which are based on our current beliefs, assumptions, expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of our future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, estimates, and assumptions. Any or all forward-looking statements that we make may turn out to be wrong (due to inaccurate assumptions that we make or otherwise), and our actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, those described in Part I, Item 1A under the heading Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “2023 Form 10-K”) in addition to in our other SEC filings. You should not place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements. Further, any forward-looking statement in this Report speaks only as of the date hereof, unless it is specifically otherwise stated to be made as of a different date. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update, and expressly disclaim any duty to update, our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of circumstances or events that arise after the date hereof, new information, or otherwise.

Company Overview and Product Descriptions

Following our merger with SeaSpine Holdings Corporation, which was completed in January 2023, we are a leading global spine and orthopedics company with a comprehensive portfolio of biologics, innovative spinal hardware, bone growth therapies, specialized orthopedic solutions, and a leading surgical navigation system. Headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, our spine and orthopedic products are distributed in more than 60 countries via our sales representatives and distributors. We have two reporting segments: Global Spine and Global Orthopedics.

We identified the following product categories within our reporting segments where we manufactured or contracted to manufacture products during the Reporting Period that could contain necessary 3TG (the “Covered Products”):

Global Spine:

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Global Orthopedics:

We also market a portfolio of biologics, which is primarily comprised of bone graft substitutes intended to address the key elements of bone regeneration that allow physicians to successfully treat a variety of spinal, orthopedic, and dental conditions. Our Biologics portfolio includes fiber-based and particulate demineralized bone matrices (DBMs), cellular bone allografts, collagen ceramic matrices, and synthetic bone void fillers in various forms with supporting graft delivery solutions to address a wide range of clinical applications; however, we concluded that such biologics do not contain 3TG minerals.

Supply Chain

We rely on suppliers for various components and parts that could contain 3TG utilized in manufacturing the Covered Products. As a company in the medical device industry, we do not make purchases of raw ore or unrefined 3TG, nor do we make purchases directly from the covered countries. As such, our position in the supply chain is several steps downstream from mines and smelters. Therefore, we rely on our direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of the 3TG contained in the components and parts supplied to us – including information on the sources of 3TG that are supplied to them from their suppliers. Further, many of our suppliers are not SEC registrants and therefore are not subject to the reporting requirements of the Rule.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

We conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) of certain suppliers to determine whether 3TG contained in the Covered Products originated from the covered countries. In determining which suppliers to survey to determine the source and chain of custody of 3TG in the Covered Products, our supply chain, engineering, and operations personnel use product control data to identify parts, materials, and components that we reasonably expect may contain 3TG. The identified suppliers receive a communication describing our compliance requirements under the Rule and requesting information on any 3TG included in their products and the smelters or refiners of the 3TG. Information is requested via the use of the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s (“RMI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “CMRT”). We review and analyze the information received for completeness and consistency. Where appropriate, we follow up with suppliers to request clarification on their responses that are incomplete or inconsistent.

On the basis of the responses to our RCOI for the Reporting Period, we have reason to believe that some 3TG necessary to the functionality or production of the Covered Products may have originated from the covered countries and may not be from recycled or scrap sources. Accordingly, we conducted further due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the 3TG contained in products provided by our suppliers.

Due Diligence and Framework Process

Our due diligence program is designed to conform, in all material respects, with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (the “OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas, 3rd Edition (2016). The design of our due diligence measures considers the OECD’s recommendations for downstream entities with no direct relationships with smelters or refiners. Our due diligence includes the following five steps:

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Due Diligence Results

We rely on responses from our identified suppliers to provide us with information about the source of 3TG contained in the components supplied to us. Our direct suppliers are similarly reliant upon information provided by their upstream suppliers.

We received responses from the majority of our suppliers that we surveyed indicating they did not knowingly source 3TG from the covered countries. In the limited responses that did indicate that such 3TG could be sourced from a covered country, the applicable suppliers reported that any smelters or refiners used within the covered countries were compliant with RMAP. The remaining suppliers either were still in the process of performing due diligence of their own supply chains or did not respond to initial or follow-up requests for information on the source of 3TG in the materials provided to us. For suppliers still in the process of performing and implementing due diligence procedures for their own suppliers, we expect them to develop, implement, and document plans to remedy any potential instances of non-compliance in a timely manner. If the non-compliance cannot be resolved, we consider terminating our relationship with the supplier.

Some suppliers responded that they were currently unable to identify the smelters and refiners used to process 3TG or the country of origin of the 3TG in their supply chain. Other suppliers provided information on all of their smelters and refiners and country of origin of 3TG for all products they supply, which did not provide us with the necessary information to match the smelter or refiner or country of origin with the 3TG supplied to Orthofix and used in the Covered Products, despite attempts to obtain such information. Accordingly, we do not have sufficient information to identify all of the facilities used to process 3TG, or the country of origin of the 3TG, included in the Covered Products or to sufficiently conclude that the Covered Products are conflict-free.

Future Risk Mitigation Efforts

We intend to continue working to improve our due diligence measures during the next reporting period. The steps we may pursue include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

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