UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM SD

 

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 

TATA MOTORS LIMITED

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Mr. H. K. Sethna, Bombay House 24, Homi Mody Street, Mumbai 400 001, India Tel.: +91 22 6665 7219,

Facsimile: +91 22 6665 7260

(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:

☒Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017.

 

 

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Introduction

This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD (“SD Report”) of Tata Motors Limited (“TML”, “we”, “us” or “our”) for the calendar year ended December 31, 2017 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which implements the disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”). Conflict minerals are defined in Form SD to include cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite and their derivatives, tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (“3TG Minerals”).

Company Overview

This SD Report has been prepared by management of TML. This SD Report includes information pertaining to the manufacturing activities of TML in India and those of its significant vehicle manufacturing subsidiaries, Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc (“JLR”), and Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company Limited (“TDCV”). TML is an automobile company. TML conducts automotive operations including activities relating to the development, design, manufacture, assembly and sale of vehicles, as well as related parts and accessories. TML’s product lines consist of automobiles and related products in the passenger, utility, and light as well as medium and heavy commercial vehicle segments. TML conducts manufacturing operations in India, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Thailand and South Africa. TML manufactures and sells a range of automobiles in the commercial vehicle, passenger vehicle and military vehicle segments.

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

TML manufactures a wide range of automobiles and is involved in various automotive operations. TML has determined that in order to carry out such activities 3TG Minerals may have been necessary for the functionality or production of certain products that it manufactured (or contracted to be manufactured). Accordingly, in order to support and promote the objectives of the Dodd-Frank Act as it relates to conflict minerals, TML built on its compliance efforts in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and pursued a detailed action plan for the 2017 reporting year. Following its reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”), communications with actual and potential 3TG Minerals suppliers and other due diligence efforts, as of the date of this SD Report for the year ended December 31, 2017, TML is in the process of determining which suppliers use 3TG Minerals and the origin and chain of custody of 3TG Minerals used in its products.

TML intends to continue to develop its Conflict Minerals Compliance Program to be in compliance with the framework in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Second Edition 2013 and the related supplements on 3TG Minerals in all material respects.

The RCOI and due diligence conducted by TML, and the results thereof, are described in the Conflict Minerals Report, which report is attached as Exhibit 1.01 to this SD Report and is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference. TML has also posted the Conflict Minerals Report to its website at http://www.tatamotors.com/investors/investors.php. The content of such website is not a part of this SD Report.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

A copy of TML’s Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this SD Report.

Item 2.01 Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed as part of this Form:

 

 

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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.

 

 

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