SigmaTron International, Inc. Conflict Minerals Report For The Year Ended December 31, 2014

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SIGMATRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.

2201 Landmeier Road Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007 TEL (847) 956-8000 FAX (847) 956-9801 www.sigmatronintl.com



Exhibit 1.01

SigmaTron International, Inc. Conflict Minerals Report For The Year Ended December 31, 2014 This Conflict Minerals Report of SigmaTron International, Inc. (herein referred to as “we,” “our” or “us”) (this “CMR”) is presented in compliance with Rule 13p-1 (“Rule 13p-1”) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) for the year ended December 31, 2014. Please refer to Rule 13p-1, Form SD and the 1934 Act Release No. 34-67716 for definitions to the terms used in this CMR, unless otherwise defined herein. 1. Due Diligence We surveyed our supply chain to gather information and confirm whether Conflict Minerals used in our products are procured from the Covered Countries. This survey was conducted using the CFSI Reporting Template developed jointly by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (“EICC”) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (“GeSI”) (the “Template”). Utilizing the Template, a reasonable country of origin inquiry was conducted across our supply chain to determine the sourcing of the Conflict Minerals used in our products. To date, we have received responses from approximately 90% of our supply chain. Of the responses we have received, approximately 30% of our suppliers are reporting DRC conflict undeterminable and approximately 70% of our suppliers are reporting DRC conflict free. We compiled a list of all smelters and refiners used by our suppliers that have provided responses, including all smelters and refiners which have not completed certification under the EICC/GeSI Conflict Free Smelter program. 192 unique, real smelters or refiners were reported by our suppliers. Of these 192 smelters and refiners, 175 are certified as “conflict free” by the EICC/GeSI Conflict Free Smelter program. After reviewing the 2014 interim and 2014 final reports by the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo and other publications, we found no reasonable basis for concluding that the uncertified smelters and refiners sourced Conflict Minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups, however we cannot say with certainty that the uncertified smelters and refiners are DRC conflict free. In light of the responses that we have not yet received from our suppliers, in light of the approximately 30% of our suppliers reporting DRC conflict undeterminable, and in light of the 17 uncertified smelters and refiners, our supply chain remains DRC conflict undeterminable at this time for all of our products. We re-communicated to our suppliers that they must (i) familiarize themselves and comply with the regulations set forth in the Dodd-Frank Act; (ii) implement Conflict Mineral policies that are consistent with our policy; (iii) provide us with all necessary declarations; (iv) pass all of the requirements set forth in the Dodd-Frank Act on to their supply chain if they don’t source directly from smelters or refiners; (v) determine the source of the Conflict Minerals they use; and (vi) maintain reviewable business records continued

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for not less than seven (7) years supporting the source of Conflict Minerals. We affirmatively notified suppliers that those who are found to be non-compliant to the requirements imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act and our policy shall be reviewed to determine suitability for future business. The use of the Template provided by EICC/GeSI and our other due diligence steps conform in material aspects to the standards set forth by the second edition of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD 2011). In the future, we intend to complete the collection of all survey responses from our suppliers. Additionally, we will continue to assess our suppliers with respect to our compliance requirements referenced above. We have instituted policies and procedures requiring suppliers to provide affirmative notification if they begin sourcing Conflict Minerals from any facilities which have not been identified as “conflict free” by the EICC/GeSI Conflict Free Smelter Program. We have included Conflict Minerals flow-down clauses in all new and renewing supplier contracts. And, we are working with trade associations and industry groups to further improve our due diligence and best practices. 2. Product Description/Overview We manufacture electronic assemblies made up of printed circuit boards, semiconductors and passive electronic components soldered together utilizing tin-based alloys for a wide variety of customers that use electronics in the products they design, manufacture and sell. Our customers serve many different industries. Most of the electronic components we purchase to build the assemblies we manufacture contain one or more of the Conflict Minerals. As a result of the aforementioned in-depth due diligence measures, we have determined that all of our products are DRC conflict undeterminable. Based on lack of all information from our suppliers, based on our suppliers which have provided a DRC conflict undeterminable response, and based on the uncertified smelters and refiners, at this time we cannot identify whether any of the Conflict Minerals contained in our products originated in the Covered Countries and, if so, whether such Conflict Minerals were from recycle or scrap sources, were DRC conflict free or have not been found to be DRC conflict free. Based on the responses received from our suppliers to-date, the following is a list of facilities used to process the necessary Conflict Minerals in our products. Conflict Mineral Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold continued

Smelter Facility Name Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) AngloGold Ashanti Mineração Ltda Argor-Heraeus SA Asahi Pretec Corp (Asahi Pretec Corp koube koujyo) Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. Aurubis AG

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Smelter Country JAPAN GERMANY UZBEKISTAN BRAZIL SWITZERLAND JAPAN JAPAN TURKEY GERMANY

Conflict Mineral Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold continued

Smelter Facility Name Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) Boliden AB Caridad Cendres & Métaux SA Chimet SpA Chugai Mining Co., Ltd Codelco Daejin Indus DAERYOUNG E&C DO SUNG CORPORATION Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd EM Vinto FSE Novosibirsk Refinery Heimerle + Meule GmbH Heraeus Ltd Hong Kong Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG Heraeus Zhaoyuan (Changshu) Electronic Material Co., Ltd. Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. Istanbul Gold Refinery Japan Mint Jiangxi Copper Company Limited Johnson Matthey Inc Johnson Matthey Limited JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd Kazzinc Ltd Kojima Chemicals Co. Ltd Korea Metal Kyrgyzaltyn JSC L'azurde Company for Jewelry LS-Nikko Copper Inc Materion Matsuda Sangyo Co. Ltd Metalor - North attleboro/ME

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Smelter Country PHILIPPINES SWEDEN MEXICO SWITZERLAND ITALY JAPAN CHILE KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, REPUBLIC OF JAPAN BOLIVIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION GERMANY HONG KONG GERMANY CHINA KOREA, REPUBLIC OF CHINA JAPAN TURKEY JAPAN CHINA UNITED STATES CANADA RUSSIAN FEDERATION JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN JAPAN KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KYRGYZSTAN SAUDI ARABIA KOREA, REPUBLIC OF UNITED STATES JAPAN UNITED STATES

Conflict Mineral Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold continued

Smelter Facility Name Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd Metalor Technologies SA Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat Nihon Material Co. LTD Ohio Precious Metals LLC. OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastvetmet) OJSC Kolyma Refinery PAMP SA Pan Pacific Copper Co. LTD Perth Mint Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk PX Précinox SA Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd Royal Canadian Mint Sabin Metal Corp. SAMWON METALS CORP. Schone Edelmetaal SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria SA Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. Suzhou Xingrui Noble Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd Tokuriki Honten Co. Ltd Torecom Umicore Brasil Ltda Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

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Smelter Country HONG KONG SWITZERLAND MEXICO JAPAN JAPAN RUSSIAN FEDERATION TURKEY UZBEKISTAN JAPAN UNITED STATES RUSSIAN FEDERATION RUSSIAN FEDERATION SWITZERLAND JAPAN AUSTRALIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION INDONESIA SWITZERLAND SOUTH AFRICA CANADA UNITED STATES KOREA, REPUBLIC OF NETHERLANDS SPAIN CHINA RUSSIAN FEDERATION TAIWAN JAPAN CHINA JAPAN CHINA CHINA JAPAN KOREA, REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL BELGIUM UNITED STATES

Conflict Mineral Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum

Tantalum Tantalum Tin Tin continued

Smelter Facility Name Valcambi SA Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint Yokohama Metal Co Ltd Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG Matsuda Sangyo Co. Ltd Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Xstrata Canada Corporation Johnson Matthey Inc Johnson Matthey Limited Metalor USA Refining Corporation Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd Qiankun Gold and Silver JCC Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry Duoluoshan Exotech Inc. F&X Gannon & Scott Cabot Corporation Global Advanced Metals (Cabot) H.C. Starck GmbH Hi-Temp JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. Kemet Blue Powder Mitsui Mining & Smelting Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. Plansee RFH Solikamsk Metal Works Taki Chemicals Telex Ulba Ulba Metallurgical Plant, jsc

Smelter Country SWITZERLAND AUSTRALIA JAPAN CHINA CHINA JAPAN GERMANY JAPAN JAPAN CANADA UNITED STATES CANADA UNITED STATES CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA UNITED STATES CHINA UNITED STATES UNITED STATES UNITED STATES GERMANY UNITED STATES CHINA UNITED STATES JAPAN CHINA AUSTRIA CHINA RUSSIAN FEDERATION JAPAN UNITED STATES KAZAKHSTAN KAZAKHSTAN

Zhuzhou Cement Carbide

CHINA

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.

CHINA

Cookson

UNITED STATES

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Conflict Mineral

Smelter Facility Name Coopersanta

Smelter Country BRAZIL

CV DS Jaya Abadi

INDONESIA

CV DS Jaya Abadi (PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa)

INDONESIA

CV Duta Putra Bangka

INDONESIA

CV JusTindo

INDONESIA

CV Makmur Jaya

INDONESIA

CV Prima Timah Utama

INDONESIA

CV Serumpun Sebalai

INDONESIA

CV United Smelting

INDONESIA

EM Vinto

BOLIVIA

FENIX METALS

POLAND

Geiju Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd.

CHINA

Gejiu Zi-Li

CHINA

Gold Bell Group

CHINA

Jiangxi Nanshan

CHINA

Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Liuzhou China Tin

CHINA

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

MALAYSIA

Metallo Chimique

BELGIUM

Mineração Taboca S.A.

BRAZIL

Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd.

CHINA

Minsur

PERU

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

JAPAN

Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

OMSA

BOLIVIA

PT Alam Lestari Kencana

INDONESIA

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

INDONESIA

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

INDONESIA

PT Bangka Putra Karya

INDONESIA

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

INDONESIA

PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari

INDONESIA

PT Bukit Timah

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Fang Di MulTindo

INDONESIA

Tin

PT HP Metals Indonesia

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Koba Tin

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Mitra Stania Prima

INDONESIA

Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin

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Conflict Mineral Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten Tungsten

Smelter Facility Name PT Refined Banka Tin PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa PT Sumber Jaya Indah PT Tambang Timah PT Tinindo Inter Nusa PT Yinchendo Mining Industry Thailand Smelting and Refining Co. Ltd. (Thaisarco) White Solder Metalurgia Yunnan Chengfeng Yunnan Tin Company Limited PT Timah PT Koba Tin PT Bangka Kudai Tin A.L.M.T. via Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. ATI Tungsten Materials Chaozhou Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co Ltd Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co Ltd Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. Ganzhou Grand Sea W & Mo Group Co Ltd Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. Global Tungsten & Powders Corp H.C. Starck GmbH Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co Hunan Chun-Chang Nonferrous Smelting & Concentrating Co., Ltd. Japan New Metals Co Ltd Jiangxi Rare Earth & Rare Metals Tungsten Group Corp Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd. Sichuan Metals & Materials Imp & Exp Co Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co Ltd Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG Wolfram Company CJSC Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Corp Ltd (Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Works Imp. & Exp. Co.)

Smelter Country INDONESIA INDONESIA INDONESIA INDONESIA INDONESIA INDONESIA INDONESIA THAILAND BRAZIL CHINA CHINA INDONESIA INDONESIA INDONESIA JAPAN UNITED STATES CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA UNITED STATES GERMANY CHINA CHINA JAPAN CHINA CHINA CHINA VIETNAM AUSTRIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION CHINA CHINA

The statements above are based on our due diligence and available information. A number of factors could affect our conclusions, including: gaps in supplier and/or smelter and refiner data, errors or omissions by suppliers and/or smelters and refiners, errors in public data, language barriers and translation, illegally tagged Conflict Minerals being introduced into our supply chain, etc.

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