ZIMV ZimVie Inc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report

ZIMVIE INC.

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

4555 Riverside Drive

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Heather Kidwell

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal, Compliance, and Human Resources Officer and Corporate Secretary

(800) 342-5454

(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:

Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

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

Rule 13p-1 requires disclosure of certain information when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products and the minerals specified in the rule are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The specified minerals are cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (collectively, the “conflict minerals”).

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

We have adopted a policy statement on conflict minerals that is publicly available on our website at www.zimvie.com (under the “Resources & Support” caption and the “Suppliers” sub-caption).

During 2023, we manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions designed to support dental tooth replacement and restoration procedures and treat a wide range of spine pathologies. We have determined that certain of our products contain conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of those products (such minerals are referred to as “necessary conflict minerals”). We engaged iPoint, a third-party consultant, to assist with our reasonable country of origin inquiry and due diligence process for calendar year 2023. With the assistance of iPoint, we conducted a good faith inquiry that was reasonably designed to determine whether any necessary conflict minerals contained in our products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country or were from recycled or scrap sources. As part of this inquiry, we conducted a supply chain survey of our direct suppliers using the iPoint Conflict Minerals Platform and the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template created and made available by the Responsible Minerals Initiative to collect sourcing information related to necessary conflict minerals in our products.

Based on the results of our inquiry, we had reason to believe that some conflict minerals may have originated in the DRC or an adjoining country and may not be from recycled or scrap sources. Accordingly, we exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of such necessary conflict minerals, as described in the Conflict Minerals Report attached as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

A copy of this Form SD, including the Conflict Minerals Report attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01, is publicly available on our website at www.zimvie.com (in the “Investors” section under the “Financial Info” caption and “SEC Filings” sub-caption).

The content of any website referred to in this Form SD or the attached Conflict Minerals Report, and any information accessible through any such website, is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Form SD or the attached Conflict Minerals Report, nor deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

As specified in Section 3, Item 3.01, the Company is hereby filing its Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

Section 2 – Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure

Item 2.01 Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report

Not applicable

Section 3 – Exhibits

Item 3.01 Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed as part of this Form SD.

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.

Date: May 24, 2024

Exhibit 1.01

ZIMVIE INC.

Conflict Minerals Report

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

This Conflict Minerals Report (this “Report”) of ZimVie Inc. (“ZimVie,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD (collectively, the “Rule”) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.

The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registrants whose products contain cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (collectively, “conflict minerals”) that are necessary to the functionality or production of their products (such minerals are referred to as “necessary conflict minerals”). For products which contain necessary conflict minerals, the registrant must conduct in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country. If, based on such inquiry, the registrant knows or has reason to believe that any of the necessary conflict minerals contained in its products originated or may have originated in the DRC or an adjoining country and knows or has reason to believe that those necessary conflict minerals may not be solely from recycled or scrap sources, the registrant must conduct due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals contained in those products.

Pursuant to SEC guidance issued April 29, 2014 and the SEC order issued May 2, 2014, we are not required to describe any of our products as “DRC conflict free” or “having not been found to be ‘DRC conflict free,’” and, therefore, we make no conclusion in this regard in this Report. Furthermore, given that we have not voluntarily elected to describe any of our products as “DRC conflict free,” an independent private sector audit of this Report has not been conducted.

Company and Products Overview

We are a leading medical technology company. During 2023, we developed, manufactured, and marketed a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions designed to support dental tooth replacement and restoration procedures and treat a wide range of spine pathologies. Our primary customers in 2023 included oral surgeons, dental specialists, general dentists, dental laboratories, dental service organizations, spine surgeons, hospitals, ambulatory surgery center administrators, and third-party distributors, making ZimVie the final step in the supply chain prior to these products reaching the end customer.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

Our reasonable country of origin inquiry is discussed in the Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD to which this Report is attached as an exhibit.

Due Diligence Framework

We designed our due diligence measures to be in conformity, in all material respects, with the internationally recognized due diligence framework as set forth in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and related supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten.

Due Diligence Measures Undertaken

We are a downstream consumer of necessary conflict minerals. In most cases, there are several third parties in the supply chain between the original source of these minerals and us. We do not purchase necessary conflict minerals directly from mines, smelters, or refiners; therefore, we rely on our suppliers to provide information regarding the origin of these minerals. We believe smelters and refiners are best situated to identify the sources of conflict minerals, and, therefore, we have taken steps to identify the smelters and refiners of necessary conflict minerals in our supply chain.

Step 1: Establish company management systems

We undertook the following measures to establish management systems to address compliance with the Rule:

Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain

We took the following measures to identify risks in our supply chain:

Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks

We designed and implemented strategies to respond to identified risks, including the following:

Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner due diligence practices

As previously noted, we are a downstream consumer of the necessary conflict minerals in our products and are many steps removed from smelters and refiners who provide minerals and ores. As such, we do not perform or direct audits of smelters and refiners within the supply chain. Our due diligence efforts rely on cross-industry initiatives to conduct smelter and refiner due diligence and independent third-party audits, such as those led by the Responsible Minerals Initiative, including the RMAP.

Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence

A copy of our Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD, along with a copy of this Conflict Minerals Report, which is attached to the Form SD as Exhibit 1.01, is available on our website at www.zimvie.com (in the “Investors” section under the “Financial Info” caption and “SEC Filings” sub-caption).

Due Diligence Results

We surveyed 86 suppliers globally that we identified may contribute necessary conflict minerals to our products. The survey response rate was approximately 80% for 2023. Of the suppliers who responded, approximately 63% reported that conflict minerals are not intentionally added to their products, are not necessary to the production of their products and are not contained in the finished products that they manufacture or contract to manufacture. With respect to the remaining survey respondents, the large majority of suppliers who responded provided data at a company, division or product category level and/or were unable to specify the smelters or refiners that processed conflict minerals in materials or components supplied to us.

With respect to one supplier response we received that stated the data provided was specific to materials or components supplied to us, the supplier reported that the materials or components supplied to us did not contain conflict minerals.

Appendix A lists the smelters and refiners that the suppliers who responded to our survey reported as being in their supply chains. Only known smelters or refiners (those listed in the CMRT) with an RMAP audit status of Conformant or Active are included in Appendix A. Not all of these smelters and refiners may have processed necessary conflict minerals contained in our products, since suppliers may have reported to us smelters and refiners that were not in our supply chain due to the decision of such suppliers to provide data at a company, division or product category level, over-inclusiveness in the information received from their respective suppliers, or for other reasons.

Efforts to Determine the Mine or Location of Origin

As described above, we are a downstream consumer of necessary conflict minerals. In most cases, there are several third parties in the supply chain between the original source of these minerals and us. Further, the large majority of suppliers who responded to our survey provided data at a company, division or product category level. Our due diligence process, described above, reflects our efforts to determine with the greatest specificity the mines or location of origin of the conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of products we manufacture or contract to manufacture.

Continuous Improvement Efforts to Mitigate Risk

Due to the complexity of our global supply chain, we engaged iPoint in 2023 to assist us in collecting, managing, and aggregating conflict minerals information. Going forward, we expect to take the following additional steps, among others, to improve our due diligence measures and to further mitigate the risk that necessary conflict minerals contained in our products may finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries:

Independent Private Sector Audit

Not applicable.

Appendix A

The following smelters and refiners were reported by our suppliers as being in their supply chains.