SQ Block Inc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report

Hillary Smith

General Counsel

(415) 375-3176

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Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Square, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Form SD pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016.

The Company’s primary hardware products include its magstripe reader, contactless and chip reader, chip card reader and Square Stand, which are all manufactured by third parties (the “Covered Products”). A more complete description of the Company’s products is included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

The Company’s hardware products require components that contain tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold (“3TG”) necessary to their function. Metal derivatives of columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold and wolframite, are “Conflict Minerals” under Rule 13p-1. The Company does not directly manufacture products but contracts to manufacture from its suppliers branded and generic products containing 3TG. Accordingly, as required by Form SD, the Company conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) on the source of the necessary 3TG.

The RCOI attempted to determine whether such 3TG may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries (the “Covered Countries”). Each of the Company’s direct suppliers were asked to provide answers to the EICC-GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) reflecting the Company’s position on the supply chain. The CMRT is regarded as the most common reporting tool for Conflict Minerals content and sourcing information worldwide, developed by several of the world’s leading consumer electronics companies.

Responses were reviewed for completeness and consistency, and the Company routinely followed up with suppliers for corrections and clarifications as needed. The information obtained indicated that there was reason to believe that a portion of the 3TG necessary to the function of the Company’s Covered Products may have originated in the Covered Countries and a portion may have come from scrap or recycled sources.

The Company believes its RCOI process was reasonably designed and performed in good faith, but there are inherent limitations in the information provided to the Company by third parties, including the possibility of information being inaccurate, incomplete or falsified despite our efforts to validate and confirm the information.

Determination from RCOI

Based on the results of RCOI, the Company determined that, with respect to necessary 3TG in its Covered Products, the 3TG minerals may have originated in the Covered Countries, and therefore exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary 3TG.

Additional Information

A copy of the information contained in this Form SD is available on the Company’s website at http://squareup.com/about/investors. The content of any website referenced in this Form SD is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Form SD.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

Not applicable.

Section 2 – Exhibits

Item 2.01 Exhibits

Not applicable.

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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