CONFLICT MINERALS POLICYDATED 06/2024

With over 60 years of sensor experience, Balluff GmbH is a world leader andmanufacturer of sensor technology. Sophisticated technology, high quality
and very modern electronics application-specific customer solutions, anindividual consultation and first-class service are the prominent characteristics ofour company – more than 4.000 employees nationally and abroad arecommitted to this.
In April 2009, Senator Sam Brownback introduced the Congo Conflict Minerals
Act to require electronics companies to verify and disclose their sources ofminerals. But this legislation wasn’t permitted. However, a similar part was added
to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (shortDodd-Frank Act), which passed Congress and was signed into law by President
Barack Obama on July 21, 2010. Due to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act,
manufacturers are required to disclose if their manufactured products contain"Conflict Minerals". Conflict Minerals refer to gold, as well as tin, tantalum, andtungsten, with origin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its adjoining
countries ("the DRC region") which use the trade of these materials to financeviolent actions and war.
High leveled cooperation service and frequent communication are necessary
to ensure a healthy and good long-term business relationship with our suppliers.
It is Balluff’s goal to achieve absolutely conflict free sourcing of all materials usedin our products.
There is an international focus on Conflict Minerals because of illegal mining
operations in the DRC region. Public traded companies are not allowed to dobusiness with minerals from this region. Even if a supplier is not using minerals
from a conflict region, they need to prove that the minerals do not originate
from the DRC region.
Balluff is not listed on any U.S. stock exchange and therefore not under anobligation to respond to the published requirements and to issue a Conflict
Minerals report. Nonetheless, we take this topic very seriously, because there
is influence on the supply chain Balluff takes part in. Due to lots of our customers
that are liable to the U.S. law sending requests to Balluff, the conclusion is that
Balluff has to confirm that the products are conflict-free – once a year byMay, 31st. We kindly ask our direct manufacturing suppliers for their Conflict
Minerals usage, the state of processing facilities in the supply chain and thesuppliers’ preparedness for achieving the conflict free status. This means Balluff
has to collect and evaluate Conflict Minerals reports from the suppliers oncea year. We require the latest version of the standardized reporting template(https://www.responsiblemineralsinitiative.org/reporting-templates/cmrt/) andwill not accept any written statements. All reports from our suppliers constitutethe database for creating our Balluff Conflict Minerals report. We are working onthat issue very conscientious. Balluff has created a process to ascertain the use,origins and sources of Conflict Minerals.
Balluff would like to raise awareness that all members of the supply chain havethe duty to collaborate on this topic. The support and collaboration of every
supplier that delivers products which contain gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten
is highly appreciated. We trust in the complete reporting from our suppliers
close-partnered. We also would like to point out that this is an ongoing process.
Our suppliers are required to review their supply chains for respective changes
continuously and keep us updated self-initiated at any time.

Balluff GmbH
Schurwaldstrasse 973765 Neuhausen a.d.F.
Germany
Phone +49 7158 173-0
Fax +49 7158 5010
balluff@balluff.dewww.balluff.com

Dok.-Nr. 896023.032 DE F24

Thank you very much for your efforts and your cooperation to provide necessary
information to meet legal reporting requirements within the supply chain.