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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000892553-23-000083
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20230526
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230526

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHART INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000892553
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FABRICATED PLATE WORK (BOILER SHOPS) [3443]
		IRS NUMBER:				341712937
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11442
		FILM NUMBER:		23963285

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE # 100
		CITY:			BALL GROUND
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30107
		BUSINESS PHONE:		770-721-8800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE # 100
		CITY:			BALL GROUND
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30107
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i9c02534c095b4fb8975b63a19f6762e2_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM SD</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.228%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.228%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:37.361%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:27.105%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.234%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Delaware</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">001-11442</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">34-1712937</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Commission</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(IRS Employer</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:10.12pt;padding-right:10.12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">of incorporation)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">File Number)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Identification No.)</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.228%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:75.823%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:21.977%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2200 Airport Industrial Drive, Suite 100, Ball Ground, GA 30107</font></td></tr><tr style="height:24pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:180%;text-decoration:underline">Herbert Hotchkiss</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:180%;text-decoration:underline">(770-721-8878)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.228%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:7pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">X</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2022.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Section 1 &#8212; Conflict Minerals Disclosure</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 1.01</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Conflict Minerals Disclosure</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We conducted an analysis of our products and found that cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (&#8220;3TG&#8221;) are contained in some of our products or components used in our products.&#160;&#160; Therefore, for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2022, we conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#8220;RCOI&#8221;) which was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the necessary 3TG contained in our products originated or may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">or are from recycled or scrap resources.&#160;  </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">To conduct our RCOI, we engaged with our suppliers and made inquiries to those suppliers about the country of origin of those necessary 3TG minerals.  In our supplier engagement, we requested information from our suppliers about their supply chain and about the country of origin of 3TG which they supplied to us.  Because we do not have direct relationships with smelters or refiners in our supply chain, we asked our suppliers to engage with their own suppliers to gather the requested information. </font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The description of our RCOI process and the results of our inquiry are included in our Conflict Minerals Report, attached as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.  Our Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2022, is also publicly available at </font><font style="color:#0e32e1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration:underline">https&#58;&#47;&#47;ir.chartindustries.com&#47;overview&#47;corporate-overview&#47;default.aspx</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%"> under the Regulatory Documents tab.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 1.02</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">See Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD, incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Section 2 &#8212; 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May 26, 2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47;  Herbert Hotchkiss         </font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58; Herbert Hotchkiss<br>Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   <br>&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ieae93ff5f9eb48f1a0d7a4d00f324e40_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exhibit 1.01</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Chart Industries, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Conflict Minerals Report</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">For The Year Ended December 31, 2022</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This report for the year ended December 31, 2022 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Rule</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;). The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">SEC</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Dodd-Frank Act</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Conflict Minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">3TG</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;). These requirements apply to registrants whatever the geographic origin of the conflict minerals and whether or not they fund armed conflict. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Company Overview</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This report has been prepared by Chart Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Chart</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">,&#8221; the </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">&#8220;Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">,&#8221; &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">we</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">,&#8221; &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">us</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">,&#8221; or &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">our</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;). The information includes the activities of all majority-owned subsidiaries that are required to be consolidated for the period covered by this report. It does not include the activities of entities that are not required to be consolidated. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Chart is a leading diversified independent global manufacturer of highly engineered cryogenic equipment servicing multiple market applications in the industrial gas and clean energy industries and a leading provider of technology, equipment and services related to liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, biogas, CO2 Capture and water treatment, among other applications.  Our cryogenic equipment and engineered systems are primarily used for low-temperature and cryogenic applications, utilizing our expertise in cryogenic systems and equipment, which operate at low temperatures sometimes approaching absolute zero (0 kelvin&#59; -273&#176; Centigrade&#59; -459&#176; Fahrenheit). Our products include vacuum insulated containment vessels, heat exchangers, cold boxes, water treatment systems and other cryogenic products and components used in the storage, distribution, vaporization, separation, liquefaction, purification, and application of industrial gases and certain hydrocarbons.  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Supply Chain</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The raw materials we use in manufacturing our products include aluminum products (including sheets, bars, plate and piping), stainless steel products (including sheets, plates, heads and piping), palladium oxide, carbon steel products (including sheets, plates and heads), valves and gauges and fabricated metal components.  We relied on our direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us &#8211; including sources of 3TG that are supplied to them from lower tier suppliers. We have supply contracts with some of our suppliers which do not allow us to unilaterally impose new contract terms and flow-down requirements. As we enter into new supplier relationships and new contracts with existing suppliers, we are implementing requirements that suppliers provide information about the source of conflict minerals and smelters that process the necessary conflict minerals in the products they supply to us.  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Because of our size, the complexity of our products, and the depth, breadth, and constant evolution of our supply chain, it is difficult to identify the origin of all 3TG in our products or to determine whether they come from recycled or scrap sources&#59; the facilities used to process them&#59; their country of origin&#59; or their mine or location of origin.  Pursuant to guidance issued by the SEC Division of Corporation Finance on April 29, 2014, we are not required to describe any of our products as &#8220;DRC Conflict Free,&#8221; as having &#8220;not been found to be &#8216;DRC Conflict Free&#8217;&#8221; or as &#8220;DRC Conflict Undeterminable.&#8221; As we have not voluntarily elected to describe any of our products as DRC conflict free, the requirement for an independent private sector audit of this report is not applicable.  Described below is our due diligence process and other measures we have taken to meet the reporting requirements of the Rule.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We determined that 3TG are contained in some of our products or components used in our products.   Therefore, for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2022, we conducted a good faith Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">RCOI</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;) which was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the necessary 3TG </font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">contained in our products originated or may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Covered Countries</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">To conduct our RCOI, we engaged with our suppliers (including by engaging a third-party platform, iPoint, as described below) and made inquiries to those suppliers about the source of our necessary 3TG minerals and the smelters or refiners used to process those 3TG minerals. In our supplier engagement, we requested information from our suppliers about their supply chain and about the source and country of origin of the 3TG which they supplied to us.  Because we do not have direct relationships with smelters or refiners in our supply chain, we asked our suppliers to engage with their own suppliers to gather the requested information.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">In designing our processes to comply with the Rule, we determined that because of the complexities of our supply chain and limitations on our ability to track all the materials supplied and incorporated into all of our products, it remains impracticable for us to isolate suppliers by product.  Accordingly, we determined that a reasonable approach would be to conduct a survey of suppliers who supplied above a minimum dollar threshold of components or other material goods to us.  As a result, we surveyed over 414 direct suppliers for components and material goods</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">, which represented approximately 53% of our total spend on materials in 2022. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We received responses from approximately 81% of our surveyed suppliers.  Suppliers who did not respond or whose responses were incomplete were repeatedly contacted to attempt to obtain information.  Because of the complexities of our supply chain and the fact that we did not receive responses from approximately 19% of our surveyed suppliers and detailed information from some of our surveyed suppliers, we are unable to determine the origin of all of the 3TG in our products and therefore cannot exclude the possibility that some may have originated in the Covered Countries. For that reason, we conducted due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary 3TG minerals in our products and we are accordingly submitting this Conflict Minerals Report as an Exhibit to our Form SD.  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Due Diligence </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Our due diligence process has been designed to conform, in all material respects that we have determined to be reasonable for the Company, with the framework of the criteria set forth in The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">OECD</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">OECD Guidance</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;). </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The OECD Guidance identifies the five-step framework summarized below and the following describes  certain measures we have taken under each step.  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;padding-left:9.67pt"> Strong Company Management Systems</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Conflict Minerals Policy</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We have adopted a conflict minerals policy, which is publicly available on our website, as of the date of this report, at https&#58;&#47;&#47;ir.chartindustries.com&#47;overview&#47;corporate-overview&#47;default.aspx under the Regulatory Documents tab.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">System of Controls</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We have established a record maintenance mechanism to ensure the retaining of relevant conflict minerals documentation in a structured electronic database. Documentation is maintained on an internal network and in the iPoint reporting platform.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Supplier Engagement </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We set out to refine our risk-based approach to our responsible minerals sourcing efforts, starting with our direct suppliers.  A more specific description of our efforts is set forth in &#8220;Step 2&#8221; below (Identify and Assess Risks in Supply Chain).  A natural byproduct of these efforts was the ability to generate a more refined list of suppliers to engage.  Therefore, the steps describing our supplier engagement have the added value of being more focused and targeted with those suppliers that may potentially be at-risk for containing the subject minerals in the materials that they provide to us.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="border-bottom:1pt solid black;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:10pt;width:150pt"></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our diligence began with 438 suppliers to survey, but was reduced to 414 because we removed suppliers for which we were unable to obtain or confirm valid contact information and suppliers who, upon further review, were not supplying relevant materials to us.  </font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We continued to enhance our engagement with our suppliers through the conflict minerals due diligence process and we may broaden the process in the future if more specific product-level diligence is required. Feedback from this engagement has allowed us to understand alternatives available to improve supplier response quality, including possible integration of our general contract administration function with the engagement of new suppliers and with existing suppliers as contracts are renewed.  In addition to using the iPoint reporting platform in our process and focusing the scope of our supply chain inquiries, we have contacted certain suppliers personally by email to encourage them to review their supply chain and complete and return the Template (defined below). We continue to work to update and upgrade our supplier contact database with the goal of streamlining supplier responses in the future.   </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Grievance Mechanism </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Violations of this policy can be reported through our Ethics Hotline which can be accessed by calling 1-800-868-8541 in the U.S., by email addressed to ethics&#64;chartindustries.com</font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">or by using the Internet at www.ethicspoint.com.  We will disclose our progress in implementing this conflict minerals policy through our website and the required SEC reporting.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Internal Team</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We have established a management system for conflict minerals. Our management system includes a cross-functional group sponsored by our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, as well as an internal team from relevant functions such as legal, accounting, internal audit, procurement, sourcing and operations.  This team is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals compliance strategy and is led by our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, who acts as the conflict minerals program manager. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts periodically. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">2.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;padding-left:9.67pt">Identify and Assess Risks in Supply Chain</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">One area of improvement that the Company focused on during reporting year 2022 was the risk identification and assessment process.  As such, we first identified the relevant business units and corresponding subject matter experts to ensure that our initial data capture would be focused on a risk-based approach.  Our subject matter experts assisted in our initial review of our products and determined that there is the potential for some of them to contain 3TG.  Furthermore, given the complexity of our supply chain and the limitations on our ability to track all the materials supplied and incorporated into all of our products, we determined that it remains impracticable to refine our risk identification to isolate suppliers by product, although we were able to identify categories of procurement information that enhanced our risk identification.  Therefore, we determined that the most reasonable approach would be to conduct a survey of suppliers that were identified by our subject matter experts as being at-risk for potentially containing the subject minerals in the materials they provided to us, in addition to applying a minimum dollar threshold of components or other material goods to us. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">3.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;padding-left:9.67pt">Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Our strategy to respond to risks was designed with supplier engagement as the primary element, as described above.  In order to identify risk and respond to risk in the supply chain, we implemented a strategy of verifying supplier provided data on a cross-industry standard template.  Specifically, we conducted a survey of our suppliers described above using a comprehensive online conflict minerals reporting platform called iPoint and the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Template</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;) developed the Responsible Minerals Initiative (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">RMI</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;). The iPoint platform was developed in coordination with the automotive and other industries to optimize information gathering and data analysis for conflict minerals reporting.  The data collected in iPoint is based on the Template.  The Template was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company&#8217;s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a company&#8217;s conflict-free policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters the company and its suppliers use. In addition, the Template contains questions about the origin of 3TG included in their products, as well as supplier due diligence. Written instructions and recorded training illustrating the use of the tool is available on RMI&#8217;s website and on iPoint.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">4.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;padding-left:9.67pt">Conduct Independent Audit of Supply Chain Diligence</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">As part of our commitment to responsible sourcing of minerals,</font><font style="color:#ff0000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">we invested in the cross-industry group, the Responsible Minerals Initiative (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">RMI</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;) and became a member of RMI.  As a member of RMI, our investment helps to fund the RMI&#8217;s efforts in independent, third-party auditing of SORs in the minerals supply chain. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">5.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;padding-left:9.67pt">Report Annually Measures Performed</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This Conflict Minerals Report is available on the Company&#8217;s website at https&#58;&#47;&#47;ir.chartindustries.com&#47;overview&#47;corporate-overview&#47;default.aspx under the Regulatory Documents tab and is filed with the SEC as an Exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Form SD.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Results of RCOI and Due Diligence</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We received responses from approximately 81% of our surveyed suppliers (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Respondents</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;).  We reviewed the responses against criteria developed to determine which responses required further engagement with our suppliers. These criteria included untimely or incomplete responses as well as inconsistencies within the data reported in the Template. In addition, the iPoint platform screens responses for red flag issues such as mineral origination and smelter certification. The Respondents&#8217; responses provided data at a company, user-defined or product level. Approximately 55</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">%</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> of the Respondents&#8217; responses provided representations that their products do not contain any of the listed minerals.   Notwithstanding our RCOI and corresponding due diligence described in this report, because of complexities of our supply chain, the nature of responses received, and the fact that we did not receive responses from certain suppliers, we are unable to determine with accuracy which of the smelters or refiners identified by our suppliers processed our necessary 3TG and therefore cannot exclude the possibility that some may have originated in the Covered Countries.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Steps to Be Taken to Mitigate Risk </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We will continue to conduct and review our due diligence with the ultimate goal of obtaining supply chain transparency and development of our ability to track 3TG in our supply chain, including reviewing our policies, procedures and&#47;or supplier terms and conditions.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4</font></div></div></div></body></html>
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