BROADWIND, INC.

Regulatory Filings • May 31, 2024

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM SD

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

BROADWIND, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	001-34278	88-0409160
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3240 South Central Avenue, Cicero, Illinois 60804

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Eric B. Blashford President and Chief Executive Officer Broadwind, Inc. 3240 S. Central Avenue

Cicero, IL 60804 (708) 780-4800

(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, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

☒ Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2023.

Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

Broadwind, Inc. (together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the “Company”) evaluated the Company’s current product lines and determined that “conflict minerals,” as defined in applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules, are necessary to the functionality or production of certain products the Company manufactures or contracts to manufacture as described in the Conflict Minerals Report filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto. As a result, the Company has conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) that was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country, or were from recycled or scrap sources, as described in the Conflict Minerals Report filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and made available on the Company’s website at: www.bwen.com. The content on, or accessible through, any website referred to in this Form SD is not incorporated by reference into this Form SD unless expressly noted.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

A copy of the Company’s Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto.

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 is a list of the Exhibits filed herewith.

EXHIBIT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION
1.01	Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.

SIGNATURE

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 undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

/s/ Eric B. Blashford
Eric B. Blashford
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)