UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report

CTS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

SEC 697 (09-21) Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information

contained in this Form are not required to respond unless the Form

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Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01. Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD (“Form SD”) of CTS Corporation (“CTS”) for the year ended December 31, 2024, is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Rule 13p-1 under the Exchange Act provides that a registrant must file this specialized disclosure report on Form SD if it manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which certain “Conflict Minerals” (as defined herein) are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. Conflict Minerals include cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, tin, tantalum, and tungsten.

Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of certain of the products manufactured by CTS or contracted by CTS to be manufactured and are required to be reported in the calendar year covered by this Form SD. As required for products that contain Conflict Minerals, CTS conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry with its relevant direct suppliers and undertook due diligence measures reasonably designed to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”). CTS’ Conflict Minerals policy is publicly available on its website at: https://investors.ctscorp.com/governance. CTS is also filing a Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit to this Form SD and has made a copy of the Conflict Minerals Report and this Form SD publicly available on its website at: https://investors.ctscorp.com/governance.

Item 1.02. Exhibit

Registrant has filed, as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD, the Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01 for the reporting period January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

Section 2 – Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report

Item 2.01. Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report

Not applicable.

Section 3 - Exhibits

Item 3.01. Exhibits

Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02.

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.