April 2021

Infineon Technologies AG

Am Campeon 1-15

85579 Neubiberg, Germany

Statement regarding Infineon Products in the Light of REACH Obligations

Issued and authorized by the Corporate Department for Sustainability and Continuity Planning (BC SCP), 2021-04-15

Since 1 June 2007 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals1 ("REACH" for short) is in force.

REACH contains:

  1. Since 1 June 2008, manufacturers or importers of substances as such, of substances in mixtures or substances in articles which are released intentionally, must register these substances at the European Chemicals Agency (EChA) if the substances are manufactured or imported in the European Community in quantities of at least 1 t per year and if they are not exempted from registration obligations.
  2. Suppliers of substances and mixtures must provide the recipient with either a safety data sheet (Article 31) or safety information (Article 32). In certain cases, the safety data sheet has to be amended with relevant exposure scenarios ("Extended Safety Data Sheet").
  3. Suppliers, manufacturers and importers of articles that contain a substance on the "candidate list" in a concentration higher than 0.1 mass percent per article shall provide the professional recipient and on request a consumer of the article with sufficient information to ensure safe use of the article. This information has to include, as a minimum requirement, the name of that substance. Furthermore, if the substance on the "candidate list" exceeds the quantity of 1 t per year in these articles, a notification to the European Chemicals Agency (EChA) is required. The notification obligation started 1 June 2011.
  4. Since 1 June 2008, users of chemicals (substances and mixtures) - so-called "downstream users" - will have to comply with further obligations, but only after they have received an extended safety data sheet. Downstream users can provide appropriate information to assist the manufacturers and importers of substances and mixtures in registering them.

What does this mean for Infineon's products:

Infineon Technologies AG manufactures only semiconductor products, which are articles according to REACH. As semiconductors are not intended to release any substance under normal and reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, the obligations in No. 1 and 2 above are not relevant for Infineon's products.

Regarding No. 3 the "candidate list" was published with date 28 October 2008, last amended 19 January 2021 and has currently 211 entries.

1 REGULATION (EC) NO. 1907/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC

Infineon Technologies AG

Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Wolfgang Eder

Management Board: Dr. Reinhard Ploss (CEO), Dr. Helmut Gassel, Jochen Hanebeck, Constanze Hufenbecher, Dr. Sven Schneider

Registered Office: Neubiberg

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Commercial Register: Amtsgericht München HRB 126492

Some of our products contain lead (Pb) [CAS # 7439-92-1; EC # 231-100-4] in a concentration above 0.1 % w/w. More detailed information you will find in the Material Content Data Sheet (MCDS). If this information is not available, please contact your customer sales interface.

The products with the packages listed below can contain the following substance in a concentration above

0.1 % w/w: 1,6,7,8,9,14,15,16,17,17,18,18-Dodecachloropentacyclo[12.2.1.16,9.02,13.05,10]octadeca-7,15- diene ("Dechlorane Plus"™) [CAS # 135821-03-3,135821-74-8,13560-89-9; EC # 236-948-9].

PG-DSO-8-906

PG-TO220-5-901

PG-TO263-3-903

PG-TO274-3-903

PG-TO220-3-904

PG-TO247-3-901

PG-TO263-5-901

P-TO220-3-903

PG-TO220-3-905

PG-TO247-3-904

PG-TO263-5-902

P-TO220-5-900

PG-TO220-3-906

PG-TO263-3-901

PG-TO273-3-900

P-TO263-5-901

The packing of dry packed products encloses a Humidity Indicator Card (HIC) containing the following substance in a concentration above 0.1 % w/w: Cobalt dichloride (CoCl2) [CAS # 7646-79-9; EC # 231-589-4].

The dicing film of bare die products contains the following substance in a concentration above 0.1 % w/w: Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) [CAS # 117-81-7; EC # 204-211-0].

According to Article 7(3), notification is not required since exposure to humans or the environment under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use including disposal (disposal phase of electronic products is covered in the European Union by the WEEE directive 2012/19/EU) can be excluded for Infineon's semiconductor products.

Furthermore, our products do not contain any of the substances above the maximum thresholds under the given application in Annex XVII of REACH.

Our point of contact for REACH is:

Martin Gernert

Senior Manager Sustainability

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Infineon Technologies AG

Business Continuity - Corporate Sustainability and Continuity Planning Am Campeon 1-15, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany

Tel: +49 (0)89 234 83783, Fax: +49 (0)89 234 955 7714, Email: martin.gernert@infineon.com

Dr.-Ing. Christian Pophal

Dr. Hans-Peter Bipp

Vice President

Senior Principal Engineer

Corporate Head Sustainability and

Corporate Sustainability and

Continuity Planning

Continuity Planning

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Infineon Technologies AG

Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Wolfgang Eder

Management Board: Dr. Reinhard Ploss (CEO), Dr. Helmut Gassel, Jochen Hanebeck, Constanze Hufenbecher, Dr. Sven Schneider

Registered Office: Neubiberg

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Commercial Register: Amtsgericht München HRB 126492

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