Legal Disclaimer

Important Message

The information in this document and the project to which it relates – including the potential for the project itself – is proprietary and confidential. You must treat this information as confidential and may not use the confidential information for any purpose other than the legitimate business purposes of Barnes. Further, as part of your confidentiality obligations, you should not share this confidential information internally, except on a need-to-know basis with individuals who are part of the “Disclosed Team.” You should familiarize yourself with the “Disclosed Team” list and not assume anyone is included because of authority or otherwise. Confidential information should never be shared externally.

Barnes’ employees are prohibited from using material non-public information obtained during their employment for their own personal profit or the profit of anyone else, such as through insider trading in Barnes’s stock or providing such material non-public information to another person for purposes of trading on that information.

Please seek guidance from Barnes’ Legal & Compliance Dept. if you have any questions regarding your obligations or the scope of confidentiality. Disclosure and usage of confidential information is subject to Barnes’ Code of Business Ethics and Conduct, Securities Law Compliance Policy and all other applicable policies, together with all applicable confidentiality agreements between the recipient and Barnes.