Exhibit 1.01
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC.
Conflict Minerals Report
For the Reporting Period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
Introduction
This Conflict Minerals Report
(Report) of NetScout Systems, Inc. (NETSCOUT or the Company) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (the Rule) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the reporting period January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 (the Reporting Period).
The Rule requires certain disclosures from public companies that manufacture (or contract to manufacture) products containing certain minerals that are
necessary to the functionality or production of their products. The Rule defines Conflict Minerals as (A) cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold
(collectively, 3TG or Conflict Minerals); or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Covered Countries (as defined below).
The Rule focuses on Conflict Minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and nine adjoining countries (together, the Covered
Countries). If, after conducting a good faith reasonable country-of-origin inquiry (RCOI), an issuer has reason to believe that any of the Conflict
Minerals in its products may have originated in the Covered Countries, or if it is unable to determine the country of origin of those Conflict Minerals, then the issuer must perform due diligence on the Conflict Minerals source and chain of
custody and submit a Conflict Minerals Report to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.
This Report is not audited, as Rule
13p-1 and current SEC guidance provide that if the registrant is not declaring products a DRC Conflict Free, the Conflict Minerals Report is not subject to an independent private sector audit.
Section 1: Company Overview
NETSCOUT assures
digital business services against disruptions in availability, performance, and security. Our market and technology leadership stems from combining our patented smart data technology with smart analytics. We provide real-time, pervasive visibility,
and insights customers need to accelerate and secure their digital transformation. Our approach transforms the way organizations plan, deliver, integrate, test, and deploy services and applications.
NETSCOUT Products
All of the Companys hardware
products, including our InfiniStreamNG (ISNG) network monitoring appliances, nGenius service assurance products, Omnis network security products, and Arbor DDoS protection products, are in scope for the purposes of the Reporting Period and are referred to in this Report collectively as the Covered Products.
We conducted an analysis of NETSCOUT products and found that some quantity of 3TG, necessary to the products functionality or production, are found in
all NETSCOUT hardware products.
Conflict Minerals Report
This Report relates to all of our Covered Products the manufacture of which was completed during the Reporting Period. We have been unable to conclusively
determine countries of origin of the 3TG those products contain, or to conclusively determine the extent to which they came from recycled or scrap sources; the facilities used to process them; or their mine or location of origin. More than half of
our suppliers reported at broad levels, often declaring the scope of their Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) as company-wide, not at the level of products provided to us.