The Group's risk prevention and compliance systems have been strengthened regularly and significantly in recent years. However, the Group cannot guarantee that all risks relating to practices that do not comply with the applicable rules of ethics and business conduct will be fully eliminated. [...] The compliance program includes means of detection which could generate internal investigations, and even external investigations. As consistently communicated by the Company in the past, unfavorable outcomes for antitrust proceedings and/or investigations as well as the associated consequences could have a material adverse effect on the results and thus the financial position of the Group. [...] As a complement to the section of the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct dedicated to fair competition, the Group's Antitrust Guidelines provide guidance on the application of basic competition law rules. The Antitrust Guidelines are applicable to all affiliates and subsidiaries everywhere Nexans does business. [...] All top executives, managers and key personnel throughout the Group must complete the Compliance Week training every year. The training includes an antitrust section with test questions based on realistic business cases. In addition, more in‑depth/spot trainings are conducted to most exposed positions (sales & purchasing managers as well as members of a Trade association) and/or when a specific issue is identified. [...] The Group has integrated all competition law aspects to the compliance risk mapping carried out pursuant to the "Sapin II" legislation. These antitrust risks identified are managed through centrally monitored mitigation and remediation measures, including the use of dedicated digital tools which facilitate second and third level control. [...] Employees are encouraged, through internal communication and trainings, to use the Group's incident report system to raise concerns including about any breach of business ethics and anticorruption rules, whether within Nexans or by business partners. The incident report system is also available, in 17 languages, to anyone outside the Group, by phone, through an application, or remotely through the website www.nexans.com. In addition, a simple search "Nexans alert" on any Internet search engine will direct to the incident report system portal. For further information on the Group's incident alert system, please refer to section 3.4.1.: "Business conduct". [...] The Group Audit Department controls compliance with antitrust rules in the framework of the regular audits of operational entities and also performs missions dedicated to specific antitrust issues."
"The CSR Risk Purchasing Committee covers the duty of care process by reviewing the suppliers presenting risks. The Committee is composed of the Group's Vice President for Purchasing, the CSR Purchasing team, the Group Risks Director, the Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Purchasing Officers from the Business Group. **Scope** The scope is defined annually for the upstream worldwide supply chain as part of the Duty of Care program. It aims at enhancing suppliers ESG policies including Health and safety policies and at limiting other negative impacts on supply chain workers. In 2024, the scope focused on purchasing categories with the highest ESG impacts, particularly minerals and chemicals, as well as those with annual spending exceeding €1 million. Besides, during the year 2024, Nexans established an indicator reflecting the supplier risk level, determined by their purchasing category, country of operation, and supplier's CSR performance and rated the in-scope supplier portfolio. In the coming years, the action plan will be prioritized based on this risk level indicator to address the most critical suppliers first. **Time horizon** The objective is to strengthen due diligence on the most impactful and riskiest suppliers and achieve a low average risk level across the supplier portfolio by 2028.