Melexis Global Speak Up Policy

Policy objective

Melexis and its Colleagues commit themselves to do business on a daily basis with fairness, integrity and respect for the law and our values. Despite this commitment, you may one day observe behaviour that seems to violate the law, our values, the Melexis Ethical Code of Conduct or our policies. If you observe or suspect such Misconduct, or if it is very likely to take place, then you are encouraged to use this policy to Speak Up and allow Melexis the opportunity to deal with the issue.

Partners who Speak Up in good faith, as well as any Other Protected Persons, are protected and will not suffer any disadvantages for raising concerns. Together these are the Protected Persons in this Speak Up policy.

Melexis reserves the right to unilaterally amend or revoke this policy.

Partners may request the most recent version of this policy from speakup@melexis.com at any time.

Application

This policy applies to all Melexis Partners.

Scope of the Policy

The Speak Up policy can be used to raise any Concern(s) about any Misconduct. The Speak Up policy can also be used to Report on any harm to public interest.

With regard to any violation of the law, Reports concerning the following domains are legally protected:

• Public procurement;
• Financial services, products and markets, prevention of money laundering and finance of terrorism;
• Product safety and compliance;
• Transportation safety;
• Environmental protection;
• Radiation protection and nuclear safety;
• Food safety, animal feed safety, animal health and welfare;
• Public health;
• Consumer protection;
• Personal data protection, protection of privacy and security of network and information systems;
• Tax and social fraud;
• Violations that relate to the EU internal market (including competition and state aid); and
• Violations that affect the financial interests of the EU.

If a Concern about any Misconduct does not fall within the scope of the above-mentioned list, the Report might not be legally protected. However, we still strongly encourage you to Speak Up about these matters. Melexis commits itself to protect any Partner who Speaks up in good faith from any Reprisal.

Examples of Concerns and topics that can be raised are:

• Safety and health;
• Discrimination or harassment;
• Misuse of computing and information resources;
• Non-compliance with law & fair dealing;
• Environment and human rights concerns;
• Product safety concerns;
• Inadequate financial or non-financial recordkeeping;
• Confidential information and intellectual property; and
• Conflict of interest, gifts, bribes and fraud.

The Speak Up Reporting lines can also be used to ask questions about the above topics or related policies.

This policy should not be used:

• For any grievances you may have in relation to your terms of employment;
• To settle personal disputes;
• To make accusations which you know are false, doing so may lead to disciplinary measures.

Regular questions on the following topics should preferably be asked to the Legal Team directly:

• Insider trading (legal@melexis.com)
• Antitrust & Competition (legal@melexis.com)
• Privacy (privacy@melexis.com)

All members of the Legal Department have access to the mailbox legal@melexis.com.

To Report any Concerns about any Misconduct relating to these topics, you should make use of the Reporting lines listed in this policy.

Speak-Up Procedure

This policy allows you to raise Concerns about any Misconduct to the below persons through a variety of means. You can raise your Concerns about any Misconduct in writing, by phone or virtual meeting, or in a physical meeting if you wish.

Every Partner is expected to read and understand this policy and abide by it. It is recommended that any Partner who Speaks Up makes a Report only after gathering adequate facts/data to substantiate the Report and e.g. not make a Report merely based on hearsay or rumor.

Speak Up Tool

In case you suspect Misconduct or have Concerns about any Misconduct and want to Report on the matter you can use the Speak Up Tool that can be accessed melexis.integrity.complylog.com. This gives you the opportunity to raise Concerns about any Misconduct confidentially and anonymously.

This Tool allows you to choose whether you want to Report anonymously or not. In any case, every Report will be treated with full confidentiality. The Speak Up Tool enables us to communicate with you (in an anonymous way if opted for) to optimally investigate the Report.

The Speak Up Tool is directly managed by our Confidential Advisor. They will treat your Report impartially and diligently follow-up as specified below. The Confidential Advisor will coordinate the Report, and if needed, involve other Report managers, when you provide your consent.

For any questions in relation to the Speak Up Tool and the procedure you can contact speakup@melexis.com**.

Information to be provided

When you file a Report (in person, in writing, orally or online), please provide as much detailed information as you can to enable the Confidential Advisor to investigate your Concerns about any Misconduct such as:

• The background, history and reason for your Concern;
• Names of the Persons Concerned, dates, places and other relevant information on the Misconduct;
• Any document that may support your Report.

Reports can only be fully investigated if they contain sufficient information and there is a reasonable possibility of obtaining further information.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is granted to any Partner disclosing their Concerns about any Misconduct through a Report. Your identity, and any information revealing your identity, will only be shared with the staff members to whom you Report and to the Confidential Advisor as outlined above, insofar you opt for a non-anonymous Report. The Confidential Advisor shall treat the identity and all information that can be deducted from Protected Persons confidentially and shall not disclose this to any other persons without the explicit consent of the Partner that Speaks Up or the Protected Person concerned, unless when permitted by law.

Your identity and the information will only be shared further:

1. To national authorities or courts if necessary under the law. In this case, you will be informed of the sharing unless this would endanger investigations or proceedings.
2. To anyone else, only with your explicit consent.

The same confidentiality shall be respected towards the identity of Person Concerned.

The information in your Report can only be shared with the CEO and CFO on a strict need-to-know basis.

You can also choose to share your Concerns anonymously through the Speak Up Tool.

Record Keeping

Melexis will keep a register of each received Report. Records of your Report will be kept as long as relevant. You can also provide your prior consent to record the conversation if you Report Misconduct verbally. When you Report orally (through the phone or through a physical or virtual meeting), you will receive minutes of the conversation and the opportunity to check, correct and sign the minutes for approval.

Follow-up

Melexis takes every Report of Concerns about any Misconduct seriously. Your Report will undergo an initial review, and if necessary, it will be appropriately and diligently investigated. The Confidential Advisor will assess the proper use of the policy and the accuracy of the Reported Concerns about any Misconduct. Unless it concerns an anonymous Report, the Confidential Advisor shall ensure the necessary communication with the Partner who Speaks Up and may request additional information as necessary.

The Confidential Advisor will take the appropriate actions and measures in relation to the Report and the Reported Misconduct. Such actions and measures may include, without limitation, internal inquiries, investigations, prosecutions, actions for recovery and the closure of the procedure.

After investigating the Report, the Confidential Advisor will submit an assessment to the CEO and CFO (with a detailed description of his/her findings and all supporting documents) indicating whether, in his/her opinion, the Report is either well-founded or unfounded.

You will be informed of the overall findings, the taken or planned actions and measures and the main reasons for such actions and measures. However, for reasons of confidentiality, privacy, and the legal rights of all concerned, you will not be given full details of the outcome.

The receipt of your Report will be confirmed to you within seven days. A substantive response to your Report will be provided within a reasonable timeframe, but in any case, within three months from the confirmation of receipt.

External Reporting

Melexis encourages you to first Report any Concerns about any Misconduct to Melexis directly. However, you are also able to Report Concerns about any Misconduct to external, competent authorities of the country in which Melexis is situated or to the EU if you prefer this. Please note that this specific option is only open to Melexis-entities of the countries mentioned below.Reports regarding Melexis-entities in other countries can also be done to any potential external authorities but, in that case, cannot enjoy the protection of the Act.

Below you can find a list of the relevant external authorities. Insofar there is not yet a relevant external authority mentioned, these will be listed in this policy when they have been designated by the countries.

Protection from Reprisal

You and any Protected Persons will not be subject to Reprisal or any threats and attempts to Reprisal. This is e.g. , intimidation, harassment, etc.

Protected Persons may benefit from protection and support measures if the following conditions are met:

• For the Partner who Speaks Up:
  • If he or she had reasonable grounds to believe that the Concern about any Misconduct was true at the time of Reporting and that such Concern fell within the scope of this policy and the Act; and
  • Made a Report in accordance with this policy and the Act.
• For the Partner who Speaks Up who initially made an anonymous Report on Concerns about any Misconduct, this Partner may also benefit from the protection measures mentioned in this policy if they are identified in a later stage.
• For the Other Protected Persons, if they had reasonable grounds to believe that the protective measures are applicable to the Partner who Speaks Up.

If this protection is not legally guaranteed, then Melexis further undertakes to protect any good faith Reporter from Reprisals.

A Protected Person who believes (s)he is being subjected to Reprisal, may:

• submit a reasoned complaint via the Speak Up Tool upon which the Confidential Advisor will investigate and take appropriate action on the complaint;
• submit a reasoned complaint to the relevant national instance (see title “External Reporting” for contact details), who will follow the extrajudicial protection procedure provided by the Act; or
• start legal proceedings.

Furthermore, provided that the Partner who Speaks Up has reasonable grounds to believe that the Report was necessary to reveal Misconduct:

• they will not be subject to any civil, criminal, or administrative legal action or disciplinary sanctions because of the Report;
• they will not be held liable for Reporting Concerns about any Misconduct in accordance this policy; and
• the Report will not be considered a violation of any legal or conventional limitation to the disclosure of information.

The Protected Persons are also entitled to impartial information and advice, technical, psychological, and other assistance, as well as in certain cases legal and financial assistance.

More information on and assistance relating to the protection and support measures can be obtained from the Federal Institute for the protection and promotion of Human Rights.

Website: https://federaalinstituutmensenrechten.be/nl
Address: Leuvenseweg 48, 1000 Brussel
E-mail address: info@firm-ifdh.be

Sanctions

Melexis does not tolerate any form of Reprisal against Partners for Speaking Up.

Partners who do not adhere to this policy and obstruct or try to obstruct anyone from Speaking Up, take Reprisal measures, institute unnecessary or abusive procedures against the Protected Persons or unlawfully disclose the identity of Protected Persons can be subjected criminal and civil proceedings.

Partners who deliberately Report false information can be held liable under civil or criminal law.

Intentionally false Reports will themselves be considered a violation of the Melexis Ethical Code of Conduct and dealt with accordingly.

Data protection

Submitting, handling and investigating Reports for the purpose of this Speak Up policy involves processing the personal data of those involved. Melexis (Rozendaalstraat 12, 8900 Ieper, Belgium) is the controller for the processing of the personal data that is exchanged for the purpose of this Speak Up policy.

The personal data involves the data mentioned under title “Information to be provided”. It concerns identification of the persons involved, such as the name and position of the Partner who Speaks Up, written Reports, records and voice recordings and the description of the facts, nature, period and proof of the Misconduct and other relevant facts. The personal data can also contain criminal convictions and offences.

Personal data that is exchanged for the purposes of receiving and following up on Reports and public disclosures of Misconduct in order to verify the accuracy of the allegations made and to follow-up on the Reported Misconduct if necessary, including through measures such as internal preliminary investigations, inquiries, complaints, recovery of funds, and alike proceedings with a view of legally protecting the interests of Melexis, its Colleagues or third parties, etc.).

The legal basis of personal data processing for the purpose of this Speak Up policy is based on:

• Melexis’ legal obligation: to provide appropriate internal Reporting procedures in light of the Act and Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who Report breaches of Union law;
• Melexis’ obligation to carry out and exercise specific rights of persons involved in the field of employment, social security, and social protection law: this is in line with the obligation set out in the Act;
• Explicit consent: the consent can be expressed by e.g. explicitly consenting to the recording of a voice by the Partner who Speaks Up. Persons have the right to always withdraw their consent for the future.

Melexis may forward personal data to processors (e.g. the provider of our Speak Up Tool), external advisers, auditors and investigators, competent authorities and supervisory bodies and insurers.

Personal data that is clearly irrelevant for the handling of a Report will not be collected or, if accidently collected, deleted immediately. If a Report appears to be unfounded, Melexis will delete the personal data within a reasonable period (e.g. taking into account potential sanction against the Partner who Speaks Up of a manifestly unfounded Report). If a Report appears to be founded, Melexis will retain the personal data for as long as necessary with a view to taking measures or imposing sanctions or with a view to its defence in court. The storage period will not exceed the expiry of the limitation period for the Reported Misconduct.

Persons whose data are processed for the purposes of Reporting a Misconduct are entitled to access their personal data. They may arrange for the personal data to be corrected, ask for it to be deleted, or limit its processing.

They can even oppose the processing of their personal data on the basis of justified mandatory grounds. They can request the portability of their personal data.

The exercise of the above rights may be subject to conditions. However, these rights do not imply any entitlement to access the personal data of other people.

People whose data is processed for the purposes of Reporting a Misconduct are also entitled to file a complaint with the supervisory authority (in Belgium: the Data Protection Authority (contact@apd-gba.be)).

This policy is governed by the applicable law of the relevant entities.

Definitions

• Act: relevant national act or law transposing Directive 2019/1937 of European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.
• Colleagues: present, future and former employees, freelancers, our shareholders, management contractors, volunteers, interim workers and paid or unpaid trainees.
• Concern(s) about any Misconduct: reasonably suspected Misconduct, including actual or potential Misconduct, which occurred or are very likely to occur, and any attempt to conceal such Misconduct in a work-related context
• Confidential Advisors: the impartial persons within Melexis designated to manage, coordinate (and investigate) any Report, being our Head of Legal and Internal Auditor.
• Misconduct: any act or omission that (i) violates the law in the areas defined hereafter, the Melexis values, the Ethical Code of Conduct or policies, all issues related to internal controls and audit matters or, (ii) that defeat the object or purpose of the rules under point (i).
• Other Protected Persons: any facilitators (employees, family members and/or persons supporting you when you Speak Up), connected third persons who could suffer Reprisal in a work-related context and legal entities owned by the Partner that Speaks Up.
• Partner: (employees of) present, future and former suppliers, customers, contractors, or any other natural person or entity which has dealings with Melexis and is not a Colleague.
• Partner who Speaks Up: Partner who Reports Concerns about any Misconduct.
• Person Concerned: the person to whom the Concerns about any Misconduct can be attributed or with whom that person is associated.
• Reprisal: any direct or indirect act or omission that is prompted by the Reporting or by public disclosure, and that causes or may cause unjustified detriment to the Partner who Speaks Up or Other Protected Persons (e.g. intimidation, harassment, etc.).
• Speak Up, or Report, to Report or Reporting: to communicate the Concerns about any Misconduct

* All members of the Legal Department have access to this mailbox
** Only the Head of Legal has access to this mailbox