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Belden Supplier Conduct Guide

The Belden Supplier Code of Conduct outlines ethical standards for Belden suppliers regarding labor, environment, and anti-corruption. Suppliers must comply with all applicable laws and allow Belden to verify compliance through audits or inspections. Non-compliance can result in termination of business relationships.

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Belden Supplier Conduct Guide

The Belden Supplier Code of Conduct outlines ethical standards for Belden suppliers regarding labor, environment, and anti-corruption. Suppliers must comply with all applicable laws and allow Belden to verify compliance through audits or inspections. Non-compliance can result in termination of business relationships.

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BELDEN SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT

I. OVERVIEW

The Belden Supplier Code of Conduct (the “Code”) helps to ensure that Belden Inc. and its affiliates and
subsidiaries (collectively, “Belden”) do business with reputable business associates committed to
Belden’s ethical standards and business practices. The Code applies to the people and companies
(“Suppliers”) that do business with Belden. Belden expects its Suppliers to act in a manner compatible
with standards that contribute to Belden’s outstanding reputation. Belden expects that its global Suppliers
conform to the following:

II. CODE OF CONDUCT

1. General Principle
Belden Suppliers must operate in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations of the countries
in which they operate, and also in compliance with this Code.

2. Child Labor
Suppliers shall comply with applicable local child labor laws and employ only workers who meet the
applicable minimum legal age requirement for their location. Suppliers shall not employ children
under the age of 15 or, in those countries subject to the developing country exception of the
International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138, to employ no workers under the age of 14.

3. Compensation and Working Hours


Suppliers shall comply with applicable wage and hour labor laws including those related to minimum
wages, overtime hours and legally mandated benefits.

4. Discrimination
Suppliers shall not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the workplace. Suppliers shall comply with
applicable local laws concerning discrimination in hiring and employment practices.

5. Environment
Suppliers shall consider the impact their operations have on the environment and reduce that impact
where practicable to protect the environment. Suppliers shall comply with applicable environmental
laws and regulations in the countries in which they operate.

6. Forced Labor
Suppliers shall not use forced or involuntary labor including, but not limited to, prison labor,
indentured labor, slave labor, human trafficking, or other forms of compulsory labor.

7. Freedom of Association
Suppliers shall recognize and respect rights of workers to join organizations of their own choosing or
to refrain from joining organizations. Suppliers shall respect the rights of workers to bargain
collectively through representatives of their own choosing where a union has been chosen in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

8. Gifts and Gratuities


Suppliers shall not offer, pay, or accept kickbacks, bribes or other improper payments or benefits
prohibited by law. Belden strictly prohibits Suppliers from offering to, or accepting from, Belden
representatives or associates any business gifts, hospitality, meals, entertainment or other favors
that do not satisfy any of the following requirements: 1) for a legitimate business purpose and
consistent with common courtesies usually associated with accepted business practices; 2)
nominally-valued; 3) not extravagant in nature; 4) infrequent; and 5) not intended to sway business
decisions. Cash gifts or gratuities, regardless of amount, are strictly prohibited. Any Supplier that
violates this policy risks immediate loss of all existing and future Belden business.

9. Health and Safety


Suppliers shall provide a reasonably safe working environment supportive of accident prevention and
minimizing exposure to health risks. Suppliers shall comply with all applicable safety and health laws
and regulations in the countries in which they operate.

10. Conflict Minerals


Suppliers shall source minerals, derivatives of minerals, and other raw materials in a manner that
respects human rights. Suppliers shall avoid directly or indirectly financing or benefiting armed groups
in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and/or its adjoining countries. Suppliers are required,
from time to time, to certify that all materials and products supplied to Belden either: i) do not contain
tantalum, tin, tungsten or gold; or ii) if they do contain those elements, Suppliers shall cooperate with
Belden in determining the country of origin and the source (including the applicable smelter) and
chain of custody of those elements.

11. Prohibition of Corruption and Bribery


Suppliers shall tolerate no form of and not engage in any form of corruption or bribery, including any
payment or other form of benefit conferred on any government official for the purpose of influencing
decision making in violation of law.

III. COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION

Belden may from time to time request information or access for purposes of verifying compliance by
Supplier. In the event Belden provides such a request and is not reasonably satisfied with the Supplier’s
response, Belden may, in its sole discretion, decline to make further purchases under any agreement
between Belden and Supplier.

IV. APPLICATION TO SUBCONTRACTORS

Supplier shall cause its subcontractors to comply with the provisions of this Code as if it were Supplier
itself.

V. EVENT OF VIOLATION

Suppliers shall take necessary corrective actions to promptly remedy identified noncompliance with this
Code. Belden reserves the right to take any action it deems appropriate, which may include termination of
its business relationship, with any Supplier who is unwilling or unable to comply with this Code.

VI. NON COMPLIANCE REPORTING

Violations of the Belden Supplier Code of Conduct may be confidentially reported, including anonymously,
through the Belden Compliance Team (consisting of the Legal Department and the Internal Audit
Department), at 1-800-461-9330 (USA and Canada), or online at [Link]/ethics (This web site
contains local dialing numbers for jurisdictions outside of the USA and Canada).
DECLARATION OF THE SUPPLIER

To: Belden Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries

We hereby declare the following:

1. We have received a copy of the “Belden Supplier Code of Conduct” (hereinafter “Code of
Conduct”) and hereby commit ourselves, in addition to our commitments set out in agreements
with Belden, to comply with its principles and requirements.

2. We will provide Belden upon request with a written self-assessment as required by Belden within
a reasonable time after such request.

3. We agree that Belden or a third-party appointed by Belden, may carry out reasonable
unannounced inspections, or audits, on our premises to verify our compliance with the Code of
Conduct.

4. We confirm that we will forward the contents of this Code of Conduct to our suppliers to ensure
they meet and comply with the principles and requirements of this Code of Conduct.

5. We agree that this declaration will be subject to the substantive law which is set out in
agreements concluded between Belden and us and that, in the event no such agreement is yet
established, such will be subject to the substantive law of the State of Delaware without regard to
any of its conflict of law rules.

_______________________________
Signature

_______________________________ _______________________________
Printed Name/Title Date

_______________________________ _______________________________
Supplier Name Company Seal

This document must be signed by an authorized representative of the company and returned to Belden
within 7 business days of receipt.

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