Procedure whistleblower channels
Table of content
1234Aim / objective
Scope
Who are covered?
How can reports be made?
4.1 What channels can be used?

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How to report an incident

How do we treat whistleblower reports?
No Retaliation
Confidentiality
Anonymous reports
Data protection
Related documents
Abbreviations & Acronyms

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1 Aim / objective
Barco is committed to ensuring corporate compliance and promoting ethical corporate
culture by observing the highest standards of fair dealing, honesty and integrity in ourbusiness activities. A crucially important element of this is the commitment to an open
culture where people feel secure in seeking advice and raising concerns.
Barco encourages you to speak up when you know or suspect that there has been abreach of applicable laws or regulations, the Code of Ethics or company policies.
Your primary contact for ethical guidance or reporting a (suspected) violation is yourmanager. If you do not feel comfortable talking to your manager, you can reach out
to your HR business partner, your local legal & compliance responsible, or any of thelegal counsels.
Moreover, Barco has created an Ethics Committee to which you can reach out via email(ethics@barco.com) if you feel insufficient attention or response is given to an issue
you raised.
Finally, pursuant to the EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive, in order to enable you
to report your concerns through a safe and reliable means, Barco has implemented
this procedure for the receipt, retention, and treatment of whistleblower reports.
You can submit whistleblower reports anonymously (meaning that the identity of thereporter will not be known by anyone) and/or confidentially (meaning that theidentities disclosed and the reports received will only be known by a limited number ofpeople – these who have a need to know for the investigation or remedial actions) as
further outlined below.
Individuals who make reports will be free from any retaliation for making the report.

2 ScopeThis procedure applies to any person who uses the whistleblower channels describedherein this procedure.
This procedure shall not affect employees’ rights to consult their representatives ortrade unions and on protection against any unjustified detrimental measure promptedby such consultations.

3 Who are covered?
This procedure is intended to apply to the following persons:• Current and former employees;• Contractors;• Shareholders, directors (including non-executive directors);• Suppliers and contractors (including sub-contractors and employees ofcontractors);• Consultants;• Applicants;

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Paid and unpaid trainees;
Volunteers; andFacilitators.

4 How can reports be made?
4.1 What channels can be used?
At Barco, we’re dedicated to creating an ethical and engaged culture. We encourage
you to reach out to us.
Our Ethics Helpline makes it easy for you to speak up anonymously and securely whenyou experience issues inside the workplace or have concerns. This tool provides easy
options for you to reach out:•••

Go to ethics.barco.com to submit your concern online.
Call free of charge to speak to a representative. The call center supports multiple
languages and dialing instructions can be found by going to the ethics.barco.com
and selecting your country.
Request a face-to-face meeting by sending an email to ethics@barco.com.

Your report will be forwarded instantly for review and follow-up by the compliancefunction. After submission, you will receive an access code so you can track the status
and send and receive messages anonymously about your report at ethics.barco.com.
Any information you provide is stored confidential and securely.

4.2 How to report an incident
You can report an incident by accessing ethics.barco.com and then clicking ‘Get
Started’. This immediately brings you to the form itself. You can change the languageof the form at the top of the page, in the right corner. This gives you the option to filea report in your own language.

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As a first step, you will be asked to choose an issue type to categorize the incident you
are reporting.

Secondly you must give a description of what happened exactly and who was involved.

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Next, you will have to include more details about where and when it happened. Aspecific Barco location can be chosen. You can give a specific date or a general timeframe of when the incident occurred. After that, you will have the option to provide
pictures or file, which is not mandatory.

Lastly, when submitting a report, you may provide some information about yourself oryou submit a report anonymously.

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5 How do we treat whistleblower reports?
All reports will be taken into consideration and will be diligently and thoroughly
investigated by the compliance function. You will receive a confirmation of receipt ofyour report within 7 days. Within 3 months after the confirmation of receipt, you will
receive feedback on your report.
Following the investigation of a report, Barco may take certain actions depending on
the nature and gravity of the conduct or circumstances reported. If misconduct has
been confirmed through an investigation, Barco will take prompt and appropriate
remedial action proportionate to the seriousness of the misconduct, in accordance with
its established procedures and practices. Reasonable and necessary steps will also betaken to prevent any further occurrence of misconduct.

6 No Retaliation
Reporting persons are protected against Retaliation, including threats of Retaliation
and attempts of Retaliation including in particular in the form of (not limited to):a) Suspension, lay-off, dismissal or equivalent measures;b) Demotion or withholding promotion;c) Transfer of duties, change of location of place of work, reduction in wages,change in working hours;d) Withholding of training;e) A negative performance assessment or employee reference; orf) Any other form of adverse employment action, suspension, discipline, threats,intimidation, or harassment.
The measures for the protection of reporting persons shall also apply, where relevantto:a) Facilitators;b) Third persons who are connected with the reporting persons and who could
suffer retaliation in a work-related context, such as colleagues or relatives of
the reporting persons; andc) Legal entities that the reporting persons own, work for or are otherwise
connected with in a work-related context.
Persons who reported or publicly disclosed information on breaches anonymously, but
who are subsequently identified and suffer Retaliation, shall nonetheless qualify forprotection, provided that they meet the conditions laid down in the law or regulation.
Retaliation is reportable under this procedure itself, which will result in disciplinary
action, up to and including termination of employment. If you have been subject toany conduct that you believe constitutes Retaliation, please immediately report thealleged Retaliation following the guidance of this procedure.

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This procedure does not excuse colleagues from the consequences of their own
misconduct. For example, a colleague who makes a whistleblower report could still
face disciplinary action for unrelated misconduct.

7 Confidentiality
Barco shall ensure that the confidentiality of the identity of the reporting person andany third party mentioned in the report is protected, and prevents access thereto by
non-authorized staff members.
Barco shall only disclose the identity of the reporter with the free and express consentof the reporter to anyone other than the authorized staff members responsible forreceiving or following up reports.
Notwithstanding the aforementioned, the identity of the reporting person and anyother information from which the identity of the reporting person can be directly or
indirectly deduced may only be disclosed if it is a necessary and proportionate
obligation under special legislation in the context of investigations by nationalauthorities or legal proceedings. Reporters will be notified before their identity isdisclosed, unless such information would jeopardize related investigations or legalproceedings.

8 Anonymous reports
When using one of the reporting channels described in this procedure, you areencouraged to identify yourself. However, anonymous reports can be made subject toapplicable laws and regulations.
Making a report anonymously may affect our ability to investigate the matter or offer
protection to the whistleblower. Anonymous whistleblowers are particularly
encouraged to provide as much concrete information and evidence as possible.

9 Data protection
Personal data that is clearly not relevant to the handling of a specific report will not becollected, or if collected unintentionally, will be immediately erased.
The name, position and contact details of both the reporter and each person to whom
the protection and support measures extend, as well as the data subject, are retained
until the reported breach is time-barred.

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10 Related documents
Code of Ethics
EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive“Belgische wet van 28 november 2022 betreffende de bescherming van melders
van inbreuken op het Unie- of nationale recht vastgesteld binnen een juridische
enitieti in de private sector”
The National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC) approved, on July 12, 2023
“Whistleblowing guidelines on the procedures for the submission andmanagement of external reports, pursuant to Article 10 of Legislative Decree No.
24 of 10 March 2023 Implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive”

11 Abbreviations & Acronyms
ANAC
Facilitator
Retaliation

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The Italian National Anti-corruption Authority;means a natural person who assists a reporting person in
the reporting process in a work-related context, and whose
assistance should be confidential;means any direct or indirect act or omission which occurs ina work-related context, is prompted by internal or externalreporting or by public disclosure, and which causes or may
cause unjustified detriment to the reporting person;

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12 Annex A – External reporting channel – for Italy onlyThis Annex A applies to all employees working at Barco S.r.l. with registered office at
Via Lorenteggio 270°, 20152 Milan, Italy and FIMI S.r.l. with registered office at Via
Vittor Pisani n.6, 20124 Milano, Italy
Besides reporting an incident via our Ethics Helpline, you also have to possibility toreport an incident via the external reporting channel established by the ANAC andaccessible on their website (https://www.anticorruzione.it/). This external reportchannel can only be used if:
1. the Ethics Helpline is not active;
2. you have already made a report to the Ethics Helpline and it has not been followedup;
3. you have reasonable grounds to believe that, if you made an internal report throughthe Ethics Helpline, it would not be followed up or the report could lead to the riskof retaliation;
4. you have reasonable grounds to believe that the violation to be reported may
constitute an imminent or obvious danger to the public interest.
You can report an incident relating to the following violations via the ANAC reporting
channel:
1. offenses that fall within the scope of application of the European Union or nationalacts relating to the following sectors: public procurement; financial services,
products and markets and prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing;product safety and compliance; transport safety; environmental protection;
radiation protection and nuclear safety; food safety and animal health and welfare;public health; consumer protection; protection of privacy and protection of personal
data and security of networks and information systems;
2. acts or omissions detrimental to the financial interests of the European Union;
3. acts or omissions relating to the internal market, including infringements of theEuropean Union competition and state aid rules, as well as infringements relating
to the internal market linked to acts infringing corporate tax rules or mechanisms
the purpose of which is to obtain a tax advantage which defeats the object orpurpose of the applicable corporate tax legislation;
4. acts or behaviors that nullify the object or purpose of the provisions of the European
Union acts in the sectors indicated in the previous numbers.
To use this external reporting channel or to resort to public disclosure, please refer tothe guidelines and the official ANAC website.

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