Company: CRUS
Filing Date: 2025-06-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000772406-25-000019
Chunk: 20

Company: CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-06-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 20
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 updates on AI-related developments to ensure alignment with our broader corporate strategy.

To further strengthen our governance, the Company has established an AI Technology Usage Policy that addresses risks related to confidentiality, data privacy, and intellectual property, including the trustworthiness and reliability of AI tools and compliance with applicable laws. The Company has also formed a cross-functional AI Steering Committee, currently comprised of representatives from Information Technology, Information Security, Legal, Engineering, and Operations. The AI Steering Committee evaluates the potential deployment of AI solutions, oversees the use of AI tools in internal operations, provides implementation guidance, and establishes controls to mitigate potential risks.

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#### Board and Committee Evaluations
Each year, the Board conducts a self-evaluation of the Board, its committees, and the individual directors, overseen by the Governance and Nominating Committee. The evaluation solicits the opinions of the directors regarding the effectiveness of the Board and its committees in fulfilling their obligations. The Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee reviews the results of the evaluation with the Board, and the results of the evaluations are also considered by the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Board as part of the director nomination process.

#### Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Our Company is committed to creating a responsible and sustainable business environment that drives value for our key stakeholders including employees, investors, customers, suppliers, and our global communities. Responsibility for ESG oversight belongs to the Board with delegation to the Audit, Compensation, and Governance and Nominating Committees within

their respective areas of expertise pursuant to their charters.

The Company recognizes the importance of embedding sustainable policies and practices across our business and strives to ensure our products are produced and manufactured in a sustainable and responsible manner. We adhere to core principles of human rights by complying with applicable international standards and by establishing a safe and healthy working environment. As an Affiliate Member, we are committed to adopting the approach of the Responsible Business Alliance (“RBA”), a non-profit organization that sets the standards for supply chain compliance issues related to labor, health and safety, the environment, ethics, and management systems. For example, all of our primary suppliers must acknowledge their obligations to comply with our Supplier Code of Conduct, which was developed using inputs from both the RBA Code of Conduct and additional customer requirements. In addition to complying with our Supplier Code of Conduct, our primary foundries and assembly and test suppliers maintain ISO 14001 environmental management system certificates, which demonstrates their commitment to high environmental standards and responsible management of environmental impacts. Additionally, we ourselves have