Dealing with external

CODE OF CONDUCT | 11 November 2021 4.1. Fair and respectful conduct We always treat customers, suppliers and authorities fairly and respectfully. 4.2. Fair competition We are committed to fair competition by adhering to competition law as well as the antitrust law. For our employees this means consultations/agreements with competitors, in particular as regards prices, capacities or submitting bogus bids at tenders are strictly forbidden. We expect our business partners to also ensure fair competition on their own respon - sibility. The services of our suppliers and transport partners are paid promptly and in line with the market in order to guarantee that their employees will be paid accordingly and conforming to the law. 4.3. Anti-corruption We want to acquire our customers and partners exclusively through the quality of our products and services. All employees are therefore strictly forbidden to promise or give monetary payments, inappropriate gifts, other advantages or preferential treatment to a third party in order to give preference to the WALTER GROUP anti-competitively. By third party we mean in particular suppliers, customers, authorities, lobbyists and private indivi- duals. Similarly employees are not permitted to gain advantages from their position in the company. Non-observance of this stipulation is considered to be a deliberate violation of company interests. 4. Dealing with external partners