E M P LOY E E CO D E O F CO N D U C T 4 PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTIES IN COMPANY-RELATED TRANSACTIONS • FAMILY MEMBERS: Members of your immediate family (your spouse, domestic partner, minor children) or, to your knowledge, your adult children, parents, or siblings are employed by Reliance, a customer, supplier, service provider, or competitor of Reliance. If you disclose this type of conflict of interest, you should also report any later change in the reported relationship that puts you in a greater position to influence or be influenced by your relative’s employment. • Arranging or facilitating any business transaction between any of your relatives and Reliance or between any of your relatives and any customer, supplier, service provider, or competitor of Reliance. GIFTS, FEES, OR OTHER PERSONAL BENEFITS • Accepting fees, commissions, or any other personal benefit (other than as permitted in the bullets below) from any person or business involved in any business with Reliance. • Accepting any of the following from a current or would-be customer, supplier, service provider, or competitor of Reliance: excessive entertainment, meals, gifts, discounts, services, transportation, or favors that: (i) obligate you or influence your decision-making in any way, regardless of value; or (ii) might create the appearance of undue influence, unfairness, or impropriety. • Offering or supplying entertainment, meals, transportation, gifts, or other favors to any person in a business relationship with Reliance, other than what is reasonable and appropriate for the individuals involved and the business at hand. • Soliciting or accepting money (or cash equivalents such as gift cards) for your personal benefit in any amount from a current or potential customer, supplier, service provider, or competitor of Reliance. • Accepting an offer to participate, through a special allocation of shares, or otherwise receiving terms or benefits not generally available to the public in an offering of securities of, or underwritten by, any current or prospective customer, supplier, service provider, or competitor of Reliance or a firm that provides or may provide investment banking, financial advisory, underwriting, or other similar services to Reliance or any other entity with which Reliance has a business relationship. EXAMPLE DISCLOSURE REQUIRED? I... These situations require disclosure. If an employee’s family member works for a Reliance customer, supplier, service provider or competitor, there is a risk that this relationship may affect the employee’s business judgment. The family member’s employment must be disclosed so that the facts can be analyzed to determine if a conflict exists. Disclosure of family members who work for Reliance allows the Company to ensure that no conflict of interest, such as directly supervising a family member, exists. ...have a family member who works for Reliance ...have a family member who works for a customer, supplier, service provider, or competitor of Reliance ...have a family member who owns real estate leased by Reliance