FLEX NAMED A 2025 WORLD'S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES® HONOREE FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

AUSTIN, Texas, March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX) announced today its recognition as one of the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. This marks the third consecutive year the company has been honored in the industrial manufacturing category for its commitment to ethics, compliance, and governance.

"Congratulations to Flex for achieving recognition as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies®. Behind this honor is a true dedication and a commitment to advancing business integrity. This approach is good for business – employees and other stakeholders value companies that prioritize the kinds of practices we measure with our process," said Erica Salmon Byrne, Ethisphere's Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair.

Currently in its 19th year, Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies® highlights the achievements of esteemed organizations across management, governance, impact, culture, and ethics and compliance areas. In 2025, Flex is one of 136 honorees that span 19 countries and 44 industries.

"We are incredibly proud to be a World's Most Ethical Companies® honoree once more," said Andy Powell, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Flex. "This recognition is a credit to our global workforce and reflects our shared commitment to ethical business practices and doing the right thing. We will continue our efforts to foster a culture of integrity and hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards for our customers, employees, and other stakeholders."

A critical part of Flex's robust ethics and compliance program is its integrated compliance scorecard, which empowers leaders to assess ongoing performance. The scorecard assesses risks, informs action plans, and helps identify trends while further embedding compliance throughout the company's global operations.

To view the full list of this year's honorees, see the World's Most Ethical Companies website at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.

Methodology & Scoring
The World's Most Ethical Companies assessment is grounded in Ethisphere's proprietary Ethics Quotient®, which requires companies to provide 240+ different proof points on practices that support robust ethics and compliance; governance; a culture of ethics; environmental and social impact; and initiatives that support a strong value chain. That data undergoes further qualitative analysis by our panel of experts who spend thousands of hours vetting and evaluating each year's group of applicants. This process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify best-in-class ethics and compliance practices from organizations across industries and from around the world.

About Flex
Flex (Reg. No. 199002645H) is the manufacturing partner of choice that helps a diverse customer base design and build products that improve the world. Through the collective strength of a global workforce across 30 countries and responsible, sustainable operations, Flex delivers technology innovation, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions to diverse industries and end markets.

About Ethisphere
Ethisphere is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that strengthen corporate brands, build trust in the marketplace, and deliver business success. Companies turn ethics, compliance, and culture into a business advantage by leveraging Ethisphere's data-driven program and culture assessments featuring the latest guidance and the practices of hundreds of global organizations across the 8 pillars of an ethical culture, and 240+ ethics, compliance, social, and governance data points delivered through a proprietary software platform. Ethisphere also honors superior integrity programs through World's Most Ethical Companies® recognition, brings together a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), and advances ethical business practices through the Global Ethics Summit, Ethisphere Magazine and the Ethicast podcast. For more information, visit https://ethisphere.com.

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