Worldline - 2019 Universal Registration Document

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FINANCIALS Consolidated financial statements

Appendices to the consolidated financial statements E.5.7

General information E.5.7.1 Worldline SA, the Worldline Group’s parent company, is a public limited company under French law whose registered office is located at 80, Quai Voltaire, 95870 Bezons, France. The Company is registered with the Registry of Commerce and Companies of Pontoise under the reference 378,901,946 RCS Pontoise. Worldline SA shares are traded on the Euronext Paris market under ISIN code FR0011981968. The shares are not listed on any other stock exchange and Worldline SA is the only listed company in the Group. The Company is administrated by a Board of Directors. Worldline is a European leader and a global market player in the electronic payment and transactional services sector. Worldline activities are organized around three Business Lines: Merchant Services, Financial Services and Mobility & e-Transactional Services. These consolidated financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on February 18, 2020. The consolidated financial statements will then be submitted to the approval of the 2020 Annual General Meeting. Basis of preparation of consolidated financial statements Pursuant to European Regulation No. 1606/2002 of July 19, 2002, the consolidated financial statements for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 have been prepared in accordance with the applicable international accounting standards, as endorsed by the European Union as at December 31, 2019. The international standards comprise the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the International Accounting Standards (IAS), the interpretations of the Standing Interpretations Committee (SIC) and the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC). Accounting policies applied by the Group comply with those standards and interpretations. As of December 31, 2019, the accounting standards and interpretations endorsed by the European Union are similar to the compulsory standards and interpretations published by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Consequently, the Group’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with the IFRS standards and interpretations, as published by the IASB. Except the impacts of IFRS 16 whose implementation is separately disclosed, the other new standards, interpretations or amendments whose application was mandatory for the Group effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019 had no material impact on the consolidated financial statements: IFRIC 23 – Uncertainty over income tax treatment; ● Amendments to IFRS 9 – Prepayment Features with ● Negative Compensation; Amendments to IAS 28 – Long-term Interests in Associates ● and Joint Ventures; Accounting rules and policies E.5.7.2

Amendments to IAS 19 – Plan Amendment, Curtailment or ● Settlement; Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards 2015–2017. ● This is the first set of Group’s consolidated financial statements where IFRS 16 has been applied. Changes in accounting policies Except for new standards and amendments effective for the periods beginning as of January 1, 2019, the accounting policies applied in these consolidated financial statements are the same as those applied in the Group’s consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Company has implemented the new standard IFRS 16 “Leases” and the new interpretation IFRIC 23 “Uncertainty over Income tax treatment” on January 1, 2019. As a result, the Company has changed its accounting policy for leases accounting and for the classification of certain liabilities linked to uncertainties over income tax. IFRS 16 IFRS 16, Leases, introduces a single on-balance sheet lease accounting model for lessees requiring them to recognize a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset and a lease liability representing its obligation to make future lease payments. IFRS 16, Leases, replaces existing IAS 17, Leases, IFRIC 4 Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease, SIC 15 Operating Leases-Incentives and SIC-27 Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal Form of a Lease. The Group applied IFRS 16 as of January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach under which the comparative period is not restated. Instead, the cumulative impact of the application of the new standard is recognized in retained earnings at the transition date. Impact on equity is nil as of January 1, 2019. The Group also used the below simplification & exemptions for the application of IFRS 16: The Group applied the practical expedient to grandfather ● the definition of a lease on transition. This means that as of January 1, 2019, the Group applied IFRS 16 to all existing contracts entered before this date and identified as leases in accordance with IAS 17 and IFRIC 4. For contracts entered into after January 1, 2019, the Group assesses whether a contract is or contains a lease based on the new definition of a lease. Under IFRS 16, a contract is, or contains, a lease if the contract conveys a right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration; The Group also applied exemptions allowed by IFRS 16.5 to ● not recognize short term leases (less than 12 months) and leases for which the underlying asset is of a low value. Payments under such contracts are registered in the profit and loss statement, on a straight-line basis, over the duration of the contract.

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