Worldline - 2020 Universal Registration Document

EXTRA-FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF PERFORMANCE Integrating sustainability into Worldline’s business

Disclose our CSR performance through an extra-financial reporting D.1.3.4 with highest standards [GRI 102-46] and [GRI 102-47]

Making extra-financial information D.1.3.4.1 accessible and transparent through reports that align with the GRI Standards [GRI 102-12] [GRI 102-46] [GRI 102-54] and [GRI 103-3 Worldline Specific Disclosure] [GRI 103-3 Indirect Economic Impacts] [GRI 103-3 Economic Performance] This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Comprehensive option since 2016. Their approach was also developed in accordance with the principles of the AA1000 AP standard (refer to Section D.1.1.3). The Group releases two annual reports published on Worldline website free to access and give access to Ingenico’s extra-financial performance declaration. The Universal Registration Document (URD) focusing on ● Worldline’s perimeter that includes the whole set of key performance indicators and the results of the materiality assessment, in line with Worldline’s financial statements. The document is intended for the investor community. it complies with the French Grenelle II law, the Sapin II law, the Duty of Vigilance law, the Energy Transition for Green Growth law and the French transposition of the European Directive 2014/95/EU on the declaration of extra-financial performance; The integrated report that includes the main financial and ● extra-financial KPIs and highlights the Company’s key topics of the year, as well as its strategy for the years to come and how it will meet all its stakeholders’ expectations. An appendix of this report, available on the website of the Company, discloses a content index table matching the GRI standards with the different Information reported in the URD and in the integrated report. This table also matches the GRI standards with Worldline’s commitment to SDGs. KPI monitoring and the reporting methodology are presented in Section D.6. In 2020, the Ingenico’s extra-financial performance declaration will be published separately. A consolidated version will be published in 2021.

Complying with the European Directive D.1.3.4.2 2014/95/EU on the declaration of extra-financial performance [GRI 103-3 Market Presence] [GRI 103-3 Indirect Economic Impacts] [GRI 103-3 Sector Specific Disclosure] [GRI 103-3 Economic Performance] EU Directive 2014/95/EU amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups Text with EEA relevance also called the non-financial reporting directive (NFRD) has been transposed into French national legislation in 2017 through three different instruments: (i) Article 216 of Law No. 2017-86 of January 27, 2017 relating to equality and citizenship; (ii) Ordinance No. 2017-1180 of July 19, 2017 on the publication of non-financial information by certain large companies and certain groups of companies; (iii) Decree n ° 2017-1265 of August 9, 2017 issued for the application of ordinance n ° 2017-1180 of July 19, 2017 relating to the publication of non-financial information by certain large companies and certain groups of companies. This legal landscape enabled the establishment of a new framework for the disclosure of non-financial information by large companies. Such directive modifies the applicable rules regarding the publication requirements for Corporate Social Responsibility related information. This regulation covers and replaces other laws on this topic, and is intended to become a strategic management tool for the Company, concise and intelligible, as well as focused on significant information for all the relevant stakeholders. This new reporting directive aims at improving the relevance, consistency and comparison of extra-financial information published in Europe and introduces a more global and material vision of extra-financial reporting. Together with the UN SDGs and with the PACTE law in France, this new regulation spurs companies to think about their activity with regard to their contribution and impact on society through an integrated thinking and to serve the ambition of a more sustainable development, taking into account all stakeholders’ interest. Presented hereafter is the cross-reference table to link the requirements of the Directive 2014/95/EU (article L. 225-102-1) and Worldline’s corresponding extra-financial information.

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