Worldline - 2020 Universal Registration Document

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CAPITAL Corporate Governance

The annual statement on extra-financial performance; and ● The summary of ratings awarded to the Group by rating ● agencies and in extra financial analysis. Works in 2020 Three meetings – Attendance rate: 100%. The Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER) Committee reviewed in particular the following points: Overview and outlook of Worldline Corporate Social ● Responsibility; Review of the annual statement on extra financial ● performance included in this Universal Registration Document; As every year, applying the highest standards of corporate governance, a yearly assessment of the works of the Board of Directors was conducted in the fall 2020 by sending a detailed questionnaire to each Board member and to the Censor, with the possibility of individual interviews with key management officers. The review for the year 2020 has been performed under the supervision of the Lead Director and in collaboration with the Secretary of the Board with the possibility of individual or collective interviews. The assessment carried out in 2020 allowed to deepen the appreciation of the works achieved both within the Board and the Committees. The topics considered include in particular: The suitability of the composition of the Board and its ● Committees with respect, in particular to the age, gender, nationality, experience; The suitability of the agenda and information provided in ● that respect, as well as of the time devoted to specific subjects; The suitability of the means provided to the Committees to ● carry out their mission; The quality of the recommendations from the Committees; ● The quality of the minutes of meetings; ● The documents/information the Directors wish to be ● provided; The suitability of the information provided in particular with ● respect to diversity and non-discrimination; The actual contribution of the Directors to the works of the ● Board; The quality of the debates regarding the important topics; ● The improvements to be made. ● A customized questionnaire was distributed to the seven new Directors from the Board of Directors of Ingenico Group insofar as they joined the Company’s Board of Directors at the end of 2020, in particular in order to properly assess their integration and needs.

Reflection on Worldline’s Corporate Social Responsibility ● initiatives (TRUST 2020); Review of the climate strategy; ● Review of the performance and the strategy in terms of ● diversity; Sustainable offers and impact on the United Nations ● Sustainable Development Goals; Extra-financial rating and 2020-2021 action plan; ● Reflection on the new TRUST 2025 plan being developed ● to define the new plan for Worldline’s corporate responsibility initiatives; Reflection process on the Company’s ‘raison d’être’ ● proposed to the vote of the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting. The outcome was recorded in a detailed assessment report and the main conclusions were summarized by the Lead Director to the Board of Directors held on February 23, 2021 in the context of a devoted item on its agenda and allowing for a reflection on the points of improvement to retained. Generally speaking, the Directors gave a positive assessment of both the Board and Committees’ functioning and underlined the high quality of the documentation, debates and works in general. The Directors coming from Ingenico also emphasized the quality of the on-boarding process, both in terms of documentation handed-over and interactions with the Company’s management and other Board members. Overall, the situation is considered very satisfactory in 78% of cases ( vs. 73% last year) and in progress with still room for improvement in 20% in the remaining cases. More specifically, the following points emerged from the analysis: The Directors were fully satisfied with the diversity of the ● Board’s composition, with a proportion of independent members further strengthened and a diversity of skills enriched with expertise notably in the IT services, technology, media and telecom services sectors following the enlargement of the Board of Directors in the context of the acquisition of Ingenico; Directors confirmed that the material topics were ● adequately prepared and discussed; The high quality of the preparation of the works of the ● Board, the documentation and the presentations were highlighted; In terms of room for improvement, although some Directors ● believe that there is still room for further improvements in the timely distribution of documents, the efforts accomplished and pursued throughout this year were recognized despite the very dense corporate activity of the Group. While acknowledging that they regularly receive increasingly information about the Group’s development and its environment, some Directors expressed the wish to receive even more press reviews and information about competitive developments. The management has therefore put in place from the beginning of the year 2021 the communication to the Directors of additional elements, in

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