Worldline - 2020 Universal Registration Document

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CAPITAL Executive compensation and stock ownership

Components of compensation paid or awarded to Corporate G.3.2 Officers for 2020, submitted to a shareholder vote

Pursuant to Article L. 22-10-34 (formerly Article L. 225-100) of the French Commercial Code, the amounts and components presented below, resulting from the implementation of the compensation policies for Corporate Officers approved by the Annual General Meeting held on June 9, 2020, are subject to the approval of the 2021 Annual General Meeting. They form an integral part of the Board of Directors’ report on corporate governance. Components of compensation G.3.2.1 due or awarded to members of the Board of Directors for fiscal year 2020 [GRI 102-35] Compensation components In accordance with the resolution adopted at Worldline’s Annual General Meeting on June 9, 2020, the annual budget for Directors’ compensation was set at € 1,200,000. The Board of Directors sets the rules for allocating this amount among directors, on the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee. In addition, according to these rules, members of the Board who hold positions within the Atos group or Worldline Group did not receive any compensation in 2020 in their capacity as directors or censors of the Company. During its meeting held on February 18, 2020, the Board of Directors, on the Remuneration Committee’s recommendation, confirmed the award of compensation to the benefit of the directors and the Censor appointed upon proposal of SIX Group AG as well as to the benefit of Mr. Gilles Arditti who has exercised duties as Censor and Director in his own name in 2020 1 . Furthermore, on October 28, 2020, the date the Ingenico acquisition was completed, the Board noted the entry into office of new directors and the application to the latter of the compensation policy applicable to directors, as approved on June 9, 2020 by the shareholders. It is specified that Mr. Thierry Sommelet, Director appointed on proposal of Bpifrance, receives no compensation for his duties as Director. Due to Mr. Gilles Grapinet’s duties within the Worldline Group, he does not receive any compensation as a Company Director. Therefore, as confirmed by the Board of Directors, during its meeting held on February 23, 2021: for 2020, the total amount of the compensation for directors was allocated in accordance

with the 2020 compensation policy, on the basis of the following principles: For the Board of Directors: annual fixed compensation of ● € 20,000 per Director plus variable compensation of € 2,000 per meeting attended; For the Committees: compensation is solely based on ● attendance at meetings: € 3,500 per meeting attended for the Chairman of the Audit Committee; € 2,500 per meeting attended for the Chairman of the other Committees and € 1,000 per meeting attended for each member of the Committees; Successive meetings held on the same day account for ● one meeting as far as directors’ compensation is concerned; Censors are treated in the same way as directors; Censors are paid in the same way as Directors; ● The Director(s) representing employees do(es) not receive ● any compensation for their role as director. Directors’ compensation for the year ended December 31, 2020 is paid in 2021. For 2020, the amount of directors’ compensation due was € 714,667 composed of an amount of € 241,667 for the fixed portion, and € 473,000 for the variable portion. Therefore, the variable portion of the total directors’ compensation exceeds the fixed portion, which is in line with the AFEP-MEDEF Code. Structure of compensation The directors did not receive any variable linked to the Group’s performance nor any exceptional compensation. Compensation paid by a company in the scope of consolidation With the exception of (i) Mr. Gilles Grapinet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and (ii) the directors representing the employees (Ms. Marie-Christine Lebert and Mr. Arnaud Lucien), the members of the Board of Directors did not receive any other compensation from the Company or from any of its subsidiaries for their duties as Director or Censor of the Company. The Director(s) representing the employees receive(s) a salary from the Group company concerned under their employment contract, which is not related to the performance of their term of office as Director(s) of the Company.

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1 On March 16, 2020, Mr. Gilles Arditti resigned as Director; he was initially appointed upon Atos SE’s proposal. On March 19, 2020, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Gilles Arditti, acting in his own capacity as censor, duties that he had performed since October 28, 2020; Gilles Arditti was again appointed as Director on October 28, 2020.

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