8.4.2 Statutory auditors’ report on the reduction of capital
Annual General Meeting of May 11, 2022 (Fifteen resolution)
This is a translation into English of a report issued in French and it is provided solely for the convenience of English-speaking users. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional standards applicable in France.
To the Annual General Meeting of Edenred,
In our capacity as statutory auditors of your Company and in compliance with Article L. 22-10-62 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce) in respect of the reduction in capital by the cancellation of repurchased shares, we hereby present on our assessment of the terms and conditions for the proposed reduction in capital.
Your Board of Directors requests that it be authorised, for a period of twenty-six months, to proceed with the cancellation of shares the Company was authorised to repurchase, representing an amount not exceeding 10% of its total share capital, by periods of twenty-four months in compliance with the article mentioned above.
We have performed those procedures which we considered necessary regarding accordance with the professional guidance issued by the French Institute of Statutory Auditors (Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes) for this type of engagement. These procedures consisted in verifying that the terms and conditions for the proposed reduction in capital, which should not compromise equality among the shareholders, are fair.
We have no matters to report as to the terms and conditions of the proposed reduction in capital.
Paris-La Défense, March 18, 2022
The Statutory Auditors
French original signed by
DELOITTE & ASSOCIES
Patrick E. Suissa
ERNST & YOUNG Audit
Pierre Jouanne