This is a free translation into English of the Statutory Auditors’ report issued in French and is provided solely for the convenience of English- speaking readers. This report includes information specifically required by European regulations or French law, such as information about the appointment of Statutory Auditors. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.
To the Chairwoman,
In our capacity as statutory auditors of your company and in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 supplemented by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/980, we hereby report to you on the pro forma financial information of Sodexo (the “Company”) for the year ended August 31, 2023 set out in section 4 of the universal registration document (document d’enregistrement universel) (the “Pro Forma Financial Information”).
The Pro Forma Financial Information has been prepared for the sole purpose of illustrating the impact that Pluxee spin-off through the distribution of this entity’s shares to Sodexo’s shareholders might have had on the consolidated balance sheet at August 31, 2023 and the consolidated income statement of the Company for the year ended August 31, 2023 had it taken place with effect from August 31, 2023 for the consolidated balance sheet and from September 1st, 2022 for the consolidated income statement. By its very nature, this information is based on a hypothetical situation and does not represent the financial position or performance that would have been reported, had the operation or event taken place at an earlier date than the actual or contemplated date.
It is your responsibility to prepare the Pro Forma Financial Information in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and ESMA’s guidelines on pro forma financial information.
It is our responsibility to express a conclusion, based on our work, in accordance with Annex 20, section 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/980, as to the proper compilation of the Pro Forma Financial Information on the basis stated.
We performed those procedures that we deemed necessary in accordance with the professional guidance of the French Institute of Statutory Auditors (“CNCC”) applicable to such engagement. These procedures, which did not include an audit or a review of the financial information used as a basis to prepare the Pro Forma Financial Information, mainly consisted in ensuring that the information used to prepare the Pro Forma Financial Information was consistent with the underlying financial information, as described in the notes to the Pro Forma Financial Information, reviewing the evidence supporting the pro forma adjustments and conducting interviews with the management of the Company to obtain the information and explanations that we deemed necessary.
In our opinion:
This report has been issued solely for the purposes of:
and cannot be used for any other purpose.
Paris-La Défense, November 3, 2023
The Statutory Auditors
(French original signed by)
KPMG S.A.
Caroline Bruno-Diaz
ERNST & YOUNG Audit
Aymeric de La Morandière
Soraya Ghannem