The 2022 Annual Financial Statements of NORMA Group SE presented by the Management Board along with the Management Report and the respective Consolidated Financial Statements and Group Management Report were audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (PwC). The audit mandate for the 2022 financial statements was issued on January 19, 2023. In addition, as part of the audit, the auditor also had to assess whether the electronic reproductions of the financial statements and management reports (“ESEF documents”) prepared by the Management Board for disclosure purposes comply in all material respects with the requirements of Section 328 (1) of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch, HGB).

The auditors Stefan Hartwig and Jürgen Körbel attended three Audit Committee meetings and one Supervisory Board meeting on the respective agenda items relating to the audit of the financial statements and explained the audit.

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These contents are part of the Non-financial Group Report and were subject to a separate limited assurance examination.