– Compensation report – Auditor’s report
We have audited the compensation report of Sulzer Ltd for the year ended December 31, 2021. The audit was limited to the information according to articles 14–16 of the Ordinance against Excessive compensation in Stock Exchange Listed Companies (Ordinance) contained in the sections “Compensation of the Executive Committee: overview” and “Compensation of the Board of Directors: overview”.
Responsibility of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and overall fair presentation of the compensation report in accordance with Swiss law and the Ordinance against Excessive compensation in Stock Exchange Listed Companies (Ordinance). The Board of Directors is also responsible for designing the remuneration system and defining individual remuneration packages.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the compensation report. We conducted our audit in accordance with Swiss Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the compensation report complies with Swiss law and articles 14–16 of the Ordinance.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence on the disclosures made in the compensation report with regard to compensation, loans and credits in accordance with articles 14–16 of the Ordinance. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatements in the compensation report, whether due to fraud or error. This audit also includes evaluating the reasonableness of the methods applied to value components of remuneration, as well as assessing the overall presentation of the compensation report.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the compensation report for the year ended December 31, 2021 of Sulzer Ltd complies with Swiss law and articles 14–16 of the Ordinance.
KPMG AG
Rolf Hauenstein
Licensed Audit Expert
Auditor in Charge
Simon Niklaus
Licensed Audit Expert
Zurich, February 17, 2022
KPMG AG, Badenerstrasse 172, CH-8036 Zurich
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