Audit Report / Information • Apr 3, 2025
Audit Report / Information
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To the Shareholders of Datalogic S.p.A.
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Datalogic S.p.A. and its subsidiaries ("Datalogic Group" or the "Group"), which comprise the consolidated statement of financial position as at December 31, 2024, and the consolidated income statement, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and the explanatory notes to the consolidated financial statements, including material accounting policy information.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of the Group as at December 31, 2024, and of its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and adopted by the European Union and the requirements of national regulations issued pursuant to art. 9 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 38/05.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISA Italia). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of Datalogic S.p.A. (the "Company") in accordance with the ethical requirements applicable under Italian law to the audit of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
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| Estimate of revenue adjustments for discounts and returns | ||
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| Description of the key audit matter |
Datalogic Group grants to its customers commercial discounts and accepts returns from them, in accordance with the existing contractual agreements; these adjustments are accounted for against revenues. |
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| The processes and methodologies to evaluate and determine the estimated portion of discounts to be granted and returns to be received after year-end are based on the terms agreed with the customers as well as on accounting and operating data both prepared internally by Group companies and received by the sales network. |
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| Since the computation of the above adjustments to revenues requires significant judgments by the Management with reference to the estimate of their amounts, we considered the accounting of these adjustments as a key audit matter of the Group's consolidated financial statements. |
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| The disclosures related to this matter are included in the note "10) Use of estimates and assumptions", in the note "7) Trade and other receivables" and in the note "5) Accounting policies and standards applied" at the paragraph "Revenues recognition". |
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| Audit procedures performed |
With reference to the identified key audit matter, we performed the following audit procedures: |
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| • identification and understanding of key controls implemented by Management over the computation of the above adjustments to revenue and test of the related operating effectiveness; |
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| • analysis of the reasonableness of Managements' main assumptions used to estimate the adjustments to revenues; |
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| • performance of analytical and substantive procedures in order to verify the accuracy and completeness of the data used by Management; |
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| • analysis of the main sales agreements in place, in order to ascertain that the relevant terms and clauses have been taken into account by Management in determining the adjustments to revenues; |
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| • performance of analytical review procedures comparing historical data related to actual returns and discounts and the estimates made by Management. |

| Description of the key audit matter |
Datalogic Group accounted for a goodwill of Euro 192 million allocated to the Datalogic Business cash generating unit ("CGU") deriving mainly from acquisitions made in prior years in the US market. |
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| As provided by "IAS 36 Impairment of assets", goodwill is not amortised but subjected to an impairment test at least once a year, by comparing the recoverable amount of each CGU – determined in the specific case in accordance with the value in use methodology - and the carrying amount, which includes both the goodwill and the other assets allocated to the CGU. |
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| The estimate process of the value in use adopted by Management is complex and is based on assumptions related, among others, to the forecast of the expected cash flows of the CGU, the determination of an appropriate discount rate (WACC) and of a long-term growth rate (g rate). These assumptions are, by nature, influenced by future expectations regarding the evolution of external market conditions linked to the propensity to invest in the Group's products. |
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| Considering the size of the goodwill allocated to the Datalogic Business CGU and the subjectivity of the assumptions underlying the estimate of the recoverable value of the CGU, we considered the impairment test of the aforementioned CGU a key audit matter of the consolidated financial statements of Datalogic Group. |
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| Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements discloses information regarding the goodwill which have been accounted for and some indications related to the "sensitivity analysis" carried out with respect to the changes in the key variables used for the purposes of the impairment test. |
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| Audit procedures performed |
With reference to the key audit matter identified, after having examinated the methods used by Management to determine the value in use of the Datalogic Business CGU, analyzing the methods and the assumptions used by Management to perform the impairment test, we carried out the following main audit procedures, also with the support of experts: |
| • identification and understanding of the relevant controls implemented by Datalogic Group over the impairment test process; |
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| • analysis of the reasonableness of the main assumptions used to forecast the expected cash flows, even with the recourse to data analysis on the expected revenue growth in the relevant industry |

and by obtaining other information from Management that we deemed to be relevant;
We have also examined the adequacy and the compliance of the disclosures provided by the Group on the impairment test with respect to the requirements of IAS 36
The Directors are responsible for the preparation of consolidated financial statements that give a true and fair view in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and adopted by the European Union and the requirements of national regulations issued pursuant to art. 9 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 38/05, and, within the terms established by law, for such internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Directors are responsible for assessing the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless they have identified the existence of the conditions for the liquidation of the Company or the termination of the business or have no realistic alternatives to such choices.
The Board of Statutory Auditors is responsible for overseeing, within the terms established by law, the Group's financial reporting process.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISA Italia) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISA Italia), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
We communicate with those charged with governance, identified at an appropriate level as required by ISA Italia, regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit

and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence applicable in Italy, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, actions taken to eliminate threats or safeguards applied. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors' report.
The Shareholders' Meeting of Datalogic S.p.A. has appointed us on April 30, 2019 as auditors of the Company for the years from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2027.
We declare that we have not provided prohibited non-audit services referred to in art. 5 (1) of EU Regulation 537/2014 and that we have remained independent of the Company in conducting the audit.
We confirm that the opinion on the financial statements expressed in this report is consistent with the additional report to the Board of Statutory Auditors, in its role of Audit Committee, referred to in art. 11 of the said Regulation.
The Directors of Abc S.p.A. are responsible for the application of the provisions of the European Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 with regard to the regulatory technical standards on the specification of the single electronic reporting format (ESEF – European Single Electronic Format) (hereinafter referred to as the "Delegated Regulation") to the consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2024, to be included in the annual financial report.
We have carried out the procedures set forth in the Auditing Standard (SA Italia) n. 700B in order to express an opinion on the compliance of the consolidated financial statements with the provisions of the Delegated Regulation.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2024 have been prepared in XHTML format and have been marked up, in all material respects, in accordance with the provisions of the Delegated Regulation.
Due to certain technical limitations, some information contained in the explanatory notes to the consolidated financial statements, when extracted from XHTML format in an XBRL instance, may not be reproduced in the same way as the corresponding information displayed in the consolidated financial statements in XHTML format.

Opinions and statement pursuant to art. 14 paragraph 2, sub-paragraphs e), e-bis) and e-ter) of Legislative Decree 39/10 [and pursuant to art. 123-bis, paragraph 4, of Legislative Decree 58/98]
The Directors of Datalogic S.p.A. are responsible for the preparation of the report on operations and the report on corporate governance and the ownership structure of Datalogic Group as at December 31, 2024, including their consistency with the related consolidated financial statements and their compliance with the law.
We have carried out the procedures set forth in the Auditing Standard (SA Italia) n. 720B in order to:
In our opinion, the report on operations and the specific information contained in the report on corporate governance and the ownership structure are consistent with the consolidated financial statements of Datalogic Group as at December 31, 2024.
In addition, in our opinion, the report on operations, excluding the section related to the consolidated corporate sustainability reporting, and the specific information contained in the report on corporate governance and ownership structure set forth in art. 123-bis, n. 4 of Legislative Decree 58/98 are prepared in accordance with the law.
With reference to the statement referred to in art. 14, paragraph 2, sub-paragraph e-ter), of Legislative Decree 39/10, made on the basis of the knowledge and understanding of the entity and of the related context acquired during the audit, we have nothing to report.

Our opinion on the compliance with the law does not extend to the section related to the consolidated corporate sustainability reporting. The conclusions on the compliance of that section with the law governing criteria of preparation and with the disclosure requirements outlined in art. 8 of the EU Regulation 2020/852 are expressed by us in the assurance report pursuant to art. 14-bis of Legislative Decree 39/10.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE S.p.A.
Signed by Alberto Guerzoni Partner
Bologna, Italy March 27, 2025
As disclosed by the Directors on page 2, the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Datalogic S.p.A. constitute a non-official version which has not been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815. This independent auditor's report has been translated into the English language solely for the convenience of international readers. Accordingly, only the original text in Italian language is authoritative.
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