Guide to Going Public

EY teams - with you all the way How EY teams will help at each stage of your IPO journey Systems ☐ Did you assess your IT effectiveness and process improvement? Did you consider separation issues, such as between the investor holding and the issuer? Is your risk management system IPO-ready to mitigate and prevent surprises? ☐ Are your compliance systems current and tested to prevent fraud and bribery? ☐ Are your entity-level controls, IT general controls and business process controls properly documented? Have you performed an evaluation on existing controls, weaknesses and ongoing testing of control effectiveness? ☐ Is an internal or external audit in place and performing as intended? Functions Have you organized the new IR function? Have you prepared the whistleblower program and hotline? ☐ Is the compliance function in place to meet regulation, such as ad hoc disclosure or insider trading? Is an IR strategy in place covering the initiatives, tasks, budget, KPIs, media plan, communication lines and policies? Have you reviewed current investor reporting with regard to meeting institutional investor demands? Are relevant departments trained on external reporting processes and IFRS for capital market communication? Has an internal and external IPO communications plan been set up? Are resources for corporate secretaries and legal personnel around corporate tasks in place? Leadership Did you review or consider how to prepare for incentive schemes of key people before the IPO? Have you recruited new hires with regards to board composition and the IR officer? ☐ Did you create or think about implementing a long-term employee incentive plan pre-IPO? Timing Has an IPO timeline been developed to track milestones? Have you prepared an IPO data room for due diligence purposes? ☐ Did you perform IPO or vendor due diligence (e.g., financial and taxes)? Are stock option plans supporting your company's goals and capital market eligibility? Did you train employees on capital market requirements? Is the HR department prepared for the new capital market status in employment contracts and compliance levels? Is an IPO project manager in place to provide strategic IPO advice? Is a Plan B in place and has multitracking been organized? ☐ Did you prepare the relevant content for the registration statement of specific exchange and regulator? Are relevant internal policies and manuals (such as code of conduct and ethics) in place? ☐ Have you implemented a board support function to manage corporate governance committees? ☐ Is a corporate communication and financial calendar in place and internally committed for day one? 17 | Guide to going public EY

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