External Auditors

SSAB must have one or two external auditors, or one or two registered public accounting firms, under its Articles of Association. It was decided on the Annual General Meeting 2023 that Ernst & Young AB should be reelected auditor for the company until the Annual General Meeting in 2024. Rickard Andersson is the principal auditor.

The external audit of the financial statements of the parent company and those of the group, as well as management by the Board of Directors and the CEO, is conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing and Generally Accepted Auditing Practices in Sweden. The Company’s principal auditor attends all meetings of the Audit Committee. The auditor attends at least one Board meeting a year, goes through the audit for the year and discusses the audit with the directors without the CEO and other members of the Company’s management being present.

See Note 2 in Financial reports for information regarding the auditor’s fees.