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ANNUALREPORT2021

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auditedfinancialstatementstheretopursuanttoarticle2:361oftheDutchCivilCode.Theofficialannualfinancial

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MANAGEMENTREPORT

Themanagementreport(‘bestuursverslag’)withinthemeaningofsection2:391oftheDutchCivilCodecomprises

oftheChaptersBusinessEnvironmentuptoandincludingGovernance(excludingtheReportoftheSupervisory

BoardandtheRemunerationReport),section4.1oftheChapterFinancialInformation2021,andsection5.3ofthe

ChapterNon-FinancialInformation.

FORWARD-LOOKINGSTATEMENTS

Someofthestatementscontainedinthisreportthatarenothistoricalfactsarestatementsoffutureexpectations

andotherforward-lookingstatementsbasedonmanagement’scurrentviewsandassumptionsandinvolveknown

andunknownrisksanduncertaintiesthatcouldcauseactualresults,performance,oreventstodiffermateriallyfrom

thoseinsuchstatements.Thesestatementsmaybeidentifiedbywordssuchas‘expect’,‘should’,‘could’,‘shall’

andsimilarexpressions.Suchforward-lookingstatementsaresubjecttovariousrisksanduncertainties.Theprincipal

riskswhichcould