Auditor’s limited assurance report of Sandvik AB (publ)'s statutory sustainability statement

To the general meeting of the shareholders of Sandvik AB (publ), corporate identity number 556000-3468

Conclusion

We have conducted a limited assurance engagement of the sustainability statement for Sandvik AB (publ) for the financial year 2025. The sustainability statement is included on page 51–111 in this document.

Based on our limited assurance engagement as described in the section Auditor’s responsibility, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the sustainability statement does not, in all material respects, meet the requirements of the Swedish Annual Accounts Act which includes,

• whether the sustainability statement meets the requirements of ESRS,

• whether the process the company has carried out to identify reported sustainability information has been conducted as described in IRO-1 of the sustainability statement,

• compliance with the reporting requirements of the EU’s Green Taxonomy Regulation Article 8.

Basis for conclusion

We have conducted the limited assurance engagement in accordance with FAR’s recommendation RevR 19 Revisorns översiktliga granskning av den lagstadgade hållbarhetsrapporten. Our responsibility according to this recommendation is further described in the section Auditor’s responsibility.

We believe that the evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our conclusion.

Other matter

The sustainability reporting for 2024 was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative and was subject to our review. Limited assurance of the comparative figures in the Sustainability Statement for 2025, in accordance with the current wording of the Annual Accounts Act after 1 July 2024, has therefore not been performed.

Other information than the sustainability statement

This document also contains other information than the sustainability statement and is found on pages 1–50 (To our shareholders, Strategy and targets, Our operations, Directors’ report) and 114–171 and 176–178 (Financial information). The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are responsible for this other information.

Our conclusion on the sustainability statement does not cover this other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion regarding this other information.

In connection with our limited assurance engagement on the sustainability statement, our responsibility is to read the information identified above and consider whether the information is materially inconsistent with the sustainability statement. In this procedure we also take into account our knowledge otherwise obtained in the limited assurance engagement and assess whether the information otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

If we, based on the work performed concerning this information, conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director

The Board of Directors, and the Managing Director, are responsible for the preparation of sustainability statement in accordance with Chapter 6, Sections 12–12f of the Swedish Annual Accounts Act, and for such internal control as the Board of Directors and the Managing Director determines necessary to enable the preparation of the sustainability statement that is free from material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s responsibility

Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on whether the sustainability statement has been prepared in accordance with Chapter 6, Sections 12–12f of the Swedish Annual Accounts Act based on our review. The limited assurance engagement has been conducted in accordance with FAR’s recommendation RevR 19 Revisorns översiktliga granskning av den lagstadgade hållbarhetsrapporten. This recommendation requires that we plan and perform our procedures to obtain limited assurance that the sustainability statement is prepared in accordance with these requirements.

The procedures in a limited assurance engagement vary in nature and timing from, and are less in extent than for, a reasonable assurance engagement. Consequently, the level of assurance obtained in a limited assurance engagement is substantially lower than the assurance that would have been obtained had a reasonable assurance engagement been performed. This means that it is not possible for us to obtain such assurance that we become aware of all significant matters that could have been identified if a reasonable assurance engagement had been performed.

Our firm applies ISQM 1 (International Standard on Quality Management), which requires the firm to design, implement and operate a system of quality management, including policies and procedures regarding compliance with ethical requirements, professional standards, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

We are independent of Sandvik AB (publ) in accordance with professional ethics for accountants in Sweden and have otherwise fulfilled our ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.

A limited assurance engagement involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about the sustainability statement. The auditor selects the procedures to be performed, including assessing the risks of material misstatements in the sustainability statement, whether due to fraud or error. In this risk assessment, the auditor considers the parts of the internal control that are relevant to how the Board of Directors and the Managing Director prepares the sustainability statement, in order to design procedures that are appropriate under the circumstances, but not for the purpose of providing a conclusion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control. The review consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for the preparation of the sustainability statement, performing analytical review, and conducting other limited review procedures.

The review procedures primarily include:

Our procedures regarding the process that the company has implemented to identify sustainability information to be reported included, but were not limited to, the following:

• Obtaining an understanding of the process by:

  • Making inquiries to understand the sources of information used by management (e.g., stakeholder dialogues, business plans, and strategy documents); and

  • Reviewing the company’s internal documentation of its process; and

• Evaluating whether the information obtained from our actions regarding the process implemented by the company is consistent with the description of the process in IRO-1 of the sustainability statement.

Our procedures regarding the sustainability statement included, but were not limited to, the following:

• Through inquiries, obtain a general understanding of the internal control environment, reporting processes, and information systems relevant to the preparation of the information in the sustainability statement.

• Evaluate whether the information identified by the Process is included in the sustainability statement;

• Evaluate whether the structure and the presentation of the sustainability statement is in accordance with the ESRS;

• Perform inquires of relevant personnel and analytical procedures on selected information in the sustainability statement;

• Perform substantive assurance procedures on selected information in the sustainability statement;

• Through inquiries and analytical procedures, evaluate supporting evidence to the methods, assumptions and data for developing significant estimates and forward-looking information;

• Obtain an understanding of the process to identify taxonomy-eligible and taxonomy-aligned economic activities and the corresponding disclosures in the sustainability statement; and

• The review of taxonomy disclosures included, but was not limited to, the following review procedures:

  • Perform substantive assurance procedures on selected information in the sustainability statement on the taxonomy disclosures.

  • Perform inquiries with management and other individuals in the company to obtain an understanding of the process and the sources of information used in the taxonomy disclosures.

  • Perform analytical review procedures regarding selected taxonomy disclosures.

  • Evaluate whether the presentation of the taxonomy disclosures is consistent with the requirements of the EU Taxonomy Regulation.

Inherent limitations in preparing the sustainability statement

In reporting forward-looking information in accordance with ESRS, the Board of Directors and the Managing Director of Sandvik AB (publ) are required to prepare the forward-looking information on the basis of disclosed assumptions about events that may occur in the future and possible future actions by Sandvik AB (publ). Actual outcomes are likely to be different since anticipated events frequently do not occur as expected.

Stockholm, March 9 2026
Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB

This is a translation of the Swedish language original. In the event of any differences between this translation and the Swedish language original, the latter shall prevail.