PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich, or its predecessor companies has served as statutory and group auditors of Bucher Industries AG since 1984. The lead auditor, Beat Inauen, has been responsible for the audit mandate since 2007.

For the year under review, Bucher Industries was charged CHF 1 569 000 by PricewaterhouseCoopers and approximately CHF 529 000 by other auditors for services rendered in connection with the audit of the financial statements of Bucher Industries AG and the group companies and the audit of the consolidated financial statements of Bucher Industries. In addition, PricewaterhouseCoopers charged Bucher Industries a fee of approximately CHF 1 010 000 for other services, comprising financial, tax and due diligence services.

The audit committee reviews the auditing concept, the auditing priorities and the audit plan every year and discusses the audit findings with the auditors. Every year, the audit committee subsequently assesses the performance, remuneration and independence of the statutory and group auditors.