LIST OF PARTICIPATIONS PART OF THE EXPLANATION OF THE BALANCE SHEET AND PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2019 WOLTERS KLUWER N.V. LIST OF PARTICIPATIONS OF WOLTERS KLUWER N.V. PER DECEMBER 31, 2019 THIS LIST CONTAINS THE INFORMAT1ON CONCERNING PARTICIPATIONS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 379 BOOK 2 OF THE DUTCH CIVIL CODE. THIS LIST FORMS PART OF THE EXPLANATION TO THE WOLTERS KLUWER N.V. 2019 ANNUAL REPORT. This list includes the participating interests as referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 379 Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code, which are either directly or indirectly held by Wolters Kluwer N.V., with statutory seat in Amsterdam and registered in the Dutch Trade Register (Handelsregister) under number 33202517. Dutch law requires that for each participation the information as mentioned in Article 379 Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code is disclosed, In light of this requirement, this list of participations discloses for each participation its entity name, registered seat and the participation (%) in the issued capital that Wolters Kluwer N.V. for its own account, either solely or jointly with one or more of its subsidiaries, provided or caused to provide for at least one fifth or more of the issued share capital on December 31, 2019, or in case Wolters Kluwer N.V. declared in writing to be jointly and severally liable for debts resulting from legal acts. Participation(s) marked with: ^^ is a participation held by Chengdu Medicom Medical Information System Co., Ltd. (95%) and a Wolters Kluwer employee (2,75%). << is a participation held by eVision Holding B.V. (49%), where eVision Holding B.V. in line with the laws of Qatar, the articles of association of the Qatar affiliate and the shareholders’ agreement will be entitled to 97% of the share profit generated by the Qatar affiliate and will be responsible for 97% of the losses of the affiliate. 2 LIST OF PARTICIPATIONS OF WOLTERS KLUWER N.V. PER DECEMBER 31, 2019 Participation (%) in the Country Entity Name Divisions Seat issued capital Remarks / Specials Australia Access Communications Asia Pacific Pty Limited Tax & Sydney 100% Accounting Australia Best Practice Solutions Pty Ltd Tax & Sydney 100% Accounting Australia CCH Australia Limited Tax & Sydney 100% Accounting Australia CCH Collaborative Solutions Pty Limited Tax & Sydney 100% Accounting Australia CCH Prosystem Australia Pty Limited Tax & Sydney 100% Accounting Australia Enablon Australia Pty Ltd Legal & Victoria 100% Regulatory Australia Ovid Technologies Pty Ltd Health Sydney 100% Australia Wolters Kluwer Australia Pty Limited Tax & Sydney 100% Accounting Australia Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Australia Pty Limited Governance, Sydney 100% Risk & Compliance Australia Wolters Kluwer Health Australia Pty Ltd Health Sydney 100% Austria Tagetik Austria GmbH Tax & Vienna 100% Accounting Austria Wolters Kluwer Central Europe Beteiligungsgesellschaft m. b. H. Governance, Vienna 100% Risk & Compliance Austria Wolters Kluwer LR Central Europe GmbH Legal & Vienna 100% Regulatory Belgium Kluwer Opleidingen NV Legal & Mechelen 100% Divested January Regulatory 15, 2020 Belgium Wolters Kluwer Belgium NV Legal & Mechelen 100% Regulatory Belgium Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Belgium NV Governance, Merelbeke 100% Risk & Compliance Belgium Wolters Kluwer TAA Europe NV Tax & Mechelen 100% Accounting Brazil Wolters Kluwer Brasil Tecnologia S.A. Tax & São Paulo 100% Accounting Canada C T Corporation System (Canada), Ltd. Governance, Quebec 100% Risk & Compliance Canada Compagnie Enablon Canada Inc. Legal & Quebec 100% Regulatory Canada Tagetik Canada Limited Tax & Ontario 100% Accounting Canada Wolters Kluwer Canada Limited Tax & Ontario 100% Accounting Canada Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Canada Inc. Governance, Ontario 100% Risk & Compliance Cayman Islands Haoyisheng.com Ltd Health George Town 21.68 % China Beijing Dingxin Chuangzhi Technology Co., Ltd. Tax & Beijing 100% Accounting China Beijing Wolters Kluwer Asia Pacific Information Technology Co., Tax & Beijing 100% Ltd. Accounting 3 LIST OF PARTICIPATIONS OF WOLTERS KLUWER N.V. PER DECEMBER 31, 2019 Participation (%) in the Country Entity Name Divisions Seat issued capital Remarks / Specials China CCH (Beijing) Publication Distribution Co., Ltd. Tax & Beijing 100% Accounting China Chengdu Medicom Medical Information System Co., Ltd. Health Sichuan 45% China Sichuan Medicom Software Co., Ltd. Health Sichuan 97.75% ^^ China Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Shanghai Limited Governance, Shanghai 100% Risk & Compliance Czech Republic Praetor Systems s.r.o. Legal & Prague 100% Regulatory Czech Republic Wolters Kluwer ČR, a.s. Legal & Prague 100% Regulatory Czech Republic Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Czech Republic s.r.o. Governance, Prague 100% Risk & Compliance Denmark Wolters Kluwer Danmark A/S Tax & Copenhagen 100% Accounting France Enablon S.A.S. Legal & Paris 100% Regulatory France Holding Wolters Kluwer France S.A.S. Legal & Paris 100% Regulatory France Legisway S.A.S. Legal & La Garenne- 100% Regulatory Colombes France Ovid Technologies S.a.r.l. Health Paris 100% France Tagetik France S.A.S. Tax & Paris 100% Accounting France Wolters Kluwer Financial Services France S.a.r.l. Governance, Paris 100% Risk & Compliance France Wolters Kluwer France S.A.S. Legal & Paris 100% Regulatory France Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting France S.a.r.l. Tax & Neuilly-sur- 100% Accounting Seine Germany Akademische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Tax & Mannheim 100% Accounting Germany C.W. Haarfeld GmbH Legal & Hurth 100% Regulatory Germany Ovid Technologies GmbH Health Berlin 100% Germany Tagetik GmbH Tax & München 100% Accounting Germany Wolters Kluwer Agrosoft GmbH Tax & Ravensburg 100% Accounting Germany Wolters Kluwer Datenservice GmbH Tax & Bretten 100% Accounting Germany Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH Legal & Cologne 100% Regulatory Germany Wolters Kluwer Germany Holding GmbH Legal & Cologne 100% Regulatory Germany Wolters Kluwer Service und Vertriebs GmbH Tax & Ludwigsburg 100% Accounting Germany Wolters Kluwer Software und Service GmbH Tax & Ludwigsburg 100% Accounting Germany Wolters Kluwer TAA TeamMate GmbH Tax & Hilden 100% Accounting Hong Kong Innovation Square Limited Governance, Hong Kong 100% Risk & Compliance Hong Kong Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Hong Kong Limited Governance, Hong Kong 100% Risk & Compliance 4 LIST OF PARTICIPATIONS OF WOLTERS KLUWER N.V. PER DECEMBER 31, 2019 Participation (%) in the Country Entity Name Divisions Seat issued capital Remarks / Specials Hong Kong Wolters Kluwer Health Hong Kong Limited Health Hong Kong 100% Hong Kong Wolters Kluwer Hong Kong Limited Tax & Hong Kong 100% Accounting Hungary Akadémiai Kiadó Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság Legal & Budapest 74% Regulatory Hungary Wolters Kluwer Hungary Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság Legal & Budapest 100% Regulatory India Access Matrix Technologies Private Limited Governance, Bangalore 100% Risk & (Karnataka) Compliance India Wolters Kluwer (India) Private Limited Emerging & Punjab 100% Developing (Punjab) Markets India Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions Private Limited Governance, Chennai 99,99% Risk & (Tamil Nadu) Compliance Indonesia PT Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Indonesia Governance Jakarta 100% Risk & Compliance Ireland CI Consultancy Limited Governance, Dublin 100% Risk & Compliance Ireland Wolters Kluwer (Ireland) Limited Tax & Mullingar 100% Accounting Ireland Wolters Kluwer Finance Ireland DAC Corporate Dublin 100% Office Ireland Wolters Kluwer Ireland Holding Limited Corporate Dublin 100% Office Italy Ovid Technologies S.r.l. Health Bologna 100% Italy Pragma Piemonte S.r.l. Tax & Torino 25% Accounting Italy Tagetik Software S.r.l. Tax & Lucca 100% Accounting Italy Wolters Kluwer Italia S.r.l. Legal & Milan 100% Regulatory/ Tax & Accounting Japan Tagetik Japan K.K. Tax & Tokyo 100% Accounting Japan Wolters Kluwer Health Japan Co., Ltd. Health Tokyo 100% Luxembourg Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Luxembourg S.A. Governance, Leudelange 100% Risk & Compliance Malaysia Commerce Clearing House (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Tax & Kuala Lumpur 100% Accounting Mexico Wolters Kluwer Health Professional and Education México, S.A. Health Mexico City 100% de C.V. 5 LIST OF PARTICIPATIONS OF WOLTERS KLUWER N.V. PER DECEMBER 31, 2019 Participation (%) in the Country Entity Name Divisions Seat issued capital Remarks / Specials For a number of companies estabIished in The NetherIands Wolters Kluwer N.V. has declared in writing, pursuant to article 403 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code, to be jointly and severally liable for debts arising from legal acts of those companies. As stipulated in article 403 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code, those companies do not compIy with aII the requirements of Chapter 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch CiviI Code. If Wolters Kluwer N.V. declared itself jointIy and severaIIy IiabIe for a NetherIands-based company, this is indicated in the column ‘remarks/specials’ with an ‘Y’. Netherlands Basecone Holding B.V. Tax & Bleiswijk 100% Y Accounting Netherlands Basecone N.V. Tax & Baarn 100% Y Accounting Netherlands eVision Holding B.V. Legal & ‘s-Gravenhage 100% Y Regulatory Netherlands eVision Industry Software B.V. Legal & Amsterdam 100% Y Regulatory Netherlands Innolan B.V. Tax & Borne 100% Y Accounting Netherlands Kluwer Law International B.V. Legal & ‘s-Gravenhage 100% Y Regulatory Netherlands Learner's Digest International Europe B.V. Health Hoorn 100% Y Netherlands Legal Intelligence B.V. Legal & Papendrecht 100% Y Regulatory