The attached External Auditor's Report, Annual Accounts and Management Report for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2021, have been originally issued in Spanish. The English version is not considered official or regulated financial information In the event of discrepancy, the Spanish-language version prevails.

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Auditor's Report on Aena S.M.E., S.A.

(Together with the annual accounts and directors' report of Aena S.M.E., S.A. for the year ended 31 December 2021)

(Translation from the original in Spanish. In the event of discrepancy, the Spanish- language version prevails.)

KPMG Auditores, S.L.

Paseo de la Castellana, 259 C 28046 Madrid

Independent Auditor's Report

on the Annual Accounts

(Translation from the original in Spanish. In the event of discrepancy, the Spanish-language version prevails.)

To the shareholders of Aena S.M.E., S.A.:

REPORT ON THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

Opinion __________________________________________________________________

We have audited the annual accounts of Aena S.M.E., S.A. (the "Company"), which comprise the balance sheet at 31 December 2021, and the income statement, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes.

In our opinion, the accompanying annual accounts give a true and fair view, in all material respects, of the equity and financial position of the Company at 31 December 2021, and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework (specified in note 2.b to the annual accounts) and, in particular, with the accounting principles and criteria set forth therein.

Basis for Opinion _________________________________________________________

We conducted our audit in accordance with prevailing legislation regulating the audit of accounts in Spain. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Annual Accounts section of our report.

We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements, including those regarding independence, that are relevant to our audit of the annual accounts pursuant to the legislation regulating the audit of accounts in Spain. We have not provided any non-audit services, nor have any situations or circumstances arisen which, under the aforementioned regulations, have affected the required independence such that this has been compromised.

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

KPMG Auditores, S.L., a limited liability Spanish company and a member firm of the KPMG global organisation of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Limited, a private English company limited by guarantee. All rights reserved.

Paseo de la Castellana, 259C 28046 Madrid

On the Spanish Official Register of Auditors ("ROAC") with No. S0702, and the Spanish Institute of Registered Auditors' list of companies with No. 10.

Reg. Mer Madrid, T. 11.961, F. 90, Sec. 8, H. M -188.007, Inscrip. 9 N.I.F. B-78510153

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Key Audit Matters ________________________________________________________

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in the audit of the annual accounts of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the annual accounts as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Recognition of aeronautical revenues

See notes 2 e), 4 p) and 23 a) to the annual accounts

Key audit matter

How the matter was addressed in our audit

Aeronautical revenues, regulated by the Airport Regulation Document (abbreviated to DORA in Spanish) approved on 27 January 2017, totalled Euros 1,232,864 thousand in 2021. These revenues are mostly generated from the use of the airport infrastructure by airlines and passengers, and they are net of any rebates and incentives.

Due to the significance of the aeronautical revenues, as well as the large number of transactions of different types and amounts that give rise to the aeronautical revenues in very diverse airports, they have been considered a key audit matter.

Our audit procedures included the following:

  • evaluating the criteria, standards and policies used by the Company to recognise the aeronautical revenues regulated by the DORA.
  • assessing, with the help of our IT specialists, the design and implementation of the most relevant controls established by Company management for the recognition of these aeronautical revenues and for the cash IT system that processes and records the collection of revenues. We also tested the operating effectiveness of these controls.
  • As part of our substantive procedures:
    • we carried out a test using computer- assisted audit techniques enabling us to assess the existence and accuracy of a large volume of sales transactions during the year, associating individually the revenues with the related amounts collected.
    • we performed tests of detail on the transactions that generated revenues from aeronautical services to confirm whether revenues had been adequately recognised in the correct period based on their accrual.
    • we performed tests of detail to analyse the reasonableness of the criteria and assumptions used to calculate rebates and

incentives.

We also assessed whether the disclosures in the annual accounts meet the requirements of the financial reporting framework applicable to the Company.

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Recognition of commercial revenues

See notes 2 e), 4 e) and 23 a) to the annual accounts

Key audit matter

How the matter was addressed in our audit

The Company has signed contracts with the lessees of the commercial premises located at the airport through which they obtain commercial revenues. Specifically, these contracts establish a variable rent calculated as a percentage of the lessee's sales through those commercial premises and, in most cases, a guaranteed minimum annual rent (GMAR). In 2021, commercial revenues amounted to Euros 781,526 thousand.

Law 13/2021 of 1 October 2021 was published in the Official State Gazette on 2 October 2021. This law amends Law 16/1987 of 30 July 1987 which regulates road transport offences related to the rental of vehicles with driver and late payments in the road freight segment, as well as other rules to improve the management of transport and infrastructure.

Through final provision seven of aforementioned Law 13/2021, lease contracts and the transfer of business premises located at the airports managed by the Company are automatically modified. Specifically, this provision includes the following stipulations:

  1. elimination of the pro rata portion of the GMAR established contractually during the period from 15 March 2020 to 20 June 2020.
  2. reduction, as of 21 June 2020, and until the number of annual passengers for the airport returns to the levels that existed in 2019, in the contractual GMAR in direct proportion to the decline in the number of passengers at the airport where the commercial premises are located compared to the number of passengers at that same airport in 2019.

Due to the significance of commercial revenues and the complexity of the accounting recognition of the consequences of the aforementioned law, this has been considered a key audit matter.

Our audit procedures included the following:

  • assessing, with the help of our IT specialists, the design and implementation of the most relevant controls established by Company management for the recognition of commercial revenues and for the cash IT system that processes and records the collection of revenues. We also tested the operating effectiveness of these controls.
  • As part of our substantive procedures:
  • we carried out a test using computer- assisted audit techniques enabling us to assess the existence and accuracy of a large volume of sales transactions during the year, associating individually the revenues with the related amounts collected.
  • we performed tests of detail on the transactions that generated commercial revenues to confirm whether revenues had been adequately recognised in the correct period based on their accrual.
  • we assessed the impact of applying Law 13/2021 of 1 October 2021 and the accounting recognition of its effects.

We also assessed whether the disclosures in the annual accounts meet the requirements of the financial reporting framework applicable to the Company.

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