Auditors' Report on Audax Renovables, S.A.
(Together with the annual accounts and directors' report of Audax Renovables, S.A. for the year ended 31 December 2020)
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KPMG Auditores, S.L. Torre Realia
Plaça d'Europa, 41-43
08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona)
Independent Auditor's Report
on the Annual Accounts
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To the shareholders of Audax Renovables, S.A.
REPORT ON THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
Opinion___________________________________________________________________
We have audited the annual accounts of Audax Renovables, S.A. (the "Company"), which comprise the balance sheet at 31 December 2020, 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 2020, 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 to the accompanying 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.
Recoverable amount of investments in and loans to Group companies and associates See note 7 to the annual accounts
Key audit matter | |
How the matter was addressed in our audit | |
At 31 December 2020 the Company has non- current investments in and loans to Group companies and associates amounting to Euros 401,406 thousand.
The recoverable amount of investments in Group companies is calculated, in the case of companies showing indications of impairment, by applying valuation techniques which often require the exercising of judgement by the Directors and the use of assumptions and estimates.
Due to the significance of the amount of investments in and loans to Group companies and associates, the aforementioned estimates have been considered a key audit matter.
Our audit procedures included the following:
- evaluating the design and implementation of key controls related to the valuation of investments in and loans to Group companies and associates.
- evaluating the indications of impairment, as well as the methodology and assumptions used to estimate the recoverable amount of investees in which indications of impairment exist,
- the involvement of our valuation specialists in the assessment of the reasonableness of the main assumptions used.
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 revenue from unbilled energy supplied
See note 18 to the annual accounts
Key audit matter | How the matter was addressed in our audit | |
Recognition of revenues from energy trading | Our audit procedures included the following: | |
is a significant area due to its amount and | - analysis of the design and implementation of | |
because it is subject to material | ||
the key controls related to the calculation of | ||
misstatement, particularly at the reporting | ||
the unbilled energy supplied, | ||
date as regards the appropriate timing of | ||
- retrospective analysis of the estimates made | ||
recognition based on the commercial terms | ||
agreed with customers. | at previous years' closes, | |
Trade and other receivables at 31 December | - assessment of the reasonableness of the | |
2020 include Euros 24,680 thousand in | volume of unbilled energy through an | |
unbilled energy supplied in the period from | analysis of historical information and other | |
the last meter reading to year end. | internal and data, | |
Unbilled energy supplied is estimated based | - assessment of whether the timing of the | |
on internal and external information, on the | recognition is correct based on a selection of | |
basis of historical consumption of customers. | transactions after the reporting date. | |
Revenue is calculated by multiplying the | We also assessed whether the disclosures in | |
volume of estimated unbilled use by the tariff | ||
the annual accounts meet the requirements of | ||
agreed for each customer, a process that is | ||
the financial reporting framework applicable to | ||
subject to a high degree of judgement, as a | ||
the Company. | ||
result of which, this has been considered a | ||
key audit matter. | ||
Other Information: Directors' Report________________________________________
Other information solely comprises the 2020 directors' report, the preparation of which is the responsibility of the Company's Directors and which does not form an integral part of the annual accounts.
Our audit opinion on the annual accounts does not encompass the directors' report. Our responsibility regarding the information contained in the directors' report is defined in the legislation regulating the audit of accounts, as follows:
- Determine, solely, whether the non-financial information statement and certain information included in the Annual Corporate Governance Report, as specified in the Spanish Audit Law, have been provided in the manner stipulated in the applicable legislation, and if not, to report on this matter.
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- Assess and report on the consistency of the rest of the information included in the directors' report with the annual accounts, based on knowledge of the entity obtained during the audit of the aforementioned annual accounts. Also, assess and report on whether the content and presentation of this part of the directors' report are in accordance with applicable legislation. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there are material misstatements, we are required to report them.
Based on the work carried out, as described above, we have observed that the information mentioned in section a) above has been provided in the manner stipulated in the applicable legislation, that the rest of the information contained in the directors' report is consistent with that disclosed in the annual accounts for 2020, and that the content and presentation of the report are in accordance with applicable legislation.
Directors' and Audit Committee's Responsibility for the Annual Accounts_____
The Directors are responsible for the preparation of the accompanying annual accounts in such a way that they give a true and fair view of the equity, financial position and financial performance of the Company in accordance with the financial reporting framework applicable to the entity in Spain, and for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of annual accounts that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the annual accounts, the Directors are responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
The audit committee is responsible for overseeing the preparation and presentation of the annual accounts.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Annual Accounts______________
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the annual accounts as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with prevailing legislation regulating the audit of accounts in Spain will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these annual accounts.
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