61, rue Henri Regnault 92400 COURBEVOIE France

M.A.J.

Statutory Auditor's report on the annual financial statements

For the year ended December 31,2020

MAZARS SA

Public Limited Company

Head office : Tour Exaltis 61 rue Henri Regnault 92400 COURBEVOIE

Share capital of € 8 320 000 - Nanterre trade and companies registrer NO. 784 824 153

M.A.J.

Public Limited Company (Société anonyme) with share capital of €142,515,408 Registered office: 31, chemin Latéral au Chemin de fer 93500 Pantin

Trade & Companies Register: Bobigny 775 733 835

This is a translation into English of the Statutory Auditor's report on the financial statements of the Company issued in French and it is provided solely for the convenience of English speaking users.

This report includes information required by European regulation and French law, such as information about the appointment of the Statutory Auditor or verification of the management report and other documents provided to shareholders.

This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.

Statutory Auditor's report on the annual financial statements

For the year ended December 31, 2020

To the Shareholders,

Opinion

In compliance with the engagement entrusted to us by your General Meeting, we have audited the annual financial statements of M.A.J. for the year ended December 31, 2020.

In our opinion, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities and of the financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2020 and of the results of its operations for the year then ended in accordance with French accounting principles.

Basis for opinion

Audit framework

We conducted our audit in accordance with professional standards applicable in France. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the "Statutory Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements" section of our report.

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Independence

We conducted our audit engagement in compliance with independence requirements of rules required by the French Commercial Code (code de commerce) and the French Code of ethics (code de déontologie) for statutory auditors for the period from January 1,2020 to the date of our report.

Justification of assessments

Due to the global crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic, the financial statements of this period have been prepared and audited under specific conditions. Indeed, this crisis and the exceptional measures taken in the context of the state of sanitary emergency have had numerous consequences for companies, particularly on their operations and their financing, and have led to greater uncertainties on their future prospects. Those measures, such as travel restrictions and remote working, have also had an impact on the companies' internal organization and the performance of the audits.

It is this complex and evolving context that, in accordance with the requirements of Articles L.823-9 and R.823-7 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce) relating to the justification of our assessments, we inform you of that the most important assessments that we have made, in our professional judgment, relate to the appropriateness of the accounting principles applied, in particular with regard to:

  • As indicated in Note "3.3. Non-current assets" of the Notes to the annual financial statements, the estimated value in use of equity investments is determined for a given investment on the basis of its contribution to consolidated net assets, profitability and future prospects. Depreciation is recorded when the value in use is lower than the net book value. We have verified the relevance of the approaches used by the company based on the information available to date, as well as the reasonable nature of the assumptions used and the resulting valuations.

These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, approved in the aforementioned context, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on specific items of the financial statements.

Specific verifications

We have also performed, in accordance with professional standards applicable in France, the specific verifications required by French law and regulations.

Information given in the management report and in the other documents concerning the financial position and the annual financial statements provided to Shareholders

We have no matters to report as to the fair presentation and the consistency with the financial statements of the information given in the Management Board's management report and in the other documents provided to the shareholders with respect to the Company's financial position and the financial statements.

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We attest to the fair presentation and the consistency with the financial statements of the information about payment terms referred to in article D.441-6 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce).

Report on corporate governance

We attest that the Board of Directors' report on corporate governance sets out the information required by Article L. 225-37-4 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce).

Other information

In accordance with French law, we have verified that the required information concerning purchase of equity interests and controlling interests in the company have been properly disclosed in the management report.

Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with French accounting principles and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is 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 it is expected to liquidate the Company or to cease operations.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors.

Statutory Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the Financial Statements

Our role is to issue a report on the financial statements. Our objective is to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with professional standards 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 the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

As specified in article L.823-10-1 of the French Commercial Code, our audit does not include assurance on the viability or quality of the Company's management.

As part of an audit conducted in accordance with professional standards applicable in France, the Statutory Auditor exercises professional judgment throughout the audit and furthermore:

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  • Identifies and assesses the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, designs and performs audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtains audit evidence considered to be sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for his opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control,
  • Obtains an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the internal control,
  • Evaluates the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management in the financial statements,
  • Assesses the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. This assessment is based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of his audit report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern. If the statutory auditor concludes that a material uncertainty exists, there is a requirement to draw attention in the audit report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are not provided or inadequate, to modify the opinion expressed therein,
  • Evaluates the overall presentation of the financial statements and assesses whether these statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

Signed in Courbevoie, April 12,2021

The Statutory Auditor

Mazars

Isabelle MASSA

Partner

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