Inmobiliaria Colonial, SOCIMI, S.A. and its subsidiaries

Audit Report

Consolidated Annual Accounts as at 31 December 2021

Consolidated Directors' Report

This version of our report is a free translation of the original, which will be prepared in Spanish. All possible care has been taken to ensure that the translation is an accurate representation of the original. However, in all matters of interpretation of information, views or opinions, the original language version of our report takes precedence over this translation.

Independent auditor's report on the consolidated annual accounts

To the shareholders of Inmobiliaria Colonial, SOCIMI, S.A.:

Report on the consolidated annual accounts

Opinion

We have audited the consolidated annual accounts of Inmobiliaria Colonial, SOCIMI, S.A. (the Parent company) and its subsidiaries (the Group), which comprise the financial statement as at

31 December 2021, and the income statement, statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity, cash flow statement and related notes, all consolidated, for the year then ended.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated annual accounts present fairly, in all material respects, the equity and financial position of the Group as at 31 December 2021, as well as its financial performance and cash flows, all consolidated, for the year then ended, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union (IFRS-EU) and other provisions of the financial reporting framework applicable in Spain.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with legislation governing the audit practice in Spain. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated annual accounts section of our report.

We are independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements, including those relating to independence, that are relevant to our audit of the consolidated annual accounts in Spain, in accordance with legislation governing the audit practice. In this regard, we have not rendered services other than those relating to the audit of the accounts, and situations or circumstances have not arisen that, in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned legislation, have affected our necessary independence such that it has been compromised.

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

Key audit matters

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

PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores, S.L., Torre PwC, Pº de la Castellana 259 B, 28046 Madrid, España

Tel.: +34 915 684 400 / +34 902 021 111, Fax: +34 915 685 400,www.pwc.es

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Key audit matter

Valuation of Investment Property

The Group has real estate assets which are recognized under the heading Investment property, at an amount of EUR 12,183,368 thousand at 31 December 2021, using the fair value model in accordance with IAS 40 Investment property, and represent 96% of total assets. Similarly, in 2021 the heading Variation in value of investment property reflects a profit of EUR 441,134 thousand in respect of these assets, having a significant impact on consolidated results for the year before tax. Information on the assets included in this heading is disclosed in Notes 4.4, 9 and 19.7 to the accompanying consolidated annual accounts.

In order to obtain the fair value of these assets, the Group requests independent expert valuations. The fair value is determined according to the discounted cash flow method in accordance with standard market practice. These valuations are based on significant judgements and estimates.

We therefore focused on this area given the materiality of investment property with respect to total assets and the effect of its valuation on the Group's results and the significant judgements and estimates assumed by management. Changes in such assumptions could lead to a significant variation in the fair value of those assets and their impact on the consolidated income statement, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income and the consolidated statement of financial position.

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

We obtained the valuations of all investment properties performed at year end by independent experts and assessed them in terms of the requirements of competence and independence and found no exceptions.

We checked that the valuations were performed in accordance with the Appraisal and Valuation Standards published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) of Great Britain and in accordance with the International Valuation Standards (IVS) published by the International Standards Valuation Committee. In this regard, we held meetings with the valuers and our internal experts, verifying for a sample of those valuations the reasonableness of the variables used, such as the discount rate employed and the rental increase considered as well as other variables considered necessary in order to complete the valuations such as the final return, the term of the rental contracts and type and age of the buildings, their location and occupancy rate. Similarly, for a sample of assets, we verified through the sales and purchase deeds, the technical specifications used by the independent experts when determining the fair value of those assets.

Lastly, we assessed the corresponding disclosures in Notes 4.4, 9 and 19.7 to the accompanying consolidated annual accounts.

We consider that we have obtained sufficient audit evidence in the course of our work concerning the reasonableness of the valuation of the Group's investment properties.

Other information: Consolidated management report

Other information comprises only the consolidated management report for the 2021 financial year, the formulation of which is the responsibility of the Parent company's directors and does not form an integral part of the consolidated annual accounts.

Our audit opinion on the consolidated annual accounts does not cover the consolidated management report. Our responsibility regarding the consolidated management report, in accordance with legislation governing the audit practice, is to:

  • a) Verify only that the certain information included in the Annual Corporate Governance Report and the Annual Report on Directors' Remuneration, as referred to in the Auditing Act, has been provided in the manner required by applicable legislation and, if not, we are obliged to disclose that fact.

  • b) Evaluate and report on the consistency between the rest of the information included in the consolidated management report and the consolidated annual accounts as a result of our knowledge of the Group obtained during the audit of the aforementioned financial statements, as well as to evaluate and report on whether the content and presentation of this part of the consolidated management report is in accordance with applicable regulations. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that material misstatements exist, we are required to report that fact.

On the basis of the work performed, as described above, we have verified that the information mentioned in section a) above has been provided in the manner required by applicable legislation and that the rest of the information contained in the consolidated management report is consistent with that contained in the consolidated annual accounts for the 2021 financial year, and its content and presentation are in accordance with applicable regulations.

Responsibility of the directors and the audit and control commission for the consolidated annual accounts

The Parent company's directors are responsible for the preparation of the accompanying consolidated annual accounts, such that they fairly present the consolidated equity, financial position and financial performance of the Group, in accordance with IFRS-EU and other provisions of the financial reporting framework applicable to the Group in Spain, and for such internal control as the aforementioned directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated annual accounts that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the consolidated annual accounts, the Parent company's directors are responsible for assessing the Group'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 aforementioned directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

The Parent company's audit and control commission is responsible for overseeing the process of preparation and presentation of the consolidated annual accounts.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated annual accounts

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated 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 legislation governing the audit practice 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 the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated annual accounts.

As part of an audit in accordance with legislation governing the audit practice in Spain, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

  • Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated annual accounts, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our 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.

  • Obtain 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 Group's internal control.

  • Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the Parent company's directors.

  • Conclude on the appropriateness of the Parent company's directors' 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 Group's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the consolidated annual accounts or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.

  • Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated annual accounts, including the disclosures, and whether the consolidated annual accounts represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

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