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Pharnext S.A.
Statutory Auditors' report on the financial
statements
For the year ended December 31 2020
Pharnext S.A.
46 rue Saint-Lazare - 75009 Paris
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a private English company limited by guarantee. | de Versailles et du Centre | FR 77 775 726 417 |
KPMG Audit | Lison Chouraki Audit |
Tour EQHO | 3, rue Anatole de la Forge |
2 Avenue Gambetta | 75017 Paris |
CS 60055 | France |
92066 Paris la Défense Cedex | |
France |
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 statutory auditor's report includes information required by European regulation and French law, such as information about the appointment of the statutory auditors 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.
Pharnext S.A.
Registered office: 46 rue Saint-Lazare - 75009 Paris
Statutory Auditors' report on the financial statements
For the year ended December 31 2020
To the shareholders of Pharnext S.A.,
Opinion
In compliance with the engagement entrusted to us by your general meeting, we have audited the accompanying financial statements of Pharnext S.A. for the year ended 31st of December 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 31st of December 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 Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.
Independence
We conducted our audit engagement in compliance with independence rules applicable to us, for the period from 1st of January 2020 to the date of our report and specifically we did not provide any prohibited non-audit services referred to in the French Code of ethics (code de déontologie) for statutory auditors.
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Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern
We draw attention to Note 2.9 to the financial statements which describes the material uncertainty resulting from events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
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 in this complex and evolving context that, in accordance with the requirements of articles L.823-9 and R.823-7of the French Commercial Code ("Code de commerce") relating to the justification of our assessments, in addition of the point described in the section « Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern », we inform you that the most important assessments made by us according to our professional judgment focused on the appropriateness of the accounting principles used and the reasonableness of the significant estimates and the presentation of financial statements taken as a whole.
These assessments were made in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon. 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 laws and regulations.
Information given in the management report and in the other documents with respect to the financial position and the financial statements provided to the 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 report of the Board of Directors, and approved by this board, and in the other documents with respect to the financial position and the financial statements provided to the Shareholders.
We attest the fair presentation and the consistency with the financial statements of the information relating to payment terms, required under Article D.441-6 of the French Commercial
Code (Code de commerce).
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Information relating to 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.
Other information
In accordance whith French Law, we have verified that the required information concerning the purchase of investments and controlling interests and the identity of the shareholders and holders of the voting rights has 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 thefinancial 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 Auditors' 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 (code de commerce), our statutory audit does not include assurance on the viability of the Company or the quality of management of the affairs of the Company.
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:
- 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
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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.
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