Audit Report / Information • Apr 30, 2020
Audit Report / Information
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To Invalda INVL, AB Gynėjų str. 14, Vilnius
Vilnius, 30 of April 2020
The Audit Committee (hereinafter – the Committee) of Invalda INVL, AB (hereinafter – Invalda INVL, AB or the Company) was formed by the decision of the General Meeting of Shareholders on 28th of April 2017.
The Committee works in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, the Articles of Association of Invalda INVL, AB also Regulations of the Audit Committee of Invalda INVL, AB (hereinafter – the Regulations), approved by the decision of the General Meeting of Shareholders on 28 th April 2017.
Invalda INVL, AB (previous company names - Akcinė bendrovė "Invalda" and Akcinė bendrovė "Invalda LT") was registered in the Centre of Registers of the Republic of Lithuania on 23rd of December 1991.
On the 28th of April 2017 the General Meeting of Shareholders of Invalda INVL, AB was held; the General meeting adopted the decision to appoint Danguolė Pranckėnienė and Tomas Bubinas as the independent members of the Committee of Invalda INVL, AB for a 4 (four) years term.
The members of the Committee correspond with the qualification and experience requirements set out in the Regulations:
Information and data which approve qualification and experience of the members of the Committee were submitted to the General Meeting of Shareholders on the 28th of April 2017 and have not changed during year 2019.
Independent members of the Committee comply with the main criteria set out in the Regulations which are used to determine whether a member of the Committee may be considered as independent:
such relationships (a subject is considered to have business relations when it is a major supplier or service provider (including financial, legal, advisory and consulting services), major client or organisation receiving significant part of the income from the Company or its group);
The main functions of the Committee:
The work of the Committee is organized taking into account the specifics of the activity of the Company external factors, changes in legal environment.
The right of initiative of convoking the meetings of the Committee is held by both members of the Committee. Usually the time of the meetings is combined with discussion of the financial and audit (including intermediate financial statements) statements preparation process.
During the reporting period the Committee discussed all questions collegially.
The Board members of the Company have worked closely with the members of the Committee, duly presented them with the activity of the Company, provided with detailed information regarding the specific peculiarities of accounting, finance and activity of the Company, informed about methods of settlement for important and unusual transactions when the settlement may be included in accounting in several different ways, provided with other information which is necessary to carry out the functions of the Committee properly.
The Committee has received information regarding all questions of the external audit from the management of the Company on time.
Without prejudice to the responsibility and rights of the administration, the Board members also the external audit company, the Committee inter alia (A) has observed the financial statements' preparation process (including intermediate) of the Company.
The members of the Committee were informed of any possible inconsistency with accounting policies or disclosure issues, a regular two-way dialogue was held between the members of the Committee and persons, responsible for the preparation of financial statements, and information regarding work of independent audit was received.
The Company pays enough attention and resources to ensure timely implementation of all legislative changes governing the preparation of financial statements. The Company's financial statements are prepared and published in accordance with the requirements of mandatory legal acts.
The members of the Committee, after familiarizing with the audited set of annual financial statements for the financial year 2019 and hearing from chief accountant of the Company about the preparation process of the above mentioned statements and related problems, as well as after discussing the audit process and the issues that arose during it with the Company's auditors, have recommended to the Board of the Company to submit audited set of annual financial statements of the financial year 2019 and consolidated financial statement to the General Meeting of Shareholders of Invalda INVL, AB, which will be held on 30 April 2020.
Without prejudice to the rights and responsibility of the administration, Board members and external audit company, the Committee inter alia (B) has observed the effectiveness of internal control and risk management systems and has assessed the need of internal audit function in the Company.
There is no internal audit function in the Company. As the Company along with its subsidiaries operate in different business segments (property management, real estate, agriculture and building maintenance), the Committee recommends to the Company's administration and the Board to consider the possibility of establishing an internal audit function.
Without prejudice to the rights and responsibility of the administration, Board members and external audit company, the Committee inter alia (C) has observed the process of external audit.
Management of the Company as well as Audit Company provided the members of the Committee with information about the process of external audit of financial statements of the financial year 2019 of the Company.
The main questions of the audit for the year 2019 discussed with auditors: (i) the fair value estimation of entities owned by Invalda INVL, AB, and its disclosures in the financial statements according to IFRS 13 Fair value measurement, (ii) disclosure and applying of principles of IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers in the financial statements, (iii) testing of the risk of impairment of funds' management rights and of costs to obtain contracts with customers and deferred tax assets recognition; (iv) disclosure and applying of provisions of IFRS 16 Leases in the financial statements.
Without prejudice to the rights and responsibility of the administration and Board members, the Committee inter alia (D) reviews and observes an independence of external auditor and the audit company, primarily in respect of additional services provided to the audited subject.
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company held on 14th October 2019 decided to conclude an agreement on the audit of the Company's annual financial statements for years 2019-2021 with the audit company "KPMG Baltics", UAB. The audit company was selected in accordance with the description of the auditor (audit company) selection procedure approved by the Company. After evaluating the proposals submitted by the audit companies, based on the criteria set out in the above-mentioned description, the Committee submitted a recommendation to the Board of the Company regarding the selection of the audit company performing the audit indicated in legal acts.
The Committee once a year considers the independence of the auditor and the audit firm and carries out procedures to ensure their independence and objectivity, according to the requirements of professional ethics and legal acts.
The Committee received "KPMG Baltics", UAB confirmation that auditor and audit company comply with the principles and requirements of independence.
The members of the Committee confirm that:
a) "KPMG Baltics", UAB hadn't provided non-audit services to the Company or its subsidiaries in year 2019;
b) Auditor Toma Jensen and (or) Audit Company – "KPMG Baltics", UAB are not directly or indirectly related to the Company and there are no grounds which could harm the independence of the auditor and (or) the audit company.
c) Toma Jensen is considered to be independent from the Company since:
d) "KPMG Baltics", UAB is considered to be independent from the Company and its significant subsidiary companies since:
e) The payment for the performance of the audit, indicated in the agreement with the audit company, in the opinion of the Committee ensures that the audit will be performed according to the principles of professional ethics and requirements of international standards of audit. There are not any indefinite conditions in the agreement concluded with the audit company, which could influence the amount of payment for the audit services. The payment for other services, rendered by the same audit company, does not influence the payment for the audit services.
The members of the Committee assessed the information provided by the Company's managers on the transactions concluded by the Company and related parties and, in cases provided for by legal acts, prepared and provided the Company with an opinion on the concluded transactions.
Chairman of the Audit Committee Tomas Bubinas
Member of the Audit Committee Dangutė Pranckėnienė
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