Audit Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements issued by an Independent Auditor
DISTRIBUIDORA INTERNACIONAL DE ALIMENTACIÓN, S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Financial Statements and Management Report for the year ended
December 31, 2024
Ernst & Young, S.L. | Tel: 902 365 456 |
C/ Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, 65 | Fax number: 915 727 238 |
28003 Madrid | ey.com |
AUDIT REPORT ON CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ISSUED BY AN INDEPENDENT
AUDITOR
Translation of a report and financial statements originally issued in Spanish. In the event of discrepancy, the
Spanish-language version prevails
To the shareholders of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A.:
Report on the consolidated financial statements
Opinion
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A. (the parent) and its subsidiaries (the Group), which comprise the consolidated statement of financial position at December 31, 2024, the income statement, the consolidated statement of other comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity, the consolidated cash flow statement, and the notes thereto, for the year then ended.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view, in all material respects, of the consolidated equity and the consolidated financial position of the Group at December 31, 2024, and of its financial performance and its consolidated cash flows, for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the European Union (IFRS-EU), and other provisions in the financial reporting framework applicable in Spain.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with prevailing audit regulations in Spain. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements section of our report.
We are independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements, including those related to independence, that are relevant to our audit of the consolidated financial statements in Spain as required by prevailing audit regulations. In this regard, we have not provided non-audit services nor have any situations or circumstances arisen that might have compromised our mandatory independence in a manner prohibited by the aforementioned requirements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
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Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our audit opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Measurement of property, plant, and equipment and intangible assets
Description As explained in Notes 5, 6.1, 7.1 and 6.2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, at December 31, 2024, the Group recognized property, plant and equipment amounting to 717,504 thousand euros, goodwill amounting to 285,136 thousand euros, right-of-use assets amounting to 383,888 thousand euros, and other intangible assets amounting to 29,493 thousand euros.
For purposes of calculating impairment loss on property, plant, and equipment, right- of-use assets, and other intangible assets, the carrying amount of these non-current assets is assigned to each of the corresponding cash-generating units, which in the Group's case is determined at store level. Goodwill may also be allocated to stores and in the cases where it is not, the future cash flows of each subsidiary are considered as a cash generating unit.
Parent management assesses, at least at the end of each reporting period, whether there are indications of impairment of non-current assets subject to amortization/depreciation, and tests goodwill for impairment annually, writing down these investments whenever there is objective evidence that the carrying amount of the various non-current assets is no longer recoverable, recognizing an impairment loss for the amount of the difference between the carrying amount and recoverable amount. In both cases, the recoverable amount is determined taking into account the value in use of cash-generating units, as applicable.
Since determining recoverable amount requires parent management to make estimates using significant judgment to establish the assumptions used for these estimates, we determined this to be a key audit matter.
Information on the measurement standards applied to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets is provided in Notes 3.d), 3.e), 3.f) and 3.h) to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Our | ||
response | Our audit procedures related to this matter included: | |
| Understanding the process designed by parent management to determine | |
whether there are indications of impairment as well as the recoverable amount | ||
property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, and assessing the design | ||
and implementation of the relevant controls in place in that process, involving | ||
our valuation specialists. | ||
| Evaluating parent management's analysis of indications of impairment and | |
reasonableness of the methodology used and the principal assumptions made to | ||
determine the recoverable amount of property, plant and equipment and | ||
intangible assets (in particular, with regard to the assumptions underlying | ||
projected cash flows and long-term growth and discount rates), with the | ||
involvement of our valuation specialists. |
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- Contrast of the coherence and reasonableness of the projecting future profit used as the basis for determining the recoverable value of tangible and intangible assets, with the 2025-2029 business plan, sensitized and approved by the Board of Directors.
- Assessing, with the involvement of our valuation specialists, the sensibility of the analyses used to evaluate changes in the main assumptions used.
- Reviewing the disclosures made in the notes to the consolidated financial statements and assessing whether they are in conformity with the applicable financial reporting framework.
Other information: Consolidated Management Report
Other information refers exclusively to the 2024 consolidated management report, the preparation of which is the responsibility of the parent's directors and is not an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
Our audit opinion on the consolidated financial statements does not cover the consolidated management report. Our responsibility for the consolidated management report, in conformity with prevailing audit regulations in Spain, entails:
- Checking only that the consolidated non-financial statement and certain information included in the Corporate Governance Report and the Annual Report on Remuneration of Directors, to which the Audit Law refers, was provided as stipulated by applicable regulations and, if not, disclose this fact.
- Assessing and reporting on the consistency of the remaining information included in the consolidated management report with the consolidated financial statements, based on the knowledge of the Group obtained during the audit, in addition to evaluating and reporting on whether the content and presentation of this part of the consolidated management report are in conformity with applicable regulations. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there are material misstatements, we are required to disclose this fact.
Based on the work performed, as described above, we have verified that the information referred to in a) above has been provided as stipulated by applicable regulations and that the remaining information contained in the consolidated management report is consistent with that provided in the 2024 consolidated financial statements and its content and presentation are in conformity with applicable regulations.
Responsibilities of the parent's directors and the audit and compliance committee for the consolidated financial statements
The directors of the parent are responsible for the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements so that they give a true and fair view of the equity, financial position and results of the Group, in accordance with IFRS-EU and other provisions in the financial reporting framework applicable to the Group in Spain, and for such internal control as they determine necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
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In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the parent'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 directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The audit and compliance committee of the parent is responsible for overseeing the Group's financial reporting process.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an audit 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 audit regulations 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 financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with prevailing audit regulations in Spain, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement in the consolidated financial statements, 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's directors.
- Conclude on the appropriateness of the use by the parent's directors 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 financial statements 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 audit 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 financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
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- Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision, and performance of the group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
We communicate with the audit and compliance committee of the parent regarding, among other matters, the scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide the audit and compliance committee of the parent with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements, including those related to independence, and to communicate with them all matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with the audit and compliance committee of the parent, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.
We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter.
Report on other legally stipulated disclosure requirements
European single electronic format
We have examined the digital files of the European single electronic format (ESEF) of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A. and subsidiaries for the 2024 financial year, consisting of XHTML files containing the financial statements for the year and the XBRL files marked up by the entity, which will form part of the annual financial report.
The directors of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A. are responsible for submitting the annual financial report for the 2024 financial year in accordance with the format and markup requirements set out in the European Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815, of December 17, 2018 (the "ESEF Regulation"). For this reason, the Annual Corporate Governance Report and the Annual Report on Remuneration of Directors have been included in the consolidated management report for reference.
Our responsibility consists of examining the digital files prepared by the directors of the parent company, in accordance with prevailing audit regulations in Spain. These standards require that we plan and perform our audit procedures to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the contents of the consolidated financial statements included in the aforementioned digital files correspond in their entirety to those of the consolidated financial statements that we have audited, and whether the consolidated financial statements and the aforementioned files have been formatted and marked up, in all material respects, in accordance with the ESEF regulation.
In our opinion, the digital files examined correspond in their entirety to the audited consolidated financial statements, which are presented and have been marked up, in all material respects, in conformity with the ESEF regulation.
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Additional report to the parent's audit and compliance committee
The opinion expressed in this report is consistent with the additional report we issued to the parent's Audit and Compliance Committee dated February 27, 2025.
Term of engagement
The ordinary general shareholders' meeting held on June 28, 2024 appointed us as the Group's auditors for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Previously, we were appointed as auditors by the shareholders for one year and we have been carrying out the audit of the financial statements continuously since the year ended December 31, 2019.
ERNST & YOUNG, S.L.
(Registered in the Official Register of Auditors under No. S0530)
(Signed on the original version in Spanish)
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María del Tránsito Rodríguez Alonso
(Registered in the Official Register of Auditors under No. 20539)
February 27, 2025
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Consolidated Annual Accounts
and Consolidated Management
2024Report at 31 December 2024
Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A. and Subsidiaries
(Together with the Audit Report)
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2024 | 2 |
Contents | |
Contents
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position | 5 |
Consolidated Income Statement | 6 |
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income | 7 |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 8 |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 9 |
Notes to the Consolidated Annual Accounts for 2024 | 1 |
1. NATURE, ACTIVITIES AND COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP | 1 |
1.1. Relevant events | 1 |
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION | 2 |
2.1. Basis of preparation of the consolidated annual accounts | 2 |
2.2. New standards, amendments and interpretations issued and approved for use in the European Union | 3 |
from 1 January 2024 | |
2.3. New standards, amendments and interpretations for future application | 3 |
2.4. Functional and presentation currency | 4 |
2.5. Comparison of information | 4 |
2.6. Going concern | 4 |
2.7. Classification of Argentina as a hyperinflationary country | 5 |
2.8. Relevant estimates and assessment of uncertainty | 5 |
2.9. Basis of consolidation | 6 |
3. KEY ACCOUNTING POLICIES | 7 |
a) Business combinations and goodwill | 7 |
b) Translation of foreign operations | 7 |
c) Foreign currency transactions, balances and cash flows | 7 |
d) Intangible assets | 8 |
e) Leases | 9 |
f) Property, plant and equipment | 10 |
g) Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations | 10 |
h) Impairment of non-financial assets | 11 |
i) Financial instruments | 12 |
j) Inventories | 14 |
k) Cash and cash equivalents | 14 |
l) Own shares | 15 |
m) Provisions | 15 |
n) Employee remuneration | 15 |
o) Income tax | 15 |
p) Income and expenses | 16 |
q) Environment | 17 |
4. INFORMATION ABOUT OPERATING SEGMENTS | 18 |
5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT | 21 |
5.1. Value impairment | 22 |
6. INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 25 |
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2024 | 3 |
Contents | |
6.1. Goodwill | 25 |
6.2. Other intangible assets | 27 |
7. LEASES | 28 |
7.1. Right-of-use assets | 28 |
7.2. Lease liabilities | 31 |
8. FINANCIAL ASSETS | 32 |
8.1. Trade debtors and other receivables | 32 |
8.2. Other financial assets | 34 |
9. INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD | 35 |
10. OTHER ASSETS | 36 |
11. INVENTORIES | 36 |
12. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | 36 |
13. NON-CURRENT ASSETS HELD FOR SALE AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS | 37 |
14. EQUITY | 39 |
14.1. Capital | 39 |
14.2. Share premium | 40 |
14.3. Reserves and retained earnings | 40 |
14.4. Own shares and other own equity instruments | 41 |
14.5. Distribution of profits | 41 |
14.6. Result per share | 41 |
14.7. Translation differences | 42 |
15. FINANCIAL LIABILITIES | 42 |
15.1. Financial debt | 43 |
15.2. Other non-current financial liabilities | 47 |
15.3. Trade creditors and other accounts payable | 48 |
15.4. Other financial liabilities | 49 |
15.5. Estimates of fair value | 49 |
16. PROVISIONS | 50 |
17. INCOME TAX | 52 |
17.1. Income tax | 52 |
17.2. Tax assets and liabilities | 53 |
17.3. Main inspection actions | 55 |
18. LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLANS AND SHARE-BASED PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS | 56 |
19. NET SALES | 57 |
20. OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES | 57 |
20.1. Other income | 57 |
20.2. Goods and other consumables used | 58 |
20.3. Personnel expenses | 58 |
20.4. Other operating expenses | 59 |
20.5. Amortisation, depreciation and impairment | 59 |
20.6. Result of non-current asset derecognition | 60 |
20.7. Financial result | 60 |
20.8. Foreign currency transactions | 61 |
20.9. Result from net monetary position | 61 |
