The auditor KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft invoiced total professional fees in the amount of €5.5 million for services rendered. €4.6 million of this amount was attributable to professional fees for the audit of the financial statements, €0.5 million to other assurance services and €0.4 million to other services. Only services that are consistent with the task of the auditor of the annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements of METRO AG were provided.
The fees for audit services provided by KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft relate to the audit of the consolidated financial statements and the Annual Financial Statements of METRO AG, including statutory mandate extensions. In addition, the fees for the audits of IFRS reporting packages of subsidiaries of METRO AG for inclusion in the METRO consolidated financial statements as well as for the audits of annual financial statements of subsidiaries under commercial law are included. Moreover, reviews of interim financial statements and services in connection with an enforcement procedure were performed.
Other assurance services relate to agreed audit procedures (compliance certificates, declaration of completeness in accordance with the German Packaging Ordinance and a confirmation of a goods transport licence), a valuation certificate, the issuing of a comfort letter and the audit of the combined non-financial statement.
Other services comprise services in connection with the introduction of a new ERP system.