Vilmorin & Cie - Annual report 2017-2018

5 ANNUAL REPORT Vilmorin & Cie 219 2017-2018 5.2. Corporate Financial Statements Financial INFORMATION material weaknesses in the internal control procedures that we have identified with regard to the preparation and processing of accounting and financial information. Among the items disclosed in the report to the Audit and Risk Management Committee are the risks of material misstatement that we believe to have been the most significant for the audit of the annual financial statements for the fiscal year and which are therefore the key points of the audit. These points are described in this report. We also provide the Audit and Risk Management Committee with the declaration required by article 6 of regulation (EU) No. 537-2014 confirming our independence, within the meaning of the rules applicable in France as set out in Articles L.822-10 to L.822-14 of the French Commercial Code and in the code of ethics of the auditing profession. If necessary, we meet with the Audit and Risk Management Committee to discuss our independence and the safeguards applied. The Statutory Auditors Paris-La Défense and Clermont-Ferrand, October 17, 2018 KPMG Audit Visas 4 Département de KPMG SA Commissariat Catherine PORTA, Partner Emily STRICKLAND, Partner