to the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Grupo Sanborns, S.A.B. de C.V.
Opinion
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Grupo Sanborns, S.A.B. de C.V. and subsidiaries (the “Entity” or “Grupo Sanborns”), which comprise the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the consolidated statements of comprehensive profit and loss and other comprehensive income, the consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity and the consolidated statements of cash flows for the years then ended, as well as the explanatory notes to the consolidated financial statements, which include a summary of the significant accounting policies used.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Grupo Sanborns, S.A.B. de C.V. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, and their consolidated financial performance and their consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audits in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISA). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Entity in accordance with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (IESBA Code) and the Ethics Code issued by the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants (IMCP Code), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the IESBA Code and IMCP Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Other Matters
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been translated into English for the convenience of readers.
Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters have been addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined that the matters described below are the key audit issues that should be communicated in our report.
Revenue recognition
Presentation and completeness of the revenues reported in the financial statements
(See Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements)
We assumed a risk of material misstatement related to revenue recognition and evaluated what types of revenues, revenue transactions or assertions give rise to such risks.
We verified the completeness of the revenues based on tests related to the daily point-of-sale closing process and the parameters used as a control by the system, as well as aspects related to the cutoff in the appropriate accounting period and its realization in cash or through accounts receivable. We analyzed the accurate presentation of the revenues in the financial statements. The results of our audit procedures were reasonable.
Accounting estimates
Property and equipment
(See Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements)
During the year, the Entity has opened, closed, remodeled, expanded and transformed some of its stores in its different formats as part of the regular course of its operations; consequently, we have identified as a risk the appropriate control, recording and disclosure of these operations in the financial statements, given the importance of the amounts invested.
The procedures applied to validate the appropriate recording consist of: 1) review of the amounts budgeted against the amounts invested and the review of internal control for each project, 2) selective physical inspection of the newly opened or remodeled stores, 3) review of the appropriate and timely capitalization of each project to begin its depreciation and 4) review of the correct handling and accounting treatment of the disposal of assets during the closing or remodeling of the stores. The results of our audit procedures were reasonable.
Information Different from the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Auditors’ Report
(“Other information”)
Management is responsible for the other information. The other information will include the information that will be incorporated into the Annual Report that the Entity is required to prepare in accordance with Article 33, section I, subsection b) of Title Fourth, Chapter First of the General Provisions Applicable to Issuers and Other Stock Market Participants in Mexico, and the Instructions which accompany those provisions (the Provisions). The Annual Report is expected to be available for consultation after the date of this audit report.
Our opinion on the consolidated financial statements will not cover the other information and we will not express any form of assurance thereon.
In relation to our audit of the consolidated financial statements, our responsibility is to read the Annual Report, and when doing so, to consider if the other information contained therein is materially inconsistent with the consolidated financial statements or with our knowledge obtained during the audit, or appears to contain a material misstatement. When we read the Annual Report we will issue the legend on the reading of the Annual Report required by Article 33, section I, subsection b) item 1.2. of the Provisions.
Responsibilities of Management and the Audit Committee for the Consolidated Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Entity’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 management either intends to liquidate the Entity or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The audit committee is responsible for overseeing the Entity’s consolidated 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, due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s 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 ISAs 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 ISAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and have communicated with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
También proporcionamos a los responsables del gobierno de la Entidad una declaración de que hemos cumplido con los requerimientos de ética aplicables en relación con la independencia y comunicado con ellos acerca de todas las relaciones y demás cuestiones de las que se puede esperar razonablemente que pueden afectar nuestra independencia, y en su caso, las correspondientes salvaguardas.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, 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 or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Galaz, Yamazaki, Ruiz Urquiza, S.C.
Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
C. P. C. Marco Antonio Mayorquín Ruiz
April 9, 2019