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, 2022

Ernst & Young, S.L.

Tel: 902 365 456

Calle de Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, 65

Fax: 915 727 238

28003 Madrid

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AUDIT REPORT ON CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ISSUED BY AN INDEPENDENT

AUDITOR

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, 2022, 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, 2022, 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 regulatory framework for financial reporting 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.

Recoverable amount of non-current assets subject to depreciation/amortization and goodwill

Description As explained in Notes 5, 6.2 and 6.1 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, at December 31, 2022, the Group recognized property, plant and equipment amounting to 904,315 thousand euros, right-of-use assets amounting to 492,677 thousand euros, and goodwill amounting to 326,297 thousand euros.

For purposes of calculating impairment loss on property, plant, and equipment and right-of-use assets, the carrying amount of these non-current assets is assigned to each of the corresponding cash-generating units, which in the case of the Group 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 linked to stores, and tests goodwill related to group companies 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, and 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 applicable measurement standards and non-current assets subject to amortization/depreciation and goodwill are provided in note 3.k) 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

of non-current assets subject to amortization/depreciation and goodwill, 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 assets linked to stores and goodwill

related to group companies (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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  • Comparing the consistency applied in projecting future profit used as a basis for determining the recoverable amount of stores and goodwill related to group companies with the group's latest budget for 2023 approved by the parent's board of directors, and with the various group companies' business plans prepared by management.
  • 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 2022 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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 paragraph a) above has been furnished as stipulated in applicable regulations and that the remaining information contained in the consolidated management report is consistent with that provided in the 2022 consolidated financial statements and their content and presentation are in conformity with applicable regulations.

Responsibilities of the parent's directors and the audit 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 regulatory 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 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 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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