Gschäftsbericht 2018

Galenica financial statements 2018 | 127 Finance Statutory auditor’s report on the audit of the consolidated financial statements Ernst & Young Ltd Schanzenstrasse 4a P.O. Box CH-3001 Berne Phone: +41 58 286 61 11 Fax: +41 58 286 68 18 www.ey.com/ch To the General Meeting of Galenica Ltd., Berne Berne, 5 March 2019 Statutory auditor’s report on the audit of the consolidated financial statements Opinion We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Galenica Ltd., and its subsidiaries (the Group), which comprise the consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 Decem- ber 2018 and the consolidated statement of income, consolidated statement of comprehen- sive income, consolidated statement of cash flows and consolidated statement of changes in equity for the year then ended, and notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements (pages 83 to 126) give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of the Group as at 31 December 2018, and its con- solidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and comply with Swiss law. Basis for opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with Swiss law, International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and Swiss Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those provisions and stan- dards 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 provisions of Swiss law and the re- quirements of the Swiss audit profession, as well as the IESBA Code of Ethics for Professio- nal Accountants, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Key audit matters Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most signifi- cance 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 opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context. We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond