Group Management Report Corporate Governance Environment, Safety, and Corporate Social Responsibility Consolidated Financial Statements 77 Independent Auditors’ Report We have audited the consolidated financial statements prepared by the ALTANA Aktiengesellschaft, Wesel, comprising the statement of financial position, the income statement and the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, the statement of cash flows, and the notes to the consolidated financial statements, together with the group manage- ment report for the business year from January 1 to December 31, 2015. The preparation of the con- solidated financial statements and the group management report in accordance with the IFRS, as adopted by the EU, and the additional requirements of German commercial law pursuant to section 315a (1) HGB (“Handelsgesetzbuch“: German Commercial Code) are the responsibility of the parent Company’s Board of Managing Directors. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements and on the group management report based on our audit. We conducted our audit of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with section 317 HGB and German generally accepted standards for the audit of financial statements prom- ulgated by the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (Institute of Public Auditors in Germany) (IDW). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit such that misstatements materially affect- ing the presentation of the net assets, financial position and results of operations in the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework and in the group management report are detected with reasonable assurance. Knowledge of the business activ- ities and the economic and legal environment of the Group and expectations as to possible mis- statements are taken into account in the determination of audit procedures. The effectiveness of the accounting-related internal control system and the evidence supporting the disclosures in the con- solidated financial statements and the group management report are examined primarily on a test basis within the framework of the audit. The audit includes assessing the annual financial state- ments of those entities included in consolidation, the determination of the entities to be included in consolidation, the accounting and consolidation principles used and significant estimates made by the Company’s Board of Managing Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements and the group management report. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our audit has not led to any reservations. In our opinion based on the findings of our audit the consolidated financial statements comply with the IFRS as adopted by the EU and the additional requirements of German commercial law pursuant to section 315a (1) HGB and give a true and fair view of the net assets, financial position and results of operations of the Group in accordance with these requirements. The group man- agement report is consistent with the consolidated financial statements and as a whole provides a suitable view of the Group’s position and suitably presents the opportunities and risks of future development. Cologne, Germany, February 25, 2016 PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Jörg Sechser ppa. Claudia Uhlich German Public Auditor German Public Auditor
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