09 Other information

Pursuant to article 27 of the articles of association of HZPC Holding B.V., a percentage of the company's profit to be determined by the Executive Board with the approval of the Supervisory Board can be added to the reserves while the undischarged losses of previous years are deducted along with the taxes which are, or will be, charged on the basis of the profit, which may be established by means of an estimate if necessary. The remaining profit is available for disposal at the discretion of the General Meeting of Shareholders. The company can only make pay-outs of profit available for paying out to the shareholders and any other parties that may be thus entitled to the extent that the shareholders' equity is greater than the paid and called-up part of the capital augmented with the reserves that must be maintained by law or under the articles of association.

To: the General Meeting of HZPC Holding B.V.

We have audited the financial statements 2020/2021 of HZPC Holding B.V. (or hereafter: the Company), based in Joure (hereafter: the financial statements).

In our opinion the accompanying financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of HZPC Holding B.V. as at 30 June 2021 and of its result for the year 2020/2021 in accordance with Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code.

The financial statements comprise:

1. the consolidated and company balance sheet as at 30 June 2021;
2. the consolidated and company profit and loss account for the year 2020/2021; and
3. the notes comprising a summary of the accounting policies and other explanatory information.

We conducted our audit in accordance with Dutch law, including the Dutch Standards on Auditing. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the 'Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements' section of our report.

We are independent of HZPC Holding B.V. in accordance with the Wet toezicht accountantsorganisaties (Wta, Audit firms supervision act), the 'Verordening inzake de onafhankelijkheid van accountants bij assurance-opdrachten' (ViO, Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, a regulation with respect to independence) and other relevant independence regulations in the Netherlands. Furthermore, we have complied with the 'Verordening gedrags- en beroepsregels accountants' (VGBA, Dutch Code of Ethics).

We believe the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

The ongoing impact of COVID-19 on our audit of the Company’s liquidity risk is relevant to the users’ understanding of our audit. The Executive Board is responsible for assessing the possible effects of COVID-19 on the Company’s liquidity risk and adequately disclosing the results of its assessment in the financial statements. We assess and challenge the appropriateness of the Executive Board’s assessment and the adequacy of the related disclosures. The appropriateness of the Executive Board’'s assessment depends on reasonableness of estimates relating to the future economic environment and the Company's future prospects and performance.

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for humanity and for the economy globally, and at the date of this report its effects are subject to significant levels of uncertainty.
We have evaluated the situation and uncertainties as disclosed in the ‘going concern’ paragraph in the notes to the financial statements and consider the disclosure to be adequate. However, an audit cannot predict the unknowable factors or all possible future implications for a company and this is particularly the case in relation to COVID-19.

In addition to the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon, the annual report contains other information that consists of:

• management report;
• report of the Supervisory Board;
• other information pursuant to Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code.

Based on the following procedures performed, we conclude that the other information:

• is consistent with the financial statements and does not contain material misstatements;
• contains the information as required by Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code.

We have read the other information. Based on our knowledge and understanding obtained through our audit of the financial statements or otherwise, we have considered whether the other information contains material misstatements.

By performing these procedures, we comply with the requirements of Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code and the Dutch Standard 720. The scope of the procedures performed is less than the scope of those performed in our audit of the financial statements.

The Executive Board is responsible for the preparation of the other information, including the management report, in accordance with Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code, and other information pursuant to Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code.

The Executive Board is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code. Furthermore, the Executive Board is responsible for such internal control as the Executive Board determines is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to errors or fraud.

As part of the preparation of the financial statements, the Executive Board is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Based on the financial reporting framework mentioned, the Executive Board should prepare the financial statements using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Executive Board either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

The Executive Board should disclose events and circumstances that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern in the financial statements.

The Supervisory Board is responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.

Our objective is to plan and perform the audit engagement in a manner that allows us to obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence for our opinion.

Our audit has been performed with a high, but not absolute, level of assurance, which means we may not have detected all material errors and fraud during our audit.

Misstatements can arise from fraud or errors 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 the financial statements. The materiality affects the nature, timing and extent of our audit procedures and the evaluation of the effect of identified misstatements on our opinion.

We have exercised professional judgement and have maintained professional scepticism throughout the audit, in accordance with Dutch Standards on Auditing, ethical requirements and independence requirements. Our audit included among others:

• identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to errors or fraud, designing and performing audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtaining 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 errors, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control;
• obtaining 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 Company's internal control;
• evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the Executive Board;
• concluding on the appropriateness of management's use 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 Company'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 auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company ceasing to continue as a going concern;
• evaluating the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures; and
• evaluating whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

Because we are ultimately responsible for the opinion, we are also responsible for directing, supervising and performing the group audit. In this respect we have determined the nature and extent of the audit procedures to be carried out for the group entities or operations. Decisive were the size and/or the risk profile of the group entities or operations. On this basis, we selected the group entities or operations for which an audit or review had to be carried out on the complete set of financial information or specific items.

We communicate with the Supervisory Board regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant findings in internal control that we identify during our audit.

Groningen, 7 October 2021

KPMG Accountants N.V.

K. Woldering RA