BPCE_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

FINANCIAL REPORT Statutory Auditors’ report on the consolidated financial statements

a requirementto draw attention in the audit report to the related disclosuresin the consolidatedfinancial statementsor, if such disclosures are not providedor inadequate, to modify the opinion expressed therein; evaluates the overall presentationof the consolidatedfinancial statements and assesses whether these statements represent the underlying ● transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fairpresentation; obtains sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Group to ● expressan opinionon the consolidatedfinancialstatements.The statutoryauditoris responsiblefor the direction,supervisionand performance of the audit of the consolidated financial statements and for the opinion expressed on these consolidatedfinancial statements. Report to the Audit Committee We submit a report to the Audit Committee which includes in particular a description of the scope of the audit and the audit program implemented,as well as the results of our audit. We also report, if any, significantdeficienciesin internal control regardingthe accountingand financial reporting procedures that wehave identified. Our report to the Audit Committeeincludes the risks of material misstatementthat, in our professionaljudgment,were of most significancein the audit of the consolidatedfinancial statementsof the current period and which are therefore the key audit matters, that we are required to describe inthis report. We also provide the Audit Committee with the declaration provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) N° 537/2014, confirming our independencewithin the meaning of the rules applicable in France such as they are set in particular by Articles L. 822-10 to L. 822-14 of the French CommercialCode (code de commerce)and in the French Code of Ethics (Code de déontologie) for statutoryauditors.Where appropriate, we discusswith the Audit Committeethe risks thatmay reasonablybe thought to bear onour independence,and the related safeguards.

Paris La Défenseand Neuilly-sur-Seine, March 28, 2018 The Statutory Auditors

Deloitte &Associés Jean-MarcMickeler Sylvie Bourguignon

Mazars MichelBarbet-Massin Charlesde Boiriou

PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit AgnèsHussherr NicolasMontillot

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