Quadpack Industries, S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 January 2024 and Consolidated Directors' Report, together with Independent Auditor's Report

Translation of a report originally issued in Spanish based on our work performed in accordance with the audit regulations in force in Spain. In the event of a discrepancy, the Spanish- language version prevails.

Translation of a report originally issued in Spanish based on our work performed in accordance with the audit regulations in force in Spain. in the event of a discrepancy, the Spanish-language version prevails.

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

To the Shareholders of Quadpack Industries, S.A.,

Opinion

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Quadpack Industries, S.A. (the Parent) and its subsidiaries (the Group), which comprise the consolidated balance sheet as at 31 January 2024, and the consolidated statement of profit or loss, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity, consolidated statement of cash flows and notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year then ended.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated equity and consolidated financial position of the Group as at 31 January 2024, and its consolidated results and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union (EU-IFRSs) and the other provisions of the regulatory financial reporting framework applicable to the Group in Spain.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with the audit regulations in force in Spain. Our responsibilities under those regulations 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 pertaining to independence, that are relevant to our audit of the consolidated financial statements in Spain pursuant to the audit regulations in force. In this regard, we have not provided any services other than those relating to the audit of financial statements and there have not been any situations or circumstances that, in accordance with the aforementioned audit regulations, might have affected the requisite independence in such a way as to compromise our independence.

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

Most Significant Audit Matters

The most significant audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were considered to be the most significant risks of material misstatement in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These risks 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 those risks.

Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets

Description

Note 5 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements describes the goodwill and other intangible assets allocated to each of the cash-generating units (CGUs) identified by Group management, amounting to EUR 18,420 thousand and EUR 8,907 thousand, respectively, at 31 January 2024.

If there are any indications of impairment, and at least at each year-end, Group management tests the assets of the aforementioned CGUs for impairment using discounted cash flow-based valuation techniques to determine the recoverable amount of those assets.

Procedures applied in the audit

Our audit procedures to address this matter consisted of obtaining the analysis performed by management and conducting tests on the clerical accuracy and the reasonableness of the impairment tests, in order to evaluate whether they had been prepared in accordance with the content of the regulatory financial reporting framework applicable to the Group.

In this connection, our review of the aforementioned impairment tests included, inter alia, the identification of the key assumptions in those tests and the evaluation of the reasonableness thereof.

These key assumptions include the determination of growth rates for revenue and expenses, as well as the discount and perpetuity growth rates used in the impairment tests. In particular, we compared the revenue and expense growth rates with the latest approved strategic plans and budgets. Also, we evaluated management's historical accuracy in the budgeting process.

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Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets

Description

The assessment of the recoverable amount of the goodwill and other intangible assets was considered to be one of the most significant matters in our audit, given the magnitude of those assets and that management's assessment in this respect is an estimation process that includes a high level of judgements and assumptions, such as the determination of the growth rates for sales and expenses that the various CGUs are expected to show, and the determination of discount and perpetuity growth rates by taking into account the economic situation in general and that of each CGU in particular on the basis of the risks specific to the various countries and to the business carried on.

Procedures applied in the audit

We evaluated the reasonableness of the discount and perpetuity growth rates considered for each business and geographical area, taking into consideration the cost of capital of the Group and of comparable organisations, as well as perpetuity growth rates, among other factors.

In addition, we evaluated the sensitivity analyses, stressing those assumptions to which the impairment test is most sensitive, i.e., those with the greatest effect on the determination of the recoverable amount of the assets.

We also involved our internal business valuation experts in order to evaluate the reasonableness of the models and key assumptions used by the Group, in particular those related to the discount rate and the perpetuity growth rates applied.

Lastly, we evaluated whether Notes 3.a, 3.c and 5 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements included the necessary disclosures in relation to this matter in accordance with the applicable regulatory financial reporting framework.

Other Information: Consolidated Directors' Report

The other information comprises only the consolidated directors' report for 2024, the preparation of which is the responsibility of the Parent's directors and which does not form part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Our audit opinion on the consolidated financial statements does not cover the consolidated directors' report. Our responsibility relating to the consolidated directors' report, in accordance with the audit regulations in force, consists of:

  1. Solely checking that the consolidated non-financial information statement has been furnished as provided for in the applicable legislation and, if this is not the case, reporting this fact.
  2. Evaluating and reporting on whether the other information included in the consolidated directors' report is consistent with the consolidated financial statements, based on the knowledge of the Group obtained in the audit of those consolidated financial statements, as well as evaluating and reporting on whether the content and presentation of this section of the consolidated directors' report are in conformity with the applicable regulations. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there are material misstatements, we are required to report that fact.

Based on the work performed, as described above, we observed that the information described in section a) above had been furnished as provided for in the applicable legislation and that the other information in the consolidated directors' report was consistent with that contained in the consolidated financial statements for 2024 and its content and presentation were in conformity with the applicable regulations.

Responsibilities of the Parent's Directors for the Consolidated Financial Statements

The Parent's directors are responsible for preparing the accompanying consolidated financial statements so that they present fairly the Group's consolidated equity, consolidated financial position and consolidated results in accordance with EU-IFRSs and the other provisions of the regulatory financial reporting framework applicable to the Group in Spain, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

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 Parent's directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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 auditor's report that includes our opinion.

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Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the audit regulations in force 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.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements is included in the Appendix to this auditor's report. This description, which is on pages 6 and 7 of this document, forms part of our auditor's report.

DELOITTE, S.L.

Registered in ROAC under no. S0692

Albert Riba Barea

Registered in ROAC under no. 21437

28 May 2024

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Appendix to our auditor's report

Further to the information contained in our auditor's report, in this Appendix we include our responsibilities in relation to the audit of the consolidated financial statements.

Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

As part of an audit in accordance with the audit regulations in force in Spain, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

  • Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of 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 consolidated 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 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.
  • Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
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We communicate with the Parent's directors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

From the significant risks communicated with the Parent's directors, we determine those risks that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the most significant assessed risks.

We describe those risks in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter.

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Quadpack Industries, S.A.

and Subsidiaries

Auditor's report, consolidated annual accounts and consolidated directors' report for the year ended 31 January 2024

(Free translation from the original in Spanish. In the event of discrepancy, the Spanish-language version prevails.)

Quadpack Industries, S.A. and

Subsidiaries

Auditor's report for the year ended

31 January 2024

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