Independent auditor's report
Independent auditor's report on the summary consolidated financial statements
To the shareholders of The Bidvest Group Limited
Opinion
The summary consolidated financial statements of The Bidvest Group Limited, set out on Value creation model to Chairman's report of the Bidvest Audited Financial Results and Cash Dividend Declaration, which comprise the summarised consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 June 2021 and the summarised consolidated income statement, statement of other comprehensive income, statement of cash flows and statement of changes in equity for the year then ended, and related notes, are derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of The Bidvest Group Limited for the year ended 30 June 2021.
In our opinion, the accompanying summary consolidated financial statements are consistent, in all material respects, with the audited consolidated financial statements, in accordance with the requirements of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements for provisional reports, as set out in the notes to the summary consolidated financial statements titled "Basis of presentation of provisional summarised consolidated financial statements", and the requirements of the Companies Act of South Africa as applicable to summary financial statements.
Summary consolidated financial statements
The summary consolidated financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by International Financial Reporting Standards and the requirements of the Companies Act of South Africa as applicable to annual financial statements. Reading the summary consolidated financial statements and the auditor's report thereon, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited consolidated financial statements and the auditor's report thereon.
The audited consolidated financial statements and our report thereon
We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on the audited consolidated financial statements in our report dated 3 September 2021. That report also includes communication of key audit matters. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period.
Director's responsibility for the summary consolidated financial statements
The directors are responsible for the preparation of the summary consolidated financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements for provisional reports as set out in the note to the summary consolidated financial statements titled "Basis of presentation of provisional summarised consolidated financial statements", and the requirements of the Companies Act of South Africa as applicable to summary financial statements.
Auditor's responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on whether the summary consolidated financial statements are consistent, in all material respects, with the audited consolidated financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 810 (Revised), Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
Director: C West
Registered Auditor
Johannesburg, South Africa
6 September 2021
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., 4 Lisbon Lane, Waterfall City, Jukskei View, 2090
. Private Bag X36, Sunninghill, 2157, South Africa
T: +27 (0) 11 797 4000, F: +27 (0) 11 209 5800, www.pwc.co.za
Chief Executive Officer: L S Machaba
The Company's principal place of business is at 4 Lisbon Lane, Waterfall City, Jukskei View, where a list of directors' names is available for inspection.
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